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In order to thwart legislation intended to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial meltdown, Wall Street firms have donated twice as much to the Romney campaign as they’ve given to Obama. The financial services industry is poised to set records in one arena in 2012: politics. The beleaguered sector is pumping tens of millions of dollars into campaigns and …

After years of feeding this blog press releases in his Communications Director roles with the Human Rights Campaign and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Trevor Thomas has declared his candidacy for Congress. Thomas will run against Michigan GOP incumbent Rep. Justin Amash, who won his first term during the 2010 surge of the Tea Party. Considered to be a hardcore …

This one is by Marriage Equality USA. Hit the link for an embiggened version. One must point out that while the governor will sign Washington state’s bill today, equality will not be achieved until the inevitable ballot referendum is resolved.

Right on cue, Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue has issued an angry denouncement of Nicki Minaj’s Grammy performance. Minaj’s performance began on stage with a mock confessional skit. This was followed by a taped video depicting a mock exorcism. With stained glass in the background, she appeared on stage again with choir boys and monks dancing. Perhaps the most vulgar …

This was the demonstration that got Porno Pete so worked up yesterday. Windy City Times reports: Despite a blistering cold morning, more than 20 LGBT activists protested outside of Holy Name Cathedral Feb. 12, a demonstration held in conjunction with National Freedom to Marry Day. The protest, held every year outside the church around Valentine’s Day, carried special weight this …

The New Jersey Senate will likely approve its marriage equality bill today. The measure is expected to pass there today and also in the Assembly on Thursday. But that will be far from the end of the story. The state Senate voted against a similar measure in January 2010. Senate President Stephen Sweeney abstained on the bill then, but he’s …

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“How did American conservatism end up so detached from, indeed at odds with, facts and rationality? For it was not always thus. After all, that health reform Mr. Romney wants us to forget followed a blueprint originally laid out at the Heritage Foundation! My short answer is that the long-running con game of economic conservatives and the wealthy supporters they …

It’s the only location in NYC and people want it gone.

(Via Think Progress)