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5 08, 2025

Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes Loses Big in Lawsuit Against Rachel Maddow

By JRL Charts|2025-08-09T20:25:14-07:00August 5th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: devin nunes, gay new york news, JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics and Advocacy News, LGBT Politics USA, MSNBC, NBCUniversal, Rachel Maddow, truth social|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA NEW YORK, NY — (August 5, 2025) — A federal judge has dismissed the high-profile defamation lawsuit filed by former U.S. Representative Devin Nunes against Rachel Maddow and NBCUniversal, dealing a major blow to the Trump-aligned Truth Social CEO’s years-long battle against MSNBC’s top-rated [...]

6 02, 2021

Judge Orders OAN to Pay Rachel Maddow and MSNBC $250,000

By JRL Charts|2025-08-05T11:25:18-07:00February 6th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Herring Networks, Judge Cynthia Bashant, MSNBC, NBCUniversal, OAN, Rachel Maddow|

NEW YORK, NY — (02-06-21) — U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant ordered Herring Networks, the parent company of the right wing conservative media network One America News Network (OAN), Herring Networks, to pay Rachel Maddow and MSNBC $250,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from a frivolous defamation lawsuit that was dismissed last year. The right wing [...]

5 07, 2018

Liberal TV Personality Ed Schultz Dies at 64

By JRL Charts|2018-07-05T10:29:44-07:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Gay Adult News, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines USA & Worldwide | JRL CHARTS|Tags: died, Ed Schultz, LGBTQ rights, liberal activist, MSNBC, RT, Russia Today anchor, Russian Television, WDAY|

Ed Schultz, the man whom you've come to know as one of the top liberal cable news activists in the USA, dies at the age of 64 of natural causes. His MSNBC nightly show was canceled in 2015 but he quickly showed up as a nightly cable news anchor back in January 2016 when he [...]

6 04, 2018

Rachel Maddow Dominates Hannity, Becomes Highest-Rated Cable News Show

By JRL Charts|2018-04-06T09:56:26-07:00April 6th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Adweek, cable news ratings, Dominates Cable News, FOX News, Lesbian News anchor, lgbt politics, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow Show, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Congratulations are in order for MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show as it continues to dominate prime time in cable news politics. She continues to beat conservative FOX News host Sean Hannity who recently moved to the 6:00 p.m EST slot to go up against Maddow. Maddow, a proud lesbian has [...]