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LGBTQ History
Republicans dodge metal detectors & tote guns in the capitol. Harvey Milk’s assassin did the same.
It’s hard not to note the parallels between Milk’s murder and Republicans avoiding metal detectors and pledging to carry guns into the nation’s capitol.
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Commentary
The GOP is using the impeachment to try to wash away the stench of Trump. It won’t work.
Ten Republicans voted in favor of impeachment, but it’s far too late to disavow four years of doing his bidding.
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Politics
How the world reacted to Trump-worshipping rioters taking hold of the U.S. Capitol
The world took to Donald Trump’s favorite platform, Twitter, to condemn him as his account got suspended.
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Commentary
The Electoral College is now the weak link in American democracy
The Electoral College tally ultimately decides the President. In the process, it screwed LGBTQ rights twice in the last 20 years – and it was almost close enough for a third time, too.
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News (USA)
Out Congresswoman Sharice Davids wins reelection
Davids made history in 2018 as the first out LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Kansas, and as one of the first Native American women elected to Congress.
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News (USA)
Ritchie Torres will be the first out Afro-Latinx person elected to Congress
The New York City Councilmember may have engineered a landslide victory despite facing anti-LGBTQ opposition.
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Commentary
Is the Democratic Party heading straight into a looming midterm disaster?
Ghosts of midterm’s past have not seemed to haunt Democrat leaders in the present into effectively planning for the future. Will they avoid repeating their mistakes?
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News (USA)
Gay cybersecurity expert Tracy Mitrano is determined to kick Republican Tom Reed out of Congress
“We’re at an inflection point. We can’t take democracy for granted. Everyone has to pitch in.”
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News (USA)
One of the most anti-LGBTQ Congressmen gets COVID after refusing to wear mask
Rep. Louie Gohmert – who has compared homosexuality to bestiality and said that gays will molest children if allowed in the Boy Scouts – has tested positive for the virus.
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Commentary
‘Mitchmatching’ and the death of the world’s greatest deliberative body
The Senate has lost its integrity due to the leadership of Sen. Mitch McConnell. It’s time to define his actions accordingly.