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The Tennessean reports: Tennessee Sen. Mark Green, R-Clarksville, has withdrawn his name from consideration as President Donald Trump’s U.S. Army Secretary’s nominee. It comes amid a flurry of pushback from advocacy organizations, Democrats and even some Republican about controversial statements from his past concerning gay, lesbian and transgender people, as well as evolution. Green issued the following statement on Friday: …

The Washington Examiner reports: President Trump contradicted his spokeswoman’s statement that he was just being nice when he said Australia has a better healthcare system than the United States Friday, saying “of course” Australia’s universal healthcare system is better. Earlier Friday, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump wasn’t saying Australia’s healthcare system was better than the United …

Buzzfeed reports: Staffers at the Food and Drug Administration were told that office TVs were switched from CNN to Fox News by order of the “current administration,” according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. The email was sent on Wednesday to researchers at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the FDA branch that regulates medical products. “The reason …

The Daily Beast reports: When the Today show’s Matt Lauer asked Ellen DeGeneres in a new interview if she would like to have President Donald Trump appear on her daytime talk show, she barely hesitated before saying, “Um, no.” That line got laughs and applause from her own studio audience, which stuck around to see Lauer interview DeGeneres after he …

Oh, good grief. Via press release from the Trump 2020 campaign: Setting a chilling precedent against free speech rights, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. has just learned that now, all of the mainstream media television networks have decided to block the paid placement of a campaign ad that celebrates the achievements of President Trump in his first 100 days …

TMZ reports: Mike Huckabee has a Cinco de Mayo plan that has people hotter than a bottle of Tapatio. The former Arkansas Guv said on Twitter he’s celebrating the day by downing “an entire jar of hot salsa and watching old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak[ing] Spanish all day.” It took about a second for a torrent of hate to …

Well, this should be interesting. CNN reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer won’t be at the podium Friday, but he doesn’t have the day off. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Donald Trump’s deputy White House press secretary, will do her first on-camera briefing with the White House press corps Friday while Spicer fulfills his Navy reservist duty at the Pentagon. …

Last June, Bermudan voters overwhelmingly rejected same-sex marriage by a 2-1 margin in a non-binding public referendum. The opposition had been rallied with the support of US hate groups including the Alliance Defending Freedom, which provided materials featuring quotes from anti-LGBT activists Ryan T. Anderson and Mark Regnerus. Which brings us to today. From the Royal Gazette: A gay couple …

Back in early 2016 the SPLC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against the New Jersey-based ex-gay torture group People Can Change, alleging that the group’s practices constitute consumer fraud. It’s not clear why it’s taken them so long, but this week the ex-gay torture industry filed an answering complaint. From the anti-LGBT hate group C-FAM: A complaint …

Paging you-know-who. Ad Week reports: Would it surprise you to learn that 74 percent of moms admit they’ve sworn in front of their kids? Probably not, because being a mom and taking care of another human is hard. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, a brand that prides itself on being there for moms and families when they need it most, has …