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<\/a>APPLE<\/strong>. Tim Cook tells employees the company is donating $2 million to fight hate groups<\/a>: \u201cCook sent a memo to employees Wednesday pledging the donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. The Montgomery, Alabama based SPLC is one of the leading groups that track\u00a0the rise of hate groups. Cook is an Alabama native.\u00a0Apple is also encouraging employees to contribute as well, and is matching their payments by two to one through Sept. 30. Additionally, Apple is setting up a system in Apple\u2019s iTunes software to let consumers directly donate to the SPLC, which Cook said would be operational within the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\nDELIVER US FROM EVIL<\/strong>. A new album from Dolly Parton<\/a>!<\/p>\n JACKIE SPEIER<\/strong>. Congresswoman calls<\/a> for Trump\u2019s removal, says Trump showing signs of mental instability.<\/p>\n POTUS is showing signs of erratic behavior and mental instability that place the country in grave danger. Time to invoke the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) August 16, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n TRUMP ON NAZIS<\/strong>. 67 percent of Republicans back him<\/a>: \u201cHe gets majority disapproval overall for his response to the events, while most Republicans approve. Republicans interviewed following Tuesday\u2019s press conference also feel Mr. Trump is\u00a0assigning blame accurately<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the matter, while Democrats and Independents, and the country overall, disagree.\u201d<\/p>\n NYLE DIMARCO<\/strong>. How to say \u2018Impeach Trump\u2019 in ASL:<\/p>\n Trump is a racist and white supremacist who stands with neo-nazi.#ImpeachTrump<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GhLMitZquc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) August 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n CHICAGO<\/strong>. Jeff Sessions has city in his sights<\/a>.<\/p>\n INDIANA<\/strong>. Man accused in fatal beating of gay Afghanistan veteran gets 65 years in prison<\/a>: \u201cAuthorities said Davis-Martin attacked the South Bend veteran with a bar stool after being told by a third party that Henderson had romantic feelings for Davis-Martin. Henderson was found in January 2016 lying in the street near a home that Davis-Martin shared with his mother. He died of multiple blunt-force and chop injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n TITANIC REUNION<\/strong>. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are hanging out in St. Tropez<\/a>.<\/p>\n PAKISTAN<\/strong>. Transgender bill introduced in parliament<\/a>.<\/p>\n PATHETIC CRYBABY OF THE DAY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n NYC<\/strong>. Naked man squirts water at policemen from atop West Village apartment<\/a>.<\/p>\n GEAR TESTERS<\/strong>. The brothers Efron are applying for a new job<\/a>.<\/p>\n TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Thor: Ragnarok<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>. Pae Suriyapong.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Tim Cook, Dolly Parton, Nyle DiMarco, Dana Nessel, Neil Gorsuch, Chris Hemsworth, Apple, Chicago: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/a>DANA NESSEL<\/strong>. Lawyer who fought state\u2019s ban on same-sex marriage running for Michigan Attorney General<\/a>. \u201cDana Nessel, a Democrat from Plymouth, became the first candidate to enter the race to succeed Republican Bill Schuette, who vigorously defended the 2004 voter-approved ban and is expected to run for governor. She announced her campaign alongside her wife, their two children and supporters in an area of Ann Arbor where Nessel celebrated two years ago with clients Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer in the aftermath of their victory at the U.S. Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Neil](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gorsuch.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
<\/a>NEIL GORSUCH<\/strong>. SCOTUS Justice to address conservatives at Trump Hotel<\/a>: \u201cTFAS plan to celebrate their 50th anniversary in Trumpian style with the kind of pomp and somewhat curious circumstance that only a Trump-nominated Supreme Court justice can provide by throwing their five-decades-long celebratory shindig at the Trump International Hotel, a\u00a03.5 star Yelp-rated lodging and event space with four dollar signs<\/a>\u2013indicating presidential levels of priciness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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