Of course Biden’s integrity is dubious, but that doesn’t change the fact that hers is as well. When two people you have good reason to mistrust disagree on an allegation ... you have to go to other available facts.

That’s a strawman, though, because the Politico article does not make the claim that because she had financial difficulty she must be lying about being sexual assaulted. It is about the fact that she seems to have a pattern of lying for personal gain, including lying about her position while working for Joe Biden.…

What did he lie about his first wife?

You don’t have to believe all women. You have to not attack their character or drag them through hell because they make an accusation. The response from the media and general public in this case is EXACTLY the reason most women don’t report. I know I would probably not report an assault by an acquaintance, most…

Not to mention that there are multiple confirmed cases of Trump paying people to level false accusations of sexual assault against his enemies.

I’m going to get a lot of hate for saying this but I think the reason a lot of people are bending over backwards to believe Ms. Reade is because the right has effectively weaponize “Believe women” to paint progressives as hypocrites and I think most people could have seen that coming a mile away. Unfortunately, issues…

Maybe.

This is exactly right. You don’t need to be perfect to credibly allege that you were the victim of a crime, but it is also completely appropriate to be more skeptical of the allegations of someone with a long history of lying and exaggerating to get things from other people. This article is so disingenuous, and I…

I don’t know. We seem to be bending over backwards to find reasons why we should believe Tara Reade. Mostly centered on “believe women,” a concept I support. And I know that there’s a lot about how “real victims” behave and how damaging that is—so we shouldn’t factor in her character, which is that she’s a lifelong…

The Politico article could have been written about my sister. She did exactly the kinds of things attributed to Tara Reade. She was always in financial trouble, always asking for help, and more than willing to walk away and leave others holding the bag. She made up detailed stories about her life — like how she had to…

I honestly cannot figure out why Jezebel keeps defending this lady. The best investigative journalists have followed up and can’t confirm her story. The Obama campaign vetted Biden thoroughly before making him the VP. They wouldn’t miss this if it was real. Everything about her allegations feel wrong about what people…

I’m not sure this article really tracks with what Politico was doing. To go public with a sexual assault case against a powerful individual requires one of two things: evidence, or a leap of faith on behalf of the public.

I keep on thinking about her mental health and the fact that she attempted suicide before. Maybe she wanted to go back to Australia because of the pandemic to be closer to her family and friends there.

Rove, Trump, and FOX News will continue to take fake offense at anything Obama, Biden, or other Democrats say or do. The only way to shut them up is to get Biden elected and for the Democrats to win back the Senate (and hold onto the House.) It’s going to be a tough fight given the Republican’s electoral college map…

This fucking guy.

“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama said. “A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”

Karl Rove should be tried at the Hague.

Hillary Clinton got 2 million more votes in 2016 than Donald Trump, and people didn’t even like her. A black man cruised into office in 2008 and cruised to re-election in 2012, and I don’t think there’s any basis to think a woman winning the presidency is impossible when a black guy winning the presidency (against a…

Biden VP is probably the only way we are going to get a woman to the White House. It could help break the mental block the country has with electing a woman president. It sucks that she and any woman Biden picks will be asked to go on clean up duty. But the most qualified woman ran, yet lost in 2016 and at least 3…

I was wondering what Jezebel’s take on Stacey Abrams’s comments was going to be. All things considered I think this take is good. She realizes that her current plan of action is probably the fastest way to get her into the White House. Of all the bad options available to her, this is the one she is choosing.