Monthly Archives: November 2016

Trump Issues Thanksgiving Message: I Pray To Both Corinthians That America Heals Its Divisions [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: President-elect Donald Trump has a Thanksgiving message out on YouTube tonight calling for peace and unity across America. “It’s my prayer that on this Thanksgiving,” he said, “we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very, very common resolve.” Trump acknowledged that “emotions are raw and tensions just …

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Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Took Huge Salary From “Nonpartisan” Charity While Running Breitbart News

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump’s chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon accepted $376,000 in pay over four years for working 30 hours a week at a tiny tax-exempt charity in Tallahassee while also serving as the hands-on executive chairman of Breitbart News Network. During the same four-year period, the charity paid about $1.3 million in salaries to two …

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Civil Rights Group Denounces Betsy DeVos

From the LGBT rights group Freedom For All Americans: The Michigan billionaire is a troubling choice, given her extreme history of supporting anti-LGBT causes and opposing efforts to bring fairness and equality to LGBT Americans. Between 2010 and 2013, the DeVos family and their various foundations have given millions of dollars to anti-LGBT groups, including Focus on the Family, Family …

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Jill Stein Issues Money Beg For Vote Recount

Business Insider reports: Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein is raising money for a recount in several key states following New York magazine’s report that several top computer scientists alerted Hillary Clinton’s campaign they had found possible voter manipulation in several states. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Stein press director Meleiza Figueroa announced that Stein would be filing a …

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Nation’s Largest Labor Union Denounces “Failed” Education Policies Of Trump Nominee Betsy DeVos

Via press release from the National Education Association: Every day, educators use their voice to advocate for every student to reach his or her full potential. We believe that the chance for the success of a child should not depend on winning a charter lottery, being accepted by a private school, or living in the right ZIP code. We have, …

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Trump Names Anti-Gay Marriage Activist And Amway Billionaire Betsy DeVos To Be Education Secretary

Her family is one of NOM’s most massive contributors. The Detroit News reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he intends to appoint West Michigan GOP mega donor and philanthropist Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary, putting an ardent supporter of school choice in charge of the nation’s education policy. DeVos, 58, is seen as a national leader in …

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SWIPE LEFT FOR JESUS: Catholic Church Launches App To Find Nearest Place To Confess Your Sins [VIDEO]

The Telegraph reports: Confession, they say, is good for the soul and, in some cases perhaps, the sooner the better. Now, for those with a burning need to unburden themselves, one Roman Catholic archdiocese has launched what is thought to be the world’s first interactive GPS-powered “confession finder”. Using similar technology to the dating hook-up app Tinder, it guides the …

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Gay Husbands Star In Hershey’s Holiday Ad [VIDEO]

Paging One Million Moms. Gay Star News reports: Confectionary brand Hershey’s features gay husbands in its latest ‘Say It With A Kiss’ advertising campaign advert. The adorable advert features husbands Josh and Matt Noble, who live in New York City. The couple recently moved Josh’s mother into their home so they could help support her. “She and my father spent …

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Sean Hannity: Trump Should Freeze Out The Press Until They Confess To Colluding With Hillary [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Fox News commentator Sean Hannity said that until journalists admit to colluding with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, President-elect Donald Trump should reconsider granting traditional access to reporters. “Trump can do this and speak directly to you, the America people, without having his words twisted and taken out of context,” Hannity said on his Fox show Tuesday night, noting that …

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Hillary’s Popular Vote Lead Passes Two Million

The New York Daily News reports: Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote over President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed 2 million votes. As of Wednesday morning, Clinton had received 64,223,958 votes, while Trump received 62,206,395 votes — a difference of 2,017,563, according to the Cook Political Report. Despite trailing in the popular vote, Trump won the White House with 290 …

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WAR ON CHRISTMAS: Trump Sells $149 Ornament

The Week reports: Donald Trump is not letting the fact that the election season is over stop him from making America great again, one red cap at a time. Launched just in time for the holidays, Trump has debuted his “Red Cap Collectible Ornament,” which can be yours for the admittedly not-so-great price of $149. But hey, as steep as …

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TRAILER: Mike Huckabee And Victoria Jackson Star In Janet Porter’s Anti-Abortion Film What’s A Girl To Do?

OMG. An anti-abortion “romantic comedy.” Miranda Blue reports at Right Wing Watch: Last month, Religious Right activist Janet Porter announced that she had secured funding for a movie that she has been working on for years about her efforts to pass the first “partial birth” abortion ban in the nation. She was especially excited about this because, she said, self-proclaimed …

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REPORT: Elton John To Play Trump’s Inauguration
UPDATE: Elton’s Rep Denies Claim By Trump Advisor

The New York Post reports: Elton John will perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration, claimed a key adviser, who championed the billionaire as the first president ever to enter the White House with a “pro-gay rights” stance. “Elton John is going to be doing our concert on the mall for inauguration,” Anthony Scaramucci, a member of the presidential transition team executive …

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White Supremacist Group To File Federal Demand To End Non-Profit Status For Southern Poverty Law Center

Breitbart celebrates: An immigration reform group says the Southern Poverty Law Center legal firm is violating federal tax rules for non-profits by acting “as a campaign operation for one political party.” The Immigration Law Reform Institute, which is an affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, is now preparing a legal claim to pressure the Internal Revenue Service to …

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BRITAIN: Life Sentence For White Supremacist Who Murdered MP Jo Cox While Shouting Pro-Brexit Slogan

The BBC reports: Thomas Mair has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. The 53-year-old shot and stabbed to death the mother-of-two in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote. Mair shouted “Britain First” in the attack, but the judge said the true “patriot” was …

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Politico Editor Resigns After Doxing Nazi Leader

The Hill reports: An award-winning Politico national editor resigned Tuesday after publishing two home addresses of an “alt-right” leader. The abrupt departure happened after Politico’s Michael Hirsh published the private addresses of Richard Spencer, head of the National Policy Institute, which critics describe as a white nationalist organization. “Stop whining about Richard B. Spencer, Nazi, and exercise your rights as …

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Obama’s Approval Rating Hits 7-Year High

CNN reports: Obama’s approval rating in the poll stands at 57%, his highest since September 2009. That figure is on par with Ronald Reagan’s approval rating shortly after the presidential election in 1988, and approaching the level reached by Bill Clinton in November 2000. Obama far outpaces George W. Bush’s approval rating in November 2008, when just 24% approved of …

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Trump Taps Nikki Haley To Be UN Ambassador

The Charleston Post and Courier reports: President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned. The move, expected Wednesday, continues the steep political rise of the daughter of Indian immigrants that started six years ago when the Bamberg native was elected as South Carolina’s …

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Major Ad Service Drops Breitbart For Hate Speech

Bloomberg reports: AppNexus Inc., operator of one of the biggest digital advertising services, has barred Breitbart News from using its ad-serving tools because the conservative online publisher violated its hate speech rules. AppNexus scrutinized Breitbart’s website after U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump tapped Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart, to be White House chief strategist last week. The digital ad …

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Huffington Post: Pick Any LGBT Rights Issue And Trump’s AG Nominee Jeff Sessions Has Voted Against It

The Huffington Post reports: He claimed he supported LGBTQ rights on the campaign trail, but President-elect Donald Trump just tapped one of the most anti-gay politicians in Washington to be the nation’s next top lawyer. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), whom Trump announced last week as his choice for U.S. attorney general, has consistently opposed pro-LGBTQ legislation throughout his 20 years …

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