Congressman-elect Brian Poindexter, a Democrat who recently defeated embattled Rep. Max Miller (R) in a heated House race in Ohio, is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment.
While full details of the allegation were not immediately made public, according to a Poindexter aide who was granted anonymity to discuss the investigation, the alleged harassment involved what Poindexter โthought was an innocuous compliment to a volunteer.โ
โHe heard later that it made her feel uncomfortable and he felt awful,โ the aide said, adding that the campaign hired a human resources firm to look into the matter.
Two PACs that supported Poindexterโs candidacy, the Blue Dog PAC and the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, said they became aware of a report of alleged sexual harassment in the final days of Poindexterโs campaign and informed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the arm of the Democratic Party that works to elect House candidates. The PACs also dropped their endorsements of Poindexter, though neither said why at the time.
According to the PACs, they did not explain the change in endorsement because the individual who made the allegation requested that no details be disclosed publicly, and she โdid not want her identity becoming public and she wanted an opportunity to determine how she wanted to proceed while protecting herself.โ
The DCCC, in a statement to The Washington Post, said it hired an independent, third-party firm to investigate Poindexter โ who wonโt be sworn in as a congressman until January. (Washington Post)
'Chris Van Hollen is on Team Fight, and weโre for Team Fight. Now try to be civil about this, all of you filthy fuckaducks in the comments.'
Remember this old saying in politics? 'In a close victory, the winners celebrate; in a lopsided victory, they fight over the spoils' . . .
And it looks like that's what's happening here . . .
I still say it will be Schumer and Jeffries leading the Democrats (at least for now) whether we like it or not . . . so go ahead and pour hate on me! ๐ฅธ
Our popular Kansas (D) governor Kelly had endorsed a different candidate and then Holscher won the nomination, word on the street is they couldn't stand each other for reasons. Anyway, the citizens didn't care and chose Holscher anyway.
"I'm ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ with it" doesn't work much better than "I'm ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ with it". Maybe ๐ญ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ or ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in it...
How about "I am ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in it." In the ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ sense?
Thinking positively, I would be so proud to vote for a party that knows planting shit like this is pathetic and exasperating: "Inside the Capitol, some Senate Democrats privately worry itโs exactly the wrong time to have a messy leadership fight, according to several people granted anonymity to describe private conversations."
Thereโs a clip of Secretary Pete talking about the situation that is reminding everyone what it was like when grownups were in charge. Weโll never get the truth out of those two bozos.
I guess his hand is gonna show yet another bruise...
Donald Trump has not be seen in public since Wednesday, and he hasn't uttered a single word about yesterday's historic air travel ground stop -- not even on his Truth Social page
Dumb question - is the plus 1 in the 50% plus 1 1% (in which case, why not say 51%?), or 1 vote (why not say so?), or .1 (in which case, why not say 50.1%)? I had thought that as long as a candidate got at least 50% of the vote, that was it, and the winner is declared. Now they are saying something different, and it's not clear to me what the "plus 1" is.
Kansas electing a Dem governor again or how Beshear keeps winning Kentucky I think implies that once voters in some of these red states see that Democrats arenโt the monsters described on Fox News that they will keep voting for good candidates regardless of party. Which is why Republicans should be terrified about what just happened in places like Texas.
I really like Van Hollen. I don't like Schumer much. He seems to think he's entitled to be the leader. Van Hollen wants to fight for it. We need the fighter.
I'd better stop here, I'm running out of civility ...
Colom raised a good point that two leaders (Schumer/Jeffries) from the same urban area isn't a good look. He said he will listen and keep an open mind.
Oh, FFS.
๐ก๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ.-๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐น ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ.
Congressman-elect Brian Poindexter, a Democrat who recently defeated embattled Rep. Max Miller (R) in a heated House race in Ohio, is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment.
While full details of the allegation were not immediately made public, according to a Poindexter aide who was granted anonymity to discuss the investigation, the alleged harassment involved what Poindexter โthought was an innocuous compliment to a volunteer.โ
โHe heard later that it made her feel uncomfortable and he felt awful,โ the aide said, adding that the campaign hired a human resources firm to look into the matter.
Two PACs that supported Poindexterโs candidacy, the Blue Dog PAC and the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, said they became aware of a report of alleged sexual harassment in the final days of Poindexterโs campaign and informed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the arm of the Democratic Party that works to elect House candidates. The PACs also dropped their endorsements of Poindexter, though neither said why at the time.
According to the PACs, they did not explain the change in endorsement because the individual who made the allegation requested that no details be disclosed publicly, and she โdid not want her identity becoming public and she wanted an opportunity to determine how she wanted to proceed while protecting herself.โ
The DCCC, in a statement to The Washington Post, said it hired an independent, third-party firm to investigate Poindexter โ who wonโt be sworn in as a congressman until January. (Washington Post)
'Chris Van Hollen is on Team Fight, and weโre for Team Fight. Now try to be civil about this, all of you filthy fuckaducks in the comments.'
Remember this old saying in politics? 'In a close victory, the winners celebrate; in a lopsided victory, they fight over the spoils' . . .
And it looks like that's what's happening here . . .
I still say it will be Schumer and Jeffries leading the Democrats (at least for now) whether we like it or not . . . so go ahead and pour hate on me! ๐ฅธ
Our popular Kansas (D) governor Kelly had endorsed a different candidate and then Holscher won the nomination, word on the street is they couldn't stand each other for reasons. Anyway, the citizens didn't care and chose Holscher anyway.
Sick of it...
No, me neither.
"I'm ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ with it" doesn't work much better than "I'm ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ with it". Maybe ๐ญ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ or ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in it...
How about "I am ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in it." In the ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ sense?
Dok gave us Nice Times AND a puppy!! I always say that Dok loves us best.
Van Hollen went to CECOT and refused to leave until they let him see Kilmar Abrego Garcia. That looks like leadership to me.
The leadership positions go to whoever raised the most money from the big donors. That's their reward.
I gotta stop you right there, Dok. Itโs not necessarily the case that our side won.
Itโs that those other bastards lost. And itโs not real until the Members are seated.
Dude. Take the win.
Iโm a grump.
TAE KWON DODO! You'll get this mellon when you pry it out of my cold dead...mellon holder.
Thinking positively, I would be so proud to vote for a party that knows planting shit like this is pathetic and exasperating: "Inside the Capitol, some Senate Democrats privately worry itโs exactly the wrong time to have a messy leadership fight, according to several people granted anonymity to describe private conversations."
Are those Democrats anyone outside of Chucks office? Can't be Fetterman either.
Me, I think it's exactly the right time for a healthy and vigorous debate about the direction of our country.
OT: Markwayne Moron and Sean Dummy need to be removed immediately. Full Fucking Stop!!
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You show โem, Lewis!
Thereโs a clip of Secretary Pete talking about the situation that is reminding everyone what it was like when grownups were in charge. Weโll never get the truth out of those two bozos.
OH THE CATMANITY
I guess his hand is gonna show yet another bruise...
Donald Trump has not be seen in public since Wednesday, and he hasn't uttered a single word about yesterday's historic air travel ground stop -- not even on his Truth Social page
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3n2bx2zitvs2f
The champagne in the fridge isn't going to get any colder.
Hurry up!
He's busy fixing the Super Intelligences with his Big Beautiful Brain.
Dumb question - is the plus 1 in the 50% plus 1 1% (in which case, why not say 51%?), or 1 vote (why not say so?), or .1 (in which case, why not say 50.1%)? I had thought that as long as a candidate got at least 50% of the vote, that was it, and the winner is declared. Now they are saying something different, and it's not clear to me what the "plus 1" is.
A majority is more than 50%, that is, at least one vote more.
50% exactly is a tie, and on a yes or no question, 50% exactly would mean the proposal fails.
Thanks
plus one vote.
TY.
Not a dumb question
TY.
Kansas electing a Dem governor again or how Beshear keeps winning Kentucky I think implies that once voters in some of these red states see that Democrats arenโt the monsters described on Fox News that they will keep voting for good candidates regardless of party. Which is why Republicans should be terrified about what just happened in places like Texas.
After Peltola wins we will have 56 seats in the senate plus the two independents that caucus with the Dems.
I actually think the 56 includes Bernie and Angus, sorry
It could end up being 55, if Fetterman leaves the Dems, and that is fine by me.
I am wondering if Murkowski goes independent (again?) and caucus with the Democrats in the Senate.
That's a possibility, and I'd be fine with that too.
I really like Van Hollen. I don't like Schumer much. He seems to think he's entitled to be the leader. Van Hollen wants to fight for it. We need the fighter.
I'd better stop here, I'm running out of civility ...
Colom raised a good point that two leaders (Schumer/Jeffries) from the same urban area isn't a good look. He said he will listen and keep an open mind.
I hadn't thought of that, but Colom is right. He's already showing good sense, which we need in our leaders.