- Supreme Court strikes down DOMA—"The Supreme Court rules that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional on equal protection grounds." Salon
- Prop. 8: Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in California
- House GOPer: Without DOMA there’d be sham marriages—"Rep. John Fleming argued that straight people would pretend to be gay and marry 'only for practical reasons.'" Salon
- Texas abortion bill falls after challenge—Things went nuts at the end of the 11-hour filibuster where the Republicans' dirty tricks to pass the bill were caught red-handed.
- On abortion, Republicans treat women like children
- GOP Ignores Children Once They're Outside The Womb—"I've never been able to wrap my head around the huge gap between anti-abortionists' supposed devotion to fetuses and their animosity toward poor children once they are born."
- Silence isn't golden for suspect, Supreme Court rules—"Justices say a murder suspect's refusal to answer a question without claiming his Miranda rights can be used against him at trial."
- Why Is This US-Born Citizen Being Detained by ICE?
- Proposed FOIA rule changes seek to keep citizens in dark—"The Obama administration should not undercut the Freedom of Information Act by letting federal agencies lie about information."
- Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters—Section 4 was deemed unconstitutional.
- Republicans Brag They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering
- How 31,385 People — The 1 Percent Of The 1 Percent — Act As The Political Gatekeepers Of American Politics
- An Analysis of the One Party State: At the top of the political pyramid, there is not constant trade off between Liberal and Conservative agendas, there is only THE Agenda
- The Great Disconnect—"The White House's second-term priorities are not the public's." NYT
- IRS: Other 'inappropriate' screening of groups done—Darrell Issa's been full of crap (Salon).
- Bunga Bunga Trial: Silvio Berlusconi Guilty
- Australian prime minister resigns after losing party leadership challenge
- Brazil's Rousseff calls for constitutional vote to quell protests
- Iceland's EU bid is over, commission told
- Messages for Nelson Mandela; hope turns to resignation
- Putin: NSA whistleblower Snowden is in Moscow airport —And he "vowed that Moscow would not extradite the whistleblower to the US."
- Edward Snowden: history will be kind to him—"Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago, was smeared and denounced at the time."
- Steve Wozniak: Snowden ‘Is a Hero Because This Came From His Heart’—"The Apple cofounder tells Lloyd Grove why he supports the NSA leaker, how the agency hasn’t ‘done one thing valuable for us’—and why the Internet wasn’t supposed to be this way."
- Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around the world—"Reporter says several people will unlock trove if "anything happens" to Snowden."
- Why Snowden Asked Visitors in Hong Kong to Refrigerate Their Phones NYT
- Snowden through the eyes of a spy novelist NYT
- Poll: Generational divide over Snowden's actions
- NSA: Responding to this FOIA Would Help "Our Adversaries"
- 2 Senators Say the NSA Is Still Feeding Us False Information—"How can a democratic republic function when the bureaucrats are constantly misleading the people?"
- Take A Break From The Snowden Drama For A Reminder Of What He's Revealed So Far
- Glenn Greenwald: 'Meet The Press' Interview Validates 'Incestuous' Washington Media Critique
- PRISM: Everything you need to know
