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Apr 08 2020
Headline Roundup
Activist's Endorsement of Joe Biden Incites Backlash After Assault Claim
Controversy surrounds actress and sexual abuse activist Alyssa Milano's support for Joe Biden. Former Biden staffer Tara Reade recently said Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993; Reade originally accused Biden of misconduct last year. Milano has been at the forefront of the #MeToo movement, advocating for sexual assault and rape survivors, and was a prominent civilian figure in the controversy
National Review (News) Fox News (Online News) MediaiteJul 08 2019
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Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says
At the height of the furor over Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Brett Kavanaugh, the media were filled with speculation that the Supreme Court nominee might withdraw from the nomination battle.
But President Trump, and his top aides, wanted to fight back in the press and on the Hill, especially after Kavanaugh showed White House counsel Don McGahn his decades-old calendars
Fox News (Online News)Mar 03 2021
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Andrew Cuomo Accused
“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged for the first time Sunday that some of his behavior with women ‘may have been insensitive or too personal,’ and said he would cooperate with a sexual harassment investigation led by the state’s attorney general.” (AP News)
On Monday, the New York Times reported an allegation that Cuomo had behaved inappropriately at a wedding reception in 2019;
The Flip SideApr 01 2019
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Stephanie Carter, Wife Of Obama Defense Secretary, Says Biden Photo Is ‘Misleading’
Carter, who is married to Ash Carter, said Biden was “offering his support” in a 2015 photo showing his hands on her shoulders and whispering into her ear.
Stephanie Carter, whose husband is former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, rejected claims that a 2015 photo of her and then-Vice President Joe Biden shows inappropriate behavior and said the image was “misleadingly extracted” from a
HuffPostJul 12 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein
“Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he secretly cut a deal with federal prosecutors to dispose of nearly identical allegations.” (AP News)
On Wednesday, Acosta defended his handling of the case in a press conference, “insisting he got the toughest deal he could at the time.” (
The Flip SideMar 15 2019
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The Hate U Give: SPLC Co-Founder Sacked Over Allegations of Racism, Sexual Harassment
There's a big shakeup going down at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) this week. In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the hateful left-wing "hate watch" group disclosed the sudden firing of co-founder Morris Dees. Although the SPLC declined to specify why, reports of racial bias and a possible #MeToo situation quickly surfaced.
Josh Moon, a columnist with the Alabama Reporter,
Media Research CenterOct 29 2019
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Katie Hill Resigns
“Freshman Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star in the House, announced her resignation amid an ethics probe, saying explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been ‘weaponized’ by her husband and political operatives.” (AP News)
The left argues Hill is being held to a double standard, and criticizes the release of the photographs.
“If, as has been alleged,
The Flip SideMar 07 2019
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Arizona Sen. Martha McSally reveals she was raped by a superior officer while in Air Force
A year after saying she was sexually abused in high school, Sen. Martha McSally revealed during a congressional hearing Wednesday that she was raped by a superior officer while she was in the Air Force.
McSally, an Arizona Republican, said only that an attack happened and implied that it occurred early in her military career that spanned more than two decades.
The personal
USA TODAYMay 21 2020
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Perspectives: The Tara Reade Allegation and 'Believe All Women'
Tara Reade's allegation that presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden (D-DE) sexually assaulted her when she was a Senate staffer in 1993 has roiled the #MeToo movement, and specifically its standard of "believing all women" who've come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
Many right-rated voices are critiquing "believe all women" after some of its proponents recanted on
New York Times (Opinion) USA TODAY ReasonJun 04 2019
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Gillibrand’s Town Hall and 2020 Prospects
“Despite a soaring national profile in the U.S. Senate, [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)] has failed to achieve liftoff as a presidential prospect. She has not broken 2 percent in a single national poll since officially declaring her candidacy in mid-March, and her 0.4 percent average in the RealClearPolitics aggregate of surveys places her behind the likes of Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard and
The Flip Side