The Bainbridge Island Film Festival kicked off its inaugural event at the Historic Lynwood Theatre with a screening of ‘This is not financial advice,” a documentary co-directed by Bainbridge High School alum Zach Ingrasci.
In a wild, abrupt segment on Newsmax’s
Wake Up America Monday,
David Litt who served as a speechwriter for former President
Barack Obama repeatedly trashed the network on which he was speaking over the retracted claims, reported to have been settled out of court. Litt made the comments to Newsmax host
Rob Finnerty who invited Litt on to discuss
Elon Musk’s
“What happened on
SNL this weekend was that people made stuff up, and then said it on television like it’s true,” Litt said. “And that actually happens pretty frequently on American TV. For example, in 2020, Dominion voting system sued Newsmax over its false claims about election fraud. Newsmax was lying to its own viewers, and Newsmax had to settle that lawsuit. So actually, I just need to check-in: Are you still telling that lie or are you telling new lies?”
Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as a joke in 2013, has surged more than 20,000% in the past year, according to CoinGecko. Musk has been among its biggest boosters, along with Mark Cuban, Snoop Dogg and Gene Simmons.
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