Tara Reade Biden allegation megathread

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The internet never forgets

https://web.archive.org/web/20190404040911/https://medium.com/@shewrites94/bring-on-the-light-bf4e8c859058

“Bring on the Light”

By Alexandra Tara Reade

“ Change your words into truth and then change that truth into love.” Lyrics from the song “As” by Stevie Wonder

What if I told you that everything you learned about Russia was wrong? What if I told you as an American citizen, we have been fed propaganda to further a certain political American agenda? What if I told you actually we are “the bad guys” ? That we were on the wrong side of history?

Our American empire is falling and failing, not because of some imagined threat from a foreign nation but because of our collective greed. Greed is what runs our economy and greed is what will destroy America.

I am not being paid to write my political opinions nor am I being hired by someone to do it. I am writing about this subject for the same reason I got into politics; I care for my local community and my global community. I believe in service to my fellow citizens is the most important work I will ever do. I love my country but I see the reality of our collective dysfunction and our need to move in a better direction.

When I was in my early twenties and just out of college, I began my journey into politics. I left that political work behind a few years ago. I resigned my position and took myself out of the Washington DC beltway. Why? First, I started as an actor in classical theatre, an artist and writer before Washington DC. This work in the arts has always been my first love and best vocation. Second, I saw the reckless imperialism of America and the pain it caused through out the world. Third, I love Russia with all my heart. I love the people, the history, the culture and even my attempts to learn the language. I could not stand to watch the deception and xenophobia that came from my own American government. It is so sad and destructive to revile another culture or country for no reason but economic gain.

President Putin scares the power elite in America because he is a compassionate, caring, visionary leader. President Putin has higher approval ratings in America then the American President. President Putin is beloved by Russia and he not going anywhere. Instead of being ensnared in the recent political intrigues (and America is trying hard to set that trap). President Putin is keeping a calm focus on his own country’s development and future, without America.

To President Putin, I say keep your eyes to the beautiful future and maybe, just maybe America will come to see Russia as I do, with eyes of love. To all my Russian friends, happy holiday and Happy New Year.

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“When a woman alleges sexual assault, presume she is telling the truth.”
-Joe Biden, 2018

I don’t think we can yet accurately tell if these allegations are true or not. To blindly accept that Biden is a rapist would be foolish, but confidently proclaiming that it’s all fake isn’t the best idea either.

What I’ve seen is that everyone who likes Biden thinks it’s all fake, and everyone who doesn’t like Biden thinks he’s clearly a rapist. Not much unbiased stuff floating around.

What reasons could there be to doubt Comrade Reade?

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Oh, I don't know.

Maybe it's because Blasey Ford isn't a Putin-loving commie and doesn't go online to promote her political agenda.

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A Putin-loving commie accuses Biden of sexual assault

It's no surprising that disgusting Bernie Bros, who are willing to destroying Biden at any cost including handing the election to Trump, are jumping on the false allegation.

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I always thought that the #MeToo movement is tenuous at best and that somebody would come along to make a completely unbelievable allegation that dealt a body blow to the movement.

The worst part of this is that women who have credible allegations are caught in the middle.

Reade did a huge disservice to all of them.

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I can tell you that this has already done serious damage. The whole point was to sew discord among the party over that stupid MeToo movement. Not only is there a faction among the #MeToo crowd that believes her outright lies and no evidence to the contrary will change them, but it’s also allowing the GOP to make us out as hypocrites comparing Blasey Ford to Tara Reade. We’re completely f***ed.

You have to ask yourself this: How many people who was going vote for Biden suddenly changed their minds because of this unfounded allegation?

People who "believe" this allegation despite the obvious holes were unlikely to vote for Biden in the first place and are just using this allegation to justify doing so (not voting for Biden).

This allegation is going to end up being a body slam to the #MeToo movement more than anything else.

The losers in all of the are going to be women who have real allegations.

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as we all know, anyone with student loans cannot be sexually assaulted and is surely lying about it

Honey in America we have this thing called presumption of innocence, remember when AP interviewed 21 people and what? 21 of them said it didn't happen.

There's a high standard of proof for throwing someone in prison. Let's try to set our standards a little higher when discussing who should get to be president.

Anyway, none of that is a defense of the absurd claim that Reade's student loan debt affects her credibility.

Let's try setting our standards a little higher than to believe a compulsive liar who constantly changes story.

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Biden Accuser, Tara Reade, Allegedly Stole from Non-Profit Organization

https://medium.com/@eddiekrassenstein/biden-accuser-tara-reade-allegedly-stole-from-a-non-profit-organization-e276cac68a2b

Interview with the owner of a Watsonville, California-based non-profit horse rescue exposes allegations of theft and deceit on the part of Tara Reade.

“Look, this isn’t about protecting women. This isn’t about the #metoo movement. This isn’t about Joe Biden. This is about truth. Tara Reade stole from me. She lied to me. She stole from my organization. She manipulated me and she duped me. I want that to be shared because it’s important information. And I have documentation, images and emails to prove it.”

— Lynn Hummer, Founder/President of Pregnant Mare Rescue and self-proclaimed ‘feminist’

Since Alexandra Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden have come to light, careful examination of her account unveils more questions than answers.

Three weeks ago, we reported on the many contradictions in Reade’s account, as well as the extreme changes in her attitude toward the former vice president. She has evolved from a woman who repeatedly praised Joe Biden for work he’s done to help end sexual assault in America, in 2017, to someone who now says Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993.

Now we’ve obtained new information concerning Tara Reade’s character, from a non-profit organization based in Watsonville, California, called Pregnant Mare Rescue (PMR). Lynn Hummer, Founder/President of the highly-rated horse sanctuary that’s committed to rescuing pregnant mares and orphan foals from abuse, tells us that Tara Reade (McCabe) volunteered at her rescue for a couple of years (from 2014–2016). During this time, Hummer alleges that Reade “stole from her nonprofit, lied, and created stories to obtain sympathy and money.”

We’ve also obtained receipts and emails that back up many of Hummer’s claims.

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Is it time yet to return this thread to its original name of "False rape allegation"?

...but but but...

...just because she constantly changes her story and defrauded a non-profit doesn't means that Joe Biden didn't raped her

/Bernie Bros' logic

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I'm leaning toward Biden, but I find it absolutely disgusting that the election is between two sexual assaulters. It really speaks to the misogyny of American society that this happens over and over again.

What evidence do you have that Biden is a "sexual assaulter"?

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I'm leaning toward Biden, but I find it absolutely disgusting that the election is between two sexual assaulters. It really speaks to the misogyny of American society that this happens over and over again.

What evidence do you have that Biden is a "sexual assaulter"?

Tara Reade's testimony. Now backed up by a call from 1993. When will people realize that false accusations are extremely uncommon. If this was Trump or Kavanaugh, you would have no problems with this.

A woman said that Biden assaulted her, so it must be true right?

The call didn't mentioned anything about an assault.

For, Kavanaugh, further investigation should have been pursuit before he was confirmed to the supreme court.

For Trump, that is not necessary since he bragged about assaulting women on video.

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The Trump-supporting "leftists" at the Intercept are going to keep desperately cycling through some combination of rapist-dementia-corrupt smears until election day. We can safely ignore these losers; none of this is sticking to Teflon Joe.

What you have to understand is that people like Ryan Grim have been saying for months and even years now that Biden can't win, so now they are now trying to destroy Biden because, if he does win, they lose a lot (if not all) of their credibility.

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Remember when the Biden Bros here were saying that she’s just some salty Bernie supporter trying to tear Biden down? Well she must have been Bernie’s biggest fan ever if she was already accusing Biden of sexual assault in 1993.

What's your source for her "accusing Biden of sexual assault in 1993" ?

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Remember when the Biden Bros here were saying that she’s just some salty Bernie supporter trying to tear Biden down? Well she must have been Bernie’s biggest fan ever if she was already accusing Biden of sexual assault in 1993.

What's your source for her "accusing Biden of sexual assault in 1993" ?

www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/24/tara-reade-biden-video-207670

New evidence surfaces in Tara Reade allegation against Biden

A 1993 video appears to show her mother calling the Larry King Show to discuss a claim against “a prominent senator.”

That's no evidence.

Nothing about sexual assault was mentioned at all.

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WHY did it have to be Biden. SERIOUSLY DEMS you had 30 other candidates two of those 30 where Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang, so, out of all those people WHY did you HAVE to choose Biden. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Why would we not choose Biden?

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Am I living in the twilight zone or something? This call helps to exonerate Biden from the sexual assault claims! Yet somehow, this is being treated as a smoking gun in her favor?

Trump is imploding as we speak, so now we have the Republicans coming out of the woods...

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Reade should've exposed all this in the primaries -- the people who say "I don't like that Biden raped this woman, but he has better policies than the guy who raped the other women" would vote for Biden then and they do now. Meaningless scandal

That's quite an accusation.

What's your evidence that Biden rape women?

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Why won’t she just sue Biden so this can go to discovery and he can be deposed? She’s full of sh*t.

...because she have reasons to believe that a thorough investigation would NOT go in her favor

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The Reade allegations have been the top story on foxnews.com for the past three days. The allegations are nowhere to be found on nytimes.com,  washingtonpost.com, or cnn.com. Of course, it's the top story on theintercept.com. I doubt most Americans are aware of the Larry King tape at this point. If there's a more sustained push by Reade and her allies for media attention, it could become an even bigger story and I'll be interested in seeing how that affects Biden's standing.

Fox News is trying its best to distract its viewers from Trump's current implosion.

Other mainstream sources are doing minimal or no reporting because they find the subject -- a Putin-loving, perpetual liar who stole from a non-profit -- to be a non-credible source.

Reade's story is unlikely to get much traction unless some credible evidences actually show up.

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The Reade allegations have been the top story on foxnews.com for the past three days. The allegations are nowhere to be found on nytimes.com,  washingtonpost.com, or cnn.com. Of course, it's the top story on theintercept.com. I doubt most Americans are aware of the Larry King tape at this point. If there's a more sustained push by Reade and her allies for media attention, it could become an even bigger story and I'll be interested in seeing how that affects Biden's standing.

There are like 5 Fox News stories in my google feed about this. 3 of them are individual articles about Tweets made by Bernie surrogates. It reeks of desperation on Fox's part. Now, I'm not saying this story shouldn't be covered. But it's not some shocking smoking gun that requires all  that much real estate on news websites. This allegation has been covered by all major media outlets already, and barring some actual smoking gun or more accusers, I don't think there's much more to say about it.

Edit: I feel icky writing this so clinically. Women should be believed and their claims investigated. But Reade's claims have been investigated, she's past the Statue of Limitations and I don't think there's enough evidence to ask Biden to step aside. It just is what it is.

There are eight stories in the front page of foxnews.com right now covering the allegation.

Fox is desperate trying to take attention away from Trump's current implosion.

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Liberals don't like sexual assault victims unless they accuse conservatives and are boosted by intellectual reputable sources.

Half of establishment Democrats will believe literally any allegation of any kind against Trump/Pence (remember the months-long obsession with Pence reportedly being "uncomfortable" in a room with only one woman?), but want video footage and fifteen sources to even consider an allegation against Biden. They're just as brainwashed.

Trump boasted on video about how he can sexually assault women without consequence.

It's not even about believing "sexual assault victims unless they accuse conservatives": it's about believe my own eyes and ears.

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Liberals don't like sexual assault victims unless they accuse conservatives and are boosted by intellectual reputable sources.

Half of establishment Democrats will believe literally any allegation of any kind against Trump/Pence (remember the months-long obsession with Pence reportedly being "uncomfortable" in a room with only one woman?), but want video footage and fifteen sources to even consider an allegation against Biden. They're just as brainwashed.

How honestly dense and stupid can you be to think this story has any credibility whatsoever? Obviously that numerical value cannot be adequately demonstrated with current known mathmatics.

It has more evidence than the Ford allegation lmao

What are these evidences?

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There are eight stories in the front page of foxnews.com right now covering the allegation.

Trump is imploding and the right-wing is getting desperate.

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Liberals don't like sexual assault victims unless they accuse conservatives and are boosted by intellectual reputable sources.

Half of establishment Democrats will believe literally any allegation of any kind against Trump/Pence (remember the months-long obsession with Pence reportedly being "uncomfortable" in a room with only one woman?), but want video footage and fifteen sources to even consider an allegation against Biden. They're just as brainwashed.

How honestly dense and stupid can you be to think this story has any credibility whatsoever? Obviously that numerical value cannot be adequately demonstrated with current known mathmatics.

It has more evidence than the Ford allegation lmao

Fox News hyperpatisanship and sad Berniebots don't count as evidence.

Sorry but Kavanaugh being a conservative isn’t evidence

Ford's allegation isn't the only one against Kavanaugh.

Ramirez alleging that Kavanaugh that stuck his dick in her face actually has more meat to it because multiple people have heard of it at the time.

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I don't know, I'm getting a little nervous about this. The right may prioritize this over Hunter Biden as their email scandal equivalent for Biden. The hypocrisy of Trump being accused by over a dozen women with more evidence backing up those claims won't matter to them. It won't even matter if this claim gets debunked entirely or made out of bad faith. If they succeed at making this the elephant-in-the-room for Biden during this election it could put the campaign between a rock and a hard place. I hope they have a way to address this that could bludgeon whatever negative effect it could have for them. They have to deny it while simultaneously coming off as sensitive. But it may not even matter, I don't see Biden as having the ability to brave this like Clinton and Trump did with their accusations during an election. I don't think it's going to go away, and there is the potential for it to get more damaging, especially when the focus of the country turns from the pandemic. That'll be the time for the right wing character assassination machine to really take advantage of the perceptions of Biden's already overly affectionate visage, and invite Reade to cry on Fox News shows or invite her to the debates to intimidate Biden. If it can weaken support for Biden even slightly, as the right intends to do like they did with Hillary Clinton, it will have succeeded. There's also the added bonus of making Democrats potentially look like hypocrites (even as they are the ones more blatantly contradicting themselves) and in doing so cause major allies and backers to avoid Biden and his campaign.

Please reassure me and tell me that I am just having one of my Chicken Little moments here.

This is a lose-lose situation.

The problem with a decades old allegation is that it is hard to prove, but even harder to disprove.

If the Biden camp could prove that Rande lies, cheats, and steals, someone could say, "....but that doesn't mean Biden didn't rape her!"

Worse, the Biden camp could be accused of victim blaming and Reade loves nothing more than to play victim.