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Matthews on Cruz's NYC Hit; He's Like ‘The Music Man’ Playing to Hicks
January 15th, 2016 2:49 AM
Multiple times throughout the two hours of post-GOP debate edition of MSNBC’s Hardball late Thursday and early Friday, Chris Matthews expressed confusion at Ted Cruz’s attack on Donald Trump and “New York values” by wondering if it’s like accusing all San Francisco Democrats of being gay or playing Harold Hill in The Music Man by “playing to the hicks” in Iowa.

Blogger: Don’t Be Fooled -- Rubio’s As Nutty As Cruz and Trump
January 8th, 2016 9:29 PM
In a Wednesday post, New York magazine's Chait sought to debunk the belief that Marco Rubio is a moderate. As for why some might see him that way, Chait suggested a few reasons, among them that Rubio, unlike fellow Republican presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, “avoids statements that make him appear ostentatiously deranged.”
Chait argued that while Rubio’s focus on positioning…

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Sports Journo from ‘The Nation’ Likens NFL to ‘The Flintstones’
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January 4th, 2016 7:11 PM
So, if you bet good money on the Flintstones being used this weekend in an incredibly lame political analogy involving gays and the NFL…I salute you. For that exact thing happened on the Saturday edition of the “Melissa Harris-Perry Show,” when The Nation’s Dave Zirin discussed the suspension handed down to New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who received unsportsmanlike conduct…

Objective? Hardly! ABC Promotes Gay Agenda with New Miniseries
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December 29th, 2015 3:09 PM
It’s no secret that ABC pushes the gay agenda. But if you doubt it, wait until its newest miniseries comes out (pun intended).
Authored by openly gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, When We Rise will detail the history of the gay rights movement from the 1969 Stonewall Riots to the present day. It follows the stories of three people who are also members of the women’s rights movement, the peace…
NYT: ‘Grumpy’ GOP Would ‘Be a Lot Looser’ If They Were Drag Queens
December 28th, 2015 5:37 PM
Reviewing the new drag queen-centered Broadway show Kinky Boots in Monday’s New York Times, critic Ben Brantley chose to dedicate a few paragraphs to the bizarre suggestion that the show should make one think “that maybe all those grumpy guys who populate the Republican debates might be a lot looser if they traded in their navy suits for rainbow-colored ball gowns.”

Salon Cries Homophobia, Compares NFL to Westboro Baptists
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December 27th, 2015 9:50 PM
In a world full of hot takes, Salon writer Steve Almond went full supernova with this headline in a recent article: Odell Beckham and the NFL’s fear of gay men: “Football is the most homophobic subculture this side of the Westboro Baptist Church”

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AP Ignores Rabbi's Politicized White House Hanukkah Invocation
December 13th, 2015 2:10 AM
Josh Lederman at the Associated Press spent the final two paragraphs of his Wednesday evening report on a meeting between President Barack Obama and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin describing "the White House's annual Hanukkah celebration." He wrote that Rivlin "lit a menorah that was made in his homeland during the 1920s."
What was said before Rivlin lit the menorah should have been news. As…

CNN Touts Satanists as Defenders of Religious, Civil, Gay Rights
December 12th, 2015 4:58 PM
It may sound like a parody, but CNN Newsroom on Friday actually ran a piece highlighting the plight of Satanists seeking greater acceptance of their beliefs in the predominantly Judeo-Christian U.S. as a preview of this Sunday's edition of This is Life on CNN.
As This is Life host Lisa Ling appeared live at the end of the 2:00 p.m. hour of CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, Ling ended up…

'2 Broke Girls' Hits Trump, Conservatives in Gay Bakery Episode
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December 11th, 2015 4:23 AM
In tonight’s episode of 2 Broke Girls, “And the Inside Outside Situation,” their take on a gay bakery boycott has an Obama swipe, a "gender fluid" customer, a Trump hair joke, and, to end it all, the bashing of a family values organization. A little something for everyone!
Salon Pundit: Hannity Supports ‘Christian Version’ of Sharia Law
December 10th, 2015 9:09 PM
Between Christians and Muslims, which group poses the greater threat to religious liberty in America? To Marcotte, there’s an obvious answer: Christians. In a Wednesday Salon column, the lefty pundit claimed that “the big difference between conservative Muslims and Christians in this country is that only the latter have a massive, organized movement that is backed by an entire political party to…

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ABC Recycles the Old 'Homophobe Turns Out to Be Gay' Trope (YAWN)
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December 10th, 2015 1:31 AM
Remember that Bible-thumping country star on Nashville who asserted that he couldn’t openly work with a gay songwriter because his bigoted fans would tune out? This week fans learn that he is a massive hypocrite who is ready to hook up with his muse as soon as his family heads out of town.

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Matthews to Gay GOPer: What If Trump Tries to Keep Gays Out of U.S.?
December 9th, 2015 9:12 PM
During a Hardball segment with two Republicans critical of Donald Trump's comments on temporarily halting Muslims from entering the United States, MSNBC's Chris Matthews asked the Log Cabin Republicans's Gregory Angelo, "suppose he said no gays could come in the country?"

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South Park Eviscerates Liberal Sacred Cows 'Caitlyn' and Safe Spaces
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December 3rd, 2015 2:37 AM
The episode "Truth and Advertising" takes big shots at topics liberals consider to be sacrosanct. South Park is the only show that can get away with portraying Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner as anything other than "stunning and brave." Suffice it to say, South Park is NOT a "safe space" for "Caitlyn."

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ABC's Nashville: Country Fans Are Anti-Gay Bigots
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December 3rd, 2015 1:27 AM
If you like country music, you’re probably an anti-gay bigot. That was the message of last night’s episode of ABC’s country music-themed drama, Nashville. Songwriter Will Lexington (Chris Carmack) is shocked that Wade Cole (Josh Coxx) chose to feature his song on Cole's upcoming album, given his sexual orientation. He can’t comprehend why an outwardly religious singer might want to work with a…