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On Monday the Human Rights Campaign will place ads in several major newspapers in key markets urging senators to vote for the National Defense Authorization Act, to which the repeal of DADT is attached. (View large-size ad here.) Via press release: As part of an all-out push aimed at convincing senators to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to a …

Saying that Tea Party hero Sen. Jim DeMint is facing attacks from within the GOP because his support for anti-gay teabaggers cost them their Senate majority, the Family Research Council is asking for one million of their followers to pledge to pray for the asshat bigot every day. After what should have been a proud moment for all Republicans on …

Teabagger Joe Miller says that anybody who made the slightest mistake in spelling Sen. Murkowski’s name when writing her in should have their vote disqualified. And he’s suing the state to make that so.

Embiggen the above image to read the just-issued press release from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in which she joins Lieberman and Udall in urging the repeal of DADT via its attachment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the attempt to repeal DADT legislatively is “all but lost for now” as top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are working to strip it from the defense authorization bill to which it’s attached. Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and John McCain of Arizona, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Armed …

Last last night Sen. Patty Murray was declared the winner against GOP challenger Dino Rossi. All the ballots still aren’t counted yet, but Murray’s 46,000 vote lead was judged to be insurmountable. Murray has a near 100% record on LGBT rights, but supports civil unions over full marriage equality. Rossi had been endorsed by the Tea Party, but steered clear …

“This report is very important to us doing this smartly.” Also: “I’m not prepared at this time to tell you what action we may take upon receipt of the report.” UPDATE: The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky weighs in. Pentagon Spokesperson Geoff Morrell reiterated the importance of the department’s working group review of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell during a briefing yesterday, …

Servicemembers United has issued a press release telling Sen. Harry Reid that he has “no good reason” to drag his feet on putting DADT to a Senate vote during the lame duck session. “The path to getting defense authorization and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ wrapped up this year is narrow, but that path is also crystal clear,” said Alexander Nicholson, …

Good As You provides this clip of the president speaking today about his plan to work towards a Senate repeal of DADT during the lame duck session. The Human Rights Campaign responds via press release: “The President’s call for repeal today is a first step of many needed to fulfill his state of the union promise to end the law …

Teabagger Ken Buck, who said that gayness is a choice, except when it’s not, like for alcoholics, has lost his bid to unseat Sen. Michael Bennet, who was appointed to the Senate to replace Ken Salazar, Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Interior. It was an extremely tight race with Buck leading most of the way, so this is a …

And not, you know, the fact that she a completely dizzy airhead who can’t quote a single Supreme Court case. Or that she’s a morals Nazi who goes around telling people who to fuck.

A few races are still too close to call.

I am touching ALL of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s noodly appendages in joy as the networks have just declared Sen. Harry Reid as the winner in Nevada’s freakazoid Senate race. Never before (I don’t think) have I loathed a political candidate so fiercely with every gay fiber of my being as I do Sharron Angle. (OK, maybe Ruben Diaz.) Congratulations …

Former Rep. Pat Toomey narrowly defeated Rep. Joe Sestak to take Arlen Specter’s Senate seat. As a Congressman, Toomey voted to ban gay adoptions in Washington DC, voted against the Matthew Shepard Act, and voted for a federal ban on same-sex marriage. He is also James Dobson’s bitch and is frequently trotted out at Focus On The Family hate rallies. …

It was a nail-biter to down the wire, but the networks are just now calling it for Boxer. Whew! And another loss for an anti-marriage endorsee of GOProud! Congrats to one of the Senate’s most reliable friends of the LGBT community!

I was only going to report on the really close races and these two were miles ahead from the start, but since it’s my home state I’ll make an exception.

Democrat Chris Coons picks up Sen. Joe Biden’s seat in a rout against “ex-gay” advocate and teabagger whackadoodle Christine O’Donnell, sending the entire state of Delaware off to whack their own doodles in celebration.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s win means the slim chance of the GOP winning a Senate majority is essentially gone.

Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal picked up retiring Sen. Chris Dodd’s Senate seat after an ugly battle with GOP pro wrestling zillionaire Linda McMahon. NICE. A happy surprise.