TV evangelist Jim Bakker says Donald Trump is a test of faith and that Christians can pass by loving him. Watch: https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1214246794005221378 This is yet another case of an Evangelical fraud spinning their moral compass and stumping for Trump, despite their own history of wrong doings. While Bakker is back on television hawking doomsday prep meals and supplies, it wasn't too long ago he was paying hush money to women accusing him of sexual misconduct and serving time in prison for fraud.   Bakker cries as he's arrested for fraud - 1989   For those who are unaware [...]

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. Many of the remaining 2020 Presidential candidates responded to the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1207477801517015046 https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1207479041256755201 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1207473245181612033 https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/1207477272011329537 https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1207478075304361985 Elsewhere, long time anti-Trump celebrities took the opportunity to savor the moment. https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1207474944378048514 https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/1207472451531075584 https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1207369738562629632 https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/1207461059331870720 https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/1207475306472378375 https://twitter.com/MrTommyLand/status/1207478668617895937 https://twitter.com/jfreewright/status/1207477538836090882 https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1207473117443969024 https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1207475541256871936 But as always, the internet responded best by retweeting the President himself... https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/474134260149157888      

Speaking at a private event on leadership in Singapore today, Barack Obama remarked about how he had mused what a world run by women would look like during his time in office. Addressing the audience, the former President said: "Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you're better than us [men]. I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything... living standards and outcomes."     [...]

After days of backlash on social media, Hallmark has apologized for removing a Zola commercial featuring a lesbian couple celebrating their wedding. Watch: Statement from Hallmark: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (December 15, 2019) – Earlier this week, a decision was made at Crown Media Family Networks to remove commercials featuring a same-sex couple. “The Crown Media team has been agonizing over this decision as we’ve seen the hurt it has unintentionally caused. Said simply, they believe this was the wrong decision. Our mission is rooted in helping all people connect, celebrate traditions, and be inspired to capture meaningful moments [...]

Finland's Sanna Marin is to become the world's youngest Prime Minister at age 34.   The Finnish transport minister was elected by her Social Democratic party and will be sworn in later this week. She will lead a centre-left coalition with four other parties, all headed by women.   https://twitter.com/TNiskakangas/status/1203729511658995713   Marin rose quickly through the ranks of the Social Democrats, heading the city administration in Tampere at the age of 27 and becoming an MP in 2015. When she takes office, Ms Marin will be the world's youngest sitting prime minister, ahead of New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern who [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning she is asking the House Judiciary Committee to proceed with drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, saying "the president leaves us no choice but to act." Pelosi began her statement citing deliberations between the Founding Fathers with regards to impeachment, and said there was never the intention in the U.S. for one person to be "a king."   Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHw_83mQSEg     Pelosi's announcement came one day after the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing in the inquiry in which three of the four witnesses argued that Trump committed impeachable offenses, including [...]