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New Trump Ad Attacks Hillary For Husband’s Alleged Sexual Assaults Decades Ago

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is doubling down on the thinking that bringing up decades-old allegations of sexual assault by Bill Clinton will somehow bring down Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the White House.

The Trumpster posted this video to his Instagram account with the caption, “Is Hillary really protecting women?”

Check the minor key music, the slow fade up of Bill Clinton with a cigar in his mouth, and then the sound of hysterical laughter apparently coming from Hillary.

First, Trump portrayed Hillary as “laughing” at the Benghazi attacks, and now he has her “laughing” at alleged sexual assaults?

This is really low class stuff, kids.

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Bill Clinton Turns ‘Attack Dog’ In New Hampshire

Over the weekend, with Hillary Clinton taking a quick trip to Michigan due to the Flint water fiasco, Bill Clinton stayed in New Hampshire to keep her campaign active.

In his appearances, Bill clearly stepped up his attacks on Hillary’s opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

I’m not a big fan of the tone things are starting to take, but then, politics is a contact sport.

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Donald Trump Calls Bill Clinton “One Of The Great Woman Abusers Of All Time”

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump called in to CNN’s New Day to toss some word salad regarding his renewed attacks on Bill Clinton saying the former president is “seedy” and “one of the great woman abusers of all time,”

Trump added that Hillary Clinton is somehow to blame for Bill’s past indiscretions calling her his “enabler.”

In Trump’s head, attacking Bill Clinton (who is not running for office) will somehow help him take out Hillary.  In the past, such attacks have only served to shore up support for Hillary.

Watch below.

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President Bill Clinton Speaks at the 2014 Human Rights Campaign Gala

Last night, at the 2014 Human Rights Campaign Gala,  former President Bill Clinton spoke to a packed house of LGBT advocates and activists.

During the speech, Clinton addressed the 3,000 attendees – thanking them for the “poetry and prose” of LGBT activism that he said helped transform the country in regard to LGBT rights and acceptance.

From Politico:

The fired-up crowd attending the Human Rights Campaign’s national dinner at Washington D.C.’s cavernous convention center was particularly enthusiastic whenever he mentioned Hillary Clinton, a likely 2016 Democratic candidate.

The former president noted her support for gay rights during her time at State, when she said that “gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.”

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President Bill Clinton Will Be Keynote Speaker at 18th Annual HRC National Dinner

HRC announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the 18th Annual HRC National Dinner to be held on Saturday, October 25, 2014, in Washington, DC.



“President Bill Clinton is a transformational leader for our nation and the world,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “His ability to build partnerships around the globe and harness the power of human potential is truly remarkable, and we are thrilled he will be returning as our keynote speaker for our national dinner.”

The dinner is sold out and expected to draw over 3,000 guests.

(via press release)

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The return of Monica Lewinsky

With interesting timing, Monica Lewinsky has resurfaced to write a piece for Vanity Fair for the first time about her 1998 scandal as a White House intern:

“It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.” She also says: “I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.”

After 10 years of virtual silence (“So silent, in fact,” she writes, “that the buzz in some circles has been that the Clintons must have paid me off; why else would I have refrained from speaking out? I can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth”), Lewinsky, 40, says it is time to stop “tiptoeing around my past—and other people’s futures. I am determined to have a different ending to my story. I’ve decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past. (What this will cost me, I will soon find out.)”

Lewinsky also says she was moved to break her silence by the suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi:

When Tyler Clementi, the 18-year-old Rutgers freshman who was secretly streamed via Webcam kissing another man, committed suicide in September 2010, Lewinsky writes, she was brought to tears, but her mother was especially distraught: “She was reliving 1998, when she wouldn’t let me out of her sight. She was replaying those weeks when she stayed by my bed, night after night, because I, too, was suicidal. The shame, the scorn, and the fear that had been thrown at her daughter left her afraid that I would take my own life—a fear that I would be literally humiliated to death.” Lewinsky clarifies that she has never actually attempted suicide, but had strong suicidal temptations several times during the investigations and during one or two periods after.

Lewinsky writes that following Clementi’s tragedy “my own suffering took on a different meaning. Perhaps by sharing my story, I reasoned, I might be able to help others in their darkest moments of humiliation. The question became: How do I find and give a purpose to my past?”

The full version of Lewinsky’s article will be available May 8th online at VanityFair.com.

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2013 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles GLAAD Media Awards were held last night:

The event, hosted by actress-producer-director Drew Barrymore, boasted such Hollywood heavyweights as presenters Jennifer Morrison, Charlize Theron, Betty White and Leonardo DiCaprio. Other winners included “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” which was named outstanding film: wide release, and former President Bill Clinton was given the first Advocate for Change award.

On the arrivals line, longtime Clinton friend, Oscar-winner Mary Steenburgen, defended the former president’s controversial honor. Under Clinton’s administration came the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage, as well as the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy.

“Actually, (”don’t ask, don’t tell”) was a sorrow for him,” Steenburgen said. “So, I think he’s spent a large part of his life making up for that. But I tell you this: He’s never not had his heart in the right place, in terms of the gay community.”

“I believe you will win the DOMA fight and I think you will win the constitutional right to marry,” Clinton said. “If not tomorrow, then the next day and the next day.”

President Clinton added, “When you have won marriage equality everywhere, ask yourself, ‘How in the world do we ever win a great cultural battle and we can’t even pass ENDA?’ What is wrong with this picture?”

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Bill Clinton to be honored as GLAAD’s 1st “Advocate for Change”

Via press release we get the news that former President Bill Clinton will be honored later this month at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles:

Bill Clinton will receive GLAAD’s first Advocate for Change Award during the event. In 2011, Clinton advocated for marriage equality in New York, stating that “for more than a century, our Statue of Liberty has welcomed all kinds of people from all over the world yearning to be free. In the 21st century, I believe New York’s welcome must include marriage equality.” In 2012, he joined the Coalition to Protect North Carolina Families in working against North Carolina’s proposed Amendment One to ban marriage and civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. Most recently, he called for the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

During his administration, Clinton became the first U.S. President to appoint out gay and lesbian people to all levels of government. He appointed more than 150 including James Hormel as America’s first openly gay ambassador. During the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, his administration convened the first White House Conference on the epidemic, created the national AIDS Policy Coordinator post, and expanded funding for research. In 2002, his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) began as the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the developing world.

Here are the details:
Saturday, April 20, 2013 – 5:30pm
JW Marriott Los Angeles
900 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Click here for ticket info.