Last night Diane Sawyer sat down with most of the record 20 female members of the Senate. There are also now 82 female members of the House. That’s a record too.
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HomoQuotable – Anthony Romero
“President Obama has utterly failed the first test of his second term, even before inauguration day. His signature means indefinite detention without charge or trial, as well as the illegal military commissions, will be extended. He also has jeopardized his ability to close Guantanamo during his presidency. Scores of men who have already been held for nearly 11 years without …
Read More »O’Reilly Slams Al Gore Over Current Sale
Temporary HIV Vaccine Shows Promise
A therapeutic HIV vaccine that temporarily “puts the brakes” on the growth of the virus has shown promise in a small study conducted by researchers in Spain. The vaccine, based on immune cells exposed to HIV that had been inactivated with heat, was tested on a group of 36 people carrying the virus and the results were the best yet …
Read More »Wingnuts Warn IL Legislators
Last summer the anti-gay Thomas More Society was granted standing to defend Cook County, Illinois against marriage equality lawsuits brought by Lambda Legal and the ACLU. Those cases are still active despite the recent push in the state legislature. Yesterday Thomas More issued a warning to any politician that backs the marriage equality bill.
Read More »Our Youngest Senator
When Vice President Joe Biden swore in Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) yesterday, Murphy’s toddler son Ryder played along.
Read More »Barney Frank: I Want To Be Senator
This morning former Rep. Barney Frank told MSNBC that he has asked Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him interim Senator to replace John Kerry. Two weeks ago Frank said he “wouldn’t say no” if Patrick appointed him. Via Politico: “A month ago, or a few weeks ago, I said I wasn’t interested,” Frank said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “It …
Read More »IL Marriage Fight Moves To New Session
Despite last night’s win before an Illinois Senate committee, activists say that they will take the marriage equality fight to the next session of the legislature. Via press release from Equality Illinois: Today, the movement for marriage equality achieved a milestone victory, with the adoption of the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act by the Senate Executive Committee. This was …
Read More »Maddow: Goodbye 112th Congress
Last night Rachel Maddow opened her show with a lengthy goodbye to all the scoundrels (plus the few good guys) of the 112th Congress.
Read More »ILLINOIS: Senate Committee Begins Debate On Same-Sex Marriage Bill [UPDATE: Bill PASSES By 8-5 Vote!!!]
There’s a bit of confusion in the activism back channel as to what’s going on, since earlier reports indicated that we were done for the week in Illinois. But click over right now and watch as an Illinois Senate committee debates its marriage equality bill. At this writing some bigot is droning in the familiar manner about the oppression of …
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