Monthly Archives: February 2018

BOOM: Federal Appeals Court Rules Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Applies To Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination

Dominic Holden reports at Buzzfeed News: A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that a 1964 civil rights law bans anti-gay workplace discrimination. The decision rebukes the Trump administration — which had argued against a gay worker in the case — and hands progressives a win in their strategy to protect LGBT employees with a drumbeat of lawsuits. The dispute …

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MISSOURI: Roy Moore Endorses Senate Candidate Who Says Women Should Only Be “Traditional Homemakers”

The Hill reports: Former Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Monday endorsed a GOP Missouri Senate candidate who has said he wants his future daughters “to become traditional homemakers and family wives.” “I want to take this opportunity to recommend for your consideration my friend, Courtland Sykes, a man of vision and principle who will make a real difference …

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SURE JAN: Trump Tells GOP Governors He’d Have Run Into Parkland School “Even If I Didn’t Have A Weapon”

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump is telling the nation’s governors that he would have run into the deadly Florida high school shooting “even if I didn’t have a weapon.” The president is again finding fault with officers who didn’t stop the Florida gunman who carried out the massacre earlier this month. Trump says the deputies “weren’t exactly Medal …

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FLORIDA: Record Crowd Turns Out For Gun Show

Tampa’s ABC affiliate reports: Thousands of gun enthusiasts — more so than ever — flocked to the Florida State Fairgrounds for the Florida Gun Show event. Organizers say they had a record number of people attend the event on Saturday, Feb. 24, almost 7,000, and expected more Sunday. The manager for the Florida Gun Show, George Fernandez, says they’ve never …

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Parkland Survivor: We Will Outlive The NRA [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Florida high school shooting survivor David Hogg said in an interview on Monday that those campaigning for stricter gun control laws will outlive the National Rifle Association (NRA). “We’re going to have to outlive the NRA and we will because they certainly aren’t going to stop but neither are we,” Hogg said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I …

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SCOTUS Snubs Trump, Leaves DACA In Place For Now

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration continue a program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The denial leaves in place the popular DACA program, which has protected some 690,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation and enabled them to get work permits. The program had faced …

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REPORT: Trump Wants To Execute Drug Dealers

Jonathan Swan reports at Axios: In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses. And President Trump loves it. He’s been telling friends for months that the country’s policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low. “He says that a lot,” said a source who’s spoken to Trump at length about …

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New iPhone Ad Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage [VIDEO]

CNET reports: Australia made same-sex marriage legal in December, after more than 61 percent of the country declared in a survey that they were for it. Apple was on the side of the majority, making its feelings clear well before the survey. So its latest iPhone X ad — specifically for the Australian market — celebrates some of the first …

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Frothy Doubles-Down On Blaming Mass Shootings On “An Epidemic Of Young Men Being Raised Without Dads”

Mediaite reports: Rick Santorum appeared on CNN’s New Day to face a grilling from Chris Cuomo, after the former Pennsylvania senator argued that mass shooters often “come from broken homes without dads.” Cuomo pressed Santorum on calling for a debate about family instead of gun control in the wake of the massacre at a South Florida high school. Santorum, who …

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Ivanka: Arming Teachers Is Not A “Bad Idea” [VIDEO]

Politico reports: White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday did not fully advocate arming educators — but didn’t break with her father, President Donald Trump, saying it’s “an idea that needs to be discussed.” “Obviously, there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who would be able to bear arms in our school,” Ivanka Trump said in …

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John Oliver Enters Race For Italian PM [VIDEO]

Time Magazine reports: While Oliver isn’t an Italian citizen, he is alarmed by the slate of candidates and the possible repercussions for the world. In fact, Oliver is so concerned that he has jumped into action and consulted lawyers. Turns out that under Italian law the government coalition can pick a non-politician to run. In fact, they can pick “a …

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Trump Uses Parkland Survivor Photo In Money Beg

CNN reports: President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign used a photo of a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, shooting in an email Saturday that asks its recipients to donate money to the campaign. The email contains a photo of 17-year-old Madeleine Wilford in a hospital bed surrounded by her family, Trump and the first lady. The President visited Wilford on February …

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Trump Wants His Personal Pilot To Run The FAA

Axios reports: The president’s personal pilot is on the administration’s short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot, who flew him around the country on Trump Force One during the campaign — to helm the agency, which has a budget …

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GOP Rep. Devin Nunes: The Media Is Dead [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: A day after the Democratic rebuttal memo was released that claims to rebuke the findings of the Nunes memo, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) appeared on Fox & Friends to slam the Democrats’ document while insisting that the Steele dossier was the main impetus of the Russia probe. He also used the Fox News interview to smear the media. …

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Michelle Obama To Release Memoir In November

The Associated Press reports:  Michelle Obama’s memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13. The former first lady tweeted Sunday that the book, to come out a week after the 2018 midterm elections, is called “Becoming.” “Writing ‘Becoming’ has been a deeply personal experience,” she said in a statement. “It has allowed …

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Frothy Mix Blames Mass Shootings On Single Moms

“Gun control is a debate we need to have. Another debate we need to have is something that’s also common in these shootings…the fact that these kids come from broken homes without dads. And that is not something that we’re talking about and that is a commonality. We want to talk about things we can work together on, how about …

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California Bill Would Classify Ex-Gay Torture As “Fraud”

Courthouse News reports: Aiming to protect victims of “treatments” that promise a cure to homosexuality or gender identity issues, California lawmakers are pushing the state to declare conversion therapy a fraud. The proposal, sponsored by the California Legislative LGBT Caucus, would bring conversion therapy under the state’s consumer-protection laws and allow individuals to sue practitioners. It’s already illegal in California …

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NRA Attacks Patriotism Of Companies Cutting Ties After Parkland: A Shameful Display Of Political Cowardice

Via press release from the NRA: The more than five million law-abiding members of the National Rifle Association have enjoyed discounts and cost-saving programs from many American corporations that have partnered with the NRA to expand member benefits. Since the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, a number of companies have decided to sever their relationship with the NRA, in an effort …

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Rick Scott Opposes Trump On Arming Teachers [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Sunday said he doesn’t support President Trump’s proposal to arm teachers. “I disagree with him,” Scott said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “I believe you have to focus on people that are well-trained, law enforcement that are trained to do this. I want to make sure we have significant …

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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Cancels Visit After Heated Call With Trump Over Paying For Border Wall

The Washington Post reports: Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled this week after a testy call between the two leaders ended in an impasse over Trump’s promised border wall, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. Peña Nieto was eyeing an official trip …

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