US judge orders release of $5.8m Trump owes E Jean Carroll after court loss
Donald Trump is still trying to wiggle out of paying Carroll what he owes. He doesn't want to admit that he actually raped her way back in 1990, when she refused his clumsy sexual advances. She was simply not interested, There is no statutory limit on rape, though because of all his legal manuvering, Trump is only charged with sexual abuse, not actual rape, though the distintion is unclear. If he had been convicted of rape. he probably could not hold office today.
A Manhattan federal court judge on Wednesday ordered the release of the more than $5m Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll following her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him. Less than an hour after the judge had issued his order, Trump filed paperwork indicating that he was appealing the decision. But appealing to whom? The Supreme Court has already declined to hear his case. (Today is now Thursday and he still hasn't paid her.)
Wash. Post, E. Jean Carroll must be paid $5 million award from Trump suit, judge says
Does anyone actually believe that Trump did not rape writer Carroll? She just wasn't interested in him, so he raped her by force. For that, he still deserves prison, as there is no statute of limitations on rape.
- The Verdict: A Manhattan jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
- The Payout: Trump owes Carroll over $5.8 million. This includes the original $5 million verdict plus added interest. He is also appealing a separate $83 million defamation verdict.
- The Protest: Carroll’s supporters are protesting because Trump's lawyers are trying to delay making the payment.
- The Supreme Court: The payout is due because the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's final appeal.
Even a president is not above the law. Trump had already agreed to pay if he lost at the Supreme Court, but now he is trying to wiggle out of that promise. His own Supreme Court has refused to hear his appeal. What is the basis of his appeal anyway? That he just doesn't want to pay and to admit guilt? He went off to South Dakota and tried to change the usbject. He still hasn't paid Carroll what he owes her.
Here's another Supreme Court case that Trump wants overturned He protests loudly and in public whenever a decision goes against him. Always a big crybaby, he is trying to activiate his base to come out to support him to overturn any verdicts he dislikes. But nobody is listening
Now Trump says he will also ask the Supreme Court to rehear its landmark birthright citizenship case after the justices ruled that he does not have the power to unilaterally overturn the long-standing constitutional principle that guarantees citizenship to just about all children born in the United States.
"The Supreme Court's ruling is wrong. I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. "This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don't change their absolutely insane decision." (The Supreme Court is actually on recess right now.)
Can Americans ever trust Donald Trump's promises? Can we ever trust his word? Absolutelty not! Absolutely not at all!
==================================================================
Wash. Post, ICE officer fatally shoots Mexican man in Houston during traffic stop
Why did the ICE officer kill this man? Did he fail show a driver's license? Would that deserve the death penalty? The victim obviously had lived for many years in this country, as he had grown kids actually born here. ICE officers don't need to carry guns if they are only checking people's credentials. This ICE officer should not have been armed, as he was just too trigger happy. He now deserves life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian.
==========================================================
- North Korea and Eritrea: These countries have the strictest policies, completely outlawing civilian gun possession. Almost no gun murders actually occur there and very few murders overall.
- China: Individual firearm ownership is generally illegal. Handguns are strictly banned, and civilians can only obtain licenses for specific activities like hunting or target shootiung via authorized groups. The murder rate in the US is 10 times higher than in China.
- Japan: Civilians cannot legally own handguns. People can only apply for hunting rifles or airguns, which require exams and mental health checks. Likewise, the US murder rate is at least 10 times higher than Japan's
- Cambodia: Private firearm ownership has been prohibited for the general public since 1999. Therefore, the murder rate there is almost zero.
- Singapore, Brunei, the Maldives, and Vatican City also broadly prohibit civilian gun ownership. Several island nations like Nauru and the Solomon Islands have similar total bans. No guns mean there are very rare gun deaths and very few murders overall..
As a result, in countries where civilians cannot own guns, the number of gun deaths is miniscule or even non-existent and any murders at all are also quite rare. As indicated before, someone can always be killed with a sword or a knife, also by a bow and arrow, possibly with poison, or even by strangling with bare hands. But the chances of being murdered anywhere that restricts gun ownership are really quite small, whatever other means might be used. Fewer guns means fewer gun injuries and deaths, as well as fewer murders overall; that's just basic math and plain common sense. We all are much safer living where there are no guns at all.
Canada, unfortunately for its own citizens, borders the US where guns can cross the border undetected. But even in Canada, the murder rate is only half of what it is here in the US. Donald Trump's namesake son is wrong, as the ability to send guns through the mail would likely benefit the grab-a-gun franchise, where Donald Jr. is a shareholder, thus making more money for him, but at the tragic cost of so many more American lives.
=================================================
Going way back now in history, Mongol leader Genghis Khan killed his older half-brother to secure his own position (how he actually killed his brother is not known). As for his own death, Genghis Khan suffered fatal injuries in 1227 at age 65 from falling off his horse while out hunting (with a bow and arrow).
His descendants now living today, often gather together to celebrate their shared hertiage.
=========================================================
Now let's remember Greenland, a Danish territory that Donald Trump still covets to this day. It is the world's largest island and Trump has still not forgotten about it, though Greenladers might have hoped that he would.
Winters there are long and cold, but summer sees 24-hour daylight with a bright midnight sun, so agriculture flourishes in just the short growing season. These days, greenhouses allow agriculture to even continue there all year round.
==================================================================
Finally, how about serving a few lucious berries now for dessert? Serve them plain or with ice cream or whipped cream. Mmm.
