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San Diego, Tijuana Join Forces

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.30.2013 | Sports

SAN DIEGO — A cross-border bid for San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, to host the 2024 Summer Olympics appeared dead before arrival Tuesday when the...

Why Straight Bob Filner Will Be Better For San Diego Than Gay Carl DeMaio

Laurence Watts | Posted 01.28.2013 | Gay Voices
Laurence Watts

DeMaio didn't lose because gay voters couldn't identify with his sexuality; he lost because they didn't identify with his ideology and his lack of resolve to fight for their rights. Instead, they supported a man who has a track record of fighting for equality.

Gay Republican Trying To Break Barrier

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 11.02.2012 | Politics

SAN DIEGO -- Whoever wins Tuesday's election for mayor of the nation's eighth-largest city will represent a break from the past. A win by Councilman ...

Gay Candidate Slammed Over Water Fight Article

James Peron | Posted 10.15.2012 | Gay Voices
James Peron

Retiring Congressman Bob Filner, running for San Diego mayor, found a unique way to remind the public that his opponent, Carl DeMaio, is gay.

For the Record: A Dose of Reality About Solving the VA Disability Backlog

Tom Tarantino | Posted 08.28.2012 | Impact
Tom Tarantino

In a heated moment earlier this month, Rep. Bob Filner suggested to Congress that the VA system is so bad we might as well "blow it up." This week on Maddow, he had some new choice words.

USS HARVEY MILK: Lawmaker Wants Navy To Name Ship After SF Icon

Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.26.2012 | San Francisco

Bob Filner, a Democratic San Diego congressman, has an idea for the next ship to be christened by the U.S. Navy--name it after pioneering gay leader H...

Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012 | World
Stephen Zunes

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

Not One But Two (!) Openly-Gay GOPs Running For Mayor In San Diego

AP | By ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 12.08.2011 | Los Angeles

SAN DIEGO -- Two leading Republican contenders for mayor of America's eighth-largest city are openly gay, and voters have barely noticed. It doesn't c...

Act Now to End the War in Afghanistan

Dennis J. Kucinich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dennis J. Kucinich

While Congress proposes slashing health care benefits, vital children's programs, and veterans' services -- all because we're "broke" -- it continues to fund a war that has cost us more than $455 billion.

Ryan Grim

Top House Democrat: JPMorgan Responsible For "Homicide" Of Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A leading House Democrat said on Wednesday that executives at JPMorgan Chase are responsible for the deaths of soldiers who take their o...

Amanda Terkel

The Cost Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which is set to be rolled back in the coming months, expelled 3,664 service...

Video of Torture Hearing Released (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Joshua Kors

Some of war's most disturbing moments don't happen on the battlefield. Such was the case when Sergeant Chuck Luther sat before a Congressional committee and described how he was tortured by U.S. Army officials.

A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Robert Naiman

Instead of just saying that the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans should be allowed to expire, let's say that they should be allowed to expire and that the money saved shall be earmarked for the veterans trust fund.

Our Enemy's Enemy Is Our Enemy? The Strange Case of the U.S.-MEK Relationship

Allan Gerson | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Allan Gerson

The enemy of our enemy should be our friend, but the U.S. State Department persists in keeping the the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the largest Iranian anti-mullah organization, on the List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Lucia Graves

Lawmakers Seek To Remove Iranian Organization From Government's Terrorist List

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution Thursday calling for the Obama administration to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran...

Winograd vs. Harman in CA Primary: Will U.S. or Israel's Interests Come First?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Linda Milazzo

By jumping onto the "Israel can do no wrong" bandwagon, Rep. Waxman and Rep. Harman substitute short-term political advantage for a strategy that could protect Israel and its people.

Is Your Representative Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan?

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Norman Solomon

Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But the list of signers was awfully short.

Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.