Joe Arpaio, Daily Stormer, Tom Cruise, Tim Cook, Confederate Statues, Cristiano Ronaldo, When Pigs Fly: HOT LINKS
CAMPAIGN AD. New Trump ad bashes media “enemies”.
34 PERCENT. Trump approval rating sinks to fresh low after Charlottesville.
SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO. Trump considers pardon: “Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt last month after he was ordered to stop racially profiling Latinos in his Maricopa County office. ”
DAILY STORMER. GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi website: “GoDaddy’s announcement was in response to an appeal from a Twitter user who called attention late Sunday to an online post by Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin. The post disparaged Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed Saturday in Charlottesville, police say, after a man plowed into a crowd with his vehicle.”
ROLLBACK. Trump’s HHS expected to roll back Obamacare rule: “A proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to be released in the coming weeks or months that opponents say would make it easier for doctors and hospitals to deny treatment to transgender patients and women who have had abortions.”
RISKY BUSINESS. Tom Cruise seen hobbling away after slamming legs on building during stunt.
TIM COOK. Apple CEO condemns Charlottesville violence.
We’ve seen the terror of white supremacy & racist violence before. It’s a moral issue – an affront to America. We must all stand against it
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 14, 2017
Heartbreaking scenes in #Charlottesville. Violence and racism have no place in America.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 12, 2017
ANA NAVARRO. Trump unfit to be president, unfit to be human.
Pundit Ana Navarro: Trump unfit to be president, “unfit to be human” t.co/035bl1atxD
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) August 14, 2017
CONGESTION PRICING. Cuomo considers $8 traffic fee to improve NYC subways: “With voters increasingly blaming him for the transit mess, Mr. Cuomo is working behind the scenes to draft a proposal and is using Mr. Bloomberg’s failed campaign as a lesson to improve its chances of winning the support of stakeholders, including the State Legislature.”
NAMIBIA. Game hunter crushed by elephant.
KENTUCKY. Governor says all Confederate statues are coming down after Charlottesville.
I am taking action to relocate the Confederate statues. We have thoroughly examined this issue, and heard from many of our citizens.
— Mayor Jim Gray (@JimGrayLexKY) August 12, 2017
The tragic events in Charlottesville today have accelerated the announcement I intended to make next week.
— Mayor Jim Gray (@JimGrayLexKY) August 12, 2017
ADERONKE APATA. Nigerian gay rights activist wins 13-year battle for asylum in UK: “Aderonke Apata feared being killed or imprisoned if she returned home, but her application for asylum was rejected for a second time in 2015 after the judge said he did not believe she was a lesbian. ”
FIVE GAMES. Cristiano Ronaldo suspended for pushing ref.
MALE MODEL MONDAY. Ollie Edwards. More HERE.
IAN THORPE. Aussie Olympian hits out at government for public vote on gay marriage.
WHEN PIGS FLY. Bob Mackie to design off-Broadway revival of 1996 musical created by late costume designer-playwright Howard Crabtree and Mark Waldrop: “The revue, which features music by the late Dick Gallagher, was praised for its wit and irreverent humor as it skewered gay culture and American politics in the late 1990s—including references to Newt Gingrich and legislation that proposed curtailing gay rights.”
FEAR OF HEIGHTS. Man visiting Ireland conquers his fears.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Travanté.
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