Trump Blasts Cooper, Then Gives Him Big Melania Scoop (Video)
The Republican nominee for president has called the out CNN journalist “biased,” but decided he was the best person to interview his wife about the 2005 tape that put his campaign into a tailspin.
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Melania Trump, Josh Earnest, Larry Flynt, Azealia Banks, Moonbow: HOT LINKS
‘BOYS TALK.’ Melania Trump talks to Anderson Cooper about her reaction to that infamous Access Hollywood tape: “And as you can see from the tape, the cameras were not on — it was only a mic. And I wonder if they even knew that the mic was on…They were kind of a boys talk…And he was lead on, like, egged on, from the host [Billy Bush].”
Melania Trump says her husband was egged on by Billy Bush when he made sexually aggressive remarks in a 2005 tape t.co/p0mCRSCTRx
— CNN (@CNN) October 17, 2016
ICYMI. Melanianade.
SNORT. Josh Earnest mocks Trump.
.@PressSec joke on Trump: “the candidate who snorted his way through the first two debates is accusing the other candidate of taking drugs?” pic.twitter.com/WNy7l6HPpY
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 17, 2016
LARRY FLYNT. Offers $1 million for scandalous recording of Trump: ““I have always celebrated women. Women in all shapes and sizes,” the publisher of Hustler magazine said in a statement. “To treat a woman like Mr. Trump himself has is both disappointing and unbelievable, especially coming from someone who wants to be our president.”
MALE MODEL MONDAY. John Hallis.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY. “Some People On Twitter Think That Pamela Anderson Is A Secret Assassin Who Poisoned Julian Assange With Vegan Food.”
NATIONAL TRAUMA. You’re not the only one with election induced anxiety.
THE HOTEL SUITE AND THE SLURS. Azealia Banks charges Russell Crowe with battery, says he called her a ‘n—–.’
NATURAL SPLENDOR. Rare lunar rainbow or ‘moonbow’ seen in England: “Lunar rainbows are formed when moonlight, rather than direct sunlight, is refracted by moisture in the atmosphere.”
Rare lunar rainbow photographed over Northern England. These so-called ‘moonbows’ form when moonlight is refracted by moisture in atmosphere pic.twitter.com/tBgO9Cdw2c
— ABC News (@ABC) October 17, 2016
SCORCHED EARTH. Has Donald Trump taken the GOP back 60 years? And destroyed our country in so doing? “It’s true that Trump is a Frankenstein’s Monster of the party’s own design—the apotheosis of hyperpolarization engendered by decades of cynical politicking and the othering of half of America. But who can take joy in witnessing the complete destruction of our village by it? To the extent his erstwhile supporters have abandoned him, they still own this. They made him.”
MISTER MONDAY. Kelechi Kalu.
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Candidates Respond After North Carolina GOP Headquarters Firebombed (Video)
Broadway and Hollywood Stars Unite for Special Performance to Support Hillary Clinton: WATCH LIVE
A bevy of stars of stage and screen will be performing at a special campaign event tonight at 8:30 PM EST in support of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.
The fundraiser titled Stronger Together, Clinton’s campaign slogan, will be a special night at the theatre which you can stream live.
The event will feature musical performances and monologues from Julia Roberts, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jon Hamm, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren, Sienna Miller, Anne Hathaway, Lena Dunham, Bette Midler, Josh Groban, Ansel Elgort, Sara Bareilles, Angela Bassett, Bernadette Peters, Cynthia Erivo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sarah Jones, Andrea McArdle, Ayodele Casel and more. Billy Crystal hosts.
Viewers will be treated to never before seen duets and collaborations including Sarah Jessica Parker and Andrea McArdle singing “Tomorrow” from Annie, and Emily Blunt joining Bernadette Peters for renditions of songs from Into the Woods.
Stronger Together is being produced by heavyweights Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson, Stephen Schwartz and Harvey Weinstein.
LIVESTREAM the event below at 8:30 PM EST.
And check out the full set list of what to expect, here:
STRONGER TOGETHER – SET LIST
PERFORMANCES:
“HILLARY TONIGHT” – Billy Crystal & Adult Chorus
“OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING” – Hugh Jackman
“WILKOMMEN/CABARET” – Joel Grey & Sienna Miller
“BEEN A LONG DAY” – Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker & Victoria Clark
“WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR”– Ayodele Casel (tap dance)
“BRAVE” – Sara Bareilles
“ORIGIN OF LOVE” – Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Naomi Jones & Stephen Trask (ballet dancers: Stella Abrera, Leanne Cope, Marcelo Gomes, Clifford Williams)
“NO ONE IS ALONE” Reprise – Emily Blunt
“CHILDREN WILL LISTEN” – Bernadette Peters & Children’s Chorus
“CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN” – Barbra Streisand & Jamie Fox (video)
“GET HAPPY / HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN”- Anne Hathaway & Kelli O’Hara
“FOR GOOD” – Stephen Schwartz & Kelli O’Hara
“IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE” – Jon Hamm & Jake Gyllenhaal
“TOMORROW” – Sarah Jessica Parker & Andrea McArdle
“OVER THE RAINBOW” – Josh Groban
“THE WORLD WAS WIDE ENOUGH” (rewrite from Hamilton) – Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise
Goldsberry
“BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” – Cynthia Erivo, Adult and Kids’ Chorus, full company
MONOLOGUES & SPEECHES:
Alan Cumming
Angela Bassett
Ansel Elgort
Chelsea Clinton
Helen Mirren
Julia Roberts
Lena Dunham
Neil Patrick Harris
Sarah Jones
Sarah Paulson
Uzo Aduba
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Germany Plans To Compensate Gays Convicted Under Nazi-Era Law
Better late than never, right? Germany is setting aside around $37 million to compensate queer people who were affected by the country’s ban on homosexuality, which lasted from 1871 to 1994. Over a hundred years of victims! Many of course have passed away, and there’s no way to compensate them or their families. And no amount of money can make up for the cultural stigma that generations have endured. But at least this is a strong gesture of reconciliation for those still with us.
Germany, which at times was quite welcoming to queer people, stopped enforcing the ban in the 1950s and 1960s, but tens of thousands were persecuted following World War II. Adolph Hitler was particularly strident in his persecution of queer people, sending 15,000 to concentration camps.
As part of the plan, victims of the law will have their records expunged.
Can you imagine if anyone proposed something like that here? Homosexuality was illegal in various states until 2002, and every now and then people are still arrested by backwards officials for flirting in public. Just imagine if someone in the government proposed that we were entitled to some form of recompense for all the discrimination we’ve endured. Oh, and still continue to endure, since in a lot of states it’s still legal to deny someone a loan, or housing, or an education because they’re gay.
Hillary Clinton, incidentally, wants to make that kind of discrimination illegal. Donald Trump wants to expand exemptions to nondiscrimination law, making it easier to kick queer people out of their home or their job. Just in case you were still wondering who to vote for, or which historical figure you might want to compare Donald Trump to.
North Carolina Artists Take Out Full Page Ad Trolling Pat McCrory on His Birthday
A coalition of artists have taken out a full page ad in Raleigh’s News & Observer trolling Governor Pat McCrory with a birthday message that attacks him for supporting HB 2.
As we have extensively reported, that anti-LGBT law banned all local nondiscrimination ordinances in the tar heel state and prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity.
The ad reads, “HB2 U, Pat,” invoking a playful take on the name of the bill that has drawn so much ire from human rights advocates across the country and around the world.
Underneath that message is a picture of a rainbow-colored piece of cake.
The ad continues, “Governor McCrory, we send you best wishes today. But the real celebration will begin Nov. 8 when North Carolina votes to move in a more progressive direction.”
Designed for free by Charlotte firm BooneOakley, the missive urges voters to support candidates who favor repealing HB 2.
“I hope it will have a galvanizing effect as a conversation piece and let the people know that the artists of North Carolina are not in their ivory tower,” writer Allan Gurganus said Sunday. “And this does not represent the North Carolina that we know and write about.”
The group was sponsored by dozens of writers, poets and songwriters including Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Ron Rash, Lee Smith, Bland Simpson, Judy Goldman and Charles Frazier.
Gurganus said author John Grisham, who lives in Chapel Hill, donated signed first editions to help raise money for the ad. And songwriter James Taylor donated a signed guitar.
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Senate Republicans to Block Any Clinton Court Nominee?
Today while campaigning for Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator John McCain (R-AZ) argued that the best reason to support Toomey would be to block “any” nominations Hillary Clinton would make to the Supreme Court. “I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up. I promise you,” McCain said.
Any nomination Senator? Such an extreme position might normally be considered an aberration, but given Senate Republicans refusal to do their job and consider the nomination of Merrick Garland make this no idle threat. In fact, it’s why voters should reject Senators who refuse to carry out their “advise and consent” Constitutional responsibilities.
The Supreme Court was designed by our founders to be the final arbiter in the legal system — a place of resolution of some of our most difficult national questions not only for the parties involved, but also for our country. Often cases before the Court initiate national soul searching as we confront these questions as individuals and see ourselves as pieces of a broader conversation. For members of the LGBTQ community — who so often find ourselves at the center of this conversation — the Supreme Court, the Justices who serve on it, and the decisions they write are deeply personal. Decisions over the past two decades have provided the LGBTQ community with rapid, and seemingly permanent movement towards equality. We have benefited from the Court’s decisions—from Romer v. Evans and Lawrence v. Texas, to the marriage equality decision last summer in Obergefell v. Hodges.
However, following the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February Senate Republicans have engaged in unprecedented judicial obstruction — refusing to even begin the process for filling this vacancy. By election day next month this shameful obstructionism will culminate in a vacancy exceeding 250 days. Many are vowing to continue to “unite against” any Supreme Court nomination made by a Clinton administration. But let’s be clear. By “uniting against” a judicial nominee these Republicans are also “uniting against” the people and the nation they have been trusted to serve. They are “uniting against” the checks and balances system described by the Constitution and envisioned by our founders. They are “uniting against” the people who appeal to the Supreme Court every year in search of justice — students, workers, businesses. They are “uniting against” all of us.
And that is why this election matters. We need Senators who will do their job and respect the balance of powers that has served this country for centuries. We need a President who understands the impact of the Supreme Court and who will nominate thoughtful, fair Justices. Donald Trump and the Senate Republicans have made it clear that appointing and approving anti-equality Justices to the Supreme Court is a priority. This shameful priority comes at a dear cost — justice for all.
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Clinton's Out Campaign Manager: Trump's Talk of Rigging Is 'What Losers Do'
Donald Trump knows he’s losing, so that’s why he’s claiming media bias and voter fraud, says Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook.
10 GIFs That Sum Up Our Response To Shepard Smith Coming Out Of His Glass Closet
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith has been trending on social media all day after confirming in a Huffington Post interview what everyone has already known for years: He’s G-A-Y gay.
Shepard was asked if former Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes ever used homophobic slurs in his presence, to which the 52-year-old anchorman replied: “No, never. He treated me with respect, just respect.”
And just like that, his glass closet was shattered.
Related: Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Comes Out, Says Roger Ailes Always Treated Him Fair And Balanced
Shepard also said that, despite rumors to the contrary, Ailes never tried to prevent him from coming out publicly, and that the two had a warm and loving relationship.
“He was as nice as he could be to me,” he says. “I loved him like a father.”
So how have people responded to the non-news that Shepard Smith is a Homosexual with a capital H? Let’s talk a look…
Michelle Tanner could hardly believe it…
Neither could Rita Repulsa…
Oprah couldn’t wrap her head around the news…
Same with this girl…
Anderson Cooper was absolutely floored…
So was this lady…
Even Hillary Clinton was caught off guard…
Michele and Stephen, too…
Some people found themselves rather excited by the news…
While others knew all along…
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