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PALM BEACH, Florida – As the head of BBC and its news chief resigned over the weekend amid a firestorm for deceptively editing Donald Trump's remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, the president wasted no time threatening a $1 billion lawsuit if the network does not retract its "false" and "defamatory" statements by Friday.
Fox News reports the president's "litigation counsel sent a scathing notice of intent to bring a civil action lawsuit on Sunday to BBC Chair Samir Shah, along with general counsel Sarah Jones. The letter, which has been obtained by Fox News Digital, demands that 'false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements' made about Trump must be retracted immediately."
Attorneys for Trump said statements by the network's "Panorama" documentary were "fabricated and aired by the BBC," leaving him no other option than to seek legal remedy.
"Failure to comply will leave President Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to recover damages for the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that the BBC has caused him to suffer, with all rights and remedies being expressly reserved by President Trump," the letter states.
"In the Panorama documentary, titled 'Trump: A Second Chance,' which was first broadcast on October 28, 2024 – a week before the 2024 United States presidential election – the BBC intentionally sought to completely mislead its viewers by splicing together three separate parts of President Trump's speech to supporters," the letter continues.
"The documentary showed President Trump telling supporters: 'We're gonna walk down to the Capitol, and I'll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.'"
Trump's actual statement was: "We're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down any one of you but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women."
Also edited out, according to the letter, was Trump indicating: "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
The letter was written by Trump attorney Alejandro Brito, who noted: "Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums, which have reached tens of millions of people worldwide. Consequently, the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm."
"Consequently, the BBC lacks any viable defense to the overwhelming reputational and financial harm it has caused President Trump to suffer."
Lawyers for the president believe "the BBC's reckless disregard for the truth underscores the actual malice behind the decision to publish the wrongful content, given the plain falsity of the statements."
Trump is seeking "a full and fair retraction of the documentary and any and all other false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about President Trump in as conspicuous a manner as they were originally published," along with compensation and an immediate apology.
The British Broadcasting Corporation is now examining its options.
"We will review the letter and respond directly in due course," a BBC spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, BBC Chairman Samir Shah is reacting to the controversy, saying: "This issue has led to over 500 complaints. These are now being dealt with in the normal way. It has also prompted further reflection by the BBC.
"The conclusion of that deliberation is that we accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologize for that error of judgement."
As WorldNetDaily reported Sunday, two top officials at the BBC both quit the state-funded, left-leaning media giant Sunday amid fierce pressure after allegedly twisting Trump's words to make it look like he was inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
BBC boss Tim Davie, a 20-year veteran at the network who has been in charge for the last five years, resigned after "reflecting on the very intense personal and professional demands of managing this role over many years in these febrile times."
"Like all public organizations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable," Davie added. "While not being the only reason, the current debate around BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision."
Also leaving her post is Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News.
"The ongoing controversy around the Panorama on President Trump has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC – an institution that I love," Turness said.
"The buck stops with me," she added. "While mistakes have been made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong."
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There are some odd members of Congress already.
The New York Post recently generated a list of them, to include Rep. Barbara Lee, who wanted a $26 per hour minimum wage to "increase diversity," Sen. Kay Hagan, who was the "empty chair" at a debate with her opponent, Bernie Sanders, the perennial leftism promoter who claimed conservatives are donating to hospitals to make the VA look bad, Sen. Mary Landrieu, who called her own constituents racists and sexists, Nancy Pelosi, who once, after Republican Rep. Tom Marino gave a speech mentioning that Pelosi had done nothing on immigration reform when she ruled the House, chased him down two aisles, gesturing wildly and hurling imprecations until a group of fellow lawmakers intervened.
And that doesn't even get into the Democrats' "squad."
But now there's been the suggestion that the "diversity" of Congress should be expanded further.
Much further.
With a "furry" member.
A report at the Free Beacon explains Sam Smeltzer, known online as Elyon Badger, is campaigning for Congress on schemes to tax the rich, and fight for furries.
"A 'furry' who identifies as a honey badger, celebrated the assassinations of Charlie Kirk and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and was banned from X for saying 'america deserved 9/11' is running in the Democratic primary for a competitive House seat in Michigan," the report explained.
Smeltzer is a 36-year-old IT contractor from Lansing and dresses as a honey badger at political events and more.
He wants to represent the state's 7th District.
"His campaign has drawn local buzz including an October front-page photo shoot in Michigan's Between the Lines LGBT newspaper that touts his 'honey badger energy,'" the report said.
Explained the publication, "The campaign is the latest example of the online-activist wing of the Democratic Party rising up to challenge mainstream leaders and a window into how these activists have merged online memes with fringe political views and support for violence."
For example, Smeltzer posted memes online after Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinate in Utah just weeks ago.
He included the statement, "I for one, celebrate the death of every Nazi."
Also cited the assassinate of United Health chief Brian Thompson, allegedly by Luigi Mangione with, "Seeing the public support of the man who took action has actually started to cure my depression."
And he said America deserved 9/11.
"In an email interview with the Washington Free Beacon, Smeltzer said he is running a 'healthcare and tax the rich campaign' and wants to use a role in Congress to advocate for fellow furries," the report said.
Furries are individuals who identify as animals, sometimes wearing costumes and prancing about on all fours, depending on their fantasy.
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A "democrat socialist" politician, supporting much the same agenda as communism demands, was elected to be the next mayor of New York City, and Zohran Mamdani used his victory speech to threaten President Donald Trump.
That may not go well.
"Yeah, I thought it was a very angry speech, certainly angry toward me. I think he should be very nice to me. I'm the one that has to approve a lot of things coming to him, so he's off to a bad start," Trump said during an interview with Fox.
Mamdani had boasted, "So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
The Gateway Pundit explained Trump also pointed out, "You talk about danger. I think it's a very dangerous statement for him to make. He has to be a little bit respectful of Washington. Because if he's not he doesn't have a chance of succeeding."
Trump spent much of his business career in New York, creating buildings, boosting the economy and providing jobs.
The president said, "I'm so torn because I would like to see the new mayor do well because I love New York. I really love New York. When I left New York for Washington, New York was doing really well, but there were some bad signs. The bad sign was a guy named De Blasio. So, the signs of De Blasio—that was the beginning, and it was bad."
He continued, "This one, we're going to look— for a thousand years, communism has not worked. Communism, or the concept of communism, has not worked. I tend to doubt it's going to work this time."
Mamdani, in fact, has talked about his extremism, including such concepts as taking the means of production, having the government run grocery stores, and more. Within hours of his election, he was demanding people send him more money, and he's openly talked about massive tax hikes.
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Jay Jones, a Democrat in Virginia, is the state's newly elected attorney general despite his record of openly calling for the murder of Republicans and their children, demonstrating to just what extremes leftist voters have plunged.
But there was one bright spot in what otherwise turned out to be a dark election, including a vote by New York City residents to install policies that essential advocate for communism in city hall.
It was in Loudoun County's school board race, a locale where officials long have pushed the transgender ideology onto children against their parents' wishes.
There, Amy Riccardi unseated "trans-crazed incumbent Arben Istrefi," according to a report at the Federalist.
The loser "recently voted in favor of keeping Policy 8040, which allows students to use restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex and requires the use of 'preferred pronouns' to start grooming children into pursuing irreversible medical 'transition' procedures," the report explained.
The agenda that is used to skew curriculum, classes, social events and more has caused multiple horrors in the district already.
For example, a high-school girl was raped by an offender protected by the agenda, and that crime was covered up.
Further, two boys were unjustifiably punished for objecting to a girl in their locker room, and they are in court over that agenda point.
The report explained, "As Riccardi pointed out, students in LCPS are required to accommodate these gender-confused students at every turn and forced to simply accept opposite-sex individuals invading their spaces."
She charged, "LCPS has a policy they put in place, and it is what it is right now and the politics of this, six members of the School Board have dug in on this policy multiple times now, including my opponent, and I'm not comfortable with boys in girls' locker rooms. I'm not comfortable with boys in girls' sports or girls' bathrooms."
Her perspective will be joined to one other board member who appears to have a "reasonable" view of the schools' transgender beliefs, those held by Deana Griffiths. She has warned the board majority was using tax dollars "to violate the law and push ideology."
The report noted a majority of the board remains extremist, pursuing "their life's work to ensure that all female students in the district are in danger when they are at school."
The push for transgenderism was one of Joe Biden's main agenda points while he was in the White House, but since his departure it has started fading, with even the Supreme Court ruling against such forced indoctrination in one case. That ruling said schools cannot impose their religion on students when it violates the family's faith and beliefs, and the schools must provide opt-out options from their indoctrination.
Actually, following the science, transgender is a fantasy, as being male or female is embedded in the body down to the DNA level.
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President Trump Tuesday emphasized the importance of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday on the issue of executive branch power to set tariffs.
Posted Trump: "Tomorrow's United States Supreme Court case is, literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country. With a Victory, we have tremendous, but fair, Financial and National Security. Without it, we are virtually defenseless against other Countries who have, for years, taken advantage of us. Our Stock Market is consistently hitting Record Highs, and our Country has never been more respected than it is right now. A big part of this is the Economic Security created by Tariffs, and the Deals that we have negotiated because of them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
The case involves whether or not the president can use "emergency powers" to unilaterally set tariffs on imports from other nations.
As CNN reports, Trump has relied on a 1970s-era emergency law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to levy the import duties. That law allows a president to "regulate … importation" during emergencies.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also emphasized the critical nature of the case.
"I'm actually going to go and sit, hopefully in the front row, and have a ringside seat," Bessent told Fox News Monday night.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern time.
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Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat in Congress, of course is famous for dating an alleged Chinese spy. And for recently demanding that any party member desiring to run for president pledge to destroy President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom on day one.
Now, he's the subject of a report that uncovered a "bizarre inconsistency" in his payments to one California man.
Swalwell's explanation of the payments to Darly Meyer is that "Darly protects me and my family."
But the report at Fox News outlined a long list of concerns.
For example, Federal Election Commission filings from Swalwell for Congress and his Remedy PAC, dating to 2021, reveal 75 payments to Meyer, ranging from $53 to $12,000.
The total from 27 payments last year passed $120,000, and he's on track for that total this year.
The reasons for the payments included travel expenses, car service, security services and salary.
Also, "personal travel expense reimbursement," and "event flowers reimbursement," the report said.
Meyer, the report said, also runs a limousine service called CYD Global Car, which offers rides on a luxury basis.
"He is also an administrator of a Facebook group called 'CaliHaitians – Haitians in Az, Ca, Nv, Hi, Or, Wa,' which bills itself as a 'progressive community' of Haitians living in the United States, which has over 3,000 members," the report said. It's "selective" in that it determines who can join.
Swalwell also responded on social media, insisting that Fox "emailed and asked why I've spent $350,000 on security." He turned sarcastic, saying, "Maybe I should send [the reporter] the bill?"
Fox reported it appears Meyer does not have a security license.
Former FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky explained the accounting "is the type of bizarre inconsistency that should catch the attention of the FEC."
He suggested the agency's auditing arm should investigate.
Fox reported Swalwell earlier raised eyebrows over his spending, as he's reported multiple transactions over luxury car services, expensive restaurants and lavish hotel visits in Dubai, Berlin, Parin and more.
"Fox News Digital previously reported on Swalwell's campaign dropping tens of thousands of dollars on Just Dreaming Yacht Charters, a San Francisco agency that offers 'relaxing and luxurious' private yachts for up to 40 passengers, as a fundraising expense," the report said.
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Leftist activists, Democrat politicians and others have taken to denying the existence of Antifa, the loosely structured organization that, across America, violently fights free speech and individual freedoms.
But police in Boulder, Colorado, itself a leftist enclave, have confirmed that it not only exists but has effective operational features.
That's because Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa put out a "hit list" on a college student, a Turning Point USA leader, claiming that he is an "active member" of "neo-Nazi" groups and responsible for "white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ vandalism" in Boulder, naming him, and that student immediately was targeted in a violent attack.
The Post-Millennial explained, "The Boulder Students for a Democratic Society shared the flyer to their social media, urging followers to 'share widely' and tag the school to notify them…"
Now police are looking for a suspect in the assault.
Boulder police said "Based on preliminary information, it appears as if the suspect may have followed the victim from the University of Colorado Boulder campus onto Baseline Road just prior to the assault taking place. In the interest of transparency, detectives are also confirming that they are aware that the victim was the subject of some social media posts and a digital flyer circulated by others prior to last night's incident. Whether these played a role in the reported assault is part of the investigation, and police are not commenting further on this finding."
But an official, Sarah Huntley, explained, "The investigative focus right now is on speaking with any witnesses and on identifying and locating the individual in the photos so that we can better understand what occurred and why."
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley noted, "As Democratic leaders like Rep. Dan Goldman (D, N.Y.) insist that Antifa does not exist as a group, two Antifa groups — Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa — put out a hit list poster on a University of Colorado sophomore and leader in Turning Point USA. He was promptly attacked by a person in the signature Antifa black outfit on roller blades who used a hockey stick to mete out the punishment."
He explained police said, "The suspect is described as dressed in 'all black clothing, a black ski mask, and had a green Gatorade bottle with an orange top in his back right pants pocket. He was skating with a hockey stick. The suspect fled the scene after the victim called 911, and Boulder Police and CU Police officers searched the area but did not locate him."
He noted, "The TPUSA student was not seriously injured, but the point was made by Antifa that any critics can be tracked down and attacked."
Turley pointed out, "Recently, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) claimed that 'nobody' knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist. However, he previously promoted the 'Antifa Handbook' in 2018 and praised the group as terrifying Trump. Now, however, he has joined the chorus of Antifa denials as political violence rises around the country."
He cited others who have joined the denial:
"Former House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was widely ridiculed for denying the existence of Antifa. Others on the left have joined Goldman in this absurd claim. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel committed part of his monologue to assure viewers that Antifa is no more than a mythical 'chupacabra.' 'You understand there is no Antifa,' he said. 'This is an entirely made-up organization.'"
"The Colorado case shows just how real, violent, and organized this group is in the United States," he said.
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The Casa Bonita restaurant in Lakewood, Colo., just outside of Denver, long has been known for its novel entertainment.
Sure, it has Mexican food. But it also has cliff divers, who dive from indoor perches into an indoor pool stories below. There also are roaming mariachi musicians, and there have been actors in various costumes who entertained children.
It's more that 50 years old, given its entire history, but it went dark during COVID only to be resurrected by South Park multimillionaires Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who reportedly turned over cash by the tens of millions to unlock its doors again.
Many of the traditional features are there, but the prices have exploded to some $30 a meal now.
But its latest fight is over what it pays those actors who provide the show for patrons.
There have been negotiations going on for some time, and restaurant officials said they don't comment.
But actress Brooke Shields, of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "The Blue Lagoon" did.
She called out the wealthy owners for not paying their employees a "living wage."
On social media, she said, "Hey Matt and Trey, nice to meet you. As you know, I'm the president of Actors' Equity Association, the union that represents the performers who work for you at Casa Bonita. You probably know that we've been in bargaining for their first union contract for quite a while now. But maybe you don't know that your restaurant management has been playing really fast and loose with this bargaining process and it's just not respectful to the performers who put their all into making Casa Bonita the one-of-a-kind destination that it is and that you've created.
"And things are kind of escalating. And I just want to say that these workers are not making a living wage- like actually not. And, in fact, they are being paid less than their coworkers who are actually serving the food, and you know, that's before you factor in tips. So, they've not only been hard at work entertaining Casa Bonita guests and spending their volunteer hours in bargaining – they've also been putting their names on a petition. So, I hope you see their petition, and I do hope you take it seriously, and take seriously their requests for you to accept the proposed contract so that we can all put this chapter way behind us. Because without the performers who bring Casa Bonita to life, it's just a big, pink restaurant. It's time to do the right thing. Please agree to a fair contract, and please enable these performers to focus on providing the world-class experience that Casa Bonita's guests expect and deserve and help them get it."
A report from a local Fox outlet said Shields, "called out" the rich owners.
A strike has been authorized by the Actors' Equity Association, at the discretion of their lead negotiator, the report said.
A petition from workers was also promoted.
"The petition said that since performers voted to unionize in November 2024, the association and Casa Bonita management have been in negotiations since April, and the majority of workers on the contract have stated that they support a strike," the report said.
The restaurant also has been accused of cutting more than 1,000 hours from the employees, and has refused to respond to concerns about worker safety.
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Few states can speak with any accuracy of being further left than Colorado.
That's where abortion is a constitutional right, where Democrats run the governor's office, the legislature, and even the state Supreme Court. That was where justices wildly tried to bar President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. In the legislature, lawmakers decided to simply run around a constitutional limit on tax hikes by calling the new charges "fees."
It's gone even further, in some situations, than California, by creating circumstances where teachers have been known to sexually assault students.
Now these leftists are on trial for continuing … slavery.
In fact, a Denver judge has held a two-week trial on the issue, just visited a state prison to review the situation, and soon will rule.
A report from Courthousenews said the state initially abolished slavery in 1877. But lawmakers left an exception that allowed slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment for crimes.
Then in 2018, voters changed their state constitution to remove that exception.
David Maxted, representing inmates who complained that they lost privileges if they refused to work, said, "Part of the reason voters passed this is because they believed the state should not have the power to compel individuals to work against their will. This is a moral judgment."
When the change was made in 2018, the state prison department didn't change its work requirements, rules that require inmates to do certain jobs in order to obtain certain privileges.
An earlier court ruling, from Judge Alex Myers, gave the state a partial win, determining laws requiring inmates to work did not violate their rights unless they faced legal or physical force as punishment. That ruling said losing privileges did not violate their rights, since they are, in fact, privileges.
The state Court of Appeals then declined to review the case, initiated on behalf of inmate Harold Mortis.
And the case was moved for other issues to another judge.
Ann Stanton, a lawyer for the state, said in closing, "This case isn't about the fact that there are consequences, it's about the degree of consequences. You haven't heard evidence that the consequences reach the level of involuntary servitude."
She pointed out some inmates were in restrictive housing for being difficult to manage, having banned items, or some other rule infraction.
The new judge gave the two sides time to submit findings, questioning, "Do the plaintiffs have to prove that involuntary servitude is rampant throughout the state corrections system, or do they just have to prove that the current policies and practices enable involuntary servitude?"
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President Donald Trump has emerged with a win from a fight with European officials over their agenda to create another carbon tax and raise the cost of items shipped to America.
It was in the United Nations where globalists who adhere to the ideology called climate change, called global warming before the warming essentially stopped, hatched a plan to charge shipping companies for their travels.
"Huge push by @SecRubio and the State Dept team. Strong diplomacy that put American business and consumers first WON THE DAY over an ideological carbon tax from the UN and EU," Mike Walz wrote on social media.
Fifty-seven countries voted in favor of delaying the adoption vote and 49 voted against. There were 21 abstentions.
The Washington Examiner explained the decision was "a shock, as many member states of the IMO, a London-based specialized agency within the U.N., were confident there were enough votes to adopt the measure as international maritime law."
Trump has been opposing the new world taxation plan for months, and recently escalated his objections.
Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said the delay was to the component of the "net-zero framework."
The report said, "The motion to delay the vote on the measure was reportedly put forward by Singapore on Friday and called to a vote by Saudi Arabia, which was aligned with the Trump administration in its efforts to block the framework."
Trump expressed outrage that the International Maritime Organization was trying to pass a "global Carbon Tax."
The plan was to charge shipping massive fees for "greenhouse gas emissions."
Initially, ship owners were facing a minimum of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted over a baseline.