Weinergate

A Year After Weinergate, What Have We Learned?

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Sexting, Gender Stereotypes, Women's Health, Men's Health, Gender Roles, Gender, Anthony Weiner, Twitter, Weinergate, Women News

Guys: If you find yourself about to snap a picture of your junk, ask yourself if that really is your best side, and if you wouldn't rather be known for who you are.

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Anthony Weiner Is Now A Dad

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, Ny News, Huma Abedin Pregnant, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin Baby Shower, New York News, Jordan Zane Weiner, New York News

Finally some good news for Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin. Abedin gave birth to a baby boy, Jordan Zane Weiner, Wednesday night, 10 days before th...

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New Anthony Weiner Revelations Emerge

Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Traci Nobles I Freinded You, Anthony Weiner, Video, Huma Abedin, Traci Nobles Book I Friended You, Traci Nobles, Huma Abedin Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Anthony Weiner Huma Abedin, Traci Nobles Anthony Weiner, Traci Nobles Book, Anthony Weiner Photos, Politics News

Traci Nobles, the 35-year-old former cheerleading coach from Athens, Georgia who exchanged explicit text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N...

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Special Election Set To Fill Weiner's Seat

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Special Election, Anthony Weiner, Queens, Ny News, Brooklyn, New York News, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's congressional seat and six vacant seats in the ...

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Predicting the Next Congressional Scandal

Andy Stokan | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Congress, Predictions, Scandal, Weiner Jokes, Anthony Weiner Jokes, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Comedy News

Now that Weinergate has been officially behind us for more than a week, it's time to look forward and try to figure out what congressional scandal will distract us next. The media is already hungry for some fresh meat.

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Virtuous Political Women? Maybe Not

Caryl Rivers | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Women and Politics, Anthony Weiner, Women, Women News

Women are acutely aware of a deep unease among men of the combination of female sexuality and power that stretches far back into history. Women in positions of power are not necessarily more virtuous than men -- they are just a lot more scared and careful.

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Looks Like We're Not Yet Done With The 'Anthony Weiner Was A Secret Muslim' Rumors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Just over a week ago, we brought you word of an insanely paranoid screed published in "The Communities at the Washington Times" (a distinction that bo...

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A Train Wreck Named Desire

Henry J. Stern | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Bertrand Russell, Bill Thompson, Anthony Weiner, Michael Bloomberg, Fernando Ferrer, Fiorello LaGuardia, Weinergate, New York News

The teachable moment that emerges from this personal tragedy is that, with many people who we think of as leaders, emotion can overpower reason, and people can and do perform incredibly self-destructive acts.

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WATCH: Schoolhouse Rock For Sex Scandals

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Weinergate, History, Anthony Weiner, Schoolhouse Rock, Video, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Parodies, Kids, Sex Scandals, Jimmy Kimmel, Schoolhouse Rock Parody, Schoolhouse Rock for Sex Scandals, Comedy News

If you have kids who are old enough to overhear the news, they might ask what's been going on with Anthony Weiner lately. You might not know how to ap...

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Weiners and Losers

Steven Weber | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner Resignation, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sensationalism, Media, Anthony Weiner Resigns, Media News

What is it about our culture lately that just loves tearing a human being to shreds? Whatever one may think of the lurid spectacle that is The Wide World of Weiner, the glee demonstrated by the media is the truly disturbing element here.

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The Rise And Fall Of A Middle-Class Hero

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Peter King, Weiner, Weinergate, Anthony Weiner Resignation, Anthony Weiner, Video, Middle-Class, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Queens, Brooklyn, Ny-09, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Scandal, New York News

His mother was a public school teacher. His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to b...

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A Matter of Public Concern? Weinergate and How the Privacy of Public Figures May Affect Us All

Christina Gagnier | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anthony Weiner, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal, Strauss-Kahn Scandal, Dominique Strauss Kahn Sexual Assault, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Anthony Weiner Photo, Media News

The French conception of privacy brings up an interesting contrast to what has happened here in the United States, where the fascination with the private lives of public officials has continued to become an obsession.

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Republican Pundit Doesn't Want to Talk to Her Teen About Sexting

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Sexting, Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Parenting, Logan Levkoff, Sex Education, Sex, Politics News

The Weinergate scandal, or a teen pop star getting pregnant, or a celebrity releasing a sex tape, is a parenting gem. It is an amazing springboard for talking about sexuality and your values.

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Weinergate -- He May Be a Doll, but He's No Hero

Julie Spira | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Sexting, Weinergate, Politics, Anthony Weiner, Relationships, Divorce, Netiquette, Texting, Technology News

As the Weinergate scandal has taken the spotlight off of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the subject of sexting is once again in the limelight. As both Republi...

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Is It Grown Up to Ignore Politicians' Sex Lives?

Delia Lloyd | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Sexting, Weinergate, Amanda Marcotte, Politicians and Infidelity, Dsk Affairs, Politicians Sex Lives, Politicians and Extramarital Affairs, Anthony Weiner Twitter Photos, Anne Sinclair, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Politics News

We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to talk about a Congressional Member's... um... member. (And no, I don't think that's an original.)

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Enough of Weinergate

Kelly Moore | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Sexting, Anthony Weiner, Politics, Congress, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Weinergate, Political Sex Scandals, Politics News

We don't ask candidates about personal matters, such as how often they floss. Nor does the oath of office mention anything about Facebook, Twitter or fidelity.

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How Weiner's Package Became a National Obsession

Stefanie Iris Weiss | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Photo, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Weiner Twitter, Healthy Living News

Our culture is at once the most sexually repressed and hyper-sexualized on earth. This entrenched Puritan ethos is so prevalent that most of us are running 18th-century software in our brains when it comes to sexual mores.

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Boehner's "Boner" Gaffe

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Nashville, Anthony Weiner, Ohio State University, Tracy Morgan, John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Nbc, Politics News

U.S. Speaker of the House, John A. Boehner (R-OH), said in his recent Ohio State University's commencement speech, "When you begin to go out there and...

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Here's Your Sharia Paranoiac Take On Weinergate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Times being what they are, there's no pseudo-event so "pseudo" that someone cannot dream up some utterly paranoid take on the matter. And, so this week, the Communities at Washington Times has delivered us up a hot plate of claptrap from Eliana Benador.

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L'Affaire Weiner: Is There a Treatment for Public Junk?

Ruth Starkman | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Politics, Anthony Weiner, Weiner, Pubic Sphere, Morality, Huma Abedin, Politics News

Whatever your politics, you might have been horrified, pruriently entertained, or perhaps intrigued and inspired to "follow" Congressman Anthony Wein...

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Weiner's Hubris Means There Is One Fewer Democrat to Fight Bad GOP Policies

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Buyer's Remorse, Abortion, Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Weiner Scandal, Wisconsin Recall, Wealth Disparity, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Paul Krugman, Medicare, Weiner Twitter, Democrats, Union Busting, David Vitter, Bush Tax Cuts, Republicans, Politics News

To me, in the wake of Weiner's foolishness, the big question is: How will the Democrats proceed without one of their most steadfast and articulate spokesmen in Washington?

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WATCH: Weiner Without You

Posted 08.11.2011

Read More: Sexting, Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Video, Political Song Parody, Parodies, Sex Scandals, Weiner Without You, U2, Urlesque, With or Without You, Comedy News

If you're still trying to recover from the emotional rollercoaster that was Weinergate, listening to some mellow old-school U2 songs might help you. ...

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We Want Weiner: 5 Reasons and Slogans for Weiner Support

Katie Halper | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Weiner, Anthony Weiner, Sex Scandal, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Slidepollajax, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Allyson Schwartz Weiner, Allyson Schwartz, Comedy News

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LOOK: The $449K Queens Apartment Where Weiner Photographed Himself

Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Apartment, Forest Hills-New York, Huma Abedin, New York Real Estate, Anthony Weiner Condo, Anthony Weiner Home, NY Real Estate, Anthony Weiner Scandal, New York News

Via Realtor.com: Anthony Weiner and wife Huma Abedin listed their Forest Hills co-op for $449,000 in May, but suddenly removed the condo from the sell...

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Weinergate

James Campion | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Politics News

So looks like Weiner can still be a congressman and most assuredly a TV personality, but then again, who can honestly ever take this guy seriously any longer?

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