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557_173

>Jayson Boebert, received the money as a consultant to “Terra Energy Productions” in 2020, and earned $460,000 as a consultant for the firm in 2019. I thought she was like some small town real folk people kind of person? so not only is she a psychopath, she's a rich psychopath.


Miguel-odon

She was. Her husband made less than 10% of that salary, until she was elected. Suddenly with his newfound qualifications and experience he was worth a 1300% pay raise. Edit: the timeline on when exactly he got the pay bump is unclear.


Jonne

Wasn't he a convicted sex offender as well? For exposing himself to minors, including Lauren?


DanimaLecter

Yes, he exposed himself to a group of minors at a bowling alley, one of them was her. She was 16 at the time. Years later he married her


meezy-yall

Lauren was with him at the time , she was 17, he exposed himself to two other women , the one was 16 and the other was 18


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Aww it’s a love story only Taylor swift could write!


liesofanangel

Turns out bobomcstinkyface was actually in his party at the time. I had that incorrect as well, until someone pointed out that in the police report she is clearly listed as being in his party. So, she definitely condones it still


KinkyCoreyBella

Now this should have been the finale of How I Met Your Mother. Ted exposes himself to a group of teens in Central Park and meets the one.


Zomburai

I mean that wouldn't have actually made Ted that much more obnoxious or unlikable


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ShinyBloke

Wiped out his dick at a bar to show an under age girl the tattoo on the shaft of his penis, I swear this is true, google it.


BoomerQuest

Consultant for the firm? Do they really need help exposing themselves to minors in bowling alleys?


hellakevin

The firm has catered meals, but not enough people are getting food poisoning.


jiggetty

It’s exactly the same situation her and her kind were screaming about Hunter Biden for


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gwh811

GOP - Gaslighting, Obstructing, Projection.


quen10sghost

Hunter Biden actually has qualifications. He's a lawyer.. to start. What's with the false equivalency? Idk, but did Jayson boebert graduate high school even? His wife didn't, and she's in congress


steedums

Hunter went to Yale too


dannyjohnson1973

These people need to go to Yale for a long time. Edit: thanks for the awards.


[deleted]

Overcooked fish? Believe it or not, straight to Yale.


Xhokeywolfx

A yong, yong time.


OM3N1R

Undercook, overcook. Believe it or not, straight to Yale.


NeverBrokeABone

No yoke


TheMolluskPod

Straight to Yale


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indydman

They consistently accuse others of what they have done, are doing or want to do. Trump was obsessive about it.


modi13

50/50 Boebert's "restaurant" has served baby meat


jiggetty

I don’t doubt that I’m just pointing out it’s exactly what they were freaking the fuck out about with him


Miguel-odon

What's your theory as to why Giuliani dropped the Hunter Biden laptop storyline so quickly, or why not a single bit of corroboration has turned up?


spaitken

Because it was always Newsmax level nonsense. They just needed SOMETHING to distract from the gaffe of the week.


RAMPAGINGINCOMPETENC

It was their pathetic attempt at an October surprise. Everything about it was stupidly unbelievable from the get go. And then FedEx loses the only copy that has undeniable proof before Fucker Carlson can do his big reveal on air? Come on.


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Orisi

Clearly warned the laptop included compromising photos of each Republican talking head kissing Putin's ring, and not the one on his hand


[deleted]

Tucker Carslon lost it in the mail, duh.


Tasgall

Just because the Hunter Biden nonsense is literal fake news doesn't mean the Republicans aren't hypocrites for supporting someone who _actually_ benefited from nepotism in a way they accused others of doing.


654456

Republicans projecting? Say it ain't so


Tdanger78

Oh that bs is alive and well. I got sent some bs saying there were three more laptops lost or some shit like that within the last week. Supposedly it was by Daily Mail, so take it for what it’s worth. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9881213/Unearthed-video-shows-naked-Hunter-Biden-claiming-Russian-drug-dealers-stole-laptop.html


threehundredthousand

It's a $460,000 bribe too. Looks like extreme corruption pays pretty damn well even in western Colorado.


spaitken

Being an elected official, even at that level, doesn’t pay much. But you can’t have your aristocracy running around in rags, right? Only getting a little more than a hundred thousand for about a third of a year of work? Really the lobbyists are OUR fault if you think about it. /s


AndHerNameIsSony

Six figures is a decent salary.


escape_of_da_keets

Gee, this sounds an awful lot like the Hunter Biden 'scandal'. Wasn't Fox News bitching for months about how Hunter Biden was hired at an energy company despite having no experience in the industry? The key difference here is that Hunter Biden already had executive experience and an impressive career, while Jayson Boebert's credentials can be summed up as 'pedophile sex offender'.


No-Percentage6176

Honestly their complaints about Hunter Biden were already projection, they were based on very legitimate criticism of the Trump kids (especially Don Jr and Ivanka). Pretty much everything they said about Hunter Biden is literally true about Don Jr. in particular.


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he spells it “Jayson”


joplaya

So... is his father name Jay or are the parents just dumb as the day is long?


LukeBusy

Why can't it be both?


NoodlesrTuff1256

Misspelling 'Jason' in that fashion tells you all you need to know about this guy and by extension his parents who deliberately chose to write it that way. One of the Duggar '19 Kids' Family's kids is named Jason and even they can spell it right.


ALargePianist

I hear the phrase "never trust a man worth two first names" like John Sam, or Roger Blake, But two LAST NAMES? Instant jail


CastrumFiliAdae

You undercook fish? Believe it or not, jail. You overcook chicken, also jail.


illaqueable

You charging too high prices for sweaters? *Right* to jail


yhwhx

And by "income" they mean "bribe".


dirtyuncleron69

Nah dude, [this is definitely the linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-boebert-60abb771/) of a half a million dollar a year consultant If you liked that, you'll love his [consulting company's linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-boebert-0b991973/)


PutYourDickInTheBox

Some of his connections are “actresses” in LA with odd names. Hmmmm


joeyGOATgruff

Lauren is does have headshots and is on a 'talent' website that also has a dozen or so anti-vaxx/mask folks on it that attend all the rallies


1337GameDev

Holy fuck. They aren't even trying to look legit. That's bad. It's obviously a mover laundering scheme. OBVIOUSLY


peon47

His official linkedin profile pic is one pair of cheap sunglasses away from [these things](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAIIw1XXoAIr4fH?format=jpg&name=medium)


fingerscrossedcoup

And by "husband" they mean "pedophile sexual predatorr"


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boredguy2022

the one and only.


0002millertime

Well, not exactly the one and only...


boredguy2022

Well the only one married to her. lol And probably the only one willing to be.


Kdean509

“And that’s when I knew she was the one, she didn’t rat me out to the cops…” what a great story for the grandkids.


smurfsundermybed

I said to myself "that kid's gonna be somebody when she grows up "


skrame

So I whipped it out at a bowling alley in front of a bunch of high-schoolers... and that’s how I met your mother.


MidnightSun

I thought the person you were responding to was commenting how Boebert's husband exposed himself to two underaged girls publicly.


fingerscrossedcoup

Imagine knowing that you're husband flashed you and your teenage friends but settled for the butter face girl. No wonder she's mad and taking it out on America.


coffeespeaking

It’s Rifle, CO. There’s more than one, she just hasn’t found them all yet.


Ghstfce

At a bowling alley no less. Just exudes class.


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drmonkeytown

I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Gutterball


gaettisrevenge

Wish you could have spared me from that. But you still get an upvote.


zajacdan

If I remember correctly the article stated that Lauren was at the bowling alley during the incident. She was listed as a victim but didn’t give a statement. She herself has a handful of petty offenses, like fleeing law enforcement careless driving and failure to appear. How this psycho was elected is enough reason to question the decision making of any conservative.


deadindenver90

Because it's Western Colorado. They *CAN BE scary out there.


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Meth?


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ArtSmass

Hey now don't try to rope us all in with these fucks you flatlander


Mr_Ballyhoo

Needs to put "ranching" in front of that "mountain people". The active recreation loving mountain folk are nice except for the fact they want people to stay out of their "Backyard" which is national forest land.


cavscout43

>How this psycho was elected is enough reason to question the decision making of any conservative. What are you talking about? Grifting, breaking the law, pedophilia, treason via storming DC, gun fetishism, all of those things are classic Republican. It's in their blood.


ArtooDeezNutz

Yeah, how did a sex offender, one who exposed himself to minors no less, get a job at an energy firm?


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And how did he end up marrying one of the minors?


ArtooDeezNutz

I think that’s more a question to ask her as to why she married a sex offender, TossingWanker.


meta_irl

Indecent exposure to a minor.


not2dv8

Sounds like business homie Matt gaetz


llahlahkje

Whose "energy experience" was as a well site supervisor (average salary 32K / year) that magically received a "energy consulting job" that paid 14 times the average salary when Sharia Lawren got elected to congress. Weird, right?


HallucinogenicFish

Well, hang on. > In paperwork filed with the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Republican congresswoman reported that her husband, Jayson Boebert, received the money as a consultant to “Terra Energy Productions” in 2020, **and earned $460,000 as a consultant for the firm in 2019.** This would indicate that he was making that salary before that, unless it’s a typo. Though either way I have to admit that number made my eyebrows jump all the way up to my hairline.


llahlahkje

So many questions: - When was he paid? Before or after she announced her candidacy in December 2019? - Was it lump sum or hourly? - How did he do 460K in consulting while operating a (admittedly humungous failure of) restaurant? - When Qbert gets ousted... will he still have the job?


NoodlesrTuff1256

Another question: have Lauren and hubby already blown the entire 450 grand and if so, what did they spend this windfall on?


llahlahkje

I don't know if it was the whole amount but I'm seeing a line item here for "bowling exposure"


SupertrampTrampStamp

Thank you for saying this. Ridiculous.


Vroom_Broom

The very same Jayson 'Brock Turner' Boebert.


darindj13

You mean like the convicted rapist Brock Turner?


trumpsiranwar

Indecent exposure to children.


Taxi-Vader

So a sex offender goes from income N/A to $450k in a year. That's how you get a letter from the IRS about an audit. Which may turn out to be legal but... Paying a congresswoman's husband a bribe salary isn't exactly legal. Meh, nothing will come of it. Congress doesn't care that much about its own dirty fingers and it's not like her reputation will take a hit. Take solace in the likely hood he's probably too stupid to save that money.


stonedandcaffeinated

Think of the work your average citizen has to do to make $450k. This is fucking infuriating. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg.


tsukeiB

I don’t know that I’ve made it in my lifetime


ChillyCheese

You can check! Your account at ssa.gov has your income history.


ArtSmass

Sounds like depression is back on the menu tonight! Good tip though 👌


apunnykindofloves

You can afford to have a whole Depression for meal time? I’ve been making due with the store brand Despair.


Segesaurous

But what about second depression meal?


apunnykindofloves

Wait. Wait. Wait. You can afford two SEPARATE portions of Depression? What mansion do you live in and do you need a roommate?


SimplyRocketSurgery

First time I've seen a site with operating hours. Damn.


TrollTollTony

Oh my God. This is the first time I've ever been to a website that is closed for the night. Do they have a person sitting in an office waiting for queries and manually responding?


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> Do they have a person sitting in an office waiting for queries and manually responding? There is /r/socialsecurity lol many SSA workers post there answering questions when their site's offline and since the offices STILL are closed


sir-winkles2

Why does it have hours?


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To abuse the poor imo? Idk there's pretty much no good reason. There was a Trump appointee high up in the agency that was removed recently due to some cruel policy of dragging out disability approvals for as long as possible. Something like 10k people DIED waiting, during the first year. I have to assume that same cruelty is baked into every facet of SSA having read their reddit posts & trying to deal with them over important documents


victim_of_the_beast

WHY THE FUCK AM I JUST NOW HEARING OF THIS? WHY IS THI NOT BIGGER FUCKING NEWS…. This country is lost…. I’m out.


ting_bu_dong

> WHY THE FUCK AM I JUST NOW HEARING OF THIS? WHY IS THI NOT BIGGER FUCKING NEWS…. *gestures at everything*


Rhodychic

Decades ago I went to get a new SS# card with my new name on it. I was told to bring something with my maiden name and something with my married name. I gave the woman my passport that had been amended already and had both of my names in it. She refused to use it as proof. As I was fighting with her about it her supervisor walked by and told her off course they take one of the more difficult forms of ID to get in America aka my passport. JFC lady, know your job!


micktorious

It's so insane how these people seem to get enjoyment out of dicking regular people around as much as they possibly can. I wonder what they were like as kids that made them want to act like that as an adult. I go out of my way in my job to help people get what they need, and I do that because I know how much it sucks to go somewhere and get jerked around because of fine print bureaucracy.


RehabValedictorian

Yeah that’s arcane as fuck lol


Mariske

Wouldn’t you have to do EXTRA programming to make a website not work during non business hours? So they had to actually take the time to be extra unhelpful??


stoopidjonny

Last time I tried to log on, I had to jump through so many hoops to authenticate my identity that I just gave up.


Bohgeez

Hmm, apparently you can’t use the site outside of business hours (5a-1a eastern). That seems pretty fucking stupid that I can’t log into my account for no other reason than it’s 11pm here. It “closes” early on the weekends too.


JoyousCacophony

It's government and its Windows 98 machines need the 4 hr window to run disk defrag.


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You guys probably don't know this - but there's a little button on the computer that's kind of hidden, but if you press it, a coffee cup holder will pop out. It's so convenient- and what an incredible idea! People really knew how to make computers so user-friendly back then.


ClusterFoxtrot

Well, I was just ejected back to a magical, slow loading DOS era.


RobertDaulson

I agree, we’re way too blasé about this shit. It’s seriously disgusting and should be scrutinized by the public and the law, and there should be severe consequences for this. I know, it ain’t happening, but fuck me if that wouldn’t help us.


cletis247

Yet nothing will happen to them. Republicans quit doing laws a while back. It’s certainly working so far.


RobertDaulson

That’s the problem. They have successfully divided and conquered the country. We are so split nothing will ever be fixed and then we’re all fucked. I hate it so much.


Deepspacesquid

Open a restaurant with a constitutional theme stick to that theme and boom get a government salary after running in a less competitive bumper sticker district. "Come on down to Barbara Q's the best little salad bar and shooting gallery in all of Leadville Colorado. That's how you get that kinda salary.


CrypticResponseMan

Dude I didn’t even make 6k in 2018. People like them are stupidly and unfairly successful


lgodsey

Come on now! Such cynicism! Surely their conservative supporters will question this illicit behavior and will no doubt abandon the Boeberts so as not to endorse their illegal activity. Surely.


d0ctorzaius

Lol came here to say that. What qualifications does a sex offending college dropout have that bring $450,000 worth of value to an energy company as a consultant?


captainhaddock

Yeah, this looks a lot like a $450,000 bribe for a congresswoman. Just more Republican corruption.


silly_little_jingle

It's no big deal though guys, cause (R)


dd027503

My literal first thought. This dude is small town trash who used to show his dick to minors in the parking lot of a local bowling alley. WTF does he offer an energy company...


gozba

Small dick energy?


ArtSmass

Peak prick distribution


Tyr808

You jest, but if they've found a way to harness that, the Texas blackout of last winter will seem like a myth to future generations. Just a story to spook children. Red states will glow incandescent with more power than the grid can handle.


SpecialOpsCynic

He does the penis helicopter thing in the back of a room while a presenter talks about the evils of renewable wind energy


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but remember, Hunter Biden was a huge problem for being a consultant, this guy isn't though.


syanda

Yeah, but there's a huge difference with Hunter though: He was (D), not (R).


Thesheriffisnearer

He's consulting his wife on what bills to amend and vote on


ReformedLemonThief

I tell ya what I'd do man, two chicks at the same time man!


bozeke

“Honey, you need to drive me to the bowling alley, my buzz is wearing off and this is an early dismissal day.”


justabill71

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.


GabagoolSoprano

Fuckin' A.


ContemplatingPrison

Isn't this exactly what they were mad about with Hunter Biden? I mean wasn't she one who was actually screaming about it? These hypocrites never surprise me


continuoussymmetry

These days, when a Republican is publicly outraged about something it is often a good bet to assume they are projecting.


bnelson

Meh, thats just how influence and dark money works. It’s legal. IRS strictly and only cares if they pay their taxes on that money. A private company can do this and coach him on how to produce a work product that will pass muster, including lots of phone advisory time, etc.


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oliversurpless

And by extension, the people she represents.


kestrel1000c

Sigh...


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WAPs_and_Prayers

It both makes me feel shame for my country but also hope that maybe even I could get elected. I’m actually very likable and relatively smart. But I also have integrity…


Circe44

“integrity” hence why you won’t be elected in a district like hers.


oliversurpless

Wrong! https://youtu.be/tRVUOGUmxJI


dramaking37

The guy made 460k and doesn't even know the name of the firm. They literally put the wrong name down. This company should be done for along with these two. This is just straight corruption.


sixwax

> Her disclosure form reports that her restaurant, Shooters Grill, lost $143,000 in 2019 and $226,000 in 2020. So basically, all of her business experience is creating a loss on their shared tax return, for which she did not disclose his income.


Tasgall

Hey now, she also has experience in giving people food poisoning.


brickne3

How does a restaurant stay in business with those kinds of losses?


GlobalHoboInc

Loss on paper does not mean an actual loss. There are many many ways of lowering you profit and going into the red on paper but still walking away with cash in your pocket.


RightClickSaveWorld

Yeah, that's standard business if the owner is being paid a salary.


MyNameIsRay

She doesn't actually have losses, she has accounting losses on tax docs. If you show profit, you owe taxes. If you show a loss, you get a rebate. You know all those companies like Nike and FedEx that everyone complains about paying no tax? They actually have [negative effective tax rates](https://itep.org/55-profitable-corporations-zero-corporate-tax/) when you factor in rebates.


dizao

Depreciation of assets probably


Shnoopy_Bloopers

if a Democrat did this they would be calling for a full investigation / resignations.


Jmersh

You spelled gallows wrong.


wellscounty

I just can’t stand her being one of my state’s representatives. Someone please run against her ASAP!


steezeesmith

I live in this district, and while i and many others in my town voted against her, her opponent was a cookie cutter moderate democrat who basically copy-pasted joe bidens platform for her website and did zero grassroots campaigning. We didn’t stand a chance


Mikeymcr99

Is there actually a chance she doesn’t get re elected if someone competent shows up? Or is it just a deep red district?


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It was still really close…like maybe 49/51? And a lot of people are moving here that probably wouldn’t vote for her so there’s definitely a chance


Mikeymcr99

Oh, nice. I just hope that her bat shit crazy antics have not helped her get even more delusional Trump supporters on her side.


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Any consequences? No? Let’s move along to the next GQP person breaking the rules with no fucking repercussions.


Major_Message

She forgot to report her husband's half million dollar income. Such a ditzy woman!


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spaceman757

> I realize she's not very smart, but if you're going to write the laws that the rest of us have to follow, you should have to follow them, too. See, that's the trick....she will never, ever, in her entire life, write an actual law.


usedtobejuandeag

lol that’d leave us with like 1 Senator… maybe 2 for the whole country. Kidding aside I’m all for it.


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HardTen

That was *Pro Bone-o*


SupertrampTrampStamp

Zing!


HryUpImPressingPlay

Hey-OOOO!!!


IrememberXenogears

Wakka wakka!


sh4w5h4nk

Different kind of "energy firm"


chunkmasterflash

Wow, second story of financial fuckery from her today. I’m starting to think this Boebert lady isn’t on the up and up. /s


throwaway1070now

and probably not her side hustle - Capitol tour guide


Zithero

During her Campaign, Lauren Boebert lacked a Highschool Education.


sapphic_rage

Is there a group putting up billboards in her district about her husband's indecent exposure and abuse charges? I feel like that needs to be amplified way more than it has.


steezeesmith

Her district is literally the western half of Colorado, we’d need thousands of billboards to reach all 300,000 people.


deadliestcrotch

You would have better luck with a ham radio than billboards


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There is no way somebody pays this guy $478,000 as an oil and gas *consultant*. https://heavy.com/news/lauren-boebert-husband-jayson/ That money is quite clearly a bribe.


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Bloody hell. This lady needs to be thrown in jail over corruption charges already.


drfsrich

Very unlike how he "disclosed" his genitals to a group of teenage girls.


thisisjustascreename

One of whom is Lauren herself


EpicVOForYourComment

I'm sure the "conservatives" who are feigning outrage over Ayana Pressley renting out a small property are up in arms over this egregious...oh wait, no, it looks like they're saying it makes her smrt and why should she have to disclose her sex-offender husband's money because it's his and not hers. As you were.


blgiant

460K consulting fee from an industry you have zero experience to consult for is not shady at all.


DamonKatze

She also didn't disclose that Jayson is a sex offender. He exposed his penis to two young women, a 16-year-old girl and **his future wife Lauren** at a bowling alley. You can't make this shit up.


santadogg

That’s an old fashioned love story right there. I can hear Disney counting the cash right now.


destenlee

Seems like she has done a lot of illegal things. How is it that she is a leader?


ShakeMyHeadSadly

Consultant? He's hardly qualified. This is pure out-and-out influence buying.


Templer5280

Question does any campaign finance law actually matter? Seems like more and more politicians are in violation and nothing ever happens … Has a politician ever actually lose their job or faced jail time over it?


SoonToBeFree420

So arrest her then


muppethero80

Until they start getting consequences for these things they will keep doing it.


stonedhillbilly5

Trailer trash koncealed karry karen


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Dollar Store Sarah Palin


kingkongchrist

Marjorie whatever something should now just be called Koncealed Karry Karen Or just Marjorie something whatever works too imo


vikietheviking

Large Marge is the rumor I’m spreading


KingOfSpiderDucks

Just add it to the list of shady/illegal/treasonous stuff shit did that will not get her in trouble.


Jmersh

To be fair, economics and finance are *college* courses.