- Prop. 8 officially out — SF weddings begin—"A federal appeals court issued an unexpected order Friday that allows gays and lesbians to marry in California."
- Obama Administration Unlocks Key Benefits For Same-Sex Spouses
- DOMA: Military spouses to see benefits 'as soon as possible,' Hagel vows
- Michigan ban on domestic partner benefits struck down by federal judge in preliminary injunction
- Pennsylvania Dem silenced by opponent citing 'God's law'
- Chick-fil-A CEO is done being tolerant about the gay marriage stuff
- “World War G”: The gay marriage apocalypse is here Salon
- Wendy Davis speaks on Texas filibuster
- Leticia Van De Putte, Texas Senator: GOP Should Be Investigated For Changing Abortion Vote Timestamp
- Perry continues attack: Wendy Davis 'does not understand that every life is precious'—Ironically, his unfortunate statements come not soon after the state's 500th execution.
- Rick Perry Taking on Wendy Davis Is the Best Case Scenario for Texas Democrats
- Wendy Davis' filibuster shoes praised in Amazon reviews—"I am so glad that I have a choice about what shoes to buy."
- Anti-abortion shenanigans in the Buckeye State
- Ohio Dem's Viagra Bill Would Place Strict Restrictions on Prescriptions—"Sen. Nina Turner says her proposal is about 'leveling the playing field' in the fight over women's reproductive health."
- Kansas Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked By Federal Judge
- NC House passes abortion education bill 68-42—"A bill requiring North Carolina schools to teach that abortions and other activities put women at risk of later premature births passed the state House on Thursday."
- Ireland: Billboard company discontinues Youth Defence campaign after Rape Crisis Centre incident
- 12 Very Real Voter-Suppression Tactics Experts Now Worry Will Come Back
- Take the Impossible "Literacy" Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
- Flipside: Alabama announces plan for free IDs under new photo voter ID law
- The War on Terror is a Fraud: How the West has Fostered Radical Islam and Actively Keeps it Alive.
- Republicans thumb their nose at America to prove their patriotism
- Official: Water complaints could be 'act of terrorism'
- House panel takes budget axe to Pentagon spending plan for 2014
- Watchdog warns of waste in Afghan aircraft buy—"The Pentagon is spending more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to buy Russian-made helicopters and other aircraft for an Afghan aviation unit that lacks the troops and expertise to operate and maintain the equipment, a government watchdog warned."
- US scraps military equipment worth billions before leaving Afghanistan—7 billion worth.
- Tammy Duckworth Eviscerates Contractor Who Claimed Veterans Disability
- Pentagon slammed for $1 billion deal with banned arms dealer—"Including the new contract, the Pentagon has spent more than $1 billion on helicopters and related maintenance and service with Rosoboronexport, Assad's top arms supplier."
- "I Am Sorry That It Has Come to This": A Soldier's Last Words
- America's Afghan And Iraqi Interpreters Risk Lives But Wait Years In Danger For Visas
- The tragic tale of Guantanamo detainee #684—"It's time for the US to release Mohammed Mattan, who has been languishing at Guantanamo for 11 years without charges."
- Muslim woman loses baby after veil attack
- The TSA's Solution For My Reluctance To Open Baby Food Jars? A Pat-Down
- The Criminal NSA NYT
- Liberal icon Frank Church on the NSA—"Almost 40 years ago, the Idaho Senator warned of the dangers of allowing the NSA to turn inward."
- Congress Killed our Privacy and Empowered the NSA
- Army reportedly blocking military access to Guardian coverage of NSA leaks
- Ecuador offers U.S. rights aid, waives trade benefits
- Media is ruining the NSA debate—"The debate over how much privacy we should give up in return for how much protection is necessary, but complicated. It's too important leave it to Twitter and cable news."
- Gleen Greenwald speaks out at Socialism 2013—Via Skype at that, "being beamed in by NSA technology."
- Senators accuse government of using 'secret law' to collect Americans' data—"Bipartisan group seeks answers from intelligence chief James Clapper over scale of and justification for NSA surveillance."
- NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower—"Today's revelations that the National Security Agency collected bulk data on the email traffic of millions of Americans provides startling evidence for the first time to support a whistleblower's longstanding claims that AT&T was forwarding global internet traffic to the government from secret rooms inside its offices."
- NSA expanded bulk collection of internet data under newly uncovered surveillance programs
- This Plan To End Government Spying Has Grown So Big It Might Actually Work
- Meet PRISM's little brother: Socmint—"A secretive unit is developing tools for blanket surveillance of social media."
- None Dare Call it FASCISM: How the NSA has (already) privatized tyranny
- House Passes 2014 NDAA; NSA Surveillance Will Lead to Indefinite Detention
- The real concern: why are so many US government documents classified?—"By keeping too many secrets, America has created fertile ground for government distrust and more leaks."
- Suspected drunk drivers have blood forcibly drawn—"What country is this?!"
- Pilots Want To Know Why The DHS/CBP Are Searching Their Planes Without Warrants
