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October 9, 2018

The trump playbook: degrade and destroy... Ron Perlman

At the end of the day, my sadness for Professor Ford is deep and profound. She summoned a personal bravery in the name of Civic Responsibility, she acted with integrity and absolute truth, and she was rewarded with decimation. The trump playbook: degrade and destroy...

https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1049313469231640576

October 9, 2018

A Republican Stuck a New Nickname on Florida's Black Gubernatorial Candidate And It Didn't Go Well

A conservative congressman is under fire after rolling out a new nickname for the Democratic candidate in Florida’s governor’s race. At a rally on Saturday for Republican Ron DeSantis, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) criticized crime rates in Tallahassee, where Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum is currently mayor. “Tallahassee is like the murder capital of Florida,” Gaetz yelled into the microphone in front of a small crowd in Cape Coral, Florida. “I don’t know whether to call him Andrew Gillum or Andrew Kill-em.”

If elected, Gillum would be Florida’s first black governor. In August, DeSantis, a former congressman, warned voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for Gillum, a statement many saw as racist.

Florida Democrats were quick to fire back at the latest comments. Terrie Rizzo, the chair of the state’s Democratic Party, called Gaetz’s language “racist and despicable.” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said the name-calling was “just another instance of unacceptable language being weaponized by the DeSantis campaign’s top surrogates.” And Sean Shaw, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, responded by comparing DeSantis to Donald Trump, according to Florida Politics.

Gaetz—a freshman congressman with a reputation for inflammatory stunts, including inviting notorious right-wing troll Charles Johnson to the State of the Union in January—doubled down on Twitter.State Rep. Kionne McGhee tweeted that Gaetz sounded like he was calling for Gillum’s assassination, and challenged Gaetz to back up his claim about Tallahassee’s murder rate.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/florida-governor-desantis-gillum-gaetz/

October 9, 2018

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake apologizes for teen son's slur-filled Twitter, Facebook postings

Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a devout Mormon and family man, has apologized for homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic comments posted online by his teenage son.

The high schooler, Tanner, posted the offensive remarks in February and March. In one message he threatened the "f----t" who stole his motorcycle from a church parking lot and frequently used the N word in a series of Facebook postings.

The Republican lawmaker said he was "very disappointed" in his son's online behavior.

"This language is unacceptable, anywhere. Needless to say, I've already spoken with him about this, he has apologized, and I apologize as well," the senator said in a statement.

The GOP politician recently brought his son Tanner into the spotlight by publicizing a survival expedition they had embarked on, making public the father-son bonding experience on his Facebook page.

Tanner Flake's offensive Twitter postings were originally reported by BuzzFeed.

"To the f----t who stole my dirt bike from the church parking lot, I will find you, and I will beat the crap out of you," the boy, whose Twitter handle is @tflakey, wrote on March 20.


"I'm down to own some f----ts," he wrote in February, in a tweet directed at another Twitter user.

His tweets also included an anti-Semitic message directed at an undisclosed Twitter user.

"Say something hilarious, and I guarantee that ... will say it louder and get all the credit. Jew," he tweeted in February.

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Angry constituents soon took to the Senator's Facebook page to voice their outrage.

"Shame on you! Your son is an embarrassment to this country," one person wrote, with another adding, "You said your son has a language problem. While his language is deplorable, you son has a bigotry problem."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ariz-sen-aplogizes-teen-son-online-slurs-article-1.1371590

October 8, 2018

billionaire family will sue son's girlfriend for releasing photos of abuse



You think you're the man but you‘re not': Shocking audio of 'drugged up' heir 'beating his college girlfriend as his billionaire family announces they will SUE her for releasing photos of the abuse'

Melissa Gentz, 22, has shared audio from her alleged attack at the hands of Erick Bretz, 25, who she claims brutally beat her at his Tampa apartment

'You do not accept the man who has more dominance than you ... you think you're the man of the relationship. But you're not, you're a woman,' he screams

Gentz can be heard crying in the audio, which she released along with photos of the alleged bruising caused by her boyfriend of two months

That move prompted Bretz's billionaire family, who own a supermarket chain in Brazil, to say they will sue the college student
Bretz was arrested that night while sleeping at the apartment, and booked on charges of Domestic Battery by Strangulation and Tampering With a Witness

He has entered a not guilty plea and lawyers for the heir did not respond to multiple requests for comment
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6253129/Shocking-audio-Erick-Bretz-beating-girlfriend-Melissa-Gentz-family-says-SUE-her.html
October 8, 2018

Alaskan woman's racist rant at Muslim driver

"you blow up school buses", "son of n-word lover". "I'm going fucking kill you" WOW

Rawstory.com/2018/10/watch-white-woman-goes-crazed-racist-rant-muslim-driver-threatens-kill-kids/

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