Pulse Massacre

LIVE VIDEO: Senate Democrats Stage Filibuster To Demand Republican Action On Gun Violence

Via USA Today: Senate Democrats led by Chris Murphy of Connecticut ground the Senate floor to a halt Wednesday, vowing to speak as long as necessary to force the Senate to take action to address gun violence. “I am prepared to stand on the Senate floor and talk about the need to prevent gun violence for as long as I …

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Jamaica Slams US Embassy’s “Disrespectful” Pride Flag

From the BBC: Jamaica’s attorney general has sparked criticism after saying it was “disrespectful” to Jamaican law for the US embassy to fly a rainbow flag following the Orlando shooting. In response, the US embassy in the capital Kingston asked Marlene Malahoo Forte to explain her legal reasoning. Forty-nine people died when a gunman opened fire in a gay club …

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The (Serious) Liberal Redneck On Orlando [VIDEO]

From the New York Daily News: There’s no joke to be told here for Daily News Hillbilly-in-Chief Trae Crowder following the massacre in Orlando. In an impassioned and powerful appeal to stop the “archaic lunacy” of religious and gun fanaticism, Crowder breaks it down to its most granular level on whether you’re on the side of love or hate. “Saying …

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Pam Bondi Hits Back At Anderson Cooper: That Inappropriate Interview Spurs Anger And Hate

Politico reports: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said her interview Tuesday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper was unfairly edited after it was posted online and served only to “encourage anger and hate.” In an interview with New York’s WOR 710 radio Wednesday morning, Bondi said her understanding was that her interview with Cooper would focus on donation scams surrounding the mass …

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UTAH: Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox Apologizes For Previous Anti-LGBT Actions: I’ve Changed [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports: Utah’s Republican lieutenant governor surprised many with his speech at a vigil for victims of the Orlando shooting on Monday, where he apologized for his previous attitude and actions against LGBT people, KSL.com reported. Addressing a crowd mourning the 49 people who were shot early Sunday morning at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, Lt. Governor …

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Paul McCartney: We Stand With Orlando [VIDEO]

Many pop stars have expressed solidarity with Orlando this week. Now we hear from the man who is arguably the biggest living pop star of all. And then he sings Yesterday. From the Evening Standard: Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the Orlando shooting victims on stage in Berlin. The former Beatle showed his support and solidarity for the …

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Dan Savage: Trump Is No Friend Of LGBTs [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story: Columnist and activist Dan Savage bluntly rebuked Donald Trump on Tuesday for his response to the Orlando mass shooting attack. “We’re not gonna fall for it,” Savage told MSNBC host Chris Hayes. “You can’t draw a clean line between the LGBT community and the Muslim community because there are LGBT Muslims in the United States and all …

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Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson Break Ranks, Backs Reinstating Ban On Assault Weapons [VIDEO]

Breitbart commenters are calling for her head. Because of course. Breitbart reacts:  At no time during her gun control push did Carlson mention that the Orlando attack took place in a gun-free zone; a place where club goers were disarmed, therefore defenseless. So there are numerous weapons that could have been used to inflict more casualties than we saw June …

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First Post-Orlando Poll: Hillary Clinton + 12 Points

This is the first major poll since Orlando. Via Bloomberg: Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, whose negatives remain unusually high for a presidential candidate amid early indications that the Orlando terrorist attack has had little direct impact on the 2016 race. A new Bloomberg Politics national poll shows Clinton leading Trump …

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New York Daily News To NRA: Is This Iraq War Vet A Commie For Wanting To Ban Assault Weapons?

The NRA will probably say “yes” since this vet is also a Democratic member of the US House. Rep. Seth Moulton writes: It’s a hollow tradition following each mass shooting, and it has become routine: President Obama gives a speech, reminding us that living this way is a choice. The NRA releases a statement bemoaning the lack of guns at …

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Christian Activist Ted Shoebat: Orlando Attack Was Wrong, It’s The State’s Job To Kill Sodomites [VIDEO]

The star of Janet Porter’s anti-LGBT latest film disapproves of the attack on Orlando. Via Right Wing Watch: Shoebat, who last year was featured alongside several congressmen and GOP presidential candidates in an anti-gay “documentary,” stated that he does not support the actions of the man who opened fired on the nightclub — not because he doesn’t think that gay …

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Gov. Rick Scott Cries At Makeshift Orlando Memorial

Genuine tears, apparently. From the Washington Blade: Gov. Rick Scott (R) paid tribute Tuesday to the Pulse nightclub victims and laid flowers at a makeshift memorial in downtown Orlando. In an exclusive statement to the Blade after making brief remarks to a handful of reporters, he said, fighting tears, “This was an attack against the gays, an attack against Hispanics, …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Why The Orlando Terrorist Won’t Win

On Monday, British gay journalist Owen Jones earned international headlines when he stormed off the set of a Sky News program when the hosts refused to acknowledge homophobia’s role in the Orlando attack. Watch below as he recounts the infamous 1999 nail-bombing of London’s Admiral Duncan pub and explains how terrorists will never destroy “the love of LGBT people all …

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GOP ERASURE: Rep. Pete Sessions Says Pulse Wasn’t Even Gay A Nightclub, “It Was Mostly Latinos”

Because Latinos can’t be gay? Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) reportedly argued Tuesday that Pulse, the Orlando nightclub that on Sunday became the site of the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history, was a “young person’s club” rather than a gay club. Pulse describes itself as “the hottest gay bar in Orlando” on its website and …

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Disney Donates $1 Million To Orlando Victims

WOW. From Disney’s corporate blog: Today, the Walt Disney Company is announcing a $1 million cash commitment to the OneOrlando Fund, established by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to assist those affected by the tragic events in Orlando. Also, eligible donations from Disney employees will be matched dollar for dollar by Disney Employee Matching Gifts: A Program of The Walt Disney …

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Pat Robertson: Gays & Islamists Are Allies So Christians Should Just Let Them Kill Each Other [VIDEO]

Via Right Wing Watch: Today on “The 700 Club,” televangelist Pat Robertson reacted to the massacre at an Orlando gay club by making the absurd claim that liberal LGBT rights advocates have aligned themselves with radical Islamists and are now reaping what they have sowed. Robertson said that liberals are facing a “dilemma” because they love both LGBT equality and …

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Harlem Hate Pastor Withdraws Trump Support Over Reaction To Terror Attack On LGBT Community

Harlem hate Pastor James David Manning today posted a new billboard in which he withdraws his support for Donald Trump, apparently because Trump’s response to the terror attack on Orlando’s LGBT community was not vicious enough. Tomorrow night activists from Harlem Against Homophobia will hold a candlelight vigil outside Manning’s church. Early this month Manning’s lawyer requested and received yet …

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Orthodox Jew Posts Facebook Rant Celebrating Orlando Massacre: If An Arab Did This, Good For Him [VIDEO]

JMG reader Chaim Levin sends us the below clip in which Yosef Edery, a Brooklyn member of the Chabad Orthodox Jewish sect, celebrates the Orlando massacre. “People were killed in an act of terror. Fine. If an Arab did it, good for him! God hates sin. They deserved to die. I have no mercy for people that God has no …

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Seth Meyers On Orlando: Hatred Drove The Killer But Inaction By Congress Gave Him The Guns [VIDEO]

Raw Story recaps: Meyers noted that the shooter used the same weapon that has been used in other mass shootings like the San Bernardino and Aurora shootings. “Now, there’s been a lot of talk about motive,” Meyers acknowledged. “This was an attack on LGBT people fueled by bigotry and hatred and the shooter was apparently inspired by ISIS, but we’re …

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Stephen Colbert On Orlando Attack: Let’s Remember Love Is A Verb, Love Means To Do Something [VIDEO]

Entertainment Weekly recaps: “I don’t know what to do,” Colbert said. “But I do know that despair is a victory for hate. Hate wants us to be too weak to change anything. Now these people in Orlando were apparently targeted for who they love. And there have been outpourings of love throughout the country and around the world. Love in …

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