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E. Jean Carroll on Monday filed court papers seeking “very substantial” monetary damages from former President Donald Trump for his scathing remarks about her at a CNN town hall on the heels of losing a $5 million lawsuit by her earlier this month. Carroll’s move came as her lawyers asked a Manhattan federal court judge for permission to amend the original defamation lawsuit she filed against Trump to reflect his new statements on CNN about her, which they say likewise are defamatory. Carroll’s new proposed amended lawsuit notes that during his CNN town hall interview on May 10, “Trump falsely...

CONCH KEY (CBSMiami) – A lower Florida Keys woman known as ‘the sea hag’ reportedly shot a man to death Sunday night because he refused to giver her a beer. Carolyn Dukeshire, 62, has been charged with first degree murder... According to a witness, Dukeshire shot Mazur five times in the abdomen, back and arm after he refused to give her a beer

After a fashion, anyway: She encourages Nancy Pelosi to debate her Republican opponent, John Dennis, and suggests that voters should take a look at him. My good friend, SF politico and former VP Candidate [for Ralph Nader, 2008], Matt Gonzalez, has endorsed John Dennis because, as is your custom, you gutlessly refused to debate him. I am also encouraging you (once again, futilely) to not only debate John Dennis, but Gloria La Riva, too. I like and admire both John and Gloria and support them as human beings who both have the two things that you lack but would have...

Cindy Sheehan continues anti Iraqi War protests against Bush at Texas ranch. Dallas, TX(JusticeNewsFlash.com)–Cindy Sheehan, a zealous anti-war activist, whose son was tragically killed in the war on Iraq, led a protest Monday, near George W. Bush’s Preston Hollow home on Daria Place, as reported by Dallas Morning News. Organizers of the anti-war protest proclaim they are fighting for crimes against humanity that took place during the Bush Administration. The Dallas Peace Center, an organization involved with Sheehan since 2005, is sponsoring the protest. Activists gathered around 4:30 p.m. a few blocks from the Bush home in Crawford, Texas. The...

Has anyone heard conservative critics complain about “socialism” as they watch Uncle Sam partially nationalize some of the nation’s big banks with an injection of $250 billion? President George W. Bush announced the desperate move -- which is completely alien to the free marketers of Republican Party -- and stressed that the government’s role would be limited and temporary. The move still represents “corporate welfare,” long resisted, but now welcome by Bush and his conservative colleagues. The goal is to restore public confidence in our financial system. The dramatic decision to have the public sector buy up part of the...

What has happened to those conservative Republican leaders whose mantra was “government is the problem -- not the solution”? Tell that to the once-bloated financial giants now standing in line for whopping government handouts to the tune of $700 billion. And who can forget those who wanted to “get the government off our backs”? Their silence now is deafening. In the rush for bailouts for the hard-hit government mortgage finance giants, the U.S. Treasury seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is trying to rescue American International Group, the largest insurer of the world. It allowed 158-year-old Lehman...

Sometimes you wonder what planet Vice President Dick Cheney is living on. Last month, speaking of the war in Iraq, Cheney told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in a prickly interview: "(The) bottom line is that we've had enormous successes, and we will continue to have enormous successes. It is hard. It is difficult." Anyone keeping up with the daily news from Baghdad knows that few people in the last few months -- especially those in the military -- are bragging about big successes to quell the violence in Iraq. Even within the White House, Cheney seems like a man lost in...

President George W. Bush has alerted the American people that the war in Iraq will go on for a long time -- easily into the next presidency. Bush's 2003 "cakewalk" invasion of Iraq to bring about a "regime change" has expanded into what he told a news conference Wednesday is "the beginning stages of an ideological battle." According to the official White House line, Bush is pondering his options for a "new way forward" in Iraq, with his decision to be announced next month. But the president indicated Wednesday that he has already made his choice, hinting to reporters at...

This is a picture appearing in relation to the movement of the Intrepid, which finally got underway. the self-satisfied, smug look on the woman's face is just priceless! Caption away!

Say it isn't so. Hawkish Henry Kissinger is advising President George W. Bush about Iraq war strategy? This is deja vu all over again. The former secretary of state -- who served in that job from 1973 to 1979 and previously from 1969 as national security affairs adviser -- inspires too many bad memories of the Vietnam War. I remember when Kissinger came into the White House press room in 1972, just before the presidential election and announced "peace is at hand." Three years later, we fled Saigon by our fingertips. Who can forget the pictures of refugees piling into...

Hypocrisy is alive and well on Capitol Hill. An FBI raid on a congressman's office has caused a ruckus between his irate colleagues and the Justice Department over congressional prerogatives. If only these same members of Congress had been more sensitive about individual rights when they passed the USA Patriot Act, a law that is truly invasive of the privacy of all Americans. These are the same lawmakers who were complicit with President George W. Bush's unprecedented order to secretly eavesdrop on millions of Americans without a warrant. Where was the outrage from these lawmakers when faced with the shame...

Iran has benefitted most from the US-led war in Iraq and would make further gains if the continuing violence ended up dividing the country, former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has said. As for the Iranian nuclear row, a "high level" member of the administration should respond to a letter from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to US President George W. Bush and also engage in direct dialogue with Tehran, Albright told the BBC in an interview while on a visit to London. The former top US diplomat welcomed the formation on Saturday of the first permanent government in Iraq...

Helen Thomas is an 85-year-old veteran American journalist. Thomas who started as a White House correspondent during John F. Kennedy’s tenure, has been working in this profession for 62 years. Thomas has another title: The American journalist who is the most outspoken critic of the US Iraq invasion. She describes George W. Bush as “the worst president in US history.” Thomas, who has had close relations with US presidents since Kennedy, was also on friendly terms with Father Bush. However, she continually has negative views about the Son of Bush. Thomas, who was always in the front row at press...

Even amid growing chaos in the Middle East, President George W. Bush loves to boast that his policies are bringing democracy to the region. True, certified elections have taken place in occupied Iraq and occupied Palestine. But the U.S. has become a laughingstock because it rejects the results of the democratic election in Palestine, where Hamas won. The joke is, "Be careful what you wish for." Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice again was surprised at the Hamas victory, saying, "Nobody saw it coming." Well, that's because the Bush administration has long ignored the plight of the Palestinians, who have endured...

With 57 years of White House reporting, Helen Thomas is commonly referred to as “The First Lady of the Press.” She talked to Adbusters associate editor Deborah Campbell about the state of journalism today. Adbusters: You’ve had a front row seat on the White House press gallery since Kennedy, and now you’ve been moved to the back of the room . . . Helen Thomas: Only for press conferences with Bush. He doesn’t want to call on me. AB: What does that say about his view of the press? HT: I’m reluctant to personalize it. No president likes the press,...

W vactationed so hard in Texas he got bushed. He needed a vacation from his vacation.So he headed West yesterday to get away from his Western getaway--and the mushrooming Crawford Woodstock--to spend a couple of days at the Tamarack Resort in the rural Idaho mountians. 'I'm kind of hanging loose as they say,' he told reporters. W. didn't go alone of course. Just as he took his beloved feather pillow on the road duing his 2000 campaign, now he takes his beloved bike.An Air Force One steward tenderly unloaded W.'s $3,000.00 Trek fuel mountain bike when he landed in Boise.I...

President George W. Bush is not letting his lame duck status stop him from displaying an arrogance of power. When a Texas newspaper reporter told him, "Power is perception," Bush corrected him, saying, "Power is being president." In fact, Bush is proving that a lame duck has a lot of power to do what he wants to do since he doesn't have to be re-elected and, therefore, is answerable to no one. Furthermore, he indicates he could care less whether he goes up or down in public opinion polls. With more than three years left in his presidency, the president's...

A parody of herself? NPR's Nina Totenberg, who has tagged Supreme Court nominee John Roberts as "very conservative," "very, very conservative" and "very, very, very conservative," as well as "a really conservative guy," "a hardline conservative" and "a clear conservative," to say nothing of being "a conservative Catholic," on Inside Washington over the weekend relayed that after she "spent five hours reviewing all of his documents from when he worked in the Justice Department," she "was actually quite surprised at how, how very, very conservative he was." Apparently, she didn't listen to herself. Inside Washington is a weekend show carried...

On an earlier thread, a few of us got sidetracked discussing Hillary's "smile" I wonder if the fact that she hasn't had her teeth fixed means she's NOT gonna run. Some may recall that just before the Dem convention in 2000..Al Gore took a week off..then he turned up with a new set of pearly whites. Cincinnatus' Wife is going to attach some brutal close ups to this thread.. we'd like to hear from any dentists or dental techs, especially..