https://hooktube.com/watch?v=0qbuZJYTrT8
SNL’s Stormy Daniels cold open, annotated
"Saturday Night Live" tackled the recent twists and turns of the Stormy Daniels story in the show's cold open on May 5.
>SCHNEIDERMAN RESIGNED
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for his state’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to resign following a report that Schneiderman physically abused romantic partners.
Four women have accused Schneiderman of physical abuse while in romantic relationships with the state's top law enforcement official, the New Yorker reported this evening.
The allegations were made against a rising star of the Democratic Party, who immediately called for his resignation. Schneiderman‘s profile on the national stage has risen as he’s led blue states in challenges to Trump administration initiatives.
In the report, writers Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow detail allegations by four women who say Schneiderman slapped them and choked them, sometimes requiring the women to seek medical attention. Two of the women, Michelle Manning Barish and Tanya Selvaratnam, spoke on the record for the story and said Schneiderman "threatened to kill them if they broke up with him."
Schneiderman's office denied the threats and, in a statement, the attorney general denied assaulting the women.
"In the privacy of intimate relationships, I have engaged in role-playing and other consensual sexual activity," Schneiderman told the New Yorker. "I have not assaulted anyone. I have never engaged in nonconsensual sex, which is a line I would not cross.”
Schneiderman, 63, is divorced. He was elected state attorney general in 2010. He has pursued Trump University, investigated diesel emissions-testing cheating by Volkswagen and led state attorneys generals in challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban aimed at travelers from Muslim-majority countries. Schneiderman also has publicly criticized Harvey Weinstein for a series of sexual assault allegations against the filmmaker.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/05/07/cuomo-calls-for-schneiderman-to-resign-403334
Melania Trump accused of stealing Michelle Obama's 'Be Better' slogan for her 'Be Best' platform
You Win Internet•May 7, 2018
Melania Trump has finally revealed her long-anticipated platform, 16 months after taking the role of first lady. Today, FLOTUS announced “Be Best” — but not without controversy.
In her speech, Trump outlined the three pillars of her innovative. She will focus on children’s well-being, social media use, and opioid abuse.
“I feel strongly that as adults we can and should be best at educating our children about the importance of a healthy and balanced life,” the first lady said. “As a mother and as first lady, it concerns me that in today's fast-paced and ever-connected world, children can be less prepared to express or manage their emotions and oftentimes turn to forms of destructive or addictive behavior such as bullying, drug addiction, or even suicide”
As anticipated, Trump addressed the negative uses of social media — as President Donald Trump watched from the front row.
“As we all know, social media can both positively and negatively affect our children. But too often, it is used in negative ways," said Trump. "When children learn positive online behaviors early on, social media can be used in productive ways and can affect positive change.”
Critics immediately picked up on the irony of the first lady’s platform, given her husband’s own Twitter use, an irony that Trump has addressed in the past.
But there was no rebuttal for the latest critique of Trump: Many think the first lady stole the “Be Best” slogan from Michelle Obama.
In June 2016, the former first lady sat down with Oprah Winfrey to speak about feminism. One of the biggest takeaways was Obama telling men in the workplace to “be better.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/melania-trump-accused-stealing-michelle-224830353.html
Oliver North named as new NRA president
By REBECCA MORIN
05/07/2018 02:18 PM EDT
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Oliver North, who in the 1980s became famous for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, will be the next president of the National Rifle Association, the organization announced Monday.
“I am honored to have been selected by the NRA Board to soon serve as this great organization’s President,” North said in a statement. “I appreciate the board initiating a process that affords me a few weeks to set my affairs in order, and I am eager to hit the ground running as the new NRA President.”
North, who worked for President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council, was convicted on three charges in 1989 after taking partial responsibility in a scheme to sell weapons to Iran, which was subject to an arms embargo, and use the proceeds to fund the rebel Contras in Nicaragua. The convictions were vacated in 1990.
North, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who more recently hosted a television program on Fox News, will leave the network immediately, according to the press release.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/07/nra-president-oliver-north-572296