Brad Ellsworth: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

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Tuesday February 23, 2010 · 8:42 AM PST

2010/02/23 · 08:42

Rep. Brad Ellsworth announced on Friday he would seek the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh. I touched on Ellsworth's history of throwing LGBT people under the bus in a post last week for Huffington Post. Today I want to touch on two more aspects: how Ellsworth is not only wrong on many other issues that concern Hoosiers, but how he is following a path that will blow the seat for Democrats faster than an Indiana twister.

Liveblog with anti-amendment leaders Kate Kendell, Nadine Smith and Barbara McCullough-Jones

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 7:20 AM PST

2008/11/19 · 07:20

I'm pleased to announce that Thursday night Bilerico Project be hosting a liveblog with Kate Kendell, Nadine Smith and Barbara McCullough-Jones. We'll kick things off at 7pm EST.

The three women led the efforts to defeat marriage amendments in California, Florida and Arizona. Kate and Nadine are Bilerico Project contributors and Barbara is a frequent guest poster. They'll take your questions and comments about Prop 8, Amendment 2, and Prop 102, the recent protests, and what went wrong. Best of all, we'll talk about where we go from here.

Be sure to sign up at Bilerico Project to get an e-mail reminder of the liveblog. We'll see you then!

Any suggested questions to start the liveblog? Leave them in the comments.

Google: Profit before (gay) people

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 9:30 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 09:30

Several readers wrote in to Bilerico Project when ProtectMarriage.com ads started showing up for our California readers. The pro-Prop 8 graphic was arriving via Google ads. Since none of the Editorial Team is in California, we had no idea they were popping up. One alert Projector grabbed this screenshot for us.

Picture 1.png We had another flare up recently when the anti-gay ad started popping up in another ad space on the site. The company that services that spot will fill any unsold space and occasionally they use Google ads to do so. Like a bad penny, the pro-Prop 8 ad just kept turning up.

Angrily, I started investigating what our options are. As I dug into Google's documentation, I realized that the ad violated Google's established advertising policy. Since the company had recently made a statement opposing Proposition 8, I was curious what their reasoning for accepting the advertisement could be. The answer might surprise you.

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 12:34 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 12:34

(This call to action was originally posted on the Bilerico Project, America's best LGBT blog, by Phoenix-area blogger Scott Kaiser.)

Despite our many differences of opinion, I'm sure there is one thing that Sarah Palin and I could agree on: a domestic terrorist (i.e. one who encourages violence against the government or the citizens of the U.S.) should not be given a national audience on mainstream, public airwaves. That's why I'm requesting that you join me in contacting the Saturday Night Live studio and asking them not to have Sarah Palin on their show.

Sarah Palin a domestic terrorist? What???

Well, maybe Palin herself isn't one, but she does "pal around" with them. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of them.

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 10:13 AM PDT

2008/09/17 · 10:13

I wanted to be sure Daily Kos readers saw my post on The Bilerico Project about the Great Bilerico Soap Drive! One of our readers is a lesbian deployed to Afghanistan. She (and her unit) need some soap!

We've teamed up with Just Bubbly handmade soap to ship the engineering unit some suds. Read the entire story on the blog and see how you can help her (and her unit!) get clean with style.

Let's be clear though - we are NOT making any money off this deal. We're not trying to make cash, we're out to get some soap to our reader!

As gays and lesbians, we may not be welcome to join the military, but we'll make sure those who can serve know we appreciate them. No matter how we feel about Bush's wars, our sister serving in Afghanistan should be able to be clean and smell nice!

Thanks!

Tell your friends too! Help us out by blogging it or posting it elsewhere! Let's make sure the unit has enough soap to last for a while!

3 Simple Rules for Politicians

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Friday June 27, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/06/27 · 08:12

I've been around a lot of politicians in my day. Whether City Councilors, County officials, state legislators or Congress members, there are some basic rules that transcend the status of the office when it comes to gay rights.

After spending time at the Indiana Democratic State Convention last weekend hobnobbing with our state's queer-friendly politicos, one thing became crystal clear: More and more politicians are willing to reach out to LGBT voters, but they have no idea what to say.

I thought I'd start an official list of suggestions for politicians on how to interact with our community. Maybe if I offer some assistance more politicians can get a quick grasp of the basics.

Rule #1 - Acknowledge Your Audience

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Monday June 23, 2008 · 2:43 PM PDT

2008/06/23 · 14:43

Give and get involved in Ashwin's campaign.

I've just received through email Ashwin Madia's statement on the FISA Amendments:

I am troubled by the House passage of HR 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. There is much we can do to prevent terrorism, but such measures do not require the sacrifice of fundamental constitutional freedoms which our country was founded upon. This legislation demonstrates the need for leaders in Congress who have experience in the military and in Iraq, and who value the rule of law as we fight the War on Terror.

The traditionally red seat he's running for (western Twin Cities suburbs) is being left vacant by a retiring Republican who voted for the FISA amendments. Cook lists it as a toss-up. He's been sponsored by the DCCC Red to Blue program.

This is one we can take back, and here's a challenger willing to put out a statement opposing the bill (I don't know any other who has so far).

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 9:57 AM PST

2008/01/14 · 09:57

(Cross-posted from The Bilerico Project - one of the Advocate's top ten blogs of 2007.)

Some of the events surrounding Saturday's special Democratic caucus to elect the candidate for Indiana's 7th Congressional District seat after the death of Rep. Julia Carson seem a little off. Julia's grandson, Andre Carson, won the 8-way election on the first round of voting - a grand political coup for someone who's never ran in an election against an opponent and whose only political background is being appointed to the City-County Council for a couple of months.

I'm not one for a conspiracy theory, but usually where there is smoke there's fire and there is a lot of smoke blowing around Indy right now. I'm not saying I have all of the answers, but I have lots of questions. It's not clear if this election was fixed or botched or both, but something just isn't right. Follow me after the jump and make your own conclusion.

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