Hyperpartisan Senator and All-Around Scumbag Chris Murphy Abandons His Wife For His Much Younger Side-Piece, a Millennial Who Runs a Leftwing Propaganda Mill That Posts Democrat Talking Points Disguised as "Local News Reports"

Mollie @MZHemingway

Semafor reports Democrat Chris Murphy has left his wife for Tara McGowan, who runs large Democrat propaganda sites purporting to be local news.

He was spotted canoodling with the infant.

Actually the NY Post says "cuddling" but I prefer the retro insinuation term "canoodling."

Chris Murphy was spotted at a Washington, DC, watering hole on a date with a progressive media mogul and strategist who's boosted his efforts as a leading anti-Trump politician in Congress -- just months after the Connecticut Democrat announced he and his wife were separating.

Murphy, 51, was caught "cuddling" with Courier Newsroom publisher Tara McGowan, 39, last Monday by the bar at the Red Hen, located just one mile north of Capitol Hill in the district's Bloomingdale neighborhood, a source told The Post, sharing a photo of the pair's romantic rendezvous.

The source said Murphy wrapped his arm around McGowan's shoulder at one point, and the two were "being cutesy" while scanning the menu together for rustic Italian fare.

The cozy outing took place the night before President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, which the senator sat out.

LOL. He took the night off to bang his schoolgirl sidepiece.

The Democratic lawmaker is apparently still married to his wife, Cathy Holahan, a lawyer based in Washington, as neither has filed for divorce in Connecticut or DC, per public court records. The couple announced they were parting ways last November.

A DC Dem insider told Semafor that McGowan is having a love affair with the senator -- and shared a selfie of them on her private Instagram last week with the caption "not postponing joy."

As of Monday morning, McGowan had deactivated her X account.

Murphy and his wife met at the University of Connecticut's law school, married in 2007 and have two children together.

And what's this?

McGowan was until last year married to Michael Halle, a fellow Dem strategist and former senior adviser to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He also served on the presidential campaigns of Buttigieg, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

The Courier founder and publisher filed for divorce in May 2023, citing "irreconcilable differences," and the marriage was dissolved the following year in April, Rhode Island state court filings show.

A self-described "childless woman voter," McGowan has used her personal platform and position for years at the digital outlet to promote Murphy, retweeting his TV appearances and touting his "pro-democracy" stances and policy priorities on gun control, immigration and foreign relations.

"Beyond original newsletters, podcasts + social video series, COURIER's new national vertical will publish video opinion pieces from prominent pro-democracy leaders fighting for our rights and freedoms, like this call from U.S. Senator @ChrisMurphyCT to ban assault weapons in [America]," she reposted one of the outlet's X messages in November 2023, two months after her final divorce proceeding hearing.

"Republicans wanted -- demanded -- border legislation. Democrats, led by @ChrisMurphyCT, negotiated a bipartisan deal," stated another Feb. 7, 2024, X post by Courier featuring a video interviewing Murphy.

Apparently she's Soros-funded too. Duh.

Even the very leftwing propaganda outlet Wikipedia finds fault with McGowan's propaganda:

Courier Newsroom is an American digital media company that operates news outlets and sponsors political content intended to support Democratic Party candidates. It microtargets voters via social media advertising with the intention to both inform and persuade.

Courier's lack of transparency about its funding sources and glowing coverage of Democratic candidates have raised questions about its reliability and about the line between advocacy and journalism. Courier engages in political microtargeting and the Columbia Journalism Review described Courier's business model as "money from interested parties who seek a particular political outcome."

Courier was founded by Tara McGowan, a political strategist and former journalist who previously worked for the Obama campaign and the SuperPAC Priorities USA Action. Courier was launched by ACRONYM and is now owned by Good Information Inc.

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The Courier Newsroom's local digital news outlets are not traditional town newspapers. Instead, they are websites designed to encourage people in key swing states to vote Democratic, while looking like local newspapers. The articles are promoted on social media such as Facebook, which does not prohibit the practice because the newspapers are for-profit.

Funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and movie producers. Courier Newsroom received $250,000 from Planned Parenthood between June 2021 and June 2022.

Reid Hoffman?

The guy rumored to be an Epstein client?

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The New York Times reported that Courier "published articles favoring Democrats and received millions of dollars from dark money groups. It was paid $2.6 million by a nonprofit linked to House Democratic leadership to promote articles."

As of 2024, Courier Newsroom had spent more than $12 million on Facebook and Instagram ads. This number does not include spending on TikTok, which does not disclose advertising spending.

In October 2024, Courier Newsroom spent over $6 million on political ads on Facebook, making them the third highest spender on political ads on Meta, trailing only the Harris and Trump campaigns themselves. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, "Courier's pattern of spending in the 2024 election cycle also raises inevitable questions about funding sources and demonstrates to what extent the network is a campaigning tool rather than local journalism." Courier's ads recruited participants "to a program that claims they can receive up to $400 for talking to their family and friends about 'voting for Kamala Harris and Democrats this election cycle.'"

In February 2025, Tara McGowan addressed a summit of Democratic donors and operatives that had gathered to "discuss how the left's well-funded digital media ecosystem failed in the 2024 election." The meeting included representatives of the Emerson Collective, Catalist, Soros Fund Management, NowThis, and Crooked Media. The production of more effective short and long form video was discussed as was "how to better collaborate with influencers to push progressive messages out."

Russian interference, you guys.

Here's the website, though, bear in mind, the grift is to post stuff that looks like "local news coverage" on FaceBook. Those "articles" would presumably be better disguised than the website, which openly begs for donations to support "progressive media."

Constantly Underfoot @ConstantUnder

This is sadly funny on many levels.
1. It explains his sudden prolific posting and appearances.
2. He left his wife for free social media advice.
3. The new gal is Really bad at social media advice.
4.And did he decide to leave his wife now so he has 4 years to improve his image?

posted by Ace at 02:33 PM

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