Anthony Weiner

Post-Tweetgate and post-baby, Weiner's wife Huma Abedin is back to work; he's not, apart from occasional consulting gigs. Somehow we picture him joining a 50 Shades of Grey–centric book club any day now. Read more posts by Noreen Malone Filed Under: weinergate ,anthony weiner ,huma abedin  

One year after an x-rated photo of Anthony Weiner surfaced on Twitter and effectively launched the beginning of the end to his congressional career, the former New York congressman is in limbo.Weiner's career collapsed after it was revealed he had sent lewd photographs and messages to at least six women online. These days, he's acting as father to his newborn son with wife Huma Abedin and still figuring out "what he wants to do," the New York...  

A year after his political career collapsed in a sexting scandal, Weiner is still without a job, left to pull duty as Mr. Mom for ... and he was called on to help out at home as Abedin continued to work, friends said. The people once closest to him in ...  

He’s gone from dirty self-portraits to dirty diapers. A year after randy ex-US Rep. Anthony Weiner’s political career collapsed in a sexting scandal, the disgraced pol is still without a job — left to pull duty as Mr. Mom for his newborn son as his powerhouse wife, Huma Abedin...  

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) resigned a year ago after admitting to having sent lewd photos to female followers on Twitter. But BuzzFeed notes "for one corner of the Internet, Weinergate is very much not over. A group of liberal bloggers believe that Anthony Weiner was blackmailed by Andrew Breitbart into a false confession, and are carrying out a lonely Twitter crusade to spread their theory -- in spite of the fact that Weiner himself...  

Meet The Weiner TruthersBuzzFeedOne year later, a dogged handful still believe that Anthony Weiner was framed. posted May 26, 2012 2:37pm EDT New York congressman Anthony Weiner resigned in disgrace a full year ago, admitting to having sent lewd photos to female fans of his on ...and more »  

When former Congressman Anthony Weiner was under siege last year, Mayor Bloomberg took a kinder approach to his longtime critic than most Democrats. A chorus of party leaders, led by President Obama, called for Weiner to resign when his now-infamous sexcapades on Twitter consumed the political world, made national headlines...  

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There, on live television, was Andrew Breitbart crashing Anthony Weiner's press conference. He was in NYC for a television appearance and staying blocks away from the presser's location. Andrew being Andrew, he thought he'd walk over and watch ...  

New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, 47, and wife Huma Abedin, 35, were photographed with son Jordan, nearly 4 months, in New York City on Wednesday (April 18). The family-of-three were spotted heading to the supermarket for some quick grocery shopping.  

We don't know why this is so weird — Weiner and Abedin have to get places, too, after all — but, it just is.  Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: weiners ,anthony weiner ,huma abedin ,politics ,stand clear of the closing doors  

INF Daily’s photogs found Weiner and wife Huma Abedin (who’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff) going for a stroll with new baby boy Jordan. The three hit up a grocery store while wearing coordinating pops of orange.  

The late Andrew Breitbart built a reputation as a hard-charging journalist who was willing to break big stories and not fold under intense pressure. A new chapter in Breitbart's upcoming paperback edition of Righteous Indignation tells how he used his skills to uncover and break the story that led to former Congressman Anthony Weiner's downfall.  

Remember when football great Brett Favre was busted sending dick pics to a young female employee of his then-team NY Jets? We also had the pleasure of seeing former NY Congressman Anthony Weiner’s, uh weiner for lack of a better word, and learned that he regularly sent explicit photos to women online. David Boreanaz also [...]  

Thanks in large part to the efforts of the late Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner is no longer a congressman. It was Breitbart’s Big Journalism website that, in May 2011, published screenshots of a lewd photo tweeted — and quickly deleted ...  

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressmans downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.  

President Obama was willing to put up with a lot of Anthony Weiner’s antics — the bad boy congressman’s sexting with women he never met, tweeting pics of his own penis, and acid tongue. But the White House finally got fed up when reports emerged that the pol was...  

(New York Post) - US President Barack Obama was willing to put up with a lot of bad boy congressman Anthony Weiner's antics ... House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) "was furious [at Weiner] and instructed him to come completely ...  

The President played prophet. Two years before Rep. Anthony Weiner’s stunning fall from grace, the Congressman cornered President Obama on Air Force One on a flight from New York and gave him some unsolicited advice on health care reform, according to a new book.  

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday. Breitbart, 43, died on March 1. The final cause of death was listed as heart failure, which was caused by Breitbart having an enlarged heart and some heart disease, said Chief Coroner Craig...  

Anthony Weiner] would enter in his office in the Rayburn Building ... Pelosi and Steny Hoyer were no actually turning to him to issue points of order on the House floor! They’d seen he was quicker on his feet than most of his other colleagues ...  

That’s sad, you guys: Ghost Andrew Breitbart is out with a new book (coming soooooon!) about Anthony Weiner’s wiener, and it is all about how he totally ignored his kids because of the IMPORTANT WORK daddy had to do … in chasing a story about Anthony Weiner’s underweared junk. Sure, he bagged a feared lib [...]  

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.  

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- The L.A. County Coroner says conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died of a heart attack stemming from coronary disease. Breitbart, whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the ...  

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.  

Also read: Watch Andrew Breitbart's Final TV Appearance (Video) The Los Angeles County Coroner has determined that Breitbart, who built a name as a right-wing internet muckraker and helped force the resignation of New York Rep. Anthony Weiner ...  

The President kindly declined - and, with a smile, made a prediction. “Enjoy your last ride on Air Force One,” Obama said, according to “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives,” by Robert Draper. And while ...  

Long before the sexting scandal that ended his career, Rep. Anthony Weiner advised the president on how to pass healthcare reform. Robert Draper reports in his new book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do,” that in September of 2009 Mr. Weiner told the president, “I think you’re looking at this entirely the wrong way. You need to simplify it. Just say that what we’re doing is gradually expanding Medicare.” That was code for a single-payer system...  

Juliet Lapidos, New York TimesLong before the sexting scandal that ended his career, Rep. Anthony Weiner advised the president on how to pass healthcare reform. Robert Draper reports in his new book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do,” that in September of 2009 Mr. Weiner told the president, “I think you’re looking at this entirely the wrong way. You need to simplify it. Just say that what we’re doing is gradually expanding Medicare.”That was code...  

Congressional hopeful Elizabeth Crowley tapped an aide to former Congressman Anthony Weiner as her campaign manager. Our Alison Gendar reports: Avi Fink, who served as Weiner's district director and most recently as state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky's chief...  

As the author of "Love and Addiction," I am a frequent go-to person for media to ask, "Is Anthony Weiner addicted to sex?" My answer? No, he's not. Women contact me because their husbands spend all night -- night after night -- accessing Internet porn or ...  

When Anthony Weiner tweeted pictures of himself unclad to young female followers, he thought he’d get away with it. But thanks to Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner was called to account. Now, in the new edition of Breitbart’s book ...  

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner was behaving like a jerk long before ... Weiner hitched a ride back to Washington on the president’s private plane — and, being Weiner, couldn’t resist giving the leader of the free world some advice ...  

Glittarazzi spotted disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin on the subway. Looks like they're going to the same place as Ruth Madoff. [Via Azi Paybarah] [ more › ]  

Actually, even adults have engaged in this bizarre behavior. Anthony Weiner, a state representative from New York, resigned amid public scandal over his racy emails. “Sexting” behavior may result in some consequences for some adults. However ...  

Anthony Weiner’s Twitter account could thwart his political aspirations ... “His biggest problem running in the Democratic primary is that he’d be a non-African American and non-Hispanic trying to win,” McLaughlin said. Still, Democratic strategist ...  

The campaign of Sen. Greg Ball’s Democratic opponent, Justin Wagner, issued a statement excoriating the Hudson Valley Republican for Tweeting a photo of himself wearing a Superman T-shirt and shorts – but no pants – likening the incident to the on-line scandals of two former Republican lawmakers: ex-Reps. Anthony Weiner and Chris Lee. “From Congressman  

--"Able was I 'ere I saw Elba"--Anon. Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) should be true to his New York heritage, and have a "Lou Gehrig" moment, taking himself out of the lineup "for the good of the team". But, he should not resign, nor should anyone ...  

It is reminiscent of former congressman Anthony Weiner's spectacular fall from grace and a plot-line from new spies-in-the-D.C.-suburbs drama Homeland. But his seemingly arrogant stance has angered his colleague's husband. The court bailiff's spouse said ...  

Between Chris Lee's Craigslist escapades and Anthony Weiner's sexting, Congress has seen some high-profile ethical lapses this year. While Lee and Weiner's transgressions cost them their seats, some of their colleagues have had better luck weathering scandals - including bribery scandals, tax fraud, letting an aide who once stabbed his girlfriend handle "women's issues." Their offenses are detailed in the seventh annual list of the most...  

The flashes -- both the news and nether region variety -- seem to be popping up everywhere lately: Brett Favre allegedly aired it out and Kanye West snapped south of the border. After a lewd photo was sent from Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter ...  

Have you noticed that men are always in trouble? No it's not (D)  Anthony Weiner. This time, (R) Michael Weiner of New Mexico. Another sign that we should take all men out of office they can't stay focused. Weiner is being asked to resign.  

The next edition of New York Magazine will look back at the biggest, weirdest, juiciest scandals in New York City history, and we want your input. The last five years have given us four epic scandals, involving Bernie Madoff, Eliot Spitzer, Brooke Astor, and Anthony Weiner. Will they stand the test of time? In 100 years, which of the four will New Yorkers still be talking about, and why? Give us your answer in comments, on our Facebook page...  

Brad Phillips examines whether two scandal-tarred politicians -- Anthony Weiner and John Edwards -- could ever make a comeback.Weiner: "If Mr. Weiner had asked me for advice back in June 2011, I would have told him to go away for a while. The single best shot he has at public redemption is time and a fickle public - and he has executed that strategy perfectly. As a result, Mr. Weiner - who is only 47-years-old - will likely have plenty of time...  

When Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) became the first democrat to call on Weiner to resign, she claimed to do so in the name of his constituents: "Having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a Member of Congress. In light of Anthony Weiner's ...  

Anthony Weiner didn't watch and learn when Congressman Christopher Lee was caught, and it appears Matt Doheny did not take anything from either Lee or the massive Weiner-gate scandal that rocked Capitol Hill for months. Though he managed to keep his top on ...  

Sexting has become synonymous with the disastrous end of relationships and scandals. Tiger Woods, Bishop Eddie L. Long, Basketball Wives stars Royce Reed and Jennifer Williams and Congressman Anthony Weiner all fall into this category. With all of the ...  

Weiner’s fall from grace was swift and shocking, but his wife stood by his side as her pregnancy was revealed. Jordan, their first child, was born on December 21, 2011 and has big brown eyes and dark hair, just like his proud papa.