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[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients.", ">\n\nGood" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients.", ">\n\nGood", ">\n\nAt this point I'm half expecting her to try to sue the judge for this." ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients.", ">\n\nGood", ">\n\nAt this point I'm half expecting her to try to sue the judge for this.", ">\n\nGet… rekt" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients.", ">\n\nGood", ">\n\nAt this point I'm half expecting her to try to sue the judge for this.", ">\n\nGet… rekt", ">\n\nChump change. Specially compared to the amount of publicity she gets out of it" ]

[ "Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign.", ">\n\nShe should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election.", ">\n\nTreason used to have more severe consequences", ">\n\nUntil it became a staple of the GQP.", ">\n\nAs much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?\nI wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism.", ">\n\nI've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them.", ">\n\nAs someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster. The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds.", ">\n\nWell I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.\nBut if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in).", ">\n\nLet's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as \"Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile.\" and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power.", ">\n\nThis headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom.", ">\n\nWe've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container \"wall.\"", ">\n\nYou mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain?", ">\n\nCorrect the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border.", ">\n\n$90m for a blind spot", ">\n\n75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it.", ">\n\nShe could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure.", ">\n\nMake sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished.", ">\n\nHer moon landing?", ">\n\nI was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong.", ">\n\nFlags are never that stiff. \n^(And neither is her husband.)", ">\n\nHow many L’s can she take?", ">\n\nHey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright.", ">\n\nshe's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald...", ">\n\nShe will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown", ">\n\nWait till you find out about this guy named trump", ">\n\nHe's the losingest loser who ever won.", ">\n\nHe's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too.", ">\n\nGood ol' gerrymandering", ">\n\nIn a very indirect way, I guess.\n1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.\n2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen.", ">\n\nFirst comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees. That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases. Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases. It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention.", ">\n\nAll due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. \nTo be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead.", ">\n\nYes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story.", ">\n\nThat’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit.", ">\n\nThe punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.\n33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit.", ">\n\nit's pronounced lolsuit.", ">\n\nAdd at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits.", ">\n\nTerrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory.", ">\n\nLol\nTry again Kari maybe this time it'll work", ">\n\nShe won’t pay, like her orange lord", ">\n\n\nThe judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” \n\nKaren announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win. On what planet is that sincerity?", ">\n\nGonna put a dent in her makeup budget", ">\n\nNot enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign.", ">\n\nEvery person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system.", ">\n\nNot enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of \"election fraud\" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.\nI doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite.", ">\n\nShe looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss.", ">\n\nJudge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.\nWhen does accountability really happen?", ">\n\nNot nearly enough. Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers.", ">\n\nSuch a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost.", ">\n\nThat’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay.", ">\n\n“Can I pay in Trump NFTs?”", ">\n\nLet me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.\nKari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.\nIt's absurd that she even ran and came this close.", ">\n\nDo we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US?", ">\n\nAbsolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!\nWe need to stop electing TV figures!", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull", ">\n\nHopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV.", ">\n\nSo she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual \"loser gene\" for the first time.", ">\n\nThat thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist", ">\n\nWatching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch.", ">\n\nDo you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work?", ">\n\nI just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.)", ">\n\nLove to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance\nIts the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world.", ">\n\nGood. There needs to be penalties.", ">\n\nGuess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon", ">\n\nGOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose?", ">\n\n“The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”\nThe judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist.", ">\n\nI get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH.", ">\n\nDidn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this?", ">\n\nGlad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though", ">\n\nIts a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees.", ">\n\nAlways a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit", ">\n\nKari Failure Lake", ">\n\nDoes nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, \"Don't you know who I am?\" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.\nShe was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist.", ">\n\nShe publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that. This is the stupidity of American politics 2022.", ">\n\nI hadn't heard about that. Details please.", ">\n\nHer and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins.", ">\n\nA true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election.", ">\n\nScari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy\nAny lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy", ">\n\nWow. Such harsh consequences.", ">\n\nA drop in the bucket...", ">\n\nOrdered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K)", ">\n\nRead the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer.", ">\n\nGot my answer already, thanks. \nAnd yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance.", ">\n\nMost people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess.", ">\n\nMost people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore.", ">\n\nBut not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s", ">\n\nHer shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating.", ">\n\nAn expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system.", ">\n\nShe got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill.", ">\n\nOh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄", ">\n\nNeeded to be more. \n$33k is just laugh it off money. These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson. Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass.", ">\n\nJust pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that.", ">\n\nGood, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this.", ">\n\nWhat a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is.", ">\n\nTake that, fascist!", ">\n\nHahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat.", ">\n\nThanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans.", ">\n\nSeems pretty low to me", ">\n\nSo she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement?", ">\n\nBest Christmas present ever.", ">\n\nPeople like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. \nIt's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.", ">\n\nWow. She really loves the smell of her own farts. I expect we’ll see her whining on the main stage at CPAC next year.", ">\n\nLook, this lady needed to be bullied periodically when she was younger. She has the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen.", ">\n\nAnd after this can we please never talk about her again?\nWaste of air.", ">\n\nFucking Mega Loser!", ">\n\nHopefully the Appeals Court slaps her and her Lawyers with the sanctions the first Judge was too weak to impose.", ">\n\n“If it pleases the court, I’d like to pay in spray tan gift cards?”", ">\n\nThe damage she did was far more costly than $33 thousand.. at least make her financially sorry with at least half her entire net worth", ">\n\nHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!", ">\n\nShe is wearing a rip-off Rosie the riveter shirt with her face. Funny how those who only know how to exploit the working class pretend that they’re one of us. What a joke!", ">\n\nIt’s sad to see how low the bar is for conservative Americans.", ">\n\ndelicious", ">\n\nShe tried to stay relevant by “challenging” the election results but the backfire is so sweet.", ">\n\nIt's like the stupid is never piled high enough or deep enough for these people.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nI like when the public coffers were not drained for grandstanding ~~snowf~~ politicians. The entire US needs to embrace this reimbursement system IMO.\nHowever, they need to pay the FULL costs.", ">\n\nThat shirt makes her ugly.", ">\n\nNot enough", ">\n\nShe's not going to pay it, one of her billionare/millionare owners will.", ">\n\nWe haven't seen or heard the last of her. She's probably got a Senate race in her future.", ">\n\nI’m sure that’s covered by Peter Theil, or some fracking millionaire.", ">\n\nShe raised a ton of cash off the challenge so this is nothing.", ">\n\nTo confirm, is it Kari Lake who is ordered to pay $33k or is it her campaign that's on the hook for that amount?", ">\n\nPerfect, now please shut up!", ">\n\nThe low amount is not a deterrent and she should have paid more-somewhere between $33k and $700k. Judge essentially sided with Lake. \n\nBut Thompson rejected arguments by attorneys of those she had sued that Lake’s failures to meet the legal standards rose to the level necessary under the law to require her, as the loser, to reimburse those she sued…\nTuesday’s ruling does not end the controversy. Lake continues to insist that the election was rigged and has vowed to seek review by the Arizona Supreme Court…", ">\n\nShe won’t have to pay it. She’ll\nGet her donors to pay it. So, no personal incentive to not do this in the future.", ">\n\nIts funny seeing all these losers go down swinging like this. Idiots.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a POS", ">\n\nThere’s always OF.", ">\n\nThats what her lyin ass get 🤣", ">\n\nSome Low iq shit right here", ">\n\nWoops, guess her constituents better start donating...these political bills aren't gonna pay themselves. Time to roll up the ol' sleeves and maybe cancel the Netflix.", ">\n\nWow, challenging elections is pretty cheap, all things considered.", ">\n\nFrom the photo: Imagine running for governor with your main qualification being “I was a TV news anchor” and identifying yourself with Rosie the Riveter.", ">\n\nWhat's the over under she complies ?", ">\n\nYas 👏🏼", ">\n\n\n“There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” he wrote. Still, he said, it wasn’t enough for Lake to win, even though he was not imposing sanctions.\n“Any legal decision must be based on the law and facts rather than subjective beliefs or partisan opinions, no matter how strongly held,” Thompson wrote.\n\nSo facts over feelings?", ">\n\nBasically it's like he's saying don't be a sore loser because you're bound and determined to be a conspiracy theorist and \"fraud election\" nut. Lake literally filed a lawsuit to be declared the actual Governor-elect and steal an election. He still messed up though with the weak ruling.", ">\n\nRosie the riveter would fuck her up", ">\n\nShe is going to have to liquidate her trump NFT position.", ">\n\nYeah… it’ll probably sit unpaid just like those Trump tabs he rang up!", ">\n\nI'm sure Trump will give it to her from all the fake election fraud funds he collected", ">\n\nAppropriately, her name is Albanian for the word dick.", ">\n\nShe won't pay. Repubs never pay their bills.", ">\n\nWhat a shame it's not 10 times that. Are they giving her a special \"lying sack of evil shit\" discount?", ">\n\nThey are testing the limits of the constitution and they should definitely have to pay for their “experiments” with the courts. It’s not right that we have to foot the bill", ">\n\nHow many Rubles is that?", ">\n\nSo she’s such a loser she’s now paying to lose. A star of the MAGA movement, and they wonder why folks laugh at them.\nAnd their other one is a pathological liar. Lied to them to get votes, and they’re still cool with it. Losing dignity to vote Republican. A complete group of losers.", ">\n\nShe’ll do a Trump and not pay up.", ">\n\nNot NEARLY enough", ">\n\nPoliticians who challenge the results of an election they lost with no proof should be banned from holding office.", ">\n\nDrop in the bucket for all the money she has from morons donating.", ">\n\nShould go to the people who had to recount it", ">\n\nIt should have been more than that really", ">\n\nLet all the election deniers pay for it. Just like how Trump “the billionaire” had his poor and middle class cult pay for it.", ">\n\nWhelp, that’s the cost of being so sure.", ">\n\nInteresting that this is the same amount that OJ still owes to the Goldman and Brown families.", ">\n\nWow… 33k for a politician is literally like 20 bucks for a upper middle class person", ">\n\nLake and her lunacy cost the taxpayer a lot more than that.", ">\n\nScum, should be in jail", ">\n\nPlay stupid games, win stupid prizes.", ">\n\nHa ha ha ha", ">\n\nWait, I thought she owed 700k in legal fees.", ">\n\nWhich she will refuse to pay because she really wants Trump inside her.", ">\n\nKari Lake is a loser who needs to go away.", ">\n\nSanctions tend to be lower than this, so it's actually a pretty good result. The stigma of sanctions is often much worse than the actual payout. If lawyers know that filing stuff for liars like Lake will hurt their reputation in the legal community they will stop taking these cases or it will be like the Trump saga where the lawyers only get sketchier and sketchier as time goes on.", ">\n\nShe wasn't sanctioned and the judge said she was sincere. She just had to pay a tiny amount of expert witness fees. I'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing", ">\n\n\nI'm not sure why since judge ruled for her otherwise. It's very disappointing\n\nPlease explain.", ">\n\nJudge ruled she didn't have to pay attorney fees and said they believed she was sincere in her belief there was fraud. They estimated the full attorney fees to be around 700k. This was just a small bit for expert witness. I'm not actually sure why she pays for that bit because it's not any kind of punishment. Maybe it's a lower standard to get people to pay that expense than normal attorney fees. I find that disappointing because I disagree about her sincerity- she knows damn well what she's doing", ">\n\nEvery time I read \"Kari Lake\", I think Ricki Lake.", ">\n\nWhat happens if she refuses to pay?", ">\n\n$33,000 doesn't seem like much.", ">\n\nYes, you file foolish and frivolous lawsuits and loose. You pay for the courts and lawyers wasted time.", ">\n\nJust sell some NFTs.", ">\n\nI think it’s funny how all the whiners on here didn’t watch or know anything about the trial. If you did watch you would know that Maricopa county is completely incompetent to run election at best.", ">\n\nMaybe you guys can hire a right-wing firm to do a six month long audit and prove it once and for all? Like they say, 62nd time is the charm!!\nWait…", ">\n\nSomeone call the Digital Samurai! They have the answers we seek!", ">\n\nThe fine should be in the millions. This pocket change fine will only ensure that this happens again and again.", ">\n\nThat's not even punishment. She can find that in the cushions of her campaign contribution couch.", ">\n\nGood luck with that.", ">\n\n\"Stand by the stairway, you'll see something\ncertain to tell you confusion has its cost.\" C,S&N", ">\n\nAnd she still has the nerve to appeal her court loss.", ">\n\nI hope all of her supporters go bankrupt trying to fund her and all her bull shit.", ">\n\nNelson: HA HA 👉", ">\n\nLet’s hope this destroys what chances she has in the future. The farcical if dangerous attacks on the working parts of the system paired with zero interest in fixing anything actually broken stand in stark contrast.", ">\n\nI mean, her entire basis for running for office was based on election fraud\nNow you pay the consequences of being an idiot", ">\n\nShe can write a worthless check from her MAGA account.", ">\n\nWhen is this dude going to go away?", ">\n\nOh no, she might no longer be able to afford the soft filters her cameras use so they hide her wrinkles.", ">\n\nWhy does she always look like she’s singing the chorus to ‘Hallelujah’?", ">\n\nBut will she feel it? Also, she’s no Rosie the riveter, she’s too lazy, she’s rather lie than do the hard work of actually knocking on doors asking for votes. What a loser", ">\n\nShe’s trash", ">\n\nLet that be a lesson to the rest of the deniers.", ">\n\nPay up, Kari. You perpetrator of fraudulent claims, you! 😆", ">\n\nYou love to see it", ">\n\nD'oh!", ">\n\nLol clown car", ">\n\nGet fucked bozo", ">\n\nAye lmao", ">\n\nA stiff fine that her supporters will end up paying", ">\n\nrosie the riveter was a bad choice. kari’s no factory girl.", ">\n\nShe won't be able to change her Pat Benatar haircut.", ">\n\nI’m constantly baffled at how much lawyers can charge their clients.", ">\n\nGood", ">\n\nAt this point I'm half expecting her to try to sue the judge for this.", ">\n\nGet… rekt", ">\n\nChump change. Specially compared to the amount of publicity she gets out of it", ">\n\n*Cue Theme Music*" ]