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Extra! Extra!: Anti-Trans Legislation Succeeds, But So Do Whole Foods and Instacart Strikes (Sort Of)
It’s been a long week, you guys. This week’s Extra! Extra! covers all the news you didn’t even know was happening.
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Roy Moore and His Cowboy Theocracy Are Running for Senate, and That’s Very Dangerous
I grew up in Roy Moore’s Alabama; his hatred and zealotry have no limits. Now, he’s headed for the Senate, and he’ll likely win.
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Congress Casually Files LGBT Rights Bill; Trump and Pence Pass “Religious Liberty” Executive Order
Trump is reportedly planning to sign a “religious liberty” executive order that has Mike Pence written all over it — in the meantime, over 200 members of Congress say they’ll just go ahead and file a bill that adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act.
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Betsy DeVos Carves Out Her Own Terrifying Niche in a Cabinet of Nightmares: Threatening Public Education
Betsy DeVos is truly awful and the idea of her as an education secretary should strike terror into all our hearts. Here’s why!
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The Other Shoe Drops: North Carolina and Mississippi Both Face Federal Lawsuits for Anti-LGBT Laws
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says some truly awesome words to trans people and against North Carolina’s HB2, The ACLU of Mississippi is challenging the state’s “religious freedom” law, a group of parents and students filed a federal lawsuit because they believe they’re being discriminated when a trans girl uses the correct facilities at their school and more news.
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Insufferable Jerk Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Tells Judges Not to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses
Roy Moore wants judges to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses, Obama gives executive orders on gun control, the officer who arrested Sandra Bland is indicted, and more.
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Tennessee Jumps Back on the Anti-Trans Bandwagon, Resurrects Dangerous Bathroom Bill
Tennessee has resurrected its bathroom bill that would hurt trans teens, what really happened with the judge’s verdict on Kesha’s lawsuit, new statistics about sexual assault, and more.
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Kentucky Legislator Wants to Defeat Marriage Equality with the Power of “Matrimony”
A KY legislator thinks he’s cracked the code on how to stop marriage equality; how and why anti-LGBT sentiment is ramping up in Indonesia, the big abortion case the SCOTUS just heard, and more.
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So Who the Heck is this Merrick Garland Guy
We find out a little bit more about Obama’s pick for the next Supreme Court justice, anti-LGBT discrimination laws in several states, Tuesday’s primaries, laws about protests, and MAGIC.
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The Top 10 Republican Candidates as Horror Villains Based on Their Performance Thus Far
If you missed the debate itself, congratulations. This is all you really need to know.
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San Bernardino Shooting Illuminates Legislators’ Reliance on #ThoughtsandPrayers, Not Action
More on the suspects of the San Bernardino shooting, ICE stopped plans to house detained trans women in female facilities in Adelanto, Planned Parenthood shooter had a history of violence against women, and more news stories.
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This Is How Fox News Brainwashes Its Viewers: Our In-Depth Investigation of the Propaganda Cycle
We all know someone who has become part of the conservative punditry herd and, over time, traded their compassion for paranoia; their thoughtful opinions for manufactured outrage; and their empathy for hateful rhetoric.
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The Top 13 Campaign Issues According to the GOP Debate
What are the pressing issues of the day as revealed by the Republican candidates at last night’s GOP debate? Besides their ideal Secret Service names.
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Why Indiana’s RFRA is a Special Legislative Snowflake and What It Means for Religious Freedom Laws
“When a conservative pundit tells the media, “I don’t know why people are so upset. This law has been on 19 state books for years,” he is assuming his viewers/readers/listeners are all idiots who can’t do their own research on the matter. So let’s prove that guy wrong.”
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NOM Thinks Anti-Gay Views Are, Like, So Fetch Right Now
With 75 Republicans signing on for gay marriage, how on earth will NOM stay relevant?
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25 Things Mitt Romney Can Do Now
Here’s what he can do with his time now that he has to find a way to bide it.
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I’m Not Interested in Finding a Truce in the Culture War. I’m Interested in Winning It.
“There’s this prevailing attitude that the “culture war” is some kind of ‘discussion’ that we’re all having. But you know what? Fuuuuuuck that.”
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Michigan, Not Our Michigan: How MI’s Reactionary Politics are Driving Away Young Grads
I’m one of the countless numbers of educated young people who left the Detroit area. And it’s not just the economy, stupid, but the state’s constant refrain of anti-women, anti-labor, anti-LGBT politics that drove me away.
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Cowboy Hats, Peanuts, and Regret: The 2012 Republican National Convention Recap
Or, “The One Where Clint Eastwood Does That Thing With The Chair, Oh My God.”
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Troy, MI Mayor Suggests Gays Should Be Cured, Manages to Look Like Even More of a Jerk
Michigan mayor’s attempt to get friendly with the gays by attending a Troy High GSA meeting proves insincere.