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Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), a longtime senator and the Republican nominee for president in 2008, has been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor.

2 years ago today: Trump declared that John McCain, who spent 5 ½ years as a POW, is “not a war hero … I like people that weren’t captured” pic.twitter.com/Y189mVPsGh

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 18, 2017 

He and his family are exploring treatment options.

John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I've ever known. Cancer doesn't know what it's up against. Give it hell, John.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 20, 2017

Just this week, a vote on the eventually DOA repeal and replacement of Obamacare was stalled while John McCain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye.

Also worth noting is Sen. McCain's confused-seeming performance of late, which now feels like an ominous sign of something more wrong than simple sleeplessness.

Well wishes have poured in from all sides of the political spectrum.

Not a fan, but Trump's rise has definitely put that into perspective, and I wish him well. 

John McCain is as tough as they come. Thinking of John, Cindy, their wonderful children, & their whole family tonight.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 20, 2017

Tonys ratings were almost at an all-time low! (Image via TonyAwards.com)

EW: Tonys have some political oomph, Spacey me-me-me-ness, that epic Midler speech: “Bette Midler for president!” List of winners.

Sick of hearing actors talk re politics? 2 bad I won’t stay silent while politicians attack our rights. Proud to #StandwithPP #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/197VcICzgl

— Sally Field (@sally_field) June 11, 2017

Salon: Alex Jones, Sandy Hook denier and full-fledged nut, given prime-time Q&A by “cold” “sociopath” Megyn Kelly, who says, hey, Trump legitimized him first. 

Here you go @megynkelly - her name is Ana Grace Márquez-Greene. Say her name- stare at this & tell me it's worth it. @nbc #SandyHook pic.twitter.com/mKrU63KWmA

— Nelba Márquez-Greene (@Nelba_MG) June 12, 2017

Twitter @KaraDuffyCBS12: 49 people dressed as angels stood vigil outside Pulse last night to commemorate today's anniversary.

RIGHT NOW: 49 people dressed as angels stand out front of Pulse honoring the men and women killed one year ago today. pic.twitter.com/dw9cgCUIpm

— Kara Duffy (@KaraDuffyCBS12) June 12, 2017

Bloomberg: Will Trump testify? This guy sued Trump — and got him to admit to 30 lies while under oath. So bring it on.

Joe.My.God.: John McCain says America was better off under his old rival Obama.

New York Daily News: Caving to Fox News noise machine, Delta and Bank of America defund Public Theater over Trumped-up Julius Caesar.

The Trump-like characters in this production rattled corporate backers. (Image via Joan Marcus)

The Dean of crooked presidencies (Image via Time)

CNN: Trump's lawyer claims Comey's admitted leaking of his own memo was illegal. John Dean (!) calls that assessment “pure baloney,” “a charade.”

Trump's lawyer: Comey "made unauthorized disclosures ... of privileged communications with the President" https://t.co/BMx1wpsbM7

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 8, 2017

Talking Points Memo: Trump & Comey agree — Comey fired to end Russia probe.

Twitter @ericgeller: In the first line of Trump's lawyer's response to Comey's testimony, the typo “predisent” appears. PREDISENT TRUMP.

Washington Post: WaPo questions McCain's questions of Comey, calls him “incoherent,” “confused.” McCain admits tireness:

DailyKos: Markos Moulitsas hypothesizes how we get to President Pelosi in 2018.

Twitter @kylegriffin1: Sen. Mark Warner urges Americans to take seriously the threat of Russia hacking our elections: 

Mark Warner: I hope all Americans will take home "how significant the Russian interference in our electoral process was." (via @MSNBC) pic.twitter.com/W9p7WjuYP3

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 8, 2017

The term fake news was coined to mean, literally, false information intentionally created and passed off as real information. The intent of fake news is to deceive.

Factually incorrect information that was presented as news in good faith but is corrected is not fake news, not unless it is intentionally left uncorrected.

Factual news that is perhaps focused on at the expense of other news is not fake news, even if the act of curating could be called manipulative.

Factual news that is unpleasant to some factions is not fake news.

Calling all of the media fake news is fake news.

There are now several incidents of Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer and Donald Trump himself, at this rally in Florida Saturday ...

Trump, discussing terror, seamlessly mentions incident "last night in Sweden".

There was NO "incident" in Sweden last night. pic.twitter.com/XtcC4PRiNU

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 19, 2017

... referring to terrorist incidents that NEVER HAPPENED. Conway infamously referenced Bowling Green, Spicer allegedly confused Orlando with Atlanta, and now Trump has referred to a non-existent terrorist incident in Sweden on Friday when no event of any kind occurred.

This is a pattern, not a series of mistakes.

These grifters are gaslighting America. The rest of the world knows it's fake news, but a good % of the American public is saluting the cardboard cut-out:

The Best Vistor I could ever have!
President Trump came to Florida to see me! Wow, never will forget this!@realDonaldTrump @thebestcloser pic.twitter.com/galTF85biz

— Gene Huber (@Squeakey6) January 9, 2017

I honestly do not believe there is hope for America after Trump's ascendance to the throne. He is chipping away at the country's already shaky trust in the media, and I do not believe that is something that can be recovered. His goons will believe anything. I believe he is highly beatable in four years, but not sure he'll last, and yet I don't think it matters — he has already destroyed any concept of the office as anything good, noble and decent, and will have utterly destroyed too many people's faith in what's real and what's fake.

For the record: He's fake. Take me to the camps first.

Uber fights immigration order -- and #DeleteUber hashtag -- with $3-million legal fund for drivers https://t.co/mAE0ZbYRyX pic.twitter.com/VTHjLyEhaa

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 30, 2017

Don't tell me boycotts don't work — Trump-friendly Uber buckles, offers $3 million to defense fund related to Muslim ban.

Starbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) tears up attacking Muslim ban; Trump calls his tears fake, trashes Delta, says McCain & Graham want WWIII:

Sen. Chuck Schumer breaks down in tears while speaking out against President Trump's travel ban pic.twitter.com/YRaA050orL

— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) January 30, 2017

14 Pro Bowl players say they'd welcome an out gay NFL teammate — if he could play.

He founded a gay rugby club in Australia... and was richly rewarded.

Superthick stud crammed into a Speedo. Zac Efron's new Baywatch poster. This guy's thighs look deadly.

(Image via Paramount)

Not-My-President Trump has dropped the Joint Chiefs from our National Security Council, replacing them with his malevolent yes-men Steve Bannon — the white nationalist who was making millions off of fake news before it was chic — and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Even right-wing tool John McCain recognizes that this is a radical departure.

This is not scare-mongering. This is terrifying. These people are utterly unprepared to lead and are ideologues, and they are filled with hubris if they think they know better than security and military experts.

The White House is discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts https://t.co/18wNDcJjvL pic.twitter.com/sloKHD80BB

— CNN (@CNN) January 29, 2017

They're hijacking our system, and are now talking about asking foreign travelers to supply personal info about their social media accounts and their cell numbers. They presided over the Muslim ban, which led to green card holders being illegally detained — and which spurred some agents to openly defy court orders that found parts of Trump's order to be potentially illegal.

And at the height of this tumult, Ivanka Trump — who I am calling Marie Antoi-NYET — takes time out to pose for a me-so-pretty selfie with hubby Kushner, a Jew who seems intent on helping to nudge the U.S. into its own version of, perversely, Nazism.

(Image via Twitter)

Want to gag on irony? Watch Kushner's own grandma talk about the dangers of ignoring the plight of (Jewish) refugees. Bet she never could have guessed her own grandson would be spearheading the same damn thing:

1/WATCH: Extraordinary testimonial by Jared Kushner's grandmother, Holocaust survivor Rae Kushner, about the plight of WWII Jewish refugees. pic.twitter.com/AbC6BOyzWl

— Jody Rosen (@jodyrosen) January 29, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore — December 29, 1936-January 2017 (Image via) (GIF via MTM)

Mary Tyler Moore, whose showbiz career began as Happy the Hotpoint Elf in the early '50s and went on to help define quality entertainment on TV in the '60s and '70s, has died of complications from pneumonia. She had just turned 80 last month.

(Image via Time)

Earlier, TMZ had broken the news that Moore was on her deathbed at a Connecticut hospital.

Moore's death was confirmed in a statement to Extra:

Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile.

Moore's biggest early break came mostly off-screen, playing sultry Sam on Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957—1960), a role she held in 1959, and which required only her killer legs and suggestive voice — she was never seen.

(Image via NBC/CBS)

Along with many early-TV guest spots, Moore moved on to the role of Laura Petrie on the classic The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961—1966). Embodying pluck, a fresh face on traditional femininity and comic chops that kept up with veterans like Van Dyke, Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie, Moore became America's sweetheart, and made bank, allowing her to move forward in the future as a woman calling the shots.

Thoroughly modern Mary (Image via CBS)

Though hard to believe comparing the style and subject matter of the two shows, it was only four years later that her The Mary Tyler Moore Show aka Mary Tyler Moore debuted.

(Screengrab via Newsweek.com; words by Kurt Eichenwald)

ABOVE: How Trump's outrageous business conflicts of interest are already endangering America.

Secretary of State-to-be Rex Tillerson is so tight with Putin, Russia's already praised Trump's pick.

Tillerson's so lousy with Russia, his pick such a huge F.U., that even the Republican Senate might not fall in line.

(Video still via The Advocate)

Watch these guys (ABOVE) hook up, face a problem and then — find out your PrEP IQ.

He seems nice: 

 

#daddyspit

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Kylie Minogue gives her most out-there, gayest Xmas show — by far! 

WOW! Thank you SO much to the entire #KylieChristmas team, the band, the dancers, the choir, the orchestra, and of course all of YOU!! 🎄👸🏼 pic.twitter.com/ZU7TVtmkL0

— kylie minogue (@kylieminogue) December 10, 2016