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Controversial Internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother are reportedly on a private jet bound for the United States, leaving Romania where they have been embroiled in a legal case alleging human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Controversial influencer? What a headline. How about rapist human trafficker?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

Yeah.

They really should have gone with “Influencer on trial for Human Trafficking”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's a new trend I think, be a neutral as possible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

~~be as neutral as possible~~ be as full of right-wing spin as possible, while falsely claiming neutrality

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Goddammit Romania. You had one job: to prove that your were not the corrupt shit hole that Tater boasted you were.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gross. We don't want them. Have them go fuck up Russia or something. He looks like someone that doesn't wash his ass because could be gay.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Worry not, someone else was doing that for him the past months ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

They were on house arrest. So...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Now that's a fair point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

His brother is someone else.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

So Trump got him released from the travel ban. Not surprising, they’re both right-wing rapists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

In exchange for this traitorously dumbfuck headline, you now must map the inside of my gaping asshole with your tongue.

Robert's Rules of Order, chapter 5, verse 3.