This morning CNN declared that Donald Trump is “now competitive” against Hillary Clinton in head-to-head general election polling. More from CNN: For the first time in CNN/ORC polling, his gains among the Republican Party have boosted him enough to be competitive in the general election. The poll finds Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump by just 6 points, a …

From Fox News then to TLC then to the Sportsman Channel then to her recently aborted web show, Sarah Palin’s television career has spiraled down to smaller and smaller audiences. Now she’s signed a deal to guest host for a show on a far-right cable channel you’ve likely never heard about, the One America News Network, which claims to be …

An Uber driver has gone viral with a clip in which he gets passengers to join him in singing along to The Weekend’s smash single, Can’t Feel My Face. Best comment at YouTube: “I want to hear the story about the shirtless guy? Where’s his shirt? Did he take his shirt off when entering the car or just never had …

Hackers have followed through on their threat and posted user data from millions of Ashley Madison accounts. Wired reports: A data dump, 9.7 gigabytes in size, was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using an Onion address accessible only through the Tor browser. The files appear to include account details and log-ins for some 32 million users of the …

While the scope of her role has not yet been revealed, the Real Housewives franchise will get its first transgender character this fall when model Amiyah Scott joins the cast of the Atlanta show. Variety reports: Though Bravo declines to comment on any casting rumors surrounding the network’s programming, insiders tell Variety that Scott attended a Monday night event with …

TIME Magazine reports: The first drug to treat a lack of female sexual desire has been approved by federal authorities. The drug flibanserin, which has been coined “female Viagra,” was approved Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug is intended to treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)—a persistent lack of libido—in premenopausal women. The agency had …

Last night Porno Pete and Scott Lively were about an hour into their live-streamed fundraiser when cell phones in the apparently sparse audience began chiming with tornado warnings, prompting the moderator to say, “Well, we better get to the basement.” God timed the tornado warning to arrive moments after Lively waved around a copy of his book, The Pink Swastika, …

Yvonne Craig, best known for playing Batgirl in the campy 60s series Batman, has died of breast cancer at the age of 78. “In the end, her mind still wanted to fight but her body had given up,” her family said in a statement. A trained dancer, she began her career at The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and used …

The Republican National Committee has adopted a resolution which calls on Congress to pass the anti-LGBT First Amendment Defense Act. The resolution names several martyred anti-gay business owners who have recently been found guilty of violating public accommodation laws. The Heritage Foundation celebrates at their Daily Signal blog: The legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, …

The Trump/Coulter/Breitbart war versus the rest of Teabagistan went nuclear today after GOP strategist Rick Wilson accused “low information” Breitbart readers of tweeting threats to rape his daughter. After Ann Coulter mocked his “hilarious public meltdown” over the alleged rape threats, Wilson fired back the above tweet. Mediaite has much more about today’s Twitter flame war.

“There’s 82 official gender identities now and they all have equal status and protection here, so we’re talking pedophiles. If you’re a military member and you have an inclination for young children, you can’t be kicked out of the military for that anymore because that is your gender identity. If you are into having sex with animals, bestiality, that is …

Huh? Right. What? Uhh. The teaches of Peaches are back in full force. Stereogum reviews: The onetime electroclash star Peaches has a new album called Rub coming out, and the single “Close Up” pair her with Kim Gordon, formerly of Sonic Youth and currently of Body/Head. In director Vice Cooler’s new “Close Up” video, Peaches becomes a pro wrestler, and …

According to a fevered press release issued today by hate group leader Brian Brown, unless Congress passes the First Amendment Defense Act, it will soon be illegal to call for executing homosexuals in the United States. And that would be a terrible thing. Brown writes: Many people still have their head in the sand when it comes to the damage …

Raw Story has the latest grotesque development: The Duggar family is reportedly pitching a new show to the TLC Network about providing Christian counseling to victims of childhood sexual abuse. According to Michael Stone at the Progressive Secular Humanist blog, the 19 Kids and Counting family is trying to create a spin-off show that will capitalize on a one-hour TLC …

Hate group leader Tony Perkins has written a book about how tough it is to be a Christian in this nation of 250 million Christians. From the description on Amazon: Containing stories of young Christians facing intense opposition, No Fear shows the dramatic influence one person can have as they stand resolute for biblical truth in the pursuit of fairness, …

Rosie O’Donnell took to Twitter this afternoon to ask for help in finding her 17 year-old daughter, Chelsea. She has also posted a message on her personal site: Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11. She was wearing a black sweatshirt …

From the Corpus Christi NBC affiliate: Federal hate crime indictments were returned Monday against two Corpus Christi men accused of beating and torturing a gay black man back in 2012. In the days after the alleged attack, the victim told KRIS6 News he was targeted because of sexual orientation and race. Per policy, we are not identifying the victim of …

Two weeks ago we got the audio clip and today we get the production video. The Guardian reviews: Directed by Spanish filmmakers NYSU, whose past credits include work with Wild Beasts and Philip Selway of Radiohead, the video centres on a 21st-century revamp of the legend of Excalibur. The ancient tale’s sword remains, but its medieval theme is threaded through …

Last night on Conan, Patrick Stewart explained his habit of kissing his dear friend Ian McKellen on the mouth. That lead to a discussion on other knighted actors Stewart might want to kiss. And as you can see, the bit ended with Stewart giving Conan a personal demonstration. Click for the clip.