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--Dominion Voting Systems has now hit Fox News with a massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over its role in spreading lies about the company's voting machines rigging the election for President Joe Biden. that Dominion's lawsuit is "the first defamation suit filed against a media outlet by the voting company, which was a target of misleading, false and bizarre claims spread by President Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of Trump's election loss to Joe Biden."In the lawsuit against Fox, Dominion argues that the network "sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process."The voting machine company has filed similar lawsuits against a variety of Trump allies, including attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, as well as MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.Report typos and corrections to: .personality Monday night tried to defend by scrolling a long list of dozens of investigations into the now-former president, suggesting they are evidence of political persecution rather than actual misdeeds or criminal acts.In a 34-second clip Hannity manages to list about 30 investigations and related actions, including the Mar-a-Lago "raid."Last month published an explainer of the "4 major criminal probes into Donald Trump," including, "The DOJ’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation," "The Justice Department investigation into January 6," "The Georgia election investigation," and "The New York investigations into the Trump Organization."Also last month published what it calls, "The Complete Guide to All the Ways Donald Trump Is Legally Screwed," promising "Every single criminal investigation and civil lawsuit the ex-president is currently facing, including the ones you’ve probably never heard about."The nonprofit and nonpartisan watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in March published "." They write: "Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 48 criminal offenses while he was serving as President of the United States or campaigning for that office."And on January 20, 2021, McSweeney's published a 360-page compendium titled, "," which includes 1056 "atrocities."Hannity's list does not include all of those.Civil liberties and national security journalist took to Twitter to thank Hannity "for laying out the reason Trump is so desperate to try to claw back information from the FBI, [because] Trump literally obstructed every single one of these investigations, every time with Hannity's assistance."Journalist Aaron Rupar , "it's remarkable that Hannity doesn't realize he's actually owning Trump with this scroll."National security attorney Brad Moss , "Sean Hannity basically just made a contribution" to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee."Some of these have gotten lost in the mists of time," journalist and professor Bill Grueskin, thanking Hannity "for reminding us of Trump's many crimes."Appearing on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) expressed both dismay and surprise at a report from Axios that is heading up a group of Republican senators who want to pass a federal law that would after 15 weeks.Despite the fact that GOP lawmakers have been lauding the Supreme Court's highly controversial decision to dismantle Roe v. Wade and allow state legislatures set their own abortion limits, Graham and some of his colleagues are plunging ahead with a federal limitation.According to the Axios report, is set to hold a Tuesday press conference "with anti-abortion leaders on the introduction of the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act."The report adds, "Graham has previously introduced bills that sought to ban abortions nationally from . But the new measure is expected to call for a ban from 15 weeks, per the ."READ MORE: Asked by "Morning Joe" regular Katty Kay about Graham's intentions, which runs counter to the Republicans backing off abortion talk as the midterms loom, King admitted he was baffled.'We are looking at Republicans who had taken extreme positions on abortion bans in their own states to win primaries now running in a general election in November and trying to kind of dial back those more extreme positions," Kay prompted. "What do you make of what Senator Graham is proposing?""Well, it's almost amusing if it wasn't so serious," he began. "These are the guys who for years have been talking about states' rights. I think they only like states' rights if the state does what they want. They only like democracy if they win elections.""And the other thing," he continued. "Conservatives always talk about, you know, keeping the government out of your lives, how about keeping the government out of your bedroom and doctors office? And that's what we're talking about here. I think it's a profoundly conservative opinion to say, you know, these are personal decisions. This is not something that the government should be intervening in."Addressing his Senate colleague, he added, "I don't understand what Lindsey Graham is really thinking about here unless he's playing to some constituency in South Carolina or on the right-wing of the Republican Party.""This is more than about abortion," he insisted. "This is really about autonomy, this is about women's ability to have the freedom to control their bodies. I have often thought if men had to randomly have babies, I think they would be viewing this somewhat differently. To see these men leading the charge to impose rules and obligations and dangerous medical conditions on women, it's just -- it doesn't work on any level."Watch the video below or .On Tuesday, VICE that are rejoicing over increasingly open embrace of their movement, symbols, and slogans."Trump shared a picture of himself wearing a Q lapel pin, overlaid with the QAnon phrases 'The Storm is Coming' and 'WWG1WGA,' on his Truth Social account on Monday evening. The post had been originally shared on Truth Social by an account called 'Patriots in Control,' before Trump re-shared it," reported David Gilbert. "'How much more obvious can it get?' one QAnon follower asked in the QAnon-focus Great Awakening forum."In QAnon lore, "The Storm" will occur when Trump finally reveals that he has unraveled a global conspiracy of Satanic pedophiles and will announce mass arrests. QAnon adherents never explain why Trump never did any of this during the four years when he was president and apparently seemed more focused on rage-tweeting about "Morning Joe" segments."The QAnon movement has been in flux since Trump’s 2020 election defeat coupled with the lack of any communication from Q over the last 18 months. But Monday’s post by Trump has once again invigorated his most loyal base of supporters," Vice's report continued. "Telegram channels and message board threads lit up on Monday night with supporters who believed that once again, this was a sign that 'it’s happening' and that 'there's certainly no doubt now that Trump is openly endorsing Q.' 'Just in case it wasn’t abundantly CLEAR at this point, President Trump himself is making it UNDENIABLE that he is 100% aligning with the Q operation,' John Sabal, the organizer of QAnon-focused conferences, wrote on his Telegram channel which has over 60,000 subscribers."READ MORE: This comes as QAnon beliefs continue to be linked to real-world violence. Last year, a QAnon supporter in California because he believed they had reptilian DNA. Another in Michigan "snapped" after Trump's loss and .Trump has increasingly relied on his own Truth Social platform to spread his messaging, although the site, created through the use of a "blank check" special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, has continued to see struggles. Last week, a vote to take the company public for more financing .See the meme that Trump promoted below.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copyright © 2022 Raw Story Media, Inc. 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--Dominion Voting Systems has now hit Fox News with a massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over its role in spreading lies about the company's voting machines rigging the election for President Joe Biden. that Dominion's lawsuit is "the first defamation suit filed against a media outlet by the voting company, which was a target of misleading, false and bizarre claims spread by President Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of Trump's election loss to Joe Biden."In the lawsuit against Fox, Dominion argues that the network "sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its...

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