Bill Maher Announces Anti-gay Rep. John Kline (R-MN) As His 'Flip a District' Midterm Target: VIDEO

Bill Maher Announces Anti-gay Rep. John Kline (R-MN) As His 'Flip a District' Midterm Target: VIDEO

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On a live taping of Real Time last night, Bill Maher announced Rep. John Kline (R-MN) as the “winner” of “Flip a District” – a mid-term election themed campaign segment that will see Maher personally target Kline for defeat this November.

As reasoning behind Kline’s pick, Maher noted Kline’s votes to repeal Obamacare fifty four times, against raising the minimum wage, for shutting down he government, against stem cell research, against gay marriage, against funding climate change studies, and his role as the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in perpetuating student debt (a subject that fellow HBO host John Oliver has also tackled in the past)

Watch the announcement, AFTER THE JUMP

Kline, who has served as Representative to the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities since 2003, has received a 0% on every Human Rights Campaign Congressional Scorecard since coming into office.

 


Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2014/09/bill-maher-announces-anti-gay-rep-john-kline-r-mn-as-his-flip-a-district-midterm-target-video.html

Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week

Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week
The iPhone 6 was officially announced to the world this week and Internet pandemonium predictably followed. While all of the updated gadgets are very appealing, Veronica de Souza pointed out the iPhone 6’s best hypothetical feature: “The main difference between the iPhone 6 and the 6 plus is that the 6 plus makes it possible for you to go pee without getting up.” Ordering now.

Barbara Holm also hypothesized some magical new iPhone features: “The new I-Phone can tell you whether or not your parents really wanted you.” Wait, really?

For more great tweets from women, scroll through the list below. Then visit our Funniest Tweets From Women page for our past collections.

I think the most uttered phrase in parking garages is, “F-ing Mini.”

— Wendi Aarons (@WendiAarons) September 6, 2014

How’s Kate Middleton gonna get thru the next 9 months without her mid-afternoon glass of white wine and late afternoon glass of white wine??

— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) September 8, 2014

She is best known for her signature dance, the Spilled Coffee On A Freshly Dry-Cleaned Top Tango.

— kase!! (@worstkase) September 8, 2014

What does it say about me that more than one person texted me this morning to tell me that Kate Middleton is pregnant?

— Sandra Di (@Sandra_Di_) September 8, 2014

I was worried I was bothering my roommate by playing Belle and Sebastian too loudly but then I remembered she went to a liberal arts college

— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) September 9, 2014

The main difference between the iPhone 6 and the 6 plus is that the 6 plus makes it possible for you to go pee without getting up

— Veronica de Souza (@HeyVeronica) September 12, 2014

*beer bongs coffee*

— Monica Ann (@Monicann86) September 9, 2014

The time of year when my legs get sentimental. “We’re really gonna miss you, outside. You’re so much cooler than our other friend, tights.”

— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) September 9, 2014

That’s why her hair is so big, it’s full of subtweets.

— Rachel Feltman (@RachelFeltman) September 9, 2014

The new I-Phone can tell you whether or not your parents really wanted you

— Barbara Holm (@barbara_holm) September 9, 2014

I don’t care what the new Apple products are as long as they still make me feel more important than others.

— Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) September 9, 2014

When I say I’m bad at taking compliments it means I want you to keep complimenting me so I can practice and get good at it.

— Stephanie McMaster (@Smethanie) September 9, 2014

A five second rule for when I wave you into my lane.

— Twitnter is Coming (@OhNoSheTwitnt) September 10, 2014

Today is our office team-building picnic w/ tug-of-war & dodgeball. So if ya need me I’ll be on the bathroom floor having middle school PTSD

— Randi Lawson (@RandiLawson) September 10, 2014

My coffee intake cannot comprehend what you are saying.

— KMD (@KMDrunner) September 10, 2014

CONFESSION: Sometimes I’ll casually leave a Tampax Ultra wrapper lying out so people will know how big I am. 😉

— Diablo Cody (@diablocody) September 10, 2014

The way I see it, oral surgeons are just regular people who are licensed to stab you in the mouth with no legal repercussions

— Carly Ledbetter (@ledbettercarly) September 12, 2014

If a patriarchy runs the world, I don’t see why you guys still have to wear ties.

— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) September 12, 2014

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/13/best-tweets-women-on-twitter_n_5783924.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Republicans Vote Against Benefits for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

Republicans Vote Against Benefits for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

HRC strongly condemns yesterday’s vote by the Republican majority on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to defeat an amendment that would have extended equal benefits  to active duty service members and veterans legally married to someone of the same sex.
HRC.org

www.hrc.org/blog/entry/republicans-vote-against-benefits-for-active-duty-service-members-and-?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Ian Thorpe Is Not Dating Ricky Martin, Says Manager

Ian Thorpe Is Not Dating Ricky Martin, Says Manager

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Contrary to what you may have heard on Friday, Australian Olympian swimmer Ian Thorpe is not in a relationship with singer Ricky Martin. At least, not according to Thorpe’s manager that is.

Peter Ford, an Australian celebrity commentator, had the rumor police scrambling yesterday after reporting that Thorpe and Martin had accepted a $500,000 magazine deal to do a tell-all about their new relationship status. The news quickly spread to other gossip sites and outlets.

When asked about the alleged power couple by Private Sydney, Thorpe’s manager shot down the rumor, saying “I think someone is having you on.” The paper also confirmed that Thorpe was nowhere near Martin during the singer’s stay in Sydney for the most recent season of Australia’s version of The Voice – on which Martin serves as a judge.

Back in July, Australian tabloids spread the rumor that Martin had ‘mentored’ Thorpe prior to his coming out this summer. 


Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2014/09/thorpe_martin.html