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When Out magazine assigned me an interview with the Breitbart.com rabble-rouser Milo Yiannopoulos, I knew it would be controversial. In the gay and liberal communities in particular, he is a provocative and loathed figure, and I knew featuring him in such a liberal publication would get negative attention. He has been repeatedly kicked off Twitter for, among other things, reportedly inciting racist, sexist bullying of “Ghostbusters” actress Leslie Jones. Before interviewing Yiannopoulos, I thought he was a nasty attention-whore, but I wanted to do a neutral piece on him that simply put the facts out there. After the story posted...

You’ve heard the memes: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton voted together 93% of the time. This was a common refrain from the Clinton camp intended to paint Clinton as ideologically similar to Bernie Sanders, in an effort to minimize criticisms of Clinton’s policies and record. The numbers themselves have a few figures to poke through, for example, Clinton missed some 31.5% of her possible Senate votes, so those don’t count against the statistic. But that’s not what this piece about. This piece is about how pretending Clinton was a progressive champion ultimately alienated some potential support from the left because...

The word on everyone’s lips in Washington now — in newsrooms and advocacy groups, in congressional offices and embassies — is “firehose.” As in the high-pressure stream of White House orders. The daily deluge of Donald Trump’s tweets blaming “so-called” judges for future terror attacks and assailing Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s clothing line for poor sales. The tsunami of statements inflating the murder rate and hyping the terrorist threat, while aides mind-bendingly blame the media for not covering massacres in Bowling Green and Atlanta that never happened. With each new volley, drinking from the Trump firehose feels ever more...

Back in 2008 Maxine-Guess-What-This-Liberal-Would-Be-All-About-Waters arrogantly reveals what this liberal would be all about, if she knew enough to know what she was all about: Here is Maxine, 9 years hence, waxing eloquently about impeaching Trump because he’s crazy and makes outrageous statements. And because he’s a fan of Putin who hacked our election, dropped bombs on children somewhere and invaded Korea…or something. It’s apparent she hasn’t grown a whit smarter during her time in Congress although we can assume she’s grown much richer. Yet she is dutifully reelected by her Los Angeles constituents every 2 years, as she has been...

This year’s U.S. election completely shocked the world. It seemed clear that Hillary Clinton was backed by the big banks and other elite groups to run the American empire, and Wikileaks further helped to illustrate how corporate and financial interests control the presidency. This is exactly why Trump’s election came as such a surprise, and why mainstream media continues to demonize him. Of course, his many and obvious flaws make it easy for them to do so, but in an age where mainstream media completely controls the thoughts and perceptions of the masses, it is important to remember that...

President Trump’s former campaign competitor Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to poke at him on Thursday after his travel ban executive order had been struck down by an appeals court, and she had a very simple message.(TWEET-AT-LINK)The reference is to the legal battles he’s lost over the ban, with this latest one being the most dire. But, it didn’t take long for Trump’s top advisor, Kellyanne Conway to come back at her with her own snarky tweet: (TWEET-AT-LINK) Those, of course, are the states that Trump flipped in the election to rip victory from Hillary and devastate the Democratic party....

<p>DETROIT (AP) — At least 31 people could face criminal charges after voting twice in Michigan in the fall election, an official said Thursday.</p>

Via the Right Scoop, I don’t know that I’d go that far. But I’m also not sure, as I said yesterday, that Warren will be as useful a hate object to the GOP as it hopes and expects. Tucker’s not sure either: “I don’t know, though. I mean, I see your point, I think it’s a smart point, but I also think — in fact, I’d bet money — that if Elizabeth Warren had received the Democratic nomination, she’d be the president right now, because she is in line with what Democratic voters think. She has a worldview, she can...

What is the definition of a Nasty Woman? Numerous women have taken the stage and screeched out that they are a Naaaaaaasty Woman in the same braying manner.... My wife and I have watched dozens of high profile women proudly claim this moniker as if it was a badge of honor....From Warren to Hillary to dozens of Hollyweird types...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has had an odd career for a feminist icon. Her main occupation has consisted of being the long-suffering wife of a powerful man, infamous for treating subordinate women as disposable conveniences, who abused her ruthlessly and humiliated her publicly. In exchange for standing by her man, she was given an orphaned Senate seat in New York, where she did not live, and two shots at the presidency, which she lost to an unknown back-bencher from Chicago in 2008 and to a reality-television host in 2016. Margaret Thatcher she isn't.

State Department Confirms The Suspicions The Most Americans Have Had About The Refugee Program WND is reporting that a recently retired U.S. State Department official has published a whistle blower letter in the Chicago Tribune that outlines the massive amount of corruption that has taken place in the refugee program under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The retired official, Mary Doetsch, said that even though there were problems with the program before Obama arrived in Washington that once he arrived in the White House problems exploded. Doetsch says that she strongly supports President Trump’s travel ban, “I...

Which GOP do you belong to? That's a question every Republican has been pondering since Donald Trump commandeered the party and won the White House. There is, first, the old Grand Old Party — the party of Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and an array of conservative movement activists, think tank staffers, journalists, and lobbyists. This party favors lower taxes (especially on the wealthy), less regulation, and smaller government, except when it comes to military spending, which it aims to increase to maintain America's position of global dominance and role as "leader of the...

US woman dumps husband of 21 years for backing Donald Trump world Updated: Feb 08, 2017 17:40 IST Gayle McCormick, a retired California prison guard, said she was shocked when her husband Bill McCormick said he planned to vote for Trump.(REUTERS) A 73-year-old woman has separated from her husband of over 20 years after he voiced support for Donald Trump in the run-up to the US presidential polls. Gayle McCormick, a retired California prison guard, said she was shocked last year when her husband Bill McCormick, 77, mentioned during a lunch with friends that he planned to vote for Trump. “I...

Washington, it must be said, is an ugly town. To some people this may come as a surprise. Those of us who have been here for any extended period of time know it to be full of snakes and worms and scrambling back-biters all looking for ways to climb ahead of the other guy. When President Harry Truman said anyone in the nation's capital who wanted a friend "should buy a dog," he was only scratching the surface. It wasn't that long ago, for example, that someone whose opinion I respect and who generally seems to be plugged into what...

Full title.............................'Step up and speak out': Hillary Clinton makes a rallying cry for women to rise up against the Trump administration as she speaks on video for the first time since the inauguration to say 'the future is female'................................ Hillary Clinton made her video statement for the 2017 MAKERS conference She spoke about breaking glass ceilings and last month's Women's Marches She said that 'now more than ever' women need to 'be bold' and 'step up' This was Clinton's first video statement since Donald Trump's inauguration

Judicial Watch today announced a hearing will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records held by the FBI containing text messages and emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stored on the equipment of Datto Inc., a commercial data management company, as well as FBI records about the device and what materials were recovered on it (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:16-cv-02369)).  The case is before U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss.At the previous hearing Tuesday, January 24, 2017, Trump administration lawyers for the FBI...

Hillary Clinton claimed the "future was female" in her first public address since Donald Trump moved in to the White House. In a video for the 2017 Makers conference, the former Democratic candidate praised thousands of women who marched across the world in protest against President Trump's inauguration. [Snip] "Just look at the amazing energy we saw last month as women organised a march that galvanized millions of people in our country and across the world. "Now more than ever we need to stay focused on the theme of this year's conference: Be Bold."

The former Presidential candidate used her first public comments since Trump's inauguration to stress women have a vital role in the future of America Hillary Clinton is back - and she has a message for Donald Trump . In her first public comments since the inauguration, former democratic presidential nominee said women have a vital role in the future of America. In a message at the opening of 'The 2017 MAKERS Conference', Clinton said: "Despite all the challenges we face I remain convinced that yes the future is female. "Just look at the amazing energy we saw last month as...

By one measure, Wisconsin was the most important state in the nation in November. According to FiveThirtyEight’s tipping-point calculation, it was the state that put Donald Trump over the top to 270 electoral votes and the White House. (Or at least arguably it did: Pennsylvania has a competing tipping-point claim.1 ) So here’s an interesting question: How many times did Hillary Clinton visit Wisconsin during the general election? The answer: Zip, zilch, nada. She didn’t set foot in the Badger State after losing the Democratic primary there to Sen. Bernie Sanders in April.2 So, case closed, right? Clinton had an...

Internet researcher Katica has again discovered the FBI quietly, and without explanation, just released another batch of documents from the “ongoing” FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email use and classified information. This is release #6, and interestingly this release is titled “part 06 of 06” so there might not be any more. However, this batch is quite a bit more interesting.