You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]
Texas Observer ran an interesting piece over the weekend entitled “Dallas Morning News: Elect Greg Abbott, Pay The Ransom.” In that article the Texas Observer reports that the state’s newspapers have been rolling out their endorsements and on Thursday night The Dallas Morning News became the first major newspaper in the state to give an […]
Republicans say some of the most absurd things, especially when campaigning. Here’s a roundup of some of the most outrageous, ridiculous and idiotic statements made by GOP hopefuls in the 2012 campaign cycle. 1) “Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that […]
A get-out-the-vote ad by a Florida-based group called Dream Defenders is part of its new “Vest or Vote” campaign, which is rallying voters around police violence against black youth. Shot in black and white, the minute-and-a-half ad shows a young black mother in the kitchen distracting her son from a video game to ask him […]
Dear Conservatives, Since you insist on blowing up the situation with the Ebola virus to mind-numbing proportions, I have graciously created an action plan for you. Surely you’ve heard about Thomas Eric Duncan by now. You know, the dude who became the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the USA. He had been visiting his family […]