r/news • u/Hrekires • May 31 '23
Woman who accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 defects to Russia
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/tara-reade-defects-russia-biden-intl/index.html8.3k
u/sonofabutch May 31 '23
Reminder of this fascinating 2020 profile of Tara Reade.
A number of those in close contact with Reade over the past 12 years, a period in which she went by the names Tara Reade, Tara McCabe or Alexandra McCabe, laid out a familiar pattern: Reade ingratiated herself, explained she was down on her luck and needed help, and eventually took advantage of their goodwill to extract money, skip rent payments or walk out on other bills.
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u/puckmama1010 May 31 '23
Perhaps she should have married George Santo
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u/Starbucks__Lovers May 31 '23
Why would a perennial World Series MVP and Astronaut marry her?
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u/damienreave May 31 '23
Why did you ignore his qualifications as the first black lesbian senator? Racist much?
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u/professor_max_hammer May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
I remember when she ran. I couldn’t believe this 15 year old had a PhD in math was considering leaving nasa to run for public office. But when you’re a 12 year old immigrant music prodigy, the world of nascar just isn’t going to hold your interest forever
Thanks for the gold kind stranger!
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u/stoolsample2 May 31 '23
You forgot star volleyball player.
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u/ProgressBartender May 31 '23
Heart surgeon and rock star! Is he Buckaroo Banzai? No! He’s George Santos!
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u/NoBlueNatzys May 31 '23
She is George Santos
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u/WeirdguyOfDoom May 31 '23
You might be on to something: we never saw both of them in the same room.
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u/holedingaline May 31 '23
Considering that George Santos was simultaneously the first person to clone a human and the first cloned human, I'm sure they can both be in the same room.
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u/pencock May 31 '23
Also known as George Santos, George Santa, Santa Claus, and George Washington
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u/fury420 May 31 '23
Seems worthwhile to link this weirdly erotic Putin propaganda blogpost she made shortly before accusing Biden:
and another choice quote:
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u/SoIomon May 31 '23
I wish I could flair the last quote
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u/BrownEggs93 May 31 '23
It's almost trumpian, no? So delusional.
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u/tementnoise May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
It is 100% the same type of shit the trump simps say because these are all the same people.
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u/Xvash2 May 31 '23
Ah yes ability with sports, where he invites all of Russia's best hockey players to skate against him and suddenly they all forget how to play.
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u/PlumbumDirigible May 31 '23
Or that time he was ice skating and tripped on the rug that was laid out on the ice.
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u/First_Foundationeer May 31 '23
Ohhh, I felt so bad for that hockey player. You can almost feel him going "noo!" as he tried to stop it from happening. I wonder who drank some tea because of that little mishap.
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u/HauntedCemetery May 31 '23
All the players next to him get a look on their face like they know someone's spouse is getting thrown out of a 12th floor window.
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u/mvw2 May 31 '23
Yeah, I remember reading up on this back during the election season. She seemed a bit...out there. She was VERY pro Biden and then did a 180 when she got fired or left. Then after she was still VERY pro Biden for a couple years. Then suddenly it was all train Putin, and she went CERY pro Russia and Putin fangirl. It was weird. There was also no allegation of sexual assault. Even when asked in interviews she said there was never anything sexual between them. She just didn't like being treated as a "pretty lamp" (her words) by coworkers. Only much later, after she went hard Putin, and only when Biden started running for office that any mention of sexual assault started. She mentioned she told her mom and neighbor right away in 1993, but digging for any corroboration of this is super fuzzy, like to the point that even he mom in interviews also stated there was nothing sexual and matched her daughter's original "pretty lamp" story and just being unfairly treated.
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u/reddits_aight May 31 '23
For anyone else double-taking, Tara Reid, is the actress.
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u/SeaworthinessLeft88 May 31 '23
Imagine defecting to Russia rn 😂. It’s like boarding the titanic after it hit the iceberg!
These are not serious people.
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u/bk1285 May 31 '23
What are you talking about, the ship isn’t sinking, there is no iceberg, fake news!!!!!!
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u/qleap42 May 31 '23
In fact the Titanic is actually rising! The stern has never been higher!!!!!1!!!
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u/ericchen May 31 '23
You can’t force me to wear a life jacket! I have a medical exemption.
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u/lividimp May 31 '23
Me either. I'm a sovereign citizen, I'm traveling on the boat, not riding on it. There, I said the magic words, now I can do anything I want.
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u/Hagenaar May 31 '23
This piece of flotsam: I'm appropriating it for my travels. There's only enough buoyancy for one, sorry.
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u/bk1285 May 31 '23
It has the best views from up there, so great, you can see Russia from up there!
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u/florinandrei May 31 '23
the titanic after it hit the iceberg
No, no, no. It's special ice-bumping operation.
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u/oscargamble May 31 '23
Logan Roy is that you?
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u/SeaworthinessLeft88 May 31 '23
It’s such a wonderful quote that I think perfectly sums up people who are complete jokes.
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u/UdderSuckage May 31 '23
Well that's not a great sign for her credibility.
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u/Sweatier_Scrotums May 31 '23
You know what else isn't a great sign of her credibility? The fact that she lied under oath more than a dozen times by claiming to be a domestic violence expert with a law degree when in fact, she's not an expert of any kind and doesn't even hold an undergraduate degree.
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u/Zstorm6 May 31 '23
Was she the one that was like "there's proof in the records at the University of Delaware!" And Biden just responded like "I mean, it didn't happen, so there isn't any, but go ahead"
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u/indian22 May 31 '23
I'm convinced it was supposed to be a fishing expedition. She never gave a date or a range of dates for which documents they would want to see and instead just said "it's in the documents". The play was to get to the documents and release literally anything even reminiscent of scandal. Basically the Hillary emails but less vetted somehow.
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u/Michael_G_Bordin May 31 '23
It's how a probe into an old real estate deal of the Clintons got turned into an impeachment trial about lying about a blowjob. Dig dig dig, until you find fool's gold.
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u/DouchecraftCarrier May 31 '23
Case in point - when Ken Starr was named special counsel to look into the Whitewater affair, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky hadn't even met yet.
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u/FjorgVanDerPlorg May 31 '23
Literally the funniest thing about Slick Willie playing hide the cigar, was the GOP's simultaneous outrage and jealousy - a jealousy that is still on display today. Rudy Ghouliani's recent lawsuit by one of his former staffers mentions how he:
often demanded oral sex while he took phone calls on speaker phone from high-profile friends and clients, including then-President Trump. Giuliani told Ms. Dunphy that he enjoyed engaging in this conduct while on the telephone because it made him ‘feel like Bill Clinton'.
If that isn't jealousy I don't know what the fuck is. Understandable though, dude oversaw the longest period of continuous economic growth in US history (4% compared to Bush/Regan's 2.8%), plus he did it while smoking cigars and getting his jimmy waxed under the table. As far as the GOP are concerned Bill Clinton lived the dream.
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u/walkandtalkk May 31 '23
Which was especially notable since the man who led that investigation later had to resign as president of Baylor for... mishandling multiple sexual-assault cases.
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u/indian22 May 31 '23
It was by Christine "I'm not a witch" O'Donnell. She said Biden had talked about her niece's breasts but Biden never attended those events
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u/alaphic Jun 01 '23
What a pig! He should've just talked about grabbing her right by the pussy instead, like a fucking gentleman
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u/Sanctimonius May 31 '23
Weaponised discovery?
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u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn May 31 '23
Tactic perfected by republicans during the Clinton administration. The whole Monica Lewinsky BJ story was the conclusion of the whitewater real estate investigation
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u/Schuben May 31 '23
It seems insane now that he got impeached for it. If the same thing would have come out about Trump, Trump himself would have shown pictures of it during a press conference and circled it with a giant sharpie in his tiny hands and his Republican approval ratings would have gone up.
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u/Zstorm6 May 31 '23
Ooh, I like that. Totally seems like something someone who's fleeing to Russia would do.
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u/CrudelyAnimated May 31 '23
"There's proof over there that you can go get" is an automatic red flag. Burden of proof is on the person making the claim.
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u/-GregTheGreat- May 31 '23
Anyone with any base level of critical thinking could see that she was a grifter who was massively influenced by Russia when she made the accusation. There was so, so, so many red flags and inconsistencies with her story.
Believing all women does not mean that you take everything at face value. It means you listen and give them the benefit of the doubt. If it becomes clear they’re full of shit, then they’re full of shit.
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u/IngsocIstanbul May 31 '23
One that I remember is something about her getting coffee and other Biden staff jumped on that and said he made a point to make sure male staff serve coffee and not female staffers.
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u/IngsocIstanbul May 31 '23
"Further, two men who worked as junior staffers for Biden said the senator specifically did not want women to serve beverages, like coffee, or perform other menial tasks in his Senate office or on the committees he chaired. Men were typically asked to perform such tasks.
“He didn’t want an image of a young woman staffer serving him,” said John Earnhardt,"
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u/JustSomeDudeItWas May 31 '23
Why did he only want men serving coffee?
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u/IngsocIstanbul May 31 '23
If I recall correctly from 2020 it was usually seen as the 'role' of female staffers in DC at the time and he wanted female staff to have a substantive role not just serving.
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u/Gheauxst May 31 '23
Also probably serves to cover his ass in the event of this exact scenario happening
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u/Grogosh May 31 '23
I bet its opposite in the RNC
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u/haydesigner May 31 '23
I dunno… I bet Lindsey Graham only has men serve him, ah, coffee.
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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman May 31 '23
Because it was generally the expectation for most other Senators that the women would do that because it was a job for women or the work women were doing was less important or something
The best outcome would be a world where anyone who has a sec gets the coffee, but Biden was trying to fight back against the idea that only women should be doing it in hopes of changing that idea in the future
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u/vonmonologue May 31 '23
A significant portion of our senators and representatives grew up in an era when it was a woman’s job to make coffee for men.
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u/Grogosh May 31 '23
I can still remember my grandfather yelling out to his wife for his coffee. May that bastard be burning in hell.
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u/mces97 May 31 '23
I was actually speaking about this woman the other day in discussing Trump's guilty verdict. "Turn off the fake news,why did she make this accusation when he was running for President and not sooner," is what one person said. So I asked why did a woman make an accusation against Biden for sexually assaulting her 30 years ago? Did she make it up too?
You can guess what the person said, but it's Spanish for no.
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u/lilaprilshowers May 31 '23
She never wanted to face him in court. She wanted him to quit the race. She wanted all the power to ruin someone's life, but none of that pesky "cross examination."
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u/BluEyesWhitPrivilege May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
Believing all women does not mean that you take everything at face value.
It's "Believe Women" not "Believe All Women".
All accusations should be fully and properly investigated to determine the veracity.
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u/Crizznik May 31 '23
A more appropriate call to action would be "Don't Dismiss Women's Claims Out Of Hand Just Because The Guy Seems Cool", but that's not as catchy.
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u/ptwonline May 31 '23
So you're saying she'll be a regular guest on Fox News someday giving commentary on how domestic violence victims are actually the men who do it.
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u/xhrit May 31 '23
You mean the woman who remembered repressed memories of being molested by the democratic frontrunner, with the help of her Russian boyfriend that she met online who was paying all her bills and who she never met in person - she was not credible?
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u/fury420 May 31 '23
Also the woman who was writing weirdly erotic praise of Putin online just before accusing Biden:
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u/__M-E-O-W__ May 31 '23
Interesting that she says "President Putin" and then "the American President".
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u/SemperScrotus May 31 '23
Freudian slip because she's likely a Russian spy and not a very good one.
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u/__M-E-O-W__ May 31 '23 edited Jun 01 '23
I was gonna edit the original comment to say this, but look at how much this looks like such an obvious propaganda piece.
First, her inclusion of "The American President" ensures that, while Trump was in the office at the time this was written, it allows for people to screenshot it and apply it to any president who happens to hold office for the future. Like... Biden, whom she tried to smear as having sexually harassed/assaulted her.
Second, it is such a "that happened" story. Her anti-Putin friend, brainwashed by all the propaganda against him, brings up "the usual talking points" against him, framed as if to impress upon the reader that any criticism of him is mindless parroting of mass media talking points. But of course, she brings up amazing counter arguments like, once again bringing up the sexual assault case, Putin is apparently very respectful towards women. Lo and behold, she leaves her anti Russia friend totally speechless. I'm surprised the room didn't clap at the end.
She then proceeds to list some of America's international mistakes while praising Putin with practically a religious reverence. And then shames the Democrats for not welcoming Putin with open arms, like the wonderful traditional common-sensed Republicans.
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u/Hungry_Bat_2230 May 31 '23
The same women who:
originally approached Vox in April 2019 and told their journalist point blank 'to think of this story as being about abuse of power, “but not sexual misconduct.” '
went on the Katie Halper Show Mar 25, 2020 - 2 weeks after Biden's ascendency on Super Tuesday - and switched her claims to sexual assault after Sanders, her preferred candidate, came up short at the polls.
repeatedly lied about her credentials while under oath and testifying as an 'expert' witness in domestic violence cases in Monterey County Superior Court.
lied about her work as a "legislative aide" who worked on the VAWA, when in fact she was a staff assistant whose primary responsibilities were sorting mail and managing interns.
was dropped by a prominent Republican #metoo lawyer / Trump donor 2 weeks after he took up her lawsuit pro bono
counted among her lawyers an Editor for Sputnik, a news agency founded and supported by the Russian state-owned media company Rossiya Segodnya
in 1999, went to her ex-husband's probation officer and falsely accused him of murdering two local women. (The real serial killer was caught within weeks of the murders)
wrote a fawning essay entitled, "Why a Liberal Democrat Supports Vladimir Putin", wherein she compliments Putin's "alluring combination of strength with gentleness" and how "his ability with sports is intoxicating to American women".
has a well documented list of aggrieved acquaintances who've independently recounted the same story about how she'd present herself as a domestic abuse victim in dire financial straits, lull them into lending her money / waiving fees / & reducing rent, before ultimately "duping" them.
repeatedly praised Biden in 2017 for his work against sexual assault, at one point tweeting: "My old boss speaks the truth."
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u/Reallyhotshowers May 31 '23
Ok but let's give credit where it's due - that article about Putin's allure to American women is absolutely hilarious. If it hasn't been cut up into a copypasta yet, it should be.
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u/Delamoor May 31 '23
She may be somewhat disappointed in Russia's social and legal stances on sexual assault.
Particularly by men in positions of authority.
Bit of a famously systemic issue over there.
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u/FrostyBrew86 May 31 '23
It seems a lot more likely she was a Russian operative the whole time...
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u/cpeetz092 May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
Since she’s sitting on stage next to her friend Maria Butina, literally a convicted Russian agent who spent time in US prison before being deported (and now serves in Russian parliament) I would say that’s extremely likely.
Also let’s not forget Maria Butina’s “boyfriend” at the time of her arrest, conservative operative Paul Erickson, was later also convicted of wire fraud and money laundering. He pled guilty to operating fraudulent investment schemes for more than 20 years, stealing millions from dozens of people, including from his own godmother, and it’s not entirely clear where all the money went. Trump pardoned him on his last day in office. Hmmm…
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u/voyagertoo May 31 '23 edited Jun 01 '23
Shit like this that makes me crazy that people aren't fully aware that trump and his org had quite a few Russian aligned people around. Working for/with him. At all times
Edit-Should edit to say by times I mean before election, during time in office, and almost assuredly now, except who is actually working for him now. Of course it could benefit Russia greatly if he was prez again
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u/KingStannis2020 May 31 '23
When she "defected" she was on stage with the famous convicted Russian agent, Marina Butina.
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Well, she didn't have any to begin with.
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u/spinderlinder May 31 '23
Yeah but something something Hunter Bidens laptop... Right?
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u/Sparkyisduhfat May 31 '23
No listen! She was afraid for her life! Biden was gonna kill her! Now. You know not before she started trying to harm his campaign. Or during. Or 2 years later when everyone forgot she existed. Her life was in so much danger that the most powerful man I. The world just let her leave the country instead of putting her on a no fly list. And the fact that she made this statement with a convicted Russian agent only increases her credibility!
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u/spoobles May 31 '23
No, you don't understand. She had to flee because the Deep State™ knew she could bring the whole house of cards down and was going to assassinate her.
She fled to Russia for her "safety"
/s in case anyone was dumb enough to think what I typed was serious
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u/mikeymikeymikey1968 May 31 '23
You joke, but you know deep down that's probably not far off from what Q anon types are thinking.
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u/hatwobbleTayne May 31 '23
“Thinking” is a strong word
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u/Amauri14 May 31 '23
Especially considering the all-powerful "Deep State" was unable to block her from leaving.
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u/sik_dik May 31 '23
I'm pretty open minded and was willing to hear her out until “this illusion of Russia as an enemy is propagated by a few Washington elites who are determined to cause problems.”
what a puppet
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u/deadsoulinside May 31 '23
Just think, when people called her a Russian plant that was meant to try to disrupt the elections or to cast doubt on Biden they were told they were wrong...
I'm sure a few redditors are scrambling to find their posts from years ago citing this now.
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u/demondeathbunny May 31 '23
Seriously tho. Putting aside the war, putting aside that Russia isn’t really a nice place at the best of times, just the optics of this is so idiotic.
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u/themosey May 31 '23
Weird all the Republicans’ “informants” and “”game changers” seem to lose credibility as soon as someone looks into them more than the OANN headline.
That and they all seem to be an easy mark for a honeypot blackmail scam…
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u/POGtastic May 31 '23
As has been joked by innumerable diplomats and State Department officials since the Cold War:
There is a brutal, harsh, inhumane punishment for defecting to Russia - you now have to live in Russia.
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u/Mediocretes1 May 31 '23
Until you're handed a 60 year old weapon and marched into Ukraine.
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u/Dirtybrd May 31 '23
Not surprising at all. She literally calls putin sexy on Twitter.
Goodbye, Tara. Hope you stay useful to the kremlin.
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u/Sweatier_Scrotums May 31 '23
She even wrote (and then later deleted) this insane blog post in November 2018. Here's just a small taste of it:
President Putin’s obvious reverence for women, children and animals, and his ability with sports is intoxicating to American women.
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u/auniqueusername2000 May 31 '23
Let’s be real, Putin probably wrote that, lol. What a read
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u/jodhod1 May 31 '23
Reade said that “this illusion of Russia as an enemy is propagated by a few Washington elites who are determined to cause problems.”
What could this possibly mean?
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u/ByteMeC64 May 31 '23
Hmmm... Biden accuser defects to Russia. Trump accuser goes to court (and wins).
I think there's some meaning here.
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u/potterpockets May 31 '23
It means that the deep state once again is covering up for one side’s president while pushing through the courts unfair attacks on a former president…
…is what i would say if i was a moron with no clue how the justice system (or reality) works.
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u/xX69WeedSnipePussyXx May 31 '23
Unfortunately we got a surplus of morons lately.
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u/Better_illini_2008 May 31 '23
It's the same amount as we've likely always had, it's just that the internet now allows them to all effortlessly band together.
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u/spoobles May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
I've always claimed this exact thing is how we ended up with a flat earth movement.
In the old day pre-internet there was always a (or a few) town moron(s). Rightfully shunned and never taken seriously, so they stayed under their rocks.
There are 19,400 towns and cities in America. Enter the internet. Put all these idiots in the same cyber space and you've suddenly got a "movement" of people claiming the earth is flat, add in grifters and the malevolent and this is now amplified to the edges of legitimacy.
You can substitute Trump and Vaccine (among other) for flat earth and the results are the same...except those were actually a success in misinformation.
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u/Mediocretes1 May 31 '23
Last year my wife and I were walking about a touristy town not far from here and we saw a couple of people on the corner wearing signs and preaching about old school end time stuff. I made the comment that it was nice to see some old fashioned crazy in this day and age since the internet has given them a place to all get together and actually cause real world problems.
Like, a good local (mostly) harmless crazy brings feelings of nostalgia.
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u/anoff May 31 '23
It's not "the internet", it's social media. Notice how these people weren't nearly as prevalent or problematic pre-Facebook opening up for everyone (I want to say that was around 2010?). It used to require time, money and skill to publish something on the Internet, and even then, there was no algorithm automatically and actively pushing the content to people. But social media collapsed the barrier to entry for online publishing, while also intentionally spreading controversial content like wild fire ("those are rookie engagement numbers, got to pump those numbers up!" -Mark Zuckerberg, probably). Suddenly, any wacko that could manage getting an email address could post bullshit unfettered, and social media would make sure other idiots saw and engaged with it. And now, we have Tickle Me Elmo running Twitter, trying to triple down on this strategy 🙄
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u/DabScience May 31 '23
I have to disagree. It's not that stupid people weren't able to congregate before the internet. It's that the internet is a powerful tool in weaponizing stupidity. Used to be a stupid person just lived their life being a stupid person. Now they see 3 tik toks about the deep state and evolve into the next stage of idiocy.
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u/Weekly_Direction1965 May 31 '23
Also she's friends with that Russian NRA spy we caught funneling money through the NRA to the Republican party.
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u/Atgardian May 31 '23
Guys, I am confused. Is this the Russian agent who was offering Trump dirt on his political opponents? Or the Russian agent who was cozying up to R politicians and funneling Russian money through the NRA to Rs? Or the Russian agent who made a suspiciously-timed accusation against Biden without the merest scrap of evidence?
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u/ByteMeC64 May 31 '23
Sounds like a record check would likely show she stayed at Mara Lago... All the best spies do, because it's easy pickings.
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u/Rusalka-rusalka May 31 '23
LOL I have wondered what happened to this lady. She's chillin' with Maria Butina, so I think that tells me a lot about who she is, her accusations, and why she came forward.
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u/TjW0569 May 31 '23
I don't think the right understands that even Biden supporters don't worship him. I'm having a really hard time believing in death threats years after she was in the news.
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u/Oakwood2317 May 31 '23
The death threats are most assuredly BS; what was likely to happen is that she was going to be asked to testify under oath about something she's said or done, or was about to be labeled an unregistered agent of a foreign country (Russia, for sure) and left to help protect the narrative against Biden so it could be used again in 2024.
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u/Trendiggity May 31 '23
Imagine telling so many lies under oath that you can't keep track of them all so it's actually easier to immigrate to another continent rather than keep your story straight and risk being in contempt of court lol
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u/LindaBelchersLaugh May 31 '23
When her allegations came out, I read every single one. I am no fan of Biden, and I will not vote for a rapist.
Biden's team did everything right, and should be commended for their response. They NEVER denigrated Reade or said not to believe women (which is the opposite of how Trump reacts to accusations of rape and harassment.) Biden's team made it clear that we listen to women, and that is 100% the correct response, and the response of a team that did not need to hide.
I read every article and scrap of information on Tara Reade with an open mind, and with concern for a potential victim of abuse by a powerful man. I was VERY careful not to listen to smears like "well she lied in the past and women who lied in the past or who ever committed a crime probably lie about rape too", because I know that you can be raped, EVEN if you have a criminal past, even if you make bad choices. I refused to listen to the obvious smears.
But still, even when I gave her ALL the benefit of the doubt, her claims just could not stand up. Time after time.
Well I'm sure she'll enjoy Russia, things are going great for them over there right now I hear. I'm sure they promised her a lot and they'll deliver it, too!
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u/Rentington May 31 '23
I knew it was funky when they added a ton of Bidenisms to the story when recounting the event. He was like "Listen here, Jack. Saying no to me is a bunch of malarky. On Cornpop, I swear I will have your job or you will have to face me in a push-up contest, fat."
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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist May 31 '23
That and the accusation was of a quite literal “grabbed by the pussy” which sounds suspiciously like the modus operandi of Biden’s main opponent.
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u/DavidLieberMintz May 31 '23
Russian plant runs home after her plan failed.
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u/Lhamo55 May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
Russian plant ordered home after plan failed. Meanwhile previously high value asset now determined to return to white house too unstable to manage; final disposition pending.
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u/Patriot009 May 31 '23
Reade said that "this illusion of Russia as an enemy is propagated by a few Washington elites who are determined to cause problems."
Or...you know...the whole invading other countries, butchering their civilians, and constantly threatening nuclear war might be giving off those vibes.
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u/northernpace May 31 '23
You knew Reade’s claims were bullshit from the hop. She had 3 different versions of her story going within days. Hope that ruzzian money was worth it in trying to influence the election results
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u/LinkRazr May 31 '23
So instead of being a GOP PsyOp, she was actually a Russian PsyOp.
Wait, is there a difference?
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u/palmettophysibles May 31 '23
She needs to take the rest of the right wing grifters with her
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u/CousinSkeeter89 Jun 01 '23
I remember when she made the accusation then an avalanche of evidence proving she was an habitual liar released. People who knew her came out against her saying she was known for lying about a ton of shit. She then basically just disappeared
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u/NoMoreMrQuick May 31 '23
Oh don't worry... It's only one more person propped up by the Republican Party of the United States of America who turned out to be a Russian agent.
We are only up to like what.... 30 or 40 people who Republicans have used to push anti-left rhetoric that have ended up being directly connected to Russia?
Certainly there's no connection there.
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May 31 '23
Just a matter of time for Tulsi Gabbard. Remember how Russian trolls were spamming Padma Lakshmi’s bikini pics for Tulsi Gabbard so much that it popped up on Google?
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May 31 '23
After the trump dumpster fire, it is pretty obvious that russian money, influence, and agents are running free within the republican organization. I'll bet good money that a few of our sitting "republican" congressmen and women report directly to handlers that report to the Kremlin.
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u/faste30 May 31 '23
they are behind amplifying the q anon BS too.
They learned just how dumb americans are. Dont need this expensive, high tech spying to try and get into our computer systems. Just get the idiots to believe the other side are lizard people and they need ar-15s to stop them.
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u/A_RUSSIAN_TROLL_BOT May 31 '23
So what are the odds she was already on their payroll when she was accusing Biden and she's only "defecting" because Uncle Sam caught on?
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u/badmuthaducka May 31 '23
The threats are really scary! Report them? Oh no, i could never have done something so dangerous as to have them credibly verified. It's way too scary! Instead, I'm just going to get help from safe, peaceful people. Like Putin!
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u/Electr_O_Purist May 31 '23
…where she spends time with known FSB agent. In other words….she’s a Russian spy too and this was all a disinformation campaign.
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u/lunatikdeity May 31 '23
So she was a Russian spy all along???
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u/physedka May 31 '23
She was a tool of Russian spies.
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u/Swordswoman May 31 '23
No, Jill Stein is/was a useful tool for Russia. But Stein would never move to Russia - no one with a rational mind would move to Russia, let alone right now.
Reade is just a crazy person.
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u/crackheadwilly May 31 '23
Can this news story please make large headlines? This is what the Republican Party is now. Russians.
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u/ItsMikeMeekins May 31 '23
one woman sued a president for sexual assault, and won $5m
the other one fled to russia
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u/THRDStooge May 31 '23
I wonder what Krystal Ball thinks? She was one of her biggest cheerleaders when these accusations dropped.
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u/RightSideBlind May 31 '23
TIL that defecting to Russia is easier than making accusations while under oath.