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Sen. John Kennedy reads sexually explicit passages to justify anti-LGBTQ+ book bans
The passages focused on a strap-on sex toy, oral sex, and incest. But a Democratic senator said the passages are missing the point.
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Senators repeatedly quoted Taylor Swift lyrics during hearing & fans can’t handle it
The word “cringe” has never been so useful.
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A GOP senator is trying really hard to make everyone mad at him
Sen. Mike Lee’s bill would expand the definition of “obscenity” and could shut down a big chunk of the internet.
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Senate set to pass Respect for Marriage Act this afternoon
A Monday night vote has set the marriage equality bill on the path to become law.
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21 GOP senators tell colleagues to oppose same-sex marriage bill unless it allows discrimination
“The free exercise of religion is absolutely essential to the health of our Republic. We must have the courage to protect it,” their letter states.
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GOP Congressmember says he was tricked into voting for marriage equality bill
He says he was “fooled” into voting for the bill.
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Republican senators demand warning label for TV shows with LGBTQ characters
Simply the mention of LGBTQ people makes the show “sexually-related content,” they say, intended for “mature” audiences only.
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The evidence is clear that Trump & his cronies planned a coup. Why doesn’t the media care?
The media has no way of handling a direct assault on democracy, so it resorts to dealing with Trump’s attempted coup as if it were just another political issue.
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GOP attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson for not defining “woman.” 9 Republicans can’t define it either.
Some Republicans couldn’t give a definition at all when asked. Others said “my wife” or brought up body parts that not all women have.
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Lauren Boebert compares trans healthcare to grafting “aborted babies… to lab rats”
Rep. Lauren Boebert wants to ban research on life-saving medications for transgender youth, comparing them to “genital mutilation” and “insects eating dogs’ faces off.”
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GOP Senators complained when Amazon refused to sell one anti-trans book. Now it won’t sell any.
“We have chosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness.”
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The religious right is targeting HHS nominee Xavier Beccara for being too pro-LGBTQ
Conservatives are making more noise about Becerra, a supporter of LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights, than they did about Pete Buttigieg.
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Pete Buttigieg is scheduled for his first Senate hearing as the transportation secretary nominee
In less than a week, the out former Presidential candidate will likely be under the hot mic, being grilled by the likes of Ted Cruz & Rick Scott.
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A Plexiglass barrier will take center stage at the VP debate & Pence’s team isn’t happy
The Vice President doesn’t want voters to remember that he’s in charge of the administration’s coronavirus response now that the White House has become a COVID hotspot.
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Senator holds up confirmation of a lesbian because she’s the ‘Dragon Queen of Religious Bigotry’
One anti-LGBTQ senator is holding up her nomination because she’s coming for “you, your family, and your neighbors.”
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Ryan Murphy pledges millions to get anti-LGBTQ politicians booted out of office
“Let’s show Representative [Steve] King that the Queens are not having it.”
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Say ‘hello’ to the man who might replace Kennedy. Then say ‘goodbye’ to marriage equality.
One of the biggest names being floated as a possible replacement for Kennedy has worked tirelessly to end marriage equality.
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Evangelicals abandon proposed religious discrimination law, but Catholics go all in
One of the most prominent evangelical groups is calling the bill a “Trojan horse” because minor changes were made to the bill’s language.
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Senate Republicans introduce bill to give companies a license to discriminate
21 senators have signed onto a bill that would allow discrimination against LGBT people. Trump has pledged to support it.
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Here’s what Republicans have been up to all day while trying to repeal Obamacare
Trump says it’s time to “Let Obamacare fail,” and says that “I’m not going to own it.”
