While left activists have mobilized to protest the Republican National Convention in Florida, most left organizations have gone out of their way to avoid directly opposing the Democrats when they meet at their convention in North Carolina. Whether it’s escalating …

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Openly bigoted Republicans have frequently used anti-gay hate as a “wedge issue” in election after election. Now the Democrats are using LGBT equal rights as a political football – cynically promising things to their LGBT core voters while doing nothing …

Gay Marriage: More Broken Promises, More Money For the Democrats Read more »


For three decades, national gay rights groups have acted as little better than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party, and have gotten precious little in return. In fact, Bill Clinton ran ads on Christian right radio stations bragging about signing …

Declaring Independence from the Democrats (& Republicans) Read more »