Wasilla,United States

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin isn’t used to sharing the spotlight.In the nearly 14 years since she burst onto the national political scene, the former Alaska governor has appeared on reality television programs, written books, spent time as a Fox News contributor, formed a political action committee in her name and been a rumored White House contender. She more recently revived her status as a conservative sensation with an ultimately unsuccessful lawsuit against The New York Times.Now, the first Republican female vice presidential nominee is vying for what could be considered a less glamorous role: a member of the U.S. House.Palin is among 48 candidates running for Alaska’s lone House seat following the death last month of Republican Rep. Don Young, who'd held the job since 1973. If successful, Palin would be one of 435 members in a chamber where ambition runs deep but legislating is tough, in no small part because of the populist politics that took hold in the aftermath of the 2008 election.Given those dynamics, it would be easy to dismiss Palin’s candidacy as the latest headline-grabbing twist in an unconventional career. Some of her critics have sought to cast her as an opportunist seeking to bolster her brand. The opinion section of the website of Alaska’s largest newspaper is dotted with letters to the editor urging Alaskans to reject her run. They remind readers she left the last major job she had in politics, as Alaska’s governor, with about 16 months left in her term.But in a recent interview with The Associated Press, Palin rejected such critiques. She insisted her commitment to Alaska has not wavered and those who suggest otherwise “don’t know me.” She said she is serious about seeking the House seat and doesn’t need a “launching pad for anything else.”If anything, she said her unique place in American politics would put her in a stronger position in Washington. Unlike other freshmen lawmakers, she said, she could “pick up the phone and call any reporter and be on any show if I wanted to, and it would be all about Alaska.”“I love to work, and anyone who is around me, they know,” she said. “What I’m doing is applying for a job, for Alaskans, saying, ‘Hey, you guys would be my boss. Do you want to hire me? Because if you do, I’ll do a good job for you, and I won’t back down.’” There’s only one former governor who is currently a member of the House — Democrat Charlie Crist of Florida. Palin faces several hurdles to getting there.One is navigating elections that will unfold in rapid order. A June 11 special primary will be the first statewide by-mail election. The four candidates who get the most votes will advance to an Aug. 16 special election, in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner will serve the remainder of Young’s term, which expires in January. There also will be an August primary and November general election to determine who will serve a two-year term starting in January.Some voters question her decision to leave the governor’s office, a move she has attributed to an onslaught of records requests and ethics complaints she said were frivolous. She has spent time out of the state but maintains a home in Wasilla, her hometown and where she got her start in politics.“Well, I’m sorry if that narrative is out there because it’s inaccurate,” she said of the perception she had left Alaska behind. She said Alaska is her home and that she was “shoveling moose poop” in her father’s yard on a recent sunny day before calling a reporter.She has regularly voted in state elections since leaving office, according to the Division of Elections.“I’m still all about Carhartts and steel-toed boots and just hard work,” Palin said, referring to a popular brand of outerwear. “I just have been blessed with opportunities and a platform to get out there and tell and show other people the beauty of being an Alaskan.”She mentions Alaskans’ hunting lifestyles and the importance of responsibly developing the state’s oil and gas resources. She said she plans to attend events including this week’s state Republican party convention.The contest in Republican-leaning Alaska will do little to change the balance of power in Washington. But the election is being closely watched as a barometer of former President Donald Trump’s connection to the GOP’s most loyal voters.In Wasilla, Trump 2020 or Trump 2024 banners fly from several homes, the few political signs seen so far this election year. Palin said if Trump runs for president in 2024 and asks her to be his running mate, she’d consider it, though she said he could choose anyone and they haven’t had such a candid conversation.Palin said Trump was among those who contacted her after Young’s death asking if she would be willing to run. She said this is a good time in her life to seek a return to office, politically and personally. Her family life has changed, she noted, with her four older children grown. Her youngest, Trig, is in middle school. Palin was divorced from Todd Palin, her husband of more than 30 years, in 2020.She said she feels like she has “nothing to lose” in running. After having her political and personal lives in the media glare for so long, “what more can they say?” she said, and later added: “To me, it’s freedom.”Palin has perhaps the highest profile among a list of candidates that includes current and former state legislators, a North Pole city council member whose legal name is Santa Claus, and Republican Nick Begich, who got into the race last fall and has been working for months to rack up conservative support.Begich said he considers the Matanuska-Susitna region, a conservative hotbed that includes Wasilla, as one of his strongest areas, and said he is unaware of any of his supporters defecting since Palin joined the race.“Everyone that has come to support me remains fully supportive, and that’s a strong statement because a lot has changed,” he said.Tim Burney, who lives in Wasilla, said he supports Palin. He said she resigned “for the good of the state” after her detractors “came at her with guns ablazing.”“She just lives right down the road here, and, you know, she grew up here,” he said while smoking a cigarette outside the Mug-Shot Saloon after finishing lunch on a recent day.“Her heart’s here in Alaska, and I think that she’s good for Alaska,” he said.___Bohrer reported from Juneau, Alaska.

Palin on serving in Congress: 'It would be all about Alaska'

Congress

Alaska

Washington

Trump

SarahPalin

FoxNews

Alaska, USA

Kelly Tshibaka, who has received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, on Monday officially filed to run as a candidate for U.S. Senate in the race against the incumbent Republican. Tshibaka will face off against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who drew Tshibaka’s aim during a news conference after Tshibaka filed with the state Division of Elections in Anchorage. “Lisa Murkowski has forgotten us because she cares more about being popular with her friends in Washington, D.C. ” said Tshibaka, also a Republican. Also Read: Capitol Riots panel says it has enough evidence to book Trump,Tshibaka claimed Murkowski was helping the agenda of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, with her vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson — whom Tshibaka described as a “leftist judge” — to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the same time, she criticized Murkowski for not backing two Trump nominees to the court, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. ,Murkowski opposed and later voted “present” on Kavanaugh's nomination. She voted to confirm Barrett in 2020, after earlier saying she did not support taking up a nominee for a Supreme Court vacancy so close to a presidential election. ,Tshibaka chastised Murkowski for supporting other Biden nominees, including Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. “These are not the votes that a senator from Alaska should be casting,” Tshibaka said. “Murkowski has made poor decisions like this over and over, and we, the people of Alaska, continue to pay the price for her popularity in Washington, D.C.”,Tshibaka is a former commissioner in the Alaska Department of Administration. She formerly worked in the offices of inspector general for the U.S. Postal Service, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice before joining the administration of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, according to her resume. A message sent to Murkowski’s campaign seeking comment was not immediately returned Monday. Her campaign did send a news release showing the support of more than a dozen Alaska mayors and other officials who are endorsing Murkowski. When Murkowski filed for office in November, she was asked about running against a Trump-backed opponent. Murkowski told reporters at the time there will be “plenty of people on the outside who will be gunning for me, who will suggest that I am not right for Alaskans. I would put that directly to the people of this state.”,Murkowski, who has held the Senate seat since late 2002, had about six times the cash on hand over Tshibaka at the end of 2021. The latest quarterly fundraising reports — reflecting the first three months of this year — are due around mid-month. Tshibaka’s totals will include money collected from a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump has said he would campaign for Tshibaka after vowing revenge against Murkowski, who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial and called on Trump to resign after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “He said that he’ll come up into a rally for us, and I think that’ll be great for voter turnout,” Tshibaka said. Trump also has endorsed former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is one of 48 candidates running to fill the remainder of U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term after he died last month. Palin was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. When asked if the two big personalities of Trump and Palin could overshadow her campaign, Tshibaka said that is separate from the Senate campaign. “I’m completely focused on Lisa Murkowski and the damage that she’s done and the fact that she serves as Biden’s chief enabling officer, helping him every step of the way,” she said. ,In addition to Murkowski and Tshibaka, 10 other candidates so far have filed to run in the Senate race. Under a new election system approved by Alaska voters in 2020, the top four vote-getters in the August primary, regardless of party, will advance to the November general election, where ranked choice voting will be used.

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  <li>Kelly Tshibaka has received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump</li>
  <li>She officially filed to run as a candidate for US Senate in the race against the incumbent Republican</li>
  <li>Tshibaka will face off against US Sen. Lisa Murkowski</li>
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Kelly Tshibaka, Trump-backed Alaska hopeful, officially files for Senate run

DonaldTrump

USSenate

AmyConeyBarrett

KetanjiBrownJackson

DebHaaland

republican

Senate

SupremeCourt

JoeBiden

Anchorage,United States

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin has picked up a prized endorsement in her bid in an extremely crowded field to fill the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young. Former President Donald Trump backed Palin late Sunday in a statement from his political action committee.“Wonderful patriot Sarah Palin just announced that she is running for Congress, and that means there will be a true America First fighter on the ballot,” the statement says.A total of 51 candidates signed up by the Friday deadline to run in a special primary following Young's death on March 18 at age 88. The top four vote getters will advance to an Aug. 16 special election, in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner will serve until January, when the current term ends. Some of candidates who filed for the special primary — including Palin — have also filed to seek a regular two-term House term starting in January.Candidates had until noon Monday to remove their names from consideration. Three had withdrawn already.Other candidates with name recognition include Nick Begich, grandson of former Rep. Nick Begich, who died in office and held Alaska’s sole seat in the House before Young was elected in 1973; a North Pole City Council member who legally changed his name to Santa Claus; former lawmakers John Coghill and Andrew Halcro; Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant; former U.S. Senate candidate Al Gross; Emil Notti, an Alaska Native leader who narrowly lost to Young in the 1973 election, and Josh Revak and Tara Sweeney, who were co-chairs of Young’s reelection campaign.This is the third time Trump has issued an endorsement in Alaska races. Earlier he backed Kelly Tshibaka, a former state official, in her bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Trump has vowed revenge against Murkowski, a Republican, after she voted to convict him in his impeachment trial and also called on him to resign after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Tshibaka has trailed Murkowski in campaign funds. Murkowski ended 2021 with $4.3 million cash on hand, while Tshibaka reported just over $600,000. Campaign finance reports are due soon for the first quarter of 2022. Tshibaka’s report will cover a Feb. 10 fundraiser hosted with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.The other endorsement Trump gave was to Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, but that was conditional. Trump said Dunleavy would receive his blessing if Dunleavy didn’t endorse Murkowski, a condition and endorsement Dunleavy accepted.Palin endorsed Trump early in 2016 before he won the presidency that year.“Now, it’s my turn,” he said, calling her a champion of Alaska values, energy jobs and its people.Palin in 2008 was selected by then-Sen. John McCain to be his running mate against then-Sen. Barack Obama. Trump said she “lifted the McCain presidential campaign out of the dumps — even though they were ultimately defeated by Obama. Trump said he was “proud to give her my complete and total endorsement.”Palin thanked Trump on Twitter, saying she was “honored to have your support.”The June 11 special primary will be conducted primarily by mail, a statewide first, with state election officials citing the tight timeline to hold the event as a major factor. The Aug. 16 special election will coincide with the regular primary.Voters in 2020 approved a new elections system that ends party primaries and institutes ranked voting for general elections. Those processes will be used for the first time in Alaska this year. Elections officials are targeting Sept. 2 to certify the winner of the special election. The regular primary and November general election will determine who represents Alaska in the House for a two-year term starting in January.

Trump endorses Palin in bid for Alaska's sole House seat

Juneau,United States

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin on Friday shook up an already unpredictable race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, filing paperwork to join a field of at least 40 candidates seeking to fill the seat that had been held for 49 years by the late-U.S. Rep. Don Young, who died last month. Palin filed paperwork Friday, which was being processed by the Division of Elections, said Tiffany Montemayor, a division spokesperson. The field includes current and former state legislators and a North Pole city council member named Santa Claus. The deadline to file was 5 p.m. Friday.“Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, just as Rep. Young did for 49 years,” Palin said in a statement posted on social media. “I realize that I have very big shoes to fill, and I plan to honor Rep. Young’s legacy by offering myself up in the name of service to the state he loved and fought for, because I share that passion for Alaska and the United States of America.”Palin is a former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. She has kept a low profile in Alaska politics since leaving office in 2009, before her term as governor ended. Young, a Republican, had held Alaska's House seat since 1973 and had been seeking reelection at the time of his death last month at age 88. A special primary is set for June 11. The top four vote-getters will advance to an Aug. 16 special election in which ranked choice voting will be used, a process in line with a new elections system approved by voters in 2020.The winner will serve the remainder of Young's term, which expires in January. The state Division of Elections is targeting Sept. 2 to certify the special election.Others who filed Friday include Republican state Sen. Josh Revak; Democratic state Rep. Adam Wool; independent Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2020; and Andrew Halcro, a former Republican state lawmaker who is running as an independent. They join a field that includes Republican Nick Begich, who had positioned himself as a challenger to Young; Democrat Christopher Constant, an Anchorage Assembly member; and John Coghill, a Republican former state lawmaker. Revak, who previously worked for Young's office and was a statewide co-chair for Young's reelection bid, said he felt a “strong calling and a duty to step forward. He said he was “heartbroken” by the filing timeline, coinciding with a period he said should be focused on remembering Young.Young lied in state at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. A public memorial was held in the Washington, D.C.-area on Wednesday and a public memorial is planned in Anchorage on Saturday. Revak said he also plans to run in the regular primary for U.S. House. The August special election will coincide with the regular primary. The regular primary and November general election will determine who represents Alaska in the House for a two-year term starting in January.Gross also plans to run in both the special and regular elections. His campaign announced a leadership team that includes several Republicans and independents, as well as Democrats, including former Gov. Tony Knowles.“We are building a campaign that embodies all of Alaska,” Gross said in a statement.Wool said he has privately discussed a run for years. He said he looked at the candidates running in the special primary and “wasn't that impressed. Many of them have never won an election, don't have any statewide recognition and politically aren't aligned certainly not with me or what I would think the majority of Alaskans are looking for.” Wool, from Fairbanks, said he considers himself moderate. He said a decision on whether to run in the regular primary was yet to be made.Halcro, who has a podcast on which he talks politics, said during the campaign he plans to play up his intent to only run to fill the remainder of the term. He said if the person who wins the special election also is in the November general election, he expects they would spend a fair amount of time campaigning. He said if elected, he would be focused on congressional work.Meanwhile, a man who years ago legally changed his name to Santa Claus and serves on the North Pole city council also filed with the state Division of Elections for the special primary. Claus, who said he has a “strong affinity” for Bernie Sanders, is running as an independent. He said he is not soliciting or raising money. He said the new elections process “gives people like me an opportunity, without having to deal with parties, to throw our hat in the ring.”“I do have name recognition,” he said with a laugh.

Palin files paperwork to run in Alaska US House race

SantaClaus

Young

New York,United States

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge said Wednesday that lawyers for Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times, along with his removal from the case.U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff made the disclosure during a brief telephone conference with lawyers.Rakoff said in an order last week that jurors knew before delivering their verdict against Palin earlier this month that he had ruled against her as a matter of law the previous day.Rakoff said the jurors repeatedly assured his law clerk that pop-up news notifications on their phones about the judge’s ruling did not affect their deliberations.After lawyers for Palin asked to make their requests in a 50-page written submission, the judge said each side could file papers of the same length after he issues a written opinion next week explaining why he decided he was tossing out the case regardless of the verdict returned by the jury.Palin, a former Republican vice-presidential candidate, claimed in her 2017 lawsuit that the newspaper libeled her the same year with an editorial about gun control.The Times maintained that it quickly corrected any errors in the editorial and had made an “honest mistake that was never meant to harm Palin.

Judge: Sarah Palin seeks new trial in defamation lawsuit

NewYork

Manhattan

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over the libel lawsuit brought by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin against The New York Times said Wednesday that jurors knew before delivering their verdict that he’d already decided to rule against Palin but they said it didn't affect the outcome.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said in a written order that several jurors told a law clerk after deciding against Palin on Tuesday that they had received news flashes on their phones about Rakoff’s Monday announcement that he'd toss out the lawsuit regardless of the verdict.“The jurors repeatedly assured the Court’s law clerk that these notifications had not affected them in any way or played any role whatever in their deliberations, Rakoff wrote.The judge invited lawyers to speak up if they wanted to challenge the verdict. Besides describing the assurances by jurors that his findings didn't affect their verdict, Rakoff also noted that no lawyers objected to his plan when he told them Monday morning that he'd decide and announce his findings on the case as a matter of law later that day.He said at the time that he'd let jurors continue deliberating because he expected the case to be appealed and wanted the appeals court to have his ruling as well as the conclusion reached by the jury. As Rakoff explained to jurors after the verdict was announced, the judge makes decisions based on aspects of the relevant laws as to whether Palin had proven her claims against The Times, while the jury decides the case based on the evidence it hears and views as the trial proceeds.Palin claimed in her 2017 lawsuit that the newspaper libeled her with an editorial about gun control published after a Republican congressman was wounded that same year when a man with a history of anti-GOP activity fired on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington.In the editorial, The Times wrote that Palin's political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence by circulating a map of electoral districts that put 20 Democrats under stylized crosshairs before a Democratic congresswoman was severely wounded by gunfire in 2011.The Times acknowledged that the editorial wrongly described both the map and any link to the shooting, but it said it quickly corrected the errors, which it described as an “honest mistake never meant to harm Palin.In announcing Monday he'd rule against Palin, Rakoff said the former Alaska governor failed to prove the newspaper acted with malice, which is required in libel lawsuits involving public figures. He also said he was “hardly surprised Palin sued after “very unfortunate editorializing on the part of The Times.Lawyers did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Judge: Palin libel case jurors knew he'd rejected her claims

New York, NY, USA

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict on the grounds that she hadn’t proven the paper acted maliciously, something required in libel suits involving public figures. Also read: Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin libel lawsuit against New York Times,Asked about the verdict as she left the Manhattan courthouse, Palin said, “Of course we're disappointed, adding she hoped there would be an appeal. She also praised her two lawyers. “There were three of us versus the monstrous team of The New York Times and we did well,” she said. Doing all they can to make sure the little guy has a voice, the underdog can have their say. Messages were left with the Times seeking comment. Palin, a onetime Republican vice presidential nominee, sued the newspaper in 2017 claiming it had damaged her career as a political commentator and consultant with an editorial about gun control published after a man opened fire on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington. Also read: Saugerties police find 6 year old Paislee Shultis alive 2 years after she went missing,U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded in the shooting, committed by a man with a history of anti-GOP activity. In the editorial, the Times blamed overheated political rhetoric. It likened the shooting to a 2011 massacre in Arizona that left six dead and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded, and said Palin’s political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence at the time by circulating a map of electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs. In a correction shortly after the editorial was published, The Times said it had “incorrectly stated that a link existed between political rhetoric and the 2011 shooting” and that it had “incorrectly described” the map; a tweet read, “We got an important fact wrong.”,Also read: Bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert in US,At the trial, Palin cast herself as a victim of biased journalism by a left-leaning, elitist media institution eager to embarrass a pro-gun rights politician. “It was devastating to read a false accusation that I had anything to do with murder,” Palin said. “I felt powerless – that I was up against Goliath. .. I was David.”,In closing arguments, Palin lawyer Kenneth Turkel called the editorial an example of how The Times “treated people on the right they don’t agree with. ... They don’t care. She’s just one of ‘them.’”,In his closing, Times attorney David Axelrod called the case “incredibly important because it’s about freedom of the press.”,The First Amendment protects journalists “who make an honest mistake when they write about a person like Sarah Palin … That’s all this was about - an honest mistake,” Axelrod said. It was an uphill battle for Palin: The jury had to decide whether former Times editorial page editor James Bennet acted with “actual malice” against a public figure or with “reckless disregard” for the truth when he inserted the disputed wording into the piece. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff had informed lawyers on Monday with the jury outside of the courtroom that Palin had failed to show that The Times had acted out of malice — a finding he predicted was certain to be challenged on appeal. He shared that news with the jury on Tuesday after their verdict was read, saying he would now enter a written judgment. “We've reached the same bottom line,” Rakoff said. “But it's on different grounds — you decided the facts, I decided the law.”,At trial, Bennet testified that he botched the edit, but meant no harm. “I’ve regretted it pretty much every day since,” he said. He and other Times staffers testified about the great lengths taken to correct the error the morning after the piece was published. He also said he wanted to apologize to Palin, but was prohibited by a Times policy against making personal apologies. The defense also has asserted the editorial was predominantly about inflammatory political rhetoric and only made a passing reference to Palin’s political committee, which by law is an entity that’s separate from her. Palin pushed back, saying, the PAC “is me.”,“My name, my voice, my face,” she said. A judge had to put off the trial for a week after Palin tested positive for COVID-19. Away from court, she caused a stir by being sighted dining out at an upscale restaurant in Manhattan after testing positive.

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Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict on the grounds that she hadn’t proven the paper acted maliciously, something required in libel suits involving public figures.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/judge-dismisses-sarah-palin-libel-lawsuit-against-new-york-times\\\">Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin libel lawsuit against New York Times</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Asked about the verdict as she left the Manhattan courthouse, Palin said, “Of course we're disappointed,\\\" adding she hoped there would be an appeal. She also praised her two lawyers.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“There were three of us versus the monstrous team of The New York Times and we did well,” she said. \\\"Doing all they can to make sure the little guy has a voice, the underdog can have their say.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Messages were left with the Times seeking comment.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Palin, a onetime Republican vice presidential nominee, sued the newspaper in 2017 claiming it had damaged her career as a political commentator and consultant with an editorial about gun control published after a man opened fire on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/saugerties-police-find-6-year-old-paislee-shultis-alive-2-years-after-she-went-missing\\\">Saugerties police find 6 year old Paislee Shultis alive 2 years after she went missing</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded in the shooting, committed by a man with a history of anti-GOP activity.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In the editorial, the Times blamed overheated political rhetoric. It likened the shooting to a 2011 massacre in Arizona that left six dead and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded, and said Palin’s political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence at the time by circulating a map of electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In a correction shortly after the editorial was published, The Times said it had “incorrectly stated that a link existed between political rhetoric and the 2011 shooting” and that it had “incorrectly described” the map; a tweet read, “We got an important fact wrong.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/bird-flu-case-puts-chicken-turkey-farms-on-high-alert-in-us\\\">Bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert in US</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"At the trial, Palin cast herself as a victim of biased journalism by a left-leaning, elitist media institution eager to embarrass a pro-gun rights politician.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“It was devastating to read a false accusation that I had anything to do with murder,” Palin said. “I felt powerless – that I was up against Goliath. .. I was David.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In closing arguments, Palin lawyer Kenneth Turkel called the editorial an example of how The Times “treated people on the right they don’t agree with. ... They don’t care. She’s just one of ‘them.’”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In his closing, Times attorney David Axelrod called the case “incredibly important because it’s about freedom of the press.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The First Amendment protects journalists “who make an honest mistake when they write about a person like Sarah Palin … That’s all this was about - an honest mistake,” Axelrod said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"It was an uphill battle for Palin: The jury had to decide whether former Times editorial page editor James Bennet acted with “actual malice” against a public figure or with “reckless disregard” for the truth when he inserted the disputed wording into the piece.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff had informed lawyers on Monday with the jury outside of the courtroom that Palin had failed to show that The Times had acted out of malice — a finding he predicted was certain to be challenged on appeal. He shared that news with the jury on Tuesday after their verdict was read, saying he would now enter a written judgment.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“We've reached the same bottom line,” Rakoff said. “But it's on different grounds — you decided the facts, I decided the law.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"At trial, Bennet testified that he botched the edit, but meant no harm.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“I’ve regretted it pretty much every day since,” he said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"He and other Times staffers testified about the great lengths taken to correct the error the morning after the piece was published. He also said he wanted to apologize to Palin, but was prohibited by a Times policy against making personal apologies.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The defense also has asserted the editorial was predominantly about inflammatory political rhetoric and only made a passing reference to Palin’s political committee, which by law is an entity that’s separate from her.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Palin pushed back, saying, the PAC “is me.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“My name, my voice, my face,” she said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"A judge had to put off the trial for a week after Palin tested positive for COVID-19. Away from court, she caused a stir by being sighted dining out at an upscale restaurant in Manhattan after testing positive.\"}}]}

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<ul>
  <li>Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times</li>
  <li>A jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting</li>
  <li>A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict</li>
</ul>

Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict on the grounds that she hadn’t proven the paper acted maliciously, something required in libel suits involving public figures.Palin, a onetime Republican vice presidential nominee, sued the newspaper in 2017 claiming it had damaged her career as a political commentator and consultant with an editorial about gun control published after a man opened fire on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington.U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded in the shooting, committed by a man with a history of anti-GOP activity.In the editorial, the Times blamed overheated political rhetoric. It likened the shooting to a 2011 massacre in Arizona that left six dead and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded, and said Palin’s political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence at the time by circulating a map of electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs.In a correction shortly after the editorial was published, The Times said it had “incorrectly stated that a link existed between political rhetoric and the 2011 shooting” and that it had “incorrectly described” the map; a tweet read, “We got an important fact wrong.”At the trial, Palin cast herself as a victim of biased journalism by a left-leaning, elitist media institution eager to embarrass a pro-gun rights politician.“It was devastating to read a false accusation that I had anything to do with murder,” Palin said. “I felt powerless – that I was up against Goliath. .. I was David.”In closing arguments, Palin lawyer Kenneth Turkel called the editorial an example of how The Times “treated people on the right they don’t agree with. ... They don’t care. She’s just one of ‘them.’”In his closing, Times attorney David Axelrod called the case “incredibly important because it’s about freedom of the press.”The First Amendment protects journalists “who make an honest mistake when they write about a person like Sarah Palin … That’s all this was about - an honest mistake,” Axelrod said.It was an uphill battle for Palin: The jury had to decide whether former Times editorial page editor James Bennet acted with “actual malice” against a public figure or with “reckless disregard” for the truth when he inserted the disputed wording into the piece.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff had informed lawyers on Monday with the jury outside of the courtroom that Palin had failed to show that The Times had acted out of malice. Rakoff had said he would wait to formally enter the judgment when the trial ends.“This is the kind of case that inevitably goes up on appeal,” Rakoff said in an explanation from the bench.At trial, Bennet testified that he botched the edit, but meant no harm.“I’ve regretted it pretty much every day since,” he said.He and other New York Times staffers testified about the great lengths taken to correct the error the morning after the piece was published. He also said he wanted to apologize to Palin, but was prohibited by a Times policy against making personal apologies.The defense also has asserted the editorial was predominantly about inflammatory political rhetoric and only made a passing reference to Palin’s political committee, which by law is an entity that’s separate from her.Palin pushed back, saying, the PAC “is me.”“My name, my voice, my face,” she said.A judge had to put off the trial for a week after Palin tested positive for COVID-19. Away from court, she caused a stir by being sighted dining out at an upscale restaurant in Manhattan after testing positive.

Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s libel claim against NY Times

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A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. Also read: Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces closure of US Embassy in Kyiv,U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff made the ruling with a jury still deliberating at a New York City trial where the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate testified last week. The judge said Palin had failed to show that The Times had acted out of malice, something required in libel lawsuits involving public figures. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff says he’ll let jury deliberations continue in case his decision winds up being reversed on appeal. Also read: Russia will attack on Wednesday, February 16: Ukraine President,Lawyers for both Palin and The Times declined to immediately comment on the judge’s decision. Palin sued The Times in 2017, claiming the newspaper had damaged her career as a political commentator and consultant with the editorial about gun control published after U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded when a man with a history of anti-GOP activity opened fire on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington. Also read: Washington DC to drop mask and COVID vaccine mandates, says Mayor Muriel Bowser,In the editorial, The Times wrote that before the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that severely wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and killed six others, Palin’s political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence by circulating a map of electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs. The Times acknowledged that the editorial wrongly described both the map, and any link to the shooting, but said the mistake wasn’t intentional.

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<ul>
  <li>A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times</li>
  <li>The lawsuit claimed that the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting</li>
  <li>U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff made the ruling with a jury still deliberating at a New York City trial</li>
</ul>

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