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House Ethics Committee launches investigation into Matt Gaetz over sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, sharing inappropriate images on the house floor and misusing campaign funds The House Ethics Committee announced Friday it has opened an investigation into multiple allegations against Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz  The allegations expand sexual misconduct, drug use, sharing lewd images from the House floor, and using campaign funds for personal use    Gatez has now hired two promine...

Gaetz loses another staffer as fallout around investigation continues Devin Murphy, the legislative director for Rep. Matt Gaetz, has resigned his post, making him the second staffer to leave the Florida congressman’s office as the pressure continues to mount surrounding a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. A source directly connected to Murphy said he left the job, not specifically because of Gaetz’s legal troubles, but because the “media circus” surrounding the Re...

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Second aide to Matt Gaetz quits amid federal investigation

For the past two years I have engaged in countless conversations with business and religious leaders about faith being a dimension of diversity. Many companies are finding that employees who can bring their whole, authentic selves into the workplace are happier, more productive and more likely to deliver on company objectives. According to a recent Associated Press examination of the Fortune 100 companies, more than 20% of the organizations have formed or allowed to be established faith-based ...

All Aboard for an Adventure in Inequality ANTARCTICA - 2013/11/30: Tourists at Yankee Harbour, a small inner harbour on the south-west side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Island group, Antarctica, with cruise ship Seabourn Quest in background. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) To satisfy his wanderlust, Devin Murphy worked on a series of cruise ships to see the world and learn more about it. As he reports in this fascinating piece at Outiside, what he didn’...

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Frosted Flakes: Robots Showing Empathy, Eating Noodles and a Winter Summit of K2 Share this story Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images Well I’m glad the presidential transition went smoothly yesterday so I can’t focus on the big news in the outdoor/mountaineering world. Last Saturday at around 5:00 pm local time, Nimsdai Purja and a team of nine other Nepali Sherpas became the first group to complete a Winter Ascent of K2. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of peoples...t...

While many LGBTQ leaders had hoped to see an out politician succeed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate, most praised Governor Gavin Newsoms decision to name Secretary of State Alex Padilla Tuesday as Californias first Latino senator in Congress. Equality California, the statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, for instance had sent Newsom a letter encouraging him to pick gay Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia for the Senate seat, or several other out leaders. The only members of th...