Monthly Archives: October 2016

Right Wing Watch Celebrates 10 Years

The indispensable Right Wing Watch celebrates their 10th anniversary of fighting the haters today and we send them our congratulations! Hardly one day of those ten years has passed without a Right Wing Watch exposé appearing here on JMG. Peter Montgomery marks the occasion for them: People For the American Way launched its Right Wing Watch blog a decade ago, …

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Trump Declares War On GOP: “The Shackles Are Off”

Via Politico: Donald Trump celebrated his freedom from the Republican establishment Tuesday, boasting that it’s “so nice” to be unchained. Trump’s tweet was a tacit attack on House Speaker Paul Ryan, whom the Republican nominee has continued to lash out at since the top elected Republican on Monday told his conference he would no longer defend Trump. “It is so …

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Glenn Beck Sorta-Kinda Endorses Hillary: Compared To Donald Trump She Is The “Moral, Ethical Choice”

From Glenn Beck’s Facebook page: Every person, each of us must decide what is a bridge too far. Mike Lee has obviously reached that point, where the moral compromise his party is asking him to make is simply beyond what is acceptable. It is not acceptable to ask a moral, dignified man to cast his vote to help elect an …

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Mike Huckabee Whines: Bed-Wetting Hand-Wringing Republicans Are Terrified That Trump Will Win [VIDEO]

Via Breitbart: Monday on Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File,” former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) weighed in some in the Republican Party’s reluctance to get behind party nominee Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The former Arkansas governor summed it up as those in his party being fearful of Trump threatening to “mess up the neat little package of fun.” “Let me …

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Seth Meyers On “The Pervert On The Bus” [VIDEO]

TIME Magazine recaps: Seth Meyers slammed Donald Trump as a “pervert” and picked apart the 2005 tape in which the real estate mogul can be heard making lewd comments about women on a bus with Billy Bush. The Late Show host on Monday night criticized Trump, who has been embroiled in controversy since late last week when the vulgar conversation …

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Hillary +11 In New Nationwide Poll

A different poll released yesterday showed the same margin. The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton has an 11-point lead over Donald Trump, according to a PRRI/The Atlantic poll released Tuesday. Clinton is now favored by 49 percent of likely voters and Trump is backed by 38 percent. The poll shows Clinton increasing her lead over the Republican nominee. A poll conducted …

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Samantha Bee Riffs On The Second Debate [VIDEO]

Vulture recaps: As we continue to trudge along the grueling path that is the 2016 election, Samantha Bee graciously helps us get through Debate No. 2: The Night We Gave Up. While Trump rounded up four women who claimed to be victimized by the Clintons, Bee knew that this would not work, because rubbing a woman’s face in her husband’s …

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Songifies The Debate [VIDEO]

The Gregory Brothers, Brooklyn’s viral video stars, have enlisted Joseph Gordon-Levitt for their “songified” take on the second presidential debate. Watch below as JGL substitutes for Anderson Cooper as Hillary and Trump sing their pitches to the voters.

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Trump Eggs On Rally Chant Of “CNN Sucks” [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Republican nominee Donald Trump appears to be in full-on burn it all down mode these days, launching attacks at his political rivals, his own party leaders, and of course, his favorite target: the media. Trump’s love-hate relationship with the press is hardly new; he’s been throwing elbows at the media since the start of his campaign. And during …

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Trump: I Won All The Debate Polls (He Won None)

This morning Donald Trump tweeted the above message and as per usual it’s completely false: Hillary Clinton won the second debate and leads Donald Trump by five points in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows voters perceive the Republican Party bitterly divided four weeks before Election Day. Clinton leads Trump in the four-way race for the presidency among …

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Samsung Scraps Production Of Galaxy Note 7

Reuters reports: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd scrapped its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on Tuesday less than two months after its launch, dealing a huge blow to its reputation and outlook after failing to resolve safety concerns. Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following numerous reports of the phones catching fire and on Tuesday …

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Ted Cruz: I’m Sticking With Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Politico reports: There will be no Texas two-step on Ted Cruz’s much-belated decision to endorse Donald Trump. The Texas senator told a local TV station in Muleshoe, Texas, on Monday that despite lewd video showing Trump joking of unwanted sexual advances on women he would still back Trump over Hillary Clinton. “I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think …

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TODAY: National Coming Out Day

The Human Rights Campaign notes that this year it coincides with Yom Kippur: We live in a beautiful, ever changing world where almost every day is sacred for someone, somewhere. This is no less true for many LGBTQ Jews and Muslims who will be celebrating National Coming Out Day and observing Yom Kippur and the Islamic holiday of Ashura all …

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AUSTRALIA: Marriage Plebiscite Considered Dead

Same Same reports: It’s official, the plebiscite is dead. It’s been confirmed that opposition Leader Bill Shorten and the Labor party have just voted to block the Turnbull government’s proposed plebiscite, which was expected to cost upwards of $200 million, finally laying to rest the unpopular and divisive opinion poll. Marriage equality advocates are celebrating the decision as a win …

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Breitbart Mocks Sites That Didn’t Do Post-Debate Polls Because Of Cheating By “Enthusiastic” Trump Fans

In a post which freely admits that Trump trolls rigged earlier online polls, today Breitbart mocks the news sites that declined to do post-debate polls last night because Trump trolls rigged the first ones. They write: Everyone knows online polls don’t reflect the electorate. But what they do reflect is the dedication and enthusiasm of a candidates’ online supporters. Both …

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SNORT: Trump Calls Himself “A Blue Collar Worker”

The New York Daily News reports: Donald Trump has repeatedly shown his true colors on the campaign trail – and blue has definitely not been one of them. The billionaire mogul claimed Monday – during his first public appearance since a bitter debate with Hillary Clinton the prior evening – that he saw himself as a “blue collar worker.” “I …

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Trump Repeats “Special Prosecutor” Vow [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Donald Trump blew up his campaign manager’s line that the Republican presidential nominee was just joking about jailing Hillary Clinton. “Now, by the way, did you read yesterday? Two boxes of emails and materials are missing,” Trump told supporters during a rally Monday in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, prompting fierce boos and a vigorous “lock her up” chant from the …

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Virginia Trump Campaign Manager Fired For Staging Unauthorized Protest Outside GOP Headquarters

Via Mediaite: The day after the second presidential debate and coming on the heels of the fallout from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “grab ’em by the pussy” remarks, a pro-Trump protest convened at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. The organizer of the protest, Virginia Trump campaign chair Corey Stewart, was apparently fired from his position shortly after …

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Pat Robertson Shrugs Off #Pussygate: Bragging About Sexual Assault Is Just “Macho Talk” [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: Pat Robertson on Monday declared that Donald Trump was the “clear winner” of Sunday night’s presidential debate, and the televangelist asserted that the GOP candidate’s admission that he groped women was simply “macho” talk. “Trump was the winner,” Robertson opined on his 700 Club television program. “Basically, the pundits were writing him off.” The TV preacher argued …

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Kansas GOP Flack Shrugs Off #Pussygate: God Is Using Donald Trump Just Like He Used The Harlots [VIDEO]

Vicki Sciolaro, the GOP chairperson for the Third Congressional District in Kansas, appeared on CNN this afternoon to simultaneously denounce and defend Trump’s pussygate comments, declaring that she is a “strong Christian woman” and therefore can see that God is using Trump to better the country just like he did with the harlots. Or something. Watch below and see if …

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