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Sen. Chuck Grassley has decided to give Christine Blasey-Ford one more day to decide if she wants to testify before the Judiciary committee. This is a bad idea. Ford did deserve a hearing, but she no longer does. Once Ford teamed up with Ricki Seidman, it became very clear that the intent here is to destroy Brett Kavanaugh as Seidman tried to do to Clarence Thomas. Ford and her legal team are engaged in chicanery. They've made asinine demands: Citing “sources,” Fox News’ Shannon Bream reports on the demands Christine Blasey Ford and her legal team are making as a condition for...

Has anyone asked Christine Blasey Ford why she attended a party with four boys -- if there was a party? Most of us would suspect that a girl at a party with four boys was the "entertainment". Considering the way teenage peer pressure works, it is likely she would have been drinking along with the boys, if there was a party. If she had been drinking, then her memory of the event would be unreliable. She might not remember exactly what happened or even who was at the party. I say "if there was a party" because of how she...

Christine Blasey Ford's legal team has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to agree to certain terms before she sits down for a potential interview over her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, two sources told Fox News on Thursday night. Among the terms: Only members of the committee -- no lawyers -- can question her; Kavanaugh cannot be in the room at the time; and Kavanaugh must be questioned first.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton will appear in Grand Rapids for an event honoring former first lady Betty Ford, who would have turned 100 this year. Clinton will appear with Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, on April 11 at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. They’ll participate in a public discussion moderated by journalist Andrea Mitchell. Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of Betty and Gerald Ford, describes Clinton, Robb and Mitchell as three “strong women.” She says her family is pleased to have them celebrate her mother’s centennial.

Hillary Clinton asked a top aide in 2011 whether she could fly on a separate airplane from former first lady Michelle Obama to Betty Ford's funeral, according to a newly released email.Judicial Watch released on Thursday more than 2,000 emails from Clinton's unauthorized private email server she used as secretary of state. One of the documents revealed a conversation between Clinton and then-Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin about how she would rather not ride the same plane as Obama en route Ford's funeral in Palm Desert, Calif."I'd be honored to speak," Clinton said in reference to Betty Ford's funeral....

RANCHO MIRAGE, California – Vice President Joe Biden, 72, reportedly entered the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California on Feb. 26. According to a source close to the chemical dependency recovery facility, the Vice President was escorted into the Center late Thursday evening by several members of the Secret Service and Dr. Jill Biden, the Vice President’s wife. Biden’s official White House schedule makes no mention of an official event in or near Southern California, leading many to wonder if the the Vice President’s visit is because of a substance abuse or alcohol problem. Biden’s recent headlines concern what...

There have been a few First Ladies who have given us lasting legacies. One example is The Betty Ford Center, opened in 1982, in Rancho Mirage, California. The BFC, offers inpatient, outpaitient and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions, as well as prevention and education programs for family and children. The center has 100 inpatient beds available on their campus, and additional lodging for 84 clients in the Residential Day Treatment. Betty Ford's decision to undertake such a project came after her own struggles with alcohol dependence and diazapam addiction. It's remarkable just how many people this...

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler were among the nine women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame Saturday. The ceremony, attended by about 700 people, was held in Seneca Falls, the western New York village where the first known women’s rights convention was held in 1848. “Our mission is to share the stories of these women with the general population and to inspire future generations to their own greatness,” the hall’s deputy director, Amanda Bishop, said after the ceremony. …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan has checked into a rehab and will not face a probation violation for leaving another treatment facility after a few minutes, a prosecutor said Friday. Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Terry White said he has received confirmation that Lohan has checked in to a rehab facility and he is satisfied with her location. He declined to say where Lohan is receiving treatment, but a source close to the actress who was not authorized to speak publicly said she has checked in to the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The "Liz &...

(Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service for former first lady Betty Ford in California on Tuesday, the White House said. Also in attendance at the service in Palm Desert, east of Los Angeles, will be U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with her husband, former president Bill Clinton, and former first lady Nancy Reagan. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter and National Public Radio journalist Cokie Roberts will deliver eulogies, the Elizabeth B. Ford National Tribute Committee said.

GRAND RAPIDS -- The Westboro Baptist Church -- notorious for twisting scripture to justify persecution of homosexuals and picketing at funerals -- have announced their intent to protest this week's memorial services honoring former first lady Betty Ford in Grand Rapids. On the Topeka, Kansas-based church's website, the fringe group said they will picket services on Thursday because Ford divorced her first husband William Warren prior marrying the late president Gerald R. Ford. In Westboro's eyes, that makes Ford an adulterer who "loved to sit with tawdry reporters and blather about sex." The announcement declares the group's intent to picket...

Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it. According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana - and if she were their age, she'd try it, too. She told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a denial).

Betty Fordhas died at the age of 93.

On this "National Day of Mourning throughout the United States," President and Mrs. Bush attended the funeral service for former President Gerald Ford at the National Episcopal Cathedral in DC today. President Bush was among those asked to eulogize (text and webcast at this link) his predecessor. Henry Kissinger's eulogy was very informative about the international achievements of Ford's presidency. I've been looking for the text but haven't found it so far. If anyone does, please post it or link it on this Dose. Goodbye, President Ford. Thank you for your faith in Christ that helped bindup and heal the...

President George W. Bush delivers a statement on the passing of former President Gerald R. Ford from Crawford, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. President Bush: My fellow Americans, all of us are saddened by the news that former President Gerald R. Ford passed away last night. I spoke with Betty Ford. On behalf of all Americans Laura and I extend to Mrs. Ford and all President Ford's family our prayers and our condolences.

The President spent the weekend in California. On Saturday (Earth Day) he went for a bike ride and also visited California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento. On Sunday he visited Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, he went to church and had lunch there. Later on Sunday he visted former President Gerald Ford and former first lady Betty Ford visited at their home in Rancho Mirage Today the President spoke and took questions on comprehensive immigration reform at the Orange County Business Council at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, CA Later on the President made...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Former first lady Betty Ford was undergoing routine tests Thursday at Eisenhower Medical Center, a Ford family spokeswoman said. Mrs. Ford, who turned 88 last month, has been in good health and there was nothing to be concerned about, spokeswoman Penny Circle said. “She’s been fine. It’s just tests, just an appointment for tests. That’s all there is to it,” Circle said.

<p>LOS ANGELES - A fund-raiser allegedly defrauded charities supported by former President Clinton and some of Hollywood's most prominent celebrities out of more than $1.5 million, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the state attorney general.</p> <p>The action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks a permanent injunction barring Aaron Tonken and his associates from engaging in charitable fund-raising or disbursing donations from fund-raising events cited in the complaint until they account for the missing money.</p>