Starbucks Partners With LGBTQ Charity That Helps Trans Kids Find Hormone Treatments

Starbucks U.K. is launching a partnership with a charity that advises transgender children on gender dysphoria, including, but not limited to, locating access to hormone treatments. . .

Starbucks will sell “mermaid tail cookies” that will benefit the charity. Proceeds from the sales of the cookies will go to expanding the charity’s outreach, reports say.

According to BBC LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte, who revealed the news on Twitter Friday, the charity is called Mermaids, an organization that aims to act as an advocate for trans kids and their parents.

On Twitter, Hunte wrote, “Breaking @StarbucksUK is launching a £100,00+ partnership with trans equality charity @Mermaids_Gender. Starbucks will sell a ‘mermaid tail cookie’ and launch a national ad campaign promoting trans rights.” . . .

According to Mermaids’ website, the grassroots organization has “evolved into one of the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ charities, empowering thousands of people with its secure online communities, local community groups, helpline services, web resources, events and residential weekends.” (Read more from “Starbucks Partners With LGBTQ Charity That Helps Trans Kids Find Hormone Treatments” HERE)

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President Trump to Award Rush Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump reportedly told news anchors during a private lunch on Tuesday that he plans to honor conservative talk radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. . .

According to multiple outlets, the president told members of the press during an off-the-record lunch that he wants to present Limbaugh with the Medal of Freedom in the near future. CNN reported that a “person familiar with the discussion” said President Trump would like to hold the ceremony “in the coming months” while Politico reported that “the president also said he could award the Medal of Freedom to Limbaugh as soon as next week.”

Politico also cited two individuals who claimed President Trump’s preference would be to honor Limbaugh with the medal during the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The outlet further reported that the president invited the radio legend to attend his speech and “join the first lady in the gallery.”

President Trump and Mr. Limbaugh have been friends for years, and the radio host has been a staunch supporter of the president throughout his time in the White House.

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Democrats Release Iowa Caucus Results

Chaos erupted on Tuesday after Democrats only released 62% of the caucus results from Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, which showed that Pete Buttigieg won the most delegates despite not getting as many votes as Bernie Sanders. . .

Chaos initially erupted on Monday night when the Iowa Democratic Party said in a statement that it “found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results.”

Immediately following the announcement that the results were not going to be announced on Monday night, Buttigieg rushed to declare himself the winner of the contest.

“What a night. Because tonight, an improbable hope became an undeniable reality,” Buttigieg told his supporters, according to CNN. “So we don’t know all the results, but we know by the time, it’s all said and done, Iowa you have shocked the nation. Because by all indications, we are going on to New Hampshire victorious.”

Shortly after Buttigieg’s speech, speculation began to swirl around the app that was used that reportedly had the problem and the company that developed the app. (Read more from “Democrats Release Iowa Caucus Results” HERE)

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Here Are the Dems Boycotting Trump’s State of the Union Address; Trump Appears to Snub Pelosi’s Handshake Moments Before Giving SOTU Address (VIDEO)

By Daily Wire. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) will also be boycotting the SOTU address, she said via Twitter on Tuesday.

“To think that I would attend the #SOTU to hear the message of an IMPEACHED president is a thought that in no way would be consistent w/ my fight and struggle against this dishonorable president. I will certainly NOT be there!” Waters posted.

As of Tuesday afternoon, at least seven House Democrats announced their plan to boycott President Donald Trump’s annual State of the Union address, set for this evening.

According to reports from The Hill and Axios, the following Democrats will not attend the address:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

Rep. Al Green (D-TX)

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)

(Read more from “Here Are the Dems Boycotting Trump’s State of the Union Address” HERE)

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Trump Appears to Snub Pelosi’s Handshake Moments Before Giving SOTU Address

By Newsweek. Before beginning his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump refused to shake the hand of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

As Trump handed Pelosi a copy of the address, she proferred her hand. Trump ignored it, turning instead to face the crowd of cheering politicians.

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WATCH: Trump Calls Bernie a ‘Communist,’ Blasts Other Dems in Super Bowl Pregame Interview; Bloomberg Campaign Calls Trump a ‘Pathological Liar’ With ‘Fake Hair,’ ‘Obesity’ and ‘Spray on Tan’

By Daily Caller. President Donald Trump called Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders “a communist” and blasted other Democrats in an interview that aired Sunday before Super Bowl LIV.

Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump was asked to respond to some of the names of Democrats who are seeking their party’s presidential nomination. When asked about Sanders, Trump replied, “Well, I think he’s a communist. I mean you know, look. I think of communism when I think of Bernie. Now you could say socialist, but didn’t he get married in Moscow?”

(Read more from “WATCH: Trump Calls Bernie a ‘Communist,’ Blasts Other Dems in Super Bowl Pregame Interview” HERE)

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Bloomberg Campaign Calls Trump a ‘Pathological Liar’ With ‘Fake Hair,’ ‘Obesity’ and ‘Spray on Tan’

By NBC News. President Donald Trump and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg traded barbs on Sunday hours before their dueling ads were set to compete during the Super Bowl. . .

“Very little,” Trump told Fox News of Bloomberg in a clip released hours ahead of his pre-Super Bowl interview with Sean Hannity. “I just think of little. You know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. OK. It’s OK. There’s nothing wrong. You can be short. Why should he get a box to stand on. He wants a box for the debates. Why should he be entitled? Does that mean everyone else gets a box?”

“The president is lying,” Bloomberg campaign spokesperson Julie Wood said in a statement. “He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.”

The former mayor echoed his spokesperson’s remarks, saying that Trump “lies about everything so you shouldn’t be surprised that he said things like that.”

“I stand twice as tall as he does on the stage that matters,” he added. (Read more from “Bloomberg Campaign Calls Trump a ‘Pathological Liar’ With ‘Fake Hair,’ ‘Obesity’ and ‘Spray on Tan'” HERE)

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Schiff Makes PATHETIC Closing Argument: Trump Could Sell Alaska (VIDEO)

By The Blaze. Closing arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial wrapped up Monday with some far-reaching arguments from two of the House’s impeachment managers.

On the one hand, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) claimed that, if non-criminal acts aren’t impeachable, President Donald Trump would be able to trade away a U.S. state to Russia for political assistance.

During his closing arguments, Schiff attacked the position that only criminal actions rise to the constitutional standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors” as grounds for impeachment. If non-criminal actions aren’t impeachable, the California Democrat argued, then “a whole range of utterly unacceptable conduct in a president would now beyond reach.”

For example, Schiff claimed, “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election, or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating to him the decision whether to go to war.”

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Impeachment Closing Arguments: Dems Claim ‘Duty Demands’ a Conviction, as Trump Team Decries ‘Rush to Judgment’

By Fox News. The impeachment trial of President Trump drew closer toward its almost-inevitable conclusion with closing arguments Monday, as Democratic House impeachment managers made a last-ditch push to convince the Senate that an acquittal would be a “death blow” to the ability to hold a president in check, while Trump’s defense team accused the Democrats of engaging in a rushed, “purely partisan” endeavor. . .

“I submit to you on behalf of the House of Representatives that your duty demands that you convict President Trump,” House manager Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., said during his remarks, the first among the Democrats who delivered arguments.

Crow addressed an argument put forth by Trump legal team member Alan Dershowitz, who claimed that Trump was working in the national interest, and not his personal interest, by asking Ukraine to investigate possible corruption related to former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Dershowitz asserted that even if Trump was acting to aid his own re-election if he believes his re-election to be in the nation’s best interest, it would be proper. . .

As for the president’s team on Monday, attorney Kenneth Starr argued the House’s impeachment power is not free of limitations. . .

Starr also accused the House Judiciary Committee of rushing to move forward with impeachment and contrasted Trump’s impeachment with that of President Bill Clinton and the effort to impeach President Richard Nixon, both of which enjoyed bipartisan support, unlike the Trump impeachment. (Read more from “Impeachment Closing Arguments: Dems Claim ‘Duty Demands’ a Conviction, as Trump Team Decries ‘Rush to Judgment’” HERE)

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Donald Trump Wins Republican Iowa Caucuses; Democrat Iowa Caucus Results Delayed Due to ‘Quality Control’ Checks; The Iowa Caucus Disaster Can Be Blamed Partly on Hillary Clinton’s Former Campaign Manager

By Breitbart. President Donald Trump officially won the Republican caucuses in Iowa on Monday, an expected result as there was no serious primary challenger.

Donald Trump earned 97 percent of the caucus vote, with 100 percent of the counties reporting according to the Republican state party reporting page. . .

The president’s re-election campaign sent an army of over 80 surrogates to the state caucuses including members of his family and top Republicans.

Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale said that it was still important to make an appearance in the state to build up their supporter base in Iowa.

“A lot of people ask us why we’re out here today,” Parscale said at a caucus press conference on Monday. “The truth is, this is our first test of a grassroots army we built.”

(Read more from “Donald Trump Wins Republican Iowa Caucuses” HERE)

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Democrat Iowa Caucus Results Delayed Due to ‘Quality Control’ Checks

By Breitbart. Democrat presidential campaigns began voicing concerns about the delayed results of the Iowa caucuses on Monday night.

Two and half hours after the Iowa caucuses opened, the state party had no results to report, leaving presidential campaigns in the dark about how they performed, even after the caucus results were complete.

Cable news outlets also began voicing concerns about the process as they had nothing to report.

The Iowa Democrat Party revamped the Iowa caucus process, promising to release three different sets of data, including the numbers of a pre-realignment vote, a final vote, and a delegate count. . .

The Iowa Democrat party admitted there was a delay because of “quality control.” Earlier in the day, precinct chairs reported some issues with downloading the new result reporting app ahead of the caucuses. (Read more from “Democrat Iowa Caucus Results Delayed Due to ‘Quality Control’ Checks” HERE)

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The Iowa Caucus Disaster Can Be Blamed Partly on Hillary Clinton’s Former Campaign Manager

By Washington Examiner. The Democratic Party’s first big showing in the 2020 election has been an unmitigated disaster.

On Sunday, a highly anticipated poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers was scuttled after a voter complained of polling irregularities, prompting the survey’s conductors to shelve the results out of an “abundance of caution.”

On Monday, the day of caucuses, Iowa Democratic Party members held emergency meetings late into the evening over possible voting irregularities and precinct reporting errors. They announced eventually an indefinite delay to the release of the election results due to “quality checks.”

At this rate, with this sort of disorder and chaos, President Trump is going to steamroll whomever the Democrats throw at him and his well-oiled machine this November. It is going to be like the 2016 election all over again, which is really quite appropriate considering Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, Robby Mook, is tied to the electoral mess in Iowa.

It is a bit convoluted, but it goes like this: The Iowa Democratic Party tried something new this year. It tried to synchronize all election reporting with a new smartphone app, “which is downloaded on the personal cellphones of caucus managers to tabulate and report results,” the Des Moines Register reports. (Read more from “The Iowa Caucus Disaster Can Be Blamed Partly on Hillary Clinton’s Former Campaign Manager” HERE)

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Trump Campaign Removes Bloomberg News Reporter From Iowa Event

President Trump’s campaign escorted a Bloomberg News reporter out of an event in Iowa weeks after it said it would no longer credential the news organization’s reporters for its events.

Reporter Jennifer Jacobs was removed from the room before a news conference in West Des Moines on Monday. A campaign official told the Washington Examiner the decision was in line with campaign policy.

The Trump campaign said in December that it would not give Bloomberg News reporters credentials following the news organization’s decision not to conduct investigative reporting on any 2020 Democratic presidential candidates after its owner, Michael Bloomberg, announced he was running for president. Bloomberg News said it would cover daily campaign events as usual and would still investigate the Trump administration. (Read more from “Trump Campaign Removes Bloomberg News Reporter From Iowa Event” HERE)

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Rewatch the Super Bowl Ad Honoring the American Flag Featuring Johnny Cash and Cpl. Kyle Carpenter

The Fox network aired a tribute to the United States of America and its flag before Super Bowl LIV kicked off on Sunday. The ad featured Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and had Johnny Cash’s “Ragged Old Flag” as its soundtrack.

The ad also features owners of various NFL team owners telling how Cash wrote the song and praised America’s military men and women.

Carpenter received the nation’s highest medal for military service while he was with Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010.

Then-Lance Corporal Carpenter and a fellow Marine were on a rooftop providing security when the enemy threw hand grenades, with one landing inside their sandbagged position. According to his citation, Carpenter landed onto of the grenades without hesitation, taking the full brunt of the blast. Against the odds, he survived and began his long road to recovery, culminating in receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions in 2014.

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Joe Biden Kisses Granddaughter on Lips During Iowa Rally

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gave his 19-year-old granddaughter a kiss on the lips during a campaign rally in Iowa on Sunday, prompting some grossed-out responses on social media.

The former vice president entered the event at Clarke University in Dubuque holding the hand of Finnegan Biden, the daughter of his son Hunter.

“I would like to introduce you to my granddaughter Finnegan Biden. The reason I asked Finnegan — grandfathers are always allowed to embarrass their granddaughters — that goes along with the territory,” said Biden, 77, his hand over her shoulder. “Her other grandma graduated from Clarke College in the mid-’60s and talks about it all the time.”

He then described the difference between daughters and granddaughters to the crowd as he walked around the stage before circling back to Finnegan.

“But granddaughters not only love their grandpops but they like them. And that’s the great thing. Thank you, baby,” he said before giving her a quick peck on the lips. (Read more from “Joe Biden Kisses Granddaughter on Lips During Iowa Rally” HERE)

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