News + Politics
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Rachel Maddow takes on gay Republican group for not supporting Rep. Patrick Murphy [video]
”If you have ever wonderd how it is the American public keeps getting more and more positive about gay rights, but gay actual rights policy...
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Gay Iraq vet, Eric Alva, says Marine Commandant engaging in “conduct unbecoming” [video]
”I was really taken aback on how disrespectful someone who is the leader of the United States Marine Corps can talk about, you know, members...
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Dan Choi elaborates on cause of his condition while in VA hospital
”Anxiety attack and nervous breakdown after senate dadt ndaa vote. Overall stressors were many: family, homelessness, discharge and activist rollercoaster… highly medicated/sedated.” Discharged Army Lt....
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Obama Applauds DADT Repeal Vote, Urges “Moving Forward With the Repeal”
President Barack Obama issued a statement this evening supporting the House vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” today, saying, “I applaud the House for...
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BREAKING: House Passes DADT Repeal Bill
On a 250-175 vote (Roll Call No. 638), and with 15 Republicans supporting the measure, the House...
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The DADT Debate: Representative Barney Frank
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), on the floor just now: “It’s not that young members of the military who face death, who face the destruction...
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White House “Strongly Supports House Passage” of Standalone DADT Repeal Bill
The White House — in a statement of administration policy just issued — “strongly supports House passage” of the standalone House “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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House to Vote on DADT Repeal Standalone Bill This Afternoon
Moments ago, on a 230-180 vote, the House of Representatives agreed to the rule adopted this morning in the Rules Committee for debate of the...
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Holiday Blues
I'd really like to stop writing about ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' Some amount of political fatigue would be expected in any protracted battle, and if...
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Not Feeling Randy
Some props of my adolescence I am happy to leave behind. Xanadu, we had a time and place. Atari 2600, you gave me so many...
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New Chance for Repeal
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Dec. 14, ''Today Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is introducing a new standalone bill to allow for...
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DADT Goes Back to Court
On Dec. 13, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under ''Don't Ask,...
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Holding Up a Hero
Frank Kameny came to Washington in 1956 to study the heavens and even considered becoming an astronaut. Instead, he became a stellar activist in the...
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Back-n-Forth Budget
The D.C. City Council relieved some concern last week for HIV/AIDS organizations receiving city funding by voting to restore budget cuts proposed by outgoing Mayor...
