7 responses to “Tuesday’s Forum”

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   Mu Yixiao

   September 22, 2026 at 7:05 am

   Trump Seen ‘Yelling Into the Void’ During White House Event After Press Pool Ditches Him After Ban

   Trump attended the event and spoke to those present, but without the normal television pool equipment, viewers watching footage of the ceremony struggled to hear his remarks. The White House provided its own video feed, but the audio was largely unusable, with the noise from Marine One also making Trump’s comments difficult to understand.
   1. 

      Sleeping Dog

      September 22, 2026 at 8:25 am

      …making Trump’s comments difficult to understand.

      The felon’s comments are always difficult to understand.

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2. 

   golem8eight

   September 22, 2026 at 7:08 am

   Lauren Boebert swings with staffers:

   https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/breaking-ethics-complaint-alleges

   https://bsky.app/profile/caroleeena.bsky.social/post/3mw2e3t5g2c2e

   Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro’s husband Jace Ratzlaff: “I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”

   Boebert’s relationship with Navarro lasted for many years, used taxpayer funds for trips, hotels, and dispersed thousands of dollars to Navarro for work she never did and for huge bonuses at the end of every year. But here comes the juiciest bit..

   Lauren Boebert and Clarisse Navarro had a knock-down-drag-out fight at the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, CO, the bar co-owned by the guy who felt up Boebert at that Beetlejuice show. That guy was flirting with Boebert and Navarro did not like that! This led to a physical fight.

   After this fight, Boebert ghosted Navarro. Navarro was still working for her, as in “getting paid”, but Boebert stopped communicating with her and Navarro stopped doing her job. In 2025 Boebert fired Navarro but Navarro wasn’t even told. Boebert announced it at a staff meeting and it got back to her

   Etc., etc.
   1. 

      CSK

      September 22, 2026 at 12:30 pm

      Boebert’s bringing new dimensions to the term “trailer trash.” I thought Sarah Palin was bad, but in comparison to Boebert, she’s Amy Vanderbilt.
      1. 

         Jay L. Gischer

         September 22, 2026 at 6:27 pm

         Except for consent and integrity issues, which there may or may not be here, the only thing that bothers me about this is the misuse of taxpayer funds.

         Otherwise, it’s just kind of a “well, it takes all kinds” for me. Heck, some of my sister’s friends might well have behaved like this.

         But then, I once got asked by Ta-Nehisi Coates to stop referring to my people as “trailer trash” because some other commenters were bothered by that. Said sister did live in a double-wide for maybe 8 years? I would never call her “trash” specifically, and the described behavior is not something she would engage in, but like I said, maybe some of her friends would.

         One of my favorite presidents had a lot of sex and spread it around quite a bit. I think you know who I mean. Just because Boebert is a woman instead of a man is no reason to slut-shame for me.

         But … the money. That’s a different kettle of fish. If you want to fuck around, do it on your own dime. And Kash Patel, I’m looking at you, too.
         1. 

            Kathy

            September 22, 2026 at 6:42 pm

            Thomas Jefferson?

            There’s the ethical issue of having a romantic affair with a subordinate employee. There’s a huge difference between two staffers shacking up, vs the boss with a staffer.
         2. 

            CSK

            September 22, 2026 at 8:43 pm

            So, Jay, you’re okay with members of Congress engaging in barroom brawls with their staffers? Or fondling their date’s genitals in a theater?