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21 Heartbreaking Things That Happened To People Of Color One Day After Trump’s Win
21 Heartbreaking Things That Happened To People Of Color One Day After Trump’s Win
Peter Thiel, Bottoms, Ben Carson, Gun Stocks, Brock McGillis, Grindr, HOT LINKS
Peter Thiel, Bottoms, Ben Carson, Gun Stocks, Brock McGillis, Grindr, HOT LINKS
DON’T DESPAIR, LIBERALS: FIGHT. Great piece by Mihir Sharma: “You might never feel as good again as you did a few days ago; because you now understand more fully what your country is. But you will eventually feel better. And if you keep fighting to improve your country, one day your country will return to you.”
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. Journalists fear that could be taken away under Trump: “I am a gay Jewish journalist who loathes Trump with a very public passion. Every week, I receive the emails, the tweets, the private messages: Kike. Faggot. Fucking Jew,” wrote Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern. “All of us will soon get what we deserve, they tell me. They have guns. They have a plan.”
PETER THIEL. His Donald Trump bet paid off: “He won’t be moving to Washington, Mr. Thiel made clear in an interview Wednesday afternoon. He is unlikely to have a formal role. He has no desire to fulfill his youthful dream of joining the United States Supreme Court. But he will have a voice.
NBC NEWS. What we got wrong.
BEN CARSON. I’ll help repeal and replace Obamacare: “I think the replacement obviously must come first and it must be something that is very appealing and easy to understand. And then, only then, would you dismantle what’s in place,” the retired neurosurgeon said in an interview. Asked if he intends to be involved in designing that plan, Carson said, “Yes, of course.”
PROTEST. Thousands of anti-Trump protesters hit the streets in major cities: “Chanting ‘Not my president!’ and ‘Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump has got to go, hey hey,’ New Yorkers marched from Union Square, holding signs and dressed in American flags, to their final destination — the president-elect’s Trump Tower in Midtown. Many also shouted ‘F— Donald Trump!’ and ‘F— the wall’ as they headed toward Trump’s main residence and campaign headquarters in Manhattan.”
REINCE PRIEBUS. Chief of staff? “On Wednesday, Priebus was being widely discussed by Trump insiders as a likely candidate for White House chief of staff, though RNC insiders said he would be a shoo-in for an unprecedented fourth consecutive two-year term at the party’s helm, if he wanted it. One cracked that Trump might reward Priebus by nominating him to be ambassador to Greece.”
CONCEAL AND CARRY. Gun stocks plunge: “Shares of Smith & Wesson dropped 15% on Wednesday, while stocks of Sturm Ruger fell by 14% at the close of markets, according to CBS Moneywatch. Politics often affect the stocks’ performances, and financial analysts have noted that Republican victories might hurt Smith & Wesson. A Republican White House and Congress could be “net-negative” for the company because “it eliminates any realistic fear of gun regulation, which has been a major driver of gun sales over the past eight years,” according to a Wedbush Securities analysis cited by the 24/7 Wall St. blog.
GRINDR. Social network adds fields for HIV status, undetectable, and PrEP use: “In a draft blog post provided to TheBody.com announcing the new changes, Jack Harrison-Quintana, director of Grindr for Equality, said that the platform hopes to “create an open dialogue among our users about sexual health. Honesty, compassion, and education lay the foundation to make Grindr an even safer space for guys to connect, and we can all contribute to getting there.” ‘Users won’t be able to filter who they see in the app based on HIV status,’ he noted. ‘Filling out the HIV status field is entirely optional.’”
BEHIND THE SCENES. Cher and Lady Gaga wept backstage at Clinton party.
Lady Gaga is crying backstage, source reports
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) November 9, 2016
Cher is also backstage crying, source reports
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) November 9, 2016
Katy Perry was supposed to sing the national anthem at Hillary Clinton victory party. Someone else took her place.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) November 9, 2016
NYC. Judge blocks sale of building in battle over gay man’s estate: “On Nov. 1, Judge Nora Anderson issued a temporary restraining against four nieces and nephews of William Cornwell selling the 69 Horatio St. townhouse he bought in 1979. Anderson’s order gave them until Nov. 18 to show cause.’ Cornwell and Doyle began their relationship in 1958. Cornwell bought them wedding rings after New York legalized same-sex marriage in 2011. According to Doyle, Cornwell’s declining health kept them from going to the city Marriage Bureau before Cornwell’s death in 2014.”
BROCK MCGILLIS. Former semi-pro hockey player comes out: “For years I lived a life full of lies. Growing up in a culture of hockey – minor hockey, the Ontario Hockey League, university hockey, and semi-pro in Europe – I felt I would never be accepted. For years I lived a life of denial, because I am gay. Hockey has always been very homophobic. I can’t count the amount of times I heard phrases like: That’s gay or what a homo in the dressing room over the course of my hockey career. Words like fag, p—y, and b—h are part of the daily banter. Those words are used to belittle players, to weaken and feminize them, because hockey is hyper-masculine, meant for the manliest of men.”
UGANDA. Key activist in case against Scott Lively to speak in San Francisco: “Richard Lusimbo, 29, is one of the chief witnesses in the case against American anti-gay preacher Scott Lively. He will be interviewed by Peter Teague about the case, Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Scott Lively, and the ongoing influence of American evangelical religious leaders in the African country. He will also speak about the current state of the Ugandan LGBT movement and share personal stories about living openly as a gay man in Uganda at “From Uganda With Love” at San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum Thursday, November 17.”
VICE. Why are gay guys convinced the world is full of bottoms? “And so you have it—by lending tops a position of privilege in our gay hierarchies (by remarking upon their supposed rarity, or by accusing each other of being bottoms,) we reinforce the same misogynist and patriarchal tendencies of our straight brethren. All too often, we accuse each other of being bottoms by way of criticizing perceived feminine traits within other gay men. Sure, we do it as a joke, but one with a nasty undertone.”
57 YEARS APART. A man and a boy talk about life.
THIRSTY THURSDAY. Matthew Prince.
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Peter Thiel, Bottoms, Ben Carson, Gun Stocks, Brock McGillis, Grindr, HOT LINKS
The Angry Straight White Male Crowd Stood By Trump. Now They Reap The Rewards.
The Angry Straight White Male Crowd Stood By Trump. Now They Reap The Rewards.
For the nominee of a major political party, Donald Trump didn’t have a lot of committed supporters. In fact, major factions of the GOP elite opposed his campaign. But there was a hardy band that stuck with him through the scandals and tweetstorms. Since Trump prizes loyalty above all else, this group stands to reap the rewards of his presidency.
Here’s a list of six winners for whom Election Night meant a big boost to their political fortunes long after they should have expired.
Vladimir Putin
Putin ran the most successful effort by a foreign power to interfere with the American electoral process ever. The steady drip of leaks from Clinton’s emails was courtesy of Russian hackers, according to U.S. intelligence agencies. But not according to Trump, who claimed otherwise even while encouraging Russia’s hacking. It’s clear that Trump loves Putin, and Putin returns the favor. The Russian leader was quick to congratulate Trump, via telegram, calling for improved ties between the U.S. and Russia. Oddly, for a political party that was once the greatest foe of Putin and authoritarian Russian governments, Republicans will do nothing to punish this outlandish attack on American democracy.
Peter Thiel
The Facebook billionaire is no lover of democracy either, so he placed his bets on the candidate most likely to disrupt it. Even while most respectable figures were fleeing from Trump last month, Thiel doubled down with a $1.25 million donation and an incomprehensible defense of Trump at the National Press Club. In a statement, Thiel said Trump will need “all hands on deck” because “he has an awesomely difficult task, since it is long past time for us to face up to our country’s problems.”
The Religious Right
The family values leadership had no problem standing by Trump when he boasted about sexually assaulting women. Their focus has always been on the Supreme Court, and they will be rewarded for their loyalty. But they will hardly be satisfied with only that. “Our nation has an opportunity over the next 4 years to make freedom mean something again.” Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said in a tweet, suggesting the scope of the right’s ambitions.
Breitbart and other crackpot media sites
One thing this election proved was how much clout the mainstream media has lost. Lunacy works, and the Trump campaign proves it. Breitbart.com, with its endless promotion of Trump and crazy headlines, is a big winner. Its leader, Steve Bannon, take a leave from the site to act as the Trump campaign’s CEO. It’s not just Breitbart that wins. A slew of lesser known but influential sites, like Alex Jones’ Infowars, have all been Trump boosters and are now gloating about their candidate’s success. TrumpTV anyone? He could be the first American president to have his own propaganda arm–much like Putin does in Russia.
The alt-right
White nationalism was once a declining fringe belief. Not any more. “We’re the establishment now,” Richard Spencer, who has called for “peaceful ethnic cleansing,” tweeted. Trump regularly retweeted from alt-right accounts and adapted many of its themes, including anti-Semitism. It didn’t hurt that Breitbart (see above) served as the communications channel for alt-right ideas. Needless to say, the rise of white nationalism is not a good thing for us.
Milo Yiannopoulos
Yiannopoulos, the gay Breitbart troll who claims to be sexually attracted to Trump, turned up at the Trump victory party to lord it over the losers. “American progressives should be thanking their lucky stars that Donald Trump is the worst thing that happened, because you have been lying to and about people for decades,” he said. A Trump presidency gives Yiannopoulos a bigger platform from which to troll (and undoubtedly monetize).
The Annual John Lewis Christmas Ad is Here Just in Time to Help Us Smile: WATCH
The Annual John Lewis Christmas Ad is Here Just in Time to Help Us Smile: WATCH
Every year, the British retailer John Lewis puts out a Christmas ad that quickly goes viral.
LAST YEAR: The New John Lewis Christmas Ad is Once Again an Epic Tearjerker: WATCH
This year will be no different, as its full of animals, a trampoline, Buster the boxer, an adorable little girl, and the stuff of dreams.
Watch:
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The Annual John Lewis Christmas Ad is Here Just in Time to Help Us Smile: WATCH
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We Are With You: Resources for the LGBTQ Community in a Time of Need
We Are With You: Resources for the LGBTQ Community in a Time of Need
There is no doubt that the results of last night’s election have shaken millions of Americans, especially LGBTQ Americans, across the country.
To every LGBTQ person across this nation feeling stunned and disheartened, and questioning if they have a place in our country today, we say this: You do. Don’t ever let anybody tell you otherwise. Be bold, be strong, and continue to stand up for the principles that have always made America great. We are with you.
If you or someone you know is struggling to comprehend last night’s results and is in need of assistance, here are several LGBTQ-friendly resources listed:
- The Trevor Project: The nation’s only 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ people ages 13 to 24. Call 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or use Trevor Chat, the Trevor Project’s online messaging service.
- Youth Talkline at 1-800-246-PRIDE (800-246-7743)
- Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860
- The GLBT National Help Center at 1-888-THE-GLNH (888-843-4564)
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255)
- It Gets Better
Van Jones Explodes at CNN Trump Surrogate: ‘Back Off’ and Own Trump’s Fear-Mongering – WATCH
Van Jones Explodes at CNN Trump Surrogate: ‘Back Off’ and Own Trump’s Fear-Mongering – WATCH
Reacting to the protests that took place in cities across the nation last night following the election of Donald Trump, CNN commentator Van Jones got into a heated argument with Trump surrogates Jeffrey Lord and Kayleigh McEnany.
Jones tried to explain to the Trumpets why people are afraid right now, a concept they couldn’t seem to grasp.
Said Jones: “They’re afraid because he said over and over again that he wanted to ban people of their faith. That lands like a bomb in the lap. You want to explain to me why people who are scared shouldn’t be afraid…
Objected McEnany: “But for you to say internment camps….”
Jones: “I didn’t say internment camps. People are afraid of that.
McEnany: “But you should correct that. That’s not true. Donald Trump has never…”
Jones: “You guys won and you need to back off! You need to have a little bit of empathy and understanding for people who are afraid because your candidate has been one of the most explosively provocative candidates in the history of our country. and there’s a price to be paid for that. I am not finished and I am not going to be talked over tonight. I’m not. You have people who are terrified and you have to take some responsibility for it.”
Watch:
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Van Jones Explodes at CNN Trump Surrogate: ‘Back Off’ and Own Trump’s Fear-Mongering – WATCH
Giving Trump a Chance Is Foolish
Giving Trump a Chance Is Foolish
This isn’t a time to rally around President Trump; it’s time to rally for our rights.
www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/11/10/giving-trump-chance-foolish
