Current Affairs
Obama challenges GOP nihilists with Merrick Garland nomination
President Obama on Wednesday nominated the widely liked and indisputably highly-qualified Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace the…
Ugandan president signs controversial NGO bill
Ugandan president signs controversial NGO bill https://t.co/MGVLJwth0E — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) March 14, 2016
White House appoints first openly trans LGBT liaison
White House appoints first openly trans LGBT liaison https://t.co/3Ungns7PQa — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) March 14, 2016 Congrats to Raffi Freedman-Gurspan.
Openly Gay Basketball Player Makes NCAA Tournament History
(Photo by Frank Franklin II, AP) Derrick Gordon of the Seton Hall Pirates is the first openly gay NCAA Division 1 basketball player. The Pirates won the Big East tournament…
Police Use Pepper Spray Against Trump Protesters In Kansas City
Police Use Pepper Spray Against Trump Protesters In Kansas City https://t.co/99IGxCB7SH pic.twitter.com/AgouK5sH7D — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 13, 2016
Maddow: escalating aggression marks Trump’s rally rhetoric
This is the Rachel Maddow segment chronicling Trump's incendiary rally rhetoric. https://t.co/8XmJEHjweC via @msnbc — Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) March 12, 2016 Donald Trump’s incitements are scary and dangerous. Rachel Maddow…
Samantha Power: LGBT equality not a "special category of rights"
.@AmbassadorPower says at @HRC convention that #LGBT equality is not a "special category of rights" https://t.co/MvizqdaEGX… — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) March 12, 2016
John Lewis to Trump: ‘Have you no sense of decency, sir?’
.@realDonaldTrump Have you no sense of decency, sir? — John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 12, 2016 Thank you, Congressman. There is not any room in our society for the preaching of…
Sanders: Donald Trump Is a 'Pathological Liar'
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump Is a 'Pathological Liar' https://t.co/KF7zH5ZfrP #p2 #DEM #GOP — New Civil Rights (@newcivilrights) March 12, 2016