good bit from the Guardian review of Giuffre's memoir; I have heard several people from the NGO world express the confusion and embarrassment they felt at billionaires showing up with very young women at events.

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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Fwiw we see a similar trend across all communities, not just sports. Real people, real conversations.

you know how they like to talk about "coaching trees"?

the idea being that a great coach has proteges who go on to great success and thus bring honor to the patriarch of whose good judgment it stands as evidence.

Bernie Sanders's coaching tree is like something out of Blood Meridian or Evil Dead

One thing to take away from this and Fetterman is that Bernie Sanders and the people in his immediate orbit, as well as a lot of podcasters, have no idea what a working-class person looks like, nor do they have a very good grasp on what should be disqualifying.