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a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.

‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweatingThe Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.www.politico.com
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it really bears repeating over and over and over that the child who allegedly had her collarbone broken by her congressman dad is the granddaughter of SENATOR bernie moreno who has refused to stand up for her, or for his daughter who was allegedly abused, too. what a sick fuck.

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If ever there was a time for a Senator to beat somebody senseless with his walking stick…

Goes great with:

2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: PollMore than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their ball...www.yahoo.com
Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

It’s a feature, not a bug.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

The essence of Republicanism is basically "wife-beater-pretending-to-be-christian"

Ответ для Konstantin Jace

I'd say it's "wifebeating is consistent with our version of Christianity," which is currently at war with stuff Jesus said. Below, Sermon on the Mount criticized as liberal by the right.

He was a top church official who criticized Trump. He says Christianity is in crisisRussell Moore criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention's response to a sexual abuse crisis. Then he found himself on the outside.www.npr.org
Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

But don't pretend violent misogyny is unique to the right; it exists across the political spectrum, but at least it's inconsistent with progressive and Democratic positions. Some high-profile dudes associated with misogynist abuse -- Taibbi, Brand-- shifted right where they're welcome with that.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

And it was shocking to see all the people eager to throw Platner's accusers under any handy bus.....

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

Exactly!! Including some very left-leaning men and women I know 🤯

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

but not entirely surprising given who Democrats are and what country they support

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

Dems’ strategy should be simple: start calling Republicans what they are. Instead of focusing on the impact of abortion bans—or getting lost in defensive debates about how many weeks into pregnancy the government should be involved—zero in on the total creeps who pass these laws. - Jessica Valenti

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

Yes to everything you say. Don’t have reference handy, but Jackson Katz has noted the discourse shift from calling women (in particular, but other survivors too) “victims” or “alleged victims” to calling them “accusers.” Subtle shift in who the actor is.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

The same version of Christianity that is practiced by the men that have no qualms to murder or kidnap innocent people here in Mexico.

Ответ для Konstantin Jace

That’s just godly discipline. It’s love. Same as “correcting your children”. Sometime a man just doesn’t know his own strength. They shouldn’t have disobeyed or acted out. It’s God’s plan.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

It's their culture.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

I’m reading Reflections of my Non-existence now and the news around Moreno/Miller is hitting me extra hard. Thank you for writing the book

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

(3 in 3 already have)

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

horribly depressing

Ответ для Marisa Kabas

i mean, they did!! this is ultimately what broke my brain in 2016: america is JUST FINE with the patriarchy

Ответ для letithappenalreadymama

Patriarchy is too kind a word.

Ответ для letithappenalreadymama

they voted for dumbass, obviously corrupt Rapey McFuckstick over a highly qualified woman who wasn't an actual sociopath. TWICE. it sure is something.

Ответ для Marisa Kabas

Even more depressing is that the signs and symptoms were evident FOR YEARS, as were the “He’s a great guy” endorsements from fluffers bsky.app/profile/stev...

SteveBev

And this piece from 4 years ago www.politico.com/news/magazin... ‼️ “ according to police records, court records and interviews with more than 60 people (…who grew up with him…those he worked with and for in WH and on campaigns ..) told me Miller can be a cocky bully with a quick-trigger temper” ‼️

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

What kind of survey is that?? They already have supported—and continue to support—politicians accused of, and found guilty of, sexual assault.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

But damn they are against consensual sex, especially if women get enjoyment

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

Of all people, David Brooks put his finger on the sick, beating heart of the matter in the NYT after the 2024 election (though his take is still quite tepid and this headline should have the word “Amoral” in it): the morals of millions in the USA soured long ago:

Ответ для Jim Burlingame
Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

I think sexual assault for them is as common as Sunday brunch after church. They are either the victim or the perpetrator and it's been normalized. Very alarming and dysfunctional.

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

This just shows 1/3 of MAGA is lying to themselves because all of them already did

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

Birds of a feather? Do they fell safer and less filthy surrounded by their own kind, aka normalizing the worst?

Ответ для Rebecca Solnit

what if we didn't have an entire political party based on cruelty

We Ohioans have really gotten shafted by having Sherrod Brown lose an election by gerrymandering, and get last 3 Senators - HD Vance, then Husted, & Moreno - foisted on us.

Same a-hole who hurled the F-bomb at a silent Fauci on the senate floor.

How is he not in police custody?! Oh, wait.

Conservative Family Values = "We have placed a specific value on our family and if we view something else as being more valuable to us, our family can kick rocks."

When you’re afraid of what sexual peccadillos your son in law might reveal and ruin your career - it’s fuck family apparently with the GOP 🙄

When power is more important than your family.

Putting this up against what any normal grandfather would do to someone who broke his granddaughter’s collarbone…

Ответ для Democracy and trains

My aunt’s abusive first husband kidnapped my cousin and tried to hold him for ransom to pay his gambling debts. My grandfather (da mayor) sent guys from the waterfront to persuade him to sign the divorce papers in my aunt’s favor, giving up custody and visitation rights. This was in the 50s

That child betrayed by both her father and grandfather. It’s hard growing up knowing that the men in your family are not safe to be around and can never be trusted.

He probably abuses them too. Women tend to be drawn to men who are like their fathers.

really emphasizing that no, saying that republicans view women and children as property is not metaphor or exaggeration

Republican ‘support women who aren’t killed by an immigrant’ challenge: impossible

Ответ для Texas Krusty

or "women shedding delicate tears over the prospect of having their public bathroom/sports team/existence shared with a trans woman"

Just 2 more shitbag Republicans.

this used to be pistols-at-dawn stuff among the senatorial class, now this guy won't even snub a mere congressman for breaking his granddaughter's collarbone

Ответ для Ken MacLennan

sometimes i think the founders may have leaned a little too heavily on elite amour-propre as a guardrail against tyranny

Ответ для Ken MacLennan

100000000000%

Ответ для Ken MacLennan

ok moreno has apparently been shamed into denouncing his former son-in-law too late for respect, but better than nothing

yeah that part really jumped out at me. usually i don't like the "stay away from my daughter" type of dads, but in this case... bro defend your child

It'd be nice if he could muster 1 tenth of the outrage for his son-in-law that assaulted his daughter and granddaughter that he expresses towards immigrants whose only crime is having jobs while being brown.

Ответ для Dr. Dave Haskell

I just learned he was born in Colombia! The ladder pulling is wild.

It says it all when even learning about these abuse charges, those guys are still doing "pros/cons". Yep, no bottom...

It's all about family values.

He just spoke out on this but it took too long and the damage is done. Too little too late.

every single one of them, dishonest opportunists

Ответ для hi, no thanks

MAGA anti immigrant now. Have family that are like that in USA 🤦🏾‍♂️

The Bernie Moreno who just yesterday was screaming "Who the fuck do you think you are?" at Anthony Fauci?

All bc he's MAGA now so the allegations that he's gay are a much bigger deal. That's pretty slimy, even for a politician

Grand old pedophile party

they don't care about kids at all!

Ответ для Laura Chapin

Sen. Moreno’s father was Bernardo Sr. Assuming they used the same naming convention for Sen. Moreno’s eldest son, he would also be named Bernardo (III) Sen. Moreno married in 1989; in 2008, his son would be a teenager (maybe even a minor) In 2016 Sen. Moreno acknowledged that his son was gay

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

My theory is that his son used Sen. Moreno’s email and information to make an Adult* Friend Finder account, either because he didn’t have his own email or because he was a minor at the time. When you’re a closeted, horny gay teen you’re both desperate and paranoid (especially in 2008)

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

This feels plausible

Ответ для Fey (they/them)

Moreno was once relatively supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. That period of allyship just doesn’t fully match the profile of a closeted gay politician He’s since done a 180° on queer rights. But betraying his own child to maintain political standing in the GOP seems pretty in character for Moreno

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

Agreed! He’s clearly a shit dad

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

Which child? His son or daughter?

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

His support for LgBTQ basically ended when he became a politician. So it’s hardly impossible for him to have lived a closeted life. He’s 59.

Ответ для C What?

It’s 100% possible. But look at the username—‘nardo19672’. Nardo as an alternative nickname for Bernardo, 1967 being Moreno’s birth year. It just feels like someone trying to impersonate Moreno rather than him seeking to create a discreet profile. I guess that’s why he went with the prank storyline

Ответ для Vaudeville Vanillin

I won’t rule it out obviously but people are often not that creative in these things. Maybe he thought Nardo was funny or cute because nards and all that. Also anyone using that scammy site is a moron lol

Republicans will not stand up for girls and women. Even in their own family. Vote Blue.

My understanding is that Miller is blackmailing him. But who even knows anymore. This timeline is so convoluted.

It’s Ohio, where the GOP is proudly antediluvian in their thought, has proudly bought in to all forms of grift, and criminality, and are willing to abase themselves to win dear leader’s favor

Out of congress? Moreover, how did he stay out of jail?

That Stephanie Grisham dated him and also alleged physical abuse way back in 2021 should be more prominent in these stories, I feel.

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

She also said then that she told both Trump and Melania about it and neither of them gave a shit.

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

“Hey, Fatso smacks me all the time. She needs to used to it,” says Melania.

Ответ для bgpelaire

Probably less than he used to re: old

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

Pedocracy? 🤔 I noticed my spellchecker didn't flag it and found out that is means rule by children. I am 𝘯𝘰𝘵 using that colloquial meaning in this case.

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

Why on earth would she think that the Trumps would ever care about the victims of abuse over the perpetrators of it? Like, really, I need to know what indicated these were safe people to disclose to.

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

Why would she think they’d give a shit?

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

There’s also this… www.cbsnews.com/news/max-mil...

Lawyer for GOP Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife files for restraining order as abuse allegations against congressman swirlThe ex-wife of GOP Rep. Max Miller asked a court to issue a restraining order blocking Miller from contacting her lawyer, as the Ohio congressman faces allegations of abuse — which he denies.www.cbsnews.com
Ответ для Rev Kirsty

Shocked that CBS News reported this

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

NYTimes included it. I don't have a gift link... (and they finallly figured out how to gum up archive dot ph and wayback) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock an Ohio House RaceRepresentative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.www.nytimes.com
Ответ для Peter Butler

and it's still going on, fwiw spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...

Rep. Max Miller accused by ex-girlfriend Stephanie Grisham of breaking agreementAn ex-girlfriend of Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, is suing him, claiming remarks he made in an interview with Spectrum News violate an agreement they reached to settle a past defamation lawsuit.spectrumnews1.com
Ответ для Peter Butler

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock an Ohio House Race (Gift Article)Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.www.nytimes.com
Ответ для Celinashope

thanks!

Ответ для Peter Butler

gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock an Ohio House Race (Gift Article)Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.www.nytimes.com
Ответ для Helen Kennedy

It’s always a pattern and it’s never the first victim when it’s the first victim you hear about.

Ответ для The Volatile Mermaid
Ответ для letithappenalreadymama

I saw this yesterday. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/did-...

Did this GOP congressman threaten to out a GOP senator? - LGBTQ NationA messy family matter is starting to spill into public view.www.lgbtqnation.com
Ответ для Helen Kennedy

There’s more women too who have reported him being violent

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

I just now realized that these were two separate incidents with the same dude.

Ответ для Russ

same.

Ответ для Helen Kennedy

It’s mentioned in the Politico article linked above.

Surprised he's not blaming the 2 yr old yet.

Moreno is too busy cursing at Dr. Fauci in bogus senate hearings rather than protect his family. Shows how much he regards his constituents if he does not care about his family. GOP politicians in Ohio are shoring up their defense of the child-beater. They have ruined what once was a decent state.

Example number 4,583 that car dealers are the worst people on earth.

"A girl child ain't safe in a family of men." - Alice Walker, The Color Purple