Tag Archives: misogyny

Twitter Explodes Over Report That Female Trump Staffers Have Been Commanded To #DressLikeAWoman

The Guardian reports: A report that Donald Trump wants his female staff “to dress like women” has brought the president widespread derision online. A source told the news website Axios that women working for the Trump campaign felt pressured to wear dresses. The claim is one of several about how the reality-star-turned-president expects his staff to present themselves. Male employees …

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REPORT: 400 Companies Now Boycotting Breitbart

Little Green Footballs reports: Many people have now joined the effort to inform major companies about the racist and misogynist nature of Breitbart “News” and urge them not to advertise at this “alt-right” hate site, and this ad hoc campaign is getting serious results. The number of companies that have now pulled their ads from Breitbart is at 400. That’s …

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Trump Team Demands State Department Hand Over All Information About Their Gender Equality Programs

The Washington Post reports: The Trump transition team instructed the State Department to turn over all information Wednesday about “gender-related staffing, programming, and funding,” setting off alarm bells among those who fear that the new administration is going to purge programs that promote women’s equality along with the people who work on them. Only a week after being embroiled in …

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VOICE OF TRUMPERICA: Roger Ailes Reportedly Up For State Department Post Running The Voice Of America

According to reports on Twitter, disgraced former Fox News president Roger Ailes is under consideration to become Trump’s Under Secretary of Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a State Department post that would place him in charge of the Voice Of America. Additionally, Trump is reportedly planning to revamp the Voice Of America in the style of Russia’s state-run propaganda outlet, RT …

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Perkins: The Left Is Using Kellogg’s As Their “Weapon Of Choice” Now That They’ve Lost Power [AUDIO]

Breitbart really is a perfect fit for Tony Perkins, considering his history of working with David Duke and keynoting for white supremacists. Via Breitbart: Tony Perkins, host of the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch radio show, discussed the #DumpKelloggs boycott with Breitbart News CEO Larry Solov on Monday. “The Left has lost control of the government – at least, it’s …

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BMW Pulls “Targeted Ads” From Breitbart

Bloomberg reports: Breitbart has become a minefield for brands in recent weeks, with critics lining up on both sides of the political aisle. Before Kellogg abandoned the site, activists attacked the cereal brand for advertising on Breitbart, saying its content espouses racist and anti-Semitic views. A screen shot showing an advertisement for Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats was part of an …

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New Hillary Ad Blasts Trump’s Misogyny [VIDEO]

TIME reports: In the closing week of the campaign, Hillary Clinton’s campaign aims to highlight Donald Trump’s record of offensive remarks about women, releasing a new ad Tuesday that highlights some of the most memorable ones. The spot runs clips of old Trump interviews. In one he says, “Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing.” In another, …

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Female Journalists Gasp After Homocon Richard Grenell Suggests NBC’s Katy Tur Slept Her Way To Her Job

Mediaite reports: In a tweetstorm Friday, Fox News contributor Richard Grenell went after MSNBC’s Katy Tur over what he felt was her biased reporting on the recent WikiLeaks email dumps. He also suggested that Tur only got her position due to her relationship with former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann. The former Romney spokesperson used a tweet from Tur’s highlighting the …

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Trump Junior: Women Who Can’t Handle Sexual Harassment Should Become Kindergarten Teachers

Buzzfeed reports: Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., dismissed workplace sexual harassment in a 2013 radio interview — and suggested that women who couldn’t take it should become kindergarten teachers. The comments came in a March 2013 episode of The Opie and Anthony Show, during a discussion of whether women should be allowed in all-male golf clubs. And they offer …

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Trump Fans Tweet #RepealThe19th After Nate Silver Posts Map Showing Result If Only Men Could Vote

The Los Angeles Times reports: As polls show that Donald Trump would overwhelmingly win if only men were allowed to vote, the GOP nominee’s supporters have spawned a new Twitter hashtag: #repealthe19th. That’s a reference to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. The Twitter commentary began after Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight published an article Tuesday looking …

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New Hillary Ad Responds To #Pussygate [VIDEO]

Hillary Clinton’s campaign team, which is never caught sleeping, has already rushed out a response clip to the still-unspooling #pussygate scandal. The clip, perhaps understandably, omits the “grab them in the pussy” part but it does include a bleeped version of the line in which Trump confesses to trying to “fuck” a married woman. Watch below. Women have the power …

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Former Host Andrea Tantaros: Fox Has A Culture Of Misogyny And They’ll Destroy You If You Complain

ABC News reports: Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros hopes to bring “accountability” to the network that is at the center of allegations of sexual misconduct, she said today on ABC News’ “Good Morning America.” “Fox News has plenty of money, they’ve bought off a lot of women. What they don’t have is accountability,” Tantaros alleged this morning in the …

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REPORT: 2012 Lawsuit Alleged That Trump Demanded That “Unattractive” Women Be Fired From His Resort

The Los Angeles Times reports: Donald Trump wanted only the pretty ones, his employees said. After the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes opened for play in 2005, its world-famous owner didn’t stop by more than a few times a year to visit the course hugging the coast of the Pacific. When Trump did visit, the club’s managers …

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Megyn Kelly Rips Into Kellyanne Conway Over Trump’s History Of Misogynistic Comments [VIDEO]

Mediaite recaps: This is one interview that stands above the rest in a sea of truly intense Election 2016 interviews. As you’ll recall, Megyn Kelly was dragged through the mud by Donald Trump for well over a year because she asked about his history of misogynistic quotes during a primary debate. Eventually, Fox News itself had to get involved and …

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Sen. Claire McCaskill: Let’s Weigh Trump Every Day

The Hill reports: Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) on Wednesday raised the issue of Donald Trump’s weight, poking at the GOP presidential nominee after two days of headlines regarding his 1996 comments about a Miss Universe winner. McCaskill tweeted that her female Democratic colleagues have discussed the issue and determined that they’re “concerned.” “Campaign stress? We think a public daily …

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Former Miss Universe Stars In New Hillary Ad [VIDEO]

AdWeek reports: Monday night, during the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it was no accident that Clinton pointed out Trump’s treatment of Alicia Machado. “One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest,” said Clinton. “He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them, and he called this woman …

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Madonna Hits Trump For Renewed Attack On Rosie O’Donnell: Mess With My Girl And You Mess With Me

USA Today reports: After all this time, Madonna is still a Peach. A Rockford Peach, that is. The singer took to Twitter to stick up for her friend, Rosie O’Donnell, after Donald Trump brought her up during the live presidential debate. “Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to her,” Trump said, “and I think everybody would agree that she …

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Trump Doubles-Down On Miss Universe Insults: She Gained Massive Weight, Was The Absolute Worst

Watch below. NPR reports: At the end of Monday night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of taunting one of his former Miss Universe contestants about her weight. Clinton said the Republican nominee’s criticisms of Alicia Machado, a Venezuelan who won the Miss Universe contest in 1996, was “one of the worst things he said” about women. “He called …

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MIRRORS: Hillary Ad Rips Trump On Misogyny [VIDEO]

Politico recaps: A new Hillary Clinton ad uses Donald Trump’s past words about women against him, asking voters if the Manhattan billionaire is “the president we want for our daughters?” “I’d look her right in that ugly face of hers,” Trump says in the ad as video of young girls looking in the mirror plays over his voice. Cutting together …

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LIVE VIDEO: Hillary Slams Trump On Alt-Right Ties

Hillary Clinton’s much anticipated speech on Donald Trump’s ties to the racist, misogynist, white supremacist alt-right movement is scheduled to begin at 3PM Eastern from Reno, Nevada. The speech will be aired lived on all cable news outlets and bootleg live-streams are embedded below. You should also be able to watch the speech in real time at ABC’s streaming site. …

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