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News Round-Up: January 22, 2020
Epic Walmart Meltdown By Foul-Mouthed ‘Christian’
A man drops by his local Walmart to pick up some groceries. While waiting in line to checkout, a woman approaches him and begins to proselytize. As he politely demurs her ‘help,’ she suddenly starts dropping F-bombs like crazy. In a curiously un-Christian manner, she starts yelling expletives at her victim. Sample: “Shut your f**kin’ mouth, b*tch. If you don’t have Jesus Christ in your heart, I feel f**kin’ sorry for you.” Because…Jesus. Watch below – but serious warning: totally NSFW language.
Washington Post Sums Up Adam Schiff’s Breakdown Of Trump’s Abuse Of Power
Rep. Adam Schiff (screen capture)
- Trump mentioned the Bidens and Burisma but not “corruption” during the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Trump followed up with a call to Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, on whether the investigations he demanded would happen.
- A text by a Trump appointee to Zelensky’s top aide sent 30 minutes before the July 25 call stressed that Trump was looking for an announcement of an investigation into the Bidens.
- When Trump, standing on the White House driveway, told the media that he wanted both Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden, he was not pursuing corruption in Ukraine, but rather looking for foreign countries to smear the former vice president.
- The draft statement announcing that Ukraine would undertake corruption investigations was rewritten by Sondland and Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to specifically include Burisma and the 2016 election (i.e., Crowdstrike).
- Giuliani openly bragged about interfering in an investigation in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian officials threw Trump’s corrupt scheme back in our faces when asked not to investigate their political opponents.
- Ukraine was confronted with a cut-off of vital aid in the middle of a hot war.
- The aid was only released when Trump was caught (and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney confirmed it publicly).
Tulsi Gabbard Files $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton
L-R Hillary Clinton, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Hillary Clinton, seeking $50 million in damages and claiming the former Democratic presidential nominee “carelessly and recklessly impugned” her reputation when she suggested in October that one of the 2020 Democratic candidates is “the favorite of the Russians.”
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, says it aims to hold Clinton and other “political elites” accountable for “distorting the truth in the middle of a critical Presidential election.” It also says Gabbard suffered an economic loss to be proven at trial.
Clinton made her comments during a podcast appearance on “Campaign HQ” with David Plouffe in which she didn’t mention Gabbard’s name.
Homocon: Leather Events Are “An Affront To Gay Acceptance”
L-R Brad Polumbo (image via Twitter), stock photo via Depositphotos
Last weekend, D.C.’s degenerate gay community was busy celebrating “leather weekend” — giving gay people a bad name and annihilating progress.@Brad_Polumbo says it’s bizarre to see anyone so openly boast about their sexual “kinks” and perversions. https://t.co/gMmcUUzPer
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 22, 2020
Many of the events took place at gay bars, and the agenda included events such as “Deviant,” a “circuit party and celebration for queer people of color,” as well as “Sungay,” described as “an outdoor day party with leather aficionados, muscle boys, bears and more.”
This is disgusting. But it’s more than that: It’s eminently harmful to gay progress and acceptance.
Wait – a celebration for queer people of color and a tea party with muscle boys, leather guys and bear sounds ‘disgusting?’ It sounds like a fun time to me. Polumbo goes on to list why he’s so angry. First, he thinks it’s “bizarre” for folks to be open about their “sexual kinks and perversions.” And worse, that people “conflate their sexual deviancy with homosexuality.” The strange thing about that assertion is that in the next breath he admits leather or fetishes aren’t strictly gay flavors writing, “I would argue that these people are no different from heterosexuals with similar perversions, so why the exhibitionism?” I would ask, “Why the outrage?” Polumbo claims is that holding events like MAL are “an affront to gay acceptance, they fight for which was actually rooted in an appeal to family values and bourgeois norms.” Of course, he’s wrong on that point. In reality, the fight for queer rights emerged out of standing up for equal treatment under the law and against discrimination, not “an appeal to family values.” He closes his diatribe by claiming LGBTQ activists are trying to “sneak debauchery into the gay community’s public image.” And he feels that proudly flaunting “perversion” and conflating it with “all gay people” won’t change the minds of bigots who already say the gays are “immoral.” Someone should tell Mr. Polumbo that no matter how “boring” (his word) his life might be, anti-LGBTQ bigots are still going to judge him. No matter how many polo shirts and khaki shorts you wear, you’ll never be a part of their club. Nothing against polo shirts and khaki shorts btw. I wear them all the time. Remember, MAL is a series of events behind closed doors that attendees pay to get into. It’s not about anyone’s public image or conflating a leather fetish with “all gay people.” In sharing his op-ed on Twitter (more than a dozen times in less than a day), he shares that “the LGBT ‘community’ has shown me zero kindness” which seems to be more telling than anything. It sounds like he doesn’t get laid enough so he’s mad at others for having fun? Or for being proud of who they are or what they like? It’s also notable that if you Google his name, the first hit to come up is another essay he wrote complaining that gays won’t date homo conservatives. And there you have it. In any case, the Twitterverse did clap back at the judgmental screed:
As a libertarian, how exactly do you justify trying to attack people expressing their own sexuality in a way that doesn’t actually impact you?
— Sailor Brendan (@SailorBrendan) January 22, 2020
the bottom line (no pun intended) is that you can lick boot all day and the status quo that you’re spinning your wheels so hard to try to appeal to will, when it comes down to it, will absolutely discriminate against you just for being who you are
— jean jean ✨👹✨ (@nattobeanjean) January 22, 2020
I’m just going to sit back and wait for your piece that marginalizes the mostly heterosexual attendees of Burning Man. Or any other kink event held by heterosexuals. Are they the deviants of the straight community? Or do they get a pass?
— Doug Miller (@DougMil22154992) January 21, 2020
Oh Brad, so sowwy your sex life is so desperate. But doing this will not help it, I guarantee.
— Sinead O’Brien (@Sinead_OBrien5) January 21, 2020
2. The idea that people who hate LGBTQ people are somehow going to respect us if we do stuff acceptable to them is absurd.
They’re not degenerates and deviants @brad_polumbo, they’re human beings who enjoy something different. Something that does not impact anyone but them — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 21, 2020
Let’s dash off to Brooks Brothers,call Bunny Bixby for her recipe of the perfect Brioche and have Miffy and Biffy over for a play date with our two darlings Eloise and Marion Francis.We can discuss what “those people” are doing to destroy our heteronormative Shanghri La FUCK YOU
— 🅰️LEX TIK🅰️S🇬🇷 *OFFICIAL* (@alex_tikas) January 22, 2020
But I feel bad you that you struggle to be heteronormative and fail at doing so AND also can’t fit in the gay community and it’s diversity. Must be lonely. Find some self love before shaming others who aren’t harming anyone and are celebrating love.
— Sean Harding (@SeanHardingXXX) January 21, 2020
Judith Light To Be Honored At 2020 GLAAD Media Awards
Award-winning actress, producer, and activist Judith Light will be honored at the New York City GLAAD Media Awards with the Excellence in Media Award. GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award is presented to media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people. Previous Excellence in Media Award honorees include Ava DuVernay, Robert De Niro, Kelly Ripa, Patti LaBelle, Debra Messing, Tyra Banks, Julianne Moore, Glenn Close, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Billy Crystal, and Diane Sawyer. GLAAD also announced that Lilly Singh, openly bisexual executive producer and host of NBC’s “A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” will serve as host of the Awards, which will take place at the Hilton Midtown in New York on Thursday, March 19. The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. “Judith Light stood up for and with LGBTQ people when others in media and entertainment refused to speak up, and she has never left our side,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “When the GLAAD Media Awards first started and was a small event with little visibility, she was one of the few entertainers who would join us in calling for LGBTQ representation, so it is only fitting to now honor her advocacy on what has become the largest LGBTQ stage in the world. “From standing alongside LGBTQ people during the AIDS crisis, to fighting for marriage equality, to now uplifting transgender people and issues, Judith advocates with a unique passion and an unending dedication that uplifts.” The multiple Tony and Emmy award-winning actress is known for her extensive body of television, film, and stage work, for which she recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Currently, Light is starring opposite Bette Midler and Ben Platt in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Politician, which is nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. On-screen, Light has portrayed many pivotal roles that have helped to advance LGBTQ acceptance and elevate LGBTQ stories and issues. In 1989, Light starred as Ryan White’s mother in The Ryan White Story, a film based on the true-life story of teenager Ryan White who contracted HIV and was expelled from his middle school. More recently, Light starred in Transparent, Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe-winning series, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination and multiple Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominations. During its run, Transparent earned three GLAAD Media Awards and helped to bring mainstream attention to issues related to the transgender community. Light has also appeared in several other films and shows that have helped to elevate LGBTQ issues and people, including the 2007 film Save Me about the dangers of gay conversion therapy, and Ryan Murphy’s FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, which received a GLAAD Media Award and garnered her an Emmy and Critics Choice nomination. Light is also known for her variety of award-winning roles in the theater and won two consecutive Tony Awards. Light was honored with the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her extensive philanthropy work, especially in fighting to end AIDS and championing LGBTQ and human rights. Throughout her career, Judith Light has been a fearless advocate for LGBTQ people and has helped to bring awareness to numerous LGBTQ issues and causes. During the 1980s, Light was one of the few prominent celebrities who helped to bring draw attention to the AIDS epidemic and fight stigma towards LGBTQ people and people living with HIV/AIDS. During this time, Light worked with many different LGBTQ organizations to help accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ community, including the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, GLAAD, NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Project Angel Food, and Elton John AIDS Foundation. Throughout the 1990s, Light continued to advocate for LGBTQ issues by participating in various events and campaigns, including the LGBT March in Washington in 1993, the California AIDS Ride in 1995, and the display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt with Elizabeth Taylor in 1996. In 2002, Light also traveled to South Africa for the AIDS walk to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in the country and help drive greater research initiatives in the United States. Light has also served on the boards of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Point Foundation.
Syracuse: Hate Crime Assault Results In 6 Month Jail Sentence
A man in upstate New York pleaded guilty to violently attacking a gay couple as they were leaving the New York state fair last August. Nicholas Ferlenda, 28, pleaded guilty to two hate crimes on Tuesday – fourth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree assault. According to the police reports, Ferlenda apparently became enraged at seeing one of the men put his arm around his boyfriend as they were leaving a concert event on August 24. Ferlenda began screaming obscenities and anti-LGBTQ slurs at the couple as they walked to their vehicle. He then punched one of the men in the face. The report states the men attempted to ignore him but the harassment continued for nearly half an hour. As they tried to leave the fairgrounds, they stopped to report the incident to a fair worker. But Ferlenda caught up to the car and punched the driver’s side window causing it to shatter. He was eventually taken into custody at 10:55 p.m. Police believe he may have been intoxicated. 
If Ferlenda hadn’t used specific anti-LGBTQ slurs he would have only faced two misdemeanors. But the hate speech bumped the charges up to felonies. Prosecutor Anthony Mangovski told the court on Tuesday Ferlenda’s actions demonstrated an “unbelievable” hatred, especially towards strangers. Mangovski urged the court to sentence Ferlenda to 1 to 3 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to one of the crimes. But state Supreme Court Justice Gordon Cuffy instead offered 6 months in jail and five years probation if Ferlenda copped to both hate crime felonies. He will also be required to pay for any damages he caused to the couple’s car as well as take part in diversity training. Additionally, he will face up to 8 years in prison if he is re-arrested before formal sentencing in April. (source: Syracuse.com)
Utah Becomes 19th State Protect To LGBTQ Youth From Conversion Torture
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News Round-Up: January 21, 2020
Joss Mooney and Rogan O’Connor
RuPaul To Sashay As Saturday Night Live Host
NBC announced today that recording artist, actor, drag superstar, and Emmy Award-winner RuPaul will host the February 8 episode of Saturday Night Live with Justin Bieber as musical guest. This follows the January 10 premiere of RuPaul’s new scripted series for Netflix, AJ and the Queen, as well as VH1’s announcement that they would be bringing back RuPaul’s Drag Race for a 12th season. Plus, there’s an All-Stars 5 and a new Celebrity Drag Race edition on the way over the coming year. But wait – there’s more! We’ve also received an announcement of the first season of Canada’s Drag Race AND a 2nd season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2020. It’s a good time to be Ru, no? RuPaul’s SNL debut will air on NBC, Saturday, Feb. 8 at 11:30pm ET.
Start your engines…and live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!!! 👑 Can’t wait Mama @RuPaul!!! 💋 @nbcsnl https://t.co/Wp9Nd3Rxwu
— RuPaul’s Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) January 21, 2020
So you're saying that I get to watch RuPaul host SNL on a Saturday and then I get to watch the Oscars the very next day… pic.twitter.com/gQsN3GYgah
— Michael Yerxa (@mikeyerxa) January 21, 2020