From the Nick Pinto at the Village Voice comes this video of Bradlee Dean’s press conference on Wednesday, where he announced a $50 million lawsuit against the “left wing media” — MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the Minnesota Independent and Independent reporter Andy Birkey — on what Dean claims is defamation against him personally and his ministry.

Anti-Gay, Anti-Muslim bigot, Christianist radio host and Michele Bachmann BFF is really upset that Rachel Maddow quoted him directly and played audio of an anti-gay, anti-muslim diatribe he went on. So he’s suing her for $50 million (but it’s not about the money).

[caption id="attachment_6103" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Maddow"][/caption]A new profile in The Washington Post examines Rachel Maddow's coverage of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the fine line between activist and cable news host. [...]

Appearing on Tuesday's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Family Research Council spokesperson and board member Peter Sprigg said he believes that "gay behavior" should be criminalized. Sprigg appeared in the broadcast [...]

It's been five years since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, and as Rachel Maddow points out, despite all the fear, the sky didn't fall. In fact, [...]