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GOProud Co-Founders, Claiming Group Has Been ‘Successful,’ Quit

by David Badash ● 2:30 PM April 26, 2013
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Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron have just quit GOProud, the four-year old gay Tea Party Republican group they founded four years ago, claiming it has been “successful.”

Bigotry Watch

Coulter: Imprison Bomber’s Wife For Wearing Hijab. Hannity: I’ll Waterboard Suspect Myself.

by David Badash ● 10:28 AM April 23, 2013
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Ann Coulter last night told Fox News host Sean Hannity that the wife of suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev should be arrested for wearing a hijab, and wondered, “Did she get a cliterectomy too?”

Guns

Do This Now: Tweet The Senators Who Voted To Let Criminals Own Guns

by David Badash ● 9:30 AM April 18, 2013
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Please, take a moment and tweet your feelings to these Senators, who let the NRA, their ill-advised thought of trying to keep their jobs, and poor judgment rule the day.

Guns

List: Did Your Senator Just Vote To Let Criminals Own Guns?

by David Badash ● 5:29 PM April 17, 2013
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The Senate, in partnership with the NRA, just voted against a bipartisan expanded background checks bill that 91 percent of all Americans support. The bill failed, with 54 yes votes.

Immigration

Gay Couples To Be Excluded From Immigration Bill By ‘Gang Of 8′ Says Reform Activist

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM April 9, 2013
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Same-sex couples should expect to be excluded from immigration reform bills that likely will be unveiled this week, says Rachel Tiven, a top immigration reform activist.

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UPDATE: Lindsey Graham Gets Possible Challenger: Gay GOProud Tea Party Activist

by David Badash ● 11:40 AM March 11, 2013
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham may get a primary challenge from gay GOProud Tea Party activist, Bruce Carroll, aka “GayPatriot.”

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Rand Paul’s 12 Hour Filibuster Results In John Brennan’s Confirmation As CIA Director

by David Badash ● 4:55 PM March 7, 2013
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Barely more than 12 hours after Senator Rand Paul finished his filibuster, his colleagues in the Senate confirmed John Brennan to be the next Director of the CIA.

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Obama May Wage A Drone Strike On The Tea Party Warns Fischer (Video)

by David Badash ● 12:49 PM March 7, 2013
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In a paranoid rant, Fischer warned the Kentucky Senator was claiming President Barack Obama may wage a drone strike on Tea Party members’ homes in retaliation for saying something “at a tea party.”

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Marco Rubio Leads Charge Of 22 GOP Male Senators To Block Violence Against Women Act, Loses

by David Badash ● 3:40 PM February 12, 2013
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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio led a charge of twenty-two male Republican senators trying to block the long-expired Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), but lost the fight.

Immigration

Immigration Reform: Obama Plan Includes Gay Couples, Senate Plan Doesn’t

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM January 29, 2013
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Barack Obama today in Las Vegas, Nevada will unveil his immigration reform plan, and unlike that of the bipartisan Senate “group of eight,” the President’s plan will specifically include same-sex couples.

Guns

Watch: ‘Scapegoat Hunter’ Jon Stewart Takes On Gun Control Opponents

by David Badash ● 12:42 PM January 10, 2013
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On last night’s “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart exposed the arguments of gun control opponents and concludes that their “paranoid fear of a possible dystopic future prevents us from addressing our actual dystopic present.”

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Obama Missteps In Response To LGBT Concerns About Hagel Nomination

by David Badash ● 4:48 PM January 7, 2013
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Valerie Jarrett also has a troubled past with the LGBT community — so why is President Obama using her to defend Hagel to the LGBT community?

Bigotry Watch

Polygamy? Murder? Lindsey Graham’s Anti-Gay Marriage ‘Debate’ Deserves Rebuke

by David Badash ● 3:50 PM December 12, 2012
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Senator Lindsey Graham last night used polygamy and murder to define the boundaries of the “debate” on same-sex marriage, a wholly unacceptable manner of framing.

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GOP Senator Attacks Susan Rice’s Comments As ‘Disconnected From Reality’

by David Badash ● 11:49 AM November 27, 2012
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GOP Senator Lindsey Graham at a press conference this morning following a closed-door meeting with Susan Rice attacked her comments as “disconnected from reality.”