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[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Pete Hegseth was accused by a woman of sexual assault.

He has now paid her to drop all charges.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨Arizona MAGA man Adam Holderby was just arrested for allegedly uploading dozens of child s*xual abuse images.

Holderby, a Glendale franchise owner/operator, was taken into custody after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged a Dropbox account linked to him for allegedly uploading 28 files of CSAM involving toddlers and infants.

When police executed a search warrant and told Holderby that 27 known CSAM images were traced back to his IP address and email, he didn’t deny it.

Court documents reveal he admitted to having CSAM on his devices and acknowledged looking it up “using the internet and other avenues.”

He reportedly told police this was “probably one of my biggest sins” — but said he could never bring it up because he would go to jail.

He was arrested on 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and is being held on a $200,000 bond. At his initial appearance, he told the court he had two kids and a family depending on him — at one point, the judge had to tell him to stop interrupting.

His Facebook page shows a man who shared anti-vaccine content, anti-socialist content, and reposts from MAGA figures.

Apparently, the party of “protecting children” has another member who needs to be reminded what that actually means.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨Kathy Geren, 69, of Wayne, Oklahoma was shot and killed by her unhinged MAGA husband, James Booker, 73.

Booker then took his own life.

Her daughter Kari made the welfare check call after days without contact. Before her death, Kathy had told her daughter: “Well, if anything happens to me, just know he did it.”

She knew. And she still couldn’t escape.

“I’m devastated. Like, it’s the worst way to lose somebody,” Kari said. “She was all we had left, and to lose her like this is sickening.”

Her granddaughter Elly Yandell had a message for others: “If you’re a woman suffering from domestic violence, please do everything you can before it’s too late.”

While Kathy’s family grieves, they want her life — not her death — to define her. “She was real quiet and shy unless you knew her, then she was funny. She was sweet… just a strong, independent, amazing mother and grandmother,” Yandell said.

And who was James Booker? His Facebook tells you everything: Trump 2024 devotee, sharer of AI images of Jesus blessing Trump, Trump art, and amplifier of racist content depicting the Obamas as apes — dismissing concerns from black people calling them “r*tarded n*groes”.

The red flags (and hats) were there.

Kathy paid for his unhinged behavior with her life.

Rest in peace, Kathy Geren.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Republican candidate Ryan Dewayne Jenks has been sentenced to 20 years for molesting a 12-year-old girl.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨Meet Adam Duane Pettibone of Boise, Idaho — who goes by “ForMob Adam” on Facebook, where he posted AI images of Trump as a Revolutionary War hero, used Trump’s mugshot as a profile pic, and shared anti-LGBTQ+ memes.

On May 5th, the Wilder Police Department pulled Pettibone over in Greenleaf, Idaho. Officers conducted a lawful search of his vehicle and arrested him on felony and misdemeanor drug charges.

During that search, police also discovered materials depicting the s-xual abuse of children.

Following an investigation, Pettibone was charged with TWO felony counts of visual representation of s-xual abuse of children.

Pettibone does not appear to be a drag queen, transgender, a gay dad, or undocumented immigrant — making national coverage of the case by the right-wing media unlikely.

Instead: the usual suspect.

Every. Single. Day.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨One year ago today, Vance Boelter — a self-described evangelical pastor, registered Republican, and avowed Trump supporter — stalked Democratic lawmakers at their homes under cover of darkness, disguised in a fake police uniform and silicone mask.

On June 14, 2025, Boelter shot former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman multiple times as she fled through her own home, then pressed his gun to her head and fired. Her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert, were also killed. That same night, Boelter shot Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their home, and attempted to shoot their daughter.

He left behind a kill list of over 45 targets — a who’s who of Democratic leadership. Among the names: Gov. Tim Walz, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. The list also included abortion providers and Planned Parenthood clinic addresses.

Boelter was no mystery figure. His roommate told CNN he was “a strong Trump supporter” who voted for Trump in 2024. Public voter records confirm he participated in the 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary. Friends said he consumed far-right media including Infowars and attended Trump rallies.

This is the nightmare Trump built with language like calling his political opponents “the enemy from within,” describing them as “vermin” who needed to be “rooted out,” and telling supporters that Democrats were “destroying our country.” Trump also called Democrats “evil” and more dangerous than China or Russia. For years, Trump used rallies to dehumanize political opponents — and Boelter was listening.

This week, Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including murder and stalking. He will spend the rest of his life in prison. State charges — including two counts of first-degree premeditated murder — are still pending.

Melissa Hortman dedicated her life to public service. She deserved to answer her own door safely. She didn’t — because dehumanizing rhetoric from the most powerful man in the world has consequences.

[Dr Charlotte Proudman @DrProudman]

This.

[Knitting Bee🐝 @jmasters7649]

@narceducator Not only is he bouncing the bar off his sternum, he's not extending his arms fully. How surprising, that the drunken, imbecilic sexual abuser fakes being more fit than he is.

[Proudmans @proudmanslaw]

Dr Charlotte Proudman spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Law Show about the recent teenage rape case in which three boys avoided custodial sentences after being convicted of raping two girls.

Proudmans is honoured to represent Jazmine, one of the victims, throughout the appeals process.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨Chad R. Essert, 44 — Chief of Police for the Village of Bethel, Ohio, and registered Republican — was indicted by a Clermont County Grand Jury on 56 counts of s*xual battery and 14 counts of unlawful s*xual conduct with a minor, all third-degree felonies.

Investigators tracked Essert down in Seminole, Florida, where he was booked into Pinellas County jail. He faces up to 280 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

The alleged abuse spans from 2005 to 2010, when Essert was instructing students at the Young Marines program and Scarlet Oaks career-development center in Sharonville, Ohio. A victim told investigators the abuse occurred across multiple locations in Clermont and Hamilton counties over that five-year period.

Oh, and before his arrest? Essert was on LinkedIn liking posts about child s*x abuse convictions. You can’t make this up.

Despite Essert’s position of prominence as an authority figure, this story has remained local.

Could you imagine if this were a random gay dad, undocumented immigrant, or a transgender person? This story would explode all over right-wing media.

Instead: radio silence.

[Lauren Underwood @LaurenUnderwood]

RFK Jr. called Medicare and Medicaid "scams."

Tell that to the senior in Aurora rationing $800 insulin.
Tell that to the mom in Joliet whose kid gets lifesaving care because of Medicaid.

RFK Jr. is the HHS Secretary AND the biggest public health threat in our nation.

[Viral Reel Addict @ViralReelAddict]

MAGA Influencer Joshua Heffner has been arrested for possession of child p*rn.

⛔️Heffner has nearly half a million followers on TikTok.‼️

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

96% of members voted to strike. Ya love to see it.

[Cameron 🇺🇸 🗽🦅 @CameronCorduroy]

they've built concentration camps and i'm expected to act like it's a mere difference of political opinion

[Jerry_Saiyan @JerryWillResist]

The Criminal Court of Sumner County unveiled Tuesday a 160-count indictment against Phil Vaught a Middle Tennessee Maga Supporting musician, accusing him of sexual abuse of a child, rape and sexual exploitation. This is a pattern of the Republican Party, Nasty Bastards

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

Stealing food is not a national crisis. Wealth being concentrated in the hands of the top 0.1% while the bottom half owns nothing and has to resort to stealing is.

[Proudmans @proudmanslaw]

Last week, @DrProudman, founder and in-house counsel at Proudmans, wrote in The Independent that “himpathy” is the reason that victims were being failed in rape trials. This is what readers had to say.

Proudmans is representing Jazmine, one of the teenage victims.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Please don't forget the Trump family is barred from ever running another charity in NY because they stole from a Children's Cancer Charity. A F**KING CHILDREN'S CANCER CHARITY!

[Killed Women @KilledWomennw]

The last sighting of Melanie Hall, 25, was inside a nightclub in Bath 30 years ago - now police have launched a fresh appeal.
https://t.co/WUZK8eaJT6

'Her disappearance sparked a major police operation, but 13 years later, in 2009, her body was discovered wrapped in bin bags beside the M5 motorway. Police have made 11 arrests, but no-one has ever been charged with her murder.'

'For Melanie’s family – her parents Steve and Pat, and sister Dominique – the anguish over what happened to her, and why, will continue until justice is done.'

'The anniversary of Melanie’s death will see Avon and Somerset Police launch the Justice for Melanie campaign, which aims to take people back to the month of her disappearance in an attempt to trigger details or memories.

Messages will be displayed on the digital screen during the match between Bath Rugby and Leicester Tigers on Saturday, while advertising will appear on a van travelling around the city, and on businesses and council services.'