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Home Front: Politix

Beyond Weird – Senator John Fetterman Wife and Kids Fled Country After His Hospitalization

2023-02-26

[Last Refuge] At first, I thought this story was fake. Then I thought it was likely just a misinterpretation of events. However, I was curious enough to just go look for myself, because there are quite a few people noticing it now. Indeed, the initial reports were not wrong.

The background story of how Senator John Fetterman’s wife reacted to the news of her husband’s hospitalization for clinical depression is just weird.

Apparently, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s family did not go to Washington DC with him. {h/t Gateway Pundit} Considering Mr. Fetterman was recovering from a stroke, the worst possible scenario would be stress and unfamiliar surroundings. The resulting hospitalization for clinical depression then takes on new context.

I take the approach never to judge personal life, because you just don’t ever know what is going on deeply inside the lives of others. However, things are really odd about the way Gisele Fetterman responded to the news of her husband’s hospitalization. She grabbed the passports, packed up the kids and headed to Canada. Huh?

Even more weird, Mrs. Fetterman outlines her reaction on her own social media accounts [SOURCE].

We drove straight into … Canada (and lovely Buffalo NY) (Pro Tip: always have passports ready just in case you have to run away 😅) We talked about lots of hard things and how we will all have to face hard things. About the need to be gentle … with all and with ourselves. pic.twitter.com/0PWQXHrbqT
— Gisele Barreto Fetterman (@giselefetterman) February 24, 2023

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Sen. John Fetterman checks himself into hospital for clinical depression treatment

2023-02-17

[NYPOST] Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is back in a DC-area hospital, this time to get treatment for clinical depression, his office announced Thursday.

" While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks," Fetterman chief of staff Adam Jentleson wrote on Twitter, adding that Capitol attending physician Brian Monahan examined Fetterman on Monday and "recommended inpatient care" on Wednesday.

"After examining John, the doctors at Walter Reed [National Military Medical Center] told us that John is getting the care he needs, and will soon be back to himself," Jentleson concluded.

Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, posted a separate tweet stating: "After what he’s been through in the past year, there’s probably no one who wanted to talk about his own health less than John. I’m so proud of him for asking for help and getting the care he needs."

Fetterman, 53, was taken to George Washington University Hospital on Feb. 8 after feeling lightheaded during a Democratic Party retreat. He was released two days later and was back in the Senate on Monday.

Courtesy of Deacon Blues via Hot Air, who comments:

Who could have seen this coming?

News from Fetterman’s office: “Last night, Senator John Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed … to receive treatment for clinical depression. While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks” pic.twitter.com/Yp6yGhpX7L
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 16, 2023

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Fetterman Has Not Given A Public Interview Since Election Night-His Wife Does Regularly

2022-12-31

[PJMedia] Senator-elect John Fetterman (D-Penn.) is still hiding from the media, nearly two months after being elected.

For many months now, there have been issues raised regarding Fetterman’s fitness for office. In fact, his disastrous debate performance had many convinced that his campaign was over. But thanks to his keeping a low profile during most of the campaign and banking thousands of votes via early voting, Fetterman managed to defeat Dr. Mehmet Oz last month.

Despite winning a six-year term in the U.S. Senate, Fetterman apparently still isn’t comfortable enough speaking to the media. He hasn’t given a single interview since winning his election—despite the outstanding questions about his physical fitness for office.

His communications team and his wife, however, have been giving plenty of interviews, according to Fox News Digital. This, of course, makes Fetterman’s absence even more suspect. Fetterman assured the voters of Pennsylvania that he was fit for office, providing a doctor’s note—not even a legitimate medical record—from his physician, who just so happens to be a big-time Democratic donor who coincidentally also gave money to Fetterman’s campaign.

John Fetterman is letting his wife and communications team handle public appearances for him more than six months after his stroke and nearly two months after his election. So, it stands to reason that Fetterman is hiding something. Perhaps he’s not recovering as he claimed he would—which means that, in all likelihood, the same bumbling, confused man we saw on the debate stage in October will be trying to represent the people of Pennsylvania come next month.

How long is Fetterman going to last in the Senate before he resigns for health reasons?

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Southeast Asia

Drilon says Commander Brain Damage not her kidnapper

2008-07-25

ABS-CBN News senior correspondent Ces Drilon said Wednesday night that the suspect arrested by the military in Talipao, Sulu on Tuesday is not part of the group of Abu Sayyaf members who kidnapped her, two network cameramen and a peace advocate in the province last month. "The commander 'Brain Damage' is not the one we know who was part of the group that kidnapped us," Drilon said in a statement, adding that the military sent her a picture of the suspect via multi-media message on mobile phone.

Police, meanwhile, said that Drilon and cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama will still be asked to identify suspects caught by authorities in Sulu when they are turned over to officials in Manila.

On Tuesday, a man named Munhamer Sattari, alias "Brain Damage," and is said to be a member of the Talipao town-based Abu Sayyaf Group under the late Commander Mujib Susukan, was apprehended by members of the Marine MBLT-4 in Barangay Kandang.

Amilbahar Amilasan, presidential assistant on the peace process, said Sattari has a pending arrest warrant for four counts of frustrated murder.

Amilasan said the suspect has been brought to the 3rd Marine Brigade headquarters. Col. Eugenio Clemen of the 3rd Brigade, however, was unable to confirm the report. He said he was in Zamboanga City Wednesday.

On July 18, two other suspected kidnappers of Drilon, her crew and peace advocate Octavio Dinampo were arrested at a Marine checkpoint in Patikul town.

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Another suspect in Drilon kidnapping snagged

2008-07-25

Another suspect in the kidnapping of a television news crew was arrested by the military in Sulu, a military spokesman said Thursday.

The suspect was identified as Abu Sayyaf member Munhamer Sattari alias Brain Damage, who was collared in Kandang village, Maimbung town, at 5:35 p.m. last Tuesday, said Lieutenant Colonel Edgard Arevalo of the Navy. No details are available as of posting time.

Sattair is the third suspect to be captured in a week. Last Friday, authorities arrested two others, including a 14-year-old boy in Timpook village, Patikul town.

On June 8, ABS-CBN news anchor Ces Drilon, her cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, and their guide, Mindanao State University (MSU) professor Octavio Dinampo, were seized in Sulu by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits. Valderama was freed on June 12, while the rest was released on June 17. Police said ransom was paid.

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Hillary losing the Pink Floyd vote

2008-04-16

Pink Floyds Roger Waters has attacked democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton calling the senator from New York ghastly.
Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
Waters, who admits to being a fan of Clintons rival for the democratic nomination, Barack Obama,
And the worms ate into his brain.
said that Clinton would invade Iran if she was elected Americas next president.

I was so disappointed the other night when the ghastly Hillary got Texas and kept the whole thing going," he told the Independent. "Please God, let's not have this woman!
Be careful with that ~~axe~~ ballot box, Eugene!
Hillary will want to make her mark and show that she can be just as good as a male president, and she will fucking invade Iran. Trust me. She voted to declare the Iranian Republican Guard a terrorist organisation!"
The lunatic is in my head.
The lunatic is in my head.
Despite being ineligible to vote, Waters, who lives in New York, said he would buy a whole page in The New York Times in order to fly Obama's flag.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
But I would be terribly afraid they'd go, 'This is that pinko shitbag who's attacking our President in time of war', he added.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision, . . .

Clinton and Obama next face off against each other in the Philadelphia primary on April 22nd.
. . . just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.

I'm beginning to think "Brain Damage" is autobiographical.

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