Monthly Archives: July 2016

WaPo: Top Candidates To Be Hillary’s Running Mate Are Sen. Tim Kaine And Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack

From the Washington Post: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia have emerged as the leading candidates among a longer list of finalists Hillary Clinton is considering to be her vice presidential running mate, according to interviews with multiple Democrats with knowledge of her deliberations. Although her list is not limited to those two, Clinton has …

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REPORT: Uproar At Fox News As Network Stars Threaten To Walkout Over Ousting Of Roger Ailes

According to an “exclusive” reported tonight by Matt Drudge, top on-air personalities at Fox News are meeting to discuss a joint walkout should chairman Roger Ailes be ousted over sexual harassment claims made by several current and former staffers. Earlier today it was reported that Ailes had left the company with a $40M exit package, but that story was quickly …

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LIVE VIDEO: Republican National Convention Day Two

The second day of the Republican National Convention will be gaveled to disorder at 530PM. Today’s theme is “Make America Work Again” and the headlining speakers are Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Dr. Stabby, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Mitch McConnell, and Mike Pence. The nominating role call will begin shortly with all the usual pomp and circumstance, but …

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REPORTS: Roger Ailes Booted From Fox News Over Alleged Sexual Harassment, Gets $40M Parachute

Variety has the first word: Roger Ailes is officially out at Fox News, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to Variety. The former head of the network reportedly received a $40 million buyout after Gretchen Carlson and several other women accused him of sexual harassment over the past couple of weeks. From the Daily Beast: Fox News confirmed to …

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How Laid-Off Gay Journalist Jarrett Hill Realized That Melania Had Plagiarized The First Lady [VIDEO]

Adding extra deliciousness to an already entertaining plagiarism scandal is that journalist Jarrett Hill, who first picked up on it, belongs to two of the GOP’s most-reviled minorities. Via the New York Times: Mr. Hill, a television journalist who was recently laid off, said in an interview that one of Ms. Trump’s lines — the words “strength of your dreams” …

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TONIGHT: #NeverTrump Delegates Vow More Chaos During Nomination Vote For Donald Trump

Whee! Via Politico: Weakened and demoralized anti-Donald Trump activists, joined by a band of furious conservative delegates, are preparing to make a final stand here Tuesday, and it threatens to plunge the national convention into turmoil just hours before Republicans formally nominate Trump. Though party rules purport to require delegates to vote for candidates based on their performance in state …

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Swag Tuesday: Make America Fabulous Again Hats

Courtesy of Fox Searchlight, we’ve got ten Make America Fabulous Again hats in celebration of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, which opens nationwide on Friday. Enter to win by commenting on this post. Winners will be notified by 6PM Thursday via Disqus. Below enjoy some behind-the-scenes clips about the making of the film. Here’s the press blurb: Enter to win an …

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QUARANTINE: Norovirus Breakout At GOP Hotel

The Los Angeles Times reports: At least a dozen California GOP staff members at the Republican National Convention have been quarantined in their hotel rooms after becoming ill with what appears to be a highly contagious norovirus, also known as the cruise-ship virus, according to officials from both the California GOP and local health agencies. “It looks like norovirus,” said …

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CHACHI HEELS: Scott Baio Flails And Sputters When MSNBC Host Confronts Him Over Clinton Slur [VIDEO]

Whoa! The Week recaps the shout-fest: MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall was not putting up with any excuses from Trump-supporting actor Scott Baio when she confronted him about sharing a controversial meme showing Hillary Clinton in front of what appears to be “the C-word.” Over the course of four minutes, Hall repeatedly skewered Baio for sharing the meme, demanding to know, …

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BOMBSHELL CLAIM: Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Reportedly Says Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her Too

Yesterday we heard that Fox News is moving to oust their chairman Roger Ailes in the wake of a sexual harassment suit filed by recently fired anchor Gretchen Carlson. Today we learn why they might be moving so quickly. New York Magazine reports: As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave …

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AGAIN: Queen Slams Trump For Using Their Music

Last month Queen’s Brian May denounced Donald Trump for using We Are The Champions as his walk-on music, saying that that “permission to use the track was neither sought nor given.” May went to say that the band was “taking steps” to ensure that Trump was stopped. But pesky things like intellectual property laws are for the little people and …

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Log Cabin Republicans: Losers! Morons! Sad!

No, the homocons at Log Cabin haven’t suddenly become self-aware, that’s what they are calling the GOP platform committee in a full-page ad published today in the Cleveland edition of USA Today. Via press release: Log Cabin Republicans has placed a full-page ad in USA Today calling out the GOP Platform Committee for drafting the most anti-LGBT platform in the …

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NEW YORK CITY: NYPD Guards Precincts With Heavily Armed Cops In Wake Of Baton Rouge Attack

From the New York Daily News: Helmeted cops with high-powered guns have been posted at police precincts around the city to protect cops, the Daily News has learned. The move comes after three cops were killed in Baton Rouge Sunday and five in Dallas on July 7 in retaliation, authorities say, for recent high-profile fatal police shootings of black men …

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ORLANDO: Local Boy Scouts Hold Moving Flag Removal Ceremony At Site Of Pulse Massacre Memorial

From the Orlando Sentinel: Michelangelo Dominguez’s mother watched with pride Monday morning as the 13-year-old and other Boy Scouts picked hundreds of weathered American flags from the lawn outside the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando. He helped collect mini-flagpoles stuck in the dirt around wet teddy bears and melted candles left for the 49 victims killed more than a month …

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY: Stephen Colbert Opens Show With Whirlwind Musical Send-Up Of The RNC [VIDEO]

Last night Stephen Colbert opened his show with a dazzling musical “tribute” to the Republican National Convention. Watch below as he lands zinger after zinger and twirls with chorus boys. Referring to the Quicken Loans Arena, he sings, “It’s the Q but let’s be clear, Q doesn’t stand for queer, it doesn’t really matter, there aren’t many of them here.”

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CHACHI FLAP: GOP Convention Speaker Scott Baio Has No Regrets For Calling Hillary The C-Word [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports: Eighties actor Scott Baio is not apologizing for a tweet he sent out last week that featured a meme referring to Hillary Clinton as a c–t. After Baio spoke at the Republican National Convention Monday night, CNN host Dana Bash asked him if he regretted the tweet. Baio showed no signs of walking it back. “It’s …

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Antonio Sabato: Of Course Obama Is A Muslim, He Doesn’t Even Have A Christian Name [VIDEO]

Via Politico: Actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. “absolutely” believes President Barack Obama is a Muslim, he said Monday after addressing the Republican National Convention, accusing Obama of being “on the other side.” “First of all, I don’t believe that the guy is a Christian,” Sabàto said. “I don’t believe he follows the God that I love and the Jesus that I …

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Trump: I Recommend Ohio For The Convention

Another whopper from Donald Trump. Via Politifact: On the opening night of the Republican convention, Donald Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly he was grateful it was held in Cleveland. “I wanted it to be here, and we had lots of choices,” Trump said. “I wanted it to be in Ohio. I recommended Ohio. And people fought very hard …

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Trump Campaign Denies Plagiarism: Melania Is Being Attacked Because She Threatens Hillary [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Tuesday morning on CNN’s “New Day,” Manafort categorically denied that Melania Trump’s speech had been lifted in any way from remarks by Obama or anyone else. “I thought Melania Trump hit it out of the park when she talked about her love of family, the feeling of an immigrant that comes to this country and succeeds,” Manafort said. …

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Today’s New York Daily News

From their story: Melania Trump’s first major stump speech for her husband and White House hopeful Donald Trump was supposed to be uplifting, but instead appeared to have lifted lines from First Lady Michelle Obama. A portion of Melania’s address to the Republican National Convention, praising values and hard work, on Monday was eerily similar to the speech delivered by …

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