Monthly Archives: December 2016

Reince Priebus: It’s Totally Possible That Millions Voted Illegally Just Like Trump Says With No Proof [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: Reince Priebus, the outgoing Republican National Committee chair, defended Donald Trump Sunday over the president-elect’s charge last week, presented without proof, that “millions” of people had voted illegally during the general election. “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson pressed Priebus on that specific illegal vote claim, asking the incoming White House chief of staff how he handles …

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NORTH CAROLINA: KKK Holds “Trump Victory Parade”

The Burlington News-Times reports: State troopers blocked intersections Saturday as the Ku Klux Klan made its way through the city’s downtown and major thoroughfare. Windows rolled down, men and women shouted “White power!” and “Hail victory!” as the afternoon parade of roughly 30 cars drove by without an audience gathered. After all, the Loyal White Knights had initially announced its …

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Conway On Trump’s Many Twitter Tirades: He’s The President-Elect So That’s Presidential Behavior [VIDEO]

This morning Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN’s State Of The Union to declare that anything Donald Trump says on Twitter is by definition “presidential” because he is the president-elect. More from The Hill: It’s still undetermined if Donald Trump will keep control of his personal Twitter account when he takes office, a top adviser said in an interview aired Sunday. “That’s …

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SWAMP THING: Trump Attends Millionaire Donor’s “Heroes & Villains” Costume Party Dressed As Himself

Kellyanne Conway dressed as Super Woman. The Huffington Post reports: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attended a “Villains and Heroes” costume party at a major donor’s Long Island home on Saturday night, but declined to don any garb that was in keeping with the theme. Trump entered the party hosted by the Mercer family, one of his biggest donors, at their …

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FAREWELL FREE MARKET: Trump Vows To Impose 35% Tax On US Goods Made In Overseas Factories

Roll Call reports: Donald Trump on Sunday morning tweeted that he intends to slash business taxes and regulations, but the early rising president-elect again warned companies that move all or parts of their operations offshore will face “retribution or consequence.” In a series of tweets that kicked off at 6:41 a.m., Trump said he will impose “a tax on our …

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Trump Issues Crybaby Tweet About “Unwatchable” SNL After They Mock His Crybaby Tweets [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Alec Baldwin was back on “Saturday Night Live” this week to mock Donald Trump’s love of tweeting, and the real president-elect hopped on his favorite social media platform during the show to let Baldwin know he wasn’t laughing. The show’s cold open featured Baldwin’s Trump at a security briefing in which he repeatedly loses focus and turns …

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TRAILER: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Wired recaps: It’s been more than two years since Guardians of the Galaxy got moviegoers hooked on Marvel’s gang of wily space-explorers—and if the first full trailer for 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is any indication, you can expect even Gamora action, adventure, and interstellar wise-assery the second time around. The trailer, which you can watch above, features …

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PENNSYLVANIA: Jill Stein Withdraws Recount Effort

The New York Times reports: Pennsylvania will apparently not have a statewide recount of its votes, removing the last long-shot hope by opponents of Donald J. Trump that a review of the ballots could overturn his election as president. In a filing on Saturday, a lawyer for Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, who began the recount bids in …

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Carrier: We’re Still Sending 1300 Jobs To Mexico

Via Mediaite: “While this announcement is good news for many, we recognize it is not good news for everyone,” says a letter sent by Carrier to its employees in the wake of the deal set up by Donald Trump that will prevent them from outsourcing some 800 jobs to Mexico. About 1300 Indiana-based jobs are still heading south of the …

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WND: Don’t Waste Your Money On Health Insurance

After all, when White Jesus says it’s your time, who are you are argue? Via World Net Daily: Republicans say they are going to “replace” Obamacare, but they will come up with something very similar and at least as bad if they start with the same misguided objective: “universal coverage.” There are necessities of life, but insurance is not one …

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SWAMPY: Trump’s Mega-Wealthy Cabinet Could Avoid Millions In Capital Gains Taxes Due To Obscure Law

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s ultra-wealthy Cabinet nominees will be able to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes in the coming weeks when they sell some of their holdings to avoid conflicts of interest in their new positions. The tax advantage will allow Trump officials, forced by ethics laws to sell certain assets, to defer the weighty …

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OAKLAND: At Least Nine Dead In Warehouse Concert Fire, 25 Attendees Still Unaccounted For [VIDEO]

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: At least nine people were killed and a total of 25 people were unaccounted for after a fire tore through a music party at an artists collective in Oakland, authorities said. The fire ignited around 11:30 p.m. Friday night in a hulking warehouse at 31st Avenue and International Boulevard, in the Fruitvale neighborhood, while a …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Durham County Begins Recount

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Durham County will begin recounting ballots on Saturday afternoon, moving the date from Sunday to comply with an order from state elections officials to complete the task by Monday night. The Durham County Board of Elections scheduled an emergency meeting for 11 a.m. Saturday and planned to begin the recount at 1 p.m. After …

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That Time Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions Went Crazy Trying Stop A Conference On LGBT Rights

CNN reports: As Alabama’s attorney general in 1996, Sessions attempted to stop the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from meeting at the University of Alabama under a state law passed in 1992 that made it illegal for public universities to fund in any way a group that promotes “actions prohibited by the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws.” Fob James, …

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Chinese Foreign Ministry Lodges Complaint Over Trump’s Unprecedented Call With Taiwan’s President

CNN reports: China’s foreign ministry said Saturday it has lodged a complaint with the United States over a controversial phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan’s President that has overturned decades of diplomatic protocol. China views Taiwan as a renegade province and, since 1979, the US has acknowledged Beijing’s claim that Taiwan is part of China, with US-China relations …

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Colbert Mocks Breitbart: You’d Think They’d Love An Orange Cartoon Who Makes Things Grrrreat [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story: Since the election, Colbert noted that there has been a lot of scrutiny on the alt-right news blog Breitbart, or as Colbert joked Breitbart.white. “Critics say the site is a hotbed of racist, sexist and anti-semitic views while supporters say exactly the same thing,” Colbert joked. After a lot of backlash, Kellogg’s announced they’d be pulling their …

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GAMBIA: Dictator Who Vowed To “Slit The Throats” Of All Homosexuals Is Defeated In Democratic Election

The BBC reports: Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia’s authoritarian president of 22 years, has suffered a surprise defeat in the country’s presidential elections. He will be replaced by property developer Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote. After his win, Mr Barrow hailed a “new Gambia”. Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, has …

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PHILIPPINES: President Rodrigo Duterte Claims Trump Endorsed His Executions Of Alleged Drug Users

The Associated Press reports: President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday Donald Trump wished his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs would succeed during a telephone call, and he assured the U.S. president-elect the Philippines would maintain its ties with America — a departure from Duterte’s hostility toward the Obama administration. Duterte called to congratulate Trump late Friday in their first talk that …

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Palin Turns On Trump Over “Cronyism” Carrier Deal

From Palin’s op-ed for the Young Conservatives site: When government steps in arbitrarily with individual subsidies, favoring one business over others, it sets inconsistent, unfair, illogical precedent. Meanwhile, the invisible hand that best orchestrates a free people’s free enterprise system gets amputated. Then, special interests creep in and manipulate markets. Republicans oppose this, remember? Instead, we support competition on a …

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Trump Risks Enraging China By Calling Taiwan’s Leader In “Major Break” From 30 Years Of US Diplomacy

Business Insider reports: President-elect Trump spoke with the president of Taiwan by phone on Friday, the Financial Times reported, in a move likely to infuriate Beijing and hinder US-China relations. Trump’s spokesperson Hope Hicks confirmed the phone call in an email on Friday. “President-elect Trump spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, who offered her congratulations,” according to a readout …

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