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Mayor Eric Adams defended his strident takedown of an 84-year-old tenant activist, justifying his comparison of her to a plantation owner because she “disrespected” him. “[H]er behavior was acting in a disrespectful way,” he told 1010 WINS radio Friday morning. “I came from a family that my mom made it clear: Never allow someone to be disrespectful to you.”

Banks, brokerages and the Girl Scouts have quit president’s business The fallout for President Donald Trump and his family business after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has not abated. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for a second time, setting the stage for a possible Senate trial in the coming weeks. And a number of businesses and other organizations, from banks that lent to the president to the Girl Scouts, have cut ties with his family business, the Trump Organization. Even such longtime financial backers as Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman condemned the president’s inflammatory language and...

I think there are Felonies here and Misprision of Felonies, but in addition isn't their grounds for a MASSIVE libel suit of epic proportions? I meant they spent $12 million to MANUFACTURE a dossier accusing a person of some pretty terrible things. That certainly is grounds for a civil suit. Then (knowing it was fake) they used it to obtain warrants. That's where the felonies come in. And all the stuff that happened after- including unmasking.

France24: Paris mayor to sue Fox News over ‘no-go zones’ slur Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN on Tuesday that her city intends to sue Fox News after it broadcasted interviews asserting that there are “no-go zones” in the French capital where police and non-Muslims fear to tread.

<p>NEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday filed a $1 billion libel lawsuit against the HBO cable TV network for airing a FBI videotape of him being approached about a cocaine deal.</p> <p>The lawsuit alleged "defamation, libel and slander," and demanded $500 million in compensatory and $500 million in punitive damages from HBO Inc., HBO Real Sports, AOL-Time Warner, Inc., reporter Bernard Goldberg and ex-mob captain Michael Franzese.</p> <p>HBO is a unit of Time Warner Entertainment, which is jointly owned by AOL Time Warner and AT&T.</p>