Ben Carson is very upset with reports that the GOP is anticipating a brokered convention and might work to position an establishment candidate against Donald Trump. Via Politico: “If the leaders of the Republican Party want to destroy the party, they should continue to hold meetings like the one described in the Washington Post this morning,” Carson said in a …
Read More »
Via the Washington Post: Republican officials and leading figures in the party’s establishment are preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as businessman Donald Trump continues to sit atop the polls in the GOP presidential race. More than 20 of them convened Monday near the Capitol for a dinner held by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, and the …
Read More »
A couple of weeks ago Twisted Sister granted Donald Trump permission to use their 80s anthem We’re Not Gonna Take It at his campaign rallies. Now lead singer Dee Snyder is rethinking things in the wake of Trump’s proposed Muslim ban. “What’s going on now is really making me question allowing the song to continue to be used,” Snider said …
Read More »
Via Business Insider: Real-estate magnate Donald Trump tweeted a challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Friday, encouraging his Republican presidential rival to attack him. Trump was responding to a report in The New York Times the day before that quoted Cruz suggesting that voters would start to question the foreign-policy judgment of both Trump and another GOP candidate, …
Read More »
Iowa’s virulently anti-LGBT Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Family Leader, has joined NOM in endorsing Ted Cruz. Via Right Wing Watch: Vander Plaats is one of several right-wing figures to coalesce behind Cruz, who has attracted the support of ultraconservative activists like Troy Newman, who wishes the government would execute abortion providers; Ron Baity, a pastor who links gay …
Read More »
“For some time I have been saying that Muslim immigration into the United States should be stopped until we can properly vet them or until the war with Islam is over. Donald J. Trump has been criticized by some for saying something similar. Our politicians are not listening to the truth—my prayer is that God will open their eyes. This …
Read More »
Ooh, papa toony. Get her. Via Mediaite: A group of ardent Donald Trump supporters appeared on CNN Thursday morning to defend his “thousands and thousands” comment about Muslims cheering in the streets of Jersey City on Sept. 11, 2001. Most of what they said was unsurprising given previous interviews with Trump supporters, but Susan DeLemus‘ closing comments stood out in …
Read More »
Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders by 20 points in a national poll released today. On the GOP side, many expected Ted Cruz to chip away at Trump’s lead this week, but that doesn’t appear to be happening. Politico reports: More than one-in-three Republican primary voters say they would vote for Donald Trump, according to the results of the latest …
Read More »
Donald Trump has canceled his visit to Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the proposal to ban Muslim immigration. CNN International reports: Trump had planned to meet with Netanyahu December 28 in Israel, according to an Israeli government official, but shortly after the meeting was reported, Netanyahu’s office condemned Trump’s comments about Muslims. “Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects Donald Trump’s …
Read More »
The neo-Nazis at Stormfront have had to upgrade their server capacity thanks to new fans created by Donald Trump. Politico reports: The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts. Stormfront, the most prominent American white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike. And former …
Read More »
The poll was taken among South Carolina GOP primary voters. At this point, nothing should surprise us.
Read More »
USA! USA! Politico reports: A hyperactive bald eagle named Uncle Sam did not frighten Donald Trump during a photo shoot for Time magazine earlier this year, the Republican presidential candidate said Thursday. “No, not really,” he told the co-hosts of “Fox and Friends” in a telephone interview. With the release of its annual list, Time also posted previously unpublished content …
Read More »
Well, THAT didn’t take long. The BBC reports: A petition calling for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be barred from entering UK has gathered more than 200,000 names, so MPs will have to consider debating the issue. The petition went on Parliament’s e-petition website on Tuesday. It was posted in response to Mr Trump’s call for a temporary halt …
Read More »
This is hardly surprising. Via press release: Sen. Ted Cruz is a proven champion for marriage and religious freedom and someone we can absolutely count on to fight to restore marriage to our nation’s laws and defend the religious liberty of the tens of millions of Americans who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, …
Read More »
Trump didn’t even win TIME’s readers poll, but he’s still got the super-sadz about losing to Angela Merkel.
Read More »
The Daily Beast raves: Have you been confused by the steady stream of tyrannical nonsense spouted by GOP presidential wannabe Donald Trump? Wondering just what the hell it all means, and what will happen, God forbid, if he somehow rides a wave of hot air infused bullshit into the White House next year? The geniuses at YouTube channel Auralnauts have …
Read More »
Last night Bernie Sanders told Rachel Maddow that Donald Trump has encouraged the nation’s racists to come out of the shadows: Top Democrats bashed Donald Trump Tuesday for his plan to ban foreign Muslims from entering the country. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said Trump’s call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” has encouraged racists …
Read More »
This kind of ridiculous douchenozzlry could only come from John Nolte: “Almost all of the same shrill, hypocritical Leftists and DC Media-types screaming ‘religious freedom!’ in opposition to Trump’s immigration ban, are the very same fascists aggressively using the federal government to strip Americans protected by the Constitution of their human rights, specifically the right to honor their religious conscience. …
Read More »
“Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslim immigration has caused anger and righteous indignation from Democrats and Republicans. Catholics and Baptists. But a good many folks across the fruited plain support Mr. Trump’s plan. Folks want to do whatever it takes to protect their families from the jihadists. If you move beyond the toxic politics – what Mr. Trump is …
Read More »
“Let’s use American resources to help these people find a home in the Muslim world. I suggest that we assist Muslims in America with repatriation costs. Let’s help them find a home in the Muslim world. They can live in a place that shares the values, that shares their religious principles, that shares their religious practice, that shares their cultural …
Read More »
Joe.My.God. LGBT News