The Guardian reports: A National Rifle Association publication targeted a pair of New York state legislators who sponsored recent bills aimed at limiting ammunition by tweeting a threatening photo on Monday of several bullets strewn across polaroid pictures of the two women. New York state senator Roxanne Persaud and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, both Democrats in Brooklyn, sponsored twin bills …

Clip recap: VIVA stars Héctor Medina as Jesus, a young hairdresser working at a Havana nightclub that showcases drag performers, who dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama (Luis Alberto García), Jesus finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when his estranged father Angel (Jorge Perugorría) abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly …

Via Raw Story:  Fox News host Andrea Tantaros suggested on Tuesday President Barack Obama had used a “raw onion” to produce fake tears for shooting victims during his press conference on gun violence. After a commercial break, Fox News replayed a clip of Obama with tears flowing down his face. Tantaros said that she didn’t buy the emotion because “he …

You guys, little Benji Shapiro is really very super terribly upset about the gun control actions announced today by President Obama. He’s so upset, he’s going to stomp right down to his local gun shop/dollar store as soon as everybody reads his petulant tirade on the Daily Signal. An excerpt: President Obama just delivered the most stomach-churning press conference in …

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage but they cannot hold America hostage. We cannot make carnage the price of freedom.” USA Today reports: President Obama announced a series of executive actions on guns Tuesday, focusing on the victims of gun violence in a White House event intended to prod Congress to take further action. Speaking to an East …

Jeb Bush today rushed out a pro-gun ad just one day after he was busted for “mistakenly” claiming to have received an award from the NRA and a rifle from Charleton “Moses” Heston. CNN reports: Jeb Bush loves talking about how Moses once gave him a gun. A staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, Bush frequently tells the story of …

According to a press release from the new gay hook-up app Hanky, 80% of applicants are turned away by the votes of existing members, ostensibly in order to prevent the app from being overrun with “creeps, trolls, and time-wasters.” Uh huh. From Hanky: Hanky wants to eliminate the trolls: in order to join Hanky you need an invite code from …

Breitbart recaps: A new television ad from Sen. Ted Cruz shows a bunch of professionals in business attire crossing the U.S. border with Mexico illegally, purportedly showing them coming into America to take jobs away from America’s elite. “I understand that when the mainstream media covers immigration, it doesn’t often see it as an economic issue,” Cruz says, using audio …

According to the Catholic site Crisis, American Muslims are thrilled with the Obergefell ruling because they know it opens the door to polygamy. And then Sharia law will come to America. They write: It’s no secret that Islam is no friend to the gay lifestyle. The issue of gay rights is a non-starter in Muslim-majority societies. In many places, the …

In the first national poll released this year, Donald Trump continues to hold a double-digit lead. The Hill reports: Trump is supported by 35 percent of Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters in the online survey, with Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) at 18 and 13 percent, respectively. All other candidates poll in single digits, with retired neurosurgeon …

According to federal data released yesterday, December gun sales followed a long pattern of spiking sharply whenever President Obama proposes new gun measures after mass shootings. From the New York Times: The heaviest sales last month, driven primarily by handgun sales, followed a call from President Obama to make it harder to buy assault weapons after the terrorist attack in …

Last night in Staten Island. ABC News reports: As Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson shook hands after a New York town hall meeting Monday night, one attendee among a small crowd asked, “Do you think I chose to be gay?” and cursed at the neurosurgeon after his response. “I have a quick question,” said the attendee, who was wearing a …

It’s a year of reunions for the headliners. Via Billboard: Coachella announced its official lineup for 2016 on Monday (Jan. 4), with headliners Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris atop the bill. The two-weekend festival is scheduled for April 15-17 and 22-24. A Guns N’ Roses reunion for the event had previously been confirmed to Billboard via multiple …

This news shocks no one. Via the New York Times: In Manhattan real estate, 2015 was a year for the record books, with the median price for co-ops and condos hitting a new high of $1.15 million in the final months of the year, according to reports by major real estate firms that will be released Tuesday. Strong overall sales …

CNN reports: Ben Carson’s new campaign chairman, retired Major Gen. Robert F. Dees, says it’s time for the U.S. to reevaluate military policies like letting women serve in combat positions and allowing openly gay troops to serve. Carson is debuting his “reinvigorated” campaign after a holiday shakeup that included the departure of a handful of top advisers and new leadership, …

Busted! Via Mediaite: Republican presidential Donald Trump‘s newest ad purports to show thousands of illegal immigrants streaming across the Mexican border. But evidence has emerged proving the event in the ad actually took place an entire ocean away. Fact-checking website Politifact wasted no time in examining the first television ad from their 2015 Lie of the Year winner. They found …

During the 2012 election, Donald Trump several times tweeted out praise for his “good friend” who was then raising money for Mitt Romney. But today this happened: Donald Trump on Monday taunted New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, a supporter of rival Jeb Bush, after his NFL team’s season-ending loss the previous day. The tweet from Trump, a vocal backer …

The Associated Press reports: Jackie Biskupski has been sworn in as Salt Lake City’s mayor, becoming the first openly gay person to hold the office. The 49-year-old former Utah lawmaker said Monday she is humbled by her history-making election but said more needs to be done for LGBT rights. Biskupski is no stranger to making history in the state. In …

The Norwegian Medical Association is pressuring the government to ban all tobacco sales to anyone born after 2000. The Independent reports: Marit Hermansen, the president of the NMA, told Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that access to cigarettes was not a basic human right. “We have long had the policy of phasing out smoking by 2035. This is a measure to achieve …

In a meeting with the editorial board of a New Hampshire newspaper, Hillary Clinton yesterday promised to investigate whether the federal government has covered up visits by alien civilizations. We’re pretty sure she was joking. The Conway Daily Sun writes: During the meeting, the former first lady, former senator from New York and secretary of state answered serious questions about …