Rep. Tom Reed won’t seek re-election after sex harass claims

Rep. Tom Reed, a GOP congressman from upstate New York, said Sunday that he won’t be running for reelection — or for governor next year — following allegations he molested a female lobbyist four years ago.

Reed also apologized to Nicolette Davis, who told the Washington Post last week that the congressman targeted her with unwanted sexual advances at a Minneapolis bar in 2017.

“Simply put, my behavior caused her pain, showed her disrespect and was unprofessional. I was wrong, I am sorry, and I take full responsibility,” Reed said in a statement.

The lawmaker — who had claimed on Friday that Davis’ account was inaccurate — said Sunday that the incident occurred when he was struggling with an alcohol addiction, for which he later received treatment.

“In addition to apologizing to those I have impacted, including Ms. Davis, I will be seeking to help those wrestling with addiction in any way I can,” Reed said.

“As I go forward, I will strive to be a better human being, continue to fight for what I believe in, and to make people’s lives better in any way I can. I hope this formal apology is just the start.”

Reed, 49, is married to his college sweetheart, Jean, with whom he has two children. A former mayor of his hometown of Corning, he has served in Congress since 2011.

He recently indicated that he was considering challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2022, saying the scandal-scarred three-term Democrat “needs to be taken down.”

Instead, Reed said he will be retiring from public service when his term ends in January 2023.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/21/rep-tom-reed-wont-seek-re-election-after-sex-harass-claims/

Pope Francis Slams Mafia for Exploiting Pandemic to Get Rich

ROME — Pope Francis called out the Mafia Sunday for enriching themselves through corruption during the coronavirus pandemic.

Today in Italy “we celebrate the Day of remembrance and commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafia,” the pope said following his weekly Angelus prayer. “The Mafia are present in various parts of the world and, exploiting the pandemic; they are enriching themselves through corruption.”

“Saint John Paul II denounced their ‘culture of death,’ and Benedict XVI condemned them as ‘ways of death,” the pontiff added.

“These structures of sin, Mafia structures, contrary to Christ’s Gospel, exchange faith with idolatry,” he said. “Today let us remember all the victims and let us renew our commitment against the Mafia.”

As his predecessors did before him, Francis has condemned the mafia in the severest of terms, saying in 2014 that their members engage in the “the adoration of evil” and are therefore “excommunicated.”

“Those who follow this evil path in life, such as members of the Mafia, are not in communion with God; they are excommunicated!” the pope said during a trip to Cassano allo Ionio in Italy’s southern Calabria region.

“This evil must be fought; it must be cast out! One must say ‘no’ to it!” he said, calling the local crime organization, the ‘Ndrangheta, a manifestation of the “adoration of evil and contempt for the common good” and said the Church would fight to combat organized crime.

“Our kids demand it, our youth, in need of hope, demand it. Faith can help empower us to respond to these needs,” he said.

The following year, the pope compared abortionists to members of the Mafia, insisting they follow the code of the Mafia, who “take out” a person when he gets in their way.

“No problem is solved by taking out a person. Never, ever. That is the code of the Mafia: ‘There’s a problem, let’s take this guy out.’ Never,” Francis said.

“The degree of progress of a civilization is measured by its ability to protect life, especially in its most fragile stages,” he said.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2021/03/21/pope-francis-slams-mafia-exploiting-pandemic-get-rich/

The World Health Organization’s ‘Independent Investigator’ Keeps Hyping Chinese Communist Propaganda Outlets.

Peter Daszak, an American investigator on the World Health Organization’s recent mission to China, has repeatedly hyped Chinese state-run media outlets on Twitter.

The promotion of outlets that function as part of the Chinese government’s self-avowed “propaganda” campaign further calls into question Daszak’s impartiality as a World Health Organization (WHO) investigator.

The outlet Daszak most heavily shares and praises is China Global Television Network (CGTN) – described by the Freedom House think tank as “a long-standing weapon in Beijing’s arsenal of repression” whose “mission is to attack designated enemies of the Communist Party.”

Daszak has praised CGTN hosts as “sharp,” interviews as “fantastic” and “honest,” and programming as “great“:

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/the-world-health-organizations-independent-investigator-keeps-hyping-chinese-communist-propaganda-outlets/

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Young Democrats, Antifa, BLM and Socialists March in Lansing against “F**king Police” — Stop and Harass Homeowner with Trump Flag in Window

Young Democrats, Socialists, Black Lives Matter and Antifa terrorists marched in Lansing, Michigan against the f**king police.

Via Brandan Gutenschwager

The crowd of hundreds marched through residential neighborhoods in Michigan’s capital city.

The leftist mob stopped by a home with a Trump flag and “Back the Blue” flag to harass and threaten its owner.

The mob went up on the yard and screamed at the homeowner in the window.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/young-democrats-antifa-blm-socialists-march-lansing-fking-police-stop-harass-homeowner-trump-flag-window/

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