News Dump

MSNBC Airs Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Mar-A-Lago Party Footage From 1992
https://www.newsweek.com/morning-joe-video-trump-epstein-maralago-party-1449700

Tape shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein discussing women at 1992 party
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tape-shows-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-discussing-women-1992-party-n1030686

Newly Found Footage Shows Trump and Epstein at a '92 Party
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/newly-found-footage-shows-trump-epstein-at-a-92-party-64001605666

It's worth pointing out that Epstein's fake Saudi passport was from the 80s, meaning he anticipated having to bug out under guise of anonymity well before this party.

Kellyanne Conway was photographed with Epstein’s personal pilot in late 2016
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/jeffrey-epstein-pilot-kellyanne-conway/

Trump’s racist comments can be used against him in court as judges cite them to block policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-racist-comments-can-be-used-against-him-in-court-as-judges-cite-them-to-block-policies/2019/07/16/6ed0ea6a-a7f1-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

Federal Law Says 'Go Back To Where You Came From' Counts As Discrimination
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-law-go-back-came-from-discrimination_n_5d2e815de4b085eda5a390cc

House Democrats Vote To Table (Stop) Impeachment
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/house-impeachment-trump.html


House to vote on criminal contempt for Barr, Ross over census dispute
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/house-contempt-vote-barr-ross-census/index.html

Ex-Ecuadorian President Confirms Assange Meddled in US Election from London Embassy
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/ecuador-response-assange-wikileaks/index.html

Julian Assange Received Deliveries and Maintained Control Over Guest List While at Ecuadorian Embassy, Documents Reveal | Surveillance Reports Flesh Out Details in Robert Mueller's Report, Including Assange's Meetings With Hackers
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/julian-assange-ecuador-embassy-2016-us-election-meddling-wikileaks-a9007641.html

Democrat Mark Kelly has again outraised Republican Sen. Martha McSally in the Arizona Senate race.
https://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/kelly-outraises-mcsally-in-arizona-senate-race/article_46364001-b327-5678-9233-159ba44db9d4.html

Historian finds German decree banishing Trump's grandfather for refusing military service
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/trump-grandfather-friedrich-banished-germany-historian-royal-decree

Wall Street firms, not Kentuckians, are leading Mitch McConnell's campaign donations
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/17/mitch-mcconnell-reelection-campaign-wall-street-firms-donate-money/1745611001

Jewish Protestors form human chain around ICE Headquarters saying “Never Again is Now”
https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-block-ice-headquarters-washington-dc-1449592

Dozens Arrested as Over 1,000 Jewish Activists and Allies Shut Down Entrances to ICE Headquarters Demanding Closure of Trump Detention Camps
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/17/dozens-arrested-over-1000-jewish-activists-and-allies-shut-down-entrances-ice

Whose country is "broken and crime infested," Mr. President? Spoiler: It's ours
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/17/whose-country-is-broken-and-crime-infested-mr-president-spoiler-its-ours/

New evidence makes it clear that raising the US minimum wage to $15 an hour is the right move
https://www.businessinsider.com/15-an-hour-minimum-wage-jobs-cbo-report-opinion-2019-7

Trump trashes the environment and calls trashing the environment "environmental leadership"
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/453453-trump-trashes-the-natural-world-and-calls-it-environmental

More than 3 million people gave to Democrats via ActBlue, signaling another big year for online small-dollar donations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-than-3-million-people-gave-to-democrats-via-actblue-signaling-another-big-year-for-online-small-dollar-donations/2019/07/16/2b80016a-a724-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_the_2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primary_candidates

Second Democratic Debates July 30–31

Scherie Murray: New York businesswoman and Jamaican immigrant Scherie Murray launches campaign to unseat Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-scherie-murray-campaigning-unseat-aoc/1753824001/

I used to work in US intelligence advising presidents on risk. The biggest threat to our country today is the Republican Party. The Republican Party has steadily embraced authoritarianism, suspect electoral tactics, and racism more and more over the past few decades. That process has been turbocharged with Trump at the helm of the party. We’re now seeing an explicit embrace of white supremacy. Denial in the face of climate change. Deliberate sowing of discord within the FBI and the CIA. Weakening of the rule of law. Brazen criminality. Removing funding for elections oversight. Blatant human rights abuses at the border. The explicit nature of these acts is the point. The Republicans mean to bludgeon any and all resistance to their reshaping of the nation’s institutions to their will. And so far, they’ve gotten away with it.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-gop-climate-change-fbi-russia-racism-us-intelligence-a9009441.html

Duncan Hunter ordered to stop using Marine Corps emblem in campaig
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/duncan-hunter-ordered-stop-using-marine-corps-emblem-campaign-n1030826

Rand Paul blocks Senate vote on 9/11 victim compensation fund
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453519-rand-paul-blocks-senate-vote-on-9-11-victim-compensation-fund

House to vote today on impeachment resolution against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-vote-impeachment-resolution-against-trump-n1030791

Half A Billion Fewer Animals Were Killed Since 2007 Because People Are Eating Less Meat
https://collective-spark.xyz/half-a-billion-fewer-animals-were-killed-since-2007-because-people-are-eating-less-meat/

Fake Christian family who argued taxes 'against God's will' ordered to pay $2.3m bill
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/christian-family-ordered-to-pay-2.3-million-tax-bill/11318538?pfmredir=sm

Lake discovered 11,000ft high in the Alps, in 'truly alarming' sign of climate change - ‘I have been up there a fair amount of times and I have never seen liquid water up there,’ says mountaineer. A mountaineer has captured the formation of an “alarming” lake high in the French Alps after glacial snow melted in the intense heatwave that gripped central Europe in late June. Bryan Mestre was shocked to discover the large pool of water at an altitude of 11,100ft (3,400m) in the Mount Blanc mountain range – claiming the unusual sight was a worrying sign. Scientists have warned that heatwaves in Europe are becoming increasingly frequent, with the intense temperatures linked to climate change.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/climate-change-french-alps-lake-snow-melting-global-warming-mount-blanc-a9006916.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzVH4_loWGx/

bryanthealpinist
    Time to sound the alarm... The problem here? These two pictures were taken only 10 days apart... It was taken earlier on June 28th, the second one was shared by Paul Todhunter.
    Only 10 days of extreme heat were enough to collapse, melt and form a lake at the base of the Dent du Géant and the Aiguilles Marbrées
    That I know, this is the first time anything like that as ever happened. Southern Europe and the Alps have been struck by a massive heatwave with temperature ranging from 40 to 50 degrees, the below 0 freezing altitude was as high as 4,700m (15,400ft) and during the day temperatures as high as 10 degrees Celsius (50 F) were felt on top of Mont Blanc 4,810m (15,780ft)...
    This is truly alarming glaciers all over the world are melting at an exponential speed... My interview with @mblivetv can be found here!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzVH4_loWGx/

Former Trump aide Jason Miller said he hired prostitutes and visited massage parlors, court documents say
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-aide-jason-miller-allegedly-admits-hiring-prostitutes-2019-7

Second Mississippi gubernatorial candidate says he will not be alone with a woman who is not his wife
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/mississippi-candidate-bill-waller/index.html

Germany introducing mandatory measles vaccination for kids
https://apnews.com/f0096e94178444898470819658aca8da

Bernie Sanders banned rock concerts when he was mayor of Burlington
https://i.redd.it/atpybo1rcwa31.jpg

Brexit has contributed to bigger fall in people's incomes than the 1990s recession
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-economy-uk-living-standards-household-income-recession-a9007821.html

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Thomas Homan said on Monday that he thought about "beating" Democratic Representative Jesús Garcia during a congressional hearing last week. During the Friday hearing, Homan was visibly angered as he responded to a line of questioning by Garcia, who is Mexican-American and represents Illinois. The former ICE director, who served in the acting leadership role under President Donald Trump from January 2017 until June 2018 when he retired, discussed the interaction in a Monday morning interview with Fox & Friends.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-ice-director-beating-latino-congressman-1449343

In other words his first instinct was to respond to harsh criticism with violence. But after calming down, he goes to the press about how he wanted to get violent. By then he could have said I just wanted get up and walk out. Nope, let's go with beating him. When someone says garbage like that, they talk from the perspective of the victor of an imaginary fight.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-ice-director-beating-latino-congressman-1449343

New polling indicates Republicans actually like Trump more following racist tweet controversy
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/17/20697721/trump-racist-tweet-polling

EEOC says "Go back to where you came from" may violate federal anti-discrimination laws
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eeoc-go-back-where-you-came-from-discrimination-federal-law-trump-tweets/

Trump taps racist antisemitic alt-left alt-right conspiracy theorist scumbag Rand Paul as secret backchannel to Iran
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/rand-paul-iran-talks-donald-trump-1418075

Joe Biden: If Trump doesn't have a racist bone in his body, he 'has no bones'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-if-trump-doesnt-have-a-racist-bone-in-his-body-he-has-no-bones

Donald Trump parties in 1992 with now-accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, pats woman’s rear end
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/video-shows-donald-trump-partied-in-1992-with-jeffrey-epstein.html

Anti-ICE Activists Target PNC Bank for Funding Private Detention Centers
https://psmag.com/social-justice/anti-ice-activists-target-pnc-bank-for-funding-private-detention-centers

California man charged with hate crimes for sending letters threatening to kill incoming minority neighbors
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/453552-california-man-charged-with-hate-crimes-for-sending-letters-threatening

The Details of Trump’s Hush Money Payments Are About To Go Public
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5w7jb/the-details-of-trump-orgs-hush-money-payments-are-about-to-go-public

Reminder:  Republicans today blocked a bill helping 9/11 first responders one day after claiming Democrats don’t love America.

A former commissioner on President Donald Trump’s now-defunct Voter Fraud Commission reached a settlement this week with a group of Virginia voters who claimed they were subjected to false accusations of felony voter fraud. The initial lawsuit was filed last year in Virginia federal court by voting rights groups and four individuals accusing the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) and its president and general counsel J. Christian Adams of creating and distributing reports that falsely mislabeled them as non-citizens who illegally registered to vote — despite all of the plaintiffs being American citizens.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/fmr-trump-voting-commission-official-forced-to-apologize-for-falsely-accusing-people-of-voter-fraud/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFRGgvRrxZGfzwOlTNhkAMWo2aPpS64X/view

House Holds Barr, Ross in Contempt Over Census Document Fight
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-17/house-poised-to-hold-barr-ross-in-contempt-over-census-fight

House: Give us these documents please.
Ross: No
House: Here's a subpeona
Ross: No
House: We're going to hold you in contempt
Ross: No, er, maybe
House: We're holding you in contempt
Ross: Why won't you work with me? Political circus!

The Army has failed to adequately train and equip the military bomb technicians and infantry troops who are increasingly accompanying American commandos on high-risk missions in war zones, according to interviews and documents obtained by The New York Times. As the Pentagon draws down the number of troops in combat, including in Afghanistan and Syria, it is largely relying on Special Operations forces to keep up the fight. Those American commandos depend on support from remaining conventional troops for extra firepower, security and logistics. But the documents and interviews with seven military officials show that the backup forces — including explosive ordnance disposal, or E.O.D., soldiers — often do not have the necessary gear for protection nor the same level of training as the commandos they join on Special Operations raids and patrols. “There is a difference between conventional and S.O.F. support equipment requirements for E.O.D. personnel,” concluded one of the documents from October 2017, which reviewed the performance of an Army bomb disposal unit after it returned from Afghanistan. “We need to be able to shoot, move, and communicate as effectively as our supported unit in order to remain an enabler, not a liability,” the document said. One bomb disposal soldier was killed last month, and another in March, while accompanying Special Operations forces on missions. They were among the 10 American troops who have died in combat in Afghanistan so far in 2019. Inadequate training for conventional soldiers embedded with Special Operations units also proved deadly for an Army Green Beret team that was ambushed in Niger in October 2017. Some of the troops in the unit were not trained for Special Forces missions, including Sgt. La David T. Johnson, an Army mechanic who was among four American soldiers killed in a firefight with insurgents loyal to the Islamic State. “This should be one of the top priorities for the Army to fix, with such a small amount of troops deploying into direct combat,” said David W. Barno, a retired lieutenant general who led the war effort in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. “It looks like a broken model.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/world/middleeast/us-troops-commandos-training.html

The House has voted to undo Trump's attempt to sidestep Congress and complete several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-block-trumps-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-setting-up-likely-veto/2019/07/17/7f329a9c-a8ce-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

A fun perk of being President is you can just cold slander someone within a reporter’s earshot, immediately afterward say you know nothing about the substance of it, and they’ll go print what you said anyway. It doesn’t even matter if they know it’s calumny from the head birther.
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1151617878417973248

The National Domestic Workers Alliance Is Seeking a Federal Bill of Rights From Congress | Early in the afternoon on Tuesday, over 100 domestic workers and organizers, nearly all women of color, many of them immigrants, gathered in the basement of a Washington, D.C., church on Capitol Hill. As they were preparing to embark on a long day of meetings and knocking on legislators’ office doors, they chatted excitedly in English and Spanish, ate lunch, and discussed what they would say in front of their representatives.

A day earlier, Monday, these same folks, many of whom are part of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), along with several prominent activists gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol for a press conference, where Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX.) joined Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA.) as she announced she was introducing the federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in conjunction with Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.). The bill would give domestic workers federal labor protections such as a domestic workers wage and standards board, and inclusion in federal employment protections, like paid overtime, for the first time in U.S. history. “A lot of young women of color are doing domestic work. This is a growing industry, and they are people who deserve rights and benefits that have been excluded for so long,” Jayapal told Teen Vogue in an interview after the press conference. “But also, I would just say from an organizing perspective, a lot of our young folks of color really want to be engaged in something that pushes for rights, that has a dramatic impact, and that is also grassroots-driven. And that’s what this is as well. So we are really bringing those voices of young women of color who are performing this work and deserve to be at the table.”
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/national-domestic-workers-alliance-seeking-federal-bill-of-rights-congress
https://www.domesticworkers.org/

Domestic workers give our economy life, day and night. But for too long, they’ve been denied rights, protections, dignity & respect. That changes today with the #DomesticWorkersBillofRights!
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1151571552854581249

GOP in 2019: so embarrassed by their leader’s racism that they are literally trying to erase it from the record.
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1151235625191956482

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Reminders:
 - Republicans vote against hearing what happened in Trump-Putin two hour meeting
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/19/trump-russia-putin-interpreter-subpoena-732359

 - Republicans vote to eliminate funding for US election security
https://www.apnews.com/6580a9fdf5364b46be462d73ed0c5422

 - Republicans vote against supporting US intelligence community
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-russia-senate-intelligence_us_5b50a759e4b0fd5c73c302fa

 - Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with Russian spy in 2015
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/17/orange-county-congressman-rohrabacher-met-with-accused-spy-in-russia/

 - Republican house leader Kevin McCarthy stated in 2016 he thinks Russia pays Donald Trump and Dana Rohrabacher
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.50b9d6ac6441

 - Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page coordinated with Russia
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-believed-trump-campaign-aide-carter-page-recruited/story?id=56737033

 - Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page acknowledges working with Russia and discussing dropping US sanctions on Russia
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/22/carter-page-acknowledges-working-as-informal-adviser-to-russia-735559

 - Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces 305 years in prison for charges including conspiracy against the United States
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/paul-manafort-faces-305-years/index.html

 - Donald Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn plead guilty to lying about conversations with Russia to the FBI
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-charged/index.html

 - Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos plead guilty to lying about conversations with Russia to the FBI
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596

 - Republican Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hid business ties to Putin
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/leaked-documents-show-commerce-secretary-concealed-ties-putin-cronies-n817711

 - Republican Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wiped meetings from public calendar
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/19/sec-zinke-secret-meetings-ganim-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn

 - Republican Senator Rand Paul used 20k of election funds on clothing, trips, and food
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/20/report-rand-paul-spent-donor-cash-trips-abroad-clothing/806820002/

 - Republican congressman Devin Nunes used 15k of election funds on Celtics tickets
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article215099780.html

 - Republican congressman John Duncan used 100k of election funds on personal expenses
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ethics-office-congressman-may-have-misused-100-000-campaign-funds-n862786

 - Republican congressman Greg Gianforte plead guilty to assaulting reporter
https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/greg-gianforte-assault-plea/index.html

 - Republican congressman Jim Jordan named in sexual abuse scandal
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/

 - Republican congressman Jason Lewis said African-Americans have an "entitlement mentality"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-jason-lewis-black-people-have-entitlement-mentality

 - Republican lawmakers support arming preschoolers
http://www.businessinsider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-who-is-america-arm-preschoolers-guns-2018-7/

 -  Donald Trump claimed the news media is the enemy of the people
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/trump-calls-the-news-media-the-enemy-of-the-people.html

 -  Donald Trump said he would be dating his daughter if she were not his daughter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMp241gAcw

 -  Donald Trump has spent at least 71 million of taxpayer money on golfing
https://trumpgolfcount.com/

 - Arrested Russian spy met with United States treasury, fed officials in 2015
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-butina-exclusive/exclusive-accused-russian-agent-butina-met-with-u-s-treasury-fed-officials-idUSKBN1KC0DC

 - Arrested Russian spy infiltrated NRA
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maria-butina-nra-russia-700878/

 - Treasury announced 48 hours after arrest of Russian spy that the NRA will no longer have to disclose donors
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/treasury-irs-donor-lists/index.html

 - House GOP refuses to renew election security funding as Democrats fume over Russian interference
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-gop-refuses-to-renew-election-security-funding-as-democrats-fume-over-russian-meddling/2018/07/18/20761f88-8abb-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html?

 - Oversight Republicans Block Six More Subpoenas for a Total of 52 Motions Denied
https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-republicans-block-six-more-subpoenas-for-a-total-of-52-motions-denied

 - White House blocks bill that would protect elections
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-blocks-bill-protect-elections-173459278.html

I wonder if they all went to the same pizza place.....Reminder:

Prosecution of Child-Sex Traffickers Plummeted Under Trump
https://www.courthousenews.com/prosecution-of-kiddie-traffickers-plummeted-under-trump/

Probably because they’re mostly fuckin republicans. People like:

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman* was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs* pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter* pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young.

Republican state senator Ralph Shortey from Oklahoma admitted to being involved in sodomy with a 17 year old male prostitute and transporting child pornography.

Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in jail for the payments he made to cover up raping his wrestlers when he was a high school coach.

Republican Judge and campaign official for President Donald Trump, Tim Nolan, indicted for human trafficking and forcing a minor (9) to engage in sexual activity and giving alcohol to minors (results from the court pending).