Frozen

dvd of the week While I laud Disney for going back to basics with Frozen, for hiring Broadway stars to voice musical roles rather than stunt-casting them with super famous names, and I laud Disney for continuing their mission to give us stories about almost-feminist princesses who need their mothers or sisters more than they…

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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

dvr this On multiple Fox and National Geographic networks at various times Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a sequel to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking PBS series that Americans watched en masse 35 years ago. Tyson, arguably America’s greatest living public intellectual, is a brilliantly charismatic host and educator, and the narrative he and his producers craft to…

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Vice President Biden to deliver keynote address at HRC’s L.A. dinner

Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the HRC’s Los Angeles Dinner  Saturday, March 22. Vice President Biden will be joined by Dr. Jill Biden.  “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to his strong support…

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Anti-LGBT conference continues close ties to Putin despite mounting international tensions

The World Congress of Families is moving full speed ahead with plans to hold an international anti-LGBT conference at the Kremlin in Moscow this fall, despite the growing international crisis in Ukraine and the withdrawal of key conference partner Concerned Women for America over concerns that holding the conference would give the appearance of “giving…

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DCCC launches online game targeting Republican candidates opposed to Obama’s Healthcare Act

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has launched a new ad campaign targeting Republican candidates opposed to the American Healthcare Act. The San Diego campaign targets Carl DeMaio, under the headline: DCCC Launches New Campaign: ‘Sick n’ Broke: The Game Carl DeMaio is Playing with Your Health’ From the DCCC press release: As Carl DeMaio continues his efforts to stack…

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