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Oy, Bob Filner Edition

by Josh Marshall
07.16.13 | 8:16 am

Bob Filner, San Diego Mayor struggling to hold on to his job, has backtracked, said he didn’t sexually harass anyone and won’t resign. Now he’s accused of telling female workers in his office that they’d do better “if they worked without their panties on.”

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