Monthly Archives: December 2015

HBO’s Countdown To Zero: FULL SHOW

Last night for World AIDS Day, HBO debuted Vice’s Countdown To Zero, which tracks the search for an HIV cure. Today HBO made the unusual move of making the entire show available on YouTube. Watch below.

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Human Rights Campaign Trolls Trump

The Human Rights Campaign yesterday began selling its “Make America Gay Again” hat, which reads “LGBTQ = Equality” on the back. The HRC is just the latest group to troll Donald Trump’s stupid hat, with the Democrats selling one that reads “America Is Already Great.” The HRC’s version sells for $26.

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Trump Undamaged By Latest Controversies

As you can see, Donald Trump remains virtually bulletproof no matter how offensively he speaks or how many times he repeats the same lies. Quinnipiac recaps today’s poll: Eleven months before the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump is the undisputed leader in the Republican field, as Dr. Ben Carson, in a virtual tie with Trump four weeks ago, drops to …

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Breitbart Readers Split On Trump And Cruz

The latest result in Breitbart‘s monthly “primary” shows that the far-right site’s readers are split between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz with Ben Carson now a far, far distant third. Today Breitbart is trumpeting former DNC chairman Howard Dean’s prediction that Trump could wrap up the GOP nomination with Florida’s March 15th winner-take-all primary. More mainstream conservative sites continue to …

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TEASER: Batman Vs Superman

The Atlantic takes a look: Batman wears a cape, and a cowl. Famously, he wears a belt. But generally, while he’s out and about on his superhero business, Batman does not wear a coat. Until now: In the latest trailer for Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the upcoming mega-blockbuster that pits the titular heroes against each other, Batman (Ben …

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Scarlett Johannson Sings With Barry Manilow For (RED) Shopathon AIDS Fundraiser [VIDEO]

Jimmy Kimmel devoted last night’s show to World AIDS Day, where the delightful clip below made its debut. Ad Age is raving: There’s nothing remotely earnest about this goofy, charming video promoting (SHOPATHON) RED, a month-long fund-raising effort for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, which launches today (World AIDS Day). From the start, when we see Jimmy Kimmel dialing …

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Glenn Beck: Donald Trump Will Get A “Massive Payback” From The Clintons After Hillary Wins [VIDEO]

“What are the odds that he is a spoiler? What are the odds that he got into this because he’s friend with the Clintons and he’ll get massive payback? If Hillary Clinton gets in because he ran third party, do you know the favor they’re going to owe him? It makes no sense otherwise!” – Glenn Beck, speaking on his …

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Tony Perkins On Fox: Don’t Blame The Right For Colorado, Blame The SPLC For FRC Shooting [VIDEO]

Wearing scruffy Paul Ryan-style stubble, KKK-affiliated hate group leader Tony Perkins appeared on Fox News last night to once again disavow claims that violent anti-abortion rhetoric may have spurred Christian terrorist Robert “No More Baby Parts” Dear. And as he did on the day of the murders, Perkins blamed the SPLC for the 2012 shooting at FRC headquarters. Watch below.

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LOUISIANA: Governor-Elect John Bel Edwards To Protect LGBT State Employees From Discrimination

Well, this is a welcome surprise coming from someone who campaigned on opposing same-sex marriage. NOLA.com reports: Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards plans to issue an executive order to protect the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community from firing, discrimination and harassment as state employees and government contractors. Edwards’ directive would cover state workers and government contractors in agencies and departments …

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CNN: There’s A “Controversy” Over PrEP [VIDEO]

For World AIDS Day, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta today reported on PrEP, which is the daily usage of Truvada as an HIV preventive. CNN’s piece characterized PrEP as “controversial” – when in fact it has been endorsed by the CDC and virtually all HIV/AIDS activists and organizations. So you can guess where this “controversy” is REALLY coming from. Watch below.

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Zuckerberg To Give Away 99% Of Facebook Stock

In an open letter to their newborn baby girl, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have announced that they are donating 99% of their Facebook stock to charity. The couple made their promise official today in a filing with with the Security & Exchange Commission. “On December 1, 2015, our Founder, Chairman and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that, during his lifetime, …

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Marco Rubio: Terrorism Is Part Of God’s Plan

In an interview published today by the Christian Post, Sen. Marco Rubio declares that ISIS and Al Queda are just part of God’s unknowable “broader plan.” From the interview: Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio spoke about seeking God’s guidance, arguing that the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last month and in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, were both …

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Erick Erickson: Planned Parenthood Should Just Be Thankful That More Christians Aren’t Killing Them

“There is one surprising thing about the Colorado Springs shooting at the Planned Parenthood clinic. It is that it is a rare event. According to NARAL, there have been eight people killed and seventeen injured in attacks on American abortion providers in twenty-five years. [snip] It really is surprising more Planned Parenthood facilities and abortionists are not being targeted. It …

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Court Filing: Colorado Killer Believed He Could Do “Anything He Pleased” Because Jesus Forgives All

According to divorce papers filed by his second wife in a South Carolina court, Colorado mass murderer Richard Dear was an End Times fanatic who believed that he could commit any action he pleased because he would “saved” by Jesus. The Post & Courier reports: His second wife, [Deborah] Mescher, described Dear in divorce papers filed in 1993 as a controlling, …

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SHORT FILM: When AIDS Was Funny

WATCH THIS. Vanity Fair has posted a short film titled When AIDS Was Funny. The film compiles audio tapes of the homophobic mocking and belittling of gay people and people with AIDS that took place between Ronald Reagan spokesman Larry Speakes and the White House press pool. They write: Using never-before-heard audio tapes from three separate press conferences, in 1982, …

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President Obama Issues World AIDS Day Video

Last night President Obama issued his annual World AIDS Day proclamation which celebrates continuing advances and vows to pursue a cure for HIV. This afternoon the president follows up that message with a personal video. Watch below.

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COLORADO: County Clerk Confirms Data Entry Error, Shooter Tried To Correct Female Designation

It probably won’t be reported on sites like Breitbart and Twitchy, but as we all suspected, the “female” designation of Planned Parenthood shooter Richard Dear in Colorado’s voter database was a mere clerical error and one that Dear attempted to correct on two occasions. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: Ryan Parsell, El Paso County’s chief deputy clerk and recorder, said …

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NEW YORK CITY: Harlem Hate Pastor James David Manning Meets With Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Harlem hate Pastor James David Manning, who says that “Jesus would stone homos,” was among the black pastors who met with Donald Trump yesterday in New York City. Reuters reports: Among the meeting’s attendees was James Manning, a Harlem-based pastor who came under fire in June for using the billboard outside his church to post anti-gay messages, including one addressed …

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Actress Holland Taylor Comes Out: I Was Never In

People reports: At 72, actress Holland Taylor has found the love of her life, saying she is in her first deeply committed relationship ever. “It’s the most wonderful, extraordinary thing that could have ever possibly happened in my life,” the actress said on WNYC’s Death, Sex & Money podcast, where she declined to name the woman she is dating. The …

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QUEENS: Trans Woman In Critical After “Curb-Stomping”, NYPD Investigates As Possible Hate Crime

CBS News reports: Police are looking for a man who nearly killed a transgender woman in a beating in Queens. Around 4 a.m. Sunday, the attacker followed the 35-year-old victim — whose given name was Ricardo Sal but goes by the name Kathy — to the front of Sal’s apartment on 93rd Street in Jackson Heights, police said. As CBS2’s …

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