Former US Attorney General Eric Holder today issued his endorsement of Hillary Clinton. The Associated Press reports: As she works to maintain an advantage among African-American voters in her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has secured an endorsement from the nation’s first black attorney general. The Clinton campaign announced Eric Holder’s support in a statement to the …

Watch below. “When our Navy ships have problems, we don’t call Iran. We call the rest of the Navy, we can call the Air Force, the Army, the Marines, the Coast Guard. We don’t call Iran! For the Iranians to even issue a statement at all saying, ‘We are going to release them soon,’ tells you that they control whether …

During her official GOP response to Obama’s State Of The Union address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley took a veiled shot at Donald Trump, warning voters not to listen to the “siren call of the angriest voices.” That set Ann Coulter off on a furious tweetstorm attack on Haley, including a suggestion that Trump should have Haley deported. A South …

This morning Donald Trump tweeted that Ted Cruz should settle the issue of his eligibility or drop out of the primary race. The tweet comes because yesterday Cruz finally hit back. Via the Washington Post: At events in New Hampshire and in radio interviews, Cruz took direct aim at Trump on several fronts: tying the billionaire to Democratic presidential candidate …

Our scrufftastic friend Matt Baume is back with a look at last night’s SOTU. Clip recap: “There’s been a lot of LGBT change in the last 8 years, thanks in large part to the Obama administration. Now the House GOP wants to take over — but their bizarre animated GIF of Louis Virtel snapping just proved that they don’t understand …

After President Obama finished his final State Of The Union address, he lingered at the exit to the US House chamber, saying, “Let me look at this thing one last time.” The president’s last look was brief as moments later he was swarmed by well-wishers. Watch below.

According to the legislation tracker Protect Thy Neighbor, there are presently 59 anti-LGBT bills active nationwide in state legislatures. The site is tracking this post-Obergefell avalanche in multiple categories including same-sex marriage, adoption, healthcare, public accommodations, and religious liberty. Hit the link, check out your home state, and bookmark the site, which is a project of Americans United For Separation …

Last night Ted Cruz went off in his usual fashion in reaction to President Obama’s final State Of The Union address. Via Fox News: President Obama’s final State of the Union address was more like “a state of denial,” Ted Cruz said on “The Kelly File” tonight. The Republican presidential contender told Megyn Kelly that he’s not surprised that the …

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last night delivered his State Of The State address in which he signaled his opposition to any advances in LGBT rights. Via the Indianapolis Star: “I will not support any bill that diminishes the religious freedom or Hoosiers or interferes with the constitutional rights of our citizens to live out their beliefs in worship, service or …

Big news in sportsball last night. Via the Washington Post: The NFL made its long-awaited return to Los Angeles Tuesday after an absence of more than two decades. Owners of the teams voted to allow the Rams to move from St. Louis to Inglewood, Calif., and gave the Chargers the option to join them there by relocating from San Diego. …

Via Gawker: Oregon militia organizer Jon Ritzheimer really, really fuckin’ hates Uncle Sam. But what he hates even more is all of the obscene and generally unhelpful emails and packages that strangers from around the country and Gawker are sending to his band of armchair commandos. In a new Facebook post and accompanying video, Ritzheimer says he’s sick of this …

President Obama’s final State Of The Union address begins at 9PM Eastern. Embedded below is the official White House video stream, which at this writing is broadcasting prerecorded messages from the president and vice president. All eyes tonight will be on Jim Obergefell and Kim Davis, the hero and villain of same-sex marriage. Watch along with us.

The Huffington Post reports: It’s been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address? Well, we finally have an answer. It was House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). There’s a reason the secret was kept so well. Jordan did not know he …

Really unfortunate timing with the SOTU only hours away. NBC News reports: Iranian military forces seized two U.S. Navy boats Tuesday and are detaining them on Iran’s Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, senior U.S. officials told NBC News. The 10 American sailors were on a training mission around noon ET when one of the boats may have experienced mechanical …

“We commit this campaign to You, Father. We commit this next three or four months to You, Father, that righteousness will prevail, Father. That You’ll wake up that sleeping giant, Father. Lord God, we did it in 1980 when we mobilized millions of Christians, millions of Christians across America to help elect whom I consider the greatest president since Abraham …

Last May, Jeopardy! contestant Louis Virtel earned social media fame when he gaily snapped after providing the right question during the Daily Double. Today Virtel is furious because House Republicans are using a GIF of his snap to promote their “exclusive behind-the-scenes look at President Obama’s final State of the Union address” via Snapchat. Virtel: “Hey, GOP! Your candidates are …

To the tune of Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Are Made For Walkin’, Jeb Bush’s latest attack ad mocks Marco Rubio’s policy flip-flops and his high-heeled boots that the media has strangely obsessed over in recent days. Ha, ha – Marco is SHORTER than Jeb!, you guys! Listen for the dig at Rubio’s age, too.

“National policies have sown confusion about the very definition of family. President Obama has extolled the virtues of fatherhood even as he has fought for same-sex marriage, in essence saying two same-gendered persons can parent as well as a mom and a dad. This contradictory message is more than disappointing. For our children throughout the country, it is devastating. It …

The membership of the progressive activism group MoveOn has overwhelmingly voted to endorse Bernie Sanders. Politico reports: The Vermont senator prevailed in online balloting that ran from last Thursday through Sunday night, winning 78.6 percent of the vote out of 340,665 ballots cast — both records in terms of most votes cast and largest margin of victory. Just 14.6 percent …

L to the O to the L. Via press release: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today sharply condemned President Obama for inviting Jim Obergefell, one of the plaintiffs whose case was used by the US Supreme Court to impose same-sex ‘marriage’ on the nation, to attend the State of the Union speech and called for the Republican leadership to …