When Mike Huckabee’s “friend Josh Duggar admitted to molesting 5 young girls, including 2 of his…sisters, the former…Governor wasn’t quite so harsh. According to Huckabee, ‘Josh’s actions... (were) ‘inexcusable,’ but that doesn’t mean ‘unforgivable.’” 1/ thedailyedge.substack.com/p/gop-gang-of-…
“Having been told that molesting kids was not quite as bad as letting them listen to Beyonce, Josh Duggar was absolved of his sins and sent back out into the world.” 2/
“Soon afterwards, it was revealed that the ‘family values activist’ was also active on Ashley Madison, ‘a web site created 4 the…purpose of cheating on your spouse.”
Six years later, … Duggar is back in the news after being arrested on federal child pornography charges. 3/
5/ “Former wrestling coach Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a Trump-defending thug…, is accused of turning a blind eye to a ‘cesspool of deviancy’ at Ohio State University, to the point of even telling one referee alarmed at the rampant abuse by the team doctor, ‘Yeah, that’s Strauss.’”
7/ “According to the AP, a total of 2,200 total instances of fondling and 127 instances of rape attributed to Strauss have now been tallied.”
8/ 😳🥵
9/ “Sex-offender-turned-Trump-access-peddler George Nader, [is] now serving 10 years in prison for transporting a child into the country for sex and possessing child pornography.”
10/ “As Grant wrote: ‘Nader had participated in diplomatic meetings with Jared Kushner and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who went on to become a QAnon hero and devotee.’”
11/ “This Trump-Kushner access happened despite the fact that, as Middle East Eye reported in 2019, Nader had been ‘repeatedly been caught in possession of child pornography’ and had previously “served a prison sentence for the abuse of young boys.’”
12/ “Ruben Verastigui, a digital strategist who had worked for both the RNC & the Trump reelection campaign, arrested as part of a federal child sexual exploitation investigation.”
“In messages obtained by federal investigators, the pro-life activist [& Trump campaigner] wrote: ‘Babies are some of my biggest turn-ons.’” 13/
“Former Kentucky judge Tim Nolan ‘…served as a Trump delegate & ballot observer’ &… was ‘charged with multiple human trafficking offenses, after an investigation found that he had a pattern of paying minors and adults for sex, in some cases recording them.’” 14/
“Republican state senator Ralph Shortey, Trump’s Oklahoma campaign chair, was convicted of child sex trafficking and sentenced to 15 years. As NBC News reported, the then-married Shortey was arrested in a motel room with a 17-year-old boy he hired for sex.” 15/
“Ben Gibson, a 2020 Republican congressional candidate from Louisiana, who lost his election in November,” was “arrested in December on four counts of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13.” 16/
“Trump Commerce Dept. official Adam Hageman, 25,” a former employee of @charliekirk11’s @TPUSA, which recently partnered w/ #Pizzagater Jack Posobiec, “has been held since last Nov. accused of ‘sharing a child pornography video & commenting…on sexually abusing children.’” 17/
Hageman was a member of the pedophile chat group “for months b4 Trump hired him & was “l’an active participant, often soliciting child pornography or commenting on it.’” 18/
Hageman “also ‘invited at least one other person who he knew to be interested in child pornography and bestiality to the chat.’” 19/
“Biden’s Global Democracy Summit Raises an Awkward Question: Can Ours Endure? In the past year, the prospects for improving American democracy have dimmed considerably.” By @suehalpernVT, 11/30/21 1/ newyorker.com/news/daily-com… via @NewYorker
2/ “In March, …, Freedom House, a democracy-watchdog group, ranked the state of democracy in the US well below that in Chile, Costa Rica, & Slovakia, citing gerrymandering, the influence of money in politics, and the disenfranchisement of people of color…”
“‘A change of president is not gonna make [these issues] go away,’ Sarah Repucci, the group’s VP for research and analysis, told the Guardian at the time.” Indeed, in the months since Biden took office, the prospects for improving American democracy have dimmed considerably.” 3/
“In an email he sent Aug. 18, 2016, to Bannon under the subject line, ‘Congratulations,’ Stone wrote, ‘Trump can still win — but time is running out. Early voting begins in six weeks. I do know how to win this but it ain’t pretty… 1/ buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
…Campaign has never been good at playing the new media. Lots to do — let me know when u can talk.’
“The similarities between Gamergate & the far-right online movement…are…in no way a coincidence…Steve Bannon had a hand in creating…Milo Yiannopoulos, who built his fame & Twitter following by supporting and cheerleading Gamergate.” 12/1/16 1/ theguardian.com/technology/201…
Gamergate, as I understand it, was an online harassment campaign against women gamers. The proponents of Gamergate attacked in swarms, using death threats & doxing 2 terrorize their targets who fled their homes. This apparently provided the basis 4 the MAGA movement’s tactics. 2/
.@radicalizedpod did a fascinating episode on how the MAGA movement apparently evolved from Gamergate. You can watch here. cc: @Heidi_Cuda 3/
Please follow Jim Stewartson on Medium. Please follow me there too & on Youtube. We cannot afford to put all eggs in the Twitter basket. Links below. Thanks. 1/
“Trump Commerce Dept. official Adam Hageman,” a former employee of @charliekirk11’s @TPUSA, which has partnered w/ #Pizzagater Jack Posobiec, has been credibly “accused of ‘sharing a child pornography video & commenting…on sexually abusing children.’” 1/thedailyedge.substack.com/p/gop-gang-of-…
Adam Hageman didn’t act as a lone wolf either. It’s an alleged child pornography ring involving firmer GOP staffer/ RNC aide Ruben Verastigui. 3/ politico.com/news/2021/07/0…
Anyone know where this photo of Frank Scavo (who organized buses on January 6 & has ties to Bannon & the #MAGAMoonies) came from? Tony Schaffer is pretty high up the food chain for a low life like Scavo. It’s odd. 1/ rightwingwatch.org/post/pennsylva…
The photo was posted by @RightWingWatch, but it doesn’t say where it came from. Also, who is the guy in the middle? 2/