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MorbidButterflyTat

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37. I couldn't imagine going to work every day

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #19)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:19 PM

7 hrs ago

knowing people are being hurt while I say nothing. Who does that?!

Then go home and live a life paid for by a predator?!

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Swalwell staffers issue statement standing by accusers [View all] surfered 12 hrs ago OP

Unsigned................ Lovie777 12 hrs ago #1

The most important point. Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #22

Unsigned because they want to keep their jobs long enough to find another one. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #23

What do you make of that? Torchlight 8 hrs ago #36

If this is legitimate, and I question that hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #2

Until they say more, they might not have known karynnj 11 hrs ago #8

Please note the wording in my post: hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #12

I did see that and should have referred to it karynnj 11 hrs ago #14

If she told someone in confidence, if that person was another staffer, hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #15

Thanks for your response because I genuinely had no idea what would karynnj 10 hrs ago #26

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat 11 hrs ago #10

It's beginning to sound desperate. hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #13

If staff knew of any "funny business ' it should've been reported immediately MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #38

The likeliest version of events Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #11

Your last line, 100% RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #21

I feel sorry for his small children. Nt spooky3 10 hrs ago #28

Yes,.. this will turn those young lives upside down. magicarpet 9 hrs ago #31

I just don't understand why nobody said something sooner MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #39

Perhaps unfortunately, perhaps unfairly, perhaps 100% rat fuckery..... OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #3

Due process is a legal term, not a political one EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #4

I do believe the victims but you have to admit that the timing is suspicious. OGBuzz 11 hrs ago #7

Was it suspicious that Christine Blasey Ford came forward when Kavanaugh was nominated? EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #16

Was it suspicious that Christine Blasey Ford came forward when Kavanaugh was nominated? MagickMuffin 8 hrs ago #35

It isn't suspicious, it is strategic mr715 10 hrs ago #18

He isn't owed due process mr715 10 hrs ago #24

28 credible accusations of sexual assault and Trump still got elected. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #27

The electorate of California isn't the USA mr715 9 hrs ago #32

If I were aware of sexual abuse, I would immediately make it known. usonian 11 hrs ago #5

If you were a House staffer and you heard a rumor that your boss gets sloppy with young women, how would you go about WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #6

I would speak up, as well. hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #19

I couldn't imagine going to work every day MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #37

He's fucked Mysterian 11 hrs ago #9

From Politico... surfered 11 hrs ago #17

Oh, gotta watch out for those "mistakes" mr715 10 hrs ago #20

He's likely guilty, and should probably drop out whathehell 10 hrs ago #25

Posters on Threads seem to be quickly coalescing behind Becerra. Nt spooky3 10 hrs ago #29

Plenty of options available. mr715 10 hrs ago #30

Mistakes likely refers to cheating on his wife JI7 9 hrs ago #33

As one would. mr715 9 hrs ago #34

Unsigned, no photos or videos Orangenero 6 hrs ago #40