Tag Archives: Teabagistan

New York Daily News Denounces Anti-LGBT GOP Platform: A List Of Priorities Straight Out Of The 1950s

From the New York Daily News: Here’s another way of walling yourself off from mainstream America. In a list of priorities straight out of the 1950s, the GOP formalized Donald Trump’s insane plan to build a Mexican border wall as part of its official party platform — while also doing away with LGBT rights and favoring Bibles in public schools. …

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Today’s Ridiculous Claim From Donald Trump

Via Talking Points Memo: Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday that he witnessed people call for a moment of silence for the man who killed five police officers and wounded eleven other people at a Black Lives Matter rally last week. Asked by the Fox News host if there was a divide between blacks and whites in America, Trump …

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FAIR AND BALANCED: Gingrich Flies To Meet Trump On Private Jet Provided By Fox News Host Sean Hannity

CNN reports: Newt Gingrich, a finalist on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, flew to Indianapolis to meet with Trump on a private jet provided by Fox News host Sean Hannity, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN. The Fox News host flew the former House speaker to Indianapolis early Wednesday morning to meet with the presumptive Republican nominee …

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Donald Trump Sues Former Campaign Advisor For $10M, Claims Breach Of Confidentiality Agreement

CNN reports: Donald Trump is suing a former campaign aide for $10 million, alleging a breach of a confidentiality agreement the aide signed. Sam Nunberg, who was fired late last summer from the campaign after racially charged Facebook posts of his surfaced, said he is the former aide who is being sued. Nunberg referred further questions to his attorney. Trump …

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Wall Street Bails On “Shit Show” GOP Convention Over Fears Of Being Associated With Donald Trump

Wow. Politico reports: Wall Street executives are hitting the sell button on the GOP convention in Cleveland next week. Bankers typically use the quadrennial Republican Party gathering to schmooze clients, host parties and flaunt their connections to the nominee and other senior officials. In 2012, they flooded the Tampa Bay area to celebrate one of the industry’s favorite sons, Mitt …

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Pam Geller Sues Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube For Violating Her First Amendment Right To Hate Speech

And once again, Teabagistan fails to comprehend that the First Amendment exclusively protects citizens from actions made by the government. Pam Geller writes: This is America, not Saudi Arabia. Enough. I am suing. The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) is filing a federal lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging Section 230 of the …

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Breitbart: Trump Might Win Because Of Notorious RBG

Yesterday Donald Trump ranted to the New York Times after Ruth Bader Ginsburg called him a “faker.” According to Breitbart, she may have handed him the election. They write: It is highly unusual for judges, let along Supreme Court justices, to comment on elections. In this case, ironically, Justice Ginsburg may have helped ensure that Trump wins the 2016 contest. …

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Fox News Suspends Gingrich Amidst Veep Rumors

And here just yesterday it was “definitely” going to be Mike Pence. From the New York Daily News: Fox News has suspended its contract with Newt Gingrich amidst growing buzz that he may be Donald Trump’s pick for a running mate. “Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich …

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Trump Supporter David Duke: I Might Run For Congress

The Daily Beast reports: David Duke says he is getting ready to run for Congress. The former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and ex-candidate for Louisiana governor told The Daily Beast he is heavily leaning towards challenging Rep. Steve Scalise. Scalise is the No. 3 Republican in the House who reportedly once called himself “David Duke without the …

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Twitter Wars: Trump Vs Bernie

The Hill recaps: Shortly after throwing his support behind his former primary rival on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders took to Twitter to mock presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump for criticizing the endorsement. “Big talk from the same guy who was too afraid to debate Bernie in California,” said a tweet on Sanders’s campaign account, responding to a message from Trump …

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Trump Attacks Notorious RBG For Having Opinions

Your knew Lord Thin-Skin would be unable to resist. From the New York Times: Donald J. Trump on Tuesday assailed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court for speaking out on the presidential race, calling her disdainful remarks about his candidacy “highly inappropriate” and suggesting that she owed other justices an apology. Mr. Trump’s remarks came in a telephone …

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Trump Lies About Poll Numbers To Pat Robertson: I’ve Even Got A Chance Of Winning New York [VIDEO]

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Donald Trump made another appearance on televangelist Pat Robertson’s program today, where he boasted about nonexistent polls showing him leading Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. Trump told Robertson that he leads Clinton in Pennsylvania and that he “hears” he is tied with her in Connecticut, adding that he even has “a good …

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The Trump Campaign Has The Bernie Sadz

The Hill reports: Donald Trump’s campaign is accusing Bernie Sanders of betraying his supporters by endorsing Hillary Clinton. “Bernie’s endorsement becomes exhibit A in our rigged system,” senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said in a statement Tuesday. “The Democrat Party is disenfranchising its voters to benefit the select and privileged few.” Miller said Sanders’s core principles have often contradicted Clinton’s …

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200+ House Republicans Send Joint Letter To FBI Head Demanding More Answers About Clinton Probe

You didn’t think they would ever let this go, did you? The Hill reports: More than 200 House Republicans on Monday demanded that FBI Director James Comey answer a slew of questions about his decision not to recommend federal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of State. The lawmakers accused Comey of …

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Minuteman Militia Founder & Senate Candidate Chris Simcox Sentenced To 20 Years For Child Molestation

The Arizona Republic reports: Chris Simcox, the former leader of the Minuteman border vigilante group, was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison Monday, bringing an end to a sex-abuse case involving two girls under 10. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury found Simcox, 55, guilty last month of two counts of child molestation and one count of furnishing obscene material …

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Potential Trump Running Mate Mike Flynn Flip-Flops On Abortion Since Yesterday, Now Says He’s Anti-Choice

Obviously Flynn has seen today’s headlines about Mike Pence having a lock on the veepstakes. CNN reports: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is being vetted by Donald Trump’s campaign as a potential vice presidential candidate, flip-flopped his position on abortion in the last two days. Flynn said Sunday that it was up to women “to make the decision” about …

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Former Southern Baptist Head: Trump Can Win Over Evangelicals By Vowing To Name Ted Cruz To SCOTUS

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Evangelical seminary president Richard Land told the American Family Association’s One News Now today that Donald Trump could help himself “enormously” with social conservatives “if he were to hold a press conference and say that if he is indeed elected president, that he will nominate Ted Cruz to replace Antonin Scalia on the …

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Rick Perry: Trump’s Wall Will Be Digital, Not Physical

Via Politico: Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the expanse of the United States’ border with Mexico is not going to happen, as far as former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is concerned. At least not in the physical sense. “I’m for Donald Trump, and he says we’re going to build a wall, the Mexicans are gonna pay for …

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Sarah Palin Blames Media For Dallas Attack

Sarah Palin has gone all splodey-head on the media in response to the attack in Dallas. Here’s a bit of her jillion-word Facebook rant: Shame on our culture’s influencers who would stir contention and division that could lead to evil such as that in Dallas. Shame on politicians and pundits giving credence to thugs rioting against police officers and the …

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NYPD Rejects Donald Trump’s Attempt To Exploit Dallas Shooting By Addressing Officers, This Isn’t A Photo-Op

From the New York Daily News: On Friday morning a rep from Donald Trump’s Manhattan organization asked the city’s top cop to let the candidate speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct. The request came in the wake of the murders of five Dallas police officers Thursday during a protest over police shooting. But …

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