Dennis Hastert dies at 84, remembered for child sexual abuse scandal
Truly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case.
lostourmarbles.bsky.social81HE WAS A PEDOPHILE Wasn’t hard to say
Tamara Keel [Scary Remix]57Meanwhile, an unexpected media outlet‘s obit section went hard in the paint. bsky.app/profile/dimi...
Warren Terra27Former Chicago-area business tycoon Alfonse Capone, who was convicted on two misdemeanor and three felony counts of tax evasion, died today in Miami Beach, Florida. He is survived by his wife and son and remembered by his many friends and associates.
soonergrunt25Well, that's how Bari Weiss' CBS news eulogizes him. Others have been more direct.
HAIRBYLEONARD18”The media” or Bari Weiss’s CBS News?
Tom Test - Reed Awards Voice Actor of the Year finalist - 20259Very telling that CBS chose to mention violating banking laws instead of mentioning violating dozens of young boys.
Hunter398It sounds weird, but politicians who violated 'banking laws' were once considered 'disgraced'. No becoming president, no running key House committees, no pardons, if you were caught violating 'banking laws' your career was over and the headlines would call you 'disgraced.' I wonder what changed.
Ned Resnikoff134Dennis Hastert? The former House Speaker who was jailed for violating banking laws?
Mark Schmitt25In a way, it's useful to be reminded that Hastert's abuses became known b/c the W Bush-era FBI noticed he was "violating banking laws." Is there any chance that if Kash Patel's FBI spotted Mike Johnson or another Trump loyalist rep making fishy transactions that they would follow that lead?
Joe Gordon5Angry goose meme asks Jailed for violating banking laws for which purpose, CBS?!
GregSergienko5Yes. For those not around then, the "violating banking laws" that CBS mentions happened because he was paying large amounts of cash to cover up his sex crimes against children.
Mircalla4Never has there been a more "rest in piss" man
pashawasha4Pedophiles don't need a deep state to protect them. The regular state and journalists do it just fine without being asked.
web_rant3Dennis Hastert molested at least four boys while he was a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in the Chicago suburb where he worked from 1965 to 1981. bsky.app/profile/joel...
Michael OBrien3Hey CBS You SELLOUTS He Raped Children! THat is what Denny Hastert Did! Did CBS Rape Children? so why U Hiding it?
calizaybak.bsky.social3I wonder how big a state funeral Trump is going to give for his fellow rapist crook?
Fox News gave Dennis Hastert, whom a federal judge called a “serial child molester,” a warm “In Memoriam” sendoff.
T-Fish🇨🇦🍁39Not really a shock. Faux News is the Network of and for pedophiles. They protect each other. Even the dead ones
grassfedsteelhead.bsky.social12Fox News: Drag queens are groomers!!! Trans women prey on girls in bathrooms. The LGBT is a danger! Also Fox News: Known child molester Dennis Hastert was a man of conviction… Donald Trump is bring Christian values back to the White House. Lauren Boebert has sparked an interest in musical theater.
Craig Blämer9GOP = Gang O' Pedos
Netty Bo Betty9No better ⬇️ CBS "News" took down its tweet about Dennis Hastert's death that said he went to prison for "financial crimes" without mentioning the crimes were hush money payments covering up his sexual crimes against children. I guess enough ridicule can affect even Bari Weiss.
dralmonte.bsky.social6Keith Rupert Murdoch loves serial pedophiles who rape children. What else do you need to know.
Elle Vate6It's a sickness GOP=Group of Pedophiles
Feena van5Republicans say they care about "protecting women and girls". Hopefully people realize thats bullshit. Women don't need to be protected from immigrants or trans people women need to be protected from republicans.
Professor Lynx2At some point we've got to stop being surprised.
Kristin McFall2Just think of the Orange serial child molester's memoriam they'll give...
Pamela in CA2Fox News celebrates rape and molestation! Tune in for depravity and spin!!
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House and a serial child molester who sexually abused teenage boys, has checked into hell at 84. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝217“Republican Family Values” has lost another spokesman. Families can breathe easier.
What Fresh Hell is This Now?41Dear @nytimes.com there is no such thing as “child sex”, it’s rape.
𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒓 🐈⬛✨20I'd like more obituaries that make me happy please.
seamiracles19There is NO SUCH THING AS "CHILD SEX" it is 2026. How is this still difficult for the media????????? Oh my fucking god
ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected19Was it long, protracted and painful?
Middlerage17Keep things warm for DJT! 😈
Pedophile politician arrives in Hell, may he be the first of many to imminently follow www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
WUT31I hate how this headline is written
totnes49.bsky.social20Just a question from across the pond but does holding office as a Republican mean that you must be a paedophile, massively corrupt or both?
E. Allyn Bloom 🇺🇳🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦20"... Child Rape Scandal ..." Fixed.
Some Random Susan16rule of three, don’t let us down
JBSaltzman15The obituary reads as if the abuse happened TO him.
MaggieIndy8Evil old white men live far too long.
will6"I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." — Clarence Darrow
quick134Well finally one of the bad guys dies.
Wendell Albright3Hastert in his later years would read about the Epstein list, and regret never being invited to join the 'fun'
Psaki Bombs of Sanity2Finally, a Monday morning with some happy news!
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, patron saint of Republicans raping children. Are they going to have him lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda?
Marshall Julie11Congrats to Hastert for coming off the Sex Offender Registry!
Epstein Files9Just realized he only served 13 months in prison. JFC. What are we doing here?!?🤬
Patricia9bury him in a landfill
seosamh.bsky.social4And the Congressional Republicans still follow the Hastert Rule.
It's remarkable how little we hear about how the Republican Party kept a pedophile 3rd in line for the presidency from 1999-2007. How many sitting members who put him there still hold their seats?
Lateralusian2Another one who died way too late
The Bari Weiss-ification of CBS News continues. Dennis Hastert was convicted of the sexual abuse of high school students under his supervision as a high school wrestling coach. Banking rules violations were his transfers of hush money payments which he misdescribed and which allowed
Scott Horton161prosecutors to get around the statute of limitations which otherwise would have block prosecution of pedophilia crimes he committed in the sixties and seventies. The old CBS News never would have put out an outrageous cover-up like this.
Lily is anti-ICE, anti-fascist, anti-MAGA, anti-DSA12Earlier, I posted an article from his sentencing where he admitted to child molestation. But for Republicans, this stuff is a feature, and nothing they would consider a crime.
Jeff Milchen10Just as big a lie of omission is concealing his party in the headline and subhead.
deon-botl.bsky.social8They really are the pro-rape, pro-pedophile party
Luke M5The woman so aggressively protects pedophiles that I really think someone should investigate what she does to her own kids.
adrifthuman.bsky.social2And this story doesn’t seem to be on their BlueSky account yet.
Murshed Zaheed32Appalling and beyond shameless from @cbsnews.com but no longer surprising given who is in charge of this network's "news" Evolving into just another propaganda channel for the Republicans/right wing in front of our eyes.
strawberry garfield10honestly thought he died years ago. anyway rip bozo
Erin, on the side of caution4"Al Capone, who loomed large in Chicago society and was later jailed for tax evasion, has died."
Pam Spaulding3No shock. Protection of the party of pedophiles under Bari Weiss. The depth of Dennis Hastert's depravity — his sexual abuse as a high school coach of young wrestlers and football players — is not front and center. It's foremost a story about "breaking banking laws?!" 🦋 bsky.app/profile/robe...
proud rebel scum ⚛️2It’s funny - does anyone NOT know Denny was a pedo? who do they think they’re hiding this from?
D.J. WEED PIZZA2Why do conservatives love pedophiles so much? Hmm, we never know the answer.
More like I-ACK2Weiss is just abiding by the Hastert rule (Republican pedophiles must be protected at all costs)
“Pedophile and disgraced former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was sent to prison in a hush money case, dies at 84” FIXED IT!
Terra Mujer2No Love lost. Must be pretty warm where he's at now.
Jo Thom2The deader the better. It’s not nice to fuck little kids. Ask president pedophile although HE loved it.
Richard Adlof . . .1Hush money to hide HABITUAL CHILD RAPE. The Republicans have been the Guardians of Pedophiles for decades on end.
Kathy1Best and most accurate one I've seen so far. Great job!
Terry Mahoney1A pedophile college wrestling coach. A person who was entrusted with safety & guidance of young athletes. Disgusting beyond belief.
makaleka1he went to prison for the WRONG crime
I've seen at least two headlines that refer to Dennis Hastert as "disgraced former House Speaker". NO, he was a "sexual predator and felon former House Speaker".
Brad Goodson2As a survivor, the attempt to memory hole this monster's crimes infuriates me. Bank fraud? Like that's the issue?
Tracy G2At least they 'disgraced'. The first story I saw had no indication of his crimes in the headline or first paragraph. I didn't read further than that.
Libby Justice2Dennis Hastert, a former Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, raped young boys.
ehn442.bsky.social1We all need to share this info. In Illinois, we all remember how he abused the boys.
Sarah Morgan1The OG Republican Pedophile perhaps?
Mike1Hell, I thought it took more than that for a politician to be “disgraced.” Nowadays, that gets you the presidency.
amazing how many Republicans there are down at the bottom of memory hole. him, GW Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tom DeLay, so many guys whose existence is/was very inconvenient www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
ryan cooper222they're going to try to do it to Trump too, mark my words. 10 minutes after he finally croaks it'll be "Donald? not ringing a bell"
Dave Awl35Mark Foley definitely belongs on that list ... odd how nobody ever mentions him anymore.
Davor Mondom12The Bush II to Tea Party pivot was such whiplash, it really was like the previous eight years never happened.
PJA7One of the best things that happened to the Trump era GOP is the fact that those guys were so toxic and (also that many of them considered Trump so toxic) that Trump could run against them and present himself as an opponent of "the swamp."
The Subsequent Mrs. de Winter5The OG of Republican pedos & rapists.
Kat K 🐾🐾3Good. One less pedophile on the planet.
mtsw377i feel like it would be very easy to draw a link between the pedo speaker of the house the republicans repeatedly covering up for pedos jeffrey epstein and donald trump but instead the media still treats the GOP like its a normal party
Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo46I honestly thought he had already died.
More like I-ACK7To this day Republicans cleave closely to the Hastert Rule, an informal Republican procedural principle that says they must always protect the pedophiles in their midst
Melody Lee Lacy6Memories that should have been warnings in 2024. Republicans Will Regret 2024 Forever
John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks2I think I kind of assumed Hastert was already dead, but happy to hear the good news all the same
If you’re going to talk about the death of Dennis Hastert, at least have the courtesy to use his mugshot and talk about his REAL legacy of being a serial child molester.
AgonyFlips2Another Republican Arrested? No way... Alabama Christian Family Values, Republican Brett Easterbrook, Arrested on Human Trafficking and Prostitution Charges
Trey1He died? Extra ice cream with dinner... 😇
Maryanna1Dirty, filthy old man 🤮
Paint it Blue 🚫🧊1Something about him looks familiar.... #RotInPieces
wltran.bsky.social1The republicans covered for him for years.After he was no longer useful, they let him serve a measly sentence for horrendous crimes against kids.
JR1You can tell they're all pedophiles simply by looking at who from among them they choose to be leaders
dennis hastert should be memorialized as "abusive pervert who served as republican speaker of the house" not as "speaker of the house who did some bad stuff"
Power Vibe · by NoMAGA5The euphemism matters because institutional biographies turn power into prestige, then tuck the people he harmed into a parenthesis.
Imaginary Internet Guy1Does the order really matter? Being the Republican Speaker of the House is at least as bad as being a pedophile.
andrea dworkin for the weekend1”don’t put pedophile republicans in office” seems like such an effective attack line
Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former House speaker, who later went to prison, has died. He was 84.
jeannecz.bsky.social21Disgraced? He was a pedophile. He was paying off his victims. He admitted it, never served time on pedophilia as it was too late, He went to jail. We call this disgrace? I dont think he even deserves an article.
Conscientious Ice🧊15He was a sex offender of children
steves125.bsky.social15“Disgraced” is that the media’s term for a person convicted of sexual abuse of teenage boys?
Drives Like a Dream10he was a child rapist. it's okay to call him a child rapist after he's dead and has admitted to abusing children.
CarrieT 🗽 ⚖️ 🇺🇸 🐶 📚 🛩 🌏 🐘 🗳 ⛩️ 😆 🎶 🪙 🤷♀️6Republican pedophile, Dennis Hastert, dead. 👋
julieputney77.bsky.social6He raped children. Why even give him an obit?
Drives Like a Dream17what did he go to prison for? why was he is prison motherfucker?!
Luthy2How much more fucking useless can you all be over there at PBS? Tell, us, you fucking weak sauce assholes, what EXACTLY did Hastert go to prison for? Was it for, oh I don't know, being a serial child molester? Go ahead. Check your files. I'll wait, you feckless cowards.
Cara Jackson2Props to PBS for not sugarcoating it.
