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Donald Trump just issued a press release boasting about how great he is; internet begs to differ
Donald Trump just issued a press release boasting about how great he is; internet begs to differ
So Donald Trump ordered his Press Secretary to draft up a totally pointless press release about how great he is and post it to the White House’s official webpage this morning.
“For immediate release,” the presser reads. “Praise For President Trump’s Bold Action.”
Related: Trapped in a glided cage: Does Melania Trump deserve our sympathy?
What follows is a bullet point list of a dozen or so tweets, quotes, and excerpts from various media outlets — including two from Fox News — that have said favorable things about Donald Trump since he took office less than a week ago.
The press release is meant to offer “alternative facts” to counter all the negative “fake news” that the mainstream media has been reporting about the Snowflake-in-Chief over the past five days.
The quotes include words like “incredible,” “phenomenal,” “a winner,” “positive,” “inspiring,” and “optimistic.”
Related: Activists climb crane near The White House to deliver not-so-subtle message to the masses
Unfortunately for Team Trump, nobody’s falling for his latest exercise in self-aggrandizement.
Check out how Twitter has been responding…
this is the strangest thing trump has done yet, can you imagine being so insecure you put out a press release of compliments about you??? t.co/BRbGDg2EQM
— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) January 25, 2017
A few days after complaining about the media’s negativity, this appears on the White House website
t.co/ZBQLszDBI3— Liz Moyer (@LizMoyer) January 25, 2017
Bizarre press release direct from the White House
Shows twice daily with Saturday matinees #Trump t.co/vZ5z2GHcJ8— Amiable CDN (@amiableCDN) January 25, 2017
Trump cites praise from, wait for it, the lying, dishonest, biased press. t.co/s7tpm3IRNT
— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) January 25, 2017
The White House press office is now acting like a movie poster for itself, cherry picking favorable quotes. t.co/zP0d0g3Bs5
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 25, 2017
You GUYS. The White House just sent a press release of news clips that show how much the press lervz Donald Trump.
Here’s the whole thing. pic.twitter.com/66PgkTNWD9
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) January 25, 2017
They’re pandering to his need for applause and praise. Next, clapping when he goes potty and smarties for reward.t.co/UaoVNUsTDT
— MJ Overby (@taxvictim) January 25, 2017
This is a) weird and b) “Trump has done a lot” is not necessarily praise… t.co/fna0Ae67AK
— Jessica Abrahams (@jiabrahams) January 25, 2017
Wow, @realDonaldTrump was right! You can’t believe the media. (check out today’s insecurity briefing)t.co/4bDenJYjhV
— Jason Underwood (@JG_Underwood) January 25, 2017
Donald Trump now has the White House press office to amplify praise of himself pic.twitter.com/Z2vknnTlzI
— Oliver Milman (@olliemilman) January 25, 2017
I’m sorry, did they get hacked? Or are we now judging our leaders like we judge our Broadway plays? t.co/BT2YoPLWxt
— Gen (@Hautegeekgen) January 25, 2017
Queer Eye, Black Site Prisons, 1984, Madonna, Mary Tyler Moore, Sergei Millian, Louis Tomlinson: HOT LINKS
Queer Eye, Black Site Prisons, 1984, Madonna, Mary Tyler Moore, Sergei Millian, Louis Tomlinson: HOT LINKS
STOCK MARKET. Dow hits 20,000.
MARY TYLER MOORE. Hospitalized…said to be in ‘grave’ condition.
BEST SELLER THIS WEEK. George Orwell’s 1984. “First published in 1949, Orwell’s classic dystopian tale of a society in which facts are distorted and suppressed in a cloud of “newspeak” topped the best-seller list of Amazon as of Tuesday evening.”
BLACK SITE PRISONS. Trump prepping executive order advancing CIA’s ability to reopen torture sites: “President Trump’s three-page draft order, titled “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants,” and obtained by The New York Times would also undo many of the other restrictions on handling detainees that Mr. Obama put in place in response to policies of the Bush administration.”
THE WALL. Trump signs order.
BREAKING: Trump signs immigration actions to build border wall, says, `We’ve been talking about this right from the beginning’ .
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 25, 2017
WHITE SUPREMACIST AGENDA. Trump lays it out.
FEDERAL LAWSUIT. Trump foreign profits in violation of Constitution: “Eisen helps run the non-partisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, which filed the suit in federal court in New York, calling President Trump’s continued ownership of his vast business empire a violation of what’s called the “emoluments clause” of the U.S. Constitution.”
THE VIOLENT DISRUPTER? Federal prosecutors slap felony charges on 200+ inauguration protesters.
IT’S BACK. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is getting a reboot.
LAWSUITS. Drag star Jimmy James sues over Marilyn Monroe stamp. “The image on the stamp of James as Marilyn in a pair of glasses seems to be taken from a 1991 ad James did for the brand L.A. Eyeworks.”
GOLDEN SHOWERS. Russian businessman said to be source of Trump dossier claims: “Sergei Millian, a naturalized American citizen who most recently headed a group called the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce, said he was in Moscow at the time the dossier accuses the billionaire American businessman of being involved with Russian prostitutes. Millian claims to have helped Trump recruit Russian investors, and he posted pictures of himself attending several black tie events during last week’s inauguration.”
COMING SOON. Glee co-stars are set to reunited in new musical episodes of Supergirl and The Flash.
PHILADELPHIA. Bisexual man attacked in alleged hate crime near Temple University: “The student was walking with a group of friends on Bouvier Street near French when he said an intoxicated man walked up to the group with two women. The intoxicated man berated the student’s friends, then walked over to him and pushed him from behind to the ground and kicked him in the back, yelling “f****t” at him.”
MADONNA. Singer hopes to adopt two more children from Malawi: “A government spokesman says the singer appeared before a High Court judge on Wednesday. Spokesman Mlenga Mvula says it is now up to the court to decide whether to grant the adoption order. The singer will have to wait a week before hearing the decision on her application.”
PALM SPRINGS. Two men plead guilty to felony charges for attacking gay married couple: “Christopher James Carr, 31, and Keith Edward Terranova, 36, admitted assaulting George and Christopher Zander in a Palm Springs parking lot on the night of Nov. 1, 2015. Carr pleaded guilty to assault and admitted a hate crime allegation and was immediately sentenced to four years in state prison, while Terranova pleaded guilty to assault and received a three-year probationary term. The plea agreements were reached as their trial date neared.”
KELLYANNE CONWAY’S STAND-UP ROUTINE. Don’t quit your day job.
MOO. Cows have a good scratch:
JUST HOLD ON. Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki bring their hit to The Tonight Show.
HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Danny Daniels.
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Scarf Season
Scarf Season
jessicajane9 posted a photo:
Navy jeans, white top and patterned scarf with ankle ankle boots
A Sundance feature that includes genuinely hot gay sex scenes? Yes, indeed.
A Sundance feature that includes genuinely hot gay sex scenes? Yes, indeed.
This the first we’ve heard of Beach Rats, a film The Daily Beast is hailing as “the rare gay drama, and maybe the next wave of queer storytelling, that makes you feel uncomfortable.”
Related: The Most Realistic Gay Sex Scenes In Film — Reader’s Picks [NSFW]
Eliza Hittman’s followup to It Felt Like Love is set in Coney Island and centers around Frankie, a teenager who compulsively cruises gay hookup sites that stars model-turned-actor Harris Dickinson, who reportedly gives “one of the most grueling, sensual, and captivating star turns at Sundance.”
“And,” The Daily Beast is eager to point out, “certainly one of the most enticingly naked.”
Well, we’d by lying if we said we weren’t curious.
Related: Well. So Here’s Every Sex Scene In “King Cobra.” (And There’s Plenty.)
As The Guardian reports, “Hittman was inspired to make Beach Rats after seeing a shirtless selfie online, captivated by the fine line between heteronormative bravado and homoeroticism.”
“I was completely happy to be part of something that did normalize male nudity,” Dickinson, who’s straight, tells The Daily Beast.
I was talking to someone the other day who asked about it, and I said to them, “Have you seen how much female nudity there is throughout the history of film and TV?” So yeah, I was comfortable with it, and I’m quite comfortable with my sexuality and my body.”
There’s no official trailer yet, but you can at least get acquainted with Dickinson through this “selfie interview”:
Boy George Talks About George Michael’s Later Years and Their Reported Feud: WATCH
Boy George Talks About George Michael’s Later Years and Their Reported Feud: WATCH
Eighties pop icon Boy George spoke with Watch What Happens Live! host Andy Cohen about his fellow ’80s pop icon, the late George Michael.
Boy George said that in the early days they were competitive if only because of a few similarities:
“In the early days, we were competition to each other. We were both called George, both made soul music. So in the early days, we were really in competition. Then sort of later on, I started to really appreciate him as a musician — you know, right around “Faith”. I started to really appreciate his talent, you know?”
Later, the two were reported to be feuding over Michael’s hesitancy to come out of the closet. Boy George said everyone was doing it:
“It wasn’t really a feud. In the ’80s, everyone — Pete Burns, me, we all used to like, be really bitchy about each other. It’s like the thing that you did in the ’80s in those pop magazines. Now it’s the Housewives who do it! Nowadays it’s a bit more respectful but in the ’80s, you just said vile things about everyone.”
And he said Michael never allowed people to get too close to him, so he knew about as much about his “personal issues” as anyone else:
“I read stuff in the papers, obviously. But I never knew kind of really what…he was very kind of…kept people out, he was quite private.”
Watch:
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Boy George Talks About George Michael’s Later Years and Their Reported Feud: WATCH
Trapped in a glided cage: Does Melania Trump deserve our sympathy?
Trapped in a glided cage: Does Melania Trump deserve our sympathy?
Ever since a candid nine second clip that captured Melania Trump looking absolutely distraught over something her husband grumbled at her during last week’s inauguration began circulating on social media, the Internet has been crying out for America’s new First Lady. The hashtag #FreeMelania started trending, with people uploading memes and other messages of support to a woman who clearly has no desire or preparation for the tremendous new responsibility that has been thrust upon her. She appears to be floundering in a swamp of chaos with no one, least of all her husband, to reach to for support.
Related: This candid nine second video will actually make your heart break for Melania Trump
But not everyone’s heart is bleeding for the 46-year-old QVC saleswoman with an alleged billionaire husband. Many have pointed out that she used to peddle the racist birther theory and once went on national television to accuse President Obama of being a foreigner. She also defended her husband’s “p*ssy grabbing” remarks during the campaign, and threatened to sue media outlets out of existence if they wrote unfavorable things about her. Oh, and she stole Michelle Obama’s speech. All this, of course, was after she stole her husband from another woman way back in 1998. So, yeah, she’s not exactly the perfect picture of a charity case.
Related: #FreeMelania movement gains momentum with these hilariously depressing memes
Still, it’s hard not to feel just a little for a woman who spent all of last Friday morning looking like this:
And all of last Friday evening looking like this:
What do you think? Does Melania Trump deserve our sympathy? Share your thoughts…
Model Chrissy Teigen Comes for White Supremacist Richard Spencer
Model Chrissy Teigen Comes for White Supremacist Richard Spencer
Model Chrissy Teigen is being applauded on social media after lashing out at Richard Spencer, the white supremacist leader who was punched in the face on Trump’s inauguration day.
RELATED: White Supremacist Leader Richard Spencer Punched in the Face During Anti-Trump Protests: WATCH
Spencer has been whining about the punch since the day it was happened, while he was explaining the anti-Semitic symbol Pepe the Frog to an interviewer on the streets near the inauguration.
Teigen had enough.
After Spencer complained, “I am not what happened to me. I am what I chose to become,” Teigen replied:
“Richard Spencer you became someone who was punched in the face.”
Spencer replied: “Chrissy Teigen they don’t teach models Nelson Mandela quotations apparently,” to which Teigen replied:
“Richard Spencer you are literally a nazi. I don’t even need to come up with a comeback. Really takes the pressure off. Thanks, nazi!”
@RichardBSpencer you became someone who was punched in the face
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 23, 2017
@RichardBSpencer you are literally a nazi. I don’t even need to come up with a comeback. Really takes the pressure off. Thanks, nazi!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 23, 2017
Spencer’s on-the-street interview:
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Model Chrissy Teigen Comes for White Supremacist Richard Spencer
Trump Accountability Project Tracks discriminatory rhetoric and record
Trump Accountability Project Tracks discriminatory rhetoric and record
GLAAD
GLAAD has launched the Trump Accountability Project (TAP). This resource is geared towards journalists, editors, producers, and other news makers reporting on the Trump administration which tracks the anti-LGBTQ statements and actions of Donald Trump and those in or being considered for his administration. TAP also catalogues other discriminatory and hateful statements made by Trump and his appointees.
“Since Donald Trump’s rise to president-elect, we have seen an unprecedented amount of misinformation and blatant lies go unquestioned and unchallenged in national news media,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “The rampant misinformation promulgated by Trump and those in his circle often contributes to a climate of hostility that puts marginalized communities in harm’s way. The Trump Accountability Project will shine a spotlight of truth on the hateful records of individuals who are or may be participating in the upcoming administration.”
Based on GLAAD’s successful Commentator Accountability Project, TAP will equip journalists, as well as everyday people, to hold Trump and his administration accountable for their words and actions. It will also serve as a reminder that many in the incoming administration have blatantly pledged to dismantle the legal protections that LGBTQ people, as well as other communities, have achieved over the past several years.
TAP will include first-hand statements, video, and/or audio to document the animus displayed by people being appointed to or considered for positions of power in the Trump administration. GLAAD will update the profiles with new statements that disparage LGBTQ people, women, Muslims, immigrants, and many others.
“All too-often, journalists on deadline don’t have the time or resources to fully uncover the detestable history of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and voting records of many people in Trump’s circle,” continued Ellis. “This project will put this critical information into the hands of newsrooms, editors, hosts, and reporters so that they may better report on and challenge the hateful actions and statements of those they are covering.”
January 25, 2017
Issues:
www.glaad.org/blog/trump-accountability-project-tracks-discriminatory-rhetoric-and-record
The Gay Cop Who Turned Around One of America's Most Dangerous Cities
The Gay Cop Who Turned Around One of America's Most Dangerous Cities
A new book — Refinery Town — looks at the transformation of Richmond, Calif., and the individuals who helped save it.
www.advocate.com/books/2017/1/25/gay-cop-who-turned-around-one-americas-most-dangerous-cities