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December 15th, 2024 - 3:52 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, News Media

Did Stephanopoulis defame Trump by saying he “raped” E. Jean Carroll?

It certainly looked that way when ABC News agreed last week to settle Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million (plus $1 million for Trump’s attorney fees). But not so fast. At issue was whether ABC journalist George Stephanopoulis defamed him by insisting, during a televised interview [...]

December 13th, 2021 - 3:45 pm § in Misc.

Join Canada’s military and get raped

Sexual harassment is a way of life in Canada’s armed forces. U.S. forces have sexual misconduct problems, too, but perpetrators may risk discipline and dismissal. Not so in Canada; there, it’s different. “Really, there’s a culture that’s been permissive of these acts of[...]

January 23rd, 2017 - 10:47 am § in Politics

How to be a Republican

“A Nebraska state senator who had cybersex with a woman on a state computer is facing criticism again for a retweet suggesting that demonstrators at a women’s march weren’t attractive enough to be sexually assaulted.” Comment: Boys will be boys, and few Republicans ever grow up. Read story h[...]