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JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
Tue May 30, 2023, 04:41 PM May 2023

Biden accuser Tara Reade announces defection to Russia on Russian state TV

"A woman who during the 2020 presidential campaign accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her announced on Tuesday that she was defecting to Russia.

Tara Reade made the announcement during a press conference on Russian state television in which she appeared with convicted spy Maria Butina.

Reade, who served as a Biden aide from 1992 to 1993, alleged that then-Senator Biden assaulted her in 1993 at a Capitol Hill office building.

Questions about Reade’s credibility surfaced in the months after she made her allegations against Biden public."

Biden has denied the allegations.

CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere reports that Butina is using her influence as a Duma member to lobby Vladimir Putin to fast-track Reade’s citizenship."


https://www.rawstory.com/tara-reade-russia/

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Biden accuser Tara Reade announces defection to Russia on Russian state TV (Original Post) JohnSJ May 2023 OP
This honestly made me LOL. hlthe2b May 2023 #1
Hope she's the first of oswaldactedalone May 2023 #2
My hope, too. Hermit-The-Prog May 2023 #7
I'd love that. BlueKota May 2023 #8
Extraction obamanut2012 May 2023 #3
Cool ... I can only hope that all the MAGAts migrate away UpInArms May 2023 #4
+++ JohnSJ May 2023 #5
Good. She should take Ryan Grimm and Matt Taibbi comradebillyboy May 2023 #6
Add Glenn Greenwald to that list JohnSJ May 2023 #15
. Effete Snob May 2023 #9
Maybe she'll start a trend C_U_L8R May 2023 #10
So can we "trade" her? zipplewrath May 2023 #11
So are we guessing she was a Russian asset and plant the whole time? sunonmars May 2023 #12
Start the new merde-lago colony in Moscow. Tell tfg he'll get free lindysalsagal May 2023 #13
I hope a rifle, shitty mre's, and one week of training... ret5hd May 2023 #14
MRE's are probably several steps up from what Russian troops are likely having to choke down Aristus May 2023 #16
From what I remember, she worked as a mail room clerk -- and Hortensis May 2023 #17
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #18
lol that's not going to go NEARLY as well for her as she thinks Takket May 2023 #19
Suggestions for Tara oswaldactedalone May 2023 #20
Sounds about right. honest.abe May 2023 #21
Not to be confused with Tara Reid, the great Gen-X actor! SYFROYH May 2023 #22
Thank you, because I did confuse the two RussBLib May 2023 #24
She's about to find out how shitty life in Russia is ThoughtCriminal May 2023 #23
Who defects to Russia? GoodRaisin May 2023 #25
So, the knuckle-dragging liar and grifter was a paid Russian agent Tarc May 2023 #26
Update: she's a celebrity contestant on Fox's "Special Forces" this Fall. brooklynite Sep 2023 #27
Joking right? JohnSJ Sep 2023 #28
"Tara Reid calls herself a 'broken bird' during emotional moment on 'Special Forces' premiere" brooklynite Sep 2023 #29
Unbelievable. Thanks. JohnSJ Sep 2023 #30

hlthe2b

(114,716 posts)
1. This honestly made me LOL.
Tue May 30, 2023, 04:42 PM
May 2023

Going to be hard now for the MAGATs to keep using her as a "poster girl" to promote their Biden conspiracy theories. Good riddance.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
7. My hope, too.
Tue May 30, 2023, 04:54 PM
May 2023

Imagine if all the MAGAts, Nazis, and Christofascists moved to Russia. We could have a sane democracy!

Actually, the same effect would be achieved by the defection of just the billionaires behind the media, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, etc.

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)
11. So can we "trade" her?
Tue May 30, 2023, 05:12 PM
May 2023

Maybe we let her go to Russia, in exchange for people being held by Russian on false pretense.

Aristus

(72,528 posts)
16. MRE's are probably several steps up from what Russian troops are likely having to choke down
Tue May 30, 2023, 06:13 PM
May 2023

at chow time.

I still have a few fond memories of MRE's, although they are mostly related to how well I did on any given meal-trade.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
17. From what I remember, she worked as a mail room clerk -- and
Tue May 30, 2023, 06:18 PM
May 2023

NOT as one of the upper level clerks in another location who decided which mail would be forwarded to lower level aides upstairs for handling.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,155 posts)
18. Who is surprised by this?
Tue May 30, 2023, 06:55 PM
May 2023

I still am mad at Chris Hayes for pushing Tara Reade as a credible source


Takket

(23,804 posts)
19. lol that's not going to go NEARLY as well for her as she thinks
Tue May 30, 2023, 06:59 PM
May 2023

given it a few months and she'll be regretting that move. know what kgb agents hate? loose ends and assets that no longer have any value. she had value when she could be paid to try and help drumpf by attacking biden. now she is just a worthless sack of shit that knows thing about putin's lies that she shouldn't. probably really difficult for putin to put a hit on her in the USA, so he welcomes the idiot into his slaughterhouse and she walks right in...........

oswaldactedalone

(3,605 posts)
20. Suggestions for Tara
Tue May 30, 2023, 07:46 PM
May 2023

Avoid 2nd floor and above windows and don’t touch doorknobs. Oh yes, make your own tea.

SYFROYH

(34,214 posts)
22. Not to be confused with Tara Reid, the great Gen-X actor!
Tue May 30, 2023, 07:56 PM
May 2023

Living the Dream as Bunny Lebowski (1998)

ThoughtCriminal

(14,755 posts)
23. She's about to find out how shitty life in Russia is
Tue May 30, 2023, 11:45 PM
May 2023

especially for someone who is no longer useful.

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