Piers Morgan In Furious Tirade After BBC Airs Graphic Cartoon Of Him With Trump
Piers Morgan responded with fury after BBC satire ‘The Mash Report’ broadcast a cartoon image of him pleasuring US President Donald Trump.

The ‘Good Morning Britain’ presenter, who was granted Trump’s first international broadcast interview last week, tweeted the image on Friday night.

He wrote: “The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage. Why the double standard?”

The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage. Why the double standard? pic.twitter.com/xcdxpEJD3E
‘The Mash Report’, which plays with a parental guidance lock on the BBC iPlayer and airs on Thursday nights after the 9pm watershed, is labelled a “satirical and surreal news show” and is presented by Nish Kumar.

The programme used the cartoon after criticism of Morgan’s interviewing style and accusations he “brown nosed” Trump during the groundbreaking Q and A.

But this did little to appease Morgan who claimed the image would not have aired had it involved two prominent women or gay men.

So if it was a famous female politician & female interviewer, you’d be fine with it? If not, you’re as two-faced as the BBC. t.co/U1Kz06plgw
Sure, but if was two famous women being depicted that way you would be screaming blue murder about it. t.co/Aktgzdj0Uc
Would you be so gleeful if the BBC had done it to two high profile women or two high profile gay men? t.co/bqQxxWnY39
In the process of rallying against the image, however, Morgan’s tweet went viral, racking up thousands of shares on Twitter.

The cartoon featured on ‘The Mash Report’ as part of a segment analysing the differences between body language of legendary interviewer David Frost and his subject Richard Nixon with that of Morgan and Trump.

“In the Trump interview, the staging hinted at a greater intimacy between the two men,” the correspondent says before the cartoon is revealed.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/piers-morgan-trump-cartoon-mash-report_uk_5a74da9fe4b01ce33eb2b38f

Je suis prest (I am ready)
My name is Alec Frazier . I am currently 31, and I have known I was gay for a little over 10 years now. I have been fortunate enough to have an extremely accepting family and group of friends . In community college, I was surrounded by a number of students and staff who tried to make my life hell. In part it was because I am gay, yes, but also because I have a number of disabilities

www.noh8campaign.com/article/je-suis-prest-i-am-ready

RNC votes in favor of Trump’s bigoted trans military ban

www.glaad.org/blog/rnc-votes-favor-trumps-bigoted-trans-military-ban

We Can’t Stop GHB and Meth Use. But We Can Make It Safer.

Crackdowns and denials don’t work, writes Alex Cheves. We have to work around reality.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/2/02/we-cant-stop-ghb-and-meth-use-we-can-make-it-safer

A church is beating gay men half to death & then forcing them to pay for ‘damages’

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Nunes Memo, James Comey, FBI, NSYNC Reunion, Justin Timberlake, Bruce McArthur, Halsey: HOT LINKS

JAMES COMEY. On Nunes memo. “That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.”

That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.

— James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018

FBI REACTION. To Nunes memo.

JUST IN: FBI Association releases statement on the memo release.

“FBI special agents have not — and will not — allow partisan politics to distract us from our solemn commitment to our mission.” pic.twitter.com/OXuleVflZe

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 2, 2018

NANCY PELOSI. “A bouquet for Putin.” “President Trump has surrendered his constitutional responsibility as Commander-in-Chief by releasing highly classified and distorted intelligence. By not protecting intelligence sources and methods, he just sent his friend Putin a bouquet.”

HOYER. Remove Devin Nunes…

TREY GOWDY. Memo does not discredit Mueller.

It is important for the American public to know if the dossier was paid for by another candidate, used in court pleadings, vetted before it was used, vetted after it was used, and whether all relevant facts were shared with the tribunal approving of the FISA application.

— Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018

While this memo raises serious concerns with the FISA process, I have been and remain confident in the overwhelming majority of the men and women serving at the FBI and DOJ.

— Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018

As I have said repeatedly, I also remain 100 percent confident in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The contents of this memo do not – in any way – discredit his investigation.

— Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018

KASICH. Memo does disservice to our country…

The manner in which this was done was wrong and does a disservice to our country. My full statement on the release of the memo: pic.twitter.com/AuwIpLDaBz

— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) February 2, 2018

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. Lawyers think Robert Mueller could indict Trump: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has gathered enough steam that some lawyers representing key Donald Trump associates are considering the possibility of a historic first: an indictment against a sitting president.”

NSYNC REUNION. If there’s no NSYNC reunion at the Super Bowl, why have all of the group’s members been spotted in Minneapolis this week?

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. The singer won’t let his son play football, so he gets mocked by a FOX commentator. “This guy was in a boy band, I think his son will be much more qualified to be in a boy band,” Hegseth quipped. “It’s a lot safer on stage than it is on a football field, right?”

AUSTRALIA. Former Australian prime minister who was a vocal leader of the national campaign against gay marriage attends the same-sex wedding of his lesbian sister.

TORONTO. Why did it take so long for cops to catch Bruce McArthur? “The “serial killer” rumors, it would seem, were not rumors after all—and police are now using that language to refer to McArthur.”

DEAN LISOWICK. Toronto serial killer victim remembered as “sweet guy” and fixture of the gay village.

DUBLIN. Man cleared of homophobic vandalism at gay bar: “A 24-year-old man has been cleared of carrying out a homophobic graffiti attack saying “f*****s out” at one of Dublin’s best known gay bars. Eoin Berkeley from Hamptonwood Way, Finglas, Dublin 11, pleaded not guilty to causing criminal damage with chalk graffiti on the facade and panels at the George Bar in the city-centre in the early hours of May 20 last year. The offence at district court level can carry a sentence of up to one year.”

SWEATPANT JEANS. Derek Hough favors working out in them shirtless.

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Halsey “Sorry”.

TYPOGRAPHY VIDEO OF THE DAY. All about pop culture.

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY II. Justin Timberlake “Man of the Woods”.

FRIDAY FLASH. Anthony Bowens.

 

 

 

 

 

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Nunes Memo, James Comey, FBI, NSYNC Reunion, Justin Timberlake, Bruce McArthur, Halsey: HOT LINKS

Eine Politologin blickt auf Deutschland – und sieht nur absurdes Theater

www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/groko-europa-reform-waehrungsfonds-umverteilung-transferunion-guerot_de_5a74ab1de4b0905433b3f052

So How Explosive Is The Memo Trump Just Declassified?
US President Donald Trump on Friday approved the declassification of a Republican-authored memo said to allege wrongdoing at the Department of Justice and FBI
Release was widely seen as a move intended to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s campaign
Nonetheless, it’s an unprecedented decision – and comes as the Mueller investigation zeroes in on key figures in Trump’s inner circle
FBI ― headed by a Trump appointee ― previously said it had “grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy”
Republicans have hyped the memo’s release for weeks, calling it “worse than Watergate,” while Democrats and the FBI have warned that the document omits key context and that making it public could damage national security and further undermine the public’s faith in the nation’s premier law enforcement organisations.

But the four-page document, which was drafted by Republican staffers in the office of House Intelligence Committee chairman and Trump transition team member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), reveals little new information.

Its authors focus on complaints of liberal bias among mostly Republican law enforcement officials, while omitting information that does not fit their narrative.

The resulting document is boring and tendentious, and it’s hard to understand why Republicans were so excited to get it out and why the FBI and Democrats were so determined to keep it secret. It’s such a dud that it was probably more valuable to Republicans when it was still a secret document.

That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.

February 2, 2018
Some things the Nunes Memo does not explain away: 1) The hack of DNC servers by 2 Russian intelligence agencies 2) George Papadopoulos’s contacts with the Russians 3) Michael Flynn’s negotiations with the Russian ambassador 4) the Trump Tower meeting 5) Firing Comey

February 2, 2018
NEW: Statement from the FBI Agents Association sent out just after the Nunes memo was released pic.twitter.com/TCi9ycBh8J
The lacklustre contents of the memo gives more credence to the theory, reported first by the Washington Post, that Trump’s move to declassify was designed as a political play vital to his desire to make changes at the Justice Department.

These changes include pushing out Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. But the firing of both, Democrats have said, would represent a “constitutional crisis”.

For now, the memo is already being reported by conservative media in America not for its contents but for the reaction the decision has created. Fox News is using the hashtag #MemoDay.

Ultimately, the unprecedented move signals once more that Trump is not a US president who plays by the rules.

PS. There’s now also an interesting discussion in how this whole episode acts as proof for how Fox News and other conservative media in America are driving the country towards “a constitutional crisis”.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trumps-declassified-doj-memo-attacks-muellers-fbi-probe-huffpost-verdict_uk_5a74987ae4b01ce33eb267df

Someone threatened to out this politician; it didn’t work.
Politician: 1; Homophobe: 0

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