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The Nation claims it has the much rumored anti-gay/women's rights Religious Freedom Order.

He's treating it like one of his shady business deals - intimidate and throw tantrums until he gets his way. It's not working. But wait, there's more.

Read this - it is fùcking insane.

Speaking of Little Marco:

It looks like we may have succeeded in blocking DeVos. But we are fighting, a lot - the three Democrats who went across for Tillerson are typical Blue Dogs/red staters who rarely can be trusted. His statement about Frederick Douglass - he clearly had no idea who he was - is so pitiful.

Mother of God:

I mostly agree with this, and it's why we have to keep pushing. Click through for the full string:

Mädchen Amick is on Twitter talking about doing a "top secret shoot" at the end of the week - apparently Sherilyn Fenn is also connected to this. Betting it's a photo shoot for TP.

Fascinating stuff - thanks. Per the Ava biracial thing, this is pretty OT but one idea I once toyed with when considering how to possibly bring the Grays/Halls back to OLTL was to have the secret an aged Carla was carrying (and hiding from a new generation of Halls) be the shocking truth about the Lords and Llanview: That Victor Lord had somehow stolen Sadie and Carla's family's birthright or fortune, and that the Lords themselves were descended from a member of Sadie's family, making them biracial(!) and making the Grays kin, thereby tying them inextricably to the heart of the show. I opted for something along those lines vs. the more obvious angle, which was that Victor and Sadie could have had an affair long ago; I felt that played into too many old racist tropes about the rich white man and the black servant, especially with Victor having been revealed to be the kind of monster he was - I felt Sadie Gray would never have been with him.

David Brooks called for his removal this morning. That is no joke. From the WTF file:

Who will take the rose??

Oh, my God:

Yes, we were literally just talking about that, John, check the thread next time before compulsively playing know-it-all.

Looks nice.

We are in deep shít.

The fair-haired boy is upset:

That makes the abortive Michael Malone college scene "Love Center" ghost story at OLTL in '04 look restrained and dignified.

One word: WTF?

BTW, WEHT Jack Forbes? He fell off a boat, then Clay gaslit Stacey with... holograms? Was he dead or alive? When did they write him out? Did they have any use for him in the '90s?

No idea who Minnie is, but all I could think was "is that the role Agnes intended for Sadie from OLTL?" My bet: Yes.

I think a better question is who isn't leaking in the WH.

Trouble in Paradise for the Young Marrieds?

200 State Department employees sign a letter opposing Trump's immigration ban.