Monthly Archives: May 2017

Trump’s Approval Rating Sags To Near-Record Low

Via Quinnipiac: American voters, who gave President Donald Trump a slight approval bump after the missile strike in Syria, today give him a near-record negative 36 – 58 percent job approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Critical are big losses among white voters with no college degree, white men and independent voters. Today’s job approval …

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Homocon Matt Drudge Wails That Leaks From White House Insiders Are “Sabotaging The Presidency”

Here’s just one of the stories that has Drudge so very unhappy: Sources at the White House described scenes of confusion in the hours following news of Trump firing Comey. Internally, at least at a fairly senior level, people were scrambling to figure out what happened. The firing was done in such haste that his own comms shop couldn’t catch …

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FLORIDA: Students Boo Loudly And Turn Their Backs On Betsy DeVos During Speech At Black College [VIDEO]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was loudly booed by the students at Florida’s historically black Bethune-Cookman College today as she attempted to deliver the commencement address. The Washington Post reports: Many students and alumni had objected to having DeVos as speaker in part because they said the outreach by President Trump and the education secretary to historically black colleges is an …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Unsurprisingly, Spicer is ducking the gig today: One day after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, Sean Spicer will not be conducting the daily White House press briefing. In his place will be Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the deputy White House press secretary, who previously filled in for Sean Spicer on Friday, May 5th. So where is Sean Spicer …

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Vladimir Putin Reacts To Comey Firing: Your Question Is Funny, We Have Nothing To Do With That [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin said the firing of former FBI Director James Comey will have “no effect” on U.S.-Russia relations, reacting for the first time to President Trump’s dramatic ouster of the man leading the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. Putin spoke with CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer shortly before taking to the ice …

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REPORT: Last Week James Comey Had Asked The DOJ For More Funding For The Trump/Russia Investigation

The Washington Post reports: Last week, then-FBI Director James B. Comey requested more money and resources from the Justice Department for his bureau’s investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussion. Comey, who was fired by President Trump on Tuesday, made the request in a meeting last week …

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REPORT: Just Before Firing James Comey, Trump Was Screaming At The Television During Russian Reports

Politico reports: President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week. When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn’t call James Comey. He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver the termination letter in a manila folder to FBI headquarters. He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by …

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Julian Assange Offers Wikileaks Job To James Comey Because He “Knows Where Many Bodies Are Buried”

Heavy.com reports: James Comey may have just been fired by President Donald Trump from his position as FBI Director, but he already has a new job offer from a surprising source: WikiLeaks. Shortly after he was fired, Julian Assange tweeted that he would be happy to offer Comey a new job if he wanted to continue to properly investigate the …

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RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA!: Kellyanne Conway Goes Full Jan Brady In Combative CNN Interview [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: CNN’s Chris Cuomo spoke with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday, and things went incredibly off the rails as they held a grueling 19 minute interview about James Comey‘s firing. Seriously, you need to see the whole thing. It’s memorable. Conway hit back at Cuomo by saying “you always want to talk about Russia, Russia, Russia,” and …

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WEST VIRGINIA: State Supreme Court Rules Hate Crimes Charges Can’t Be Applied To Gay Bashing Cases

West Virginia’s MetroNews reports: In a 3-2 opinion issued Tuesday, the state Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision that dismissed hate crime charges against former Marshall University football player Steward Butler. In arguments before the Court last month, Cabell County Assistant Prosecutor Lauren Plymale said Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul Farrell was wrong when he dismissed the charges …

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Russian Foreign Minister Chortles About James Comey’s Firing During Photo-Op With Rex Tillerson [VIDEO]

Of course the Russians are thrilled: Russia’s top diplomat on Wednesday appeared to joke about President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey during a visit to the State Department. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson introduced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Washington visit. “I want to welcome foreign minister Lavrov to the state department and express my appreciation …

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Christian Activist Smashes Pie Into Face Of Qantas CEO Over Support For Same-Sex Marriage [VIDEO]

CNN Money reports: The CEO of Australian airline Qantas says he’ll continue to publicly support same-sex marriage after he was attacked with a pie over the issue. “My opinion on this has not changed,” Alan Joyce said in a statement Wednesday. “We’ll continue to speak about important social issues including indigenous reconciliation, gender diversity and marriage equality, because it’s the …

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New York Times Board: Trump’s Firing Of Comey Casts Grave Doubt On The Viability Of The Russia Probe

From the editorial board of the New York Times: The American people — not to mention the credibility of the world’s oldest democracy — require a thorough, impartial investigation into the extent of Russia’s meddling with the 2016 presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump and, crucially, whether high-ranking members of Mr. Trump’s campaign colluded in that effort. By firing …

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TEXAS: State House Votes 94-51 To Allow Religious Adoption Agencies To Turn Away Same-Sex Couples

The Texas Tribune reports: Faith-based adoption agencies in Texas would be able to reject prospective parents on religious grounds under a bill the state House preliminarily approved Tuesday over strong objections from Democratic lawmakers who said it would ultimately harm children and deny good people the right to care for them. Under House Bill 3859, which advanced on a 94-51 …

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Funny Or Die Provides Hilarious “Subtext Transcript” Of Sally Yates’ Smackdown Of Sen. Ted Cruz [VIDEO]

On Monday, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates went toe-to-toe with Ted Cruz in her Senate testimony on Trump’s travel. Virtually everybody except Breitbart (of course) gave the win to Yates and today Funny Or Die provides an onscreen “subtext transcript” of their exchange. Watch below.

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Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway Battles Anderson Cooper Over Firing Of James Comey [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Hours after the stunning news hit that President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway popped up on CNN for an interview with Anderson Cooper. And, yep, it was a doozy. Immediately, the CNN anchor wanted to know why the White House decided to act on firing Comey now, leading to Conway …

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White House Spox: Firing Of Comey Was “Absolutely Not” Related To Trump/Russia Investigation [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: A White House spokeswoman early Wednesday rejected the suggestion that President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was related to the Russia investigation. “Absolutely not,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “There’s no evidence of any collusion,” she added. Huckabee Sanders was further pressed about the president’s past praise of …

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Trump Predictably Slams Comey Firing Backlash, White House Rejects Calls For Special Russia Prosecutor

From the right wing Washington Times: In the wake of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James B. Comey, the White House is rejecting lawmakers’ calls for a special prosecutor to take over the agency’s probe of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. “There is clearly at this point no evidence of a reason to do that,” White …

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Tony Perkins: Extremist Target’s Brazen Sale Of LGBT Merchandise Shows They Still Hate Half Of America

Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: If the Target corporation is imploding, then it’s going down in a rainbow blaze of glory. Despite taking a year-long beating on Wall Street, the stubborn LGBT ally is clinging to the radical agenda that earned it the scorn of almost 1.5 million consumers. After refusing to change its bathroom and …

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ACLU Blasts Firing Of James Comey: This Raises Serious Alarm Bells For Our System Of Checks And Balances

Via press release from the ACLU: The independence of the FBI director is meant to ensure that the president does not operate above the law. For President Trump to fire the man responsible for investigating his own campaign’s ties to the Russians imperils that fundamental principle. Regardless of how one judges the performance of James Comey in either the Hillary …

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