By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Election season really does bring the very worst out of everyone and, as if Queer people don’t have it hard enough, this election season had to collide with Pride Month, putting us right smack in the middle of […]
By Mary Harrington, The Unherd Even if you’re gay, being monogamous is seen as reactionary — if not outright bigoted With hindsight, it probably was bad manners to bring a male one-night stand back to the lesbian commune where I lived. At the time, in Noughties London, I […]
America moves a step closer to a breakup. By Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger, CNBC The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion. Roe since 1973 had permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy in the […]
Author, art professor, feminist, and cultural commentator Camille Paglia speaks on the current transgender mania, the wisdom of early medical & surgical intervention (calling it “child abuse”), and how the explosion of gender identities is a recurring sign of cultural collapse throughout the history of civilization.
Krystal and Saagar point out the Don Jr and Texas GOP fight over gay Republicans as a division within the party on gay rights grows amidst the right’s fight against transgenderism
Associate editor at Reason, Liz Wolfe, reacts to the CDC’s new ‘safe sex’ guidelines amid the spreading Monkeypox cases in the US.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s the first Pride Month since Covid has been defanged and I feel like going to the fucking movies. The only problem is that in 2022 all the movies fucking suck and what few Queer flicks that make […]
Krystal Kyle & Friends Jun 18 Welcome back to Krystal Kyle & Friends, where we’re joined by Humanist Report host Mike Figueredo. Our conversation with Mike is wide-ranging: We talk with him about everything from his experiences as a “veteran” leftist commentator and the way his work has […]
Americans are awaiting Supreme Court action on a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision that will decide the fate of abortion rights in states across the country.
Liz Wolfe criticizes the media’s coverage of last week’s assassination threat against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh.
By Emily Douglas, The Nation By now we’ve all read the chilling words in Justice Samuel Alito’s draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. As I write, we’re waiting for the final decision, coming any day now. Learning of the imminent demise of Roe did not come […]
By Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish A brilliant new history tells the real story of the 20th Century gay rights movement. Frank Kameny, second in line, protesting with others outside the White House on Armed Forces Day on May 15, 1965. (Bettmann via Getty Images) Odessa Madre grew […]
By Keri Smith There is No Excuse for a Public School to Instruct 10-13 Year Olds to Paint Sexualized & Ideological Symbology I spoke last week at the Georgetown City Council about social justice and the Gender Ideology / Grooming Mural erected by Forbes Middle School, Georgetown ISD […]
New York Review of Books On Friday, we published an essay by Paisley Currah on sex classification and the hurdles to changing one’s legal sex. “For transgender people in the United States,” he writes, “the sheer number of state institutions with discrete authority to define sex ensnares us […]
Amsterdam is re-branding, with plans to move the famous red-light district out-of-town, and crackdown on cannabis cafes. Dateline meets the city’s sex workers who are fighting back.
I thought of a very hypothetical question. Would Republicans still be ban abortion if it was a guarantee that the fetus in question becomes a hardcore liberal ?
Matthew Lyons, a leading “antifascist” intellectual, actually has a pretty good definition of fascism. ” a revolutionary form of right-wing populism, inspired by a totalitarian vision of collective rebirth, that challenges capitalist political and cultural power while promoting economic and social hierarchy. ” See the Lyons article here. […]
Not like they had 50 YEARS to do this.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss the wealth gap between members of Congress and working class people.
Olayemi Olurin and Denise Long discuss the Senate’s failure to codify Roe v. Wade.
By Joel Mathis, The Week The leaked draft of a potential Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade has sparked a discussion about what other previously granted rights might be revoked by the court in the future. Some progressives believe that contraception might be the next target […]
By W. James Antle III, The Week Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) is going to vote with the overwhelming majority of his party in favor of a Democratic bill to codify Roe v. Wade in the aftermath of a leak showing a majority of the Supreme Court may be […]
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, incestophobia has got to go!” By Andrew Court New York Post A Michigan mom who fell in love with her biological son says a rare “genetic” phenomenon is responsible for their red-hot romance. Kim West, 57, got pregnant as a teenager, and gave up […]
Julia Manchester and Sam Geduldig debate how abortion will play out as an issue in the 2022 midterms.
Krystal and Saagar evaluate the most up to date polling figures on Roe v Wade and abortion ahead of the 2022 midterms where it looks like the issue will not save Democrats from losing badly
Krystal and Saagar question Mitch McConnell’s decision to float a federal abortion ban while the GOP Governor of Mississippi defends banning abortions for victims of incest
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Gallup Editor-In-Chief Mohamed Younis to dive into the data on Roe vs Wade over the past 30 years showing how consistent Americans’ views on the decision have been
Commentaries from the New York Review of Books Last week a leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization gave a preview of the Supreme Court’s likely decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. This is the first part in a series of short responses to the ruling. Liza Batkin Deceit in […]
Emily Jashinsky explains that the “foundation for nationwide legalized abortion has always been fragile, but the media just wasn’t saying it.”
Co-founder of UltraViolet, Shaunna Thomas, discusses the organizing efforts taking place ahead of the Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe V Wade.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss the opposing views on the potential decision to overturn Roe V Wade with VP of Communications for Susan B. Anthony List, Mallory Carroll.
By Damon Linker, The Week In the days since the leaked draft of a majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) was published by Politico, Democrats have convinced themselves that this is a huge political gift for the party and an equally massive liability for Republicans — because the country […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Congressman Matt Gaetz’s comments about the women rallying against overturning Roe V Wade.
Krystal delivers harsh criticisms of Dems who refused to codify Roe v. Wade in the past for the sake of political gain and are now promising to fight back against SCOTUS
Personally, I support a woman’s right to choose up until the child is 8 years old. Some kids are just really annoying.
I love how the conservatives say the states should be able to decide any issue that isn’t in the constitution, and then in the same breath support the federal drug war, forcing states to make drugs illegal even if they democratically vote to allow them.
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, Robby Soave, and Olayemi Oluri debate whether the Supreme Court will make drastic changes to same-sex marriage and contraception next.
Briahna Joy Gray addresses whether a leaked Supreme Court draft is “out of step” with public opinion.
Editor-in-Chief, The Real News Network, Max Alvarez, and Newsweek Contributor, Pamela Denise Long, weigh in on the Americans who would be impacted the most if Roe V Wade is overturned.
By W. James Antle III The Week If this is really the end for Roe v. Wade (1973), it will be fitting that the decision that shattered so many norms has demolished another one on the way out: An opinion reversing the landmark abortion ruling — confirmed to […]
By Catherine Garcia The Week Politico has obtained an initial draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guarantees a federal constitutional right to abortion. In the 98-page draft, labeled as the “Opinion of the […]
That would have the effect of delegitimizing the feds as well because 70% of Americans now support gay marriage.
Whatever one’s views on abortion, the repeal of Roe v. Wade will almost certainly help the pan-secessionist strategic paradigm. The culture war will escalate. Liberals will be less inclined to think of the feds as protectors of civil rights against local reactionaries. 80% of the US public are […]
Dean of Berkeley Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky, answers Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave’s questions about the leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe V. Wade.
Krystal and Saagar cover the fallout from the Roe v Wade SCOTUS opinion draft leak that has rocked DC insiders and the court as a whole due to the unprecedented nature of the leak
Krystal and Saagar analyze the potential effects that the renewed abortion fight will have on American politics in the 2022 midterm elections and beyond
Krystal and Saagar provide viewers with fact vs fiction on the leaked draft opinion showing that SCOTUS is set to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on a federal level in 1973
This was one the thing that could save the Dems in the midterms. This will be very interesting to see how it plays out.
The Red/Blue tribal civil war is getting ramped up a notch. The Democrats just a got boost for the pending mid-term elections. A lot of Democratic strategists and elected officials are probably secretly cheering this, and a lot of Republicans are probably secretly saying, “Oh, shit, why did […]
Proto-Protestant Blog Many Evangelicals will undoubtedly celebrate the recent legislative moves in Texas and Florida and both governors (one Catholic and one Evangelical) are certainly viewed as allies or even champions in the Christian Right’s culture wars. Let’s be clear. Sodomy is an abomination and parents that encourage […]
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