They got him on this one. Just one free loading arsehole. Former US President Donald Trump has been found liable to pay damages to London singer and songwriter Eddy Grant for using his song Electric Avenue without permission. It has taken Mr Grant, 76, more than four years to sue the Republican candidate in this year’s presidential election in the US courts, over his 2020 campaign video that used a 40-second clip of the song. The video was viewed 13.7 million times before Twitter, now known as X, took it down. A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Mr Trump breached Mr Grant's copyright for his 1983 hit, and is now liable for damages as well as paying for the singer's legal fees.
Hell yeah, Eddy! I hope he actually gets the money since it seems TFG usually gets off the hook. And hopefully this also opens the floodgates for the other artists whose songs have also been used against their wishes.
Seen on Bluesky, but I think it was copied from Twitter. Democrats need to introduce the "Save Donald Trump's Life Gun Control Act", so that Republicans have to choose between voting for gun control or voting not to protect Trump from the next assassination attempt.
I'm wondering what they can charge him with that has any chance of sticking? As far as I can see all he actually did was leave a scene where people were shooting at him, which is, after all reasonable behavior. Well, that and be refused service by barbers and tailors for some months... If he winds up charged with trespassing and public nuisance it might get Trumpers on board with doing something. In which case the Lords of Karma may have had a use for Trump after all.
Dude was just strolling past the golf course with his AR. Rs tell us all the time it's perfectly OK, right?
More family values!!! 🚨Donald Trump Jr. is 'caught kissing' glamorous Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson during brunch date without fiancée Kimberly GuilfoyleWitnesses told https://t.co/0txpoeGsBD Don Jr. and Bettina 'were definitely on a date'https://t.co/8FvX2chvTp pic.twitter.com/HnmJzKKtMv— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 15, 2024
I’ll confess to missing whatever point you’re trying to make…and completely understanding that Jr is cheating on his fiancé.
He is taking "family" in its most literal and reductionist sense (but ignoring what the Bible says about people who are betrothed). People who are betrothed to marry someone else are free to sleep around without it being considered "cheating". Couples who have been together for 40 years but never married are free to sleep around without it being considered "cheating". Sometimes it is hard to find daylight between his views and those of JD Vance. Remember, this is the same poster who recently used misogynistic slurs when the topic was adultery.
Yeah but when they started firing at him he ran away so I think we can all agree, he didn't stand his ground.
Imagine being Kim G though? You sold your soul…and your face…to be in the orbit of this piece of shit family and now you’re about to get tossed out with the trash.
As they sang in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "when danger reared it's ugly head / stupid ********tard ryan turned and fled. . . "