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The Republican members of the House of Representatives convened their star chamber this morning and ousted the most conservative member...
Marriage Equality
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President Joe Biden said something shocking in his press conference today. He said he has no idea if there would...
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Indiana Republican Senator Rob Portman in a short clip illustrates the selfish and unempathetic pathology endemic to GOP politicians. Senator...
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The combination of Cancun Ted Cruz, lying Greg Abbott, and Texas Electric Collapse will be Strike 3 for Texas Conservatism...
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Big news today out of Pennsylvania: x YouTube Video Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman formally announced Monday what has been...
Five years ago (was it only five years ago?) the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Obergefell v Hodges that same-sex...
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Good: In a meeting with black Wilmington leaders Monday, Joe Biden said he will create a police oversight board in...
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I know I touched upon this in a diary last week but I’m happy that Eleanor Clift at The Daily...
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY): Friends, I'm proud to share Off the Sidelines' next round...
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As the 2020 election season heats up, voters’ priorities are coming into sharper focus. As in years past, there is...
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photo: Stonewall Inn • Credit: Diana Davies© New York Public Library • CC-BY-SA-3.0 In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Debra,...
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Received this e-mail from the former U.S. Ambassador Dan Baer’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: We should all be furious...
With U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) giving a speech wholeheartedly supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, it...
I do not like using the word “unqualified” to describe an appointee to a U.S. Supreme Court seat or other...
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AZ-Sen: LGBTQ Victory Fund Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Defeat The Pence/McSally's (R) Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
Received this e-mail today from the LGBT Victory Fund in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign:...
On Dec. 12, Alabamans will go to the polls in a special election to determine the replacement for Sen. Jeff Sessions, who...
This will be short but bitter. Despite claims that he doesn't support the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA) for Michigan,...
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Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. There is a great deal of speculation on how the Supreme Court will decide the case...
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Originally posted at Eclectablog. When the owner of Memories Pizza in Indiana recently told reporters that she would refuse to...
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Michigan's Bigot-in-Chief, Attorney General Bill Schuette, has put forth some pretty remarkable excuses for his crusade...
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One year ago today, my wife Anne and I spent an extraordinary day at the County Clerk's offices in Washtenaw...
NFL Player Supprts Marriage Equality – And A Stupid Politician Calls For Him To Be Sanctioned For It
Pro athletes have been making their views on a wide range of social and political issues known since . ....
I’d never seen Lilly Ledbetter, the woman for whom the Fair Pay Act was named; but on Tuesday night, I...
