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Joe Biden on Friday stumbled through his first in-depth interview since declaring his presidential candidacy — refusing to apologize for his creepy interactions with women and to Anita Hill for her treatment during Justice Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings. Pressed by the all-women hosts of ABC’s “The View” about his history of touchy-feely behavior, the former vice president and Delaware senator bobbed and weaved like the veteran political pro he is. “I have to be, and everybody has to be, much more aware of the private space of men and women,” the early Democratic front-runner said. “I am much more cognizant...

From the claim that the U.S. “kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon” to an assertion that the Taliban “is not our enemy,” former Vice President Joe Biden may find himself defending some of his past foreign policy stances as the 2020 presidential contest gets underway. […] During a 2011 visit to China as vice president, Biden referred to the communist government’s population limitation regime but with no mention of its coercive nature. Rather he expressed an understanding for the policy, saying he was not “second-guessing” the Chinese over the issue. “Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m...

If fundraising is any indicator, Biden is the man to beat. At least as of today, at least until he opens his mouth again. According to Biden’s campaign, they raised $6.3 million in the first 24 hours, ousting both Sanders and Beto who had impressive opening days, raising $5.9 million and $6.1 million, respectively. More from Politico: Biden’s campaign launch sent the Democratic digital fundraising world in general into overdrive: About $7.6 million flowed through ActBlue, the party’s preferred online donation processor, on Thursday, according to the site. The daily average in the first three months of the year was...

After months of deliberation, former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his decision to run for president for a third time, answering one of the biggest outstanding questions about the makeup of the 2020 race. The announcement came in a campaign video released Thursday morning.

WASHINGTON — When he officially gets into the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, Joe Biden will have this math working against him. Since World War II, only two of the six full-term vice presidents who have tried have gone on to win the presidency — fulfilling either a party’s third term or its restoration to power. And both victories were on the Republican side.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE Biden enjoys swimming without a bathing suit, a new book claims......... “Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a habit of swimming in his pool nude,” Kessler writes in the book – due for release Aug. 5. “Female Secret Service agents find that offensive,” he writes. “Biden likes to be revered as everyday Joe," an unnamed agent told Kessler. "But the reality is no agents want to go on his detail because Biden makes agents’ lives so tough.” In addition to the alleged skinny-dipping, agents are reportedly...

A Red Lion woman faces criminal charges after state police said she exposed her breasts to a trooper during a Thursday afternoon arrest. State police in York said they were called to the 400 block of South Charles Street in Red Lion Borough about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, when they found 25-year-old Brianna L. Wilson. According to police, a warrant had previously been issued for Wilson’s arrest. A trooper attempted to take her into custody, when Wilson flashed him, police said. “The accused became irate and exposed her bare breasts to the trooper in a taunting/inappropriate manner,” police said. Charges have...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: "Obama Flaunts Erection to Female Reporters." That happened on his campaign plane. You haven't heard about this? Yeah, back 2008, I think during the campaign. Obama stood up, bunch of female reporters on his campaign plane, with an erection. They got all excited. They all huddled around to see it. I'm dead serious. I've got the story. Hell, who knows what's true anymore. resident Obama SHOWING OFF His ERECTION On Plane To Giggling FEMALE Reporters(VIDEO)!!!! But I've got the story. Nobody's out there denying it that, yeah, Obama was giving the female reporters and the flight attendants...

Vice President Joe Biden enjoys swimming without a bathing suit, a new book claims.Biden, who’s flirting with a run for president in 2016, gives Secret Service agents an eyeful both at his Delaware home and at the vice president’s official residence in Washington, D.C., according to “The First Family Detail” by Ronald Kessler.The book relies on named and unnamed sources to describe life guarding prominent politicians including Biden, former President Ronald Reagan, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama. “Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a...

HACKENSACK -- The attorney representing a woman who videotaped an NJ Transit bus driver masturbating while behind the wheel of a bus carrying passengers has released the video with the hope it will spare others from having to witness such an act.

Mo photos of Weiner. This time in the Congressional Gym. http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/12/anthony-weiner-representative-congress-house-of-representatives-gym-locker-room-photos-pictures/

People get understandably fatigued by America’s “confessional culture,” but insofar as this encourages abused kids to speak up and aim high, it’s all to the good. It sounds like the molestation took place over a relatively short period of time but the duration of the beatings is less clear. Probably not “relatively short,” though: Brown told also Stahl that he endured brutal physical abuse by more than one stepfather and even considered purchasing a Wakefield home where he’d been battered, “just so I could burn it down.” “I actually called the realtor and went in and took the tour and...

One of Sen. John Kerry’s daughters was arrested early this morning for driving under the influence, Los Angeles police confirmed. Alexandra Forbes Kerry was pulled over in Hollywood for a traffic violation and was arrested for DUI at 12:40 a.m., Officer Sara Faden said. Kerry posted $5,000 bail at 5:20 a.m. Faden would not confirm Kerry’s blood alcohol level or what substance the senator’s daughter was under the influence of. Developing...

Let me tell you a fairy tale. Once upon a time, a gorgeous blond California girl -- let's call her "Carrie" -- wanted to be a beauty queen. Asked about gay marriage, "Carrie" blurted out her truth: "I believe all Americans should enjoy equal rights to get married whether it is same-sex or opposite marriage. That's the way I was raised, and that's the way I think marriage should be." Afterward, a judge proclaimed her answer so offensive he voted against her and wanted to rip off her tiara. Instead of rebuking the judge, pageant officials said that "Carrie" needs...

Ojai, California has an environmental activist that might be too liberal for even this liberal-leaning city of 8,000. Ojai is the home of Jennifer Moss, “The Pastie Lady”. Clad only in a G-string and flower shaped pasties, Moss pedals her bicycle around Ojai in her attention-grabbing get-up and campaigns for what she considers good causes. Jennifer might be labeled an “environmental exhibitionist”. In the year that “social artist” Moss has been “performing” for the environment, on Ojai’s main drag, she’s been arrested twice–and repeatedly ticketed for obstructing traffic. Irate parents have asked the City Council to force Moss to put...

A male teacher who performed naked cartwheels in front of young female students during a school camp has been jailed for five months. Warren David Schneider, 37 of Brisbane, pleaded guilty in the Queensland District Court to seven counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 years under care. He was today sentenced to 15 months' jail suspended after five months. The court was told Schneider was an art teacher at a private school in Brisbane's south when he committed a series of sexual offences during 2002 against three girls, all of whom were then in Year 7 and...

SALEM, N.H. -- A man dressed as Santa was arrested after he walked into a New Hampshire mall and dropped his pants in front of some teens, according to a Local 6 News report. Police said Richard Mullen walked into the Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem and performed the act. "He continued doing this multiple times," Salem police spokesman Robert Larson said. "He was asked to leave the mall by mall security. On his way out of the mall, he dropped the pants one more time as a couple was walking in." Mullen did not work for the mall...

Why I Was Smiling and Hurricane by CindySheehan Tue Sep 27th, 2005 at 10:42:28 PDT CindySheehan's diary :: :: I had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested yesterday. I have received a lot of flak for smiling. Apparently I am not supposed to smile, but I had some really good reasons for doing so. First of all, I was having fun. I was with a group of good-humored, cheerful, happy people. We were singing old protest songs and old Sunday school songs and clapping. I felt I had to be cheerful to set the tone....

Senate candidate's exposure brings party disapproval By Monica Yant Kinney Inquirer Columnist With all due respect to my good friend Boss Norcross and the no-show job scandal rocking the South Jersey machine, the hottest political story in the state involves male genitalia from way up north. I speak of Jim Morrison, the Sussex County lawyer/helicopter pilot/TV personality running for state Senate - not the dead guy from The Doors. Morrison, some of you may know, achieved fame as an openly gay finalist on the ABC reality show The Mole a couple of years ago. He became such a household name...

Joseph H. Gottschalk, whose habit of riding a bicycle while wearing only a thong brought him both local celebrity and notoriety, was found dead over the weekend in Big Bend National Park. Park officials said hikers spotted some clothing near the edge of a cliff some 30 feet from the South Rim trail Saturday afternoon. Peering down a sharp drop, the hikers saw Gottschalk’s naked body on a wide ledge about 100 feet below, park spokesman David Elkowitz said. A search-and-rescue team used pulleys to raise and retrieve Gottschalk’s corpse, and a Brewster County justice of the peace examined it...