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Reagan Foundation sues Republican political consultants over use of ex-president’s image

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Ex-presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trrump. [Images via Wiki]
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is suing a Republican political consulting group and political action committee, alleging the former president’s name and image are being used without authorization to market and sell @trumpreagan email addresses and solicit donations.

The Los Angeles County-based foundation contends that Political Media Inc. and the Constitutional Rights PAC are violating federal copyright protections by operating a website to promote a Trump-Reagan Club and sell email accounts and collect cash contributions by unlawfully using Reagan’s name and image, according to the lawsuit filed late Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court.

Messages seeking comment from the Virginia-based groups were not immediately answered. Former president Donald Trump is not a party to the suit.

The foundation alleges that the Reagan image allows the defendants “to palm off their goods and services on the unsuspecting public as those of the Reagan Foundation.”

The Reagan Foundation alleges trademark infringement and cyberpiracy, claiming the defendants began using Reagan’s name and image unlawfully last month to advertise, market and sell Trump-Reagan email addresses and solicit money at www.trumpreagan.us.

The website trumpets the line, “Make Email Great Again,” and offers membership in the Trump-Reagan Club, which allows members to have their own @trumpreagan.com email address, with a monthly donation of “any amount.”

The plaintiffs contend that use of the Reagan image enables the defendants to unfairly receive the “benefit and goodwill” associated with the Reagan Foundation.

Throughout the website, images of Reagan are spliced together with pictures of Trump.

Use of Reagan’s trademarks in combination with those of Trump “falsely indicates” that the Trump-Reagan website and club are a co-branding effort between the Reagan Foundation and Trump, and that the foundation and Trump are somehow affiliated, the lawsuit states.

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94 comments for "Reagan Foundation sues Republican political consultants over use of ex-president’s image"

  1. See? Even the Ronald Reagan Library’s against the Republicans! That proves it’s okay we rigged the elections. Were he still alive, he’d approve.

  2. It’s communist China buttering Nancy Pelosi’s bread. So much did communist China love the NBA, America’s mainstream media, and the democrat political party, they bought them. The whole kit and caboodle.

    • Bejing Biden and his National Socialist Democrats, making China Great, again –

    • In the mind of the National Socialist Democrat, surprised encounters with a contrarian thought, stark realization no one else agrees with their liberal drivel, of course it’s a conspiracy theory! Of course, it’s the Rooskies! It’s a UFO! OMG, it’s a a bot! They must be censored, and silenced! Quickly!

    • Yvonne, Alexandra, Simon, oh my.

      Who are these newbies that all sound alike? That’s your T-Party. 1 small corrupt, amoral, incestuous brain with 74 million damaged nerve endings. Above are 3 of them or most likely 1.

      This is what it looks like when a political party dies. It throws everything at the wall like a child having a tantrum.

      The T-Party will not recover or rehabilitate itself. It’s done for. Some real conservatives will have to create a new party starting fresh. Or not.

    • All, what, 15% of them? Based on your comment 86% of registered Republicans lack a basic grasp of human decency, because they are not running away from him. Our own local congressional representatives are sworn Trump ring kissers leading the GOP in its efforts to overturn democracy. Do you see any sign that the local Republicans will turn on them?

  4. Trump’s public contempt for the rule of law, democracy, the Constitution, and norms of human decency, were the reason he was voted out of office.

    • Thank you all for stepping forward on this issue. We’ve had enough nonsense. This free for all attitude #45 and his followers have had with our laws and international image needs to not only be addressed but it must be stopped. Thank you

      • In the big picture it’s such a 5 year old thing to do. “I lost so u cheated, even though I don’t have proof.” Grow up Republicans!!!!!! U lost, it’s OK. The same party that actually is trying to cheat is restricting voting. But the dems cheated……RIIIIIIIGHT.

  5. So at his latest rally Trump openly admitted “yeah that’s what we do” in regards to the charges against the Trump Organization. Then he whined about how unfair it is that his company should be prosecuted for “just a little tax fraud.” Public confession in front of a friendly crowd may have been a feel good moment for Trump, but I wonder how Allen Weisselberg feels about Trump ratting him out on the fifteen felony counts he is personally on the block for.

    If there was ever an incentive to cut a deal, that was it.

  6. Nancy Pelosi’s National Social Democrat party recognize and serve but one authority, communist China. There is nothing they won’t do, for communist China.

    • The election rigging Democrats are more loyal to communist China than their are their own constituency. They believe everyday Americans need be punished, high gasoline price, high tax, high inflation. The Democrats care more about illegal immigrants than they do, everyday Americans.

          • Hey,
            Joe’s the one who gave him the pipeline.

            And gave him the list of infrastructure he didn’t want him to attack…

            PuTIn PUpPeT

            Crushed face emoji

          • The ‘national socialist democrat’ thing seems to be the order of the day for the bots and ‘bot-like’ semi-humans. Makes it easy to discern beyond just the usual negative comment(s) about either democrats, Biden, or somesuch, without any relevance to the article commented upon.

            What is so odd to me is the incredibly clear projection. I mean, it’s to the point of being able to predict their actions, based upon the accusations they make. And it’s not just the usual bots. Even the fleshbot trumplicans are doing it. Definitely reminiscent of Germany in the 1920’s and truly bizarre to observe.

            You’d think the world would have learned by now.

          • They call Democrats “communists” forgetting their Trump character was in a bromance with Putin, an ex-KGB guy who played Trump like the Chump he is.

            I wonder if Putin wanted Trump to lose this past election just so Trump would do exactly what he has done…create chaos. The Big Lie is almost more disruptive than if Trump had actually won.

            Anyway, he is supposed to be re-instated in August, the month without holidays. I guess that will have to do.

    • George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg took the wheel of the democrat party, pulled a mighty leftward turn at the wheel, steering it straight into communist China. Its #1 fan, communist China just loves America’s democrat party so much, part-‘n-parcel along with the mainstream media and the NBA, they bought them all, lock-stock-‘n-barrel.

    • Prove it! I’m tired of all of the empty rhetoric of folks that don’ look into the facts before making assumptions and regurgitating it as truth. Do your homework and verify your facts based on more than one source.

    • From inflation, and the high price we pay for our food and gasoline, it’s the democrat political party who benefit from our pain –

    • You people are nuts! There is no connection! That anyone can conceive of this crazy thought and idea of yours is truly certifiably C-R-A-Z-Y!!

  7. Psychology Today: Trump supporters share common characteristics and values: Lying, draft dodging, tax fraud, bribing, stealing, power hungry, holier-than-thou, self-glorification, un-American activities, lawless behavior.

    • The Trump Reagan Club has probably been infiltrated by Democratic supporters doing these misdeeds undercover. Remember January 6 when the FBI infiltrated and led the peaceful protesters and started the riot? What you described are actions of the Democratic Party. C’mon Claire, I’m waiting for your anger infused reply.

      • … the Reagan library’s been scrubbed. When Sam and I were there at the library in 2019, you’d never know President Reagan was ever affiliated with the Republican party, or how it was conservative democrats migrated, in droves, rejecting the ultra-liberals who destroyed the democrat party –

    • Hunter Biden kicked out of the Navy Reserve for drug use. Lied to buy a gun and then dumped it.
      Scott Kelly from AZ lied to buy a AR-15 and the gun shop owner refused to transfer the weapon once he found out. What??? No charges??? Holier than thou Democratic governors, power hungry Pelosi, draft dodging Bill Clinton, self glorified Covid Cuomo, un-american BLM and Antifa activities and lawless behavior.
      See a psychologist.

    • Trump is the best Republicans can do and he is clearly a monster that turns on everybody in time. Why is this creep worshiped by Republicans. Pathetic !!!

  8. It’s hilarious how the Trumpists can’t read the writing writ large upon the wall. The tax fraud case against the Trump organization…read the indictment. That’s a slam dunk that a blind lawyer and a team of hamsters could prosecute. The company intentionally paid employees in “benefits” and bags of cash so the employees could avoid taxes.

    The records of the company paying for things like apartments, and school tuition, and other taxable compensation, are easy to follow. It is really simple to connect “Trump organization paid rent on apartment X, so who lived there?” and then see if that person claimed the income on their taxes (pro tip: they didn’t). So the case is open and shut, against the company, and against the CFO who they have chosen to prosecute.

    BUT THAT’S NOT TRUMP!!!

    I can hear the daft Trumpists outcry from here. Guess what…once the conviction against the company is on the books it makes it easier to prosecute each and every beneficiary of the conspiracy. Prosecutors don’t have to establish that the crime was committed, the company has already been convicted. At that point all that is required is establishing “yes, you were paid benefits under the already acknowledged criminal scheme, and your tax returns don’t show the income…you are guilty, period.”

    You think there are high level employees of the Trump organization that DIDN’T participate? Eric, Ivanka, Jr, and the big Don of the criminal family himself are the ones the scheme was made for.

    Get with the times Trumpists, your leader is DONE…like time to get out of the easy bake oven you are sitting in with him level done.

  9. Like a butt rash, Trump derangement syndrome, it’s initial symptom, denial. Highly communicable, only amongst communists and National Socialist Democrats, once infected, nether can muster the character or fortitude sufficient to admit their shame, in having contracted so fatal a social affliction. Current estimates have Pelosi’s National Socialist Democrat party 89% afflicted –

    • … who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? D-O-N, A-L-D, T-R-U-M-P!

    • The only party even remotely resembling the butt rash of the National Socialist Democratic party of Nazi Germany is yours, bub… And you guys very much act like them, too.

    • We see an unusual number of National Socialist Democrats, in desperation, over-reacting to your comment. Every one of them petty, trite, over-reactive, over-defensive, over-argumentative, beyond reason, knee-jerking with sophomoric ad hominems, is precisely why the mental health profession refers to them as, sociopolitically afflicted (e.g., Trump Derangement Syndrome). These people need professional help.

      • Gosh, would you look at this thread? Butt-hurt local democrats freaking out, the MAGA Trumpies making their heads go POP-POP-POP.

        • It’s weird how Republicans think. It’s like “sure, burn my house down, just so long as my neighbor’s house goes up faster…they’re Democrats.”

          Congrats Bev, your chosen president lit my country on fire…oh…hey…but it is your country too, and I have the ability and resources to just get up and leave, so who really won that one?

          Congrats Bev, the local Republican club with their slander campaigns and corruption have bought the Palmdale city council so they can bleep another treasury into their pockets and screw the residents of my city…oh wait, of what WAS my city, because once again I have the resources and ability to just pick up and leave you in your burning house Bev.

          So you go ahead and just keep on winning Bev.

      • We are fine. We won, we are still winning, u back a perpetual loser. No butt rash here. Just glad I don’t have ro wake up to another embarrassing tweet that I have to hang my head and be embarrassed. Blue skies now though, and for the long term future. Go ahead ahead and back a guy who lost and has lost more voters on your side since January 6th. That’s the guy to back. Trust me, we are good from 2024 and beyond.

        • “Blue skies now though“

          Your right,
          I saved $.16 on my July 4th party food…….

          LOL

          • Back in your hole Beecee, that conversation is too intellectually challenging for you, and work on your times tables.

      • You’re with the idiots who think Trump will be re-instated next month, aren’tcha Sherry?

    • We enjoy a degree of control over the American communists, and the National Socialist Democrats. Casually namedrop America’s most recent former president, drives them to such a state of mental confusion, emotional anguish (TDS, Trump derangement syndrome), we can anticipate they’ll oftentimes respond, with physical violence. This can most certainly be used to our advantage.

      • Pure projection by a true NSDP Nazi party member… Y’all are way too obvious.

    • Communist China owns the Democrat party. Democrats are more protective of communist China than they are, their American constituents.

      • Trump had a Chinese bank account so don’t pretend that he wasn’t all about doing business with China. Trump, Fox ‘news’ and you are now pointing the finger at the Democrats. Typical.

        Except, China did business with Trump, er, on Trump. China didn’t pay those tariffs. American consumers like you Arnold paid the tariffs.

        And, don’t forget now that Nixon “opened the door” to China. Republican businessmen thought they were hog heaven by doing buiness with China. Y’know, like Trump.

      • Communist China owns R. Rex Parris. He’s a Republican. At least he says he is. He’s more of a radical fringe type. His nose is as far up their butts as anyone. His rule by terror and iron fist fits in well with the Communist Chinese style. They do not seem to be as whacked as he is though.

  10. Everytime I watch a Trump Rally I SUPPORT him even MORE!!! Proud Trump Supporter!!!

    • … careful now. Easy does it. Every time you post, declaring yourself a Trump supporter, you can expect National Socialist Democrats to single you out, to target you, slate you for cancellation –

    • Why would Reagan want the sleaze of trump, I would sue as well for damaging the image of one of our greatest presidents, Ronald Reagan. The Republican Party is dead over trump.

      • The “TRUMP” brand is circling the bowl. The name Trump has been removed from apartment houses at the request of the tenents.

        A Trump hotel in Panama was taken over by the government because it wasn’t maintained well.

        Other properties have 1 wing on a banana peel and the other on that stuff Don Jr. puts on his head.

        No banks will loan Trump money any more. They certainly don’t want to be investigated later.

        The investigators have hired a top-notch proctoolgist to discover every single criminal deed that Tump & Co. have commited over the last 15 years.

        INTERMISSON

        Trump.org will be no more just like ArthurAnderson and Bernie Madoff’s “empire”.

        Maybe Sonya can correspond with Trump in prison. Be pen-pals. How cool is that Sonya? But, until then, SEND TRUMP MONEY. He wants your money, Sonya. Be generous and put your money where your comments are.

        This was all predictable when Trump rode down the escalator in 2016. “down” being the operative word foreshadowing what was to come.

        I knew he would be his own undoing given his history of bankrupties, fraudulent charity and an uncredited fake “university” that he had to pay million dollar fines on and some restitution for the students.

        Who on earth was stupid enough to vote for the orange-faced old clown who couldn’t tell the truth if it was written down for him: unholy, amoral, loaded with pathologies and not very bright to boot? Couldn’t you tell just by looking and listening to him that it wouldn’t end well for the country or, ultimatelly, himself?

        Growing up, I wonder how people could vote and support the obvious strange-looking dudes/dudettes like Hitler, Nixon, Trump, Ron Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, et al. One look at each one tells you, “I can’t be trusted.”

          • Oh, Sonya. Learn to read.

            Your comments show a lack of intelligence. Educate yourself if that’s at all possbile. It may be too late for you however. You sound as though both your feet are nailed to the floor of the Trump Tower which might be having a name change when the feds get done with it.

          • So, is this the latest bot attack phrase, “National Socialist Democrat”? ROFL!

            The projection is strong with these morons!

        • 7 different people used it on this article. Tells me that either someone is busted using a bunch of names to back up their own point, or it’s Tucker favorite new phrase. We know how all they can do is parrot that show. I’ll let u guys decide which.

    • SEND TRUMP MONEY, Proud Trump Supporter and Love My Whiteness.

      He’ll need a lot of it for legal expenses the rest of his life. Be generous consistent with your love for him.

      Then, come back here and tell us how much you sent him. I bet it will be impressive.

      There now. Bailey can’t say I cancelled you. I am encouraging you to do something your comment suggests you should do and I certainly want to hear how it went.

      Bailey should send Trump money too, lots of it. Maybe you two can have a cake sale or a car wash in Lancaster where the Flat Earth Society originated. Heck, sell fireworks. Whatever it takes to rake in the dough and give it to your love object.

    • Some guy comes along, expressing his support for President Trump, the socialist democrats here totally freaked out, lost complete control of their mental faculties (aka: TDS; Trump Derangement Syndrome) –

    • First order of business for the National Socialist Democrats, elimination of your Founding Father’s 1st and 2nd amendment privilege. Next order of business, the weakening of America’s federal judiciary. They want political control, over America’s judicial system.

      • Russian bot (note the ‘your’ Founding Fathers).

        Nice of Putin to let us know his plan, though.

        • The names are too too bot-like.

          They must have a name generator like they have for tech support. I lost count of how many “Jasons” I’ve spoken to in India.

  11. Absolutely amazing how Trump supporters can surpass their sleazy, deceptive actions. Just when you can hope for a day without any more creepy stuff coming these foolish people, up they pop with another scam. Like whack-a-mole.

    • You are in the minority,
      That will start to become more evident after today’s Supreme Court decision.

      You are definitely in the minority in the AV.

      • Being smart puts people on a minority, but doesn’t make being stupid seem attractive.

      • And what, pray tell, is the SCOTUS decision that you seem to be so anticipating, my clearly obtuse blogging fiend? Are we expecting a return to power of the mango muffinhead?

        “Minority.” You keep using that word. I do not believe that it means what you seem to think it means.

        • SCOTUS upheld one of the mass of GOP “prevent voting” laws. The GOP strategy of “we desperately need minority rule so must keep people from voting, pack the court” is bearing fruit and they are thinking they may have successfully destroyed democracy, so some of them are celebrating.

    • TDS (e.g., Trump Derangement Syndrome). It exclusively afflicts communists, and National Socialist Democrats. There is no vaccine; there is no known cure –

      • TDS is a deragnement syndrome named after Donald J. Trump. He and his follolwers suffer from it ot.

        Y’aee Aflred, the same nutjobs that unwittingly called themselves Tea Baggers until they learned what it meant in the Urban Dictionary, did it again with TDS. The unwittingly gave the name to Trump and his followers. That’s how syndromes are named.

        Ask me. I know how deseases are named.

      • Apparently, the mango morons of trump have decided on a new attempt at insults. As usual, it actually reflects themselves and is merely projection … again.

        The only party that most resembles the National Socialist Democratic party of Nazi Germany is that of the trumplican party. These scumbags are not Republicans anymore. Even the most cursory of reviews of the mores and goals of the Nazis shows it to very much reflect in trump’s supporters. So. Naturally. They project this at all opposing parties as they have no other agenda than hate, war, and destruction of any and all intellectual or social progress. Trumplicans are merely the brownshirts of today. Hell, they’ve even started the book burnings.

      • The National Socialist Democrat party people, President Trump did a number on their heads. He freaks them out.