Monthly Archives: March 2017

Former Trump Adviser Carter Page Claims His Phone Was Probably Tapped Over Visits To Trump Tower

The Guardian reports: A former foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump has written to congressional investigators claiming, without evidence, that his mobile phone may have been tapped last year. Carter Page, a businessman, suggests this would support the view that the Trump campaign headquarters at Trump Tower in New York was under surveillance, since he works nearby and was a …

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Three States Sue To Block Latest Muslim Travel Ban

The Hill reports: Democratic attorneys general in three states announced Thursday that they will try to block the Trump administration’s new executive order on travel in court, pushing for the temporary restraining order that halted the first order to remain intact. In early February, U.S. District Court Judge James Robart issued an order blocking the first version of the administration’s …

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Sean Spicer Gets Testy When Asked About Nigel Farage Meeting Julian Assange: “I Don’t Keep His Schedule”

Mediaite reports: Press Secretary Sean Spicer had a flummoxed moment on Thursday when he was asked about today’s news that Trump ally Nigel Farage went to the embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lives. “I have my own concerns here keeping track of what everyone is doing. I generally don’t worry about what’s going on across the pond,” Spicer said. …

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Two US House Committees Advance Trumpcare Bill

The Washington Post reports: Two key House committees have approved a Republican proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act, giving the bill its first victories amid a backlash that both Republican leaders and President Trump are trying to tamp down. The House Ways and Means Committee voted 23 to 16 to advance the American Health Care Act shortly before 4:30 …

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Cindy Jacobs: God Wants Christians To Be “Profoundly Wealthy” So Jealous Jews Will Convert [VIDEO]

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: “Respected prophet” Cindy Jacobs preached at a church in New Jersey, where she prophesied that God wants Christians to be rich so that there will be a “great harvest” of Jewish conversions when they see their Christian neighbors becoming “profoundly wealthy.” “What the Jews have, we have,” Jacobs proclaimed. “However, we have more …

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Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters Claims Report On Trump’s #PissGate Tape Is “Absolutely True” [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Thursday claimed that unverified allegations of compromising tapes of President Trump with Russian prostitutes are “absolutely true,” but declined to provide evidence. “We already know about the part about the coverage they have on him with sex actions is supposed to be true,” she said, referring to a dossier leaked late …

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LONDON: Nigel Farage Meets With Julian Assange

Nope. Not suspicious at ALL. Buzzfeed reports: Nigel Farage visited the Ecuadorian embassy in west London on Thursday, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living since he claimed asylum in 2012. The former UKIP leader spent around 40 minutes in the building and left at noon, accompanied by Christian Mitchell, the head of operations at radio station LBC, where …

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Newly-Minted Homocon Chadwick Moore: Matthew Shepard Was Killed Over Meth, It Wasn’t A Hate Crime

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Advocate executive editor Neal Broverman tells me that contrary to the below report, Chadwick Moore is not a “contributing editor” at the magazine. Moore last wrote an apparently freelance piece the Advocate back in June 2016 and has not written for them since. Unicorn Booty reports: Chadwick Moore, one of two contributing editors of The Advocate, sparked an …

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NOM Issues “Critically Important Video” Urging Pressure On Trump To Legalize Anti-LGBT Discrimination

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: NOM has produced a critically important video on religious liberty that I am asking you to watch and share widely with your friends, family and contacts. As you may know, President Trump is considering an urgently-needed Executive Order to protect people of faith from discrimination and retribution by the government because of …

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Trump Reveals Plan For Trumpcare: Allow Obamacare To Implode And Then Let Democrats Take The Blame

CNN reports: In an Oval Office meeting featuring several leaders of conservative groups already lining up against the House Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump revealed his plan in the event the GOP effort fails: Allow Obamcare to fail and let Democrats take the blame, sources at the gathering told CNN. During the hour-long meeting, sources …

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Mike Pence Refuses To Answer When Directly Asked If He Believes Trump’s Baseless Wiretapping Claim

The Hill reports: Vice President Pence refused to answer Wednesday when asked if he believes President Trump’s wiretapping claim against former President Barack Obama. Pence was asked during an interview with CNN affiliate WEWS reporter John Kosich about Trump’s incendiary claims that Obama tapped Trump Tower during last year’s campaign. “What I can say is that the president and our …

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Rachel Maddow Continues To Link Together Trump’s Connections To Russia And Wikileaks [VIDEO]

All week Rachel Maddow has been piecing together the labyrinthian connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. Last night’s update was especially revealing. Via Raw Story: Maddow described a Politico report, released Wednesday, that revealed authorities investigated Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, over Kilimnik’s suspected ties Russian intelligence. Maddow explained that authorities are “looking …

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Homocon “Trump Loyalist” Richard Grenell Nominated To Be NATO Ambassador, Roger Stone Thrilled [VIDEO]

Bloomberg reports: President Donald Trump will nominate Richard Grenell to be his ambassador to NATO, according to a White House official, a selection that would make the longtime loyalist and former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations the highest-ranking openly gay person to serve in the administration. Reached by phone on Wednesday, Grenell, 50, declined to comment. The White House …

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Documents Reveal Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Lobbied For Turkey After Election

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn wrote an op-ed on Election Day calling for the U.S. to kick out an anti-government Turkish cleric without disclosing he was being paid by a firm linked to the Turkish government, according to documents newly filed with the Justice Department. POLITICO reported in November that Flynn’s consulting firm, Flynn …

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ARKANSAS: GOP Lawmakers File Bill To Ban Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriages From All Jurisdictions

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: A bill has been proposed to make marriage only between a man and a woman. Twenty Representatives and one Senator introduced House Bill 2098. Representative Stephen Meeks [photo] is the lead sponsor of the bill. HB2098 would not recognize marriages between two people of the same sex, even if the marriage happened in a different …

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BOSTON: St. Patrick’s Parade Organizers To Reconsider Banning Of Gay Veterans Group After Backlash

The Associated Press reports: The organizers of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade have scheduled an emergency meeting to reconsider their vote to bar a gay veterans group from participating. The vote Tuesday to bar OutVets drew immediate condemnation from high-profile politicians. Ed Flynn, a member of the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which organizes the parade scheduled for March …

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Meets With LGBT Rights Groups Over Transgender Student Rights

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today met with three LGBT rights groups to discuss the Trump administration’s revocation of Obama’s guidelines on transgender student protections. Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Stephanie White, executive director of Equality Michigan, said her organization sought out the meeting to convey the “profound negative consequences” of the withdrawal of the guidance protecting transgender students. …

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TEXAS: Senate Panel Advances Anti-Transgender Bill

The Texas Tribune reports: After 13-plus hours of emotional testimony, largely in opposition, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance the so-called Texas “bathroom bill” to the full chamber. The vote was 7-1; Sen. Judith Zaffirini voted against, and Sen. Charles Schwertner was not present at the meeting but asked to be shown as voting yes. The vote …

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Jon Huntsman Tapped As Ambassador To Russia

Politico reports: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has been offered the job of U.S. ambassador to Russia and is in the process of submitting paperwork to accept the position, two administration sources have confirmed. Huntsman, who served as ambassador to Singapore under President George H.W. Bush and then to China under President Barack Obama, was an outspoken critic of President …

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Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway: Don’t Call It “Trumpcare” Because This Isn’t About Branding [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Start brainstorming alternative nicknames to “TrumpCare.” Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday suggested the real-estate mogul turned President wasn’t slapping his name on the GOP’s proposed Obamacare replacement — demurring when asked during a Fox News interview if it were to be branded “TrumpCare.” “Well, it’s the American Health Care Act and I …

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