‘Proud’ Roger Stone Shares Photo of Trump and Allies Wearing ‘Space Force’ Swastika-Emblazoned Uniforms

Trump ally and confidante Roger Stone posted a photo to Instagram (since deleted) which shows Trump and his allies (Senator Devin Nunes (R-CA), Rudy Giuliani, Stone, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mike Pence, and Sean Hannity) dressed up in “Space Force” uniforms emblazoned with swastikas.

Wrote Stone: “I love this — proud to be in this crew — but the only lies being told are by liberal scumbags.”

It appears that Roger Stone has deleted this photo of him and Trump as the “Space Force” wearing uniforms clearly emblazoned with swastikas. t.co/uracvyLxfB pic.twitter.com/dzWHoWOKro

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 14, 2018

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Stephen Colbert is Hilariously Aghast at Omarosa’s Claims Trump is a Racist: ‘Rewrite the History Books. We Didn’t Know’ – WATCH

Stephen Colbert delivered a blistering monologue on all the ‘Unhinged’ activity, riffing off the revelations in Omarosa’s multiple TV appearances and book excerpts.

Introed Colbert: “Yet another close adviser to President Trump has betrayed him. The White House is basically a reboot of The Last Supper: Oops All Judases.”

He commented on Omarosa’s book title, Unhinged, and said he originally thought she was describing “what Stephen Miller does with his jaw to eat his breakfast gazelle.”

Colbert also reacted to Omarosa’s statement that she heard the tape of Trump saying the N-word.

Said Colbert: “This is huge. Finally, we have proof that the guy who refused to rent to black tenants, said that a Nazi Klan rally had some ‘fine people,’ and called Africa a sh*thole — is a racist. Tear up your history books. Rewrite the history books. We didn’t know!”

And her assertion that she saw Trump eat a piece of paper from his desk in the Oval Office: “Well, the hunt for Trump’s tax returns just got way grosser.”

Colbert also expressed shock that Chief of Staff John Kelly fired Omarosa in The Situation Room and threatened her reputation.

Replied Colbert: “General Kelly, you work for Donald Trump. I wouldn’t worry about other people’s reputations.”

He later noted: “The media’s been all over Omarosa’s Omaroasting of her former boss, but while they’re reporting on it, they’re also dismissing her as unreliable…Yes, she’s a liar and a backstabber with no credibility — exactly like everyone else in the Trump administration. … She’s not below anyone else in the White House. She and General Kelly may have completely different pasts, but they have exactly the same future. You can never scrub off the Trump stank.”

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 14, 2018

PRIMARY DAY! WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, CONNECTICUT AND VERMONT HEAD TO THE POLLS: HRC has been on the ground with more staff and resources than ever before to #TurnOUT millions of ‘Equality Voters’ in the lead up to the 2018 election. In Wisconsin, HRC has endorsed a slate of pro-equality candidates in the primary, including Senator Tammy Baldwin; Reps. Mark Pocan, Ron Kind, and Gwen Moore; and Josh Kaul for Attorney General. In Minnesota, HRC is endorsing Senator Amy Klobuchar for re-election and Tina Smith for U.S. Senate. More from ABC.

VICTORY! CLARKSDALE, MISS. BECOMES THIRD CITY IN STATE WITH LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE NONDISCRIM ORDINANCE: “Clarksdale’s leaders have taken an important step forward by passing a fully-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance,” said Rob Hill, HRC Mississippi state director. “Now, Clarksdale will join Jackson and Magnolia as the cities in Mississippi that have taken concrete steps to support their LGBTQ citizens. Now, it is time for other communities in our state to follow in their footsteps and pass policies to protect all Mississippians from bias and discrimination. Thank you to Mayor Chuck Espy, the Board of Commissioners for their work to introduce and pass this ordinance.” More from HRC.

TODAY — PENCE CAMPAIGNS FOR ANTI-LGBTQ OHIO GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MIKE DEWINE AND HIS RUNNING MADE JON HUSTED: Vice President Mike Pence will fundraise for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine and his running mate Jon Husted today. Pence, DeWine and Husted have all crusaded against marriage equality and sought to undermine reproductive rights. As Attorney General, DeWine defended the state’s marriage ban, stating that LGBTQ people did not deserve ‘protected-class status.’ More from HRC.

• For more on Pence’s record, HRC’s comprehensive “The Real Mike Pence” campaign includes a scathing report, microsite and a series of videos exposing the vice president’s long history of anti-LGBTQ animus.

TUESDAY TWEET — MARTHA MCSALLY’S PAC GAVE $$ TO CAMPAIGN OF CONGRESSMAN WHO COMPARED LGBTQ AMERICANS TO RAPISTS: Rep. McSally donated $1,000 to the congressman at the center of of a national controversy over his racist, sexist, and homophobic slurs on his radio show. More from BuzzFeed.

HRC JOINS WISCONSIN ELECTED OFFICIALS, FAITH LEADERS TO DENOUNCE MILWAUKEE ACTING SHERIFF RICHARD SCHMIDT:

HRC ANNOUNCES HISTORIC SLATE OF ENDORSEMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES: In the Pennsylvania State Senate, HRC has endorsed Maria Collett; Lindsey Williams; Tarah Probst; and Kate Muth. In the Pennsylvania State House, HRC has endorsed Daniel Smith Jr.;  Perry Warren Jr.; Frank Dermody; Laura (Liz) Hanbidge; Wendy Ullman; Joseph Webster; Sara Johnson Rothman; Thomas Murt; Carolyn Comitta; Leanne Krueger-Braneky; Jennifer Omara; Kristin Seale; Helen Tai; Malcolm Kenyatta; and Brian Sims. More from HRC.

HOW THE TRUMP-PENCE “CONSCIENCE” DIVISION AT HHS IS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM RECEIVING CARE: Every American deserves access to quality health care, and that should not be determined by the personal opinions of individual medical providers or administrative staff. More from The New York Times.

HRC JOINS SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER TO COMBAT HATRED IN SCHOOLS: This coalition is committed to providing resources and support so schools may effectively respond to hateful acts and create learning environments where every student feels welcome. More from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

NEW VIDEO FROM MEDIA MATTERS ON THE MOVEMENT TO PROTECT YOUTH FROM “CONVERSION THERAPY”: More from Media Matters.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

HISTORIC COVER STORY ON NIGERIA’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY PUBLISHED IN COUNTRY’S LARGEST PAPER: Journalists Chidirim Ndeche and Urenna Ukiwe worked with former HRC Global Innovator Bisi Alimi (@bisialimi) on the story. More from The Guardian.

TERRIFYING — TWO WOMEN IN MALAYSIA TO BE CANED ON SUSPICION OF BEING LGBTQ: More from Pink News.

GAY GAMES UPDATE:

• Filipino dancers sweep the competition! More from ABS-CBN News.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

Teen Vogue asks trans folks how they chose their names; The Quint looks at the challenges of being LGBTQ and differently abled; Hot New Hip Hop shares Lena Waithe’s reasoning behind her new haircut; The Muse interviews Christopher Palma, believed to be the first person to transition at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Spectrum News sits down with Ames Simmons (@ames_simmons) about mental health struggles for LGBTQ youth

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My Calm Conversation With the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Me

Years after being sexually assaulted, Erica M. Hart asked the perpetrator if he wanted to discuss what happened — on tape. He agreed.

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Seth Meyers: Trump’s White House is What Happens When ‘a Con Artist Surrounds Himself with Other Con Artists’ – WATCH

Seth Meyers on Monday night looked at how Rudy Giuliani, former White House staffer and Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault, and others he has hired are causing a snowballing set of problems for Trump.

Giuliani is currently hitting the news shows, asserting that he knows what Robert Mueller is up to: trying to get Trump to commit perjury.

Quipped Meyers: “If there’s any trap tailor-made for Trump, it’s a perjury trap. That or fried chicken under a box.”

Trump’s lawyers have ruled out questions from Mueller on obstruction because they claim Mueller already knows the answers. Giuliani and fellow Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow took over Sean Hannity’s radio show on Friday to discuss the case.

Said Meyers: “That’s right. For some reason, Trump’s legal team hosted a radio show. The president of the United States is being represented in the Russia investigation by the Z100 ‘zoo crew’. ‘You’re listening to Rudy and Jaybird in the morning on WHUN, the Witch Hunt.’”

Meyers also pointed out a major lie Giuliani made to Jake Tapper regarding Trump’s request that fired FBI director James Comey give Michael Flynn a break.

Meyers then moved on to Trump’s own attempts to delegitimize the Russia investigation, slamming attorney general Jeff Sessions for being missing in action.

“Okay first of all, when Sessions is scared he doesn’t get stiff. He scurries back into his mushroom house and sips broth from an acorn cap. Second, you’ve never seen anything so rigged in your life? You know what’s rigged? Your life. You’re a billionaire celebrity who dated models and became president despite being a notorious idiot and open racist who had four bankruptcies and been sued thousands of times. Trump was born on third base and thinks he scored a touchdown because he doesn’t know how the rules work.”

Meyers then moved on to Omarosa, reading the excerpt of her book which describes Trump eating a piece of paper in the Oval Office.

Said Meyers: “If your favorite food is well done steak, how far away is paper, really?”

It was an allegation Michael Cohen disputed, which is pretty much a joke, Meyers noted:

“So now we have one liar who admits she lied in the past claiming she’s telling the truth now about the liar she worked for, and a third liar who’s under investigation for lying who taped the first liar to prove he wasn’t lying said the second liar’s lying about the first liar. I’m starting to think none of this happened or they all ate pieces of paper.”

Meyers then moved on to the secret recording of John Kelly firing Omarosa, and Trump’s attempts to destroy Omarosa’s credibility, displaying this tweet: ‘While I know it’s “not presidential” to take on a lowlife like Omarosa, and while I would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of communication and I know the Fake News Media will be working overtime to make even Wacky Omarosa look legitimate as possible.’

While I know it’s “not presidential” to take on a lowlife like Omarosa, and while I would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of communication and I know the Fake News Media will be working overtime to make even Wacky Omarosa look legitimate as possible. Sorry!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2018

Quipped Meyers: “You know what made Omarosa look legitimate? Putting her in the White House.”

Concluded Meyers: “This is what happens when you’re a con artist who surrounds himself with other con artists. you think you’re picking everyone else’s pockets and then one day you reach for your own wallet and it’s not there and you look up and you see Michael Cohen is eating it.”

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