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When the role of schoolmarm is offered, please say no thank you

Excellent piece in Salon on why Anthony Weiner is getting denounced by the same congress critters who backed Charlie Rangel, who was actually accused of real ethics violations, and not just being a sad dude who bolsters his ego by getting ladies on the internet to tell him he's sexy.  Basically,…

Rep. Anthony Weiner may have violated House Ethics Rules by offering PR advice to porn star

New York Democratic Congressman Rep. Anthony Weiner may have violated House Ethics Rules by offering a porn star help from his public relations team. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called Monday for an Ethics Committee investigation of Weiner after he admitted that he tweeted a lewd photo to a college…

‘Sugar daddy’ dating website offers Rep. Anthony Weiner $50,000 to be spokesman

The dating website SugarSugar.com has offered Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) a large sum of money to become the company’s official spokesperson. Weiner admitted Monday that he tweeted a lewd photo to a college student and then falsely claimed his Twitter account had been hacked to cover up the incident. RELATED:…

Breitbart leaks photo of Weiner’s naked penis

Although conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart initially promised to keep the most explicit picture of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to himself — barring certain actions by Weiner — an alleged picture of Weiner’s naked, erect penis nonetheless leaked out this morning. During an appearance on Sirius XM Radio’s notoriously raunchy program…

Andrew Breitbart on Weiner and women’s porn preferences

Controversial conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart has at least one more lewd picture of embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), one that he says “is worth more than a thousand words,” and he warned Wednesday in a Daily Beast article that he may release it if provoked. “My takeaway from the Clinton…

Republicans call for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign

WASHINGTON — There was little sympathy among US politicians Tuesday for Anthony Weiner, one day after the US Democratic congressman admitted in a teary-eyed press conference to maintaining a string of lewd online relationships. Weiner, 46, said he was “deeply ashamed” for his behavior, which included sending a close-up picture…

There is no one reaction to harassment

I  have a piece at the Guardian's CIF about this whole Anthony Weiner business, and why, even though this is primarily about attacking Weiner because he's a fighter, this fits into a larger pattern of right wing abuse of sexy young women for the  high crime of being intellectually independent…

I Wish I Was A Mysteriously Tweeted Weiner

There's something to be said for the predicted "normal" response to events.  It provides a comfortable frame of reference for people who were in no way affected by events to process what's happening to you; it also provides a template for shitty actors to mimic in movies rather than actually…

Rep. Weiner harassed, NY Times says his skirt was too short

Hope you guys had a great holiday weekend!  For those who checked out of following the internets for a few days, lucky you!  You missed the Democratic Penis That Wasn't.  There was a minor frenzy of excitement when Andrew Breitbart started galumping about how Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York…

House votes to cut all funding for US Institute of Peace

The US House of Representatives accepted an amendment to the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2011 on Thursday to eliminate all funding for the US Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent government-funded institution to analyze and prevent international conflict. “I am very pleased my amendment to end federal…

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