Dennis Hastert and Tony Podesta first met in the 1960s when they traveled to Japan together for three months as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Program.
The Connection: According to Wikipedia's Dennis Hastert entry and Hastert's Oral History at the Miller Center, Hastert and Tony Podesta (who was then the president of the Young Democrats at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle) maintained an acquaintance from their college and graduate school days.
Professional Relationship: Later in their political careers"with Hastert serving as Republican Speaker of the House and Tony's brother, John Podesta, serving as White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton"the two sides had an established rapport, allowing Hastert and the Podestas to communicate directly on bipartisan legislative efforts and major policy deals.

Do you trust the
New York Times?
All reactions:
230
Alan Malki
The question answers itself

3d

Curt Kennedy
For wrapping fish at the market

3d

Jeff Prystupa
Yes. I wrap stinky fish in it. Lost me in the 80's.

3d

Mark Petersen
It's great for lining birdcages

3d

Steven Levine
When I was in NYC in April and had no problem with telling time while I was there. '

3d

David Fanelli
I trust gas station sushi more.

3d

Adam Stasi
The crossword's solid.

2d

Andy Johnson
Grizy, do I have to? They don't make it very easy!

2d

Clement Beauregard
More than you lol

3d

Yonatan Benjamin
That's a Joke, Right..?!
Just Saying...

3d

Overall confidence in mass media sits at 33%, according to recent Gallup Media Trust Data.

>danger
?

>no USAID dark money
>DNC and DSA fighting each other and sapping each other's precious essences and contaminating each other's bodily fluids
>media ownership shifting right-er wing
>Act Blue under investigation for laundering foreign money into 2020 and 2024 elections
>wyclef jean rolled on 'em kek
>Hillary comes out of nowhere a week or two ago, a year plus late and says, drunkenly, "I-ISRAEL IS COMMITTING A GENOCIDE" for no reason
>desperate shills posting Kalshi and Polymarket bets in lieu of polls - $20 million of Reid Hoffman's money riding in each and nobody else bothering lel
DNC is completely ------. And to boot, according to recent polls, only 4% of the public gives a ---- about the Iran war lel.
/snip

IQ tests on 300 random US voters found those who oppose President Donald J Trump have an average IQ of 89, where those who support him have an average IQ of 119.

Posted by gtbritishskull

UK replaced their lower-rated-than-trump PM with another lower-rated-than-trump PM
Why are you even here? You have plenty of problems at home.
British police now arrest an average of 33 people per day for their "offensive" social media posts.
You are a dictatorial monarchy and your government is openly at war with your citizens.

>What's funny is you believe Charlie Kirk was shot by that kid. S-U-C-K-E-R

really though was browndshirtguy

yum yum das sum spicy bait!

-switch to chicken
-beef demand plummets
-beef price falls

ts one thing to lose the midterms, it happens to whoever is in power every election cycle, with few exceptions. But losing texas will be the body blow that really drives home what a ---- up trump has been.
Trump will become a lame duck, the GOP will turn on him, help the democrats investigate him for corruption and possibly impeachment. Every trump ---- up, losing the midterms, iran war, ---- economy, sucking isralie dick, etc will be like a giant ---- ball that will roll down hill and land on vance.
vance will have the stink of trump on him and be associated with the failures.

then the 2028 election season will kick off.
/snip

deflector shields to maximum!

#18 | Posted by Alexandrite

Sounds like the morons who blamed worldwide pandemic inflation on biden.

#19 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

-Sounds like the morons who blamed iran war on trump.

'deflection' in thi cae mean 'tranfer of blame'. kaparot

Oh look! A tree!
-ignores forest

Polling from YouGov's Pre-Resignation Poll showed Starmer with 22% favourable and 67% unfavourable views

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds a net favourability score ranging around +13 to +26 in recent polls

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces record-low approval ratings hovering between 10% and 13% as of September 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron's approval rating sits at approximately 16% to 22%, according to recent polling.
www.politico.eu +1

Maybe they can vote harder this time

#23

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to make significant gains in two pivotal German state elections tomorrow, Sunday, September 20, 2026. Coming off a historic landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the party is targeting a major breakthrough in both Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the capital city of Berlin.

#3 cont'd

Schools do not have a "jurisdiction", further whoever does have dat "jurisdiction" is failing to keep it civilized, hence the need for intervention.

#3

But what if they are there for the kids' protection?
Give it a chance, let us see if any m----rf---er pull up a pipe wit them there.

>--you illiterate information starved clown car sheep.

lol

Park View residents seek solutions after 3 shootings in just a week
Three shootings in one week have left residents of D.C.'s Park View neighborhood concerned about gun violence, including one shooting near an elementary school.

>Of course, "that moment", was three years ago.

-It is changed now? Is afD in harge already?

Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years