Rep. Brad Sherman denies viewing porn on flight after photos appear to show otherwise

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Oh, the glamour of air travel in 2025. You're crammed into a flying sardine can, dodging the guy next to you who treats the armrest like it's his personal fiefdom, and suddenly—boom!—your congressional neighbor is deep in what looks like a Victoria's Secret clearance sale. But fear not, gentle reader, because Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California has a rock-solid alibi: It's all Elon Musk's fault. Naturally.

Photos hit X like a meteor strike on Friday, capturing the 71-year-old Sherman, mouth agape like he'd just spotted Bigfoot in first class, staring at a tablet screen full of women in their skivvies. The internet, ever the merciful soul, did what it does best: Exploded.

"Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?" one X post thundered, racking up 12.4 million views by Saturday evening. 

Sherman wasted no time swatting this down like a fly at a barbecue. A spokesperson for the congressman told Fox News Digital the pictures appeared because of his algorithm on X, formerly Twitter.

"This was nothing more than scrolling through Twitter, and, unfortunately, Elon Musk has ruined the Twitter algorithm to give people content that they don’t ask for or subscribe to," the spokesperson emailed Fox News Digital. Ah yes, the classic "It's not me, it's the robot overlord" defense. 

You have to admit that nothing screams "innocent bystander" like blaming Elon Musk for your in-flight entertainment choices. Perhaps Sherman should have closed the web page, but he got kept gawking.

Sherman himself doubled down to Punchbowl News, insisting the racy snaps slithered onto his feed via the "For You" section, a digital slot machine that apparently pays out in pixels of peril."This was on Twitter. These pictures came up on ‘For You’," Sherman told Punchbowl News, adding he viewed a variety of posts during his cross-country flight.

"If you have to fly across the country, you look at a lot of stuff on your tablet," he said."If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah." 

When asked whether he thought the content was appropriate to view on a plane, Sherman told Punchbowl News, "Is it pornography? I don’t think Elon Musk thinks so. Is it appropriate? No." 

See? Crystal clear. It's not porn if Elon green-lights it, and besides, who among us hasn't lingered a tad on the human form while hurtling 30,000 feet above the Rockies? Sherman’s basically admitting to being a connoisseur of sunsets and sundresses. Relatable! I mean, who among us men hasn't viewed barely clad women in the stratosphere?

The backlash, predictably, was a feast for the schadenfreude crowd. Donald Trump Jr. chimed in with the eloquence of a man who's seen it all: "Yikes!!!!"

Not one to let a "Yikes" slide, Sherman fired back with an edited version of the incriminating photo, swapping his iPad screen for the immortal plea: "Release the Epstein files." Touché, Congressman. Because if we're deflecting, why not go nuclear?

Over in the House GOP peanut gallery, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), couldn't resist a reminder of her own airport adventures. "I don’t want to hear a single peep from anyone in/around Congress, or the media, [about] how I stroll through an airport ever again," she posted.

Mace, you'll recall, recently went full scorched-earth on Charleston Airport CEO Elliot Summey, demanding his resignation and threatening lawsuits after he accused her of staff mistreatment. Fair's fair; if we're judging public meltdowns, let's spread the wealth.

Look, folks, this whole kerfuffle is peak 2025: A Democrat caught in a compromising glow, pivoting to "Big Tech did it," while the right cackles and counters with their own baggage claims. Sherman's probably back in D.C. by now, tablet safely stowed, dreaming of sunsets. Or algorithms. Or whatever "For You" serves up next. Just remember, next time you're on a red-eye: Eyes on your own tray table, Congressman. And maybe mute Elon.

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Federal court gives parents a 'win' after school board tries to keep porn books hidden

It's beginning to look a lot like change is a comin' to America's schools as parents just won a lawsuit against a Georgia school board that banned the reading of pornographic material at meetings from books found at the school's library.

In one case, a mother who attempted to read out loud some of the porn content approved by the board, but was not allowed to carry on and was then banned from attending future meetings. However the ban was overturned by federal court and the school district was successfully sued for $100,000 in legal fees.

A federal court ordered the Forsyth, Georgia, County School District to pay the legal fees of the group calling themselves the Mama Bears, who sued the district when officials barred them from reading from the graphically pornographic books during board meetings, according to Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA.

The group of mothers claimed the school board violated their First Amendment rights as a way to hide the disgusting, inappropriate content of the books from the public, to which a federal judge agreed, ruling the board's attempts at shutting the group down was unconstitutional and violated their rights.

But since when did the Left ever care about the Constitutional rights of those they disagreed with, be it apolitical mothers, conservatives, religious beliefs, and pro-life individuals?

The lawsuit against the district was brought by parents Alison Hair and Cindy Martin who attempted to read aloud at a board meeting passages of board-approved books that she feels are pornographic in nature. Hair and other members of Mama Bears group were barred from reading the passages, a policy the women correctly said is illegal.

The women’s group sued the school district in a federal lawsuit and won. 

Fox News reported that the district was ordered to pay the Mama Bears nominal damages of $17.91 and their attorneys fees of $107.500.

The court also told the district they were prohibited from barring the plaintiffs or any “current or future FCS speakers entitled to speak at an FCS school board meeting, from reading or quoting verbatim from the text of any book or written works available in an FCS library or classroom, while addressing the school board during the public-comment period at school board meetings.”

Martin beautifully noted that the $17.91 damages fee was symbolic as 1791 is the year that the First Amendment was ratified, Fox News added in another report.

“I got my check last week, and I also through Amazon, ordered a copy of the Bill of Rights. So I’m getting a frame, and I’m going to be framing the Bill of Rights next to my check for $17.91,” Martin proudly told Fox.

Martin said that her victory is also for even those folks who disagree with her goal of having the inappropriate books removed from school libraries.

“We have incurred a lot of backlash from people who don’t agree with us,” she said. “But guess what? We won for them as well. This was for everyone to have the freedom to speak whatever they want to their government officials. So whether they like it or not, this was a win for them as well. And I’m proud of that. I’m happy to represent all people to be able to speak freely before their government officials.”

Pornography does not belong in the children's libraries nor does politics, be it woke or conservative. Perhaps when school boards believe this, math and reading scores will finally improve/

It's beginning to look a lot like change is a-comin' and while it may take some time, the country may be righting the ship.

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Former ABC News "Journalist" Arrested on Child Pornography Charge

A former investigative so-called journalist for ABC News, James Gordon Meek, 53, has been arrested on a charge of "transporting" images showing the sexual abuse of children, the DoJ said Wednesday. 

Meek of Arlington, Virginia, was arrested on Tuesday, several months after his home was searched by federal authorities. He is a staunch Biden supporter, one can assume.

Images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct on electronic devices were found and taken from his home. And, according to court documents, there were multiple conversations whereby "participants expressed enthusiasm for the sexual abuse of children.” 

Although Meek faces a charge of transporting child pornography, the charge only calls for a minimum of five to twenty measly years in prison, which is not enough punishment. Sexually abusing children should result in either chemical castration and life in prison, or a death sentence, in this humble bloggers opinion. 

ABC News declined comment Wednesday, which came as a relief to the remainder of pedophiles who still work there.

Meek resigned from ABC News last year and it took the federal government this long to do something about the scumbag.

The FBI’s investigation was prompted by a tip from Dropbox about child pornography found in a Dropbox account that was associated with Meek, according to court papers.

Federal authorities searched his home in April and took multiple devices.

Authorities say investigators also found that the scumcrumpet also engaged with minors on platforms such as Snapchat.

A minor interviewed by law enforcement told authorities that Meek approached her through Snapchat and pressured her to provide sexually explicit photos, according to court papers.

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Oops! Dem. Rep. accidentally hands out porn sites to committee members

(Photo: State of R. I. Gen. Assembly)

Providence, R.I. -- A Rhode Island lawmaker, State Rep. Ramon Peres, a Democrat of course, admits that he accidentally gave his colleagues an eyeful when providing them with a handout showing open web browser tabs referencing pornographic content. 

Fellow Democrats quickly rifled through the sites only to be disappointed that no images were available. However, several took note of the addresses before they were recollected when the mistake was noticed.

The printouts were of a Wikipedia article which Perez brought along on Wednesday to hand to House Finance Committee members as part of his testimony favoring a bill.

Initially, Perez gave the document to the clerk who made copies and handed them out. Once the porn sites were discovered, the clerk collected them to the dismay of the committee. Perez provided new handouts the following day.

Perez says the incident was "a mistake." He claimed the handout was given to him "by a friend" whom he'd asked to research the information.

Evidently, the research went deeper than Perez expected.



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