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SEAN SPICER WILL SEND YOUR LOVED ONES A CUSTOM VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGE
FOR JUST $199
February 12, 2020
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WITH TICKETS COSTING $580,600 PER COUPLE, TRUMP'S SATURDAY FUNDRAISER
WILL BE HIS MOST EXPENSIVE YET
12:12 a.m.
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CBS NEWS POLL: MORE NEW HAMPSHIRE GOP PRIMARY VOTERS HAVE GREATER
LOYALTY TO TRUMP THAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
February 13, 2020
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TRUMP SAYS HE'D VOTE FOR A GAY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
February 13, 2020
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66,000 MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS WERE JUST DISMISSED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
February 13, 2020
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LISTEN TO BILLIE EILISH'S JAMES BOND THEME SONG FROM _NO TIME TO DIE_
February 13, 2020
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIVERTING $3.83 BILLION FROM BUDGET TO BUILD
BORDER BARRIERS
February 13, 2020
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HERE'S THE 1ST OFFICIAL LOOK AT ROBERT PATTINSON'S BATMAN
February 13, 2020
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just what we all wanted!
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SEAN SPICER WILL SEND YOUR LOVED ONES A CUSTOM VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGE
FOR JUST $199
February 12, 2020
Sean Spicer has the answer to your last-minute Valentine's Day
scramble.
The former White House press secretary is generously offering up
custom video messages once priced at $400 for a mere $199 through the
end of February. "If you forgot to get someone you love a thoughtful
Valentine's Day gift, it's not too late," Spicer shared in an
Instagram video posted Tuesday. Just find him on the Cameo app
and you'll "get the best way to tell someone you love them (a video
from me)" by Friday.
While it may seem like a high price from a man who once gave us
somewhat daily video messages
on the government's dime, Spicer isn't just pocketing your cash. Every
dollar will go to The Independence Fund, specifically to help buy
wheelchairs for wounded veterans, Spicer says on Cameo. So forget the
flowers that will wilt in a week and get a custom message that will
hold your loved one's interest for at least as long. _Kathryn
Krawczyk_
drain the swamp
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WITH TICKETS COSTING $580,600 PER COUPLE, TRUMP'S SATURDAY FUNDRAISER
WILL BE HIS MOST EXPENSIVE YET
12:12 a.m.
Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
If you want to attend President Trump's Saturday night fundraiser in
Palm Beach, you better sell that old Renoir on the wall, quickly marry
an oligarch, sell a kidney to a despot who really needs it, or ask
Mike Bloomberg for a loan.
The $580,600-per-couple event will be held at the beachfront home of
billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, and is Trump's most expensive
fundraising event since he took office, _The Washington Post_ reports.
The invitation promises dinner and a photo with Trump, the _Post_
reports, and a Republican National Committee official said 30 or so
guests are expected. This event will bring in more than $10 million
for Trump's re-election efforts.
Since October 2017, Trump has attended at least 48 dinners and
roundtable discussions with top Republican donors, the _Post_ reports.
Tickets to all of those events started at $50,000. Campaign officials
told the _Post_ that while the Secret Service does do background
checks, the White House doesn't vet guests.
The _Post_ points out that in 2016, Trump called out his fellow
candidates for courting wealthy donors, saying, "Somebody gives them
money — not anything wrong — just psychologically when they go to
that person, they're going to do it. They owe them." Republican
National Committee spokesman Mike Reed told the _Post_ Trump is "the
most accessible president in history," and "these roundtables, which
previous presidents attended as well, are an opportunity for our
supporters to get an update on the campaign and his record as
president, all things the president discusses publicly all the time."
_Catherine Garcia_
polls
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CBS NEWS POLL: MORE NEW HAMPSHIRE GOP PRIMARY VOTERS HAVE GREATER
LOYALTY TO TRUMP THAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
February 13, 2020
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
CBS News conducted a poll
of New Hampshire Republicans who voted in Tuesday's primary, and found
that a majority feel a greater allegiance to President Trump than the
Republican Party.
The results, released Thursday night, show that 55 percent of primary
voters chose Trump versus 39 percent who picked the Republican Party.
When asked to share their feelings about the Trump administration, 65
percent said they are "enthusiastic," 24 percent are "satisfied," 6
percent are "dissatisfied," and 5 percent are "angry." Of the primary
voters who said they did not want Trump to get the GOP nomination in
2016, 62 percent said they still voted for him in the election. About
1 in 10 cast their ballot on Tuesday for someone other than Trump,
with most supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld.
When asked about Trump's impeachment, a majority of the Republicans
said they think it will help him get re-elected. Read more about the
poll at CBS News.
_Catherine Garcia_
lgbtq
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TRUMP SAYS HE'D VOTE FOR A GAY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
February 13, 2020
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
President Trump would have no problem voting for a gay candidate for
president, he told Fox News' Geraldo Rivera on Thursday.
Rivera interviewed Trump for his podcast, _Roadkill With Geraldo_, and
asked if he believes Americans would vote for a gay man to be
president. One of the Democrats in the running this year is Pete
Buttigieg, the openly gay former mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
"I think so," Trump responded. "I think there would be some that
wouldn't, and I wouldn't be among that group, to be honest with you. I
think that it doesn't seem to be hurting Pete Buttigieg. But there
would certainly be a group that probably wouldn't. But you and I would
not be in that group."
A Gallup poll released last year found that 76 percent of Americans
would vote for a gay or lesbian presidential candidate, NBC News
reports.
This was a major shift from a few decades ago; in 1978, only 26
percent of respondents told Gallup they would vote for a gay or
lesbian candidate. _Catherine Garcia_
Pot politics
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66,000 MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS WERE JUST DISMISSED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
February 13, 2020
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
This week, 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County — some
dating back to 1961 — were dismissed.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced on
Thursday that she filed a motion asking a Superior Court judge to
erase 62,000 felony and 4,000 misdemeanor convictions, and the order
was signed on Tuesday.
With this move, 22,000 people no longer have felonies on their record
in California, while 15,000 now don't have a criminal record at all,
the_ Los Angeles Times_ reports.
This affects 53,000 people — 45 percent are Latino, 32 percent are
black, and 20 percent are white. "What this does is correct that
inequality of the past," Lacey told the _Times_. "It gives them a
start, a new start."
In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64, which legalized
possession and the purchase of up to an ounce of marijuana, plus lets
people grow up to six plants for personal consumption. _Catherine
Garcia_
she's the bond guy
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LISTEN TO BILLIE EILISH'S JAMES BOND THEME SONG FROM _NO TIME TO DIE_
February 13, 2020
Might this song score Billie Eilish an Academy Award?
The Grammy-sweeping artist
on Thursday released her James Bond theme song from the upcoming film
_No Time to Die_. At 18 years old, Eilish is the youngest person ever
to record a Bond theme.
Eilish's involvement in _No Time to Die _was announced last month
,
at which point she said in a statement that "to be able to score the
theme song to a film that is part of such a legendary series is a huge
honor," also calling James Bond "the coolest film franchise ever to
exist." She wrote the song with her brother, Finneas.
The last Bond theme song for _Spectre _was performed by Sam Smith,
while Adele performed the theme for 2012's _Skyfall_. Both of those
artists' songs ultimately won the Academy Award for Best Original
Song, raising the possibility that after Eilish's Oscars performance
on Sunday, she could be headed back next year as a winner. At the very
least, does every other artist debuting an original song in a 2020
movie have some competition on their hands? To quote Eilish, duh.
Brendan Morrow
the wall
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIVERTING $3.83 BILLION FROM BUDGET TO BUILD
BORDER BARRIERS
February 13, 2020
Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
The Defense Department notified Congress Thursday that it is diverting
$3.83 billion from one part of its budget in order to construct 177
more miles of President Trump's southern border wall.
The $3.83 billion was going to be used to purchase two F-35 fighter
jets and two Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for the Marine Corps; one P-8A
reconnaissance aircraft for the Navy; and eight MQ-9 Reaper drones and
four C-130J transport planes for the Air Force, _The Washington Post_
reports.
The Defense Department is using a counternarcotics law to move the
money without congressional approval; under this law, the Pentagon can
construct fencing for other federal, state, and local agencies in
areas where there is known drug smuggling. The White House wants to
take $7.2 billion from the Pentagon budget for the wall, which Trump
promised to build during his 2016 presidential campaign, with Mexico
paying the bill.
There was bipartisan criticism of the move. Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
released a statement saying, "This latest effort to steal
congressionally appropriated military funding undermines our national
security and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution."
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the "re-programming announced today
is contrary to Congress' constitutional authority, and I believe that
it requires Congress to take action." _Catherine Garcia_
battinson begins
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HERE'S THE 1ST OFFICIAL LOOK AT ROBERT PATTINSON'S BATMAN
February 13, 2020
So long, Batfleck. Battinson has officially arrived.
_The Batman _director Matt Reeves on Thursday dropped the first
official look at Robert Pattinson in costume as the new Batman. A
55-second, _Daredevil_-esque video uploaded to Reeves' Vimeo page
shows off Pattinson in the brand new
suit for the very first time, though it's camera test footage and not
actually taken from _The Batman_. Without further ado, here he is:
While Reeves was at it, he also provided our first tease of Michael
Giacchino's score from the film, as Giacchino himself has confirmed
. It's
just a taste, but with Giacchino composing, the music naturally
doesn't disappoint.
_The Batman _sees Pattinson take over as the Caped Crusader after Ben
Affleck, who played the character in the poorly-received _Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice _and _Justice League_. Hitting theaters in
2021, it's set to follow a younger version of the character, and it's
got quite the cast, with Zoë Kravitz playing Catwoman, Paul Dano
playing the Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, Andy
Serkis as Alfred, and Colin Farrell as the Penguin. Soak in Battinson
in all his glory below. Brendan Morrow
The Batman - Camera Test from Matt
Reeves on Vimeo .
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