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Putin will probably drop Trump like a hot brick now and use all his influence to get DeSantis into the White House instead.
2024 US Presidential Election
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Putin will probably drop Trump like a hot brick now and use all his influence to get DeSantis into the White House instead.
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Oh my! 
www.theguardian.com
Less than two weeks into her second campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the self-help author Marianne Williamson was hit by claims her public message of love and compassion is undermined by behind-the-scenes behavior including “foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage”.
Speaking to Politico, 12 former staffers painted a picture of unpredictable anger, tending toward verbal and emotional abuse, beneath the bestseller’s promotion of spiritual calm.
“It would be foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage,” said one former staffer who spoke on condition of anonymity. “It was traumatic. And the experience, in the end, was terrifying.”
Speaking to Politico, however, three former staffers said Williamson, 70, was apt to throw her phone at them amid outbursts so intense that on four occasions hotel staff knocked on her door to check if all was OK.
In one incident, four former staffers said, Williamson became so enraged about a poorly planned swing through South Carolina she repeatedly punched a car door. After her hand started to swell, she was taken to hospital.
All 12 staffers said Williamson would yell until people were brought to tears.
Williamson called the descriptions “slanderous” and “categorically untrue”. She denied ever throwing a phone at staffers but acknowledged the car door incident, saying a “car door is not a person”.
“Former staffers trying to score points with the political establishment by smearing me might be good for their careers but the intention is to deflect attention from the important issues facing the American people,” Williamson said.
Williamson also said she expects “concerted efforts to dismiss and denigrate … but the amplification of outright lies should not occur”.
Staffers acknowledged that the accusations could been seen to be misogynistic, of a sort of criticism that unfairly targets women. But, they said, Williamson’s behavior went beyond any that could be viewed through such a lens.
During her 2020 candidacy, Politico reported, Williamson burned through two campaign managers and multiple state directors, field organizers and volunteers.
“She would get caught in these vicious emotional loops,” said one former staffer. “This was day after day after day. It wasn’t that she was having a bad day or moment. It was just boom, boom, boom – and often for no legitimate reason.”
The staffers said they were required to sign non-disclosure agreements. The message, one said, was: ‘Don’t fuck with me because I will make your life a living hell.’”
Demands to sign NDAs extended to taxi drivers and other service sector workers, staffers said. Williamson denied that.
Some people said they joined the campaign simply because they needed a job and Williamson was offering them one. Others said they thought that there was room in the race for a dark horse candidate to push people, including Biden, on topics such as reparations. And some said that Williamson’s books on compassion and forgiveness had helped them through their own struggles of divorce, addiction and loss of family members.
Instead, they walked away feeling emotionally tormented.
“It’s cliche, but all I can say is: don’t meet your heroes,” said a fifth former staffer.
Candidate Marianne Williamson hit by claims of ‘foaming, spitting rage’
Ex-staffers of self-help author seeking Democratic nomination report ‘uncontrollable’ fury at odds with message of love
Less than two weeks into her second campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the self-help author Marianne Williamson was hit by claims her public message of love and compassion is undermined by behind-the-scenes behavior including “foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage”.
Speaking to Politico, 12 former staffers painted a picture of unpredictable anger, tending toward verbal and emotional abuse, beneath the bestseller’s promotion of spiritual calm.
“It would be foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage,” said one former staffer who spoke on condition of anonymity. “It was traumatic. And the experience, in the end, was terrifying.”
Speaking to Politico, however, three former staffers said Williamson, 70, was apt to throw her phone at them amid outbursts so intense that on four occasions hotel staff knocked on her door to check if all was OK.
In one incident, four former staffers said, Williamson became so enraged about a poorly planned swing through South Carolina she repeatedly punched a car door. After her hand started to swell, she was taken to hospital.
All 12 staffers said Williamson would yell until people were brought to tears.
Williamson called the descriptions “slanderous” and “categorically untrue”. She denied ever throwing a phone at staffers but acknowledged the car door incident, saying a “car door is not a person”.
“Former staffers trying to score points with the political establishment by smearing me might be good for their careers but the intention is to deflect attention from the important issues facing the American people,” Williamson said.
Williamson also said she expects “concerted efforts to dismiss and denigrate … but the amplification of outright lies should not occur”.
Staffers acknowledged that the accusations could been seen to be misogynistic, of a sort of criticism that unfairly targets women. But, they said, Williamson’s behavior went beyond any that could be viewed through such a lens.
During her 2020 candidacy, Politico reported, Williamson burned through two campaign managers and multiple state directors, field organizers and volunteers.
“She would get caught in these vicious emotional loops,” said one former staffer. “This was day after day after day. It wasn’t that she was having a bad day or moment. It was just boom, boom, boom – and often for no legitimate reason.”
The staffers said they were required to sign non-disclosure agreements. The message, one said, was: ‘Don’t fuck with me because I will make your life a living hell.’”
Demands to sign NDAs extended to taxi drivers and other service sector workers, staffers said. Williamson denied that.
Some people said they joined the campaign simply because they needed a job and Williamson was offering them one. Others said they thought that there was room in the race for a dark horse candidate to push people, including Biden, on topics such as reparations. And some said that Williamson’s books on compassion and forgiveness had helped them through their own struggles of divorce, addiction and loss of family members.
Instead, they walked away feeling emotionally tormented.
“It’s cliche, but all I can say is: don’t meet your heroes,” said a fifth former staffer.
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what an iconic moment
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I'm not American (and if I was I couldn't bring myself to vote for either party since I disagree with them both on fairly major things) but it is fascinating to watch just as an observer.
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Things are escalating.
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Yeah good luck with that
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Repealing the third amendment to the Constitution? President Afroman will quarter troops in your house and there will be nothing you can do about it.
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Correct!
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The one time a Kennedy ACTIVELY FLIRTS with death and he has to actually live?
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I think I read somewhere that the whole DYNASTY is trying to distance themselves from him.The one time a Kennedy ACTIVELY FLIRTS with death and he has to actually live?
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Biden RUNNING
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What a deeply uninspiring announcement video.
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Good for him!He's gonna be 82
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Less depressing than a Trump win!Depressing
I actually don't think its depressing. I mean the general state of American politics is obviously fucking tragic, but I think Biden has done as well as anyone would with the circumstances and Congress and political landscape he has
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the standards have truly slipped
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Responding to the overwhelming popular demand by the voices in his head.
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DeSantis poised to enter 2024 race, ending months of anticipation
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is coming up on the zero hour for his long-anticipated 2024 campaign launch. After months of travel, preparations and posturing, the governor is set to file paperwork …
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Always hoping that Trump has had a debilitating heart attack whenever any related topic is bumped.