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Hysterical.
A Twitter robot is programmed to print, burn and discard every tweet President Trump sends.
Not only that, but the robot then sends Trump a tweet with video of the “burn.”
Watch below and enjoy:
.@RealDonaldTrump I burned your tweet. pic.twitter.com/X5WL9dMIGK— Burned Your Tweet (@burnedyourtweet) March 29, 2017
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| The cast of What Happens at the Abbey |
Some news items you may have missed:
• West Hollywood gay bar, The Abbey, is getting it’s own reality TV show, What Happens at the Abbey (above pic) a la Vanderpump Rules. The show premieres on E! May 14th at 10pm.
• RuPaul has some advice for any bachelorette parties who want to celebrate at gay bars: “Check yourself before you wreck yourself.”
• A gay HIV/AIDS activist will seek the Democratic nomination to fight for a Texas congressional seat that has been held firmly by 32 year incumbent, Rep. Joe Barton.
• Tens of thousands of New Yorkers, tired of footing the $146,000 daily cost of protecting the First Lady, have signed a petition demanding Melania Trump move into the White House.
• The Republican-controlled House just voted to kill internet privacy rules from the Obama era, meaning internet providers can now sell your browsing history to the highest bidder.
• Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus blocked an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” from reaching the floor.
• Rep. Maxine Waters takes on Bill O’Reilly’s racism with some straight talk: “Don’t allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people to intimidate you or scare you.”
Today in San Francisco, Hillary Clinton defended sexist attacks made on White House reporter April Ryan and Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
In the speech, Clinton condemns every day sexism, citing White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s telling reporter April Ryan to stop “shaking her head,” and Bill O’Reilly’s joke last night about Maxine Waters’ “I didn’t hear a word she said – I was looking at the James Brown wig.”
During her remarks, her most political since the election, she encouraged, “Resist, insist, persist and enlist.”
And can we talk about the fab leather blazer???
Whilst Hillary Clinton defends WH reporter April D Ryan & Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the WH is filled with trash.pic.twitter.com/o96oV8SzoD— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 28, 2017
President Trump signed an executive order today meant to reverse many of President Obama’s climate change regulations.
Trump says the EO will move the U.S. towards energy independence, while environmentalists say the action will do serious damage to ecological interests.
Via Reuters:
The decree, dubbed the “Energy Independence” order, will seek to undo former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan requiring states to slash carbon emissions from power plants – a critical element in helping the United States meet its commitments to a global climate change accord agreed by nearly 200 countries in Paris in December 2015.
It will also rescind a ban on coal leasing on federal lands, reverse rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production, and reduce the weight of climate change in federal agencies’ assessments of new regulations.
“We’re going to go in a different direction,” a senior White House official told reporters ahead of Tuesday’s order. “The previous administration devalued workers with their policies. We can protect the environment while providing people with work.”
“I cannot tell you how many jobs the executive order is going to create but I can tell you that it provides confidence in this administration’s commitment to the coal industry,” said Kentucky Coal Association president Tyler White.
So, when Trump claims this EO will create jobs, no one actually knows if that’s true?
And while we’re talking “energy independence,” why doesn’t Trump ever mention solar or wind?
During the 2016 campaign, Trump made clear he doesn’t believe in “global warming:”
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
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| Rep. Devin Nunes |
Via Reuters:
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on Tuesday he will not divulge – even to other members of his panel – who gave him intelligence reports that indicated President Donald Trump and his associates may have been ensnared in incidental intelligence collection.
Asked by a Fox News reporter whether he would inform the other committee members about who gave him the reports he viewed on the White House grounds last week, Nunes said: “We will never reveal those sources and methods.”
This is sounding more and more shady.
Nunes was on Trump’s transition team.
He was at the White House last Tuesday, where he viewed the intel showing Trump’s peeps were caught up in incidental intelligence (meaning Trump wasn’t target, but Trump’s peeps were talking to intelligence targets).
And he won’t even share with his colleagues on the House Intelligence Committee who his source was?
This is not how you convey to people that you are being nonpartisan.
#Shady
Even Republican House members aren’t buying Nunes’ line of bull:
Rep Walter Jones (R-NC) wants Intel Cmte chair Nunes to recuse himself from Russia probe— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 28, 2017
A White House proposal to cut $1.23 billion in fiscal year 2017 from the National Institutes of Health would include slashing $300 million in HIV/AIDS research and support programs.
Via Bloomberg:
A worldwide initiative to help people with HIV and AIDS, known as PEPFAR and heavily focused on patient treatment in Africa, would be slashed by almost $300 million under the plan. The savings would be found by slowing the rate of new patients put on treatment and reducing support to “low-performing countries.” States also would face a $50 million cut that would target “less effective HIV research and prevention activities.”
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is scheduled to appear before the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday to talk about the budget proposal for his department, which NIH and and some of the PEPFAR cuts fall under.
The cuts are part of an overall proposal aimed at cutting $18 billion from the federal budget this fiscal year, which ends in October.
Some news items you may have missed:
• Fitness model Lony Pizarro is ready for action.
• Dan Savage tracks down and interviews the only (quietly) gay Republican currently running for office in Alaska.
• Instagram is going to start blurring photos deemed “sensitive.”
• Don’t forget to check out the latest episode of The Randy Report podcast – click here to listen for free on iTunes.
• The Ohio city of Columbus joins Cincinnati and Toledo in banning so-called “ex-gay” therapy.
• Last Friday, Donald Trump sent a message he’s open to working with Democrats now that the House Freedom Caucus screwed him on healthcare. But it’s not gonna happen with tweets like these:
Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech….— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2017
…money to Bill, the Hillary Russian “reset,” praise of Russia by Hillary, or Podesta Russian Company. Trump Russia story is a hoax. #MAGA!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2017
By making good on his campaign promise of mass deportations, Trump also comes through on his vow to deliver on jobs…
#ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor
On last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Meyers took “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s healthcare fail last week.
Some funny, funny stuff – and all of it based in truth.
It’s especially worth watching for the first minute which recaps several instances of Trump on the campaign trail telling voters how easy it will be for him to “make deals” in Washington.
You remember – “Nobody knows the system better than me.”
Followed by smirk and a shrug.
Said Meyers: “Look at that face. That’s like the freeze frame of a ’90s sitcom dad at the end of an episode. You almost expect credits to roll.”
The city of Orlando is planning
Via the Associated Press:
Orlando and Orange County officials want the first anniversary next June of the Pulse nightclub massacre to be marked with acts of love and kindness. Elected officials on Monday said that June 12 officially would be dedicated as “Orlando United Day – A Day of Love and Kindness.” Officials also announced a series of events planned throughout the day on June 12.
An exhibit of artwork collected from memorial sites set up around Orlando after the massacre will be shown at the Orange County History Center, followed by a memorial service at the site of the former gay nightclub. Another memorial ceremony will be held in the evening around downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola.
Go to the Orlando United Day website for more details.