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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R-Duh) is defying the Pentagon and has ordered local National Guard facilities to deny benefits to married same-sex couples. Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz said the governor was following the wish of Oklahoma voters, who approved a constitutional amendment in 2004 that prohibits giving benefits of marriage to gay couples. “Because of that prohibition, Gov. Fallin’s general …

Unless Bill De Blasio does something spectacularly Weineresque in the next few weeks, New York City is going to have its first Democratic mayor in 20 years. Check out the poll results released today.

Loesch showed her Instagram followers the above photo with the caption: “Just realized this vignette on my desk.”  (Via Wonkette)

Fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi is under fire for using his Twitter account and appearing on QVC during Yom Kippur.  Even God herself is calling for a boycott and has refused to buy that stunning drop waist Mizrahi couture number she’s had her all-seeing eye on. Mizrahi was not on air Friday before or after sundown — when Yom Kippur officially …

Forbes writes: The combined wealth of the Forbes’ 2013 ranking of the richest people in America is $2 trillion, up from $1.7 trillion in 2012 and the highest ever, due in part to the strength of both the U.S. stock and real estate markets. The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is a staggering $5 billion, the highest …

Madonna’s participated in one of Reddit’s popular “Ask Me Anything” events yesterday. More of her snarky responses are here.

JMG reader Gregory writes: “Just wanted to let you know as a follow-up to your post on Isaiah Washington and his crocodile tears about how he lost so much because of nasty gay people, I tweeted him last night and he tweeted me back, calling the guy he called ‘faggot’ equivalent to Lance Armstrong. He then deleted the post.” (Here’s …

Two weeks ago hundreds of activists including Dan Savage staged a protest in front of the Russian consulate in Seattle. (Slideshow here.) Also in attendance was Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn (above) and his Democrat mayoral opponent, openly gay state Sen. Ed Murray.  Dominick Holden reports on the fallout: One of four Russian consul generals living in the United States sent …

In case you haven’t been following along, the cronut has displaced the macaroon and the cupcake as the hot foodie item that hipsters will stand hours in line for. Eater reports on today’s hubbub: Cronut Mania is definitely not over: Above is a photo from the epic line in Madison Square Park, where people lined up as early as 4 …