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A tip from a 'concerned citizen' helps a reporter land the scoop of a lifetime
SFGate ^ | 12:36 pm PST, Sunday, February 3, 2019 | Paul Farhi, The Washington Post

Posted on 02/03/2019 2:39:28 PM PST by conservative98

The reporter who exposed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's racist yearbook photo said a "concerned citizen" led him to the story that has prompted widespread outrage and calls for the Democrat's resignation.

Patrick Howley, editor in chief of the website Big League Politics, first reported Friday the existence of a photo on Northam's page of his medical-school yearbook depicting a figure in blackface standing next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood.

"It's very easy to explain," Howley, 29, said in an interview Saturday. "A concerned citizen, not a political opponent, came to us and pointed this out. I was very offended (by the photo) because I don't like racism."

The tip came after Northam's comments on Wednesday about late-term abortions, he said. Howley declined to give any further information about his source, citing a confidentiality agreement. But he said it took him just a few hours to confirm that the photo was authentic.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; alexjones; bigleaguepolitics; blackface; bonjino; breitbart; concernedcitizen; costume; costumes; kkk; ls; nationalfile; northam; patrickhowley; qanon; sethrich
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To: conservative98

“scoop of a lifetime” The Amazon Post does have a tendency to exaggerate.


41 posted on 02/03/2019 3:05:17 PM PST by upchuck (Allowing any legal abortion was a slippery slope. Slide completed. ~ h/t YogicCowboy)
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To: conservative98

Some person or persons wanted to bury the story of the post live birth infanticide.


42 posted on 02/03/2019 3:05:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

the Murder of Seth Rich
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not just a theory, Seth Rich really was murdered.
Who did it and why is where the theories lie.


43 posted on 02/03/2019 3:07:32 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

You know, there are concerned citizens all over FR.

Why, just about 10 years ago a concerned citizen Freeper nameed Buckhead completely exposed Dan Rather as a fraud, and it made national new, causing Blather to get fired.


44 posted on 02/03/2019 3:08:13 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

Well, I didn’t want to say. That’s up to you.


45 posted on 02/03/2019 3:11:55 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: shelterguy

“If someone had that kind of dirt on a republican they wouldn’t care if it was fake or if they could validate it.”

Not only to they not care if it’s fake, they make up the lies and spread to the media. And here is Nancy telling exactly how they do their smear tactics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMBeUORJWj4


46 posted on 02/03/2019 3:14:43 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: mkmensinger

Who knows what cool deeds of DemoKKKrat destruction lurk in the hearts of Freepers?


47 posted on 02/03/2019 3:14:57 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: conservative98

Let me guess the concerned citizen.... a Fairfax operative?

The LT Governor is a Black dem they want to make a star of named Justin Fairfax.

In my opinion it in GOP interest that the damaged Northam remain Governor rather than Fairfax, who would be able to run for a full term in 2021 (VA has a one term limit but the partial term wouldn’t count).

I expect as soon as Northam damaged himself with his infanticide endorsement, dems who have been sitting on this released it in a conspiracy to get rid of him and elevate Fairfax. The level of knob-slobbering this bastard is already getting is sickening. They are already saying Fairfax 2024!!!


48 posted on 02/03/2019 3:16:54 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: LS

I’m always amazed at the breadth and depth of knowledge Freepers can collectively muster.


49 posted on 02/03/2019 3:16:56 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: mkmensinger

And connections. Like, people are on different college chatboards all the time.

The question is, why isn’t someone at the RNC digging through ALL the DemoKKKrats’ yearbooks?


50 posted on 02/03/2019 3:18:12 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

Afraid of retaliation. Many on both sides are dirty. Mutual assured destruction.


51 posted on 02/03/2019 3:20:39 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: conservative98
And here's Hillary in blackface. It was out during her campaign, but did anybody care?
52 posted on 02/03/2019 3:23:29 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: MayflowerMadam

I don’t think that’s Bill and Hillary.


53 posted on 02/03/2019 3:24:09 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Hmmm... I recall when I first saw it years ago. Maybe it’s not, although most Google images of it say it’s Hillary.


54 posted on 02/03/2019 3:30:28 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: mkmensinger

Yep. Let Pat put his name out there.


55 posted on 02/03/2019 3:37:49 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: MayflowerMadam

I heard that too. If Bongino had it, then others probably had it as well.


56 posted on 02/03/2019 3:57:56 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Paladin2
'Rats most effected ...

affected

57 posted on 02/03/2019 3:58:03 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Bongino said he couldn’t confirm its validity.

Mueller can't confirm the validity of the stuff he leaks.

Bongino didn't have to confirm it was Northam, just that it was truly on Northam's yearbook page, for it to legitimately be introduced into the court of public opinion.

Our side has to stop being so squeamish about throwing the first punch on these sorts of things.

-PJ

58 posted on 02/03/2019 4:02:03 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Windflier

infected.


59 posted on 02/03/2019 4:04:48 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: dfwgator
HillBilly Cracker and androgenic Black-Face racis'

Who knew?

60 posted on 02/03/2019 4:07:30 PM PST by Paladin2
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