- What you missed on Sunday Kos …
- A brief bump in time, by DarkSyde
- Right-wingers scared of California single payer resurrect a health care lie debunked seven years ago, by Ian Reifowitz
- Loving Day: 50th annniversary of Loving v. Virginia, by Denise Oliver Velez
- Trump really is making America angry and racist again, by Frank Vyan Walton
- Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare, by Jon Perr
- Obamacare is in danger of laying the path for Trumpcare, by Egberto Willies
- We need a leader, and instead we have a carnival barker, by Mark E Andersen
- With apologies to Cole Porter on his birthday: You're the Trump, by Sher Watts Spooner
- Daily Kos International Digest: Labour surprises in United Kingdom as Tories lose their majority, by Daily Kos Elections
During LGBTQ Pride Month, an annual celebration that the White House refuses to recognize alongside “National Homeownership Month,” the president attended a conference supported by homophobic groups.
The president attended the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference on Friday, where he said he would “promote and protect family values” and “ protect religious liberty in America.” The Faith and Freedom Coalition is an anti-LGBTQ group that vocally opposes same-sex marriage, and has even joined a campaign against gay Boy Scouts of America leaders, in the name of their interpretation of the Bible.
During his speech, Trump praised Ralph Reed, founder and chair of the FFC, and Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, two homophobes whose histories of anti-LGBTQ remarks are well-documented. Focus on the Family is opposed to same-sex marriage, calls homosexuality “preventable and treatable,” and promotes ex-gay therapy.
A federal judge in Florida has granted bail to a self-professed neo-Nazi who was taken into custody last month by police who discovered bomb-making materials, weapons and ammo in the his Tampa apartment, reports Fox 13.
Federal Judge Thomas McCoun granted bond for 21-year-old Brandon Russell on Friday, stating there was no clear and convincing evidence “the defendant represents a threat to any person or community.”
According to the police who took Russell into custody, they discovered the weapons and materials used for making bombs in Russell’s garage and that he had a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on his dresser. Police also state they discovered Nazi and white supremacist literature on Russell’s computer.
Investigators report that Russell, a member of the Florida National Guard, admitted that he is a Nazi sympathizer and that he previously had created explosives.
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With graduation season nearly over, a small island town off the coast of Maine still managed to get in on the fun, having enough students to hold its first graduation ceremony in nearly two decades.
Parents and teachers in Cranberry Isles celebrated the graduation of three students from the Bryan School — which only educates 11 students. The principal tells WCSH-TV it’s the school’s first graduation ceremony in nearly 20 years.
On today's Kagro in the Morning show: Greg Dworkin rounds up the Trump Trainwreck. On the radar: GA-06 & VA-Gov. Trump’s trust gap is yooge. Will Republicans skip recess to avoid constituents “work”? Latest legal wrangling over emoluments, explained. Caesar? That’s just locker room talk!
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