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Howard Stern has apparently taken over this press conference.

That was sad. As Eric Alterman writes, “this cable-induced panic was the wrong weathervane by which to gauge the political situation on its merits.”

Weinergate’s Twitter Effect: Tweets from Congress down 30% since Weiner accidentally tweeted crotch photo to the public.

For When You Can’t Keep Your Story Straight Practice Safe Policy Launches New Weiner Condom “Protect Your Bulge”

Yes, this is happening.

Anthony Weiner’s former girlfriend, Kirsten Powers—a political analyst on Fox News and a writer for the New York Post—defended him on TV to millions of people after he insisted to her that he didn’t send lewd photos on Twitter. Now, she’s calling for his resignation.

In short, he was a friend who I cared for very much, even if I thought he had issues with which he needed to deal.  It was because of this friendship that I believed him when he told me last week that he had done nothing wrong.  In an email to me he wrote:  “Why not to call the cops: Personal account, no federal case, we don’t know yet what they got, I didn’t send it, statements on sat, sun, monday, the girl said she doesn’t know me, I don’t know her. The people I follow are all people who ask.  We’ve hired a law firm but not to protect me, to put together the team to figure out how we prevent and maybe civil or criminal next steps. We don’t know where this photo came from.  We have theories. Until we know for sure we open up legal hornets nest if we say.”

He knew I was going on the show Hannity where I would use this false information to defend him in front of millions of people.  I did, and I regret it.

A few days after Anthony Weiner tried to send a 21-year-old college student a picture of his wiener he also Tweeted Meghan McCain—but it’s not what you think.

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On the surface, Weiner and Abedin would seem like an odd match. She is a practicing Muslim and he is Jewish. He actively courts the media—while she has been a reluctant media star. The congressman was known to have had a pretty active bachelorhood, but he courted Abedin tenaciously despite her early ambivalence toward him. There was never a shortage of powerful men drooling over her, and she was considered quite the catch when Weiner started pursuing her a few years ago.

Read Lois Romano, on Huma Abedin.

Helpful.

Above is the dude who screamed at the end of Anthony Weiner’s press conference, “Were you fully erect or are you capable of more?!?!?!” His name is Benjy Bronk, and he’s a writer for the Howard Stern Show.