Norovirus outbreak reported among GOP convention staffers

A handful of Republican staff members in Cleveland for the GOP convention were reported to be suffering Tuesday from a possible norovirus infection.

And if there are a few people with norovirus, it’s likely there will be more.
https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/19/norovirus-republican-convention-cleveland/

Norovirus, for those who are unfamiliar with it, is a massively contagious and unpleasant but usually non-life-threatening ailment that turns cruise ships into giant vomit-filled shit canoes.

If Uday and Qusay Trump appear on stage tonight and open their mouths to sing their horrid racist father’s praises but instead emit twin streams of projectile vomit while simultaneously shitting their pants, I will reconsider my lifelong atheism.

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/07/19/a-literal-shitshow/
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-california-republicans-norovirus-20160719-snap-story.html

July 19, 2016

meanwhile, in Canada

https://twitter.com/MeanwhileinCana/status/755242971788750848/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

July 19, 2016

George W. Bush Told Inner Circle He Worries About Being 'Last GOP Prez'

Wouldn't this be fitting:

Former President George W. Bush confided to his closest ex-aides that he fears Donald Trump's nomination could hasten the downfall of the Republican Party, according to a Politico story out Tuesday.

"I'm worried that I will be the last Republican President," Bush told former aides and advisers at an April reunion in Dallas.

The Bush family has chosen to remain on the sidelines of the GOP nominating contest after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush left the race. Jeb Bush has said he won't vote for Trump, and neither George W. Bush nor his father, former President George H.W. Bush, are attending this week's convention.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/george-w-bush-worried-last-gop-president

July 19, 2016

Bombshell report: Megyn Kelly has told Murdoch lawyers she was sexually harassed by Roger Ailes

It looks like the biggest shoe in the Roger Ailes sexual harassment scandal has just dropped.

According to New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman, Fox News star anchor Megyn Kelly has told investigators hired by the Murdoch family that she has been sexually harassed by Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.

Specifically, Sherman has two sources who claim that “Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances towards her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox.” The sources say that she described the alleged harassment by Ailes in great detail.

Another juicy tidbit in Sherman’s piece: His sources say Ailes has “received advice on strategy from Donald Trump and Rudy Guiliani” for beating the rap on sexual harassment, which adds a whole other layer of intrigue to this saga.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/sources-kelly-said-ailes-sexually-harassed-her.html
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/bombshell-report-megyn-kelly-has-told-murdoch-lawyers-she-was-sexually-harassed-by-roger-ailes/#.V45R1bY1RE8.twitter

Update:
AILES OUT!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roger-ailes-fox-news_us_578e5473e4b0450980241a4a?z2p807jmtusj1yvi

July 19, 2016

Congressman: Whites ‘Contribute More To Civilization’. One EPIC Tweet Proves Him Hilariously Wrong

Hari Kondabolu ✔ @harikondabolu
Rep. Steve King said white people contributed most to civilization.
Melania Trump then showed us how...by stealing from a Person of Color.
11:59 PM - 18 Jul 2016
2,380 2,380 Retweets 2,451 2,451 likes

https://twitter.com/harikondabolu/status/755295998335778816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/19/1549652/-Congressman-Whites-Contribute-More-To-Civilization-One-EPIC-Tweet-Proves-Him-Hilariously-Wrong

July 19, 2016

I see a little silhouetto of a man.

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.

http://uproxx.com/music/donald-trump-queen-freddie-mercury-rnc/

July 19, 2016

Today's NY Daily News cover is about the Melania Trump speech

A Republican convention crowd just cheered and applauded the words of Michelle Obama,
b/c someone else mouthed them.
https://twitter.com/HunterDK/status/755256461391826945

Side by side: Michelle Obama ’08 and Melania Trump ’16.
(h/t @jarretthill who caught this).