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Gal Gadot was a pretty wooden host on last night's SNL, failing to project properly and never looking away from her cue cards. It made for a dull show, but there's no denying to impact of her sensual makeout with Kate McKinnon in a hilarious, lesbian-themed Wonder Woman sketch ...

We need to take Trump's trans ban seriously, because he is pushing ahead with it (it became official as of Friday night) in spite of almost nobody being in favor of it, its roughly billion-dollar cost and its potential to weaken the U.S. military.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), who lost both legs in the service, writes, “When I was lbeeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn't care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white, or brown.”

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