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///// Tessa Thompson opened up about her sexuality for the first time during a discussion with
Net-a-Porter.
The star of Westworld and the upcoming movie 'Sorry to Bother You' has had rumors circulating
about her and Janelle Monae for a while, but those rumors heightened when she starred as
Janelle's love interest in the emotion picture for 'Dirty Computer.'
Tessa told the publication,
I'm attracted to men and also to women.
If I bring a woman home, [or] a man, we don't even have to have the discussion.
That was something I was conscientious of in terms of this declaration around Janelle
and myself.
I want everyone else to have that freedom and support that I have from my loved ones
Thompson recognizes that her family being supportive of her sexual orientation is a
privilege.
It's for that reason that she says she struggles with wanting to have privacy of their relationship
but also wanting to use their situation as platforms.
Janelle also had the same message during an interview that coincided with her cover for
Rolling Stone.
She said she dedicated to her newest album Dirty Computer to,
young girls, young boys, nonbinary, gay, straight, queer people who are having a hard time dealing
with their sexuality, dealing with feeling ostracized or bullied for just being their
unique selves.
Monae had repeatedly avoided mentioning Thompson directly in interviews, but Thompson did explicitly
name Monáe in the Net-a-Porter talk, even if she didn't outright define their relationship.
We love each other deeply, we're so close.
We vibrate on the same frequency.
If people want to speculate about what we are, that's okay.
It doesn't bother me.
The full interview is up on Net-a-Porter.
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Democrats Announce New Plan For ICE—Their 2018 Election Chances Take A Sharp Turn - Duration: 3:32.
Democrats Announce New Plan For ICE—Their 2018 Election Chances Take A Sharp Turn.
We've been waiting for it and now it's here.
The Democrats have just chose their destiny, and everything will become crystal clear soon.
We saw it coming long ago.
Even before Donald Trump threw his hat in the ring.
The left overstepped their bounds with Barack Obama.
The most liberal president in the United States went too far to shove progressive nonsense
down America's throats.
Many Americans woke up after the disaster that was Obamacare ruined their healthcare.
It's only gotten worse since then.
After their titanic loss in 2016, the Democrats refused to reform.
They pushed more and more to the left, alienating whoever was left that support them.
Now, they've gone off the deep end.
Their new idea exposes just how lawless and un-American they are.
And how little they care about our citizens.
From Fox News:
The idea was once relegated to the far-left.
But the liberal push to abolish the federal agency that enforces federal immigration laws
is going mainstream in the Democratic Party, with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and
Mayor Bill de Blasio adding their support to the cause in the last 24 hours.
"I believe that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has become a deportation force
… and that's why I believe you should get rid of it, start over, reimagine it and
build something that actually works," Gillibrand said in a CNN interview Thursday night.
"We should abolish ICE," de Blasio said Friday morning on WNYC radio.
Gillibrand's endorsement is notable as she's the first sitting senator to back the 'abolish
ICE' push — and is considered a potential 2020 presidential contender.
They join numerous other Democratic candidates, House members, liberal commentators and writers
who have fought back against the Trump administration's immigration policies by calling to gut ICE
— which identifies, arrests and deports illegal immigrants inside the United States.
There ya go.
The Democrats have just destroyed their party.
To call for the eradication of a group that protects the United States from criminals
is unthinkable.
ICE prevents very dangerous people from entering the country.
That includes drug cartel members and terrorists.
Do Democrats really think that most Americans will support this idea?
It's obvious they embraced this idea after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a relative newcomer,
won the Democratic primary in Queens.
I guess these old timers were afraid of losing their seats.
But flocking to this hard-left idea is ridiculous, considering how many Americans are sick of
the crisis at the border.
Democrats think all the fake news trying to smear Trump is working.
Except, Americans are more convinced we need a secure border.
That includes an effective ICE that will capture and deport criminal aliens.
No intelligent politician would think this is a good idea.
Could there be a "Judas goat" in their midst, pushing Democrats to do stupider and
stupider things?
Very possible.
Either way, they've just lost the United States.
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Nancy Pelosi Is Running For Cover After She Made The Dumbest Mistake Of Her Life - Duration: 12:26.
Nancy Pelosi Is Running For Cover After She Made The Dumbest Mistake Of Her Life
Nancy Pelosi firmly believes in never letting a good crisis go to waste.
After a shooting at a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, Pelosi leapt at the chance to call
for confiscating guns from law abiding Americans.
But Pelosi made a major mistake and it left her running for cover.
Americans were horrified to learn that a deranged gunman stormed the Capital Gazette in Annapolis,
Maryland and opened fire.
The murderer specifically targeted the paper because he had filed a 2012 defamation suit
against the Gazette and one of its columnists after a 2011 story had mentioned a criminal
harassment case against him.
This horrific tragedy was an act of pure madness, but that did not stop partisans from attempting
to exploit the death of five innocents to score political points.
Nancy Pelosi was one of the first to post on social media that this terrible tragedy
was an example of why Congress needed to confiscate firearms.
Pelosi tweeted:
"PRAYING FOR EVERYONE INJURED & THE FAMILIES OF THOSE LOST IN TODAY'S SHOOTING AT THE
CAPITAL GAZETTE IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.
CONGRESS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THE TRAGEDY OF GUN VIOLENCE.
EVERY DAY IT FAILS TO DO SO IS A STAIN ON OUR COUNTRY."
Not to be outdone, far-left Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois also echoed Pelosi's call for
gun confiscation:
"HEARTBROKEN TO ONCE AGAIN HEAR OF ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING TRAGEDY IN AMERICA, THIS TIME
AT A NEWSPAPER IN ANNAPOLIS.
WHEN WILL THE REPUBLICANS WHO CONTROL CONGRESS HAVE THE COURAGE TO BUCK THE NRA AND ACT ON
GUN SAFETY BILLS TO STOP THE NEXT SHOOTING?"
"CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS AMERICA FEEL THE HEAVY TOLL GUN VIOLENCE TAKES ON THEIR COMMUNITY
DAILY.
CHICAGO – A CITY I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT – HAS SUFFERED GREATLY FROM THIS SCOURGE.
THE REPUBLICAN COMPLACENCY TO ACT ON THIS EPIDEMIC HAS TO END."
At the time when Pelosi and Durbin tweeted, there was no known information about the shooter,
his motives, the weapon he used, or how he obtained it.
Liberal journalists also speculated that the killer was inspired by President Trump labeling
fake news the "enemy of the people."
But that accusation was just as wrongheaded as Pelosi's call for more gun control.
The killer was motivated by personal hatred and not politics.
And he used a shotgun, not an AR-15.
Every liberal narrative about the shooting collapsed once all the facts were known.
Millions of Americans were disgusted that Pelosi used her tweet expressing thoughts
and prayers as a Trojan horse to call for more gun control.
The bodies were not even cold yet and Pelosi was firing off tweets designed to try and
win a news cycle.
Her actions were everything people hate about politicians.
Critics pointed out that Pelosi's actions demonstrate her concern was not for the victims,
but how she could manipulate the circumstances of their tragic deaths to her political advantage.
Pelosi and Durbin demonized Republicans for supporting the Second Amendment without even
knowing any of the facts of the tragedy.
We will keep you up to date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
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The 2019 BMW X4 Isn't for Everybody — And That's the Point - Duration: 6:43.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CARLOS LAGO: That right there is the new 2019 BMW X4.
It's a slightly more premium, slightly more sporty variant
of the X3 that has a slope down roof.
Kind of like the BMW X6.
We're gonna drive it for the first time today.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
From the driver's seat, unsurprisingly, the X4
drives similarly to the X3.
And I'm actually happy to get to talk about that
because I went to Portugal to drive
the X3 and film a video on it, and I got the flu immediately
after landing.
So no video.
But I've since reviewed that vehicle
and driving this car for the first time,
and the similarities are very easy to spot.
The dash looks identical.
Forward visibility is excellent.
You get the same powerful 6 cylinder engine and this model,
which is the M40i.
Of the two, this is the M40i, which is the top version.
Beneath that, is an xDrive30i.
The xDrive30i comes with a two liter turbocharged 4 cylinder,
about 250 horsepower, or so.
And this M40i has a turbocharged straight 6
with 355 horsepower and about 365 pound feet of torque.
So acceleration in this is not a problem.
BMW's never had a problem making powerful engines
that feel good.
This one revs all the way to 6500 RPM
and sounds good in the process.
So it's a very satisfactory driving experience.
The nicely weighted and easy to grab onto steering wheel
feels good in your hands.
There's good detents in the rim that
make you want to grab the wheel at the right position.
The throttle response is pretty solid
for a turbocharged engine, especially one with an 8 speed
transmission.
If I dial it into one of the various sport modes,
it even gets a little louder and it
will crackle the be exhaust when I make downshifts.
Take a listen to this.
[ENGINE REVVING]
That's a good sound.
And speaking of crazy performance things
that you don't expect in this kind of vehicle,
we've got launch control.
And that will get this M40i model to 60 miles an hour,
according to BMW, in just over 4 and a half seconds.
There's no arguments about how fast this car could
be in a straight line.
And when it comes to handling, it
does that job pretty well too.
There's no getting around that it's an SUV,
that it rides taller, that it weighs a fair amount as well.
But still, the satisfying parts of driving quickly,
how the car responds when you go into a corner, how it
feels when you accelerate out--
all those elements are tied together very nicely.
And that's important because that's kind
of what you'd expect from BMW.
The X4 aspires to be a sportier version of the X3.
To that end, they've extended the rear track width
on this over an inch--
1.2 inches.
And that seems like a small amount,
but it actually is kind of a major deal.
They've done this because, you know, it looked good,
which doesn't hurt.
And too, it also makes the car a little bit more nimble.
And that's something you may not notice
when you're driving in the commute stop and go traffic.
But it may influence other elements,
like if you decide to go up a winding road,
or take a freeway off ramp or on ramp at a good clip.
All these X4 models come with the sport suspension that
makes it ride a little bit more firmly than the standard car,
and adaptive damping is optional.
The version that we're driving, like I mentioned, is an X40i.
But it's outfitted and kitted out
with all the doodads and accessories,
if you couldn't tell by this beautiful red leather.
Now, all the X4's come standard with a large entertainment
display, but the head-up display is optional,
but this one has it.
It looks attractive.
What I like about this new generation of X3 and X4
is this large digital gauge cluster.
It's interesting because it's definitely a digital screen,
but they've worked in that surrounds of the gauges.
Those are actual fixed elements.
You can reach out and touch them,
even though the screen behind them can change to whatever.
We've also got some sportier seats in this.
They have a little bit more aggressive side bolstering.
And that's to make you, you know, help you sit in place.
Now, let's talk about the rear hatch.
The rear window is a lot smaller than it is on the X3.
And the rear headrests impinge upon the visibility as well.
We have tall side view mirrors, which help.
And we have a suite of safety equipment,
including rear view camera, top view camera, all of that
stuff as well.
Well, visibility could be a concern
to some people who are more sensitive to that than not.
This X4, which is outfitted with all the sporty elements,
does the sporty driving stuff right, which
is exactly what you'd hope.
But let's talk about what happens to the back seat.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Now, the story with the last generation BMW X4
was that it compromised so much interior space
because of the way this roofline went down,
that it really didn't seem to be that much worthwhile stepping
to it over in X3 because the compromises were so great.
Now because this generation X3 and consequently,
this generation X4 are so much bigger than those vehicles,
there are still compromises, but the space
remains pretty usable.
I gotta say.
As I slither over to this seat here,
I find that if I sit behind the driver's seat
where I was sitting last-- if I sit behind myself,
I have plenty of leg room, plenty of shoulder room.
Although, my hair is just about brushing the roof.
If you have any taller passengers,
taller than 5'10" or passengers with big torsos,
their heads might be in the roof.
And this center seat here has a pretty firm backrest.
So you can get four adults in this car total,
but you probably want to keep the center
space for the little ones.
Cargo space is a lot less than the X3,
but the cargo area is pretty usable.
You can flip down this backseat and use this entire loading
area to put your stuff.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The X4 is a very nice driving and interesting looking
vehicle.
The question is, who's buying it?
It's more expensive than an X3 and offers less utility.
And utility is the second word that makes up the acronym, SUV.
So from a logic perspective, it's kind of a head scratcher.
That's what it's always been.
I think the real draw is that this is something
that will be sold in small numbers, that looks different,
that has a sportier edge to it, and that alone is
enough for shoppers who are looking for something
a little bit more unique and something that stands out
a bit more than your normal luxury compact SUV.
We'll be sure to do a deeper test on this
once we get it back at our office.
But for now, the impression is this thing drives well.
And the people who are remotely interested in the way this
looks should check it out.
If you like what you saw, keep it tuned right here
and be sure to visit edmunds.com.
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