Poor Mrs. Weinstein, Mrs. Harvey Weinstein that is, estranged wife of the man who’s the King of the Hill atop a long list of sinners knocked off their thrones for having treated the females in their employ as slave owners once treated chattel on their plantations and lordlings once treated their…
Here's a joke. It's from the late Mitch Hedberg: "I write jokes for a living, I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen is too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny." Mitch's jokes tended to…
Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for exchanging lewd text messages with a 15-year-old girl, a case which sunk his marriage to Huma Abedin and rattled Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election.
FBI director James Comey stood by his October decision to inform lawmakers that his agency had discovered new emails linked to the Hillary Clinton investigation, an event that Clinton and her allies continue to charge swayed the election at the last minute. Comey testified Wednesday before the…
The WEEKLY SUBSTANDARD Podcast with senior editor Victorino Matus, senior writer Jonathan Last, and Sonny Bunch of the Washington Free Beacon, on Tom Hanks and Anthony Weiner's third act.
The mystery of the "unrelated investigation"—by which the FBI director James Comey says the Bureau came across new emails-of-interest involving Hillary Clinton—didn't last long. The New York Times is among sites reporting that the FBI found the emails in question on devices belonging to disgraced…
Well, the third sexting scandal was the charm. Anthony Weiner’s wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, announced she was leaving him last week after the New York Post splashed a front-page photo of the former congressman sending provocative shots of himself to an Internet stranger. This time…
Well, the third sexting scandal was the charm. Anthony Weiner’s wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, announced she was leaving him last week after the New York Post splashed a front-page photo of the former congressman sending provocative shots of himself to an Internet stranger. This time…
Anthony Weiner called Hillary Clinton "the most accomplished" U.S. presidential candidate since the nation's first president Tuesday.
Anthony Weiner, the husband of Hillary Clinton's closest aide, Huma Abedin, is suggesting that Bernie Sanders run as an independent. Sanders, of course, is currently challenging Clinton for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential race.
His promising career in politics having come to an inglorious – and no doubt temporary – end, Anthony Weiner has turned to punditry. In his first column for Business Insider, his subject is the controversy over the Tesla automobile and the campaign by its maker to sell directly to the consumer…
Former congressman and want-to-be mayor of New York, Anthony Weiner, continues to apologize for … well, you know. As Paige Lavender reports on the Huffington Post, Weiner posted his regrets on Facebook (of course he did) writing that
THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with contributing editor P.J. O'Rourke on Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, Obamacare, Ted Cruz, the Weekly Standard Cruise, and the etiquette of drinks before lunch.
Reuters reports that:
Could we be witnessing a revival of moral standards in our politics? Not only does Anthony Weiner look certain to go down in ignominious defeat in New York’s mayoral election in a couple of weeks, but Multnomah County, Oregon, chair Jeff Cogen–or, if you prefer, Portland’s Weiner--who admitted to a…
He may lose this election but that it merely a setback and not fatal. As Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports:
"Anthony Weiner may be lagging in the race for New York City mayor, but he is winning in another area—hot dog marketing. The delicious combination of Anthony Weiner’s name and his sexually suggestive Twitter antics were apparently too good to pass up for one Florida marketing man, who has joined…
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz declined to comment on Anthony Weiner's bid to become the next mayor of New York City:
A succès de scandale if ever there was one, Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth’s fourth book of fiction, will soon be 45 years old. At the center of the novel’s scandalousness, which recounts the 33-year-old Alexander Portnoy’s reporting to his psychoanalyst the emergence of his repressed desires…
The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with senior writer Stephen F. Hayes on the de-fund vs. delay Obamacare debate, the so-called 'phony' scandals that aren't going away, and the Chris Christie/Rand Paul schoolyard brawl.
Now for some news that is absolutely essential to your getting through the rest of this day.
National Journal reports:
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says he hasn't heard President Barack Obama express an opinion of Anthony Weiner's run for mayor of New York City:
It’s surprising when a candidate for office tells you exactly what he’ll do if elected. It’s even more surprising when that candidate is Eliot Spitzer. The former Democratic governor of New York resigned in 2008 after being exposed as a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, but as the New York…
David Axelrod, a former top political adviser to Barack Obama, says it's "time for" Anthony Weiner "to go away":
Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor and New York City comptroller candidate, says he has not visited a prostitute since 2008, when it was revealed the Democrat was a client for a high-price prostitution ring. The Wall Street Journal reports:
You'd think the editors of elegant women's fashion magazines would learn. But they seem unable to profit from experience, much like Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner, about whom we all know a lot more than we would like, while Abedin, herself, seems to know and have learned ... nothing.
Huma Abedin, the wife of Anthony Weiner, gave remarks at a press conference for Anthony Weiner today in New York City:
Anthony Weiner, the former congressman and Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has a statement on allegations he sent racy messages on social media sites to a woman who was not his wife:
Eliot Spitzer has dug himself out of a political grave and, while his fingernails are still bleeding, is out on the stump hustling for signatures and votes. This is what happens when nobody remembers that a wooden stake must be driven through the heart before earth is shoveled over the body.
In an editorial out today, the New York Times comes down hard on Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, two New York politicians who previously resigned in disgrace but are again running for office.
New York senator Chuck Schumer was given the opportunity this morning on national TV to endorse his one-time protege Anthony Weiner in the New York City mayoral race. Schumer refused the offer.
This morning on a radio show, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted that more lewd photos could come out:
Anthony Weiner announced overnight that he'll be running for mayor of New York City. He made the announcement by releasing this YouTube video:
Anthony Weiner, who resigned as a member of Congress after getting caught sending lewd pictures of himself on Twitter, is back ... on Twitter:
For your weekend reading, Politico has a long Maggie Haberman piece on political rehabilitation. Her subjects are Mark Sanford and Anthony Weiner about whom some cannot get enough. Others undoubtedly believe that we know far too much already about both of these characters. Still, Haberman writes:
Chuck Schumer would not comment this morning on former congressman Anthony Weiner's political rehabilitation:
National Journal's Steven Shepard reports that Anthony Weiner's
Bob Turner, the newly-elected Republican congressman from New York City who replaced Democrat Anthony Weiner, will be running for the GOP nomination to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat and New York's junior senator. The Associated Press reports:
What a difference a month makes. Republican Bob Turner has a six-point lead in the latest Siena poll over Democrat David Weprin in the New York Ninth Congressional District special election. Fifty percent of the likely voters polled said they would vote for Turner in next Tuesday's election, which…
The latest poll from the surprisingly contentious special election in New York's Ninth Congressional District shows Republican Bob Turner with a small lead over Democrat David Weprin. Magellan Strategies, a firm associated with Republican political candidates, surveyed 2,055 likely voters for next…
With just over a week before the September 13 special election, could Republicans be inching closer to taking over disgraced former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner’s New York district? According to a poll of 300 likely special election voters in New York’s Ninth Congressional District,…
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Annals of Hackery
The New York Times reports that Anthony Weiner is telling friends that he will resign:
Head on over to Reason for today's engaging "Ask a Libertarian" series from Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie. "What's the Libertarian Position on Abortion?" is a good place to start.
"House Speaker John Boehner is warning President Barack Obama that he may be in violation of the War Powers Act if Obama refuses to ask Congress for authorization to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi."
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If you are growing tired of hearing all the gruesome details of politicians’ personal lives, you are not alone. But you may also find yourself troubled about what these stories say about the state of our culture.
Alec Baldwin: "Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being"
Ugh: "Evidence That Weiner Was Talking Dirty to Underage Girls? Part 2"
I notice that when Congressman Anthony Weiner is asked about resignation—usually on the fly, generally while hurrying past a scrum of reporters—that aura of contrition quickly evaporates. “No, I’m not resigning,” he declares, and the narrowed eyes and pursed lips familiar to viewers of his C-SPAN…
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"[Alec] Baldwin sees Weiner’s implosion as opportunity for him in 2013"
Why not just call for an individual Chevy Volt mandate? "General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson wants the federal gas tax boosted as much as $1 a gallon to nudge consumers toward more fuel-efficient cars."
Jennifer Rubin takes on the Washington Post boys club.
Earlier today, I noted that Washington Post's Richard Cohen had written a rather absurd defense of Anthony Weiner comapring him to an innocent Christian that has been "thrown to the lions."
The sweepstakes to see who can offer up the most ridiculous defense of Anthony Weiner is ongoing, but we have a strong late breaking entry from the Washington Post's Richard Cohen:
Well, it's something when we're on the same page as ThinkProgress, who -- to their credit -- flags this exchange from Chris Matthews' show:
Austan Goolsbee abandoning the Obama White House.
Robert Samuelson: "Why we must end Medicare ‘as we know it’"
If commenters on the Daily Kos website are an indication of how the left wing will respond to Anthony Weiner's admission of guilt in sending lewd pictures to women, it won't end well for the New York congressman, who was once considered a rising star in the Democratic party. Here are a few choice…
This afternoon, New York Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner admitted that he lied about publishing a lewd photograph of himself on his Twitter feed. In a press conference at New York City's Sheraton Hotel, Weiner told reporters he meant to send the picture that sparked this controversy directly…
Andrew Breitbart has been releasing photographs of New York Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner throughout the day, and he now reports that he received pictures of a shirtless Weiner from an anonymous source. The pictures are published on Breitbart's websites.
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Yesterday, Anthony Weiner had an incredibly testy 9-minute exchange with reporters who were asking him questions about the lewd photo posted on his Twitter account Friday night. Weiner repeatedly refused to say why he wouldn't ask the authorities to investigate what he alleged to be an illegal…
Speaking with reporters this morning, Rep. Steve Israel offered only tepid support to fellow New York Democrat Anthony Weiner in that congressman's growing scandal. Asked about what he thought about the controversy, stemming from the fact that a picture of a man's underwear was sent from Weiner's…
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In what is probably best described as the Hindenburg of press conferences, Anthony Weiner was just confronted on CNN. If Weiner didn't send a lewd photo to a 21 year-old coed, then surely he has perfected the art of sounding guilty:
Dalibor Rohac says beware of Greek-style bailouts.
Politico reports:
No one's paying much attention, but things in Ivory Coast continue to deteriorate.
"U.S. must take sides to keep the Arab Spring from Islamist takeover"