Matt Gaetz is being investigated for
*paying for sex
*statutory rape & sex trafficking
*showing coworkers nude photos of women he said he'd slept with
*dealing in fake IDs
*lying about extortion & the FBI
*campaign finance infractions
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About the extortion claim and the FBI - (1) if there is an active FBI case, that story wasn't his to reveal (2) If his dad was wearing a wire, that wasn't his story to tell
(3) If the FBI has "court-authorized wiretaps, those techniques are likely compromised" leading to possible (probable?) "obstruction of justice" charges.
The focus on Matt Gaetz this week is a sex scandal
In 2019, @megansmolenyak outlined his genealogical roots ("came to America from Prussia in a chain migration fashion due to poverty") to illustrate his hypocrisy RE immigration
Compare and contrast: Administration erroneously blocking finances of a small Italian restaurant on its last day in office.
Administration facilitating states vaccinating 2.4 million people in 24 hours; 4.6 M in 48 hours.
59.8M Americans now fully vaccinated against Covid19.
CDC also reports “administered” data (moving doses from the state to vaccination centers so they can be scheduled):
8.1M doses since TH.
This makes April accelerated vaccinations possible
The Trump operation refunded $122 million — more than 10% — of what it raised online in 2020.
The illustration is accurate but exaggerates scale (because it stops far below 100%). The narrative justifies the exaggeration
THE SCALE BOGGLES. Trump, RNC and shared accounts “refunded far more money to online donors in the last election cycle than every federal Democratic candidate and committee in the country combined.”
I am SO damn tired of columnists reaching for the LAZY "Fauci was wrong about masks" back on March 3, 2020.
It's intellectually dishonest - and disinformation by omission - for two reasons.
FIRST, Fauci was referencing known research.
Two samples:
2019 - Effectiveness of commercial face masks to reduce personal PM exposure (not very)
2017 - The efficacy of medical masks and respirators against respiratory infection in healthcare workers (five studies)
Second, in the early days of the pandemic, the US was short on ALL masks, not just N-95.
Early public statements were also trying to prevent a run on masks, so that hospital staff and 1st responders would have access to protective equipment.
This chapel isn’t really “the geographic center” of the continental US, despite getting that label in 1918. It appears, as a @TripAdvisor review states, ‘conservative’.
IF we had effective contact tracing (pretty much impossible given the scale of the infection in the US) - then everyone of these maskless partiers should be held accountable for everyone else they sicken, especially those who die.
WHY IS THIS NOT CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE?
In ME, the wedding party flouted state rules.
The bar where the reception was held flouted state rules.
In FL, the Governor insists no rules are needed. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor promised: We are making sure this is a safe event for everyone."
Yeah, right. #SuperSpreaderBowl