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While Team Trump continues a facade of ‘fake news’ regarding the Donald’s many filed (and then dismissed) lawsuits in trying to re-litigate the 2020 election, Randy Rainbow lampoons White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and her constant assertions her boss “won” via Stephen Sondheim’s “Not Getting Married Today” from Company. Rainbow’s rapid-fire satirical lyrics are seriously on point. Enjoy 🙂
International superstar Dolly Parton (image via InstagramDolly P)
Yes, Dolly Parton part-funded research which went towards the Moderna vaccine which has reported 94.5% effectiveness. pic.twitter.com/tdyFWRnvsz
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) November 17, 2020
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In this week’s podcast: • HIV diagnoses in the UK drop to their lowest levels in 20 years • Norway expands hate speech laws to protect all LGBTQ citizens • Lawmakers in Hungary have drafted a constitutional change that effectively prohibits same-sex couples from adopting • A citizens’ petition in Poland proposes banning Pride parades • Sarah McBride is set to become the highest-ranking transgender legislator in the country • Out political journalist Steve Kornacki shines on Election Night on social media as ‘Korsnacki’ and ‘Map Daddy’ • Don’t miss the upcoming gay holiday romance movie Dashing in December on Paramount TV All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report
Fitness guru Joel Green (via Instagram)
Last night I was viscously attacked by my neighbour after reporting him to @HfxRegPolice for abusing his wife. I took more than a dozen punches to the head while being called a faggot + kicked in the face until his boot fell off. I’m alright but not okay. **graphic audio** pic.twitter.com/MO2bUvUosq
— Stephen Wentzell (@StephenWentzell) September 19, 2020
From the Washington Post:
Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows its experimental coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective at preventing illness, including severe cases — a striking initial result that leaves the United States with the prospect that two coronavirus vaccines could be available on a limited basis by the end of the year.
The news comes a week after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech lifted the stock market and people’s hopes with the news that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 percent effective.
At a briefing Monday, government officials predicted that if the two vaccines receive a regulatory greenlight, the first shots could be given in December, with enough to vaccinate 20 million people that month — and more becoming available into 2021 as production ramps up and other vaccine candidates may be successful.
The news is extremely promising but researchers still have some questions including how long will the protection of the vaccine last? Moderna has said it can produce 20 million doses by the end of the year — enough for 10 million people to get both shots.
(image via Cirque du Soleil)
After wowing audiences with more than 7,700 shows, the last performance of Zumanity took place on March 14, 2020 before it was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cirque du Soleil and MGM Resorts International have solidified their commitment to the partnership and the four shows remaining in the Cirque du Soleil portfolio. Contract extensions for “O” at Bellagio, The Beatles LOVE at The Mirage, KÀ at MGM Grand and Michael Jackson ONE at Mandalay Bay have been signed.
Additionally, Treasure Island and Cirque du Soleil have recommitted to Mystère with a contract extension.
Fox News anchor Eric Shawn (screen capture)
Must watch! After Maria Bartiromo devoted her entire show this morning to promoting Trump’s Dominion conspiracy, Fox News anchor Eric Shawn debunks it and other voter fraud claims, declaring that “such baseless and false claims are an insult” to election officials and workers. pic.twitter.com/ksM2hGIJqn
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 15, 2020
That network is all over the place! But so-called news anchors like Maria Bartitomo Tucker & Laura shouldn’t be allowed to have air-time to spew lies & propaganda that continue to divide the country. And freedom of speech doesn’t mean you get a pass to distort truth either!
— dr blaze (@dr_beautifunni) November 15, 2020
Former President Barack Obama
In his first television interview since the election of Joe Biden as the 46th President, former President Barack Obama sits down with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King to discuss the first volume of his memoirs, “A Promised Land.”
He talks about the enormous opposition he experienced as he entered the White House; the impact of his political career on his family; and why he campaigned for his former vice president – and spoke out so vociferously against his successor, President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump (screen capture)
From the New York Times:
His first tweet came Sunday morning at 7:47. Referring to Mr. Biden, the president said that “he won.” That represented the first time Mr. Trump had publicly said what his advisers have been telling him for days privately: His re-election bid failed and Mr. Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20.
After a flurry of tweets and news reports about his “concession,” Mr. Trump insisted that he had been misunderstood.
At 9:16, he insisted falsely: “RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!” And three minutes later, he wrote that Mr. Biden “only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION!”
Even though Republican Attorneys General and Republican Governors in the final battleground states have assured the public there’s been no evidence of the ‘widespread voter fraud’ Trump continues to allege, he continues. #sad Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic rages on with no president attending to the issue as more than 1,000 Americans are dying on average each day. From the Washington Post:
Since Election Day and for weeks prior, Trump has all but ceased to actively manage the deadly pandemic, which so far has killed at least 244,000 Americans, infected at least 10.9 million and choked the country’s economy.
The president has not attended a coronavirus task force meeting in “at least five months,” said one senior administration official with knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share candid details.
He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020
As per election officials all over the nation, it was the most secure election in history. Biden WON in a landslide both in terms of the popular vote (by nearly 6 million) and the electoral college (306 to 232).
— MURRAY🧢🇺🇸 (@murray_nyc) November 15, 2020
You’re a lunatic. Stop yelling at your phone. Biden won. You lost. Nothing you say or do will change that. You’re going to prison, traitor.
— Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) November 15, 2020
“I concede nothing”- Trump
Also Trump: pic.twitter.com/829qGWRHrX
— jaded new yorker (@jonah_jill) November 15, 2020
I CONCEDE NOTHING…. pic.twitter.com/fjgCH4JCxw
— Hadley Sheley (@HadleySheley) November 15, 2020
I CONCEDE NOTHING also in racist people hypocrisy… pic.twitter.com/AjkLZRpni8
— Black Lives Matter (@hmof2gs) November 15, 2020
Pres has departed the WH, probably to play golf. Before leaving, he was tweeting, more adamant than ever, that “election was rigged, we will win,” and “I concede nothing.”
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 15, 2020
Conor Climo (screen capture)
“I was truly wrong for all of this,” Climo said. “I even have come to really regret everything, everything that I was involved with.”
The judge gave Climo credit for the jail time he already has served since his August 2019 arrest and agreed to recommend that he serves his prison time in Louisiana, near grandparents whom he plans to live with after his release.
Defense attorney Paul Riddle said his client is grateful that FBI agents arrested him when they did because he knows that he was on a “very dark path.”
“But he’s not on that path anymore, and he’s the not same person that was arrested,” Riddle said.
The FBI said it began investigating Climo in April 2019 after learning of his encrypted internet chats with members of Feuerkrieg Division, an international offshoot of a U.S.-based neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division. Climo told FBI agents that he joined Feuerkrieg Division but left because he “became bored with the group and their inaction,” according to a court filing.
Climo pleaded guilty to a firearm charge after discussing his bombing plans with an FBI agent and informant. In searching his home, authorities found multiple rifles and bomb components.