Starbucks Calls a Trans Man by His Name in Heartwarming Ad

A new campaign from the coffee chain raises LGBTQ visibility and provides funding for Mermaids, a group supporting trans and gender-diverse young people in the U.K.

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Crazed pastor says coronavirus is God’s revenge for gays

And today in nutbag news…

Pastor Rick Wiles, a noted far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist, has announced his latest crackpot hypothesis: that the deadly coronavirus, which has already killed more than 300 people, is God’s plan to cleanse the world of queers. Really.

Wiles, while covering Donald Trump‘s visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, made the announcement on January 27 as part of his commentary. What the coronavirus has to do with economics, we’re still not sure.

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“Look at the spiritual rebellion that is in this country… Just vile, disgusting people in this country now, transgendering little children, perverting them,” Wiles ranted, according to Right Wing Watch. He went on to warn listeners to “wise up because there is a Death Angel on the loose right now,” insinuating that the coronavirus is God’s way of killing all the LGBTQ people in the United States. That’s a strange postulation, given that most cases of the coronavirus have occurred in China, and are not linked in any way to sexuality.

Wiles has a long history of conspiracy craziness. He has previously claimed that the “Jewish Mafia” killed John F. Kennedy, that Barack Obama is both a secret Muslim and a demon and that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is actually a lizard.

The only thing crazier than Wiles himself is his listenership, who somehow takes this loony seriously. Given his crazed claims, we have to wonder: has anyone considered that Rick Wiles might just suffer from syphilis?

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John Kerry Denies Mulling 2020 Bid Amid ‘Possibility’ of Bernie ‘Taking Down the Democratic Party’

Former Secretary of State John Kerry was overheard at a Des Moines, Iowa hotel discussing the possibility of a 2020 bid “amid ‘the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole.’”

NBC News reports: “Sitting in the lobby restaurant of the Renaissance Savery hotel, Kerry was overheard by an NBC News analyst saying ‘maybe I’m f—ing deluding myself here’ and explaining that to run, he’d have to step down from the board of Bank of America and give up his ability to make paid speeches. Kerry said donors like venture capitalist Doug Hickey would have to ‘raise a couple of million,’ adding that such donors ‘now have the reality of Bernie.’”

Kerry denied the report in an expletive laden tweet he later deleted and replaced with another: “I am absolutely not running for President. Any report otherwise is categorically false. I’ve been proud to campaign with my good friend Joe Biden, who is going to win the nomination, beat Trump, and make an outstanding president.”

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John Kerry Denies Mulling 2020 Bid Amid ‘Possibility’ of Bernie ‘Taking Down the Democratic Party’