Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Justin Elzie, a member of the Lavender Greens Caucus of the Green Party, and author of the upcoming...
Rachel Maddow interviewed Tea Party-supported Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller for about three minutes as they walked from a roof to his car. Needless...
One year ago, President Barack Obama delivered an address full of hope and promise at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2009 Annual Dinner, saying, “I’m here with...
Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put on hold a reported seventy Obama appointees because he wants billion-dollar pork-barrel projects released for his state. This is an egregious,...
Wrong Fight At The Wrong Time In The Wrong Place Surrounded By The Wrong People Editorial note: I published this piece on Tax Day, 2009, under...
For better or for worse, America will be truly changed after November’s midterm elections. Eight months from today, America will vote for thirty-nine Governors, the entire...
Hey, Massachusetts: Do You Hate You, Or Us, Or U.S.? I’m sitting here, licking my wounds after yesterday’s Republican upset, and asking myself, how is it...
In the New York Times yesterday, Maureen Dowd wrote about the Senate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” hearings and repealing the unconstitutional law, “It’s unclear why McCain...
Valerie Jarrett, whom some now might say in the White House’s multi-faceted “good cop, bad cop” relationship with the gay and lesbian community is definitely the...
Offering analysis, inside information, Monday-morning quarterbacking, and, yes, blame, four high-level insiders of the LGBT political movement convened in Manhattan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community...
Editorial note: The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart reports that Valerie Jarrett apologized yesterday, 10.14.10. See: “Update” at end of this post. Valerie Jarrett is one of...
President Obama is again facing a challenging situation regarding civil rights for America’s gays and lesbians. While he is not legally required to appeal (and let...
Igor Volsky at ThinkProgress shows Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) speaking against repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at this weekend’s “Values Voters Summit.” He says, “You...
Yes, last night, New Yorkers elected the Tea Party candidate who will run for Governor under the GOP banner, Carl Paladino. Paladino says in this Rick...
Late yesterday, in California, a federal district court ruled that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” violates servicemembers’ first and fifth amendment rights, and is therefore unconstitutional. So,...