Kevyn

A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a h**x.

Jones is being sued for defamation in Austin, Texas, by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among the 26 people k**led in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack.

State district judge Scott Jenkins ruled on 20 December that Jones and his defense team “intentionally disregarded” an earlier order to provide witnesses to attorneys representing a Sandy Hook father who brought the lawsuit, Neil Heslin. Jenkins also denied Jones’ request to dismiss the lawsuit.

An attorney for Jones did not immediately comment Tuesday.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Sooooooooo, are you looking to start a go fund me page to help with that fine and attorneys fees?

I wouldn't worry too much about that Kevvy, im pretty sure Trumps Tax plan has a provision where rich folks can deduct that, it's only fair.

Lonewolf

What's really scary is most of the trumpers beleave this i***t

Big Kahuna

What's more scary is that NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and a host of other l*****t f**e news media types have not received the same treatment with huge fines.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Sooooooo, we should believe you instead? You have yet to be right about anything.

Lonewolf is for it..........smart money says bet the opposite of LW and it will be a win for you.

Just like how the Great President Trump took office....people just like you betting and getting it wrong, should have hedged your bet a bit.

You lose.....and it cost me 3+years of you paying us with sniveling and whining.

Wonttakeitanymore

And what about Rachel mad cow?

Dwight Logan

What can you expect from liberals who graduated from public schools. They know nothing about creative thinking. They spew the garbage they were indoctrinated with. I pray for them the f**e news media.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Some common sense.....ain't asking for much

Plumber

All he should have to do is print a retraction on page 20 of any newspaper and he will be fine. That's what the NYT does

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Welcome aboard Plumber......enjoy the ride

I see this is your first post, if you hit...quote reply....your post will go the the one you are responding to, takes some confusion for us as to who.

Thanks, and enjoy.

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

Let's see what we have here > From Infowars.com

Obama’s National Security Council Holdovers Finally Booted After Years of Non-Stop Leaks
https://www.infowars.com/obamas-national-security-council-holdovers-finally-booted-after-years-of-non-stop-leaks/
President purging t*****rs from inner circle
Zero Hedge - January 2, 2020 Comments

The White House National Security Council is sharply downsizing ‘in a bid to improve efficiency’ by consolidating positions and cutting staff, according to the Washington Times – which adds that a secondary, unspoken objective (i.e. the entire reason) for the cuts is to address nonstop leaks that have plagued the Trump administration for nearly three years.

“Leaks of President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders and other damaging disclosures likely originated with anti-Trump officials in the White House who stayed over from the Obama administration, according to several current and former White House officials.” – Washington Times

The reform is being led by National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien, who told the Times that 40-45 NSC staff officials had been sent back to their home-agencies, and more are likely to be moved out.

“We remain on track to meeting the right-sizing goal Ambassador O’Brien outlined in October, and in fact may exceed that target by drawing down even more positions,” said NSC spokesman John Ullyot.

Under Obama, the NSC ballooned to as many as 450 people – and officials wielded ‘enormous power’ according to the report, directly telephoning commanders in Afghanistan and other locations in the Middle East to give them direct orders in violation of the military’s strict chain of command.

Meanwhile, the so-called second-hand ‘whistleblower’ at the heart of President Trump’s impeachment was widely reported to be a NSC staffer on detail from the CIA, Eric Ciaramella, who took umbrage with Trump asking Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate former VP Joe Biden – who Ciaramella worked with.

After O’Brien is done, less than 120 policy officials will remain after the next several months.

The downsizing will be carried out by consolidating positions and returning officials to agencies and departments such as the CIA, the State and Defense departments and the military.

Mr. O’Brien noted that the NSC had a policymaking staff of 12 in 1962 when President Kennedy faced down the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis. During the 2000s and the George W. Bush administration, the number of NSC staff members increased sharply to support the three-front conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terrorism.

However, it was during the Obama administration that the NSC was t***sformed into a major policymaking agency seeking to duplicate the functions of the State and Defense departments within the White House. – Washington Times

“The NSC staff became bloated during the prior administration,” said O’Brien. “The NSC is a coordinating body. I am trying to get us back to a lean and efficient staff that can get the job done, can coordinate with our interagency partners, and make sure the president receives the best advice he needs to make the decisions necessary to keep the American people safe.”

“I just don’t think that we need the numbers of people that it expanded to under the last administration to do this job right,” he added.

Obama-era NSC officials are suspected of leaking classified details of President Trump’s phone conversations with foreign counterparts.

After Mr. Trump’s e******n in November 2016 and continuing through the spring of 2017, a series of unauthorized disclosures to news outlets appeared to come from within the White House. Several of the leaks involved publication of sensitive transcripts of the president’s conversations with foreign leaders.

Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said this year that he sent the Justice Department eight criminal referrals related to the leaks, including those related to Mr. Trump’s conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia.

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon said efforts to weed out the Obama holdovers was a priority early in the administration.

“The NSC had gotten so big there were over 450 billets,” said Mr. Bannon, adding that he and others tried to remove the Obama detailees from the White House.

elledee

WRONG!!!!!! again

EmilyD

Welcome, Plumber!

EmilyD

Also, Melania downsized considerably: Michelle had a staff of 16 that she paid an annual salary of $1,000,000.00+ (million). Melania has a staff of 4, who she pays $486,700.00 (thousand) per year. Quite a savings for taxpayers!