From his video surveillance tapes of the FBI in.. compromising positions.. in the 80's, and his integrity of meeting the government legal challenge head on to reveal his sources, his taking on religious right leaders like Jerry Falwell also in the 80's, to opposing the death penalty to the point of speaking out in support of the very man that shot him, Flynt is one incredible enigma of oxymoron's.

Even his publication Hustler, while still objectifying women in a horrendous way was at least a pioneer in breaking the trend (to that point) of the "perfect airburshed beauty". His publications included the larger, the elderly, and even disabled women that, even if still objectifying, at least didn't do that same thing of feeding the impossible fantasy.

I've always seen him as sort of that strange, rather creepy uncle that also happens to be really cool, and has some great stories to tell.

very complex person.

One of my favorite movies!

I love your assessment..."that strange, rather creepy uncle that also happens to be really cool, and has some great stories to tell."

have you never seen the movie with Woody Harrelson? He and Hefner were progressive heroes. Step out of your judgey churches !!!

and helped rid us of Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, Bob Livingston...

ewwwwww

I with Larry

tution continues.

Read about Flynt before indulging in judgments.

and there's a movie with Woody Harrelson. Flynt's an interesting man, interesting background, and hardly unscathed.

What about misogyny and exploitation of women and girls?

Disgusting publications that demean women is overlooked as long as you oppose Trump, I guess


Doesn't make any sense IMO, but look how many donated $$ to Stein for the "recount" that ended up in her pocket instead

What exactly is 'the problem' with this perfectly legal and voluntary business transaction amongst consenting adults?

See how that turned out.
I'm not holding my breath.

when he offered a $1 million reward for info about sexual dalliances of Republicans, during the investigations into then-President Clinton

I know he said he was contacted and asked if the offer applied to democrats too and he said, "not interested!"

Stories broke on the latter stories (Gingrich, Bob Barr, etc.), but nothing since then. Doubt it will be any different now. Would love to be wrong.

He has done this at least a couple times; he helped bring down Bob Livingston, who resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair - him being a Stalwart Example of Shining Republican Conservative Ethics and Behavior.

This time, however, it's superfluous. Dirt? seriously? The problem is NOT finding the dirt that could scuttle Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon's presidency - that dirt is clearly evident in spades.

The problem is that the GOP owns everything - House, Senate, SCOTUS, most governorships, and the White House. And those fuckers have no backbone, no moral compass, no sense of "country over party" - at all. They want their rich donors' money, so they'll do anything to continue the ruse of pretending to support their constituencies while stabbing them -- not just in the back -- everywhere there's exposed skin. The donors' want yet more and bigger pieces of pie, and to hell with the rest of the country.

Flynt's money won't help this time - unless he has enough to 'buy' Republican votes over the voices of the über-rich who are currently lining their pockets.

What is proven and out in the open about Trump, didn't bring him down, including alleged rape of a minor. Shoot someone on 5th Avenue and still have his loyal voters? What's left? I know, I know.. but conjuring up the most heinous act with (animal to be named) would probably fly right by his deplorables. Nice try, though, Larry.

Obviously, Mueller doesn't yet think so -- every proven thing else is just drama as far as impeachment goes so long as the GOP is making hay while the would-be dictator occupies the WH.

Why thumb our noses at Flynt? Yeah, it may prove fruitless, but in the meantime and until we unseat the GOP stronghold on Congress, every little bit helps. I'm happy to see him doing this. Flint has successfully torpedoed others.

Did I miss something?

maybe he's just tying up all the trivial details to make his case iron-clad and undeniable. Let's hope so. Don't think its wise to delay this any further than absolutely necessary.

the investigation into Nixon took two-and-a-half years while the GOP investigation into the Clintons (Whitewater, Vince Foster, Monica, etc.) took four years. There's no reason to expect the Mueller team to have this all sewn up in 6 months.

I was in college during Watergate -- it did take seemingly "forever". At the same time, we are dealing with an entirely different animal today. This person is a clear danger to our country and the world in many ways. It's hard to be patient given this.

I'm going to assume that if he perceives there to be a clear and present danger to the country, he will move expeditiously. But, I don't think he'll do that with just one witness, he's going to need more than that and lots of facts.

Frankly, I'm not sure we can wait another 2 years. It's that bad in my view. We are talking about the future of the globe, not just our democracy and the plight of the 99% here in the USA.

the cabal that the GOP are bagmen for, as well.

Once Koch money dries up, the chance to recover this democracy increases for the rest of us.

can survive in the face of that. I am not confident about that at this point; ergo, my impatience.

As of early August, Mueller had impaneled a grand jury to investigate Russian meddling in our election. One cannot do this without enough evidence to convince a judge to go along with it. Mueller thinks so, else he wouldn't have gone there.
And apart from this, from Trump's own mouth has come enough evidence to impeach: He told the Russians that he fired "nut job" Comey to take pressure off of him regarding the Russian investigation. That is prima facie misconduct - it is obstruction of justice.
Imagine 1/100ths of Trump's antics, had this come from a President Hillary, and you tell me whether or not she would already have been impeached, convicted, and sent to prison.

The daily destruction of past progress that is coming out of this horrendous administration is a danger to human existence. And the GOP is blind to that. Time is of the essence here.

$10 million is a lot of money. Maybe there's someone out there with a key piece of damning info/evidence about collusion or obstruction who might actually take Flynt up on this. Every little bit helps. We are in desperate times. Not going to thumb my nose at this.

Robert Reich put it very well when he said, some five or six months ago even, that we have enough evidence to impeach Trump, but the question is - do we have the political will as a nation? And that means specifically the party that now controls all branches of the government - the Republicans. They indeed have no moral compass, they don't care where the help they need to win elections comes from, be it from domestic uber-rich donors or from Russian oligarchs serving a hostile foreign power. And they don't even care whether the help they need to win elections is legal and above board or illicit and illegal. They've been outright cheating to win the presidency at least since 2000 with vote stealing and voter suppression legislation. This whole Russiagate thing is just the natural progression, the natural next step in the Republicans' nefarious dealings, which will ultimately destroy our country to save their party.

We need leverage to compel them to do the right thing or use them to taint the Republican party and dissuade Independents from voting Republican.

The only think we have going for us is Trump's incompetence. Pence would enact the same agenda, only in a competent manner. He knows the ropes.

Pence understands how government works, ergo, he would be worse:
• Women as 2nd-class citizens
• Make advances toward this being a christian-version of a sharia law country
• Successfully destroy the middle and lower financial classes via tax breaks for the rich and corporations
• Etc ad nauseum

..HOWEVER.. Pence is also up to his eyeballs in Russia dirt. He's just - as far as media coverage is concerned - thus far under the radar. But Mueller, by all indications, has Pence in his sights as well.

The 2016 election was so tainted (what?!? they STILL haven't looked into questionable voting machines?!?) that the only real 'fix' would to be rerun the damn thing, and NOT use any equipment that cannot supply a paper trail.

Unfortunately that implies (as I referred to in my previous post) that the GOP has a sense of country, and has managed to grow a spine. Ain't happening. We're doomed. So what if Pence goes down too? Next in line for the presidency is the Speaker of the House. Paul effin Ryan? Ayn Rand worshipper? And he, and pretty much everyone else in so-called "line" to the presidency is dirty. Did I mention we're doomed?

The 2016 election was so tainted (what?!? they STILL haven't looked into questionable voting machines?!?) that the only real 'fix' would to be rerun the damn thing, and NOT use any equipment that cannot supply a paper trail.

Unfortunately that implies (as I referred to in my previous post) that the GOP has a sense of country, and has managed to grow a spine. Ain't happening. We're doomed. So what if Pence goes down too? Next in line for the presidency is the Speaker of the House. Paul effin Ryan? Ayn Rand worshipper? And he, and pretty much everyone else in so-called "line" to the presidency is dirty. Did I mention we're doomed?

Pence would be their biggest dream come true.

I'd give up a bad dood for $10M!!!

This is a publicity stunt, nothing more. Did Flynt ever pay up after Rep. Bob Livingston resigned?

Flynt publicized that at least 4 women had come forward to say they had had liaisons with Livingston. He further added that Livingston had had maybe a dozen affairs in the previous 10 years.
Had Flynt NOT paid out -- at least to these 4 women -- you can be damn sure the GOP (pissed at Flynt) would have made hay over it.
I can see the info on the women, but nothing on them not getting paid, via the googles.
For example: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-hustler-do-in-livingston/

already exists. I sincerely doubt there's any bombshell that hasn't been unearthed. This is a publicity stunt by Flint, but it does bring more attention to the matter. Mueller may have the evidence that will take Trump down, but as the government mandated investigator he wouldn't be eligible for the 'reward'.

Flint's money is safe. This just gets people talking about Flint again, and he's a man that loves publicity. Not nearly as much as Donald Trump, but he loves the publicity for himself and his magazine just the same.

This 'stunt' is working though, isn't it? Larry Flint's name is all over the news services today, on everyone's lips (everyone loves to discuss that terrible, filthy man!) and will be for a few more days, or until Trump says or does something supremely stupid, which could be any second now. Then the 'Larry Flint' talk will subside rapidly.

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My mistake!

Really?

What, exactly, do you mean by that?
The fact that Trump fired Comey?
The fact that Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate change agreement?
The fact that Trump openly supported the KKK and other white racists after the Charlottesville riots?
The fact that Trumo is insane?
What evidence "already exists"?

"This IS a publicity stunt by Flynt"?
"This just gets people talking about Flynt again, and he's a man that loves publicity"?

What evidence do you have to support the claim that "He's a man that loves publicity"?

Has anyone else offered a reward for info that could impeach Trump?

Were it not for Larry Flynt's $1 million offer for info on Trump last year, we never would have known about the Billy Bush interview ("I grab 'em by the pussy&quot

in a whole lot of debt? He could probably use that cash.

It's the GOP Congress' lack of the will and the simple human decency to act on it. Admittedly, that only brings us to the Pence problem too...

they are only concerned about their own re-elections and optics of an impeachment. I have to say, I do not know what it will take at this point.

and this is it.

Go Larry

stand up to tyranny. He just might be the person to save the country from this illegitimate dangerous president now in power.

... given that Hugh Hefner, another lefty, just recently got the s*** kicked out of him by a lot of DU.

Not saying anyone in this thread was among the shitkickers but I wonder where they're at now.

Especially when you compare the two magazines. Maybe the Hustler models aren't worth the trouble, or perhaps they are perceived as responsible adult women who are quite capable of deciding how their bodies are to be used, unlike the Playboy models who must have someone to watch over them because they are not quite capable of making those decisions for themselves because of the dark mystical powers Hefner had over them. Of course both of these things are ridiculous but I believe it does make a bigger point.

exploitation of women.

He can do what he wants with the $$ he made.

Things are complex and politics makes strange bedfellows.

...... Politics makes strange bedfellows. The irony is that Hugh Hefner was a supporter of the left also but he did take a real s*** kicking here on DU while Larry Flynt is being handled with kid gloves because he made an anti Trump offer of a reward for dirt on doofus. The decision to pose for Playboy was made by adults, and those adults were the models themselves.

No matter what information is revealed.

... for cash strapped Jared Kushner!

I thought that was like $5 million if somebody broke it?

Irony is incredible.

whereas Flynt, whose models spread apart their labia and who might as well be sitting on the toilet, is the greatest guy ever.

Golly. Wonder why...

He took a bullet for freedom of the press. God bless him.

I hope he finds a taker.

Hopefully other wealthy people step up and help him up the reward.

He is baiting Dump to commit an impeachable offense to squelch the reward.

He is known to show up in the restaurant and buy everyone's meal in there and is known to be a kind man.

He's a mixed bag for sure.

If he can do anything to help bring this asshole down I will be grateful.

I frankly cannot fathom how long it is taking. More public shaming, beat them with the same tactics.
There are so many possible indictments, crimes, etc that could be used at this point!
And those are the ones that your average moron can google up all the damning evidence for!

Just imagine all the shit that we don't know about!

Anyway, glad to see something like this. For fuck's sake, get moving for the sake of not just this country but global safety.
Or are the billionaire investors banking on the world instability and horrifying outcomes in their forecasts? My guess is yeah, they must still think their portfolios will profit, so let's keep this shitshow distraction going while they rape & pillage profitwise. Maybe they figure the risk is ok for their personal safety, they don't give two shits about the other billions living on the planet.

After all, remember if the key investors (Corporate/Billionaires/Russia) wanted otherwise, it would happen. They don't, so thus the Nero/Mussolini distraction garbage continues. They don't give a shit about humanity, just their profits. They orchestrated this to happen and they are raking in the glory of this shit.

This is a matter that I'm glad he's stepping into.

Most of us are disgusted by him, but if we agree on the message, it doesn't matter who the messenger is. In this case, Flynt is doing the right thing and we should get behind it (it, not him).

When he went after WJC's accusers and exposed them for the sleazy hypocrites that they are, it was a thing of beauty. Somewhere, packed at the bottom of a box, I still have the magazine Flynt published showing the world what the rethugs were. It would be terrific if he did it again.

there must have been over 50 Republicans exposed

I think that turn about is more that fair play. And I suspect that Trump may have one hell of a lot more dirt in his background!

Here is when the Orange turd tried this:

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/10/24/donald-trumps-big-obama-announcement-5-million-in-exchange-for-obamas-college-passport-records

want to make a fast $10 million?

or someone from his past with real criminal dirt to reveal.

not just another "he grabbed me in a 1968 party", tabloid material.

He has supported activist groups opposed to the war in Iraq, and is also a strong supporter of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage.

He endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 and has described his political views as "progressively liberal."

I just hope the $10 million will bring someone, anyone, out in the open to help impeach that evil rat bastard who calls himself "President of the United States"