Investigators Examine Whether Campaign Money Was Involved In Payments To Women

Federal investigators who are probing allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made payments to multiple women who were recruited online for sex have also looked into whether any federal campaign money was involved in paying for travel and expenses for the women, CNN reported late Thursday.

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Report: Gaetz Showed Off Nude Pics Of Women To Lawmakers On House Floor

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is currently entangled in scandal sparked by a federal sex trafficking probe, apparently now has a fresh sexual misconduct allegation on his hands.

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A Gaetz/Greenberg Sex Trafficking Ring?

Having read the Times latest installment of Matt Gaetz I feel fairly confident that Mr. Gaetz will not be serving in Congress for much longer. The piece is simply devastating, not only for the facts alleged but for what you can glean about the breadth of the investigation from the nature of the reporting itself. Times reporters appear to have spoken to many of the women involved, reviewed ‘receipts’ from digital payment apps which were allegedly payments for sex, as well as other digital communications. In other words, it’s big; it’s bad; and there are receipts, literally and figuratively.

Let me summarize this as concisely as I can.

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Georgia House GOPers Vote To Repeal Delta Tax Break After CEO Slams Voting Law

Georgia’s GOP-led House voted to strip a major jet fuel tax break for Delta Air Lines worth tens of million of dollars on Wednesday after the company’s CEO publicly issued a stern condemnation of the restrictive provisions in the state’s new voting law. Continue reading “Georgia House GOPers Vote To Repeal Delta Tax Break After CEO Slams Voting Law”

Corporations Are Coming Out Against The New GA Law. But Not All Pack The Same Punch.

Major corporations have begun issuing statements condemning the new restrictive Georgia voting law after days of backlash over their PR-friendly statements — but not all of the anti-Georgia law statements hold the same weight. Continue reading “Corporations Are Coming Out Against The New GA Law. But Not All Pack The Same Punch.”

Peeling Back Layers of Fear and Hyper-Caution

Yesterday was two weeks after I got my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the first day I was officially immune from COVID, or as immune as an mRNA vaccine gets you. Obviously vaccinated people still get COVID, though serious or fatal cases are extremely rare, almost to the point of non-existence, according to the latest data. Two additional studies have been released over the last week: one a batch of follow-on trial data from Pfizer which places the vaccine’s efficacy just over 90%; another from the CDC, probably more consequential, suggests the vaccine is almost as effective against infection as it is against disease. But for the moment, whatever the latest science says, I’m as vaccinated as you get.

My family and I have been very ‘tight’ when it comes to COVID. On the spectrum of mitigation we’ve leaned strongly to the side of caution. Still though I go to the pharmacy to pick up medicines, to the grocery to get food, for the occasional outdoor dining. But each time it’s not only masked or now double-masked, it’s with a persistent consciousness of vulnerability and a general imperative to limit my time indoors with people I don’t know as much as possible. Do what I need to do and get back to the relative safety and isolation of my home.

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