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We’re just inside three months from the first primary and already top Democrats are openly mulling Hillary Clinton’s running mate selection. The Hill reports: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is a favorite. His backers think the 41-year-old would give the Democratic ticket a youthful face and help the party with Hispanics. But he’s hardly alone, and other Democrats …

Walid Shoebat, father of genocide advocate Ted Shoebat, was paid $6000 to lecture New Jersey cops about terrorism. This despite the fact that the elder Shoebat has been found to have invented virtually every aspect of his supposed history as a Palestinian terrorist. From the Asbury Park Press: A purported “expert witness” on Islam known for his anti-Muslim and anti-gay views, …

Talking Points Memo reports: Ex-U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) warned Wednesday that Jesus is “coming soon,” making the task of converting the masses – particularly Jews – even more urgent. “We recognize the shortness of the hour,” Bachmann said in a radio interview with Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research Council. The duo recorded the interview during their …

By now you’ve probably seen the whackadoodle Facebook video in which Pastor Joshua Feuerstein screams and rants about how much Starbucks hates the Blessed Baby Jesus. This afternoon Feuerstein appeared on CNN where he got an EPIC smackdown from radio host Pete Dominick. Watch and enjoy.

Hillary Clinton this weekend joined her Democratic rivals in calling for the federal government to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule 2 drug, opening it up to medical research so far blocked by its Schedule 1 classification. The Washington Post reports: “We haven’t done research, why? Because it’s considered a schedule 1 drug,” Clinton said during a town hall meeting at …

Via Talking Points Memo: Fox News host Todd Starnes called the media scrutiny around the life and memoirs of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson a “lynching” on Monday. “The mainstream media’s political hit job on Dr. Ben Carson is nothing short of a journalistic lynching, strung up with rumors and innuendos and flat-out lies,” Starnes said in a video posted …

The Associated Press reports: A reorganization plan for Milwaukee’s Roman Catholic archdiocese that will distribute $21 million to hundreds of clergy sex abuse victims won approval Monday from a federal bankruptcy judge, bringing closure to a long-running and emotional case. The plan confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley splits most of the money among 355 people. Another category of …

Seeking to make HIV treatment less dependent on adhering to a daily dosing regimen, researchers have found that an injection of anti-viral medications every two months is just as effective. Pink News reports: The trial backed by Johnson & Johnson as well as GlaxoSmithKlein, tested whether an injected drug taken once every eight weeks could effectively suppress HIV. The head …

The family of a married Brazilian gay man says it will sue Royal Caribbean after the man fell into the ocean from his cruise ship balcony. His body has not yet been recovered. Cruise officials say the man jumped after their security team responded to a domestic dispute in his cabin, but the family’s attorney claims the fall was an …

The anonymous author of the vile “Drop The T” petition has conducted an interview with the right wing site The Federalist in which he claims to be a liberal. The petition has drawn support from infamous homocons like Breitbart columnist Milo Yiannopoulos. From the interview: Based on comments I’ve seen at various forums around the net, I’m certain that it …