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PogoLlama72 Apr 13, 2026 +1790

Another day, another Trump lawsuit tossed. For anyone actually curious, it’s worth skimming the judge’s opinion instead of headlines, the legal reasoning is usually way less dramatic than the tweets about it.

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k_realtor Apr 13, 2026 +348

I wish there a TACO filter. A way the news can stop with Trump "Promises, Sues, Threatens, Thinks, Says, Tries, Attempts, Slams, Promotes, Agrees, Says, Will make A Deal, defends..." it's all really just bs and self-promotion unless there's real action to something, isn't it.

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InstructionPurple911 Apr 13, 2026 +51

On my desktop, anytime Trump's name appears on web pages, it is **automatically** changed to drumpf. I have no idea why this happens, but maybe this can help you.

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YimmyGhey Apr 13, 2026 +42

Lol I remember that browser extension, I think John Oliver had something to do with it back in 2016

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Traveling_Solo Apr 13, 2026 +9

Fairly sure that's his old family name :v

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huhwhuh Apr 13, 2026 +6

I would definitely respond to Trump Croaks.

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rir2 Apr 14, 2026 +4

He’s a true believer in *any press is good press* and I wish it weren’t true but it seems to work on MAGA.

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xeen313 Apr 13, 2026 +3

New app idea. Taco filter

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camshun7 Apr 13, 2026 +55

yeah, the 'legal reason' was that he was talking absolute shite, defied gravity with his flying bullshit, yeah 'legal reason', was 'yer a f****** d***', is that in the correct parlance?

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bobandgeorge Apr 13, 2026 +72

>In his ruling, Gayles said he had to dismiss the complaint because Trump had "not plausibly alleged that the Defendants published the Article with actual malice". You were close.

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kkrko Apr 13, 2026 +51

Mind "Actual Malice" is a legal term. If you're a public figure, like, say, a reality tv show host, you're held to a higher standard to prove defamation. You need to not only prove that what they're saying to you is false, you also need to prove that the person defaming you knew or should have known it was false.

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camshun7 Apr 13, 2026 +10

Wasnt aware of that, thank you

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Darsint Apr 13, 2026 +13

What’s funny is that the Supreme Court case that determined that “actual malice” was necessary for public figures was…*New York Times v Sullivan*. There’s no way that Trump won’t appeal this because he absolutely wants to destroy that case. He wants to be able to sue media outlets that say nasty true things about him.

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kkrko Apr 14, 2026 +12

>He wants to be able to sue media outlets that say nasty true things about him. Nah, that's not what removing the actual malice standard would do. Actual Malice changes libel from "a speaker saying false things that defame a person" to "a speaker who says things that *they know or should have known* are false to defame a person". Truth always remains as absolute defense against libel.

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LiveNet2723 Apr 13, 2026 +3

This was established in the [New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) ](https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/376/254/).

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TheBigCore Apr 13, 2026 +35

Trump doesn't care if these lawsuits fail. The whole point is "The Process Is the Punishment", making his enemies waste time and money fighting these bogus legal actions.

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iamstephen1128 Apr 13, 2026 +16

This and the fact that the suits failing is somehow "proof" to his loyalists that he's being mistreated...

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FreeUsePolyDaddy Apr 13, 2026 +7

They engage in utterly insane flights of "logic".

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JustHereForCookies17 Apr 14, 2026 +2

It's only "lawfare" when it doesn't benefit their side.

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Surullian Apr 13, 2026 +6

Everything is less dramatic than he tweets about.

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strangerzero Apr 16, 2026 +1

It is called lawfare, hassle people and make them spend money on lawyers travel etc. with frivolous cases.

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[deleted] Apr 13, 2026 +451

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boxoffoxsocks Apr 13, 2026 +134

Yeaaaahhh I hadn't really connected those pieces until you said this. The hell kind of scheme is that where he can't be held accountable\* for his actions in office but he can sue the shit out of anyone. \*changed responsible to accountable

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allanbc Apr 14, 2026 +2

Thing is, the President can actually be held accountable, but the process is different. He has to be impeached and removed first. This is part of those checks and balances Americans do often tout, or used to, before Trump demonstrated how utterly impotent they are in practice. It's actually not uncommon for Presidents or even members of ruling bodies to be immediately above the law - however, there will usually be a way to get past that. For example, Denmark had a former Minister investigated and held responsible for human rights violations a few years ago - for separating couples of asylum seekers where the female partner was underage.

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UbiSububi8 Apr 13, 2026 +84

And it’s malicious. Designed to cost the company time and money. That has a chilling effect. Rupert Murdoch can afford to spend millions to defend against a suit from Trump. Can a small paper? Can a small town? Can a regular American?

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[deleted] Apr 13, 2026 +39

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tooshpright Apr 13, 2026 +12

Probably not as much as the golf weekends.

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JustHereForCookies17 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Or the East Wing remodel, military parade, Arc de Drumpf, Kennedy Center remodel, F1 race, etc... And that's just the shit he's doing IN DC.

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tompear82 Apr 13, 2026 +25

At the very least there should be a law that states that you can't file a lawsuit after you've already filed a certain number of frivolous lawsuits. He shouldn't be able to use the court system to waste others time and resources

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centipededamascus Apr 13, 2026 +20

There is, actually. Federal courts can label you a "vexatious litigant", which restricts your right to file lawsuits.

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tompear82 Apr 13, 2026 +14

Why the f*** has that not happened to him yet?

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centipededamascus Apr 13, 2026 +10

Well as I understand it, basically someone who has been sued by Trump like this has to sue him in Federal court and ask them to do that. It doesn't seem like anyone has stepped up to take that step yet.

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tompear82 Apr 13, 2026 +9

See, that is too high of a bar to clear for our legal system. It shouldn't be on a victim of his to counter sue and take the hit on legal fees.

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Visual_Bridge6925 Apr 13, 2026 +7

Idk how it would apply to this situation, but assholes who file blatantly frivolous lawsuits are often made to pay the other side's legal fees as a punishment.

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Wyrmnax Apr 14, 2026 +1

Problem is Suppose you say "I dont like cheetos" Trump somehow says thats about him and sues you for defamation. Do you have the $1k dollars to pay upfront for a lawyer to fight that case in court? The time it will take to find that lawyer, get to him, have a deposition, all the days it will take in court? And - even worse - all the expenses it will incur in the 0.0001% chance he wins the case against you? This is why slap suits work. The other side simply does not have the means to be fighting those frivolous lawsuits

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Visual_Bridge6925 Apr 14, 2026 +1

If Trump sues me I'll defend myself, he, and his lawyers, have all proven to be completely incompetent, they literally cannot read the laws, let alone attempt to make actual legal arguments. Not to mention, if Trump sued anyone for something that frivolous lawyers would line up to defend them pro-bono.

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FreeUsePolyDaddy Apr 13, 2026 +1

I think there is also the concept of barretry, but the jeapordy there would be on the attorneys, not the client.

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bolt_in_blue Apr 13, 2026 +13

I think we also need a constitutional amendment to make it clear that the sitting president loses many of their rights as a private citizen while in office. The president should not be permitted to personally sue anyone while in office.

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JerryDipotosBurner Apr 13, 2026 +286

> Trump's lawyer told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, that the president will refile the "powerhouse" suit. > US District Judge Darrin Gayles said Trump came "nowhere close" to showing the WSJ acted with actual malice towards him, which is the threshold for defamation cases in the US. This is far from over. They’ll re-file, it’ll get tossed or something, they’ll appeal all the way to SCOTUS somehow.

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Osiris32 Apr 13, 2026 +34

This won't make it that far. He can refile, but if it keeps getting tossed, it will never go further than district court. You can't go up the ladder of the court system on just a dismissal, it has to be dismissed with prejudice and then you have to appeal *the fact that it was dismissed with prejudice* before you can then actually try the case. If they refile, it all depends on the SOL, since that clock does not stop when the suit is filed. They may well be out of time.

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Fried_puri Apr 14, 2026 +2

Yeah their threat is all hot air. Luckily for them, the public has the collective memory of a goldfish so even when they quietly end this pointless endeavor no one will call them out for it.

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Horknut1 Apr 13, 2026 +15

There is no way SCOTUS takes on this case. Yes, they're the worst ever. But no way.

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XayahTheVastaya Apr 13, 2026 +87

And since the SCOTUS made it so the one person in our country that most needs to be bound by law is above the law, that might actually work out for him.

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Anteater776 Apr 13, 2026 +26

He can do no crime but it’s a crime to hurt his feefees

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Danger_Fluff Apr 14, 2026 +3

If he does, I reaaaaaaaaaaaally hope the next group of lawyers will take it through discovery.

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Sweatytubesock Apr 13, 2026 +70

There has never been a parasite in human history like Trump. He’s in his own galaxy.

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CHEVIEWER1 Apr 15, 2026 +1

Orange parasite indeed.

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che-che-chester Apr 13, 2026 +18

I think Trump files these bullshit lawsuits to back up his claims of "fake news". It costs him very little to file a suit that will never make it to court. He gets to post on Truth Social that he's suing the WSJ and other conservative news outlets will amplify the story. Nobody will see this story about the suit being tossed. It's the same reason why Trump and MAGA wanted to do endless election recounts in 2020. The fact that they're doing a recount at all implies there was a potential problem. In reality, there was never a legit reason to do any recounts in 2020. Also, I think most of us would agree that any POTUS deserves *some level* of protection against lawsuits while in office. But that should work both ways. If POTUS wants to file lawsuits while in office, that should void their protection from lawsuits.

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Laskeese Apr 13, 2026 +13

100% it's about propaganda and discrediting reliable news sources. He tells his supporters "those bad people are being mean to me and I'm suing them for it". As far as his supporters are concerned the suit legitimizes his crying and they shun that news source forever and they're so deep in their echo chamber that they never actually see that the result of the suit was that it had literally zero merit or they do see it and Trump just says "ya that judge is in on it too" and now he's discrediting the legal system as well as whatever news organization and it just drives his supporters deeper into the echo chamber.

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Vann_Accessible Apr 13, 2026 +14

Get in, losers! We’re goin’ losin’!

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zedkyuu Apr 13, 2026 +19

Wonder when we’ll see the EO about preserving national and presidential pride that makes it illegal to say anything bad about the US government. And since the Trump org is the US government…

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r0ryp Apr 13, 2026 +2

Yeah The Boys current season hits a little too close to home with that one…

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aluke000 Apr 13, 2026 +5

For all these frivolous lawsuits, judges should be requiring them to fully pay for the defense lawyers fees. But then again they would just use our tax dollars to pay any fines or fees anyway.

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Hopalong_Manboobs Apr 13, 2026 +11

Dismissed because King Pedo definitely did write and send Epstein a bday card mentioning their shared “wonderful secret.” [which was raping kids]

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NeighborhoodFew7779 Apr 14, 2026 +3

The prepubescent breasts illustrated are just the vomit on top of this shit sundae. Such a vile and repellent man... yet 70M plus Americans think he's just the best ever.

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_Kramerica_ Apr 16, 2026 +2

I’ll continue to say it, I don’t think as many people voted for him as the numbers tell us. Elon rigged that shit for him.

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RobutNotRobot Apr 13, 2026 +4

Just another reminder that Trump raped kids.

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Time-Industry-1364 Apr 13, 2026 +5

Important for people to remember that he typically only files these lawsuits to intimidate people, exhaust their financial resources or just to be a vindictive pest. Generally, he doesn't have any intention of actually following through with the suit or other legal proceedings. They are not filed in good faith most of the time. I wish we had some kind of system in place to prevent him doing this because it is unfortunately a very reliable and effective method of silencing or harassing people.

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SoftlySpokenPromises Apr 14, 2026 +3

At what point do judges start to label him a vexatious litigant? This has gone on for decades now!

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NightchadeBackAgain Apr 13, 2026 +5

Yup. Trump must hate the Constitution so much, lol

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fakieTreFlip Apr 13, 2026 +11

I don't think he cares, to be honest. These suits are obviously all frivolous. The goal likely isn't to win, but to intimidate and waste people's time and money

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korkythecat333 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Yes, also it gives the impression that there are "two sides to the story"

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Eddfan36 Apr 14, 2026 +1

His goal is to push and the break the constitution.

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Niceromancer Apr 13, 2026 +3

Sadly the damage has already been done.

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Existien Apr 13, 2026 +3

Judge: "noch so ein Mist und du bist dismissed"

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Jumpstart_411 Apr 14, 2026 +3

This is a wasted of American resource, more pressing matter were ignored.

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IMGcertified Apr 14, 2026 +3

That's because Bezoz already paid him in the form of Melania Movie

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Blubbolo Apr 13, 2026 +2

At what time do we expect the meltdown on truth?

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PigFarmer1 Apr 13, 2026 +3

About 03:00 tomorrow morning.

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Island_Monkey86 Apr 13, 2026 +2

Can they just dismiss the orange oaf so we can live normal lives again?

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Fomdoo Apr 13, 2026 +2

You know he has no idea how much money is worth. $10B for that lawsuit. That's insane.

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Jenetyk Apr 13, 2026 +2

Another win for the billable hour.

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Odd-Syllabub-3642 Apr 13, 2026 +2

Someone with a long legal history of bankruptcies and suing others sounds like a shady guy to put in charge of a country. What a ghetto, scandalous administration

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Cyrano_Knows Apr 13, 2026 +2

Trump was the most litigious (malicious) business owner by far before coming president. He weaponized and used the court system to bully creditors and competitors and anything he disliked. And now, as President, he's basically made it so he can't be prosecuted and sitting presidents can't be sued for civil liability. So basically Trump sues everybody left and right, including the government he oversees and can't be sued back. F****** deplorable and pathetic.

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ZenBreaking Apr 14, 2026 +2

Toss it back up on the front page again

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SubstantialNature368 Apr 14, 2026 +2

It is literally impossible to defame Donny Raper.

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Phenomenon101 Apr 13, 2026 +4

let me guess. hes going to go crying to the supreme corrupt court?

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Known_Appointment604 Apr 13, 2026 +2

These dismissals don’t even need to be reported. They are just assumed. Let us know if one gets through.

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Ayotha Apr 13, 2026 +1

Meh it's good to know the bigger ones. better then thinking he gets away with even more then what he should. America . . .

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ZenRage Apr 13, 2026 +1

If you are news journal that publishes an article about a dismissal without linking to the court's own ruling, you are bad at journalism and should feel bad. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/trump-v-wsj-dismissal.pdf

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Salamok Apr 13, 2026 +1

Wait you mean they guy we all thought was full of shit is full of shit? I am shocked!!!

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mrflash818 Apr 13, 2026 +1

Lost another lawsuit?! \_\_LOVE\_\_ that for him.

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Beh0420mn Apr 13, 2026 +1

He did say he was sick of winning so much

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