John Aravosis

'Remember Those 5 Minutes When Biden Was For Gay Marriage?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Excitement quickly turned to frustration amongst gay rights activists on Sunday after the Obama team walked back Vice President Biden's ...

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Progressives 'Break Up' With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Americablog, Netroots Nation, DREAM Act, Fire Dog Lake, Elections 2012, Dadt, Dan Choi, Obama, John Aravosis, Felipe Matos, Deportation, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS -- President Barack Obama is decidedly "not [the left's] boyfriend anymore," progressive supporters of gay- and immigrant-rights said on T...

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Hope We Can Belie In

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Gay Bullying and DADT: Cindy McCain vs. John McCain

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: John McCain, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Military Service, Gay Rights, Dadt, Cindy McCain, John Aravosis, Anti-Gay Bullying, Politics News

I can't help wondering whether Cindy McCain misses her straight-talking husband as much as I do -- a McCain that is going to be relevant to our future, not one we have to be ashamed of because he "delayed" the normalization of gay rights.

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Obama vs. The Left: A Battle of Ideologies, Not Cults of Personalities

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Social Security, Big Data, Public Option, Glenn Greenwald, Liberal Bloggers, Obama, John Aravosis, LGTB Rights, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Jane Hamsher, Peter Daou, Marcy Wheeler, Politics News

What Obama is facing, which other presidents have not, is moment-by-moment online documentation of the distance between his words and his actions by issue advocates on his own side.

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The Real Picture Behind BP's Command Center Photoshop

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Awash in the revelations that BP has been manipulating press pictures to make their response look more urgent, the original photo of their Command Center has been located.

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DNC Treasurer Blames John Aravosis For Gay Anger At Obama

AMERICAblog Gay | Posted 05.25.2011

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DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias joined in the comments section last night of John's latest post about the DNC's, and White House's, growing gay problem. And...

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Gays Boycott the Democrats - Finally

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gays and lesbians raise a large amount of funds for the DNC. Until our major issues are addressed, it is time we close the gayTM.

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Homosexuality as a Weapon of Torture

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Policy makers must understand that if their job is to ultimately protect the citizenry, they are complicit in torture if they continue to dismiss abuse of power as "boys will be boys" or bullying or "hazing" as if everyone is just having some good clean fun.

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Gays To Obama: "If Not Now, When?"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The political reality is that -- especially for contentious issues -- there is a very small window for presidents to get things done.

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Obama Needs to End Silence on Biggest Civil Rights Move of Our Time

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is no excuse at all -- none -- for the White House to allow the bigotry and harassment of gays and lesbians in the armed forces to stand. Gays populate the armed services now.

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Palin, The Press, And Her Pregnancy

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palin claims the media picked up the rumor from liberal bloggers and then ran with it. Unfortunately in her role as press critic, Palin misremembers the media's role.

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Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer From Clinton Donor

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he al...

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