Politics: July 2012
Hansen Hopes to Be First Openly Gay Sacramento City Councilmember
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 31, 2012 1:30 PM |At first thought, it seems odd - given California's progressive history - that Sacramento has never before elected an openly gay city councilmember. Steve Hansen wants to change that. Read More
This Is Not About a Difference of Opinion
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | July 31, 2012 12:00 PM |This is not about someone's right to express his "beliefs." It's not about someone's politics or religion. It IS about pushing back against someone who publicly supports organizations whose mission it is to persecute a group of people. Read More
LA City Council Votes to Shut Down Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 29, 2012 11:30 AM |Saying the proliferation of pot shops had gotten out of control, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to shut down all 762 registered medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.Read More
What Do You Mean By 'We', Mitt Romney?
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 27, 2012 1:00 PM |So much for the Romney's being too well-bred to engage in the usual Republican racist dog-whistling. Granted, Romney didn't come right out and call President Obama a son of a "Kenyan anti-colonialist," but the Romney campaign is stepping into Newt Gingrich territory.Read More
US House Efforts Stall as Senate Moves Swiftly to Support IAC
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | July 27, 2012 12:00 PM |As a person living with AIDS, the actions of the GOP House leadership smack of the days when President Ronald Reagan refused to utter the very word "AIDS" during his time as President.Read More
Love as THE Defining Principle
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 26, 2012 11:00 AM |A bill introduced in the Wisconsin State Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, if passed, would require the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to highlight that non-marital parenthood contributes to child abuse and neglect. Read More
The Bain of Health Care
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 24, 2012 12:00 PM |Imagine Bain Capital running your health care, or even your child's care. Imagine Bain capitalism as the basis for our health care system.Read More
'Mitt Gets Worse' Campaign Says Romney Would Rollback LGBT Rights
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 24, 2012 11:15 AM |In January, it was revealed that Romney gave the Mormon Church $1.8 million in 2008. Without seeing more of his tax returns we may not know the extent to which Romney is bankrolling the antigay activities of the church or other antigay groups.Read More
Want a Real Recovery? Raise the Minimum Wage
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 22, 2012 5:30 PM |Scratch the surface of just about any economic debate this election year, and you'll find one issue that goes all the way to the core: the yawning gap between the 1% and the rest of us.Read More
Basic Human Rights Should Not Be 'Controversial'
Filed by Mercedes Allen | July 22, 2012 11:30 AM |The ability of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people to live, work, access services and otherwise co-exist continues to be painted as the end of civilization, in several current struggles to pass inclusive legislation throughout North America.Read More
Someone Else's Child
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 20, 2012 1:00 PM |Determining "who the hell we are" requires that there is a "we" to begin with.Read More
Legalize Love Offers 100,000 Free Bumper Stickers
Filed by James Holmes | July 19, 2012 4:00 PM |Gay Obama supporters have launched LegalizeLove.com to generate visiable support for the President's pro-equality stance. They are giving away 100,000 free bumper stickers that read "Legalize Love" with the "O" being the iconic Obama symbol before the election. Read More
Maybe Mitt Thinks We Can't Handle the Truth
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 19, 2012 3:00 PM |Everyone wants to know, "What is Mitt Romney hiding?" I think I understand now just why Mitt Romney can't answer these questions: Mitt thinks we can't handle the truth.Read More
Cancer-Striken Soldier Fights to Overturn DOMA ASAP
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 18, 2012 3:00 PM |This is just plain old unfair! Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan and her wife Karen describe their situation of how Karen would not be entitled to survivor's benefits upon CW2 Morgan's death. Read More
Will Romney Announce His Veep Choice This Week?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2012 2:30 PM |The Romney campaign has chosen their pick for Vice President - and could announce their candidate as early as this week in an effort to move the conversation from Romney's lies about his role in Bain Capital.Read More
Taxes & Waking Up With the House On Fire
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 16, 2012 11:00 AM |Is this still the America we want to live in? Do we still believe it's worth paying for? Think about it, the next time you smell smoke.Read More
Does Mitt Romney Care About Black People?
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 15, 2012 7:00 PM |Six years ago, the nation watched poor, mostly African-Americans suffer and die waiting for government help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In light of an economic disaster that's leaving millions more African Americans underwater, it's worth asking: Does Mitt Romney care about Black people?Read More
Indiana Fundies Giving Out Bribes to Raise Opposition to Domestic Partner Benefits
Filed by Bil Browning | July 13, 2012 3:00 PM |You know the religious right fundies have truly realized their base of anti-gay support is dwindling when they have to resort to giving out electronics, t-shirts, and cookies to lure people to show up to an anti-gay rally. Read More
Openly Gay LA Mayor Deputy Chief of Staff to Run for Council Seat
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 13, 2012 12:00 PM |The rumor has circulated since the summer of 2011 when Matt Szabo, the highly regarded, openly gay Los Angeles Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, gave up his West Hollywood apartment for an apartment in Hollywood, in Eric Garcetti's 13th Council District.Read More
Ricki Rosales Named New LA City AIDS Coordinator
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 12, 2012 2:30 PM |Since it's creation in 1989 by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, the office of City AIDS Coordinator has been more than ceremonial. Recently appointed Ricki Rosales is expected to expand prevention and awareness services into underserved areas.Read More
We Got Your Jobs Bills Right Here
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 11, 2012 5:00 PM |With John Boehner mouthing off about the president betting on "failed policies" and Mitt Romney claiming the President has no plan for economic growth, it's a perfect opportunity for Democrats to respond by telling Republicans - and America - "We got your jobs bills right here."Read More
Nancy Pelosi Cuts a Rug to ZZ Top at Barney Frank's Wedding
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 11, 2012 10:00 AM |House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and gay activist Terry Bean took to the dance floor at Rep Barney Frank's wedding for a quick spin to a ZZ Top classic.Read More
Wisconsin: Mark Pocan Hits the Airwaves
Filed by Bil Browning | July 09, 2012 10:00 AM |Gay Democrat Mark Pocan is running for Tammy Baldwin's seat in Congress. He's released his first TV ad and - like Baldwin's first ad - he focuses on job creation and outsourcing.Read More
Powerless: Conservative Failure Returns Us to the Dark Ages
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 06, 2012 3:30 PM |It was about 10:30 on Friday night, when the derecho that hit the mid-Atlantic plunged my family and 5 million others into darkness. One minute we were watching television in our well lit, air conditioned home. The next minute we were stumbling around, cursing the darkness and lighting candles.Read More
Iowa Anti-Marriage Forces Start to Concede Defeat
Filed by Bil Browning | July 06, 2012 11:30 AM |Even though Iowan Republicans are close to capturing both houses of the state legislature and have crowed that they'd quickly attempt to roll back marriage equality rights, it seems they're having second thoughts.Read More
GOP Rep Joe Walsh Scoffs at Dem War Vet's Military Service
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 05, 2012 2:00 PM |Oh, those crazy right-wingers. They blast you as unpatriotic if you're not a war-monger - but when you actually fight and sacrifice in a war, they try to denigrate you and your service.Read More
Conservatives: Saving American's Youth From Overeducation
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 03, 2012 12:00 PM |Conservatives are fighting to save our children - your children, my children, America's children - from a fate worse than collective bargaining. Conservatives are fighting to save America's youth from being "overeducated."Read More
I Am a Mother F-ckin' American
Filed by Kergan Edwards-Stout | July 02, 2012 4:00 PM |I'm sick of political parties wrapping the mantle of patriotism around themselves, insisting that only they are the true patriots. They have perpetuated the falsehood that to be anything less than ultra-conservative means to be anti-USA. That to question and criticize policies is to be a traitor. Read More
No 'High Order Thinking Skills' For TX GOP
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 01, 2012 11:00 AM |In 1927, the United Negro College Fund adopted its famous motto: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." Forty years later, the Texas Republican Party seems to have adopted a slightly edited version of the UNCF's motto.Read More
