Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson Becomes 2016 Libertarian Presidential Candidate
Fly Lands In Donald Trump’s “Hair” – Becomes Internet Star
From: ABC7 News:
While speaking to the crowd at the Anaheim Convention Center, a fly landed in Trump’s distinctive hair.
Trump continued to speak, appearing to not notice the fly or simply choosing to ignore it.
The insect seemed very comfortable, making no attempt to fly away in the midst of the high-powered campaign event.
Marco Rubio Apologized To Trump For Making Fun Of The Size Of His “Hands”
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning’s State of the Union asked Sen. Marco Rubio about the moment Rubio’s presidential campaign seemed to “jump the shark” – when Rubio raised the issue of Donald Trump’s penis on the campaign trail, and thereby causing it to be read into the historical record at a subsequent debate.
Rubio revealed that he apologized to Trump for the incident, because “that’s not who I am”: I apologized to him for that. I said “I’m sorry I said that, it’s not who I am, and I shouldn’t have done it.”
That Time Art Garfunkel Almost Got A Beat-Down From Shonda Rhimes
Tony Award nominee Leslie Odom Jr. tells The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon about the night when TV wonder-producer Shonda Rhimes almost threw down with Art Garfunkel during a performance of Hamilton.
I’ve Really Got To Get Back To The Gym
Creator Of Bernie Sanders/DMX Video: It Was “A Social Experiment”
After a lot of folks (including me) were fooled by a faked video of Sen. Bernie Sanders entering a campaign rally to the strains of a homophobic rap song by DMX, Matt Rettenmund at Boy Culture received the following statement from Edwin Acuna, who copped to creating the video:
So long story short, this was a social experiment, and everyone seem to fall for it. Im a Bernie supporter but one of the main things that I set to prove is the medias ability to rewrite headlines and make everything seem twisted. The video was a joke at first, I imagined a 70 year old man walking out to a song that has a hard intro (subtract the homophobic lyrics, which is why it isn’t in the video) but as i thought about it, i knew everyone would go nuts, i just want to give a major shout out to boy culture for keeping a level head about the situation. The video was faked, if you’re going to support a candidate dont do it cause of a viral video, and if it sparks you’re interest, let the flame burn a lot longer than just voting and walking away, we as american citizens have more power than we think, and to all those people thinking they got a 1up on Bernie….I say this:
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Salon received a similar statement from Acuna:
“To make a long story short, It started off as a goof, and turned into a social experiment. Literally everyone and their mothers went nuts, using it for their own agendas to prove that some how Bernie Sanders was anti gay all along, I chose that song because I knew it would shake up both ends of the spectrum. So I want to ask everyone, The younger folks out there, I really do appreciate the immense love everyone gave Bernie Sanders, but please think more about the political process and get involved instead of having to have a viral video to motivate you to make a move and vote. To those Hilary supporters, I hope you feel at a lose for words and I say that with all due respect, I respect your stance but Id like to ask you how it feels to believe you almost had a 1up on Bernie and a reason to shame him only to come up short? Just like you all accused the Bernie supporters of being senseless for following this man coming out to a DMX you too are a victim of blindly believing everything you see on the internet. With that said, I hope everyone remembers what memorial day is all about and RIP to all my dead soldiers, its more than just a 3 day weekend. God bless america.”
After all that word salad, I still don’t see how fooling folks with a fake video would somehow be a help to Sanders.
I think the guy meant to fool folks and got busted, and then tried to spin it as a “social experiment.”
UPDATE: Sanders Campaign Says Anti-Gay “Rap” Intro Video Is Faked
UPDATE: Looks like I, and many major LGBT bloggers got punked. And I have to say, my first instinct was to ignore the story. But major sources I trust posted it, so I jumped. My bad.
The Sanders campaign, speaking to Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade says the video is a fake.
Warren Gill, a Sanders spokesperson, said when asked by the Washington Blade to comment on whether the candidate would condemn the music the video “has been doctored.”
“Someone ripped the music from this video and placed it over Sanders’ entrance,” Gill said.
The campaign shared footage with the Blade of a video it says is from the same rally in which no homophobic music is played, but the same two individuals who introduce Sanders are dressed in the same clothes as they greet the candidate on the stage.
First, Sen. Bernie Sanders got in hot water with the LGBT community over misrepresenting his meeting with HIV/AIDS activists.
Now, he has further inflamed LGBT activists over video footage showing him entering a campaign rally this week to the strains of DMX’s “Where The Hood At?”
Why the fury? Isn’t rap cool?
Mmm, maybe not so much when it’s a homophobic/transphobic track that calls out “homo thugs” and more.
Check the lyrics to the song:
Man, cats don’t know what it’s gonna be
Fuckin with a nigga like me, D-to-the-M-to-the-X
Last I heard, y’all niggaz was havin sex, with the SAME sex
I show no love, to homo thugs
Empty out, reloaded and throw more slugs
How you gonna explain fuckin a man?
Even if we squashed the beef, I ain’t touchin ya hand
I don’t buck with chumps, for those to been to jail
That’s the cat with the Kool-Aid on his lips and pumps
I don’t fuck with niggaz that think they broads
Only know how to be ONE WAY, that’s the dog
I know how to get down, know how to BITE
Bark very little, but I know HOW TO FIGHT
I know how to chase a cat up in the tree
MAN, I GIVE Y’ALL NIGGAZ THE B’INESS FOR FUCKIN WIT ME, IS YOU CRAZY?!?
The clip below shows Sanders entering the rally accompanied by the song. The clip cuts out before the homophobic lyrics.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Calls Out #ChickenTrump Over Debate Snub
On last night’s edition of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Sen. Bernie Sanders was feeling a different kind of “burn” after the possibility of a debate with presumptive GOP White House nominee Donald Trump fizzled.
“First he said he would do it,” Sanders said. “Then he said he wouldn’t do it. Then he said he would do it. Then he said he wouldn’t do it. So I would hope that if he changed his mind four times in two days, [he’d] change it a fifth time. You know, Trump claims to be a real tough guy, pushes people around. Hey, Donald, come on up. Let’s have a debate about the future of America.”
HIV/AIDS Activists Angry Over Bernie Sanders “Misrepresenting” Meeting
HIV/AIDS activists are royally pissed off at Sen. Bernie Sanders after the Sanders team issued a press release suggesting a meeting held between the activists and Sanders focused on his endorsement of a California ballot initiative that could lower prices for tax-payer supported HIV/AIDS treatment and drugs.
Via Sanders’ press release:
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday met with national HIV/AIDS advocates to discuss the epidemic and his support for a California ballot initiative to lower prices for taxpayer-supported AIDS treatments.
“Let me thank you for the work you do,” Sanders said at the conclusion of the meeting. “The issues you have raised are enormously important and effect millions of people in this country and more around the world.
“I look forward to continuing to work with you,” the senator added at the meeting hosted by Danny Glover, the activist and actor.
The ballot proposition Sanders supports – the California Drug Price Relief Act – is supported by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and National Nurses United, both headquartered in Oakland, California. The measure would prohibit the state from paying more for a prescription drug than the lowest price paid for the same drug by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It would make sure that state taxpayers will no longer be ripped off by pharmaceutical companies that charge exorbitant prices for AIDS treatments and other prescription drugs. “We think it’s a great start and we applaud the people of California for standing up to the pharmaceutical industry,” Sanders said afterward.
Sanders’ proposal to provide Medicare-for-all universal health care would also benefit the 1.2 million Americans with HIV/AIDS.
At the meeting, Sanders noted that he has introduced a plan to lower costs for HIV/AIDS drugs. His measure would establish a prize fund to provide incentives for drug makers to develop new treatments. Unlike the current system that lets drug makers charge the highest prices in the world for medicine sold in the United States, medical breakthroughs made under the prize fund system would make the new drugs available to the public at affordable prices.
Sanders also agreed to set a national goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. by the year 2025 so that HIV is no longer a public health threat to any community in the U.S. and that people with HIV are able to live long, healthy lives.
Sanders also has called for expansion of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program which provides HIV-related services. The senator also promised to push for stronger civil rights protections for people living with the disease.
Longtime HIV/AIDS Activist Peter Staley issued this angry statement after the press release from Sanders:
Feeling used and abused by the Sanders campaign right now. They just issued a press release making it sound like our meeting was about his endorsement of AHF’s drug pricing ballot initiative in CA.
Senator Sanders never brought the issue up during our meeting. WE brought it up near the end, only to tell him that we had been flooded with messages from all the leading AIDS organizations in CA with deep concerns about AHF’s initiative — they are worried it could actually negatively impact access to AIDS drugs.
Those groups have tried to reach the campaign with these concerns but had hit a brick wall. We asked Sanders to designate someone in his campaign to talk with these groups, and he agreed to this.
WE DID NOT ENDORSE AHF’S INITIATIVE.
His campaign should not have issued a press release implying this was a major topic of discussion at the meeting, and that there was general agreement on the Senator’s position on this. Anything but.
Radio Show: Political Activist Aaron Baldwin On The Current Presidential Campaigns
Check out my latest radio show on BlogTalkRadio:
Aaron Baldwin, San Francisco based LGBT/political activist, joins Randy to talk about the current state of the 2016 presidential campaigns and more.
While Donald Trump has the GOP nomination in hand, there are a few state primaries left for the Democrats including delegate-rich California and New Jersey on June 7th.
Currently leading in the polls for those states, when will Hillary Clinton finally close out the Democratic nomination?
What new twist will Donald Trump throw in the mix?
Aaron doesn’t hold back when sharing what he thinks, so tune in to hear his thoughts on this unpredictable presidential race.
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