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Steve Bannon: Trump Doesn’t Lie, He Speaks In A ‘Special Vernacular’

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon tells ABC News that Donald Trump has never lied that he knows of. Bannon says Trump speaks in a "special vernacular" that connect with the American people
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon

During an interview with Jon Karl on ABC News’ This Week, former Trump campaign and White House adviser Steve Bannon declared President Trump has never lied to his knowledge.

Umm, ok. And I’m Justin Timberlake.

Karl had played clips of Trump promising to never lie to the American public during the 2016 campaign. As Karl points out that was a promise the Trumpster “obviously broke. He has not always told the truth.”

“I don’t know that,” replied Bannon. “From what I’ve seen, he has.” Karl asked him again, “you think the President has never lied?” “Not to my knowledge, no,” Bannon said again. Then he joked “except when he called me ‘Sloppy Steve.’”

Bannon went on to say that Trump simply speaks in a “special vernacular” that resonates with the American people.

I don’t think Bannon knows what “vernacular” means.

Watch the exchange below.

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Kiev Pride: Hundreds Of Riot Police Swarm & Tear Gas Anti-LGBT Protesters

Kiev Pride Parade (image via Instagram/Yura Dvizhhon)

Prior to the start of Kiev’s Pride Parade today, Ukrainian police swarmed, tear-gassed and arrested 56 anti-LGBT protesters who had attempted to block a portion of the parade route.

From Reuters:

Ukrainian police said they had detained 56 members of far-right radical groups in Kiev on Sunday after scuffles before the capital’s gay pride march. Early in the morning, more than 150 far-right protesters had sought to block off the route of the march through central Kiev.

Small clashes broke out when police in riot gear moved to clear the street. “Several men who resisted and used gas canisters against law enforcement officers were detained,” the police said in a statement.

Far-right group C14 said police had surrounded its protesters, attacking them with batons and tear gas. “Look at how they protect ‘sexual minorities’ and violate the rights of regular Kiev citizens,” it said in a post on Facebook. More people were detained in a subsequent altercation near the Opera House, police said.

Fortunately, the parade then went off without any further incident. According to organizers, there were over 6,000 participants in the Pride vent.

Check out the first video below shot from a drone. No sound, but its amazing to get a clear view of how many riot police were there and how they surround and then move the protesters.

The second video shows the celebrants at the parade.

(h/t JoeMyGod)

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Harry Styles Loves The LGBTQ Community And We Love Him Right Back

Harry Styles is showing the LGBTQ community much love on his current summer tour
Harry Styles (photo: Hélène Pambrun – Photographe)

British singer/songwriter Harry Styles is currently on tour in the U.S. and giving us many Pride Month moments to savor throughout the tour.

In Philadelphia on last night, handsome Harry saw a Pride flag being carried by fan Karla Balcazar in the audience and asked her to hand it to him. Harry took the flag, which read “Make America Gay Again,” and held it up for the audience to see.

 And the crowd went wild:

The longtime LGBTQ ally has been dedicating songs to male fans, performing wrapped in a Pride flag and rocking out during guitar solos with rainbow flags:

And then there’s the moment when the 24-year-old pop star pointed to a male fan mid-concert and asked him what he was drinking.

When the fan said, “vodka,” Harry responded, “Straight?”
The fan said, “No, I’m gay!”
Harry then laughed and said, “No, I meant straight vodka, not ‘Are you straight?’”
“It’s vodka! Straight? No, gay!”
“Is it straight vodka? Ok, glad we cleared that up!”

How can you not love this guy?

Styles’ LGBTQ support has been evident throughout the tour, even been selling tour t-shirts with the phrase “Treat People With Kindness” in rainbow print.

All proceeds from the shirts go to GLSEN, an education organization that works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.

Rock on, Sir Harry, rock on.

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Donald Trump: My Followers Are The Smartest, Strongest In History”

Donald Trump tweets that his followers are the smartest and most loyal in history.
Donald Trump

Donald Trump took to Twitter, his favorite sandbox, to lavish praise on his followers this morning calling them the “smartest, strongest, most hard working and most loyal” in the history of the United States.

“My supporters are the smartest, strongest, most hard working and most loyal that we have seen in our countries history. It is a beautiful thing to watch as we win elections and gather support from all over the country. As we get stronger, so does our country. Best numbers ever!” he tweeted.

Not really sure what “numbers” the Trumpster is looking at.

FiveThirtyEight took a look at Morning Consult’s monthly round up of approval polls from every state in the county.

The simple math shows Trump’s net approval has declined in all 50 states since he took office.

He’s lost the most ground in New Mexico and Illinois – both show 31 point drops since inauguration day.

Trump has lost the least support in Louisiana and Alabama – only 6 point declines, but still, declines.

FiveThirtyEight also points out that Trump’s approval is basically steady at

Plus, the generic ballot asking which party would voters like to see win in the mid-term elections shows Democrats with an 8 point advantage, up two points from last month.

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Trump Repeats Lie That “So Many Parents” Of Korean War Vets Asked Him To Bring Their Sons Home

Donald Trump’s lies have become so multitudinous that I’ve not been able to keep up lately.

But I have to address this particular lie, which the Trumpster repeated yet again today.

Donald Trump said a few days ago and then again this morning on Fox News that “so many parents” of Korean War vets asked him on the campaign trail in 2016 to please help bring home the remains of their sons.

To be clear – the Korean War ended in 1953.

My own father served in the Korean War. He died in 2008 at the age of 91.

His father was born in 1892 and died in 1979. He would be 126 years old today.

My father’s mother was born in 1898 and died in 1964. She would be 120 years old.

Now, can you imagine tons of folks in their 120s traipsing to Trump campaign rallies and stopping him to ask to bring home their sons’ remains?

#Liar

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TV: What To Watch This Weekend

What to watch this weekend - "Man In An Orange Shirt" on PBS Masterpiece plus the return of "Queer Eye"
From “Man In An Orange Shirt” on PBS Masterpiece

In cast you were wondering what to watch on TV this weekend:

The ‘Fab 5’ are back! Starting today all 8 episodes of Season 2 of Netflix’s Queer Eye.

This season the ‘make better’ show expands its scope of ‘mentees’ including a transgender man named Skyler and a beloved church mama. Get the tissues cause I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Produced to observe the 50th anniversary of when homosexuality was decriminalized in the UK, Man In An Orange Shirt chronicles two love stories sixty years apart.

In the 1940s, lovers Michael (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and Thomas (James McArdle), live under threat of jail if their affair is discovered, leading Michael to marry a woman, Flora (Joanna Vanderham).

Moving to the present, the second half of the two and a half hour movie reveals Flora (Vanessa Redgrave) as grandmother to a young gay man, Adam (Julian Morris), who is in the midst of his own sexual confusion.

TV Guide Magazine: “A powerful Masterpiece movie that bridges generations with its tale of repressed and forbidden affections.”

The Boston Globe: “I was afraid the message of “Man in an Orange Shirt” would be simplistic — being gay was hard then, but it’s easy now, look how far we’ve come, etc. But the film, strewn with symbols that carry from one story to the other, has other things in mind, and they make it distinctly moving.”

You can catch the film on PBS’s Masterpiece this Sunday. The DVD becomes available on June 19.

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Queer Rapper Big Dipper Has Got You “Lookin”

Rapper Big Dipper has got you "Lookin"
Rapper Big Dipper has got you “Lookin”

Queer L.A.-based rapper Big Dipper shares his new video for the single “Lookin,” featuring men of all sizes, colors, and shapes getting wet and wild at the car wash.

Big Dipper spoke my other home, Instinct Magazine, about the video:

“I wanted to take all the stereotypical set ups from stupid college frat movies and flip the over-sexualization of women in bikinis at car washes. I wanted to feature big, thicc, fat guys who like to show off and dance….the type of bodies that get overlooked in typical media representation.”

“I also really wanted to make a dance video that shows big and fat guys really moving and hitting tight choreography. It was important for me to cast a wide range of bodies and types of guys to feature in the visual.”

“LOOKIN celebrates the people who catch your eye…those people out in the world who have that special something that makes you look twice. For me, big confident guys who know how to use their bodies have always piqued my interest, so I wanted to show them off in a video. I try to put that vibe out into the world and I wanted the visual for LOOKIN to reflect that.”

I think this is fab fun. Hit the play button and get down with Big Dipper and crew.

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Rudy Giuliani Predicts Presidential Pardons For Convicted Trump Allies

Rudy Giuliani on Friday claimed the Russia investigation could get “cleaned up” with pardons from President Trump in light Paul Manafort being sent to jail.
Rudy Giuliani

And there it is…

From The New York Daily News:

In one of his most forceful attacks on the special counsel yet, Rudy Giuliani on Friday claimed the Russia investigation could get “cleaned up” with pardons from President Trump in light Paul Manafort being sent to jail.

“When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons,” the former New York mayor told the Daily News.

Giuliani’s stunning remark came hours after a Washington, D.C., judge revoked Manafort’s bail and ordered him to remain behind bars while awaiting his September trial on charges relating to his shady pro-Russian business dealings in Ukraine. The ruling came after Robert Mueller’s investigators alleged Manafort had attempted to tamper with witnesses in the Russia investigation.

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Donald Trump Wants His People To “Sit Up At Attention” When He Speaks

Donald Trump told Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy that he likes how North Koreans "sit up and pay attention" when Kim Jong Un speaks, and he would like his people "to do the same"
Donald Trump on ‘Fox & Friends’

With Fox News morning show “Fox and Friends” airing from the lawn of the White House, Donald Trump strolled out to chat with host Steve Doocy Friday morning

During the interview segment talking about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Trump shared that he he admires how North Koreans “sit up at attention” when their leader speaks and he wants “my people to do that same.”

Left out of that comment is the fact that Kim is a dictator who starves its own people.

“Hey, he is the head of a country and I mean he is the strong head,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Steve Doocy on the White House lawn Friday. “Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”

Trump later told a reporter said he was “kidding.”

“I’m kidding, you don’t understand sarcasm,” the president said.

Watch the clip below. There doesn’t seem to be any “humor” in his statement.