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Bernie defends accepting support of a racist homophobe.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is defending amid LGBTQ backlash its acceptance of support from podcast host Joe Rogan, who in the past has made comments condemned as transphobic, used anti-gay epithets and jokingly compared a black neighborhood to “Planet of the Apes.”…

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Trump moves to give religious groups more money before election.

In a move that will certainly appease his base of voters as election season winds up, Donald Trump’s administration has launched a full-court press effort to reward discriminatory organizations, “even if the organization is anti-LGBTQ or has an anti-LGBTQ record.”…

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Fox News host asks if Pete Buttigieg is actually gay.

Mark Steyn, a frequent guest host for Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News, filled in for Rush Limbaugh this week and questioned whether out presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is actually gay. Steyn also wanted to know if Sen. Elizabeth Warren…

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Ad slams evangelical Trump supporters as power-hungry grifters.

A powerful new ad from The Lincoln Project targets evangelical Trump supporters, savaging popular religious right leaders as power-hungry grifters. Called “MAGA Church,” the ad highlights leading evangelical ministers and televangelists who continually tout their devotion to the decidedly un-Christian president…