{"id":49098,"date":"2026-07-09T23:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49098"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:00:41","slug":"heavily-intoxicated-woman-says-senate-nominee-raped-her-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/heavily-intoxicated-woman-says-senate-nominee-raped-her-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heavily intoxicated\u2019: Woman says Senate nominee raped her in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJake Tapper, now an anchor at CNN, wrote a 4,200-word essay in the\u00a0<em>Washington City Paper\u00a0<\/em>headlined\u00a0<strong>I DATED MONICA LEWINSKY.\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8216;I\u2019ll get with her because I figured that behind her initial aggressiveness lurked on easy, perhaps winning, bit of no-frills hookup.&#8217;)&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211;Brooke Nevils, &#8220;Unspeakable Things:  Silence, Shame and the Stories We Choose to Believe&#8221;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Heavily intoxicated&#039;: Woman says Senate nominee raped her in 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hz5Nv4-DAnU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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