Arrest photos from inside Speaker Pelosi's office during GetEqual ENDA sit-in

GetEqual activist C.D. Kirven, one of four lesbians arrested at Speaker Pelosi's DC office yesterday has just sent the Blend photos (credit: Omar Clarke, GetEqual.

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Into the maelstrom: heading to DC to cover the SLDN 18th Annual National Dinner

How about this timing?!

With Dan Choi and other offline activists locked up Thursday for civil disobedience at the White House and on the Hill for calling for an end to DADT and action on ENDA, and online activists swarming on the latter and Tweeting/blogging furiously to cover the former, it's a wonderful time for your blogmistress and her lovely videographer assistant (and wife) Kate to add to the political madness in the nation's capital.

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Dean Barker: New Hampshire Defies Union Misleader on Marriage

Dean Barker, a managing editor at Blue Hampshire, has kindly given me permission to post a copy of his latest diary here at Pam's House Blend.

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Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo in jail - no phone call, and Park Police will not release on bail

So who is the entity playing hardball with these patriotic LGBT service members who called for repeal of DADT with direct action today? This sounds like something out of the Bush Administration.

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The DC Pelosi ENDA 8 - GetEQUAL heroes arrested after sit-in at Speaker's office

UPDATE (11:48PM ET): @GetEQUAL: The ENDA 4 from DC action have just been released without bail.

Just in, from DC Agenda (an aside - has anyone seen MSM reports on this direct action yet?):

Five activists demanding congressional action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act were arrested Thursday evening at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in D.

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Bring out the tiny violin for 'persecuted' fundie prof Mike Adams' failed viewpoint bias suit

The Chronicle of Higher Ed has an article on anti-gay blowhard wingnut commentator and University of NC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams, who filed a lawsuit against the institution claiming "viewpoint discrimination.

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When will the evil stop?

Some things are so distasteful and grotesque that the baristas have to commisserate to decide whether some stories we come across are just too much to bear.

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Cuteness overload: a pile of pit bull puppies that look like Casey

How can you not love these precious pups; they are thankfully living at Best Friends Animal Society, where the series Dogtown is filmed.

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Immigration reform - an important (and dicey) topic for the LGBT community

On Sunday, there's going to be a huge rally on the National Mall for immigration reform, a topic that puts both Dems and the GOP on edge.

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Meet Congressional Candidate Scott Galvin (D-North Miami)

This continues to be an exciting political year with some fantastic candidates deserving recognition and support via EqualityGiving.

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