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Donald Trump Jr. responds to the entire internet making fun of the way he sits.

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If you've had access to WiFi over the past 24 hours, you've seen the haunting and/or hilarious photo of Donald Trump Jr. sitting on a tree stump alone in a forest, looking so uncomfortable it makes you wonder if he'd ever sat before.

The photo, which first appeared in a New York Times profile of Donald Trump Jr, quickly became a viral meme and all weekend the internet was flooded with gems like these:

Well, Donald Trump's oldest son has finally responded on Instagram and he wants us to know that he DOES NOT CARE, okay?? In fact, he cares so little that he shared a screenshot from one of the offending memes along with an attempt to explain himself to the "haters." Because nothing says "I don't care! I'M FIIIIIINE!" like a defensive social media post.

"Apparently I'm really bad at sitting?!?!" wrote Junior. "Based on the memes out there I now know what it feels like to be Salt Bae! Thanks internet... And in all honesty if a couple bad pics is all you've got I'm pretty psyched."

He then included the following five hashtags: "#tryharder#saltbae#trump#haters#hatersgonnahate"

First of all, not to nitpick, but #saltbae became internet-famous for being so dang sexy. I don't see the connection. And secondly, Donald Trump Jr.'s use of hashtags has only furthered my suspicions that he's not a human at all, but in fact a robot sent here to destroy the planet with the help of his family.


Fox News dragged for 'News You Can't Use' segment on why 'families' don't want to know facts.

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People on Twitter are up in arms over a viral image from a recent segment on Fox News titled "News You Can't Use: Do U.S. Families Really Want to Hear Russia Reports?"

In the segment, several women were interviewed over whether the investigations into the Trump administration's ties to Russia are relevant news to everyday Americans, or if they would prefer that the entire news media just pretend it wasn't happening.

Needless to say, fans of journalism weren't too happy.

Some pointed out that this broadcast was conveniently timed right before FBI Director James Comey's testimony before Congress (in which he said the Bureau is investigating the Russia ties).

Others pointed out the results of a recent FOX NEWS poll that seems to contradict the message of the segment.

Or maybe the people polled think that Congress should investigate this example of possible treason, but they don't want to know about it. They want the impeachment to be a surprise.

Young woman goes viral for standing up against racist harassment on the subway.

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People are cheering for a young Latina woman who confronted an older woman who was harassing a Muslim couple on the New York City subway earlier this month. A video of the encounter was posted to Live Leak, and was later shared by the I'M STILL SO NYC Facebook page. It has since gone viral.

Latina defends Muslim couple from another Latina in the NYC subway. 👍

Posted by I'M STILL SO NYC on Saturday, March 11, 2017

The start of the video shows an older woman berating another woman wearing a headscarf and carrying a briefcase.

"Why are you here? Why are you in this country?" the older woman asks. Another man and woman in the subway car both try unsuccessfully to calm the older woman down before 23-year-old Tracey Tong steps in.

After the older woman tells Tong that she's Puerto Rican, Tong, who is half Peruvian, begins speaking to her in Spanish.

"I think you're being unfair. We all have to work together," Tong tells the older woman. "We can't be against one person. This is absolutely ridiculous and disrespectful."

After the woman insists that it's "ridiculous that we're in this situation," Tong replies, "Exactly, so why should we fight with people and start more problems, and be against each other?"

Tong continues:

"I'm not scolding you. I’m not telling you to be quiet. I’m asking you to please respect her. In Spanish, in English, in Chinese, in French, whatever language you want me to say it, I will say it to you. Whether you’re born from here, Puerto Rico, wherever you are from.”

“We’re all in this together. Whether we like what’s going on in the government or not. Fuck it. We gotta deal with it. You’re a grown woman. Suck it up, and you defend your brothers and sisters.”

Many Facebook users praised Tong for standing up for the Muslim couple, and for good reason. She is unmistakably awesome. Let's hope she's inspired some other folks to stand up for what's right.

Customer asks Domino's to send their ‘baddest b*tch’ and of course they delivered.

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You can't always get what you want. But why not try? A New York resident named Ford who goes by the name "ford rentals" on Twitter decided to shoot for his dreams the other night. While ordering Domino's on his phone, he wrote under delivery instructions: "send ur baddest bitch plzzzzz."

Just in case you're not down with the millennial lingo, "baddest bitch" is a term of respect. And "plzzzzz" is how young people express gratitude. What a polite young man!

Domino's, showing an unparalleled commitment to customer service, chose to honor his request. Here's how the delivery guy who showed up at Ford's doorstep:

Definitely a bad bitch, if not the baddest.

Ford took a pic of the delivery guy crouched on one knee with pizza boxes in one hand and a fanned-out twenty in the other. If this doesn't qualify him as the "baddest bitch" on the Domino's delivery staff that evening, I don't know what does.

And someone at Domino's even sure that Ford knew they took his request seriously:

"We did."

Ford showed his appreciation by tweeting out the whole story. And duh, it went viral.

And people seem to agree that Domino's delivered on this one.

Even the pizza delivery guy named Jimmy, aka the "baddest bitch" himself, got in on the action.

Still got questions? This should answer most of them:

NEVER CHANGE, MILLENNIALS.

There's finally a 'drug' to help you cope with your Trump-related anxiety.

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Are you suffering any of the common side effects of Donald Trump's presidency, which can include depression, anxiety, irritability and screaming "WHYYYYYYY" at the TV?

If you thought you were the only one with Trump-Induced Anxiety Disorder (TIAD), you're not. But now there's a "medical" solution. And no, it's not Zoloft™! Though I can say from experience that it helps.

Just watch:

Like any other pharmaceutical "drugs," Impeachara does have side effects. But you probably won't mind them. "Side-effects may include elation, the ability to focus on work and family again, and reconnecting with people you called ignorant fuck faces on social media," says the voice-over.

SIGN ME UP, NOW.

This spoof-ad, created by LA-based writer/director Sam Friedlander, has gone viral. And while I, too, am disappointed that I can't actually get my psychiatrist to prescribe this "drug" for me, just watching the ad has helped clear up some of that anxiety, at least until next time I read the news.

So next time you find yourself about to start screaming at your TV (or family members or strangers on Twitter or a driver with a "MAGA" bumper sticker), just say the word "impeachara" softly to yourself. I've had to do this twelve times today already. Folks, it works.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend caught their daughter's first word on film. It wasn't 'slay.'

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BREAKING: Luna Legend has spoken! Alert the press! Oh wait, I am the press. The point is: the adorable daughter of dream couple Chrissy Teigen and John Legend has said her first word. And, of course, her social media-savvy parents captured it on video and her mom shared the adorable moment with all of us on Instagram. THANK YOU. 🙏🙏🙏

Luna is the daughter of one of the coolest couples ever so I assumed her first word would be "slay" or "Instagram" or "#blessed."

But it turns out, celebrity babies aren't so different from non-celebrity babies: they keep it real simple. Luna's first word was "cat." And with a little help from her parents, she totally nailed it.

Ah!!! So many firsts

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Like so many commenters on this video, I literally CAN NOT EVEN with this level of cuteness. Chubby cheeks I can barely handle on their own but chubby cheeks saying words???? It's TOO MUCH.

But cuteness overload aside, this a big moment for humanity. Because if this baby is anything like her parents, she's going to have a lot to say/write/tweet/[future forms of communication]. And she's going to need to know lots of words. "Cat" is a great start.

Arnold Schwarzenegger releases video rant hitting Trump where it hurts: the ratings.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger woke up early this morning to challenge President Donald Trump to "make America great again" in a way that doesn't involve golfing or taking trips to Mar-a-Lago.

At 5:25am on Tuesday, Schwarzenegger tweeted this (poorly lit) video of himself poking fun at President Trump's historically low approval rating, which dipped to 37% as of Monday. "Oh, Donald, the ratings are in, and you got swamped," quipped the former California Governor/indestructible humanoid cyborg. "Wow. Now you're in the thirties?"

Arnold Schwarzenegger went on to challenge Donald Trump to visit local schools like Hart Middle School in Washington, D.C., which is so close to the White House that the president doesn't even need to GET TO THE CHOPPA to get there.

I couldn't resist.

Arnold Schwarzenegger also tagged After-School All-Stars, his organization that provides comprehensive extracurricular programs for low-income schools.

We will keep our eyes peeled for a typo-ridden response to this video from the president on Twitter, but it sure looks like this feud between Arnold and Donald Trump is far from over. In fact, we're surprised that Schwarzenegger didn't sign off of his video with a good ol' "I'll be back."

Anne Frank Center blasted with hate mail after asking Tim Allen to apologize for a terrible analogy.

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Speaking with Jimmy Kimmel on Friday, Tim Allen compared being a conservative in Hollywood to being a Jew in Nazi Germany. "You've gotta be real careful around here," said Tim Allen, coming this close to ruining Toy Story forever. "You get beat up if you don't believe what everybody believes. This is like '30s Germany."

The immediate backlash was swift, obviously, and the comment made its way all the way to the Anne Frank Center, a U.S. organization that promotes social justice in the name of the teenage German-Jewish victim of the holocaust.

"Tim, have you lost your mind?" asked the center's executive director, Steven Goldstein, according to Entertainment Weekly. "No one in Hollywood today is subjecting you or anyone else to what the Nazis imposed on Jews in the 1930s—the world's most evil program of dehumanization, imprisonment and mass brutality, implemented by an entire national government, as the prelude for the genocide of nearly an entire people.”

“Sorry, Tim, that’s just not the same as getting turned down for a movie role. It’s time for you to leave your bubble to apologize to the Jewish people and, to be sure, the other peoples also targeted by the Nazis.”

While Tim Allen has yet to respond to the rebuke, the Anne Frank Center reported a swift backlash to their statement—from angry Tim Allen fans who are also anti-Semitic.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE TOOK ISSUE YESTERDAY WITH TIM ALLEN'S OFFENSIVE COMPARISON OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY TO 1930s NAZI...

Posted by Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect on Monday, March 20, 2017

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE TOOK ISSUE YESTERDAY WITH TIM ALLEN'S OFFENSIVE COMPARISON OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY TO 1930s NAZI GERMANY? A number of Tim Allen fans sent us emails filled with Antisemitic stereotypes and attacks that evoke the deep-seated hatred we Jews have faced for millennia. The hate follows us with intensity no matter where in the global diaspora we've lived - except in history's most Jewish-embracing superpower, the United States, and in Canada and sadly too few other places. But the unimaginable is spreading in America. Too many Jewish Americans are facing hate we never thought possible. So if any of you believe the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect comes on too strongly in fighting hate, whether in our organization's equally prioritized fights against Antisemitism and the hate targeting other communities, we disagree. History has taught us the consquences of appeasing hate. Our organization's responsibility is to be an early warning system of prejudice that sounds an alarm early and loudly enough for the nation to hear, especially because we have a federal government that doesn't sound the alarm as it used to. As for you, Tim Allen, we say this: Look at this email to our organization, reflecting others like it, that's the consquence of your comparing Hollywood with Nazi Germany. Emails such as this demand our sounding the alarm until you heed it. Will you now see the consquences of your statement? Will you now retract and apologize for your statement, and replace it with a message of love you should speak publicly to haters like this? Help us to stop #Antisemitism early so that #NeverAgain never escalates to the unimaginable ever again.

The Anne Frank Center shared one email over Facebook, from a Trump supporter (who seems oddly pessimistic about reelection):

The "great actor"? Talk about BS propaganda.


Donald Trump just started following a Twitter account he probably should have followed a long time ago.

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It's always news when Donald Trump follows (or unfollows) an account on Twitter. The man is known for playing fast and loose with that unfollow button. But just today the president decided to follow an important account (and one he hopefully won't unfollow anytime soon)—the White House (@WhiteHouse). Well, that was nice of him.

Don't take it personally, White House. They're not the only account that Donald Trump should probably have started following earlier—it also took a little while for Trump to follow his other daughter, Tiffany, on Twitter.

Trump also followed and unfollowed Emergency Kittens (those kittens are lazy and should get jobs) and then the National Weather Service (Trump probably got bored when he realized he wasn't actually controlling the weather). And then there was the sting of the presidential unfollow when Donald Trump dumped Fox News' Joe Scarborough (Morning Joe) and his co-host, Mika Brzezinski earlier this month. Well, that's what happens when you criticize Donald Trump. White House, take note.

Instagram deleted this woman's weight loss photo for absolutely no reason.

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Today in news that makes no sense, Instagram actually deleted a before/after bikini picture of a woman who lost 115 pounds. For no reason! Really no reason, there's absolutely nothing indecent about the pictures and there's no way they violate Instagram's terms of use in any fashion.

Morgan Bartley, a 19-year-old college student who lives in Ventura, CA, has been chronicling her weight loss journey on Instagram, using the account @morganlosing. Speaking to Cosmopolitan, Bartley revealed that when she was 15, she was diagnosed with ovarian torsion. This is a painful condition that caused the loss of one of Bartley's ovaries, and led doctors to believe that she'd never be able to have children biologically. Even though she was only 15, she became depressed and developed a binge eating disorder, which led to her gaining 70 pounds. She told Cosmo, "I felt as if my body had failed me, and that I had no control of what was happening with my life. Binging was the one thing I could control, it was my escape."

But at 17, Morgan Bartley decided she wanted to "take back control of [her] body and save [her] own life." She had weight loss surgery, changed her diet, began working out and also seeing a therapist. That takes us to now, when she posted a triumphant picture on Instagram, only to have it deleted (with no word from Instagram on why).

Bartley reposted the original, and this time she wrote in the caption,

Somebody took their time to report this photo and have it deleted. I think it sucks that people express negativity toward something with only positive intentions, BUT that's why we peeps full of love and light get to make a difference. Never let worldly pessimism or judgement prevent you from living your life and celebrating what you've done with it.
So yeah, I've lost over 110 pounds and I think I look pretty freakin bomb in a bathing suit on the beach, and that's after a lifetime of letting insecurities hold me back from experiencing life. Yes I'll continue to wear a full face of makeup to the beach and yes, I'll continue to be DAMN proud of who I've worked so hard to become.

The angriest, funniest tweets about Ivanka Trump getting her own office in the West Wing.

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Ivanka Trump will now have an office in the West Wing of the White House, according to Politico.

She's also "in the process of obtaining a security clearance." According to ABC News, the First Daughter will indeed get the "security clearance as she serves, informally, as an adviser to her father." The (to put it kindly) unusual setup has riled critics, who are already flabbergasted by the Trump administration's promotion Ivanka Trump's business.

Now, Ivanka will be a"full-time staffer" in "everything but name," according to Politico, except she won't be automatically subject to the same ethics rules. Her lawyer did, at least, agree that Ivanka Trump should "comply with the rules that would apply if she were a government employee" due to the "new ground" the Trump administration is breaking with the arrangement.

As you can imagine, the people of Twitter are so angry about Ivanka Trump's new office that they can hardly form jokes—but here's a few folks' best shot:

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Okay, so the tweets got pretty serious because no one can see humor through the red glaze overtaking their vision. But Trump's great for comedy, right?

Stephen Colbert revived his alter ego to slam Trump's 'cruel' budget.

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"Stephen Colbert" made his triumphant return to television on Monday night to deliver the Reporton Trump'sarts-slashing, Grandma-starving budget.

"I'm here because America needs me," Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. proclaimed.

Only a true, fiscal conservative Stephen Colbert (the character) could defend Trump's budget, with the return of The Colbert Report's best segment (with a deliberate spelling mistake so it can slip by Comedy Central's lawyers), "The Werd."

"Screw Unto Others," Stephen Colbert The Character declares, launching into "defense" of Donald Trump's "wish list."

Much have been said about Trump's plan to eliminate funding for Meals on Wheels, a program that brings food to the elderly. Well, "Colbert" says:

Folks, I know what you’re saying: You’re saying, ‘They did meet their objective, Stephen. They brought food to the elderly.’ Well, technically, yes, Greg. And we all know what happens to food after we eat it: We are literally throwing money down the toilet!

Watch the whole segment and Make America 2008 Again.

James Corden and friends channel 'Matilda' to turn Donald Trump's life into an adorable musical.

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We already knew that James Corden is a musical theater aficionado, and now he's using those skills to create some topical material.

On Monday's episode of The Late Late Show, Corden, with the help of Tim Minchin, Ben Platt, and Abigail Spencer, debuted a song from his new project: Donald: The Musical.

They sang a parody of the song "When I Grow Up" from the musical Matilda, playing child versions of Donald Trump (Minchin), Sean Spicer (Platt), Kellyanne Conway (Spencer), and Steve Bannon (James Corden), and sing about all the things they hope to do once they're grown up and in the White House.

In case you're curious, here's an excerpt of the song's lyrics:

Donald Trump: “When I grow up
I will be President and build big walls
Ban Muslims, play with Putin’s balls
Grab pussies of the lady grown ups.”

Sean Spicer: “And when I grow up
I’ll be press secretary of this land
And lie about sizes of crowds and hands
Ignore climate change till earth is blown up.”

Steve Bannon: “And when I grow up
I’ll be chief strategist
So I can put my Breitbart fist
Inside my puppet’s inside bits.”

Kellyanne Conway: “And I will wake up
To see tweets he wrote at 4 AM
That I will then have to defend
But I won’t care cause I’ll be all grown up!”

My only question is: When do tickets go on sale?

Dog high on opiates pulls the greatest face of all time.

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Redditor Kshanks19 lived through every pet owner's worst nightmare recently, when her beloved dog was bitten by a copperhead snake. Luckily, she got the poor pooch to a vet immediately, and she made a full recovery. To aid in the process, the vet gave her some opiates. The effect of the drugs was so hilariously derpy, Kshanks19 took a photo and uploaded it to Reddit, where it's quickly gone viral.

"What is time?"

Look at that slobber! Obviously dogs should not get high for recreational reasons, but she's clearly into it.

Concerned commenters asked for more details about the dogs recovery, and Kshanks19 was happy to oblige.

Fortunately she didn't have to have the antivenom. Her vitals were all normal and just had a small fever. She was super lethargic and in pain though. Thankfully for her size (130lb) her system will flush it out without issue. Size definitely matters. The vet told me that out of all the poisonous snakes in Texas the copperhead is the best one to get bit by. Their bodies just handle it better. Got aent up with pain pills and antibiotics and she's doing great! Still slow amd in pain but alert and eating. Also, the copperhead was a baby and only got one fang in her. She was lethargic 5 minutes later and drooling. I'm ripping everything out of my backyard that could house a snake this weekend. Scariest moment of my life.

We're just happy that she's healthy and safe. Now she can slobber on for many years to come.

The founder of Thinx 'period underwear' is being sued for sexual harassment.

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Miki Agrawal, co-founder and self-proclaimed "SHE-EO" of Thinx "period panties," is being sued by former employees for sexual harassment.

Thinx is a "for women by women" company that manufactures ultra-absorbent "period underwear" which can hold the same amount of blood as two tampons (depending on style), and have been lauded by women and trans men as a great alternative to pads, tampons and menstrual cups. From the feminist imagery used in its advertising to its global initiative to help women around the world, Thinx prides itself on being progressive both in its business practices as well as the products it manufactures.

However, recent allegations of rampant misconduct, abuse and hypocrisy from former employees against Agrawal appear to be telling a much different story of what happens behind the scenes at Thinx that directly contradicts its "female empowerment" brand message.

Finally spotted with my own two eyes. #pinchme @shethinx #thinx #NYCsubway

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According to Racked, 10 of the company’s 35 employees have left Thinx since January, and among them was 26-year-old former PR head Chelsea Leibow. Leibow is the woman who pressed charges against Agrawal for sexual harassment, citing that her former boss seemed to have an "obsession" with her breasts.

The complaint filed against Agrawal by Leibow (and echoed by her formers) is definitely not short, and alleges: commenting on employee's breasts; detailing her own sexual exploits; expressing interest in entering a sexual relationship with one of her employees; touching an employee’s breasts,;asking an employee to expose herself; changing clothes in front of employees; videoconferencing employees while without clothes,;and sharing naked photos of herself and others. (Some of these accusations were detailed in reporting on The Cuthere and here.)

Agrawal called the accusations "baseless" and with "absolutely no merit," according to Racked.

Behind the scenes @refinery29 shoot for @shethinx n #docoolshit

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These alleged problems were further exacerbated due to the fact that Thinx did not have an HR department at all until last spring when Agrawal decided to appoint two “Culture Queens” to field employee complaints. Neither woman had any HR training and were appointed by Argawal because they "brought a lot of positive high vibration to the office." According to Racked, the "Culture Queens" simply served as sounding boards for venting employees who did not want to risk their jobs by taking their complaints about Argawal to the COO, and apparently were in no way a suitable substitute for HR.

Another example of Thinx's hypocrisy was their problematic maternity leave policy. According to Racked, the policy only allowed mothers two weeks leave at full pay, plus one week at half pay, and one week leave at full pay, plus one week at half pay for their partner. That's a pitiful amount of time for any company, let alone one with such an outwardly feminist message.

Agrawal defends the former policy by insisting that when it was put in place, none of her employees were pregnant. Now that some of her remaining employees are having children (Agrwal herself is pregnant), the policy has changed to give mothers five weeks of paid leave.

After Miki Agrawal resigned as CEO earlier this month, she penned an essay on Medium entitled "My Thinx Ride" that addressed mistakes she has made as head of a fast-growing company, as well as the serious accusations brought on to her by former employees. She writes that she came to realize that she is "not the best suited for the operational CEO duties" and that she now looks forward to "potentially step into a new role and handle front facing duties."

Always on brand, Agrawal concluded her "resignation essay" by saying, "Thanks for hearing me out and being a part of this journey, as messy as it is (but it’s not messy in your underwear, because THINX really works!)."


My thoughts and prayers go out to all those people refusing to wear winter clothes once spring begins.

Dr. Pimple Popper 'punches' out a gooey cyst with a cute sac.

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The punch tool is one of the most powerful implements in Dr. Pimple Popper's arsenal. Using it, she can pop out a stubborn cyst in record time. And as an added bonus, it comes out in a perfectly cylindrical little tube. It's like Play-Dog for popaholics. And it works out even better when it's followed by an intact sac, like in this example. Trust us—you're going to want to stick around for the sac.

Donald Trump says his 'nasty' tweets are keeping an NFL quarterback unemployed.

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Donald Trump went a little off script at a rally in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday night, where he abruptly switched the topic to his supposed role in keeping an NFL quarterback out of a job.

CNN reports that while President Trump was speaking about America's urban communities, he decided it was a good time to bring up a report he supposedly saw that said NFL owners were hesitant to hire former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, because they were worried what Trump might tweet about them if they did.

"Our inner cities will find a rebirth of hope, safety and opportunity," Trump said at the rally. "Your San Francisco quarterback, I'm sure nobody ever heard of him." (Did he forget he was in Kentucky?)

Trump continued, clarifying that he was citing an article he supposedly read.

"It was reported that NFL owners don't want to pick him up because they don't want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump," he said. "Do you believe that? I just saw that. I just saw that."

Kaepernick opted out of his contract earlier this month after he drew national attention last year for kneeling during the National Anthem to protest racial oppression and inequality.

"I said if I remember that one I'm going to report it to the people of Kentucky," Trump continued. "They like it when people actually stand for the American flag."

Oh, okay, so he did know he was in Kentucky. Phew.

House candidate who once modeled for 'Maxim' has a message for anyone who has a problem with that.

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Alejandra Campoverdi is an alum of the Obama White House with a Masters' degree in Public Policy from Harvard. She's running for Congress. As the daughter of a single mom who is an immigrant from Mexico, Campoverdi worked hard to afford her education, even once on the pages of Maxim.

Fifteen years ago, Campoverdi worked as a model, but that does not make her any less of a serious candidate.

Being a woman in politics (let's face it, a woman in general), Campoverdi has endured nasty, unfair instances of sexism. In an essay for Cosmopolitan,she describes discrimination on the campaign trail and beyond.

“I’d rather buy you a purse,” her male friend said when she asked if he'd contribute to her campaign for Congress to represent California's 34th District.

"I, of all people, shouldn’t have been that surprised," she said. "Sexism and misogyny are nothing new in politics. Female political staffers and politicians have been facing off-color comments and leering glances and have been excluded from 'at capacity' meetings for decades."

After graduating from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2009, Campoverdi moved to Chicago to work for then-Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

"After President Obama was elected, I was appointed to work in the White House, initially in the chief of staff’s office and later serving as the first ever White House deputy director of Hispanic media," she writes. "This moment was the fulfillment of dreams that a younger me could have never conceived, and I felt a deep sense of responsibility to translate that perspective into action at the highest level."

"Then the photos hit."

One week after she started her job in the White House, "photos from an old shoot for Maxim spread like an arsonist's fire."

Snarky headlines like "White House Maxim Model" popped up everywhere, and after all of her hard work, Alejandra Campoverdi was reduced to a caricature.

But Campoverdi was motivated to work harder:

Now, eight years later, as I run for Congress, I understand a lot more about the systemic sexism in politics than the young woman who beat herself up and took all the shaming so personally. Yet when I recently found myself forced to answer questions about Maxim by a reputable newspaper in my official announcement for Congress, I knew I had to speak out about this double standard. Enough already.

"Men get to be broad and complicated and contradictory. Yet as women, we aren't granted the whole person. We get typecast as the Sexy One, the Brainy One, the Girl Next Door. We don’t create these boxes for ourselves and usually don't agree to them, so why should we have to live within them?" she asks.

Read Alejandra Campoverdi's full piece over at Cosmopolitan.

Learn more about her Congressional campaign here.

Camping is great for when you're craving a horrible night's sleep.

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