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FMU awards Trayvon Martin posthumous aviation degree

To call this a bittersweet moment is a terrible understatement. It is heartbreaking. Florida Memorial University gives the murdered Trayvon Martin the aviation degree he did not live to earn….

Stephen’s monologue is declassified

This farce needs to end. But most Republicans in Congress are still hiding under their desks.

Bullying’s grim consequences continue

Samantha Schmidt Reports at WaPo: Security camera footage captured the scene in a Cincinnati elementary school bathroom on Jan. 24. But as the school has so far declined to release…

Anderson and Kellyanne, comedy duo from hell

I’ll have an eyeroll with that! Anderson Cooper does a good job of skeptically grilling Kellyanne Conway as she unleashes her usual torrent of brazen, patronizing lies. But what is…

European anthem: Ode to Joy

A 2012 flash mob performance of Ode an die Freude from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is a perfect expression of the European idea that remains vital this morning. It was…

Moonlight actors win MTV award for Best Kiss

https://youtu.be/LfYwzgDe-VQ Actors Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome have won the MTV Movie & TV award for Best Kiss for the beach scene from the Oscar winning movie Moonlight. The Fader…

People of France, tonight she shines for you.

Emmanuel Macron has been elected president of France in a landslide. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweets: Congratulations, President-elect Macron! Vive la France!

Bill Maher to the liberal purists

Bill Maher is right on target regarding liberal purists who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Clinton over Trump.

House Democrats sing “Na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye” to Republicans

https://youtu.be/VXxmnWdKTNI In the above video from the House floor, once Wolf Blitzer shuts up, you can hear Democrats taunt Republicans with a portion of the 1960s Steam song, “Na na…

Bishop Gene Robinson

LGBT coalition protests “religious freedom” executive order

Chris Johnson reports at Washington Blade: A coalition of leaders from civil rights groups protested Wednesday in Lafayette Park in anticipation of President Trump signing a “religious freedom” executive order…