Tag Archives: DADT

Rachel Maddow On DADT Fail

This is how it went down live on MSNBC during the vote.

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John McCain On DADT Cloture Vote

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DADT Cloture Vote Reactions

Stonewall Democrats “Senate Republicans have tragically blocked the National Defense Authorization Act because it contains language to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” showing themselves to be far outside of the American mainstream. Their actions today are just more obstructionism and willful disregard of what 8 in 10 Americans want. It is a sad the lengths the GOP will go to …

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DADT Cloture Vote Fails In Senate 56-43

The cloture vote on DADT has failed 56-43 with zero Republicans voting “yes.” I’ll have the complete roll call in this post shortly. Knowing that cloture would fail, Sen. Harry Reid voted “no” too, so he’ll have the chance to reintroduce the bill. That bit of maneuvering was lost on GOProud. UPDATE: All Republicans voted “no.” Aside from Reid as …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senate Debates Repeal Of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

The live video stream has resumed. Things don’t look good. UPDATE: The live stream has concluded. The cloture vote on DADT lost 56-43. Sixty votes were needed.

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Lt. Dan Choi Vs. Harry Jackson On DADT

Dan Choi FTW. For those that don’t know, Harry Jackson is the carpetbagger self-named “Bishop” who unsuccessfully fought same-sex marriage in Washington DC. Jackson must be moving on to his next anti-gay theme after his marriage fail. (Via – Pam Spaulding)

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White House Issues Statement In Support Of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal

Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly that the White House has issued a statement supporting the National Defense Authorization Act to which the compromised repeal of DADT is attached. A portion of the statement mentions DADT specifically. Policy Concerning Homosexuality in the Armed Forces: The Administration supports section 591 as it would allow for completion of the Comprehensive Review, enable …

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Maddow On John McCain’s Plan To Filibuster Today’s DADT Vote

Plus coverage of Gaga’s rally in Maine yesterday.

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NEW YORK: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand In Comfortable Lead Over Joe DioGuardi

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leads comfortably in the polls over Joe DioGuardi, who is the father of American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Gillibrand has emerged as a Senate leader on LGBT issues in the less than two years since being appointed to Hillary Clinton’s seat.

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LIVE VIDEO: Gaga’s DADT Rally In Maine

Here’s the scene at Lady Gaga’s DADT repeal rally in Maine. This photo was tweeted from the scene by the Advocate’s Kerry Eleveld. Gaga is scheduled to go onstage at 5pm. UPDATE: Here’s Gaga’s portion of the rally.

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PhoboQuotable – Rabbi Yehuda Levin

“Tens of millions of family-oriented citizens of all religious persuasions are fed up with the government genuflecting to radical homosexualists, while denigrating the millions of G-d-fearing, Bible-adherent families nationwide. In the wake of the recent one-man judicial fiat of homosexual Judge Vaughn Walker – who arrogantly ‘vetoed’ the opposition of millions of Californians to Same-Gender ‘Marriage’ – we now approach …

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Tweet Of The Day – Lt. Dan Choi

Lady Gaga is in Maine today to stage a rally urging the state’s Senators to support the repeal of DADT and block the expected GOP filibuster tomorrow. Kerry Eleveld reports at the Advocate: “Meet me in Portland, Maine 2moro, 9/20 to help repeal #DADT. I’m holding a Rally + speaking live in Deering Oaks Park http://bit.ly/cO4cY9,” said the tweet sent …

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Lady Gaga To Sen. John McCain

When viewed on YouTube, this clip continues with a playlist of 32 videos about the repeal of DADT.

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Sen. Jim Inhofe Warns Of “Open Gay Activities” After DADT Repeal

At the Values Voters douchebag-a-thon.

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DADT Action: GetEQUAL Delivers Signed Combat Boots To Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)

AmericaBlog reports: Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) voted against the compromise DADT amendment in the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 27th. He’s getting a visit from GetEQUAL today, which you can follow on GetEQUAL’s Facebook page and via Twitter.the 2006 campaign, Webb wore the combat boots of his son who was serving in Iraq. Servicemembers will be leaving their combat …

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Gillibrand Tweets Gaga

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A Message From Gaga To The Senate

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DADT Repeal Vote Set For Tuesday

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. Senate will hold a key vote Tuesday on a defense bill that includes language repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the Clinton-era policy banning gays from openly serving in uniform, Democratic and Republican aides said Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid earlier this week vowed to hold a vote next week, even taking to Twitter …

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BREAKING: GetEQUAL Protests McCain At Senate Armed Services Hearing

Follow the action on GetEQUAL’s Twitter feed.

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Joe Biden: I’m Confident We Can Overcome Any GOP Filibuster On DADT

Calling DADT “absolutely mindless,” Vice President Joe Biden tells Rachel Maddow that he is confident Democrats came overcome any GOP filibuster of the defense authorization bill to which the repeal of DADT is attached.

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