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<\/p>\nTina Smith, Steve Bannon, Matt Lauer, DeRay McKesson, Mo Brooks Cancer, Dear Evan Hansen, Michael Che: HOT LINKS<\/b>
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MO BROOKS<\/strong>. Congressman who defended Republicans\u2019 plan to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people who have preexisting conditions, which he characterized as personal failings, announces he has prostate cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Martha and I are extremely grateful for the outpouring of support for our family during this difficult time and are optimistic for a full and speedy recovery. t.co\/cW6cPPnUbh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n RUSSIA PROBE<\/strong>. Republicans are champing at the bit to start their own probe of Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n DISHEVELED DRUNK<\/strong>. Rep. Peter King sticks fork in Steve Bannon: \u201cIt\u2019s not a political issue but a moral issue\u2026 this guy<\/a> does not belong on the national stage. He looks like a drunk that wandered on to the national stage.\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Peter King: Steve Bannon “looks like some disheveled drunk who wandered on to the political stage” says Alabama vote was a “revulsion by people” of Bannon’s style and political views t.co\/EJGw7GI4Is<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 New Day (@NewDay) December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n #BYEFELICIA<\/strong>. TODAY viewers are apparently thrilled that Matt Lauer is gone<\/a>.<\/p>\n LAWSUIT<\/strong>. Out Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay McKesson sues FOX host Jeanine Pirro for defamation<\/a>: \u201cFox News host Jeanine Pirro smeared Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson by claiming he directed violence against a Baton Rouge police officer in 2016, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The defamation case Mckesson filed in Manhattan Supreme Court stems from Pirro\u2019s commentary about a protest over the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man<\/a>, on July 5, 2016. Mckesson, 32, had attended a protest over the shooting and was arrested, but charges against him were dismissed \u2014 and he and about 185 other protesters later settled a suit against the Baton Rouge police for $136,000.\u201d<\/p>\n AUSTRALIA<\/strong>. Meet the gay couple who will likely be the first to marry<\/a>: \u201c30-year-old Stephanie Dyball will now legally marry her 32-year-old partner Megan Stapleton next Thursday in regional Victoria. The couple<\/a> successfully applied for a waiver of the one-month waiting period because their celebrant told them if they provided the evidence to the Births Deaths and Marriages Office they may be given the right to legally marry earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n MINNESOTA<\/strong>.\u00a0Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace Al Franken<\/a>: \u201cIn selecting Smith, the governor is choosing one of his most trusted advisers and someone who has worked for years traveling the state and building relationships with influential DFLers and business leaders. Smith was Dayton\u2019s first chief-of-staff after careers at General Mills, Planned Parenthood and the city of Minneapolis, where she was chief-of-staff to former Mayor R.T. Rybak.\u201d<\/p>\n SNL<\/strong>. Colin Jost and Michael Che named new co-head writers<\/a>: \u201cThey will join current head writers Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker.\u00a0The duo\u2019s appointment brings the number of\u00a0SNL<\/em>\u00a0co-head writers back to four. They fill the void left by the departure of former co-head writers\u00a0Chris Kelly\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah Schneider who\u00a0left at the beginning of the season<\/a>\u00a0to segue to their Comedy Central series executive produced by\u00a0SNL<\/em>\u00a0boss Lorne Michaels.\u201d<\/p>\n GREEN AREAS<\/strong>. A new forest cover map of the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n Forest cover map of the US<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n TV TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Homeland Season 7.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n BOYS<\/strong>. The Queer Collective put a call<\/a> out for anyone who identifies with the word \u2018boy<\/a>\u2019 to make a video<\/a> inspired by Charli XCX\u2019s Boys music video<\/a> because we want to showcase the diversity of the word \u2018boy<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. The 15:17 to Paris. <\/em>The film stars the real-life heroes who thwarted the attack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Anthony Sadler,\u00a0Alek Skarlatos, and\u00a0Spencer Stone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n HUMP DAY HOTTIE<\/strong>. Killian.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Tina Smith, Steve Bannon, Matt Lauer, DeRay McKesson, Mo Brooks Cancer, Dear Evan Hansen, Michael Che: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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LIL PEEP<\/strong>. Rapper died of overdose of Xanax and Fentanil<\/a>. \u201cThe Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner on Friday released details from a toxicology report. The budding star, whose real name was Gustav Ahr, was found dead in November on his tour bus ahead of a scheduled concert in Tucson. He was 21. With the report, the medical examiner certified the cause of death as the effects of the pain medication fentanyl and alprazolam, which is used to treat anxiety. The death was certified as accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"noah](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/galvin00.png?resize=195%2C195\")
DEAR EVAN HANSEN<\/strong>. Noah Galvin on how he\u2019s trying to make the Broadway show his own<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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