In politics, as in business, it’s long been accepted practice to release bad news on Fridays in hopes of keeping media scrutiny to a minimum… And, I’m sure it was with this in mind that President-elect Donald Trump, this past Friday, released word that he’d agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to former students […]
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Thank you, Mike Pence, for drawing my attention to Alexander Hamilton
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #HamiltonElectors, 1787, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, anti-gay people who are most likely gay, Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway, checks and balances, Civil War, coal, Constitution, corporate fascism, Dan Pfeiffer, David Frum, despotism, Donald Trump, electoral college, faithless Electors, fascism, FBI, founding fathers, fraud, gay rights, Hamilton, homophobia, immigration, James B. Comey, James Madison, Javier Muñoz, John Jay, Mike Pence, musicals, news, populism, Publius, reality, settlement, social media, The Federalist Papers, Trump University, West Virginia 35 Comments
California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”
As you may recall, former Ypsilantian Josh Steichman told us earlier this summer that he was working on a campaign to see the so-called reparative therapy of minors outlawed in California. Well, this weekend, Josh and the rest of the Equality California team were successful. California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that would […]
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged AB 1505, AB 1700, AB 1856, anti-science, anxiety, But I'm a Cheerleader, California, closet case, depression, Don't Ask Don't Tell, EOS, Equality California, ex gay, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, George Rekers, homophobia, Jerry Brown, Josh Steichman, legislation, LGBTQ, lube, Magic Mike, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Michigan, pay the gay away, pray the gay away, psychological abuse, rent boy, reparative therapy, Rick Snyder, SB 1140, self hatred, suicide, Ted Lieu, therapy, UCLA, Vermont, Wisconsin, Ypsilanti water tower 39 Comments