Can you believe this guy failed to convince them? Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Shutterstock.com Holy Toledo, how about this Supreme Court ruling on the Texas abortion ban? The law was a super-thinly veiled attempt to prevent women from obtaining reproductive medical services, and now its days are numbered. As you might imagine, politicians and activists […]
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Everything as Fuck: Grow Up, America
Imagine having your entire existence as an American dictated by fear. Not real fear, either. Boogie Man fear. “I need a night light” fear. Fear of gay people receiving equal standing in the eyes of the government. Fear of women getting to make their own healthcare decisions. Fear of trans people having a place to […]
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Donald Trump Has Been Accused of Rape in a Federal Lawsuit
I really didn’t want to use a portrait. This seemed like the best alternative. Neelix via Wikimedia Commons Here’s Gothamist: A federal lawsuit filed Monday in New York accuses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl more than 20 years ago, at several Upper East Side parties hosted by convicted sex […]
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Wall Street Weighing President Trump vs. Vice President Warren
Imagine if Hillary just turned to this random woman and was like “YOU! You are to be my Vice President. Guards, seize her.” Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Now I don’t know Hillary Clinton personally, but I get the impression that she’s a lady who knows how to call a bluff. And it would be the […]
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Congress is Still Doing as Little as They Can on Gun Violence
Here we are again. Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com One of my friends who’s mid-transition wrote a Facebook post a few days ago about how it was harder for her to get on hormone therapy than it would be to get a gun. It’s infuriating and exasperating and mind-boggling, but we seem to have more respect […]
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Bernie Sanders Is Still Running for President
Still in it. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Though he said the word “ending” nearly a dozen times, Senator Sanders did not end his campaign for the presidency during a special announcement to supporters on Thursday evening. But sitting alone in what looked like a closet covered in Bernie-themed wallpaper, he did say several things that […]
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Can Bernie and Hillary Beat Donald Together?
“How am I still here?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-republicans-join-obama-in-condemning-trumps-words/2016/06/14/fb1619c0-325e-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html It won’t be long now. Bernie and Hillary held a summit on Tuesday, after which they released nearly-identical statements about working together. Bernie has a big announcement planned for tomorrow. Here at last comes that unifying pivot, with the Democratic Party preshow concluding and the main event about begin. […]
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Yesterday’s Incredible Gun Control Filibuster Showed Pacific Northwest Senators at Their Best
Sen. Ron Wyden calls for action on gun control. CSPAN If you aren’t a nerd who streams CSPAN, you may have missed yesterday’s great filibuster in the Senate, a nearly-15-hour-long effort led by Democrat Chris Murphy of Connecticut to push Republicans to quit snoozing on sensible gun control policies that would help make this Onion […]
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Kate Willett and Rachel Lark’s “Dude Bra” Tour
Today I bring you a conversation with feminist, sex-positive, queer comedian/musicians Rachel Lark (Savage Love Podcast) and Kate Willett (Comedy Central, Viceland) of the “Dude Bra Tour.” Check the video to get a taste and read about their mission below. FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m opening for these broads this Saturday, June 18 at Curious Comedy, which […]
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Watch the Powerful End to Democrats’ Filibuster for Gun Control
Nearly 15 hours after he first took the floor, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy delivered his most powerful lines of the day. Standing next to a poster-sized photo of Dylan Hockley, a 6-year-old boy killed at Sandy Hook, Murphy described how police had found the boy wrapped in the arms of the aide who helped him […]
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Wait. Where Was Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) During Yesterday’s Fillibuster?
According to The Washington Post, Sanders didn’t speak at the Democrats’ filibuster because “It just didn’t work yesterday.” Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock If I were running for president, and if I were also a sitting senator who had voted against the Brady bill five times, and if I were looking to show that the polices of the […]
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US Senate Democrats are Filibustering Until Congress Does Something About Gun Control
The filibuster was launched by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. He’s from Connecticut, where the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred. CSPAN Politico: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) launched a talking filibuster on the Senate floor — which was quickly joined by fellow Democrats — in an effort to pressure Republicans to accept legislation […]