Summary
CBS has moved to dismiss Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, calling it an attack on the First Amendment.
Trump alleges CBS edited the interview to harm him politically, citing “voter interference.” CBS attorneys argue the lawsuit seeks to punish “constitutionally protected editorial judgments” and is “without basis in law or fact.”
If not dismissed, CBS wants it moved to New York, where its headquarters is located.
The move comes as a surprise because CBS had considered settling to avoid delaying its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires regulatory approval.
I hope this is true. I’ve always hoped that the one think that might save us is MAGA’s virtuosic incompetence.
Maybe this time.
The policies of the Nazi party took a while to fully implement. Even after the Enabling Act, it took a while before anyone felt it. With each dumb policy, fascists need to double down on blaming outside actors. They have to do this, because this is the only way they can cover for their failures.
The problem this time is they are implementing three years of policy changes per week. It happened too fast, and their attempts to blame others aren’t taking root.
More generally, people should be more aware of how things are different in this regime compared to 1930s Germany. The comparison is obvious, but we’ll miss opportunities if we think everything is the same.