Monthly Archives: March 2017

Nutjob Pastor: I Was Misquoted About A Gay Bar Owner Being Cured By “Anointed Cake” (He Wasn’t) [VIDEO]

Remember Pastor Lance Wallnau, who last week claimed that a gay bar owner was cured of his homosexuality by eating an “anointed cake”? Well, after rightfully being subjected to national ridicule, he’s now claiming that he was misquoted (from his own video) even though he admits that he got the “facts” of the story wrong. Kyle Mantyla reports at Right …

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REPORT: The White House Sought To Block Former Acting AG Sally Yates From Testifying On Russia

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the inquiry. According to …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Just started: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is expected to address the press corps during his daily briefing on Tuesday, as President Trump prepares to sign an executive order overhauling Obama-era climate change regulations. One of the orders President Trump is expected to sign today would dismantle the Clean Power Plan regulations put in place by former President Barack …

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Mexican Archdiocese Declares That Any Mexican Company That Helps Build Trump’s Wall Are Traitors

Reuters reports: Mexicans who help build U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned border wall would be acting immorally and should be deemed traitors, the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico said on Sunday, turning up the heat on a simmering dispute over the project. In a provocative editorial, the country’s biggest Archdiocese sought to increase pressure on the government to take a tougher …

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Christian Site: It’s A Sign Of The End Times That Millions Of Evangelicals Are Flocking To Disney’s Movie

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: The film would have never made so much money without millions of evangelical Christian families flocking to go see it. This is the kind of apostasy that we always knew was coming in the last days, but it is still shocking to see. What we willingly feed into our minds is going to …

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Freedom Caucus Member To Attempt Forced Vote On Obamacare Repeal To See “Who Is Truly For It”

The Hill reports: Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus, said Tuesday that he plans to file a discharge petition in an effort to force a vote on full repeal of ObamaCare. Brooks has introduced a two-page bill to repeal the entire law, a measure that has no real path to passage given opposition from …

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Bill O’Reilly: I Didn’t Hear A Word Rep. Maxine Waters Said Because Of Her James Brown Wig [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript of Bill O’Reilly’s racist assholery on Fox & Friends this morning: BILL O’REILLY: I didn’t hear a word [Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)] said. I was looking at the James Brown wig. If we have a picture of James, it’s the same wig. STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): It’s the same one. BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): And he’s not …

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Haters Continue To Wail As Disney’s Smash Beauty And The Beast Zooms To $700M Box Office Worldwide

Box Office Mojo reports: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast delivered a monster second weekend, pulling in enough to make it the fourth largest second weekend of all-time and pushing the film over $315 million in a matter of just ten days. With an estimated $88.3 million, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast finished atop the box office for a second weekend …

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NEW YORK CITY: Cops Hit With Lawsuit Over “Bogus Lewdness Charges” In Bus Terminal Sting On Gay Men

The New York Daily News reports: Port Authority cops have become bathroom police, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the department of targeting gay men for bogus lewdness charges. Plainclothes officers pretend to use the Port Authority Bus Terminal urinals while staring at suspects over the small privacy dividers, said the suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court. The …

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MONTANA: Hate Group Vows Ballot Initiative After House Judiciary Panel Votes Down Bathroom Bill

Montana Public Radio reports: A Montana legislative panel has rejected a bill that called for a statewide vote on whether to bar transgender people from using bathrooms and locker rooms that don’t match their gender at birth. The House Judiciary Committee voted 11-7 against the bill today. It is likely dead, though it could be revived if enough votes flip …

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Trump To Sign Order Rescinding EPA Regulations On Climate Change, Allow Coal Mining On Federal Lands

CNN reports: President Donald Trump will sign a sweeping executive order Tuesday at the Environmental Protection Agency, which looks to curb the federal government’s enforcement of climate regulations by putting American jobs above addressing climate change. Tuesday’s order will initiate a review of the Clean Power Plan initiative, rescind the moratorium on coal mining on US federal lands and urge …

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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell On Devin Nunes: This Is What A Coverup To A Crime Looks Like [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Congressman Eric Swalwell stopped by the set of Morning Joe, Tuesday, to offer his assessment of the growing swirl of controversy surrounding his colleague, Representative Devin Nunes. Nunes, a California Republican and chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has faced growing calls to recuse himself from the committee after briefing the president on classified intelligence information. “You can …

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TENNESSEE: State Senate Approves Resolution To Exhume And Relocate Body Of President James Polk

Chattanooga’s CBS affiliate reports: The Tennessee Senate passed a resolution Monday that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and moved to a fourth resting place. Polk and his wife, Sarah, are currently buried on the grounds of the state Capitol. The resolution would allow the bodies to be exhumed and moved about 50 …

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OHIO: Columbus Bans Ex-Gay Torture [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: Officials in Columbus have voted to ban conversion therapy in the city. The Columbus City Council voted to ban the practice in a meeting Monday night. Conversion therapy is any practice that seeks to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Professionals in the medical community say the practice is illegitimate and does not work. LGBTQ …

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Hair Furor Unleashes Yet Another Raging Tweetstorm

The Week reports: If you read President Trump’s latest tweets and set aside a quarter for every time he says “Russia,” you’ll have enough money to buy a used copy of The Art of the Deal. In the first of a series of tweets sent Monday night, Trump said he thought an investigation into Russian ties to the United States …

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Franklin Graham Slams “Sickening” Democrats For Celebrating Trump’s Failure To Repeal Obamacare

“Doesn’t it just make you sick? I’m so disappointed in the Republican Party—again—for not working together to get America the health care plan we need, as they had promised. And the Democrats’ glee over what they’re trumpeting as a failure is shameful. Their driving desire to block all things Republican branded, no matter what it means for the American people, …

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NEW YORK CITY: Admitted White Supremacist Charged With Terrorism In Murder Of “Random” Black Man

The New York Daily News reports: The Baltimore man who selected a black man at random and stabbed him to death in Midtown has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. James Harris Jackson, 28, faces life without parole if convicted of the charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office Monday. Jackson allegedly stabbed bottle-collector Timothy Caughman, …

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TEXAS: Attorney General Ken Paxton Leads 13-State Coalition In Brief Defending Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban

The Dallas News reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday led a coalition of 13 states in filing a brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals defending President Donald Trump’s revised immigration order. In the brief, Paxton and representatives from 12 other states argue that the Trump administration’s new order is legal and falls under the president’s power …

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ORLANDO: City And County Officials Unveil Pulse Anniversary Plan For “A Day Of Love & Kindness”

The Associated Press reports: Orlando and Orange County officials want the first anniversary next June of the Pulse nightclub massacre to be marked with acts of love and kindness. Elected officials on Monday said that June 12 officially would be dedicated as “Orlando United Day – A Day of Love and Kindness.” Officials also announced a series of events planned …

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VIRGINIA: GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Asked To Step Down After He Calls His Opponent A “Cuckservative”

The Prince William Times reports: Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart called his gubernatorial opponent Ed Gillespie a “cuckservative” on Reddit Thursday. Now, School Board Member Willie Deutsch is calling for Stewart to resign and other fellow Republicans are taking him to task for name-calling and using what they say is a racially-charged term associated with white …

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