Monthly Archives: October 2016

The Washington Post Endorses Hillary

From the editorial board of the Washington Post: In the gloom and ugliness of this political season, one encouraging truth is often overlooked: There is a well-qualified, well-prepared candidate on the ballot. Hillary Clinton has the potential to be an excellent president of the United States, and we endorse her without hesitation. In a moment, we will explain our confidence. …

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NEW YORK: GOP State Senate Candidate Vows To Bring KFC And Watermelons To Harlem Event [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: A candidate for New York State Senate has sparked a firestorm in Harlem after telling NBC 4 New York’s I-Team he was planning to hand out “Kool Aid, KFC and watermelons” at a campaign event in the primarily black community. Jon Girodes, the Republican candidate for New York’s 30th District in the November election, used the racially …

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Obama Stars In Powerful New Hillary Ad [VIDEO]

You’ll like this. Daily Kos recaps: Barack Obama makes the case that Hillary Clinton equals continuing progress in a powerful new video featuring some of the most memorable images of the Obama presidency, set to his speech at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner last month. This is the Barack Obama so much of the country fell in love with …

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HE WAS LIKE AN OCTOPUS: Two Women Accuse Donald Trump Of Forcible Touching And Kissing [VIDEO]

From the New York Times: Donald J. Trump was emphatic in the second presidential debate: Yes, he had boasted about kissing women without permission and grabbing their genitals. But he had never actually done those things, he said. “No,” he declared under questioning on Sunday evening, “I have not.” At that moment, sitting at home in Manhattan, Jessica Leeds, 74, …

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I HEARD YOU: Trump Campaign Manager Melts Down During Combative CNN Interview [VIDEO]

This was really something to watch. Via Mediaite: Today, Donald Trump‘s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had a very, very intense interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar. Repeatedly, Conway took aim at CNN and insisted to Keilar that the network doesn’t want to cover Hillary Clinton. Keilar stood up for her employer, calmly letting Conway know that CNN has covered Clinton throughout …

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MASSACHUSETTS: State Certifies Christian Group’s 2018 Ballot Measure To Repeal Transgender Rights

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Opponents of a newly enacted Massachusetts law that prohibits anti-trans discrimination in public accommodations have obtained enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot in 2018, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin certified Tuesday. Brian McNaff, a Galvin spokesperson, affirmed for the Washington Blade Wednesday opponents of the law submitted 34,231 …

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Wells Fargo CEO Resigns After Massive Scam Scandal

Via press release: Wells Fargo & Company announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf has informed the Company’s Board of Directors that he is retiring from the Company and the Board, effective immediately. The Board has elected Tim Sloan, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed him as CEO, and Stephen Sanger, its Lead Director, …

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Texas Cops Face Discipline For Wearing Trump Hats

The San Antonio News-Express reports: More than a dozen San Antonio Police Department officers appeared to violate city policy on Tuesday when they appeared in a short video tweeted by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump wearing his trademark red hats that read “Make America Great Again.” Mayor Ivy Taylor said she was deeply disappointed, and Police Chief William McManus said …

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Top Putin Ally: Vote Trump Or Face Nuclear War

Reuters reports: Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U.S. Republican candidate. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told Reuters in an interview that Trump was the …

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Michele Bachmann: If Hillary Wins There Will Be More Sexual Assaults On Christian Women [AUDIO]

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Trump may have made “crude” remarks, but that pales in comparison to what Bill Clinton has done, Bachmann argued, which was to “criminally assault women” and for which he has “never paid the price.” The best thing that Christian men and women can do, Bachmann said, is to ensure that Hillary Clinton never …

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Family Research Council Propaganda Fail [VIDEO]

The Family Research Council today issued the below four-minute video which compares the GOP and Democratic party platforms. While their obvious intent is to outrage their base, progressives who view the clip will very likely come away only more impressed with our Satanic, pinko, Marxist, libtard, homofascist agenda. Enjoy!

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Hillary +8 In New Reuters Nationwide Poll

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump is up to 8 points nationwide with less than a month before the presidential election, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Clinton has 45 percent support to Trump’s 37 percent among likely voters in the Reuters/Ipsos survey. Last week’s version of the same poll found the Democratic nominee ahead by …

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Giuliani: Hillary Lies About Being There On 9/11

Via Raw Story: Rudy Giuliani told a bald-faced lie to accuse Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former New York City mayor delivered the whopper Wednesday afternoon while introducing Donald Trump at a rally in Ocala, Florida. “Don’t tell me if you said that you remember Sept. 11, 2001,” Giuliani said. “I remember …

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REPORT: Billy Bush Might Sue NBC Over #Pussygate

The New York Post reports: Billy Bush isn’t going without a fight. While NBC bids to ax him over a “morality clause” in his contract, he is blaming NBC for the leak of the tape to the Washington Post, and may even sue. It is believed someone at NBC News leaked the tape to make it public ahead of the …

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BBC Documentary: America’s Hate Preachers [VIDEO]

Hemant Mehta recaps at the Friendly Atheist: I cringed a little bit when I learned that another country had just aired a documentary about the United States… but thankfully, it wasn’t about Donald Trump. It was about vile people who aren’t close to getting their hands on the nuclear codes: Hate-preachers like Steven Anderson. The BBC’s America’s Hate Preachers, directed …

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UTAH: Mormon Support Pumps Evan McMullin To Effective Three-Way Tie With Hillary And Trump

Via Mediaite: A new Utah poll finds that quixotic third-party candidate Evan McMullin is in striking distance of the two major political party candidates, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. The poll conducted by Salt Lake City-based Y2 Analytics finds that Trump’s double-digit lead in the state has evaporated after his “grab ’em by the pussy” remarks. Trump is …

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Trump Launches “Exclusive Limited Edition Elite Black Card” For Dazzling Your Fellow Fancy Teabaggers

For the high rollers for whom the Trump Gold Card was too pedestrian. Quartz reports: Facing a tough uphill battle in the last weeks before the election, Donald Trump, newly “unshackled” from his party’s leadership, is offering his voters a fresh way to help him get elected: A “limited edition” Trump Black Card, which does absolutely nothing but remind you …

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Christianity Today Denounces Donald Trump: He’s The Very Embodiment Of What The Bible Calls A Fool

Christianity Today‘s scathing pussygate editorial is making lots of news today. An excerpt: This past week, the latest (though surely not last) revelations from Trump’s past have caused many evangelical leaders to reconsider. This is heartening, but it comes awfully late. What Trump is, everyone has known and has been able to see for decades, let alone the last few …

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Wingnut Leader Brent Bozell Calls For Right Wing Protests Outside Local News Affiliates Nationwide

Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell is best known here for his December 2011 appearance on Fox News when he called President Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead.” Today he’s very upset about Trump’s treatment by the media. Because of course. Via press release: “The leftist media are out of control and the American people know it and are furious. These …

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Gov. Pat McCrory: My Wife And I Have Been Shunned By Friends Over North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Hate Law

The Charlotte Observer reports: In a discussion with conservative leaders last week, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said the reaction to House Bill 2 has gotten personal, leaving his wife “shunned” at social events and making him the target of verbal assaults and even death threats. McCrory told the group that he’s also experienced political blow-back that he said was …

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