Contributing Editor at The American Prospect, Contributor at them. Gabriel Arana is a contributing editor at The American Prospect and a contributor at Them.
His work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Mic, Salon, The Nation, The American Prospect, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Slate, and The Daily Beast. He has been a guest on television and radio talk shows including MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien, The Dr. Oz Show, PBS Newshour, and NPR’s Talk of the Nation. Gabriel holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Yale University. He is a native of Nogales, Arizona and lives in New York City.
This is so long overdue. By every conceivable measure ma*****na is less harmful than alcohol.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing recreational ma*****na in the state of New York.
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Levine, who most recently served as Pennsylvania’s top health official, is the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate.
How Piers Morgan stayed on tv for so long is beyond me.
“Piers Morgan is such a baby, someone at Buckingham Palace just asked what color he’s going to be,” the “Late Show” host joked.
Passed without a single Republican vote because all 50 of them wanted corporations to dodge liability for their actions during Covid. #corporationsfirst
In case there was any doubt the Republican Party has lost its mind.
Bloomberg reporter posts video of kitsch conference monument, with Trump due to give first post-White House speech on Sunday
He fled to escape the Green New Deal.
Photos of Mr. Cruz and his wife boarding a flight from Houston to Cancún, Mexico, sparked a fierce outcry on social media late Wednesday.
“What mattered most about Limbaugh was never primarily whom he helped elect, or which groups of people he offended, or why. It was the effect he had on his fans — on the millions of white conservatives he coddled, flattered, tickled, entertained, disinformed, fearmongered, and pulled into a counterfactual universe that became darker over time.”
How the right-wing talk radio icon corrupted the Republican Party, spread hate, racism, and lies, and laid the groundwork for Trumpism
Limbaugh had a comedy segment on his show called “AIDS Update” where he’d mockingly read the names of dead gay people to triumphal music.
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died aged 70, his wife announced on his show on Wednesday.
LOLz
NEW YORK—In an effort to recognize the brave sacrifices they made during the Jan. 6 riot, the New York City Police Benevolent Association reportedly honored Monday those law enforcement officers who were injured carrying out the Capitol attack. “When we reflect on the events of that day, let us ...
Republicans legislatures have introduced a slew of bills targeting trans kids. Here’s what you can do, according to the ACLU’s Chase Strangio.
With bills targeting trans kids sweeping the country, here is what you can do.
“A generation’s worth of rhetoric about personal responsibility appeared to founder against the perceived imperative of accommodating Mr. Trump.”
The vote, signaling how thoroughly the party has come to be defined by the personality of one man, is likely to leave a blemish on the historical record.
Proud Liberal Americans
This is harrowing to watch, and yet I still know Trumpians who say they don’t see where he incited the riot. It’s true: He could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his lemmings would defend it.
In making their case against former President Donald Trump, House impeachment managers presented this video outlining the deadly events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“The expenditures include legal fees prompted by dozens of fruitless lawsuits, enhanced security in response to death threats against poll workers, and costly repairs needed after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.”
Donald Trump’s claims that the election was stolen have forced local, state and federal agencies to spend millions enhancing security, fending off lawsuits and repairing property damage. The costs are mounting daily.
The Senate passed a bill by a simple majority? Is this a democracy or something?
Our first gay Transportation Secretary. What it would have meant for me to see this image as a kid.
Whenever I think I can’t be any more outraged at police abuse of power ... and the union had the gaul to DEFEND pepper-spraying a 9-year-old
New York lawmakers proposed new legislation this week after a Rochester cops pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl.
Interesting hypothetical. Who is more loathsome? Marco or Ivanka?
On Thursday, Politico reported that Florida Democrats are hoping to unseat Marco Rubio in the 2022 midterm election — but that some privately are hoping that Ivanka Trump will do it for them."The senator's biggest vulnerability ... is on his right flank," reported Marc Caputo. "Rubio's Jan. 6 vote...
Would you be surprised to learn he’s a Trump appointee?
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, a Trump ally, declares “Victory” after judge issues temporary restraining order
“If you’re fit and you’re qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve."
Biden campaigned on undoing the controversial policy that Trump enacted via Twitter.
Now we just have to get rid of the filibuster.
It’s such a relief to have competent people in charge of the levers of government again.
The systems to manufacture, distribute, and track vaccine doses set up by the Trump administration are even more broken than Biden’s COVID team feared.
How good did it feel watching Biden take the oath of office?
Martin Luther King Day is the day white people like to forget he said things like this.
“Morally, it’s hard for people to want to work with them.”
"Morally, it's hard for people to want to work with them."
Second time is the charm?
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‘Nuff said
This is nothing short of a coup attempt, and these are not “protesters”; they’re terrorists trying to undermine American democracy.
Supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the US Capitol and one woman has been shot as one of the most iconic American buildings is engulfed in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's....
It’s looking like Democrats pulled it off in Georgia.
Republicans only care about the national debt when a Democrat is in president. Donald Trump added $6.7 trillion to the debt without a peep from the fiscal conservatives.
Republicans are making dubious noises about the debt.
Trump just pardoned the four Blackwater war criminals who shot indiscriminately into a crowd in 2007, massacring innocent Iraqi civilians, including nine-year-old Ali Kinani.
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Grammy celebs reading excerpts from Michael Wolff’s book about Trump, with a surprise guest at the end.
John Aravosis and I have decided to do a weekly Facebook live chat about US politics. This is our first broadcast, hope you enjoy. Feedback is welcome (be kind).
Bad Lip Readings always make me laugh: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67f2Qf7FYhtoUIF4Sf29cA
Watch this parody SNL trailer for "Kim Davis: An Angel in Denim," laugh.
Happy Friday
Visit Mississippi, we're even worse than North Carolina! H/T Brad Jenkins/Funny Or Die
I should start narrating nature programs.
CNN mistakes flag with di**os and butt plugs as ISIS flag, runs with it as a breaking news alert. #fail
I love this interview.
Here's me on "The Insider." I actually talk for more than a sentence at 1:10.
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