Joe Jervis

Hillary Clinton Praises Jimmy Kimmel’s Heartbreaking Defense Of Obamacare, Interviewing Now On CNN

CNN reports: Democratic politicians on Tuesday praised late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue about his son’s heart surgery and plea for health care access in the United States. The tweeted responses came as Republican leaders continue to try and push an Obamacare repeal and replace bill through the House. “Watch and prepare to tear up,” Hillary Clinton tweeted Tuesday …

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Democrats Reintroduce LGBT Equality Act [VIDEO]

Via press release: Today, HRC joined with bipartisan lawmakers and an unprecedented number of businesses to announce the re-introduction of the Equality Act — federal legislation that would finally guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBTQ people under our nation’s existing civil rights laws. The bipartisan legislation would provide clear and equal protections under federal law for all Americans in vital …

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Trump 2020 Re-Election Team Blows Fuse Because CNN Won’t Run Their Ad Calling CNN “Fake News” [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: President Trump’s re-election campaign blasted CNN on Tuesday, saying the network refused to air an ad about Trump’s first 100 days in office. In an email sent out to supporters, the campaign, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc, called CNN “fake news,” a barb often used by the president himself. “It is absolutely shameful to see the …

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Rachel Maddow Reports On The Two Nutcase Anti-LGBT Science-Deniers Just Appointed By Trump [VIDEO]

Last night Rachel Maddow reported on the two anti-abortion and anti-LGBT activists just appointed by Trump. As I reported over the weekend, Theresa Manning, a former Family Research Council staffer, is completely loony tunes and has flatly declared that contraception simply does not work. But getting more attention is HHS appointee Charmaine Yoest, who has been busy in recent days …

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RUSSIA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Publicly Pressures Putin To Stop Chechen Abuses Of Gay Men

The Independent reports: Angela Merkel has publicly raised concern over the reported prosecution of gay men in Chechnya with Vladimir Putin, following wide-ranging talks. The German Chancellor raised the alleged capture and torture of more than 100 people at a joint press conference with the Russian President in Sochi. The Kremlin has backed the Chechen government’s denials over the brutal …

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Seth Meyers Tees Off On Trump’s Civil War Comments

HuffPost reports: Seth Meyers had a lot of material to work with on Monday night. In addition to hammering Donald Trump over his recent comments praising authoritarian dictators, the “Late Night” host ridiculed the president for wondering why the Civil War “could not have been worked out.” “Trump clearly does not have a firm grasp on the basic aspects of …

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Trump Calls For Government Shutdown

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday called for a “good shutdown” in September to fix the “mess” in government. Congress is poised this week to approve a deal to fund the government through September, the first major bipartisan legislation of Trump’s presidency, after lengthy negotiations. The reason for the plan negotiated between the Republicans and Democrats is that we …

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2017 Tony Awards Nominations Announced

Variety reports: “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” jumped to the head of the pack of the 2017 Tony nominations, taking the lead with an even dozen noms, ahead of “Hello, Dolly!,” which nabbed ten, and “Dear Evan Hansen,” which scored nine. In a year packed with 13 new musicals all vying for attention, the 2016-17 season had …

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Yesterday Trump “Just Seemed To Go Crazy”

Only yesterday? Politico reports: President Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War— which erupted 150 years ago over slavery — needed to happen. He said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the violent North Korean dictator who is developing nuclear missiles and oppresses his people, under the “right circumstances.” The president floated, and backed away from, a …

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Details Emerge For National Equality March

The National Equality March in Washington DC is just five weeks away and only in the last few days have some details trickled out. From an announcement posted to Facebook on Friday: The Equality March for Unity and Pride named a diverse group of leaders with years of advocacy and community mobilization in LGBTQ+ liberation movements across the country and …

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Jimmy Kimmel Makes Tearful Plea For Obamacare After Revealing Newborn Son’s Heart Defect [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Jimmy Kimmel used his opening monologue Monday night to give an emotional account of how his newborn son was diagnosed with a rare heart condition and almost died. During the 13-minute speech, Kimmel also gave an impassioned defense of Obamacare and criticized President Donald Trump’s failed attempts to cut health spending. The 49-year-old, who also hosted this …

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Congress Allocates $120M For Trump Family Security

The New York Times reports: Congress would allocate more than $120 million in additional money to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the Trump family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week. About half of the money, nearly $60 million, is earmarked for the Secret Service, with most of it going …

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Washington Post: Trump Has Lied 488 Times Since Taking Office, Sometimes 20 Times A Day [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: The president’s speeches and interviews are so chock full of false and misleading claims that The Fact Checker often must resort to roundups that offer a brief summary of the facts that the president has gotten wrong. So here are the numbers for the president’s first 100 days. 488: The number of false or misleading claims …

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REPORT: Sean Hannity Mulls Fox News Exit

The Daily Beast reports: Sean Hannity is looking to leave Fox News, according to sources, following the resignation of Fox News co-president Bill Shine officially on Monday. Shine was Hannity’s his long-time ally whom he personally recommended the network hire two decades ago to produce Hannity & Colmes. In recent days, Hannity warned it would be the “total end” of …

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White Supremacist Leader Charged For Roughing Up Black Female Protester At 2016 Trump Rally

The Kentucky Herald-Leader reports: A white nationalist wanted in connection with an altercation last year at a Donald Trump campaign stop in Louisville was served with the charge while leaving a rally in Pikeville over the weekend. A Pikeville police officer served Matthew Heimbach of Paoli, Ind., with a criminal summons, according to Pikeville officials. Heimbach is charged with one …

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Democrats To Reintroduce LGBT Equality Act

Via press release:   Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 2 at 11AM ET, members of the U.S. Congress will gather in the Capitol’s Rayburn Room with advocacy leaders and LGBT Americans who have suffered discrimination to announce the re-introduction of historic legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in federal law. The Equality Act would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or …

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Fox News Fires Co-President Bill Shine After Accusations That He Covered Up Incidents Of Sexual Harassment

From the Hollywood Reporter: Fox News co-president Bill Shine is out at Fox News. The move comes as Shine was due back on Monday after two days out of the office for a pre-planned long weekend. Shine has been accused of covering up incidents of sexual harassment of Roger Ailes, his former boss, who was ousted from the network last …

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For Second Time SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Appeal Of California’s Landmark 2012 Ban On Ex-Gay Torture

Bloomberg reports: The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a California law that bans licensed therapists from working with children to change their sexual orientation from gay to straight, rejecting an appeal that said the measure violates religious rights. The rebuff leaves intact a federal appeals court decision upholding California’s 2012 first-of-its-kind law. The measure prohibits the form of counseling known …

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Jim Bakker Guest: Anti-Trump Protesters Are Protesting God Because They’re Possessed By Satan [VIDEO]

According to end times nutjob Joel Richardson, anybody protesting against Donald Trump has been possessed by Satan and therefore they’re actually protesting against God His Damn Self. Or something. Brian Tashman has the quote at Right Wing Watch: Richardson said that Satan has involved himself in the protests: “It’s not against Donald Trump. On the outside, in the natural [world], …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Let’s hope we get to see how Spicer handles Trump’s civil war comments. UPI reports: Press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday is scheduled to hold a daily press briefing at the White House. He is set to answer questions from reporters at 1:30 p.m. The briefing comes as President Donald Trump has meetings with senior administration officials. At 12:30 p.m., …

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