Forgive the hyperbole in the title for this post. I am deadly serious ( Read more... )

I am constantly flabbergasted these days. How in the world did it come to pass that the buffoon currently sitting in the Oval Office, is sitting in the Oval Office ( Read more... )

So while discussing the odd pledge the Donald has extracted from his blind followers adoring supporters where they were asked to raise their right hands and promise to vote for him in an upcoming primary, the discourse on MSNBC went like this ( Read more... )

Derek Kitchen, the lead plaintiff in the suit that lead to marriage equality in Utah is running for city council in Salt Lake City and came in first in the primary. He faces the #2 finisher for a runoff this November. Meanwhile, an open lesbian has finished #1 in her primary and will face the current sitting mayor in that race in SLC this fall ( Read more... )

Not happy this morning. Mourning would be an apter word. This country took a hard turn to the right last night & it ain't sitting well with me ( Read more... )

Last night Rachel Maddow profiled the mayor's race in one of the few poor areas in northern California's Bay Area. Billboards are popping up all over Richmond supporting new candidates for mayor and city council. How much has been spent? According to Rachel the mayoral candidate has $1 million to work with; this contrasted with the sitting mayor's ( Read more... )

I awoke this morning to my husband snuggling up to me. Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I pulled off my cpap and stretched. It was 6:42, morning fog thick on our deck just outside the french doors ( Read more... )

And on the whole it was a pretty damn good day as well ( Read more... )

Carl Sciortino, Jr. who's in Massachusetts' legislature is running for Ed Markey's old seat. Have to admit I love this ad. In an interview on MSNBC with his father, the younger Carl admits it was harder coming out to his father as a progressive, than as gay.

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I just sent Wendy Davis a donation. She's the state senator from Ft. Worth who filibustered the highly restrictive abortion bill the Republicans are trying to ram through their legislature. You can be sure that the Republican party in Texas, has drawn a bull's eye on her back for this next legislative cycle. And true to form, Rick Perry has ( Read more... )