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“Think long and hard before you evoke the spectacle of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—thus far the model for the West’s approach to Putin—or argue that winning LGBT athletes will “show ‘em” in Sochi. In 1935—as in 2013—the International Olympics Committee was keen to pretend that sporting events could wash a clearly politicized setting of its politics, …

Big news this morning. The New York Times reports: In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers, and called for a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms. In a …

The father of Sen. Ted Cruz spoke this weekend at an Iowa “family” event co-sponsored by NOM. In a fiery speech Saturday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Pastor Rafael Cruz laid out a number of socialist doomsday scenarios that he claimed are playing out in the United States, likening President Barack Obama to Fidel Castro. “Socialism requires …

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Vitaly Milonov, one of the authors of Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” ban, speaks briefly at the end of this clip.

About 350 people gathered for a guerrilla dance party on the walkway of the Manhattan Bridge this weekend.  Gothamist covered it and has a great write-up with many photos and videos. Here’s a taste. And yes, the organizers got busted.

Via press release: John Berry and Curtis Yee, partners of 17 years, were formally married on Saturday August 10, at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Washington DC. Music was provided by Dr. Theodore Guerrant and soloist, Christian Hoff. The wedding was attended by family and close friends, including the Secretary Of the Department of Interior, who then celebrated after the …

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