Trump Shuts Down Reporter After She Challenges His Lie That He Has ‘Total Authority’ as President: ‘Enough!’ — WATCH

Trump Shuts Down Reporter After She Challenges His Lie That He Has ‘Total Authority’ as President: ‘Enough!’ — WATCH

Donald Trump snapped at CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins after she questioned a false claim he made earlier in Monday’s press briefing that he has “total authority” as president.

Said Trump earlier in the briefing, about his authority to open the country amid the coronavirus crisis should he so wish: “When somebody’s the president of the United States, the authority is total … and the governors know that. The authority of the president of the United States is total.”

TRUMP: “When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s gotta be. It’s total.” pic.twitter.com/zIuiBn1Mhw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

CNBC notes that Trump is full of sh*t as usual: “Legal experts say Trump is wrong. For one, they note that U.S. law gives state governors wide latitude to protect the health and safety of their constituents. Secondly, they point out that Trump never declared a nationwide lockdown, so there’s no mechanism by which he could order a nationwide reopening now, namely.”

Later, when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins questioned his statement, he shut her down with a pointed finger: “Enough!”

Earlier on Monday, governors on both coasts formed alliances to decide when to reopen their economies.

Washington, Oregon, and California created a ‘Western States Pact’ while governors of six states in the northeast formed a similar pact.

The West Coast is ahead of the curve on COVID-19. We’re going to make sure that stays true.

WA, OR and CA will work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies. #WeGotThisWA

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) April 13, 2020

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Human Rights Campaign Applauds Judge Karofsky on Victory

Human Rights Campaign Applauds Judge Karofsky on Victory

Today, HRC celebrated Judge Jill Karofsky’s victory in the Wisconsin Spring Election for state Supreme Court. 
 
“Last week, Republicans on both the state and national level put their own politics ahead of the health and safety of Wisconsinites in an effort to retain a seat on the state Supreme Court. Yet, despite those historically loathsome efforts, they failed, their candidate lost and the voters they intended to suppress overcame those efforts,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “These results show that the Trump campaign’s unprecedented $10 million effort to limit access to voting can, and will again, fail. There are more than 675,000 Equality Voters across the state that the Human Rights Campaign has worked to engage on behalf of pro-equality candidates since 2017 and we will do it again in November.”
 
Last week, HRC President Alphonso David condemned the partisan process that forced Wisconsinites to go to the polls despite the ongoing pandemic. Despite the efforts of Wisconsin and national Republicans to limit access to the ballot, HRC worked to make sure as many Equality Voters as possible across the state had the resources and tools to vote safely from home
 
HRC has prioritized investments and organizing in Wisconsin since 2017. This spring election, HRC contacted over 22,000 members and supporters to boost pro-equality turnout.
 
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WATCH: Guys are thirsting vociferously for ‘Sabrina’ star Gavin Leatherwood

WATCH: Guys are thirsting vociferously for ‘Sabrina’ star Gavin Leatherwood

With a name like Gavin Leatherwood, this just feels right.

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star is the latest celebrity to indulge in a dramatic reading of thirst tweets for Buzzfeed, and boy are people hot and bothered.

Related: We met the freaky cast of ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.’ They have us enchanted.

There was even one message (that has to be from a guy) that Leatherwood couldn’t even read out loud…

…but you can read it below:

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