Mark Bankston
@markbankston.bsky.social
Partner, Farrar & Ball, LLP.
Bomb-throwing do-gooder.
Half Robin Hood, half Blackbeard.
Caught Alex Jones lying on the stand.
Bomb-throwing do-gooder.
Half Robin Hood, half Blackbeard.
Caught Alex Jones lying on the stand.
My partner Kyle Farrar and I spoke to ABOTA about the benefits and challenges of live-streaming the Alex Jones trial. It was a great conversation along with David Siegel of Courtroom View Network:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWN...
Streaming Justice – When Courtrooms Go Live
YouTube video by ABOTA Speaks
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My partner Kyle Farrar and I spoke to ABOTA about the benefits and challenges of live-streaming the Alex Jones trial. It was a great conversation along with David Siegel of Courtroom View Network:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWN...
In addition to being in the process of losing his business, this man has also lost his juice.
August 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In addition to being in the process of losing his business, this man has also lost his juice.
9 months later, and I’m happy to report that Musk’s attempt to dismiss this class-action has failed. Let me give you some updates… 🧵
No better way to tell you I'm on Bluesky than to announce that I have brought a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and AmericaPAC for their fraudulent “lottery” giveaway. Speech is free, but lies you have to pay for.
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Keeps Getting Hit With Lawsuits For Duping Trump Supporters
Voters thought they had a chance to randomly win $1 million as part of Musk's PAC. Musk's own attorneys said the winners were predetermined.
www.huffpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
9 months later, and I’m happy to report that Musk’s attempt to dismiss this class-action has failed. Let me give you some updates… 🧵
My dumb ass at 19 signing my first predatory loan.
August 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My dumb ass at 19 signing my first predatory loan.
I’m having trouble processing that this is real. But it is extremely real.
Grok now advocating for Adolf Hitler to “deal with” Cindy Steinberg, who by the way is innocent of anything. This is real. It was posted about 30 minutes ago.
July 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’m having trouble processing that this is real. But it is extremely real.
If anyone knows the real Cindy Steinberg, I’d be happy to talk to her about her legal options. After defaming her for the past 24 hours, Grok has now acknowledged the situation is a hoax … but it’s also still defaming her every few minutes in separate posts.
July 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If anyone knows the real Cindy Steinberg, I’d be happy to talk to her about her legal options. After defaming her for the past 24 hours, Grok has now acknowledged the situation is a hoax … but it’s also still defaming her every few minutes in separate posts.
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If I could define my disdain for mainstream media in one way it would be this: no one gets smarter or more informed about policy/history/procedures from watching CNN. If you forced someone to watch CNN cover a bill for a month, 99% of viewers wouldn't be able to answer basic questions about the bill
June 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If I could define my disdain for mainstream media in one way it would be this: no one gets smarter or more informed about policy/history/procedures from watching CNN. If you forced someone to watch CNN cover a bill for a month, 99% of viewers wouldn't be able to answer basic questions about the bill
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Smart move by Newsom. 1) Fox is vulnerable after the Dominion settlement and he chose the right number. 2) with Trump, Musk & the bad faith right weaponizing defamation and libel laws to attack their critics, it’s time liberals and leftists fight (legal) fire with fire. Sue ‘em.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a $787 million lawsuit against Fox News — accusing Jesse Watters of defamation by falsely claiming that Newsom lied about a phone call with Trump during the Los Angeles protests.
June 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Smart move by Newsom. 1) Fox is vulnerable after the Dominion settlement and he chose the right number. 2) with Trump, Musk & the bad faith right weaponizing defamation and libel laws to attack their critics, it’s time liberals and leftists fight (legal) fire with fire. Sue ‘em.
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Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million -- the same amount Fox paid to Dominion -- for making false claims about his phone call with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million -- the same amount Fox paid to Dominion -- for making false claims about his phone call with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Proud to announce that today my co-counsel Michael Teter and I have filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on behalf of Governor Gavin Newsom.
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
Gavin Newsom Hits Fox News With $787 Million Defamation Lawsuit
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is suing Fox News after the network falsely claimed Newsom lied about a call he had with President Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Proud to announce that today my co-counsel Michael Teter and I have filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on behalf of Governor Gavin Newsom.
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
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Alex Jones, Benny Johnson, and everyone else in their orbit don't give a shit who this guy really is, and they don't care even a whit about the people he murdered. Their job is to make dumb, fearful people even dumber and more afraid, so they buy sweatshirts and sea moss pills.
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Alex Jones, Benny Johnson, and everyone else in their orbit don't give a shit who this guy really is, and they don't care even a whit about the people he murdered. Their job is to make dumb, fearful people even dumber and more afraid, so they buy sweatshirts and sea moss pills.
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It concerns me that we're in age not just of political assassinations, but Holocaust-denial-levels of denialism by US senators
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It concerns me that we're in age not just of political assassinations, but Holocaust-denial-levels of denialism by US senators
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The nazi site is full of propaganda from musk on down that the MN assassin is a leftist. At times it feels like radio rwanda, absolutely disturbing
An underappreciated explanation for antitrump politicians’ behavior is that they fear assassination. The more they stand for something, the more death threats they receive. Sometimes they come true. Political systems can’t withstand a constant threat of violence.
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The nazi site is full of propaganda from musk on down that the MN assassin is a leftist. At times it feels like radio rwanda, absolutely disturbing
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We can’t let this place become an echo chamber we need this pov represented as well
yeah it's gospel on twitter now that tim walz hired the killer to off the reps for being disloyal dems
Cernovich is claiming Tim Walz personally sent the shooter. Just 100% uncut right wing alternative realities.
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We can’t let this place become an echo chamber we need this pov represented as well
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This tyrannical "liberate" horseshit is arguably as bad as what she did to Sen. Padilla.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This tyrannical "liberate" horseshit is arguably as bad as what she did to Sen. Padilla.
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(Banging on the window of a guy talking on the phone in his car) hey man you’re in a filter bubble. Hang on (aggressively rattling the door handle) let me get in there and show you the most racist image you have ever seen,
June 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
(Banging on the window of a guy talking on the phone in his car) hey man you’re in a filter bubble. Hang on (aggressively rattling the door handle) let me get in there and show you the most racist image you have ever seen,
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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SOROS BRICKS SPOTTED
June 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
SOROS BRICKS SPOTTED
Well that’s weird. Musk refused to delete his ridiculous tweets accusing my innocent client of committing a “false flag” Nazi attack. I wonder what’s different here…
New: Elon Musk has deleted some of his harshest recent posts against Donalr Trump, including the one about Jeffrey Epstein and the one endorsing Trump's impeachment
time.com/7291898/elon...
time.com/7291898/elon...
Musk’s Allegation Against Trump Is Deleted From Social Media
As of early Saturday morning, Musk's Epstein-related post was no longer showing. "Sorry, that post has been deleted."
time.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Well that’s weird. Musk refused to delete his ridiculous tweets accusing my innocent client of committing a “false flag” Nazi attack. I wonder what’s different here…
This is even funnier if you remember that shortly after Epstein was released from prison the first time for raping a minor, Elon Musk went to his house and hung out with him.
June 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is even funnier if you remember that shortly after Epstein was released from prison the first time for raping a minor, Elon Musk went to his house and hung out with him.
That’s $500k in “non-economic” damages. In other words, it lets you seek $500k for the emotional agony of viewing pornography. But here in my home state of Texas, if medical negligence results in the paralysis of your child, you’re limited to $250k for your anguish.
A new Mississippi law will anyone in the state to sue someone who posts "hardcore pornography" on the internet — up to $500,000 in damages.
Focus on the Family, the right-wing evangelical group behind the censorship bill, say it are the next step in attacking porn after age-verification.
Focus on the Family, the right-wing evangelical group behind the censorship bill, say it are the next step in attacking porn after age-verification.
Mississippi Targets Big Porn Using Obscenity Laws
A new Mississippi law harnesses the power of the private sector and obscenity laws to strike back at Big Porn.
dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That’s $500k in “non-economic” damages. In other words, it lets you seek $500k for the emotional agony of viewing pornography. But here in my home state of Texas, if medical negligence results in the paralysis of your child, you’re limited to $250k for your anguish.
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This is the shit I am on. America, at least, has moved into a widespread culture of participatory make-believe, where anyone can join into a community that enables them to actively imagine their own version of reality with the full support of social, cultural, media, and political institutions
Conspiracy theories are hardly ever about the thing they purport to be about. Conspiracy theories are license to disbelieve anything and everything you want, to make up your own version of reality that is unassailable.
May 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the shit I am on. America, at least, has moved into a widespread culture of participatory make-believe, where anyone can join into a community that enables them to actively imagine their own version of reality with the full support of social, cultural, media, and political institutions
"The Truth vs. Alex Jones," the documentary about the Sandy Hook trials, just won a Peabody Award. It features unprecedented footage from inside a U.S. courtroom, and it manages to capture both the horror and absurdity of this story. You can watch it on HBO Max.
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The Truth vs. Alex Jones - The Peabody Awards
Director Dan Reed obtained exclusive access to the trial of fabulist radio host Alex Jones, defendant in a lawsuit filed by the parents of slain schoolchildren from Sandy Hook, Connecticut....
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May 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"The Truth vs. Alex Jones," the documentary about the Sandy Hook trials, just won a Peabody Award. It features unprecedented footage from inside a U.S. courtroom, and it manages to capture both the horror and absurdity of this story. You can watch it on HBO Max.
peabodyawards.com/award-profil...
peabodyawards.com/award-profil...