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Hollywood Tag

Has-been talk-show host and former actor Rosie O'Donnell is trolling President Trump. Reports are circulating that O'Donnell, whose only claims to fame in recent years are allegations of illegal campaign donations and divorcing her wife, will be joining some protest at which gaggles of #Resistance protesters will sing Broadway tunes in the general direction of the White House.

Comparing a sitting president to Hitler is the new normal. Sarah Silverman unofficially kicked things off by dressing as Der Fuhrer on Conan O'Brien's TBS couch two years ago to hammer home that ugly message. Since then, President Donald Trump has been called Hitler countless times by newspapers, pundits and especially celebrities. That's when stars aren't comparing Trump to a murderer.

I was thrilled to be able to get in touch with my inner geek this week as I had the opportunity to join one of my dearest friends at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. While I had hoped to escape politics while I was at the Convention Center, the inability of progressives to move to the next stage of the Kubler-Ross grief cycle meant that it was thrust upon me at various times.

It's happening again. Once every year or so a mainstream reporter captures how Hollywood conservatives are treated like second-class citizens. And that’s being kind. It’s the new Blacklist, albeit one liberal stars appear happy to ignore.

George Clooney makes some reporters swoon, and it has little to do with his handsome mug. The Oscar winner is one of the industry's more thoughtful stars, sharing his progressive views in a way his peers can't often match. He's hobnobbed with President Barack Obama, testified before Congress and traveled the globe to research causes near and dear to his heart. 

Tuesday, ABC announced it was cancelling Roseanne Barr's hit TV show after the actress made less than kind remarks about former Obama advisor, Valerie Jarrett. Barr tweeted, "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." After intense backlash, Barr clarified, saying she was joking. According to the Washington Times, Barr deleted the tweet: