Monthly Archives: December 2019

Joe Biden Leads Dem Field In New Fox News Poll

Fox News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden remains Democratic primary voters’ preferred presidential candidate, as a Fox News Poll released Sunday shows more think he is capable of beating President Trump than feel that way about any of his main competitors — and he performs best in potential 2020 matchups. Seventy-seven percent of Democratic primary voters think Biden can …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Playbill reports: Composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, best known for the joyous musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles, died December 26 in Miami at 88. Following the news of Herman’s passing, the Broadway community took to social media to share memories and anecdotes about the composer and express gratitude for his timeless work. Jerry Herman lost his hard fought …

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Trump: New York Wants Me To Hate Them Even More

Raw Story reports: Following a day at Trump International Golf Club, Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago and quickly began tweeting. The commander-in-chief begged the Speaker of the House of Representatives to spend less time in the capitol and praised Rush Limbaugh as a “major star.” And then he attacked the state of New York, where he had residency before signing paperwork …

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DC Mag: Our Aaron Schock Prediction Came VERY True

The Washingtonian is looking back at its best and worst political predictions of the decade. One highlight stands out: Our 2010 “Best & Worst of Congress” put Aaron Schock in the number two slot for “most likely to star in a scandal.” And did he ever deliver. Schock resigned in 2015 after reporters discovered he had been inappropriately using government …

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Florida County Mulls Name Change For Dixie Highway

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: A movement to rename Dixie Highway — for some a painful reminder of a tragic, racist past — might be gaining steam in Broward County. The argument is being made by one of Broward County’s youngest elected officials after she heard of a similar effort in Miami-Dade. The name Dixie harkens back to an era …

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Biden “Clarifies” Stance On Possible Senate Subpoena

Reuters reports: Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Saturday said there would be “no legal basis” for Republicans to subpoena his testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clarifying remarks from Friday that drew criticism. “I want to clarify something I said yesterday. In my 40 years in public life, I have always complied with a lawful order and in …

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Trump: If New York And California Want My Help With Their Homelessness Problem, They Must “Ask Politely”

Politico reports: President Trump on Saturday went after New York and California over homelessness, saying the states’ governors should call him if they “can’t handle” the issue. “If their Governors can’t handle the situation, which they should be able to do very easily, they must call and ‘politely’ ask for help. Would be so easy with competence!” the president continued. …

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Fox Host Sorry For Home Alone 2 “Censorship” Claim

The Daily Beast reports: Fox News host Katie Pavlich on Friday walked back her assertion that the CBC’s cut of Donald Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo was “censorship.” “I have to issue a correction,” the conservative Fox host stated. “Because apparently this edit happened in 2014.” “I was saying it would have been censorship if they did it now,” she …

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Federal Study: Trump’s Tariffs Cost Jobs, Raised Prices

MarketWatch reports: President Donald Trump’s strategy to use import tariffs to protect and boost U.S. manufacturers backfired and led to job losses and higher prices, according to a Federal Reserve study released this week. “We find that the 2018 tariffs are associated with relative reductions in manufacturing employment and relative increases in producer prices,” concluded Fed economists Aaron Flaaen and …

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GOP Senators Plot Speedy Acquittal For Glorious Leader

The Hill reports: Senate Republicans are plotting a speedy acquittal of President Trump as they strategize ahead of the impeachment trial. After weeks of public haggling from within the caucus, GOP senators are largely lining up behind a shorter proceeding with few, if any, witnesses, paving the way for them to hand Trump an early election-year victory. Sen. Lindsey Graham …

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World’s 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion In 2019

Bloomberg News reports: In 2019, the world’s richest 500 people saw their collective net worth jump by 25 percent or $1.2 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published Friday. Combined, the collective net worth of the world’s 500 wealthiest individuals totaled $5.9 trillion. American billionaires alone added $500 billion to their wealth, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gaining $27.3 …

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Hundreds Of Accused Priests Left Off Church Lists

The Associated Press reports: Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children, admitted masturbating in the bushes near a church school and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry. And yet the former Catholic priest was only just this month added to a list of clergy members credibly accused …

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Racist Shock Jock Don Imus Dead At 79 [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Don Imus, who tested the limits of shock radio with his irreverent attacks on celebrities, politicians, racial and ethnic groups, women, gay people and practically anyone whose head stuck up out of the foxhole, died on Friday in College Station, Texas. He was 79. The cause was not specified. On his “Imus in the Morning” …

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Biden Would Defy Subpoena In Trump’s Senate Trial

The Des Moines Register reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed Friday he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in a Senate trial of President Donald Trump. Testifying before the Senate on the matter would take attention away from Trump and the allegations against him, Biden said. Not even “that thug” Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney and former …

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Brian Brown: Donate Now To Stop The “InEquality Act”

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Joe Biden leads the Democrat presidential field in nationwide polling. He’s coming off his strongest debate performance of the campaign and his fundraising is going well. So, what is the top priority for the leading Democrat candidate should he be elected? The economy? Ending poverty? Helping the middle class? Fighting climate change? …

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UN Official: Past Decade Saw Human Rights Backlash

The Associated Press reports: The past decade has seen a backlash against human rights on every front, especially the rights of women and the LGBT communities, according to a top U.N. human rights official. Andrew Gilmour, the outgoing assistant secretary-general for human rights, said the regression of the past 10 years hasn’t equaled the advances that began in the late …

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Trump Retweets Meme Claiming He Was Sent By God

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has promoted a post claiming he is “heaven sent” and suggesting Barack Obama “kicked” Jesus out of the US in a string of tweets just days after Christmas. The president spent some of his Friday evening retweeting praise for himself, including one post from January 2018 with a picture of a man who appears to …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: Holiday songs hang atop the Billboard Hot 100’s two highest boughs for the first time in the chart’s history, as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the list for a second week and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” rises from No. 3 to No. 2, reaching a new peak. Meanwhile, a …

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Perkins: Donate Now To Stop LGBT Rights In 2020

Just in from hate group leader Tony Perkins: As 2019 draws to a close in just a few days, here is a critical moment from this year that we must remember! The Left and the mainstream media would love for you and me to forget how Democrat Beto O’Rourke put the Left’s unconstitutional ideology on full display in October. CNN’s …

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Spotify Drops Political Ads: We Can’t Review Them

Ad Age reports: Spotify is suspending the sale of political advertising on its platform, the company told Ad Age Friday. Spotify said in a statement that it will pause political advertising in early 2020 across its ad-supported tier—which boasts nearly 130 million users. “At this point in time, we do not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our …

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