Out actress Ellen Page calls out Trump/Pence administration for attacks on LGBTQ people
During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, out actress Ellen Page became emotional as she spoke about the damage Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have inflicted on the LGBTQ community.
The appearance began on an upbeat note as Colbert congratulated Page on her one year anniversary of marrying her wife.
Colbert asked how she sees the current environment in Hollywood for LGBTQ people since she publicly came out five years ago.
“I mean, look, there’s clear evidence that it has changed, that there’s some progress; that there’s some more representation,” said the former Oscar nominee. “But honestly, I think we really need to hurry up.”
After talking on environmental issues and the disproportionate way climate change affects marginalized people) Page segued into a passionate takedown of Donald Trump and Mike Pence, connecting their hateful, incessant attacks on LGBTQ people to the violent hate crime on Empire actor Jussie Smollett earlier this week.
“Sorry, I’m like really fired up tonight. But it feels impossible to not feel this way right now, with the president and the vice president, Mike Pence, who, like, wishes I couldn’t be married.
“Let’s just be clear: The vice president of America wishes I didn’t have the love with my wife. He wanted to ban that in Indiana, he believes in ‘conversion therapy,’ he has hurt LGBTQ people so badly as the [governor] of Indiana.
“Connect the dots. This is what happens. If you are in a position of power and you hate people, and you want to cause suffering to them, you go through the trouble, you spend your career trying to cause suffering, what do you think is going to happen? Kids are going to be abused and they’re gonna kill themselves, and people are going to be beaten on the street.
“I have traveled the world and I have met the most marginalized people you can meet. I am lucky to have this time and the privilege to say this.
“This needs to f**king stop.”
The silence between Page’s thoughts is raw and palpable. Kudos to Colbert for not jumping in and allowing the moment to breathe.
And as she ended her impassioned plea, the audience erupted in a roar of approval.
POINTS WERE MADE: “If you are in a position of power and you hate people, and you want to cause suffering to them, you go through the trouble, you spend your career trying to cause suffering, what do you think is going to happen?"
On Monday, Donald Trump took to Twitter following a segment on Fox & Friends which reported on the idea of bible study becoming an option for students in Indiana schools.
At the time, the Trumpster wrote, “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!”
But today, Trump’s former pastor at New York City’s Presbyterian Marble Collegiate College, David Lewicki, trolled the prez saying Trump not only didn’t attend bible study himself, but he never entered the church.
As Lewicki writes, “Not one time.”
#burn
I was @realDonaldTrump‘s pastor for 5 years @MarbleChurch. I assure you, he had the “option” to come to Bible study. He never “opted” in. Nor did he ever actually enter the church doors. Not one time. https://t.co/hf06e6LyRz
Donald Trump pushed back against recent assessments by his own intelligence have come to conclusions regarding Iran and North Korea that don’t align with what he wants to hear.
A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not, for now, taking steps necessary to make a bomb, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign policy initiatives.
Those conclusions are part of an annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” released on Tuesday that also stressed the growing cyberthreat from Russia and China, which it said were now “more aligned than at any point since the mid-1950s.”
Trump’s answer was to attack the U.S. Intelligence community today using language like “passive” and “naive,” and then closing with, “Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!”
Note the wrong use of ‘There economy’ in his tweet as he says others should go back to school.
The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond. Since ending the terrible Iran Nuclear Deal, they are MUCH different, but….
….a source of potential danger and conflict. They are testing Rockets (last week) and more, and are coming very close to the edge. There economy is now crashing, which is the only thing holding them back. Be careful of Iran. Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!
Let’s check in with the Twitterverse, shall we? Starting with former CIA Director John Brennan:
Your refusal to accept the unanimous assessment of U.S. Intelligence on Iran, No. Korea, ISIS, Russia, & so much more shows the extent of your intellectual bankruptcy. All Americans, especially members of Congress, need to understand the danger you pose to our national security. https://t.co/9iV3BTKiEv
After US intelligence chiefs disagreed w/ @realDonaldTrump on national security issues, he tweeted today perhaps they “should go back to school.” In 2015, he said: “I know more about ISIS than the generals. Believe me.” He’s also said: “I know more about technology than anybody.”
Donald Trump is really, really mad about his former aide, Cliff Sims, writing his blockbuster tell-all about his days in the White House.
Trump tweeted earlier today that Sims was “a low level staffer” and “gofer” that the Trumpster “hardly knew.” He went on to call the book “made up stories and fiction.”
Trump also mentioned a non-disclosure agreement.
A low level staffer that I hardly knew named Cliff Sims wrote yet another boring book based on made up stories and fiction. He pretended to be an insider when in fact he was nothing more than a gofer. He signed a non-disclosure agreement. He is a mess!
According to Michael Glassner, chief operating officer for Trump’s campaign, the campaign is “preparing to file suit against Cliff Sims for violating our NDA.”
Donald Trump shifted gears from his 35 day government shutdown to focus on the indictment his longtime associate, Roger Stone.
Trump railed at the Twitter crowds asserting if Stone is charged with lying to Congress, then the former FBI and CIA officials who were involved in the early days of the investigation into Russian election interference should be as well.
Ok, so fact check: No evidence exists that any of those folks – including former directors of FBI, CIA and National Intelligence –
There is no evidence that the former officials mentioned by Trump — which — lied to Congress. None of them have been charged with any crimes.
Stone was indicted Friday morning on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, false statements and witness tampering.
Trump ended the rant with a little rhyming, “Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!” signaling the beginning of the Dr. Seuss portion of his presidency.
If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others? What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop? Much more!
We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!
I mean, seriously, it took him 35 days to figure out what any other president would have figured out in ten minutes.
He got shivved by Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, ran around claiming the ‘sky is falling/national emergency,’ and after 35 days it was just a big nothing burger.
EXCEPT American workers and the economy got hurt.
His first negotiation out of the box with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and he was ‘not ready for prime time.’
Trump intimated this afternoon he still might cry ‘national emergency.’
But, if there was a national emergency, he would have called it now, right?
But, there’s not a national emergency.
‘The Art of the Deal’ my ass…
Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush: As of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States.
– Ends shutdown without wall – #TrumpCaved is trending – Nancy Pelosi piles on – Ann Coulter goes berserk – Trump is losing his base – Roger Stone arrested – MUELLER IS COMING – They’re all going to prison – It’s still only 6pm
Roger Stone, a longtime close adviser to Donald Trump, was arrested shortly after 6am this morning at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on multiple charges stemming from the ongoing investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
In an indictment unsealed on Friday, the special counsel disclosed evidence that a top campaign official in 2016 dispatched Roger J. Stone, a longtime adviser to President Trump, to get information from WikiLeaks about the thousands of hacked Democratic emails. The effort began well after it was widely reported that Russian intelligence operatives were behind the theft, which was part of Moscow’s broad campaign to sabotage the 2016 president election.
The indictment makes no mention of whether Mr. Trump played a role in the coordination, though Mr. Mueller did leave a curious clue about how high in the campaign the effort reached.: A senior campaign official “was directed” by an unnamed person to contact Mr. Stone about additional WikiLeaks releases that might damage the Clinton campaign, according to the court document.
Mr. Stone was charged with seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering.
A reporter from CNN, David Shortell, had been staking out Stone’s house due to recent activity by the Special Counsel investigation.
According to neighbors, CNN has had a truck out in front of Stone’s house Thursday-Saturday since the midterm elections.
And last week, the investigation was negotiating an appearance by Jerome Corsi’s stepson. His legal team was told to pick a day for grand jury testimony “just not Friday.”
Donald Trump took to Twitter angry that CNN was there to capture the early morning arrest. The Trumpster alleged the Special Counsel’s office had tipped off the media so they could embarrass Stone.
CNN’s ability to capture the arrest of Roger Stone was the result of determined reporting and interpreting clues revealed in the course of events. That’s called journalism. #FactsFirsthttps://t.co/71zu7RylxX
As Stone left his indictment hearing, he struck a Nixon-like pose. Reminding the American people of a disgraced president who lied would seem to be an ‘interesting’ strategy.
As he comes down the steps for his post-indictment hearing news conference, Roger Stone, who was a Nixon campaign aide, strikes the Nixon double V pose. pic.twitter.com/5sWXvthvLs
President Trump said late Wednesday that he would deliver his State of the Union address once the federal government reopens, capping a day of brinkmanship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who told the president that he was not welcome to deliver the speech in the House chamber while the government is partly closed.
“As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter shortly after 11 p.m., hours after he had said he would look for another venue for the speech. “I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over.”
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over. I am not looking for an….
….alternative venue for the SOTU Address because there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber. I look forward to giving a “great” State of the Union Address in the near future!
House Democrats continue to say they are willing to give Trump substantial amounts of money for border security (technology, manpower), just not for his beloved wall.
The Senate will vote to day on two different proposals – one that supports Trump’s demands, one that funds the government shutdown to an end without funding ‘the wall.’
Neither proposal is expected to get the necessary 60 votes in the Senate to pass, although 3 Republicans – Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), have signaled they would vote for the continuing resolution that would reopen the government.
Speaker Pelosi circled back one more time for clarity:
Mr. President, I hope by saying “near future” you mean you will support the House-passed package to #EndTheShutdown that the Senate will vote on tomorrow. Please accept this proposal so we can re-open government, repay our federal workers and then negotiate our differences. https://t.co/57KMATZZTO
