The cover of the latest issue of the right-wing National Review features an altered DNC photo to make it appear that delegates are waving “abortion” signs. In fact, the signs read “Forward.” After complaints, the National Review issued a response: The image used on the cover and the contents page of the October 1, 2012, issue of National Review, in …

Gothamist reports that the NYPD is working the massive lines outside today’s iPhone 5 launch at Manhattan’s Apple stores. The cops are there to help folks register their phones as part of a campaign to thwart the rash of robberies on the subway. Operation ID is provided to the public at no cost. Officers register the serial number of valuable …

A sad press release from In The Life: After 20 years in production, In The Life Media (ITLM) announces that December 2012 will mark the last broadcast of IN THE LIFE. Though legally dissolving the organization is a process that will continue into 2013, all regular ITLM operations will conclude with the final broadcast. At a time when lesbian, gay, …

“As anyone close to me knows, I always have been and always will be a huge supporter of the gay community. I am so sorry and so upset that I caused pain to my gay friends, fans and their families with the comments heard this morning. I was having this private conversation with a friend of mine who is gay …

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“Has America’s military completely collapsed in the first year after repeal? Of course not–our service members are too professional to let that to happen. But these challenges are only a non-story because the media won’t tell the story. We need only look at no-fault divorce in the 1970s to recognize that radical shifts in public policy take decades to fully …

All morning today Fox News used a 2009 photo to claim that the president met with a pirate yesterday rather than address the Middle East situation with the prime minister of Israel. Obama posed for the photo three years ago as part of a joke sequence for that year’s White House Press Correspondents Dinner, which, of course, was attended by …

NOM’s Minnesota branch is super upset that people are using Facebook to try to convince their supporters not to be horrible bigots. What nerve! “Minnesota United For All Families is encouraging its own supporters to use a new Facebook tool, the ‘kNOw tool,’ to stalk Minnesotans who plan to vote YES on the Marriage Amendment,” said Autumn Leva, Spokesperson for …

This “extended look” trailer tells us that the actors were recorded live on the sets rather than lip-syncing to a prerecorded soundtrack, as is the norm for musicals. (Via Boy Culture)

From Fox News’ own poll: “President Barack Obama has the edge over Republican Mitt Romney in three potentially decisive states in the presidential election. Obama tops Romney by seven percentage points among likely voters in both Ohio (49-42 percent) and Virginia (50-43 percent). In Florida, the president holds a five-point edge (49-44 percent).”

Via press release from the White House: A year ago today, we upheld the fundamental American values of fairness and equality by finally and formally repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Gay and lesbian Americans now no longer need to hide who they love in order to serve the country they love. It is a testament to the professionalism of our …

Viewers of Mitt Romney’s appearance on the Spanish-language Univision network last night dove for their Twitter accounts to declare that he was wearing dark make-up or a deep shade of spray-on tan in order to appeal to Latino voters. (Image via Gawker)

So much for staying out of politics and social issues.

Students and parents at a Texas high school are furious after being told they can no longer post Christian messages on the banners that football players burst through to begin the games. “It is not a personal opinion of mine,” said Kountze ISD Superintendent Kevin Weldon in a phone interview. “My personal convictions are that I am a Christian as …

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