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My understand is that if "you're in trouble for having a relationship with a staffer" becomes central stage, Matt Gaetz is turbofucked.
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Gaetz is probably just a freak too and looking out for himself in the inevitable future disclosure. Or, he's just pushing it out to his chud fan base by tweeting unbidden about it repeatedly.
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friendbot2000 posted:Oh most definitely. I just expected more ghouls to jump on this they are trying to keep trump afloat right now.
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freeasinbeer posted:Katie Hill should resign for having multiple relationships with staffers. She just also might have a really questionable tattoo that’s associated with Nazis and White Power. The tattoo okay, (of that is even what it is) Second off if Hill had consent and had a relationship with her staffer who gives a poo poo? Sounds like a dipshit angry ex-husband.
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Oct 25, 2019 04:55
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Party Plane Jones posted:https://twitter.com/RepDougCollins/status/1186981097558761473 not surprised about the other two but jesus gently caress gabbard. just run as an R you rear end in a top hat.
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Oct 25, 2019 04:55
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Dapper_Swindler posted:my guess is he has done some weird/gross sex poo poo/cheated/etc that could come out at any time but unlike alot of the republicans he doesn't want to be a hipocrite about it because he believes he will survive it easier. Investigative reporters found Gaetz has multiple(?) DUIs in his past that got smoothed over, god knows what else they didn't find. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz#Drunk_driving_arrest_and_speeding_tickets
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TulliusCicero posted:The tattoo okay, (of that is even what it is) There are significant issues with the ability to consent in a relationship when an boss/employee relationship also exists
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Oct 25, 2019 04:56
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TulliusCicero posted:The tattoo okay, (of that is even what it is) It's pretty crappy for anyone in a position of power to have a relationship with their staffers as it's very difficult for that to be both genuinely consensual and free of abuse due to the power dynamic involved. At very best you have to wonder if said staffer got a raise/perks/etc based off their sexual relationship, at worst it makes said staffer feel trapped because they lose their job if the relationship ends. That said the Republicans only care because of who it is and they'll quietly look in the other direction when you mention the people with a R next to their name who've done worse.
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Oct 25, 2019 04:57
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Flesh Forge posted:Investigative reporters found Gaetz has multiple DUIs in his past that got smoothed over, god knows what else they didn't find. His college roommate also died under suspicious circumstances and the investigation was closed under political pressure of some sort
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ImpAtom posted:It's pretty crappy for anyone in a position of power to have a relationship with their staffers as it's very difficult for that to be both genuinely consensual and free of abuse due to the power dynamic involved. At very best you have to wonder if said staffer got a raise/perks/etc based off their sexual relationship, at worst it makes said staffer feel trapped because they lose their job if the relationship ends. Yeah that's the thing that's hard to deal with. Like, in a vacuum, it's good that Al Franken stepped down after his creepy behavior became public. It just stings that only one side of the aisle can be successfully cowed into stepping aside when abhorrent behavior comes to light
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Oct 25, 2019 05:00
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ImpAtom posted:It's pretty crappy for anyone in a position of power to have a relationship with their staffers as it's very difficult for that to be both genuinely consensual and free of abuse due to the power dynamic involved. At very best you have to wonder if said staffer got a raise/perks/etc based off their sexual relationship, at worst it makes said staffer feel trapped because they lose their job if the relationship ends. That's fair then. I can agree with that. I think it's pretty lovely for the ex-husband to do this though
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Oct 25, 2019 05:01
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Dapper_Swindler posted:not surprised about the other two but jesus gently caress gabbard. just run as an R you rear end in a top hat. she's moved from Tucker to Hannity too - she should gently caress right off out of the election and focus on losing her seat in congress.
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Ague Proof posted:Gaetz dates his interns. If that's true - and I'm not suggesting that it isn't - then the weirdest thing to me here is that would make him internally consistent on this point. I didn't think that was a thing that Republicans, y'know, did.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:my guess is he has done some weird/gross sex poo poo/cheated/etc that could come out at any time but unlike alot of the republicans he doesn't want to be a hipocrite about it because he believes he will survive it easier. Possible answer to "what was the point of the SCIF stunt" and why he'd defend Katie: Trump has Kompromat, and is demanding the people he has leverage on be more performative in their defense of him. In this (crazy) interpretation, Gaetz is both trying to minimize the damage he'd suffer if Trump - unhappy with his performance - drops dox, while also trying to satisfy Trump and avoid that dox dropping. Real crazy interpretation: Epstein was an agent (for some undefined agency), and he deliberately sought embarassing kompromat on as many powerful people as he could, which is now (somehow) in the hands of Donald Trump (or his puppetmasters). But this is entirely speculative.
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Oct 25, 2019 05:03
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eke out posted:she's moved from Tucker to Hannity too - she should gently caress right off out of the election and focus on losing her seat in congress. i mean i know she is a right wing shithead but if she is kinda trying to run leftish of the mainstream libs, why go on fox.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i mean i know she is a right wing shithead but if she is kinda trying to run leftish of the mainstream libs, why go on fox. Same reason Greenwald does, I imagine.
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tek79 posted:What sort of diseases and/or complications arise when you only consume meat? Because I'm totally fine with Peterson fans all dying, or feeling really uncomfortable from them. https://www.reddit.com/r/enoughpetersonspam/comments/8x1tgw/jordan_peterson_drinks_apple_cider_causing_him_to/ This is an amazing admission from a crazy, crazy man. Apparently drinking the wrong stuff on his diet drove him start raving mad for a month.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i mean i know she is a right wing shithead but if she is kinda trying to run leftish of the mainstream libs, why go on fox. Because she's a loving hack and a fake, and she might as well be Rand Paul lite?
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It’s also against the house rules:ethics.house.gov posted:
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friendbot2000 posted:I am....shocked....literally did not see this coming at all tbf as far as poly setups go, that sounds like an unusually healthy one and her pissed off ex-husband seems like the real sketchy dude in it all freeasinbeer posted:It’s also against the house rules: lol thank you concerned citizen who has literally never posted here before
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Dapper_Swindler posted:not surprised about the other two but jesus gently caress gabbard. just run as an R you rear end in a top hat. https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1187580834330660869?s=20
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Uglycat posted:Same reason Greenwald does, I imagine. i guess but i can at least get why greenwald does the poo poo he does or at least can see why people view him in a sympathetic light. and at least GG fights facists when they are NIMBY. but i dont get gabbard.
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Oct 25, 2019 05:09
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weirdly not surprised. she knows she is hosed now.
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Apparently Geatz was caught on the Instagram of was intern that was living with him. He should resign too. As well as for the scif bullshit.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i guess but i can at least get why greenwald does the poo poo he does or at least can see why people view him in a sympathetic light. and at least GG fights facists when they are NIMBY. but i dont get gabbard. she sucks what else is there to get
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Also gaetz is probably wading in because he knows that 'you can gently caress the interns and staffers' is like the only bipartisan belief in congress and no one in power there wants to open that can of worms.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i guess but i can at least get why greenwald does the poo poo he does or at least can see why people view him in a sympathetic light. and at least GG fights facists when they are NIMBY. but i dont get gabbard. Yeah, the reason clearly isn't any /overt/ political alignment. e: had to do a google search, but turns out Gabbard is a stalwart Assange apologist. Huh. Uglycat fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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At this point I'm just waiting for Katie Hill's ex husband to show up next to milo and Wohl for how much of a hack job this smear is.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:At this point I'm just waiting for Katie Hill's ex husband to show up next to milo and Wohl for how much of a hack job this smear is. It's mostly Ryan Saavedra, who is pretty Wohl-tier in terms of hack
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Let me know when any of these fuckers call on Duncan Hunter to resign. The smart course of action for Hill would be to resign, but unless the campaign staffer comes forward and alleges abuse or retribution I straight up don't loving care.
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Oct 25, 2019 05:23
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Gaetz does not want his love life to become public. https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1150798292177039360
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TulliusCicero posted:That's fair then. I can agree with that. I think it's pretty lovely for the ex-husband to do this though It’s not just pretty lovely, revenge porn is pretty loving illegal.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:weirdly not surprised. she knows she is hosed now. Yeah, I've been wondering why Tulsi suddenly became a loving Everything-Short-Of-Q-Anon Chud Grifter recently. I was starting to wonder if it was because she actually was some kind of psy-op out to scuttle the election like people claimed, but I guess she just wants to steal boomer and psycho dollars by playing Red-Pilled Ex-Liberal on the Crazy Circuit.
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Was Katie Hill supposed to be the one to carry on Cummings' committee? Or was that someone else. Speaking of Cummings, will that seat sit vacant or is there a special election? And, beyond that, is an impeachment vote at risk now, or are they well above critical mass at this point?
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Herstory Begins Now posted:tbf as far as poly setups go, that sounds like an unusually healthy one and her pissed off ex-husband seems like the real sketchy dude in it all If there's a real sketchy dude in the mix then it probably wasn't that healthy.
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Zarin posted:Was Katie Hill supposed to be the one to carry on Cummings' committee? Or was that someone else. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) is currently the acting chair and has said she wants it permanently and a half dozen others are also clamoring for his old post. Her name is not among them. Impeachment is a given at this point barring something akin to an alien invasion.
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Oracle posted:Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) is currently the acting chair and has said she wants it permanently and a half dozen others are also clamoring for his old post. Her name is not among them. Ill take alien rule over this. You think they have healthcare?
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friendbot2000 posted:Ill take alien rule over this. You think they have healthcare? According to their handbook, 'To Serve Man,' they have a lot of great things to offer us.
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Gaunab posted:If there's a real sketchy dude in the mix then it probably wasn't that healthy. By poly standards, only one sketchy dude around is healthier than average
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Oracle posted:Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) is currently the acting chair and has said she wants it permanently and a half dozen others are also clamoring for his old post. Her name is not among them. yeah the only question rn is does Trump get removed from office and about the fates of everyone else in Trump's orbit. Even removal is looking pretty realistic because avoiding that would require Trump to show like 5 different kinds of political and PR savvy that he has never previously shown even a passing capacity for In reality, Trump isn't going to make ~perfect political plays~ he's going to keep on doing illegal poo poo and broadcasting it out to the world and sabotaging his own defense
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