here ya go

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/us/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs

And it broke my heart.
Unfortunately I recognized the grooming in the accounts told.
I so did not want to believe it.

Dems need to rally around and get at least one candidate on the ballot and then of course bring that person across the finish line in November!! My guy is Tom Steyer!! (Was VERY impressed with him in the Presidential campaign!!)

Other than that he hasn't done shit.

We don't need billionaires who can get on a ballot because they are billionaires. That's how we got Trump - money. Steyer has never held office.
Porter has held office and from what I remember people really loved her.
Tony Thurmond has held office
We have a track record on them.

The Kennedy's had money and were/are American political Mt. Rushmore. (sans RFK Jr. Fuck him!!)

What distinguishes him as a person who’s fit and worthy to be governor?

the more we cede our power to people with wealth.
More Elon Musks, Sam Altmans, Mercer's, Leonard Leo's

Experience counts. It alway has.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/global-billionaires-political-power-index/

He seems to be doing right by Illinois.

for the past 20 years? Not just what they are required to by the disgraceful laws that give billionaires every loophole and advantage, allowing them to build more and more tax-sheltered wealth while average people like me have to pay taxes on everything. I mean have they been VOLUNTARILY paying taxes on ALL of it?

If they have, I would vote for them if they were ever on a presidential ticket. If they haven't, absolutely, effing no. No to billionaires who earn their billions on the backs of hard working Americans, don't pay their fair share, and then want to skip right to running for governor or President.

No, no, no.

I don't want a country ruled by the billionaire class. Not by Musk, not by Bezos, not by Larry Ellison, and not by Steyer or Pritzger either.

candidates who support progressive ideas and also have relevant experience. If he wants be in politics, he should run for city council.

Billionaires have increased tremendously and what we are experiencing with Trump and Russia is a billionaire agenda.

"Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people"

https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billionaire-wealth-jumps-three-times-faster-in-2025-to-highest-peak-ever-sparking-dangerous-political-inequality-says-oxfam/#:~:text=The%20collective%20wealth%20of%20billionaires,buy%20elections%20in%20their%20country.

I am 100% against ANY billionaire running for major office unless they have worked themselves up in the ranks. I am not voting in California's primary because I don't live there, but I can tell you right now that if Steyer is on the ticket in 2028, he is not getting my vote. PERIOD. I am against billionaires buying their way into politics. I do not want the country ruled by Musk, Larry Ellison, Steyer, and a bunch of other rich out of touch greedy men who have never paid taxes on their wealth and only want to grift more money. We've already done that with Trump.

No. No. No.

And I'm sorry to say, that's one reason I will not vote for Pritzger either.

I will never understand

Hopefully she’ll pick up the slack and get most of his support. Wasn’t thrilled with some of her actions earlier like the videos with the staffer, but obviously circumstances have changed. I’m skeptical of these allegations, but right now it’s too much noise.

I’m probably getting behind Porter now.

Both him and Steyer need to drop out. This jungle primary could seriously still pit two republicans against each other.

Another man who was smart enough to know better. Do they really think that this clandestine shit will never come out? Not to mention the betrayal to his family. And this sounds like it went beyond cheating - this sounds like true sexual assault/rape. That's it - time to vote for women to run the whole damn show. I'm sure we have a few pervs (Ms Maxwell for one) but I'm sure far fewer than the males who think all the women of the world find them irresistible and want them.

Oh and to THOSE guys (you know who you are) here is a clue: Unless a woman is already in either an intimate relationship or has been a consenting sexual partner with you - keep your Dick pics. No body is asking for those and maybe not even the women I mentioned above. Just don't even think about it - unsolicited, it grosses most women out.

JMHO - end of rant.

including that second paragraph (which also gave me a chuckle )

I’ve been with my partner for years and he’s on the road a lot. He’ll get a sense of my mood before he sends me any intimate photos. If I’m tired or not feeling a sexy chat, he’ll leave me alone and I don’t get a barrage of dick pics.
That, my dudes, is consent.

…and is now helping destroy a potential Democratic President. Smears are the GOP gold standard.

I find the timing Rovian, but the accusations heartbreaking.