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In this new parody, satirist Randy Rainbow riffs on “Omigod You Guys” from the hit Broadway musical, Legally Blonde, taking aim at White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Kellyanne Conway and more White House character with “WTF.”
Check those lyrics. Dang, Randy Rainbow is so uber-uber-clever.
This is one of Randy’s best yet. Watch below.
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| Tim Tait of San Francisco |
Two men in the San Francisco area were separately attacked on the same night. The violent beatings have left police in both Oakland and San Francisco searching for answers.
According to the local ABC affiliate, the beatings of two Bay Area men have police in Oakland and San Francisco baffled as they search for motives.
Tim Tait of San Francisco was stunned to be attacked in San Francisco in the year 2018.
“San Francisco, 2018 – there is so much diversity and so much acceptance and this is still happening,” said Tait.
He was targeted because he’s a drag queen who goes by the name “Ginger Snap.”
Tait left the Eagle Bar at South of Market at around 10 o’clock, also on June 9. After making a left on Bernice Street to go home, Tait felt a blow to his head.
“Got about one-quarter of the way down the block when I felt a bang to the head and started to get attacked,” says Tait. During the beating Tait was punched, kicked and dragged.
Officer Joseph Tomlinson with the San Francisco Police Department says surveillance camera video has been found and is being reviewed for any details that may help identify the attacker.
San Francisco Police are treating the attack as a hate crime.
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Scott Long of Oakland, California |
Scott Long, a human rights activist on LGBTQ issues in Oakland, was struck from behind with what he thinks was a tire iron on June 9, near the corner of 35th Avenue and Kansas Street in Oakland.
“I suddenly felt this huge blow right upside my head over my ear,” says Long. His injuries were so severe he had to have surgery to reconstruct his jaw and cheekbone.
Describing his assailant as “very thin white male, shorter than he,” Long recalls being struck at least four times.
Long has no clue as to why he was attacked. Oakland Police continue to followup on the investigation.
With Pride Weekend beginning tomorrow, Robert Rueca of the San Francisco Police Department is recommending that people travel in groups.
“If you have the ability to move with a group, absolutely do so,” said Rueca.
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| Michael B. Jordan in ‘Creed II’ |
Hot on the heels of winning ‘Best Villain’ at the MTV Movie Awards this weekend for his turn in the mega-hit super-hero movie, Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan is giving you ‘bah-dee’ on the newly released poster for the upcoming Creed II.
We have to wait until Thanksgiving for the 31-year-old to once again put his stacked AF body on display in boxing trunks when returns to his critically acclaimed role as boxer “Adonis Creed.”
The official artwork, trailer and synopsis were just released for the sequel which hits theaters November 21.
In the new film, Adonis seems determined to avenge the death of his father, Apollo Creed, by taking on the son of Ivan Drago (played by Dolph Lundgren) who killed Adonis’ father in a charity fight years ago.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family. Creed II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history.
Returning for the highly-anticipated sequel are Tessa Thompson as Adonis’ girlfriend, Bianco and Sylvester Stallone, who was nominated for an Academy Award and took home a Golden Globe Award for his return as “Rocky Balboa.”
Newcomer Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu joins the franchise as Drago’s son, Viktor Drago.
Watch the trailer below as well as snaps from Big Nasty’s big and brawny Instagram:
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| 17-year-old Antwon Rose |
A 17-year-old boy in East Pittsburgh is dead after being shot three times in the back by an officer who had been sworn into the police department just hours earlier.
Antwon Rose was killed Tuesday night while fleeing from a car that had been pulled over in connection with an earlier shooting in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, according to WTAE TV.
From the Allegheny County Police Department’s Facebook page:
An East Pittsburgh police officer saw a vehicle matching the description on Grandview Avenue which also had ballistics damage to the rear window. The officer stopped the vehicle near Grandview and Howard Street in East Pittsburgh.
The officer took the driver into custody. While he was putting the driver into handcuffs, two other occupants ran from the car.
One individual ― a 17-year-old male ― was shot by police. He was transported to McKeesport Hospital where he was declared deceased.
According to USA Today, no shots were fired at the officer at the scene. You’ll notice the report doesn’t mention the teen being shot three times in the back.
Allegheny County police Superintendent Coleman McDonough confirmed that Rose was unarmed at the time of the shooting.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on leave but not identified.
In a statement to local station WPXI TV, East Pittsburgh Mayor Louis Payne shared that the officer had been sworn into the department only a few hours before the shooting, but clarified the officer was not a rookie having served with other area police departments for seven years.
A petition has been launched calling on Gov. Tom Wolf to require the East Pittsburg Police Deparmtent to wear body cameras at all times.
A rally shuts down Braddock Avenue a day after an East Hills Police Officer shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose, a Woodland Hills High School honors student during a traffic stop. @TribLIVE #AntwonRose pic.twitter.com/XZ0k8RTDQh— Andrew Russell (@RussBurgh) June 20, 2018
Donald Trump covers TIME Magazine again this week.
TIME’s Karl Vick writes: “For the first 240 years of U.S. history, … our most revered chief executives reliably articulated a set of high-minded, humanist values that bound together a diverse nation by naming what we aspired to: democracy, humanity, equality. … Donald Trump doesn’t talk like that.”
And from Molly Ball: “The inhumanity unfolding at the border has not just been a test for Trump. It has been, and will continue to be, a moment of reckoning for America.
“Trump has often bet that if he just rides out the current frenzy, the anger will fade and some new controversy will erupt. He thinks shock is a temporary condition, moral outrage is phony posturing and that the American people can be numbed to just about anything.
“If there is a Trump creed, it’s that there’s no such thing as going too far. That may have found its limit with putting children in cages. “
TIME’s new cover: A reckoning after Trump’s border separation policy: What kind of country are we? https://t.co/U4Uf8bffoR pic.twitter.com/sBCMdHuPGc— TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2018
At a rally in Minnesota last night, Donald Trump lamented that liberals and Democrats are often referred to as “the elite.”
“You ever notice they always call the other side ‘the elite.’ The elite! Why are they elite? I have a much better apartment than they do. I’m smarter than they are. I’m richer than they are. I became president and they didn’t.”
Of course, what he doesn’t mention is the label “the elite” is being used by far-right convservatives – his own people – as a putdown.
Watch the statement below.
Trump on so-called Democratic elites: ‘I’m smarter than they are. I’m richer than they are.’ pic.twitter.com/7HtUQ30QiY— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 21, 2018
Trump and I actually agree on something. People need to stop calling Democrats ‘the elite’ when what that really mean is that Democrats read books. pic.twitter.com/G4vx7BWYmB— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) June 21, 2018
Trump has had a lifelong, ongoing fight with those considered the ‘elites’ because he’s white trash and does not try to hide that fact.Money + white trash = monied white trash…absolutely nothing more.#MorningJoe
— GStuedler (@GStuedler) June 21, 2018
Koko, the beloved western lowland gorilla who famously learned to communicate through sign language, has died in her sleep at the age of 46.
Koko was believed to have had an IQ of between 75 and 95 and could sign more than 1,000 words. The average IQ of a human is around 90 to 110. Scientists say she also understood spoken English.
From The Today Show:
“Koko touched the lives of millions as an ambassador for all gorillas and an icon for interspecies communication and empathy. She was beloved and will be deeply missed,” the organization said in a statement.
The western lowland gorilla died Tuesday at the foundation’s preserve in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains.
Born at the San Francisco Zoo in 1971 on the Fourth of July, Koko was named “Hanabi-ko,” which means “fireworks child” in Japanese.
Animal psychologist Francine “Penny” Patterson began to teach Koko sign language a year later while she was a graduate student.
Patterson, along with biologist Ronald Cohn, eventually would go on to help establish The Gorilla Foundation in 1986.
“Koko’s capacity for language and empathy has opened the minds and hearts of millions,” the foundation said in its statement.
Here’s a 2016 report on Koko:
The Gorilla Foundation is sad to announce the passing of our beloved Koko | https://t.co/ers1vGAlQ3 https://t.co/O3bvTDoQvE— Gorilla Foundation (@kokotweets) June 21, 2018
Koko, the gorilla known for sign language, has passed away at the age of 46. Here she is on the cover of the 1985 National Geographic. #RIPKoko 🦍 pic.twitter.com/U95wNsGdWy— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) June 21, 2018
It’s Hump Day!
Or – Hunk Day!
Whichever. Some eye-candy to get you through the rest of the week.
I’m not sure if the pic above is the beginning of a new day for Ignacio Pérez Rey or the end of a long night. Either way, looks good 😉
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| Aiden James “Colorblind” |
Wait until you see this gorgeous music video from Aiden James for his latest single, “Colorblind.”
Aiden recently told OUT, “People express love in different ways and I’ve assigned them to colors. Some people love in a fiery red and some a more nurturing yellow. But, when someone doesn’t feel the same way about you they can be colorblind to all the light you shine for them.”
Not only is the creative video fab to watch, the song is terrific.
With a strong banging piano and full, fat production this is wholesale, mainstream pop. Aiden’s vocals are in top form, and the full stop for vulnerability after the bridge is great before heading for the exit.
Totally up my alley. I’m feeling a serious contender for ‘Best of 2018’ here at The Randy Report.
Take a listen below. “Colorblind” is now available on digital download sites like iTunes.
Some news items you might have missed:
• InstaHunk Dan Welden (above) is getting his summer on. Who’s doing what this summer? Lake time? Pool time? Vacay?
• A gay military veteran who was harassed and spit on by neighbors was honored at a Los Angeles Pride event for his contributions to his community.
• Last night, Stephen Colbert took time to profile the virulently anti-LGBT extremist Scott Lively, whose currently running for governor in Massachusetts. As Colbert notes, when you google Lively, Adolf Hitler comes up in the “People also searched for” column. Check out the funny but factual 3 minute segment below.
• Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt quit the Republican Party in a ripping Twitter rant denouncing the party’s “feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party’s greatest leaders.”
• Federal authorities have subpoenaed the publisher of the National Enquirer for records related to its $150,000 payment to a former Playboy model for the rights to her story alleging an affair with Donald Trump.
• Canada’s Parliament passed bill C-45 this week legalizing marijuana for the entire country. Starting October 17 Canadians will have access to legal, regulated cannabis. Watch the announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau below.
NEW: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announced that marijuana will be legal nationwide on October 17. “We will soon have a new system in place, one that keeps cannabis out of the hands of our kids, and keeps profits away from organized crime.” https://t.co/PuL9LzkZPe pic.twitter.com/sxpTOPuoX1— ABC News (@ABC) June 20, 2018