Comment on India’s Modi is getting a state visit with Biden, but the glitz is shadowed by human rights concerns

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO, Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress. Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing. The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, took part in from 2017 to 2020 while representing Florida’s western panhandle.

Commerce City wants to impose some order on its marijuana sector. Nearly all of its retail cannabis stores are located in the southern half of the city — with several clustered close together and more on the way — and elected leaders there want to spread the wealth. Ultimately, they want to limit how much there is to spread of the industry’s impact, whether good or bad.

The insurance industry is shaken after Luigi Mangione was charged in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The perp walk for Mangione was surreal-looking and likely backfired. Mangione allegedly committed murder, but he did send a message to the insurance industry: We are pissed off. So, the rat-fucking insurance industry put its weight on the DOJ to make an example of Mangione to deter copycat killers.

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Maxwell Frost in the House & Chris Murphy in the Senate are doing what ALL their colleagues should be doing--LEADING. Donald Trump, diaper king of Mar-a-Lago, is threatening Liz Cheney & nominating criminals to the cabinet. Musk, a cringe fool suffering from delusions, is an unelected billionaire in control of our government making deals in backrooms that will decide the direction of our lives.

The radical left has fallen very, very low by making this suspect into an idol.