Last month Queen’s Brian May denounced Donald Trump for using We Are The Champions as his walk-on music, saying that that “permission to use the track was neither sought nor given.” May went to say that the band was “taking steps” to ensure that Trump was stopped. But pesky things like intellectual property laws are for the little people and …
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No, the homocons at Log Cabin haven’t suddenly become self-aware, that’s what they are calling the GOP platform committee in a full-page ad published today in the Cleveland edition of USA Today. Via press release: Log Cabin Republicans has placed a full-page ad in USA Today calling out the GOP Platform Committee for drafting the most anti-LGBT platform in the …
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Last night Stephen Colbert opened his show with a dazzling musical “tribute” to the Republican National Convention. Watch below as he lands zinger after zinger and twirls with chorus boys. Referring to the Quicken Loans Arena, he sings, “It’s the Q but let’s be clear, Q doesn’t stand for queer, it doesn’t really matter, there aren’t many of them here.”
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Talking Points Memo reports: Eighties actor Scott Baio is not apologizing for a tweet he sent out last week that featured a meme referring to Hillary Clinton as a c–t. After Baio spoke at the Republican National Convention Monday night, CNN host Dana Bash asked him if he regretted the tweet. Baio showed no signs of walking it back. “It’s …
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Via Politico: Actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. “absolutely” believes President Barack Obama is a Muslim, he said Monday after addressing the Republican National Convention, accusing Obama of being “on the other side.” “First of all, I don’t believe that the guy is a Christian,” Sabàto said. “I don’t believe he follows the God that I love and the Jesus that I …
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Another whopper from Donald Trump. Via Politifact: On the opening night of the Republican convention, Donald Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly he was grateful it was held in Cleveland. “I wanted it to be here, and we had lots of choices,” Trump said. “I wanted it to be in Ohio. I recommended Ohio. And people fought very hard …
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Politico reports: Tuesday morning on CNN’s “New Day,” Manafort categorically denied that Melania Trump’s speech had been lifted in any way from remarks by Obama or anyone else. “I thought Melania Trump hit it out of the park when she talked about her love of family, the feeling of an immigrant that comes to this country and succeeds,” Manafort said. …
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From their story: Melania Trump’s first major stump speech for her husband and White House hopeful Donald Trump was supposed to be uplifting, but instead appeared to have lifted lines from First Lady Michelle Obama. A portion of Melania’s address to the Republican National Convention, praising values and hard work, on Monday was eerily similar to the speech delivered by …
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CNN reports: At least one passage in Melania Trump’s speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention plagiarized Michelle Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Side-by-side comparisons of the transcripts show the text in Trump’s address following, nearly to the word, the first lady’s own from the first night of the Democratic convention in Denver nearly eight …
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The first night of the 2016 Republican National Convention is about to kick off with headlining speakers Melania Trump, Scott Baio, Antonio Sabato, Sen. Joni Ernst, and Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. We likely won’t see the fireworks we enjoyed earlier today, but at least Donald Trump’s introduction to Melania’s speech should prove hilarious. The official GOP live-stream is embedded below.
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Brian Tashman recaps at Right Wing Watch: South Carolina pastor Mark Burns, a controversial Donald Trump campaign surrogate, delivered the benediction at today’s meeting of the Republican National Convention, where he used what is often an opportunity for nonpartisan prayer to call on Republicans to unite against “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.” “Father God, in the name of Jesus, …
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Dan Savage ripped into the Log Cabin Republicans today in a piece for Seattle’s Stranger: The Log Cabin Republicans have been working to “transform the GOP from the inside” for forty years and not only hasn’t it gotten better, it’s gotten worse. The 2016 Republican Platform, adopted today without a peep of protest from Log Cabin Republicans, is worse on …
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Clip recap: Mike Pence may look comparatively stable next to Trump. But he’s actually way more extreme when it comes to LGBT issues — here’s just a sampling of some his worst hits. This is the guy who could be second in line to run the country, and that’s a huge problem since Trump’s one of the most impeachment-ready candidates …
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Those of you who were watching my live-stream post seemed to rather enjoy this. ABC News recaps the bedlam: The floor of the Republican National Convention erupted into chaos Monday amid an attempt by the Never Trump forces to change the rules of the event, but the efforts were defeated, thwarting the movement to stop the real estate mogul’s path …
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I tweeted in disbelief when she said this early this morning. The HRC recaps the clip below: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin told CNN this morning that the GOP platform isn’t anti-LGBTQ… because there were “gay people on the committee” that drafted it. That would be one — Rachel Hoff, who emotionally, and unsuccessfully, begged her fellow party members to soften …
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Also: “I have Jesus on my side.” Mediaite recaps: Soap opera star and primetime Republican National Convention speaker Antonio Sabato Jr. said during an interview Monday that Donald Trump is so awesome, we shouldn’t even bother to hold an election. The former General Hospital star outlined to MSNBC’s Craig Melvin the reasons why he supports Trump. “That’s the only choice, …
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From the Daily Beast: A multi-level marketer who peddles pseudoscience—and whose product is endorsed by America’s leading conspiracy theorist—is scheduled to speak in a primetime slot Wednesday at the Republican National Convention. Michelle Van Etten was presented by the RNC in a Sunday evening press release as a “small business owner” who “employs over 100,000 people.” That’s roughly 1.5 times …
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The 2016 Republican National Convention will be gaveled to disorder at 1PM and the official GOP live-stream is below. According to the Los Angeles Times, the GOP’s smartphone app merely says “official schedule coming soon” so little is known at this writing on how things will kick off. But we can surely expect a speech from a hand-picked representative of …
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Gays Against Guns, Queer Nation, and other gun control activists groups will stage a join “Stop The Hate, Stop The Guns” protest at 5PM this afternoon outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The protest is designed to coincide with the opening of the GOP convention and your participation is welcomed. Via press release: The GOP has drafted what …
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The New Yorker today reports that Tony Schwartz, who was Donald Trump’s ghostwriter for The Art Of The Deal, is ever so sorry about having taken the job. From their article: Schwartz thought about publishing an article describing his reservations about Trump, but he hesitated, knowing that, since he’d cashed in on the flattering “Art of the Deal,” his credibility …
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