Monthly Archives: March 2017

Emboldened By Their White House Access, Dominionists Gather To Plot Turning America Into Christian Theocracy

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: The dominionist prayer warriors of POTUS Shield, a project launched by Trump-supporting “apostles” and “prophets” immediately after his election victory, met in Ohio last week to further their plans to take full advantage of their new high-level access. Among their goals: “sweeping” the federal courts of any judges whose rulings are not to …

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Ethics Group Accusation: Trump Aide Held Millions In Stock For Major Companies He’s Meeting With

Politico reports: The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is accusing a top White House official of potentially violating criminal conflict of interest laws by playing a role in meetings with major companies in which he also appeared to have held millions of dollars in stock. The group filed its complaint Tuesday against Christopher Liddell, a former …

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Feds Grant $8.5M To Pulse Massacre Victims

Reuters reports: The victims of a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub in June 2016 will receive nearly $8.5 million for emotional and financial support for victims’ families, those wounded in the attack and responders, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. In a statement, the department’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) said the funds would be granted …

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Homocon Site Gateway Pundit Confesses: We’re Only There At The White House To Troll The Real Reporters

The New Yorker has published a lengthy profile of Jim Hoft and Lucian Wintrich, the homocon bloggers at Gateway Pundit seen above making a white supremacist hand signal in the White House briefing room. The piece ponders whether the Trump administration granted credentials to Gateway Pundit merely to troll the real journalists. An excerpt: Over dinner at a nearby steakhouse, …

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CANADA: Girl Guides Suspend Trips To USA Because Trump’s Travel Ban Puts Them In “Risky Situation”

The Toronto Star reports: Girl Guides of Canada is cancelling any trips to the United States, citing concerns that some members could be turned away at the border. “It also has to do with safety,” Sarah Kiriliuk, the organization’s national manager of marketing and communication, said Monday. “We want to make sure that if our girls are traveling that they …

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Breitbart Flips Out Because Paul Ryan Once Said He Wouldn’t Defend Trump’s Sexual Assault Bragging

Breitbart is EVER so pissed that Paul Ryan once said he would not defend Trump’s bragging about committing sexual assault. And therefore that’s just total proof that Ryan is lying to Hair Furor about the Trumpcare bill. They write: On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. …

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Former Dem Mayor Pleads Guilty In Meth/Sex Sting

The Washington Post reports: After three decades of public life, Richard “Scott” Silverthorne was known simply as the mayor around Fairfax City. But online, a prosecutor said Monday, he used a sexually suggestive screen name that would lead to his stunning downfall. Using the online moniker, Silverthorne, 50, arranged an orgy with an undercover police officer in exchange for methamphetamine …

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Colbert Mocks “Inspector Gadget Conway” [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: “It’s true,” Colbert said facetiously. “Microwaves that turn into cameras. How do you think we film this show?” The camera then turned to someone manning a microwave on a tripod. Colbert also sarcastically backed up Conway’s declaration in an interview with CNN that she was “not Inspector Gadget.” “Inspector Gadget had all sorts of tools at his …

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The Liberal Redneck Tees Off On Trumpcare [VIDEO]

Comedian Trae Crowder, AKA the Liberal Redneck, isn’t too worried that Trumpcare will ever become law, saying, “This thing is the shitty Independence Day sequel of health care laws.” He adds: “It is so profoundly terrible that even most Republicans hate it. It’s just ‘diet Obamacare,’ like everybody keeps saying. All they did, they took the original and made a …

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Hannity Attacks McCain And Graham For “Colluding With Alt-Left Propaganda Media Liberal Snowflakes”

Republican saboteurs! Via Mediaite: Sean Hannity tonight went after Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham for “constantly attacking the Republican president [and] colluding with the alt-left propaganda media and the liberal snowflakes.” As far as he’s concerned, they’re both “bitter” about President Trump and they’re both leaping at opportunities to get on TV to get good coverage from the press.

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HHS Head Tom Price Dodges When Asked If Trumpcare Will Provide Coverage For All As Promised [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: During an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show, Price said President Trump’s promise to ensure coverage for every American was “absolutely right.” But when explicitly asked about whether anyone would lose coverage under the Republicans’ plan, Price demurred, talking instead about the Affordable Care Act’s faults. “Are you saying no one is going to lose coverage under this …

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DOJ Asks For More Time To Provide Evidence Of Trump’s Wiretapping Claim To Senate Intelligence Committee

NBC News reports: A spokesman for the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has asked the Justice Department to provide any evidence of the president’s wiretapping claims before a March 20 hearing, and warned it could use a “compulsory process” if it doesn’t get answers. House Intelligence Committee Republicans spokesman Jack Langer made the statement Monday night after the Justice Department asked …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Former Governor Pat McCrory Is Having A Hard Time Finding Work Because HB2

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Former Gov. Pat McCrory says the backlash against House Bill 2 is making some employers reluctant to hire him but he’s currently doing consulting and advisory board work. McCrory has been appearing frequently in interviews with national media outlets to defend the controversial LGBT law, but he hasn’t announced what’s next for his career. …

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Paul Ryan: I’m “Pretty Encouraged” By The Report That Trumpcare Will Cost 24 Million Their Coverage [VIDEO]

As you’ll see in the clip below, even the Fox News host isn’t buying it: Speaker Paul Ryan spoke with Fox’s Bret Baier tonight and reacted to the CBO score on the American Health Care Act. Baier brought up the millions of people the CBO says would be uninsured a few years from now, but Ryan responded, “If you read …

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Politico Ponders: Do Trump’s Craziest Tweets Always Come On Saturdays Because It’s The Jewish Sabbath?

Politico reports: The prevailing narrative about when President Donald Trump launches his most reckless tirades involves the absence of the two people viewed as the great moderating influences in his life: his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. The couple are Orthodox Jews who observe the Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday until sundown on Saturday—the time when Trump …

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Melania To Skip Hosting Irish Prime Minister On St. Patrick’s Day Because She Won’t Leave Trump Tower

The Irish Times reports: US First Lady Melania Trump is not due to appear alongside husband Donald Trump when he meets Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the St Patrick’s Day ceremony next week. Mr Kenny and his wife Fionnuala have previously appeared at the shamrock ceremony in the White House alongside former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama but …

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Nazi Site Celebrates “Our Guy” GOP Rep. Steve King: He Is Basically An Open White Nationalist At This Point

From the Daily Stormer: Steve King is basically an open white nationalist at this point. Today, with a Geert Wilders meme, he tweeted: “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” OUR civilization and SOMEBODY ELSE’S babies. Not really any nuance there. He is saying the country is white, it …

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Congressional Budget Office Predicts As Many As 24 Million Could Lose Coverage Under Trumpcare

Business Insider reports: The Congressional Budget Office on Monday released a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The CBO projected that as many as 14 million Americans could lose their coverage due to the AHCA in 2018. As the Medicaid changes went …

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Fox Anchor Shepard Smith: We Don’t Quote Kellyanne Conway Much Anymore Because, Well, History [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Fox News’ Shep Smith actually said the following at the top of his newscast today: …”Kellyanne Conway, whom we really don’t quote much anymore because, well, history…” Yes, Smith actually said that, while expressing bewilderment at her comments about smart microwaves that can be utilized for surveillance purposes. Smith responded to this controversy by saying, “Microwaves do not …

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Democrats To Introduce LGBT Equality Act

Dominic Holden reports at Buzzfeed: Democrats in Congress plan to reintroduce legislation this month that would ban LGBT discrimination nationwide, despite facing a conservative majority that’s been generally hostile toward the issue. While the bill has little shot of passage, progressives hope inaction by Republicans can illustrate a chasm between the major political parties as they approach the 2018 mid-term …

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