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kpete's JournalA Freudian slip that reveals the deception being perpetrated.
https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/924261547135795200"What we should be focusing on is the lies of the Clinton administration."
--Corey Lewandowski on FOX & Friends this morning
https://twitter.com/dbernstein/status/924246217957113856
https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/924262387183751169
O'Reilly should be aware that "NOT everyone is bound by non-disclosure...I am not"
Michael Panter
October 24 at 12:09pm · Shrewsbury, NJ ·
(10.27.2017 UPDATE below and on my FB page. I will update everyone who friends/follows me. Grateful for your support, and strength in numbers.)
Like a lot of men, I’ve had a sinking feeling when I see how many friends have posted using the #MeToo tag. I’ve also read suggestions on how men can play a role, and sadly I’ve had several ex-partners who were victims. One is well-known, but hasn’t shared her story (so neither will I). Another has publicly settled her case against Bill O’Reilly at Fox News.
I read a blurb today that referenced her being bound by a non-disclosure agreement. However, I hear O’Reilly spinning his falsehoods almost daily. This week he again said he did nothing wrong, while suggesting he’s been persecuted and had very few complaints “to Human Resources” during his decades at Fox. Bill should be aware that not everyone is bound by a non-disclosure … I am not.
My ex’s career was largely dependent on staying in O’Reilly’s good graces. For that reason, she was always hesitant to tell me some details – likely out of fear than I could jeopardize her career by becoming involved. Sometimes information would slip out … she’d come home stressed and reference O’Reilly, and only after some prodding would she reveal that he asked her out, adding that she should not tell anyone - that other women at the network would question it or be jealous.
I was also there on several occasions when a late night call would come from O’Reilly, which would create tension and make her clearly uncomfortable (I believe she later said in her suit that she believed he was masturbating). All as she was laying next to her boyfriend, and worried what hanging up could do to her career.
What stuck in my mind this week was a phone call I remember almost verbatim. We were in my car and parked at an ice cream shop, after bringing our dogs to the park. The first call came from a woman at Fox who I believe was the HEAD of HR (or Fox’s chief corporate counsel). She stated that she had met with O’Reilly and Bill Shine, who was the Co-President of Fox News.
She said there was a sensitive matter that they wanted my ex to speak with O’Reilly about, confidentially. I don’t think anyone would decline when the head of their company made such a "request".
We sat for a minute discussing how odd the call was, and what it might be about.
60 seconds later, O’Reilly was calling (clearly after getting the green light from HR/Shine). I heard every word, as we sat in the car with the windows up.
He explained that a new accuser was suing him for sexual harassment. This latest victim was someone my ex knew, and lived in the same complex. He got to the point immediately: give me anything you have on this woman, which we “can use against her.”
He asked if anything was known about her sex life. He asked if she used any illegal drugs. He also asked if anything was known about her financial situation and marriage. In essence, the leadership of Fox, including their “HR” head/counsel and O’Reilly, who held my ex’s career in their hands (and whom O’Reilly was also harassing) was demanding information to attack another victim.
Think about that in light of him stating that very few women ever went to HR to complain about him, and how hollow those words ring.
To her credit, my ex didn’t tell him anything. She instead relayed an innocuous story about the fact that we had seen her in the building just that week. She didn’t know her that well or have anything to offer him.
O’Reilly was dismissive and stated “none of that is helpful” – signaling to another victim and subordinate that he wasn’t happy with what she had to offer, and again instructing her not to speak about the call.
So in a small way, I am just trying as a man to call bullshit on another “man” when I see it, and to do so publicly and non-anonymously.
UPDATE (10.27.2017):
I issued this statement to several media outlets, in response to Bill O'Reilly making a defamation claim against me. Please share, and I am beyond grateful for everyone's continued support:
"I am speaking the truth, and expect my account to be fully corroborated.
His actions give me a small sense of what victims must feel when speaking up against powerful men, and why more men hesitate to do so.
I spoke up, and hope I’ll be supported as I’ve supported others.
After discussing this matter with a leading firm, I believe there is a strong basis to bring defamation claims against Mr. O’Reilly.
Since I am not seeking personal gain, any recovery would be devoted to groups supporting victims of sexual harassment and abuse.
It is my hope that course of action will not be necessary, and these matters can be more amicably resolved."
https://www.facebook.com/michaelpanter/posts/10155995603775312
Joy Reid: Twitter freakout last night ---whoever was indicted by Mueller must hit close to home
Twitter freakout last night was something to behold... whoever was indicted by Mueller must hit close to home.https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/924256234286534658
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/924133929686306821
***UPDATE***
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!!! - Trump Donor Rebekah Mercer Asked Cambridge Analytica If It Could Better Organize Hacked Emails
Rebekah Mercer personally asked the CEO of a company she owns to render aid to a hostile foreign intelligence service.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/924011041247424512
MORE:
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/trump-donor-asked-data-firm-if-it-could-better-organize-hacked-emails-1509133587
Context:
https://twitter.com/simon_haye/status/924008876076347392
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-downplays-cambridge-analytica-role
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-cambridge-analytica-hillary-clinton-emails-julian-assange-2017-10
WH: ALL the women who accused Trump of sexual harassment are lying
The White House’s official position on the women who accused President Trump of sexual harassment is that they are lying, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders affirmed Friday.“Yeah, we’ve been clear on that from the beginning and the president has spoken on it,” Sanders said.
Trump said earlier this month that the allegations against him, many of which emerged during the campaign after the leak of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, are “made-up stuff.”
“All I can say is it’s totally fake news — just fake,” he said at an impromptu press briefing last week. “It’s fake, it’s made-up stuff. And it’s disgraceful what happens.”
Several women accused Trump of unwanted touching and kissing during his run for the White House last year.
When those allegations emerged, Trump called them "total fiction."
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357548-white-house-all-the-women-who-accused-trump-of-sexual-assault-are
TIMELY: Plaque Goes Up To Mark Spot Trump "Bragged About Commiting Sexual Assault"
Plaque goes up to mark the spot where Trump "bragged about committing sexual assault" in "Access Hollywood" tape
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A visual effects artist for the CW show “Legends of Tomorrow” posted a photo on his Facebook page of a small plaque that he said the show’s producers put up, with the caption, “In dishonor of our President, the producers of my show have created a plaque commemorating his comments to Billy Bush, which happened on our lot.”
The infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, which was revealed by The Washington Post just weeks before last year's presidential election, featured a hot-mic recording from 2005 of then-"Apprentice" host Trump talking about kissing and fondling women without their consent.
"When you're a star, they let you do it," Trump said.
The plaque reads, “On this spot in September 2005, Donald J. Trump bragged about committing sexual assault. In November 2016, he was elected President of the United States.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/357515-trump-dishonored-with-plaque-commemorating-access-hollywood-tape
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/923969057984000003
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Sanders: The official White House position on women who accused Trump of sexual harassment is that all of them are lying.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/923988649716404225
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