Julie Carter

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: FINAL CAPITULATION! Trump ABANDONS his bid to claw back E. Jean Carroll’s $5.6 million payout after the court dismisses his appeal WITH PREJUDICE.

E. Jean Carroll has accomplished what practically no other person involved in litigation with Donald Trump has ever been able to do: finally get him to give up on fighting the court’s judgment.

After years of stalling, appealing, and demanding the impossible, Trump just quietly dropped his final legal fight against the $5.6 million he owes Carroll, and this time, he can never bring it back.

Trump agreed to dismiss his appeal "with prejudice," meaning the case is over for good, according to a September 25th order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

He also abandoned his bizarre demand that Carroll RETURN the money she'd already legally won. New York Daily News reporter Molly Crane-Newman called it a genuine first: "In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll."

Let's remember exactly what this money represents. A 2023 jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s and for defaming her afterward, awarding her $5 million.

After the Supreme Court refused to even hear Trump's appeal back in June, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the money finally released in July, delivering one of the more satisfying judicial smackdowns in recent memory: "In the last analysis, defendant has been stalling this case for years. It is time for him to 'do equity' and pay the judgment."

Trump's team, naturally, still couldn't resist framing this as victimhood, releasing a statement calling it part of "Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes," even as they were simultaneously agreeing to permanently drop the fight. Trump's lawyers had already sent $5,625,005.48, judgment plus interest, straight to Carroll's legal team back in July.

Trump kept trying anyway, asking the appeals court in July to either block the payout entirely or force Carroll to give the money back, arguing she'd publicly stated her intent to donate it and had even started a foundation to distribute the funds. The court finally forced his hand, ordering him earlier this month to declare whether his motion was moot. He folded a week before that deadline.

Of course, this isn't fully over. Trump is still separately asking the Supreme Court to take up his appeal of a much larger $83.3 million defamation verdict from a different jury, a request the justices are expected to consider this fall.

But for now, on this particular case, after years of delay tactics and legal gymnastics, Trump finally did something that must have had him stewing in anger and denial: he simply paid what he owed.

Please like and share to spread the good news!

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Chilling words.

Senator Dick Durbin at the Jack Smith Hearing just now:

“There are moments I’ll never forget. Twenty-five years ago, 9/11 was one of those moments when we were asked to evacuate the Capitol for fear of what might happen if the terrorists attacked.

“But the day I’ll also remember as long as I live is January 6, 2021, when this cathedral of democracy was overrun by violent insurrectionists at the direction of the President of the United States.”

[Ford News @FordJohnathan5]

BREAKINGNEWS: Jack Smith tells Lindsey Graham sister that her brother was a patriot that wanted to help the investigation and that her brother would have most likely ended up being a cooperative witness. 🚨

[Reilly Belle Air 💙🚺🌈💪 🌊 💙 @ReillyBelle57]

Jimmy Kimmel asking Mayor Mamdani about his seemingly good relationship with Trump. It’s a must watch!

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Probably not a good sign for the country when this law has to be passed because of the president.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: President Bush's former White House ethics attorney declares that Trump's use of YOUR money for his deranged MAGA political ads is "illegal" and could be an "impeachable offense."

When Democrats take Congress, this bill comes due...

“As I told @baylisswagner of the @nytimes here, this could be an impeachable offense. @POTUS has no right to use taxpayer money for campaign ads,” Richard Painter, who served under George W. Bush, wrote on X, referring to remarks he made to the Times calling the ads "very dangerous" and "government-sponsored propaganda."

“Congress has expressly prohibited government sponsored political propaganda, which is dangerous for democracy,” Painter continued.

"This is an abuse of power. Government propaganda like this is common in countries like Iran and North Korea, but not here. In fact it's illegal," he added in a followup tweet.

One of the ads in question aired over the weekend during two widely-watched NFL games. It showed footage of Trump waddling down a hallway in black and white as he rambled in voiceover about defeating "communists, Marxists, and fascists" as well as "the warmongers” and “deep state.” At the end, text on screen revealed that the unhinged ad was "Paid for by the U.S. Government," meaning with our tax dollars.

The irony, of course, is that Trump himself is an unabashed fascist and bloodthirsty warmonger, as proven by his mass-murdering, illegal war against Iran.

According to AdImpact, three different, equally shameless pro-Trump ads have run in the past week, paid for by us.

There is no way for the Trump administration to spin this flagrant abuse of power. This is illegal and it constitutes naked theft. Everyone involved in these ads must be investigated and prosecuted when we retake control of our government.

Please ❤️ and share to demand impeachment!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Trump has dropped his $10bn charge against the BBC after he was told he would have to give the BBC his Financial Records.

Not suspicious at all...

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

My fellow American patriots, we need to make Jack Smith the next Attorney General of the United States of America.

Testifying to the Senate Judiciary Commitee, Jack Smith is conducting a masterclass on the rule of law — highlighting the overwhelming evidence of Trump's criminal behavior and treasonous attempt to overthrow American democracy.

"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

"History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

Holy shit. Trump might actually be cooked.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Not content with the $2 billion he made last year and the $400 million in his super PAC, Trump is using your money to run pro-MAGA ads before the midterms. https://t.co/7agWzBr2HL

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

Our president just called Canada “one of the worst countries in the entire world.”

Canada.

This is an absurd thing for an American president to say about one of our closest allies.

If he’ll say something this ridiculous with a straight face, why should anyone trust a word that comes out of his mouth?

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

"I thought of Viktor Orban as soon as I saw this last ad because they were the same type of thing he did before finally losing his last election earlier this year. He spent 235 million euros of Hungarian taxpayer money on propaganda campaign material."
https://t.co/zsJytjpais

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Donald Trump and RFK Jr. can talk all they want about “Making America Healthy Again” while they GUT the agencies responsible for keeping our food safe and recalls pile up.

California isn’t waiting around for Washington.

We just passed a first-in-the-nation law creating a new seal so families can easily spot foods that aren’t ultra-processed.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Being a liar is a requirement to work in the Trump administration, duh!!

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

STOP USING MY FUCKING TAX DOLLARS FOR STUPID FUCKING ADS FOR DONALD FUCKING TRUMP!

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

According to Nevada election officials and a report by The New York Times, Trump stooge Markwayne Mullin and his Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to produce a single verified noncitizen voter after state review of a list containing 185 flagged names.

It's almost as if these bigots are completely full of it and just want to suppress as many minority votes as possible.

Read more here: https://t.co/UkCJaEyD7s

#ResistTrump

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

A federal judge just warned Todd Blanche he could be held in contempt for hiding Epstein files. The Attorney General. Contempt. Congress can make him hand them over. Tell them to: https://t.co/eUYf2TdHc2

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

Reminder: Hunter Biden made $640 million while working for Daddy and took $2 billion from the people behind 9/11.

Wait, sorry - that was Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.