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Life After Trump: Nikki Haley Pulling In $200K Plus Private Jet Per Appearance

CNBC is reporting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is now getting $200K per appearance, plus rides in private jets, to give speeches to corporations at private events.
Nikki Haley

CNBC is reporting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is now getting $200K per appearance, plus travel in private jets, to give speeches at private corporate events.

And international gigs cost even more.

Anyone remember how the GOP lost its mind over Hillary Clinton getting paid to give speeches after her time in the Obama Administration?

#Hypocrisy

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Nyle DiMarco Plays Good Cop (Or Bad?)

Samantha Bee of TBS’ Full Frontal & Nyle DiMarco

Following up his sexy American Sign Language version of Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” music video, deaf model and activist Nyle DiMarco served up some hot cop realness in a new promo for TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Dressed in a police officer’s uniform, DiMarco and Bee invite the viewers to tune in tonight to learn how “police can responsibly interact with the Deaf community.”

Sam explains Nyle’s cop uniform is for “the reenactments.”

Here’s the promo – but make sure you watch to the end.

It looks like the dashing DiMarco’s time as the celebrity guest host at Chippendales is still paying dividends.

The duo followed that with another promo where Bee shares that tonight’s episode will focus on “another group mistreated by the police” – the deaf and hard of hearing.

She also finds out that ASL for ‘Full Frontal’ is way sexier then ‘Last Week Tonight.’

Nyle also posted to his Instagram an outtake from the video shoot were Sam B gets a bit weak in the knees standing so close to a nearly naked Nyle.

Make sure you tune in for Full Frontal tonight at 10:30pm ET on TBS.

And since Nyle is in the mood to be ripping clothes off, let’s take a trip on the way-back machine to the time when he was thrilling audiences in Las Vegas alongside the hunky Chippendales.

Ah, good times…

Nyle DiMarco (photos courtesy of Chippendales)

Nyle DiMarco with Chippendales’ Mikey Perez and James Davis

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New Polling: Americans Trust Nancy Pelosi More Than Donald Trump

Nancy Pelosi (L) and Donald Trump (R)

New polling from Quinnipiac University has some interesting results:

• American voters trust Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi more than President Trump by a margin of 49% to 42% respectively.

• That gap is wider with independent voters with Pelosi getting 49% still but Trump dropping to 36%.

• 56% say the recent shutdown of the federal government was Trump and Congressional Republicans’ fault, while only 34% put the onus on Democrats.

• Trump’s job approval rating dropped to 38% in the QU poll while his disapproval jumped to 57%.

• Voters support a bill that funds new border security measures but without funding for a wall 61% versus 33% who don’t approve of that approach.

• 66% disapprove of the president using “emergency powers” to get his wall built.

• 70% of voters believe transgender people should be able to serve in the U.S. military versus 20% who do not approve.

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Philadelphia Gay Man Attacked By Homophobic Mob Outside Popular Gay Bar

Josh Schonewolf (screen capture via 6ABC)

The Philadelphia LGBTQ community is shook after another violent attack took place on Sunday night outside a popular gay bar.

The victim, a 50-year-old patron of The Toasted Walnut, was standing right outside the bar around 11PM on Sunday night when the assault took place.

According to police reports, four men and a woman took part in the assault.

Josh Schonewolf, the bartender who was working that night, saw the attack as it happened.

“All of a sudden a car full of guys decided to jump out and attack one of the patrons here right in front,” said Schonewolf.

Schonewolf tells local news station 6ABC that the attackers “were definitely calling him some gay slurs as they were beating him up.”

Some witnesses attempted to stop the assault, but were attacked as well.

“The general manager happened to be outside, and he was also punched in the face,” said Schonewolf.

The mob of attackers jumped back in their car and fled the scene before police arrived.

The victim was treated at the hospital for a head injury.

Police tell 6ABC that hate crime charges may be added once they have finished their investigation. The final determination will be made by the district attorney’s office.

In the meantime, LGBTQ folks in Philly are rattled by the attack in their own gayborhood.

Said Schonewolf, “Some people refer to this part of town as Midtown Village but to me – I’m from Philly – it is always going to be the Gayborhood.”

“And if this is happening at 13th and Walnut, I don’t know where we’re supposed to feel safe,” he added.

The LGBTQ community has seen similar attacks not only in Philadelphia, but in Chicago where openly gay Empire star Jussie Smollett was brutally assaulted with bleach and a noose, as well as Austin, Texas, where two gay men were beaten for holding hands as they were leaving a gay bar.

In all of those assaults, the victims report their attackers using homophobic slurs.

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Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Community “Naive” Suggesting They Should “Go Back To School”

Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Intelligence community today using language like "passive" and "naive," and then closing with, "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!"
Donald Trump

Donald Trump pushed back against recent assessments by his own intelligence have come to conclusions regarding Iran and North Korea that don’t align with what he wants to hear.

From the New York Times:

A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not, for now, taking steps necessary to make a bomb, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign policy initiatives.

Those conclusions are part of an annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” released on Tuesday that also stressed the growing cyberthreat from Russia and China, which it said were now “more aligned than at any point since the mid-1950s.”

Trump’s answer was to attack the U.S. Intelligence community today using language like “passive” and “naive,” and then closing with, “Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!”

Note the wrong use of ‘There economy’ in his tweet as he says others should go back to school.

Let’s check in with the Twitterverse, shall we? Starting with former CIA Director John Brennan:

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News Round-Up: January 29, 2019

• InstaHunk Dan Tai asks, "Do you count your macros?" I don't even know what that means (I'm sure it's important) because calves, biceps, deltoids, face...
InstaHunk Dan Tai

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunk Dan Tai asks, “Do you count your macros?” I don’t even know what that means (I’m sure it’s important) because calves, biceps, deltoids, face…

• Desperate Housewives/Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams has been tapped for a lead role in Happy Accident, ABC’s family comedy pilot from the writers of Modern Family. #Yay!

• Congressional Republicans aren’t fond of Donald Trump’s idea to declare a ‘national emergency’ in order to get his beloved wall, but they’ve signaled they won’t put up a stink if he does.

• Reuters reports that The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans.

• A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows 56% of registered voters will “definitely” not vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

• And speaking of the 2020 election, Sen. Kamala Harris of California broke records Monday night when her televised town hall became the most viewed event of its kind in cable news history with 1.957 million views. The event drew the most viewers of any cable-news, single-candidate town hall.

• Out singer/songwriter Sam Smith and former Fifth Harmony member Normani release their sensual, moody music video for their hit duet, “Dancing with a Stranger.”

Alone in a lavish mansion, both artists are attempting to get over former lovers. I like the song; not sure about Normani’s dancing in the middle there, but I guess it’s in the title so someone had to dance…?

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Trump Calls Tell-All Author “A Low Level Staffer” And “Gofer”

Donald Trump is really, really mad about his former aide, Cliff Sims, writing his blockbuster tell-all about his days in the White House.
Donald Trump

Donald Trump is really, really mad about his former aide, Cliff Sims, writing his blockbuster tell-all about his days in the White House.

Trump tweeted earlier today that Sims was “a low level staffer” and “gofer” that the Trumpster “hardly knew.” He went on to call the book “made up stories and fiction.”

Trump also mentioned a non-disclosure agreement.

Sims was on the air with CNN at the time of the tweet, and he seemed pretty unfazed by the attack.

According to Michael Glassner, chief operating officer for Trump’s campaign, the campaign is “preparing to file suit against Cliff Sims for violating our NDA.”

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Survey: Average Penis Size State-By-State Versus What Guys Tell Potential Partners

Experts at Bespoke Surgical conducted a national survey of over 1,300 men in the U.S. in an effort to determine average penis size (at full erection) in each state, as well as the length they tell potential partners or significant others.

Bespoke says the point of the survey was not to shame (or glorify) any state or region, but to “gain insight on how different areas compare in both their reported size and what they tell others. Please bear in mind that this is all self-reported data and is based entirely on the responses provided by the subjects of the study.”

The results?

The state averages come in anywhere from 5.22 inches to 7.44 inches. The national (self-reported) average came in at 6.41 inches at full erection.

The five states with the highest averages were:
• Alabama (7.44)
• Louisiana (7.15)
• West Virginia (7.00)
• Vermont (6.98)
• Utah (6.97)

The five states with the lowest average were:
• Delaware (5.22 inches)
• New Mexico (5.36)
• Maryland (5.50)
• Georgia (5.69)
• Rhode Island (5.83)

The second half of the study, though, was interesting in that some states exaggerated while others tend to understate their size.

Note: the national average for the second question was 6.61 inches.

Louisiana (which already reported the second biggest in size) tends to exaggerate the most claiming 8.07 inches, a difference of .92 inches.

Delaware, which reported the smallest actual average, had the greatest average exaggeration of 1.3 inches.

Although there wasn’t much of a pattern in terms of geography, the survey did note that respondents from the deep south were “guilty of the highest exaggerations” in general.

In the end, though, it’s important to remember – it’s all in how you use it 🙂

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R&B Star James Ingram Dead At 66

James Ingram, the Ohio-born R&B singer whose soulful baritone voice dominated the charts throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, has died at the age of 66.
James Ingram (photo: KingKongPhoto/Wikimedia)

Celebrated R&B singer James Ingram has passed away at the age of 66 due to brain cancer.

From Yahoo:

Over the course of his career, Ingram achieved eight Top 40 hits, two of which — his 1982 duet with Patti Austin, “Baby, Come to Me” and 1990’s “I Don’t Have the Heart” — went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another one of notable hits, a collaboration with Linda Ronstadt called “Somewhere Out There”, peaked at No. 2, while his songs “One Hundred Wats” and “Yah Mo B There” featuring Michael McDonald earned him Grammys for Best R&B Vocal Performance.

Ingram also co-wrote “The Day I Fall in Love”, from the film Beethoven’s 2nd, and Patty Smyth’s “Look What Love Has Done”, from the movie Junior, earning him back-to-back Oscar for Best Original Song in 1994 and 1995.

His final album as a recording artist, Stand (In the Light), was released in 2018.

RIP James Ingram.

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Stacey Abrams To Give Democratic Response To State Of The Union Address

Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams, the 2018 Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, has been asked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to give the Democratic response to the State of the Union next week.

“Three weeks ago, I called Stacey Abrams and asked her to deliver the response, I was very delighted when she agreed,” Schumer said to reporters on Tuesday.