Congressman on tape tells woman he would report her to Capitol Police because she could expose his secret sex life
Did you know that Rep.
Joe Barton, R- Texas, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually
explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to the
Capitol Police if she exposed his behavior, according to a recording
reviewed by The Washington Post?
Did you know that Rep.
Joe Barton (R-Tex. announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 in the wake of public revelations of his
sexual communications with women?
Did you know that Barton of the 6th District of Texas Rep for over three decades?
Did you know that Barton
was first elected to Congress in 1984 and he was the longest-serving member
in the Texas delegation and currently serves as the vice chairman of
the House Energy and Commerce Committee?
Did you know that a nude photo of the congressman was
published on Twitter and the photo was taken while he was separated from
his second wife and had consensual sexual relationships with other
women?
Did you know that Barton and his wife are now divorced?
After the photo was published, he apologized to his constituents, saying he "did not use better judgment in those days."
Did you know that Barton suggestive private conversations he had with women have since been published.
Prior to the publication of the photo and those conversations, Barton had announced his plans to seek an 18th term in Congress.
Did you know that Actor Corey Feldman said he went to law enforcement in 1993 and
gave them the names of sexual predators, but the Santa Barbara County
Sheriff’s Office said that wasn’t true?
Did you know that now the California sheriff’s
office is saying differently?
Did you know that Feldman,
46, has long insisted there are people in Hollywood who are guilty of
abusing child actors?
Did you know that Feldman alleged that actor Jon Grissom and former
child talent manager and convicted sex offender Martin Weiss both
molested him when he was younger?
Did you know that Feldman said he went to the police in
1993 and nothing happened. Fearful of retaliation, he never went back to
the authorities?
Did you know that now, the authorities say they have found the tapes from Feldman’s 1993 visit to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office?
In
a statement first released Tuesday night, Santa Barbara County
Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kelly Hoover wrote:
Due to the fact that this case involves the alleged sexual abuse of a
child, we are unable to comment further and any documentation or
evidence related to this case is exempt from release.
Did you know that the discovery of the tapes comes in the midst of an explosion of sexual predator claims?
Did you know that ever since film executive Harvey Weinstein
was accused of widespread sexual misconduct, the dominos have fallen in
quick succession with figures in business, media, Hollywood and
politics being called out by victims?
Did you know that Terry Crews continues to fight back against the talent agent who allegedly groped him at a Hollywood party in 2016?
Did you know that The “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor filed a lawsuit Monday against Adam Venit and the agent’s company, William Morris Endeavor, for assault, battery and gender violence?
Did you know that The complaint asserted that Venit had not been properly held accountable for the
Did you know that Crews submitted a police report on
the incident in early November after joining the many women and men who
have gone public with allegations of being sexually victimized by
powerful figures in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal?
Did you know that in late
November, Crews complained that Venit’s one-month unpaid suspension and
demotion were not sufficient?
Did you know that according
to the suit, Crews discussed the alleged assault the following morning
with his agent at the time, Brad Slater, who also worked for WME, and
was assured the company would handle the matter?
Did you know that Crews dropped WME as his agency last month when Venit, never called him to apologize?
Did you know that Crews says the alleged groping psychologically damaged him and that
WME has retaliated against him by preventing the actor from landing
certain roles?
Did you know that Sen Franken The Minnesota senator called the latest anonymous accusation
"categorically not true" but says he'll make an announcement on
Thursday?
Did you know that Alex Brandon, Associated PressPolitico reported that a former Democratic aide says Sen. Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006?
Did you know that a large
group of Democratic U.S. senators called Wednesday for Sen. Al Franken
to resign, throwing the Minnesota senator’s political future into
jeopardy over a growing list of sexual harassment allegations against
him?
Amy Klobuchar,
Franken’s
fellow Democrat in the Senate, Amy Klobuchar, stopping short of adding
her voice to the
resignation chorus, said in a tweet: “This morning I
spoke with Senator Franken and ... I am confident he will make the right
decision.”
Did you know that the
initial wave for Franken’s resignation was comprised of all
women from the chamber’s 16 Democratic female senators in a series of
social media posts that appeared nearly simultaneously on Wednesday
morning?
Did you know that numerous male colleagues from the Senate’s Democratic
caucus, as well as Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine. Democratic National Committee
Chairman Tom Perez also urged Franken to step down?
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Did you know that ” Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota explained in a tweet
that “for decades as a country, we have been far too tolerant and
dismissive of past allegations.”
Early
Wednesday afternoon, according to the Boston Globe, an aide to
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she told Franken that he should
resign?
Did you know that if Franken
does resign, it would fall to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton to appoint a
temporary replacement?
Did you know that Franken seat would be on the ballot in next
November’s election — joining an open governor’s race and Klobuchar’s
re-election bid, which would make for the highest-stakes Minnesota
election in a generation?
Did you know that the latest
accusation against Franken came from a former Democratic congressional
aide who told a national politics news website that he tried to force a
kiss on her after a recording of his radio show in 2006, three years
before he took office?
Did you know that the
Democratic senator is among a growing list of politicians, entertainers
and news media figures facing a wide range of allegations involving
sexual misdeeds?
Did you know that Numerous
women have leveled accusations against Franken — some anonymously?
Leann Tweeden
Did you know that the
first was Los Angeles radio host Leann Tweeden, who said Franken forced a kiss on her during a USO tour several years ago before he joined the
Senate/
Did you know that Stephanie Kemplin said that Franken had cupped her breast when she stood next to him for a photo in December 2003 during her military deployment in Kuwait?
Stephanie Kemplin and Al Franken
told CNN that
Lindsay Menz
Did you know that Kemplin said that Franken grabbed her buttocks at the Minnesota State Fair while posing for photos during events in 2007, 2008 and 2010?
Did you know that Lindsay Menz said that Franken had made her feel uncomfortable with him trying to touch her?
Did you know that as the
accusations against Franken have accumulated, the number of women on a
list publicly supporting him has grown as well, at this point more than 100 women
are former staffers in his Senate office, former colleagues from
“Saturday Night Live,” elected officials, nonprofit board members,
community leaders and members of the DFL Party?
Did you know that the original name of the Whole Foods was “SaferWay” — because, you
know, that was originally how Whole Foods founders wanted to one-up
Safeway with their awesomeness?
Did you know that Whole Foods last year, sales were $15.4 billion?
Did you know that Whole Foods offers more than 2600 natural and organic products, as well
as its 365 Everyday Value products?
Did you know that if a brand manages to get eye-level
rack space in Whole Foods, the brand has officially made it, Why?
Because shoppers are willing to shell out more than $5 per bottle of
kombucha and would rather save up from local, organic produce from Whole
Foods than a fancy meal at a restaurant?
Did you know that John Mackey, the CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods, has been making $1 per year since
2007? Did you know that Mackey doesn’t take home a bonus, nor does he have any stock options, he said
“I have reached a point in my life where I no longer want to work for
money,” Mackey told employees in a letter in 2007?
Did you know that Whole Foods has been ranked as one of the 100 best places to work by Fortune for
the last 18 consecutive years?
Did you know that Whole Food has also been credited as the top job
creator, having increased the number of employees by 784% since the Fortune list began?
Did you know that Whole Food has more than 85,000 team members and Whole
Foods is the titan of the high-end grocery store industry?
Did you know that several times a year, our stores hold community giving days (known as “5% Days”) where five percent of that day’s net sales are donated to a local nonprofit or educational organization?
Did you know that Whole Foods started with 19 Team Members in 1980, and several of them are still with us?
Our Local Producer Loan Program (LPLP) provides up to $10 million in low-interest loans to support small local farmers and producers.
With "the crack heard round the world,"
Whole Foods Market was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records
for "the most wheels of parmigiano reggiano ever cracked at the same
time."
Did you know that the Whole Foods in Glastonbury, CT store was the first supermarket to generate power from an on-site fuel cell?
Did you know Whole Foods Market was once under seven feet of water?
The 11,000 sq ft building that housed it in the early 1980s (now a used
music store) was hit by the Memorial Day flood in 1981. What we
learned: oranges float. Wine bottles don’t?
Did you know that Team Members. Lee
Tobin. a baker from our
Chapel Hill store began experimenting with gluten-free baking and by
October 2004, he was proud to fire up the gluten-free ovens in a new,
completely separate, dedicated facility: the Whole Foods Market Gluten Free Bakehouse?
Did you know that in 2006, Whole Foods purchased enough renewable energy credits from wind
farms to offset 100% of the electricity used in all stores and
facilities in the U.S. and Canada?
Did you know that it was the largest wind energy credit purchase in the history of North America?
Our Team Members are very generous folks. They have donated over $500,000 to the Whole Planet Foundation, funding 2,700 microloans and helping over 13,000 people work to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.
Did you know that Whole Foods commissary kitchen in Massachusetts gets 100% of its electricity from recycled cooking oil?
Did you know that CEO John Mackey “a man who has done more to improve the quality,
sustainability, healthfulness, and purity of the food Americans
eat—from farm field and barnyard to kitchen table—than anyone else in
the past 25 years?
Every month our Westport, CT
store names Team Members “King and Queen of Customer Service.” The King
and Queen get to do a “shop til you drop” for 2 minutes in our grocery
aisles, collecting as many 365 Everyday Value products as they possibly
can. Normally Team Members go home with 2 to 3 carts full of groceries,
and get to have the rest of the Team Members cheer them on and yell what
they should be picking up.
Did you know that Whole Foods offers double discounts on its produce once Friday
afternoon rolls around, so weekends are by far the best time to score a
deal?
Did you know that Whole Foods hires cheese lovers who have received credentials from the American Cheese Society?
Did you know that only 406 people have passed its certification exam, so we’re talking
serious prestige in the cheese world?
Did you know that at Whole Foods, all salaries are available for any employee to discover,
Mackey believes that having a transparent salary empowers employees and
motivates them to do more?
Did you know that Whole Foods Market is now the largest supermarket retailer of natural and organic
food products in the world?
Did you know that if you had the power of teleportation, you could visit a different
Whole Foods Market store every single day of the year — and into the
next year. There are 385 Whole Foods locations around America, Canada
and the U.K?
John Mackey and Rene Lawson,
Did you know that Whole Foods founders, John Mackey and Rene Lawson, lived at the
flagship store
in Austin for a while after opening it, because they got
kicked out of their apartment for storing food products in it. They
bathed using the dishwasher shower hose?
Did you know that Whole Food ’ commitment to natural food products is evident by its enduring
commitment to research unhealthy additives and add them to its
ever-growing list of unacceptable ingredients.
Hydrogenated fats, artificial colors, preservatives, and sweeteners are
strictly prohibited from being in every product sold at the grocery
chain?
Did you know that New Orleans was home to the first Whole Foods store outside of Texas and sixth overall, opening in 1988?
Did you know that the Whole Food company isn’t just concerned about organic foods; Whole Foods
opened its own gluten-free bake house in Raleigh, N.C. in 2004?
Austin flagship Whole Foods
Did you know that the Austin flagship Whole Foods is unsurprisingly the largest of
all the locations at 80,000 square feet. It has a 25,000-square-foot
roof garden, a plaza with 200 shaded seats, space for entertainers, a
playscape, a flowing stream and native landscaping — oh and an ice
skating rink o?
Did you know that Detroit Mayor Dave Bling called the Whole Food store’s opening in the troubled city a “game changer?”
Did you know that The Edgewater, Ill. location outside of Chicago opening later this month was
built to accommodate two or three “hangouts,” which could include a tap
room or wine bar so people would “linger longer” in the store?
Did you know that animal products have to meet a strict set of regulations to make
it onto Whole Foods Market shelves, including: no antibiotics, no
hormones, no animal by-product ingredients, animals traceability to
farms, pasture-based farming (animals can have only very limited time in
barns), no castration or tail docking allowed, natural weaning, and
animals must be in a four-hour proximity to the slaughter facilities?
Did you know that you can even buy vegan cane sugar at Whole Foods ?
Did you know that Johnny Hallyday, France's rock 'n' roll icon has died, he was 74?
Did you know that Hallyday had announced that he was being treated for cancer last March?
Did you know that Johnny Hallyday
is survived by his wife Laeticia and their two daughters, Jade and Joy;
his son David from his marriage with famed singer and actress Sylvie
Vartan and a daughter from his relationship with actress Nathalie Baye?
Did you know tht Johnny Hallyday became interested in singing as a teenager after
watching Elvis in a movie?
Did you know that Hallyday captivated French young people in the 1960s, introducing them to motorcyles, fast cars and dance moves like the twist?
Did you know that Hallyday career spanned
for more than half a century, filling up stadiums and
selling millions
of records?
Did you know that as the years passed,
Hallyday branched out from his rock 'n' roll origins, catching new
trends as they came along. He tried practically every musical genre,
from R&B and pop to country and acid rock?
Did you know that Hallyday health had been declining for years and in 2009, he underwent surgery for
colon cancer and months later for a herniated disc?
Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!