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  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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.  

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 ...  

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...  

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 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.  

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...