Huma Abedin

Weiner's in the Race, And His Campaign Ad is Remarkably Unsexy

The better-than-rumor rumors are true: We have a Weiner in the mayoral race, and he has 64 reasons why, according to the debut campaign ad.

Rightbloggers Cover Benghazi Hearings with Extreme Prejudice

House Republicans finally got their hearings on Benghazi, and we have learned that the Obama Administration, the CIA, and the FBI massaged their talking points before announcing the attack last September, and that at least a couple of people thought the U.S. military could have gotten to Benghazi qu ... More >>

Should Anthony Weiner Be Comptroller?

Today the Post reported that disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner was considering a run for the city comptroller's office. According to several anonymous-yet-well-connected Manhattanites, pollsters are calling around to suss out the levels of support Weiner might receive if he decided to run. ... More >>

Tea Party Nut Wants To Recall John McCain Because He Doesn't Think Huma Abedin Is A Terrorist

As you may have heard, failed GOP presidential candidate/Minnesota Congresswoman/fagala-phobic madwoman Michele Bachmann has launched a McCarthy-esque witch hunt into several Muslim employees of the federal government whom she decided could potentially be working as spies for Islamist terrorist grou ... More >>

Newt Gingrich Defends Michele Bachmann's Terrorist Witch-Hunt Into Huma Abedin

Call us crazy (read: rational), but we're gonna go ahead and assume that Hillary Clinton aide/wife of former Congressman Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, isn't a Muslim Brotherhood operative who's infiltrated the highest levels of government -- including marrying a once-powerful New York congressman -- ... More >>

John McCain Understands Nothing Says 'I'm in the Muslim Brotherhood!' Like Marrying a Jew

If you are one of those Democrats or Republicans who, regardless of party, actually liked John McCain once upon a time, and who found that -- until he picked Sarah Palin as his running mate -- he was the kind of fellow inclined to put country before party on important matters, take note. That John ... More >>

Is Anthony Weiner Lying About Plotting Return To Public Life? Sure Seems Like It..."Bro"

When asked about rumors that he was plotting a run for mayor, shamed former Congressman Anthony Weiner claims the highly publicized tale is a "clown story, bro."Yet, he recently sat down for an interview with People Magazine, in which he rolls out his young son in an apparent attempt to come across ... More >>

Disgraced Pol Anthony Weiner May Be Considering a Mayoral Run

Disgraced politician Anthony Weiner may be considering a return to politics, according to the New York Post. Sources close to Weiner told the Post that the former congressman, who resigned from office after tweeting a lewd pic at a young lady who was not his wife, is "desperate" to return to politic ... More >>

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Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin Have Had Their Baby

​Please welcome Jordan Zane Weiner, the new baby son of recently-mustachioed Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin. The Post reports that the "wee democrat" was born yesterday 10 days ahead of his due date and weighed in at just over seven pounds. This is happy news for a family that's had s ... More >>

Traci Nobles, Anthony Weiner Sextee, Is Publishing a Book

​Traci Nobles, the cheerleading coach from Georgia who is one of Anthony Weiner's former sexting partners, is publishing a book. Of course. It's called I Freinded You [sic], and claims to contain real text message exchanges between Nobles and Weiner. In some of those text messages, Weiner com ... More >>

Now Presenting the Anthony Weiner Halloween Costume

Via the Observer, this...thing: ​ Yes, that is an Anthony Weiner Halloween costume. Who's behind this? You guessed it -- Ricky's, purveyors of the charming Anna Rexia costume.

Anthony Weiner's Apartment Being Sold; Where Should He and Huma Abedin Go Next?

​Anthony Weiner, sometime New York congressman and prolific sexter, is moving. His Forest Hills apartment, which he and wife Huma Abedin took off the market during this spring's sex scandal, is now in contract. A receptionist at Madeleine Realty refused to confirm or deny the apartment's sale ... More >>

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin, Like Many Couples, Had a 'Miserable' Saturday Out

​Recently resigned Rep. Anthony Weiner was spotted again -- first it was buying spinach, then bad flowers -- this time with his wife Huma Abedin in Manhattan, where the couple, who are expecting their first child, ate "plain pizza, a salad and pasta" in Chelsea, while "chained to their cellpho ... More >>

Anthony Weiner to Resign, Reports New York Times

According to a breaking news alert from the New York Times, disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner is set to resign over his sexting scandal. ​The Times reports that Weiner "came to the conclusion that he could no longer serve after having long discussions with his wife, Huma Abedin," who had returned ... More >>

Weinergaterdämmerung: Rightbloggers Shoot Their Load on Weiner, Wife, Women, and New Yorkers

We see Anthony Weiner's penis, in this "if it seeds, it leads" media era, remains big news. The New York Representative's lewd but (so far as has been revealed) legal tweets have many pols calling for his resignation, and rightbloggers enjoying scandalicious multiple orgasms. The ever-developing st ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Took More Self-Portraits in the House Members Gym

via TMZWeiner at the gym.​As Anthony Weiner goes on a leave of absence and starts therapy, yet more photos have emerged that the congressman took of himself -- this time, in the gym that members of Congress use. Content-wise, they're what we've come to expect from Weiner's self-portraiture: ce ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Considering Resignation, Source Says [Breaking]

​Anthony Weiner is finally beginning to seriously consider resigning from his seat, the Daily News has learned from a source. No wonder: in the past few days alone, it's come out that his wife is pregnant, he corresponded with a teenage girl, Democratic leaders all want him to quit, and now today ... More >>

Anthony Weiner's Constituents Don't Want Him to Resign; Charla Nash Gets a Face Transplant

​• According to an NY1-Marist poll, the majority of voters in Rep. Anthony Weiner's district (parts of Brooklyn and Queens) don't want him to resign, even if they don't necessarily want to re-elect him. One-third of them do want him to step down. Meanwhile, of course, he's still facing a Hou ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Nearly Doubles His Twitter Followers During Weinergate

​The Anthony Weiner scandal, which seems to get worse by the day, if not the hour -- pervy messages galore! Five ladies and counting! Possible underage girls! His wife is pregnant! -- has had an interesting side effect. Ironically, while the whole thing began with a wayward direct message that ... More >>

Lisa Weiss Sends Anthony Weiner's Wife, Huma Abedin, an Apology Note

Weiss​Lisa Weiss, the Las Vegas blackjack dealer and Internet friend of Anthony Weiner who came forward to share their various porny messages with the media has now sent an apology letter to Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, reports TMZ. Whether it's an earnest gesture (hm) or simply an attempt to g ... More >>

Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner's Wife, Is Pregnant

​Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner's wife, is pregnant, reports the New York Times. Abedin, who is 35, is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to sources; the couple had disclosed the pregnancy to close friends and family. This coming out on the day that Weiner's (alleged) dick pic was releas ... More >>

Rightbloggers Ejaculate Over the Women of Weinergate

Here is what everyone knows about Weinergate: A picture of bulging underwear, which Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner won't deny is his, exists, and a link to it appeared in his Twitter stream. Weiner says he didn't send it out himself, but was "hacked" or "pranked," depending, and he has been ... More >>

Was Weiner's Weiner Really His Weiner?

​Congressman Anthony Wiener--who's married to Hillary's old handler, Huma Abedin--still contends that the tweeted shot of his bulging crotch is not his. Probably. Maybe. Not sure. Though he admits that "There are photographs of me in the world, yes." But whether it's him or not, he didn't ... More >>

Weiner On the Street Where He Lived: I'm Out of It!

Anthony Weiner had the press meet him at his parent's brownstone in Park Slope this morning to say he's not running for mayor -- all over again!It was a repeat performance for the congressman from Brooklyn who had the same moment of truth in front of the cameras in the exact same spot ("This is wher ... More >>

New York Mag Wag Does Anthony Weiner

By the time Anthony Weiner bailed on the idea of challenging Mike Bloomberg for his City Hall job, New York Magazine's own ever-resilient Mark Jacobson already had enough fun bits in his notebook to make a good read on the life and loves of this self-described "scrawny dork who graduated from Platt ... More >>

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Self-Service Nightlife

Elvis sightings, ethnic humor, and tomcat cruising, plus a peek at Jodie Foster's panic room

Can You Top This?

Unrelated: the city's sex life bottoms out; Hillary's gal Friday; Dean among the Queens