Monthly Archives: August 2016

Trump Loses Bid To Toss Trump University Fraud Case

That “Mexican” judge strikes again. Reuters reports: A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pretrial bid to throw out a lawsuit brought by Trump University students who said they were defrauded by its real-estate seminars. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel said in a written ruling that there was a “genuine issue of material fact” as to …

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CHARLOTTE: City Officials Declare Pride Festival To Be “Extraordinary Event” Requiring Added Security

From the Associated Press: Officials in North Carolina have declared Charlotte’s gay pride festival later this month is an extraordinary event that requires extra security. City officials say the decision allows them to ban backpacks and regular items that can be used as weapons, such as chains and box cutters at the Aug. 20-21 event. It also allows police more …

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REPORT: Senior Republican Officials Are “Actively Exploring” Options If Trump Should Drop Out [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: On Good Morning America Wednesday, ABC’s Jon Karl reported that senior officials in the GOP are now actively strategizing and having conversations about the process to replace Donald Trump atop the party’s ticket should he drop out. This, after another disastrous day on the campaign trail for the real estate titan turned politician, who recently said that he …

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Newt Gingrich Tells Sean Hannity: Democrats Have A Long Tradition Of Stealing Elections [VIDEO]

Last night Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News to back Donald Trump’s claim that the November election will be “rigged.” According to Gingrich, the “Democratic machine” has a long tradition of stealing elections. Watch below. Gingrich: “What really matters is for Republicans to recognize that and organize enough poll watchers and recruit enough attorneys and not allow that to happen.”

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REPORT: Donald Trump Asked Advisor, “If We Have Nuclear Weapons, Why Can’t We Use Them?” [VIDEO]

“Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on an international level went to advise Donald Trump and three times he [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked, ‘If we have them, why can’t we use them?’ That’s one of the reasons why he just doesn’t have foreign policy experts around him. Three times in an …

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BOY BYE: CNN Panelist Goes Beyonce On Corey Lewandowski After He Goes Full Obama Birther [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails. Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting over President Obama calling Trump unfit to be president, with Rye bringing up birtherism and how Trump was demanding to see Obama’s college records. Lewandowski decided to ask …

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Trump Continues Claims Of Rigged Elections: People Will Vote 10 Times Without Voter ID Laws [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric about the general election being rigged, saying in an interview on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Tuesday that he is concerned people are going to “vote 10 times” without voter ID. “You don’t have to have voter ID to now go in and vote, and it’s a little bit scary, and I’ve heard …

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Anti-Gay US Rep. Tim Huelskamp Loses Primary

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), who relentlessly flogged the Federal Marriage Amendment and attended NOM’s hate marches, was defeated in yesterday’s GOP primary. The New York Times reports: Huelskamp, who was elected to Congress in 2010 and quickly earned a reputation for frustrating Republican leaders, was defeated by Roger Marshall, an obstetrician from Great Bend, in the primary for the First …

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AFA Launches Petition To Congress Against USS Milk

The American Family Association has launched a petition to Congress to stop the US Navy from naming a ship for Harvey Milk. It reads: “I have learned that Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is planning to name a military ship after sexual predator and pedophile Harvey Milk. It is incomprehensible to think that our military leadership has descended to …

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Trump Spox Katrina Pierson: The Khan’s Son Died Because Of Hillary & Obama (He Died In 2004) [VIDEO]

Tonight Trump spokes-lunactic Katrina Pierson declared on CNN that the son of Khans probably died in Iraq because President Obama and Hillary Clinton had “changed the rules of engagement” for US troops. Seriously. Watch below. Capt. Humayun Khan died on June 8th, 2004 during the presidency of George W. Bush.

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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Hillary Retweets Slam Of Donald Trump Made By Sarah Palin’s Son-In-Law

Dakota Meyer, Medal Of Honor recipient and current husband to Bristol Palin, this afternoon demanded that Donald Trump apologize to the Khan family. And then Hillary Clinton retweeted that demand. Charles Dudley Warner would be happy.

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IRELAND: Dublin Archbishop Transfers Trainee Priests After Reports Of Grindr Usage In His Seminary

Irish Central reports: The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has announced that he will not send trainee priests from his own diocese, the largest in Ireland, to the national seminary at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. When asked about his decision to send three seminary students from Dublin to the Irish Pontifical College in Rome instead of Maynooth later this …

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Trump Turns On Top GOP Candidates, Refuses To Endorse Paul Ryan And John McCain For Primaries

This, perhaps obviously, is revenge for Ryan’s trolling of Trump with the Constitution photo and for McCain’s comments on the Khan controversy. Via the Washington Post: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is refusing to back House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in his upcoming primary election, saying in an interview Tuesday that he is “not quite there yet” in endorsing his …

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TWO HOURS LATER: Trump Melts Down After Obama’s “Unfit” Comment, Issues Whiny Statement

It took the notoriously thin-skinned Donald Trump just two hours to issue a reaction to Obama calling him “unfit to serve as president.” From Trump’s Facebook page: “Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilized the Middle East, handed Iraq, Libya and Syria to ISIS, and allowed our personnel to be slaughtered at Benghazi. Then they put Iran on the path to nuclear weapons. …

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Liberty Counsel Fake-Screams After Satanic Temple Announces Launch Of “After School Satan” Clubs

The Satanic Temple has once again gotten the goat of the right wing with its announcement of a national rollout of “After School Satan” clubs. From the Washington Post: The group plans to introduce its After School Satan Club to public elementary schools, including one in Prince George’s County, petitioning school officials to allow them to open immediately as the …

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SUPER SADZ: McCrory Says Dem AG Doesn’t Deserve Paycheck For Refusing To Appeal Voter ID Ruling

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday called a news conference to announce that the attorney general will not appeal last week’s ruling by three federal judges throwing out the state’s requirement that voters produce photo identification, along with other changes to election law. The governor said the state would appeal the ruling without help from …

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Trump Rips “Phony” Polls Showing Him Behind

When Trump is leading in the polls, he can’t praise them enough. When he’s behind? The Hill reports: Donald Trump cast doubt on general election polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton, calling those polls “phony.” “I see some great polls — I see one from the Los Angeles Times, just came out, where were ahead by 4 or 5 …

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VIRAL VIDEO: This Is An Ad For Something

The marketing site Creativity recaps: Ikea’s latest ad imagines what life would have been like if people in the 17th century had felt the need to record their plate of food and get some “likes” before they actually ate it. In other words, before Instagram. The ad, the aim of which is to encourage people to rediscover the simple joy …

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Eric Trump: My Strong Powerful Sister Would Never Let Herself Be Sexually Harassed At Work [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: If Ivanka Trump was being sexually harassed at work, she should take it to human resources, her brother Eric Trump said Tuesday — adding that it likely wouldn’t get to that point because she’s “a strong powerful woman” who wouldn’t “allow herself to be subjected to that.” The vice president of the Trump Organization was speaking to …

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Obama: Trump Is Unfit To Be President [VIDEO]

BOOM. From the New York Times: In his strongest denouncement of Donald J. Trump so far, President Obama on Tuesday said Mr. Trump was “unfit to serve as president” and urged the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing for his candidacy. Mr. Obama said the Republican criticisms of Mr. Trump “ring hollow” if the party’s leaders continue …

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