'Pub Blurts

[jaF0]

Georgia lawmaker charged with driving under influence after hitting bicycle in bike lane of street​

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/abcnews.go.com.icoABC News|7 hours ago
Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence ATLANTA -- Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence after authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding in the bike lane of an Atlanta ...

 

[jaF0]

Ex-council member sentenced for selling vapes with illegal drugs in Mississippi and North Carolina​

A former city council member from south Mississippi has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs.

 

[jaF0]

Confused here.

If he was the only one in the room, how is it 'public'? Also, from the rest of the article he seems to be one of the not so bad 'Pubs.

https://apnews.com/article/maroney-...osure-arrest-0828ad487406db1c7b52f8a5fdc35a09


CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The chair of a key West Virginia state legislative committee was removed from his position by chamber leadership Wednesday after being charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct.

Republican Sen. Mike Maroney, who led the state Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, was arrested Tuesday on the two misdemeanors after an Aug. 4 incident at Gumby’s Cigarette & Beer World in Glen Dale.

Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Canestraro said employees on surveillance video allegedly saw Maroney “committing an act of sexual gratification” about 1 p.m. in the establishment’s video lottery room. Maroney was the only person in the room at the time, according to Canestraro.

 

[butters]

Confused here.

If he was the only one in the room, how is it 'public'? Also, from the rest of the article he seems to be one of the not so bad 'Pubs.

https://apnews.com/article/maroney-...osure-arrest-0828ad487406db1c7b52f8a5fdc35a09


CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The chair of a key West Virginia state legislative committee was removed from his position by chamber leadership Wednesday after being charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct.

Republican Sen. Mike Maroney, who led the state Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, was arrested Tuesday on the two misdemeanors after an Aug. 4 incident at Gumby’s Cigarette & Beer World in Glen Dale.

Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Canestraro said employees on surveillance video allegedly saw Maroney “committing an act of sexual gratification” about 1 p.m. in the establishment’s video lottery room. Maroney was the only person in the room at the time, according to Canestraro.

yeah but think of the cleaners having to come in afterwards

wtf is it with people feeling the need to have a wank in spaces other than private and personal to them? their own car? go for it. their own house? of course. But to leave bodily fluids all over upholstery and on floors used by others? ffs, cleaners don't get paid enough.

 

[jaF0]

In Florida, a fake voter guide spurs accusations of dirty tricks​

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/abcnews.go.com.icoABC|1 hour ago
Ahead of the local GOP primary St. John's County, Florida, the appearance of a fake voter guide has thrown a contentious election into even more turmoil.

 

[dkovic77]

In Florida, a fake voter guide spurs accusations of dirty tricks​

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/abcnews.go.com.icoABC|1 hour ago
Ahead of the local GOP primary St. John's County, Florida, the appearance of a fake voter guide has thrown a contentious election into even more turmoil.

My favorite line…

"No Florida voter should be misled by anonymous, phony groups pretending to speak for the GOP," Power said.

I know their candidate for President isn’t anonymous, but phony would be a good word. Or better yet? Just Weird.

 

[jaF0]

A 'Pub and Thumper, a TwoFer!

Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school​

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/abcnews.go.com.icoABC|14 minutes ago
A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her role in running her family's private Christian school in Orlando ...

 

[MajorRewrite]

This one's a real piece of work.



"LAS VEGAS -- A rural Nevada judge who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges accusing her of using funds raised for a statue memorializing a slain police officer for political campaign costs and personal expenses, including her daughter’s wedding.

Michele Fiore, a Republican former Nevada state Assembly and Las Vegas City Council member, declared to reporters following her brief arraignment in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas that she wants a speedy trial and looked forward to “addressing these horrible allegations head-on.”


"Fiore served in the state Legislature from 2012 to 2016 and is an outspoken supporter of gun rights. She made headlines posing with guns and her family for Christmas cards in 2015. She was a Las Vegas councilwoman from 2017 to 2022 before moving to Pahrump.

She also drew national attention backing rancher Cliven Bundy and his family during and after armed standoffs between self-styled militia members and federal law enforcement officers in Bunkerville, Nevada, in 2014, and at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon in 2016."


https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nevada-judge-ran-state-treasurer-pleads-guilty-federal-112113621

Trump pardoned that waste of oxygen, naturally. Trump and the MAGAs love corruption.

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.

Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 for state treasurer, was found guilty in October of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was out of custody ahead of her sentencing, which had been scheduled for next month.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Trump’s pardon of the corrupt Fiore isn’t going over well.

Trump mega-donor’s paper savages his pardon of Las Vegas Republican

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, owned by the billionaire Miriam Adelson, described the decision as a “debasement of presidential pardon power” in a scathing editorial published after Trump granted clemency to Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas councilwoman and Nevada state lawmaker.

Adelson, who is worth $35bn, spent $100m on re-electing Trump in 2024, but apparently decided not to intervene when the Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest newspaper, attacked him on Friday.

“In addition, pardons are typically reserved for those who were wrongly convicted or the victim of some other miscarriage of justice. There is no evidence that either occurred in this case. Instead, it’s difficult to argue that political considerations weren’t the primary motivation for granting relief to Ms Fiore.”

Note to Miriam Adelson: if you support assholes, shit will happen.