Monthly Archives: May 2019

Franklin Graham: Bill Clinton Could Have Stopped The Rwandan Genocide If He Wasn’t Impeached [AUDIO]

Scamvangelist Franklin Graham appeared on Tony Perkins’ radio show yesterday to promote his coming “national day of prayer” against Trump’s enemies, which now has over 250 sponsors of the usual nutjob variety. The conversation digressed into the renewed calls to impeach Trump, leading Graham to declare that if Bill Clinton hadn’t been impeached, he could have stopped the infamous Rwandan …

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Minor League Baseball Team Loses Top Sponsor After Scoreboard Video Compares AOC To Kim And Castro

The Sacramento Bee reports: Sun-Maid, the popular raisin company with deep roots in the central San Joaquin Valley, has terminated its partnership with the Fresno Grizzlies. Sun-Maid announced its termination Wednesday evening, citing the Grizzlies’ Memorial Day debacle when the minor league baseball club aired a video tribute that equated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the likes of North Korea dictator …

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Transgender Icons To Get New York City Monument

The New York Times reports: Marsha P. Johnson [screenshot above] and Sylvia Rivera, pioneering transgender activists who were at the vanguard of the gay rights movement, will be immortalized in a monument that may be placed down the street from the Stonewall Inn, the city said on Wednesday. Ms. Johnson and Ms. Rivera were both drag performers and vibrant characters …

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2018 GOP Senate Candidate: Satan Made Mayor Pete Gay And Pete’s “No Different Than A Temple Prostitute”

“They actually had homosexual sex in the temple of God, claiming that they were doing this as an act of worship of God. That’s exactly what Pete Buttigieg has just said when he says that his relationship with a man married to another man has drawn him closer to God. He’s no different than a temple prostitute; spiritually, it’s no …

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Big Oil Shareholders Vote Down Climate Resolutions

Axios reports: Resolutions pushing ExxonMobil and Chevron to get more aggressive on climate change were soundly defeated at annual shareholder meetings on Wednesday. The meetings were the latest example of growing investor pressure on oil giants over global warming. At Exxon’s meeting, a resolution calling for a new board committee on climate won just 7.4% support. At Chevron’s meeting, roughly …

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Former GOP Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran Dies At 81

Roll Call reports: Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the mannerly former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee where he was a dependable provider for his home state during more than four decades in Congress, has died at the age of 81. Cochran, who retired from the Senate on April 1, 2018, after dealing with health issues, died Thursday morning in Oxford, …

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Disney Threatens Georgia Boycott Over Abortion Ban

The New York Times reports: Disney’s chief executive, Bob Iger, said on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the company to continue filming in Georgia if the state’s highly restrictive abortion law is carried out. Iger’s comments were the strongest sign yet that Hollywood could pull back from Georgia, which has lured television and film producers with generous tax …

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Mueller Effect: Bookmaker Slashes Impeachment Odds

The Hill reports: An Irish sports bookmaker has significantly lowered the odds President Trump will be impeached following a Wednesday statement from special counsel Robert Mueller. BoyleSports, Ireland’s biggest independent bookmaker, slashed the odds Trumps will be impeached in his first term from 8/1 to 2/1, according to an announcement from the bookmaker Thursday. The odds of Trump resigning in …

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Liberty Counsel: Equality Act Will Force Churches To Host Same-Sex Weddings, Criminalize Ex-Gay Books

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver:  Today Liberty Counsel, along with its sister organization Liberty Counsel Action, is delivering more than 48,000 petitions to the U.S. Senate in opposition to the dangerous and deceptively misnamed “Equality Act.” And it’s not too late for you to sign, too! We’ll continue to fight the intentionally misnamed “Equality Act” until …

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Lawyer: Julian Assange Too Ill For Extradition Hearing

Reuters reports: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was too ill on Thursday to appear via video link from a British prison in a hearing on an extradition request from the United States, his lawyer said. The United States is seeking the extradition of Assange, 47, who was dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London on April 11. He faces a total …

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Trump Claims No Involvement In USS McCain Incident But Says Whoever Did It Was “Well-Meaning” [VIDEO]

“I wasn’t involved. I would not have done that. I was very angry with John McCain because he killed health care. I was not a big fan of John McCain in any way, shape or form. I think John McCain had a lot to getting President Bush, a lot to do with it, to go into the Middle East which …

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Trump Finally Admits “Russia Helped Me Get Elected”

Mediaite reports: Evidenced by his Twitter feed, President Donald Trump woke up Thursday morning with Special Counsel Robert Mueller — and his stunning nine-minute press conference — very much on his mind. In a remarkable development, however, it appears that Trump is publicly admitting, for the first time at least, that Russia interference helped get him elected president, as has …

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Hannity: “Full Of Crap” Mueller Doesn’t Know The Law

‘You’ve had two years of lies and hoaxes and conspiracy theories pedaled every second of every minute of every hour of every day. And it’s just one more round of lying tinfoil hat conspiracy theories, Trump bashing over a narrative that is totally dead and buried. Because tonight, well the fact remains, there was no Trump-Russia collusion. There was no …

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Roy Moore Hits Back At Trump: He Doesn’t Control Who Votes In Alabama, The GOP Is Upset Because I’ll Win

Politico reports: A defiant Roy Moore brushed aside Donald Trump’s warning not to run for Senate again, telling POLITICO on Wednesday that Alabama voters are capable of deciding for themselves whether he’s fit for office. “The president doesn’t control who votes for the United States Senate in Alabama,” Moore said in a phone interview. “People in Alabama are smarter than …

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Trump Gaslights Nation On Mueller’s Statement

The Hill reports: Trump’s tweet comes one day after Mueller said that his office did not charge Trump with a crime because it “was not an option” under Department of Justice regulations. Mueller, in his first public comments on his two-year investigation, said on Wednesday it would have been impossible to bring Trump to court and that his final report …

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Department Of Energy Press Release Rebrands Fossil Fuels As “Freedom Gas” And “Molecules Of Freedom”

USA Today reports: Move over, freedom fries. Freedom gas is here. On Tuesday, the Department of Energy posted a press release about liquid natural gas exports, referring to natural gas as “freedom gas” and “molecules of U.S. freedom.” The release was about the Department of Energy’s authorization of increased exports of natural gas from a terminal located off the coast …

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REPORT: White House Told Navy To Keep Warship USS John McCain Out Of Trump’s View During Japan Visit

The Associated Press reports: The White House wanted the U.S. Navy to keep a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain out of President Donald Trump’s view during his trip to Japan, three U.S. officials said Wednesday. A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command official wrote an email to Navy and Air Force officials about Trump’s arrival in Japan over Memorial Day …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

First Coast News reports: A Florida man has been arrested on multiple charges after deputies say he fled a traffic stop and then called to brag about it. Nicholas Jones, 19, was arrested on May 5 for reckless driving, fleeing and eluding, misusing 911 and violation of probation after doing a ‘burnout’ during a traffic stop and then calling to …

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Feds Subpoena Mar-A-Lago And Trump Campaign For Records Related To Chinese Massage Parlor Owner

The Miami Herald reports: Federal prosecutors in Washington D.C. this week sent subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, and Trump Victory, a political fundraising committee, demanding they turn over all records relating to Republican Party donor Li “Cindy” Yang and several of her associates and companies, the Miami Herald has learned. Yang, a South Florida …

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Apple Issued “Foldable Cover And Display” Patent

CNET reports: As Samsung continues its figure out its Galaxy Fold problems, a recent patent suggests we might be getting closer to seeing Apple’s version of a foldable device. On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent to Apple for a “foldable cover and display for an electronic device.” There are no specifics on whether this display …

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