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Progressive Parents Devastated After Son Comes Out As Straight May 2nd, 2019 OAKVALE, CA—Progressive parents Willow and Arthur Riverstone are reeling after their son Sebastien came out to them as straight. "This is a bombshell we'll be feeling for the rest of our lives," Arthur told reporters. "I mean, we love our son and we want to support him, but we never thought he'd be one of the straights." Sebastien, who is fourteen and currently attending Oakvale Highschool as a freshman, broke the news to them last Wednesday when he wanted to invite a girl named Sophia to come over...

Oliver North Is out as NRA President CEO Wayne LaPierre has won an internal battle for control Updated April 27, 2019 11:22 a.m. ET National Rifle Association President Oliver North is leaving the gun-rights organization, after losing a bruising internal political battle with the group’s longtime CEO, Wayne LaPierre. Mr. North, in a letter read to NRA members Saturday morning at the group’s annual meeting in Indianapolis, said he had hoped to be renominated for a second one-year term as president, but “I am now informed that will not happen.” The departure of Mr. North, a conservative folk hero from...

Amid Criticism That He's Too White, Biden Insists He Has A Black Friend WASHINGTON, D.C.—Amid criticism that Joe Biden is too white to win the Democratic nomination, the former vice president turned presidential candidate is insisting that he has one black friend. Many in the Democratic Party aren't sure if Biden is "woke" enough. He's an old, establishment white man. He's not black. He's not even a minority. He's not gay, insisting on only whispering into the ears of cis females. But Biden was able to produce some evidence that he knows at least one black man. "He's a good...

'The View' hosts gush over Joe Biden's 2020 announcement: 'I had tears in my eyes' By Sam Dorman | Fox News "The View" co-hosts praised former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 announcement on Thursday, telling the audience about the emotional and physical reactions they experienced while watching his video. "Watching this, it gave me chills throughout my entire body," co-host Abby Huntsman said. "Just on the basis of feeling, he completely nailed it today." While co-host Joy Behar said she was "so touched" by the video, her colleague, Sunny Hostin, said she was even more emotional. "I had tears in...

NYC Vows to Start ‘Phasing Out’ Hot Dogs to Save the Planet as Part of Their Own $14B Green New Deal Madison Dibble about 2 hours ago Hot dogs may become harder to find following the approval of New York City’s version of the Green New Deal as local politicians pick of the sword to take on climate change. On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-N.Y.) slapped his signature on his city’s blueprint for combatting climate change. Following in the footsteps of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the city passed a Green New Deal to mobilize the city’s resources to combat...

Michael Cohen, in Recorded Phone Call, Walks Back Parts of Guilty Plea Michael Rothfeld 8-10 minutes Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded phone call that he hadn’t evaded taxes and that a criminal charge related to his home-equity line of credit was “a lie.” As he prepares to begin a three-year prison term on May 6, Mr. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, expressed dismay during the conversation that after testifying for more than 100 hours to federal and congressional investigators about his work for...

De Blasio: Glass skyscrapers ‘have no place on our Earth’ By Julia Marsh, Carl Campanile and Ruth Brown April 22, 2019 | 10:28pm | Updated Yabba-dabba-don’t. Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing to take New York City back to the stone age — by making “glass and steel” skyscrapers extinct. Still flirting with a run for president, the mayor held an Earth Day press conference on Monday to announce his plan to fight climate change with a “Green New Deal” — including a bill designed to eliminate new glass-fronted towers from the city skyline. “We are going to introduce legislation...

White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner April 17, 2019 WASHINGTON — Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday morning. Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public...

<p>Pelosi rips AOC, says her posse in Congress is ‘like five people’</p> <p>WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just sent some more shade to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.</p> <p>In a “60 Minutes” interview, correspondent Lesley Stahl pointed out the different groups within the House Democratic caucus. “You have these wings — AOC and her group on one side,” Stahl said.</p>

Pelosi: Attorney General Barr 'off the rails' on Mueller report LEESBURG, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi castigated Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday for comments he made during congressional hearings this week about the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. “Let me just say, I’m very, very dismayed and disappointed that the chief law enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails yesterday and today,” Pelosi told reporters at a Democratic Party retreat in Virginia. “He is attorney general of the United States of America, not the attorney general of...

Ocasio-Cortez blames migrant crisis on climate change By Chris Perez April 9, 2019 | 9:15pm Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed the migrant crisis on climate change Tuesday night, just hours after suggesting that the US would “have blood on our hands” if climate legislation — like her Green New Deal — doesn’t get passed. “The far-right loves to drum up fear & resistance to immigrants,” tweeted the freshman congresswoman. “But have you ever noticed they never talk about what‘s causing people to flee their homes in the first place? Perhaps that’s bc they’d be forced to confront 1 major factor fueling...

Cancel Kirstjen Nielsen Her role in terrorizing children should make her a permanent pariah. By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist April 8, 2019 On Sunday evening, news broke that Kirstjen Nielsen was leaving her job as head of the Department of Homeland Security. The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that according to people close to Nielsen, one reason she hung on as long as she did was because “she was aware how awful life would/will be for her on the outside,” given her role in defending Donald Trump’s policies. Let’s make it so. Nielsen did not create Trump’s monstrous...

Obama: Democrats are having a ‘circular firing squad’ over ‘purity’ By Mary Kay Linge April 6, 2019 | 11:38am | Updated April 6, 2019 | 1:38pm Former President Barack Obama on Saturday chided fellow Democrats for creating a “circular firing squad” that targets party members who don’t support far-left views. “The way we structure democracy requires you to take into account people who don’t agree with you,” he said at an Obama Foundation town hall event in Berlin, Germany. “And that by definition means you’re not going to get 100 percent of what you want. “One of the things I...

Cuomo says only ‘very rich people’ can afford to drive into Manhattan By Carl Campanile April 4, 2019 | 9:46pm | Updated April 4, 2019 | 11:37pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended congestion pricing on Thursday, saying most motorists won’t be affected because only “very rich people” can afford to drive into Manhattan. “Outer-borough residents are not driving their cars into Manhattan. That’s not how they come in,” Cuomo said at the Association for a Better New York. “I’m a Queens boy. Only very rich people can drive into Manhattan. You have to pay the toll. You have to pay parking...

Pelosi suggests Biden stop being so touchy-feely with women By Mark Moore April 2, 2019 | 11:25am | Updated April 2, 2019 | 12:29pm House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the allegations of inappropriate touching by Joe Biden shouldn’t short-circuit his political career but suggested that the former vice president join the “straight-armed club” to keep people at a safe distance. “I don’t think it’s disqualifying,” Pelosi told Politico in an interview. “He has to understand in the world that we’re in now that people’s space is important to them, and what’s important is how they receive it and...

A history of Joe Biden’s most touchy-feely moments By Sara Dorn March 30, 2019 | 9:17pm He’s the Democratic Party’s hands-on favorite for 2020. The revelation last week of Joe Biden’s creepy encounter with a young female politician was is hardly the first time the 76-year-old has been accused of being too touchy-feely with women. Topping the Post’s Gallery of Biden’s Greatest Hit-ons was the time he grabbed the shoulders of Stephanie Carter from behind and whispered in her ear while her hubby Ash Carter gave his 2015 Secretary of Defense acceptance speech. He awkwardly groped the waist of The...

<p>Joe Biden's spokesman said Friday that the former vice president does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014.</p> <p>The allegation was made in a New York Magazine article written by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state representative and the 2014 Democratic nominee for Nevada lieutenant governor.</p>

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is rubbing voters the wrong way: poll By Mark Moore March 28, 2019 | 2:58pm | Updated March 28, 2019 | 3:27pm Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to be rubbing voters the wrong way — if they’ve heard of her at all — with 36 percent of respondents in a new poll saying they have a negative opinion of her. A Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday found that 23 percent gave her a favorable rating, but 38 percent said they didn’t know enough about the progressive politician to form an opinion about her — despite her being on the...

Liberal Jumps Up From Nightmare In Which Trump Exonerated, Avenatti Arrested, Green New Deal Shot Down PORTLAND, OR—This morning, local liberal woman Meagan Porter jumped up from a terrible nightmare in which Trump was cleared of Russian collusion charges by Robert Mueller, Michael Avenatti was arrested for fraud and extortion, and the Green New Deal was overwhelmingly shot down in the Senate all in just a couple of days. Porter stated the nightmare was "horrible" and one of her worst in years. "I have no idea where that came from," she said. "Can you imagine if that were real? The...

Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement On Attorney General Barr’s Summary Of The Mueller Report March 24, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement regarding Attorney General Barr’s summary of the Mueller report: “Attorney General Barr’s letter raises as many questions as it answers. The fact that Special Counsel Mueller’s report does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how urgent it is that the full report and underlying documentation be made public without any further delay. Given Mr. Barr’s public record of...