Over the past 30 years, the District has passed innumerable gay-rights milestones. But when it comes to passing one of the very last — electing the city’s first openly gay mayor -- many gay Democratic activists say they can wait. The choice between gay independent David A. Catania and straight Democrat Muriel Bowser illuminates the state of identity politics in modern-day D.C., where LGBT political solidarity is not what it was in, say, 1978 when the gay vote thrust Marion Barry into office.
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- Democrats in tight races support border bill despite past opposition to stricter asylum rules and border wall money
Among those who voted in favor of the failed bipartisan border deal on Thursday were a number of Senate Democrats in tight reelection races who had previously expressed opposition to key elements ...
05/24/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link - Louisiana lawmakers pass 'Don't Say Gay' bill banning classroom talk about sexuality, gender
The state Senate passed a bill Thursday banning classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-12.
05/23/2024 - 1:15 pm | View Link - Border Deal Fails Again in the Senate as Democrats Seek Political Edge
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, brought up the bill, seeking to remind voters that it is Republicans who have stood in the way of a solution to the chaos at the border.
05/23/2024 - 9:18 am | View Link - Democratic Party’s progressive left tanks in Oregon as deep-blue voters inch right
Leftist Democrats suffered an electoral beatdown in their own backyard of Portland, Oregon, this week, and not even megadonor George Soros could save them.
05/22/2024 - 11:15 am | View Link - Republican Moderates Went Exitinct. But Democratic Moderates Keep Winning.
I f the left is going to take control of the Democratic Party, the Pacific Northwest, with its oversupply of culturally progressive, college-educated white people, is where it would happen first. It ...
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