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Withers: Weiner will take leave of absence

James Withers — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:02:43 +0000

Rep. Anthony Weiner will take a leave of absence from the House. According to spokesperson Risa Heller, the embattled congressman is going to seek treatment.

“Congressman Weiner departed this(...)

Thursday Watercooler: San Francisco Giants believe it will get better

James Withers — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:38 +0000

Giants say it will get better. Yesterday the San Francisco Giants released a “It Gets Better” video. While that’s a nice sentiment, it’s not true. Especially for us Mets fans. I kid! Kudos to(...)

Withers: Jackson invokes King

James Withers — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:58:47 +0000

Oh, Bishop Harry Jackson. How much do I despise thee? Let me count the ways. You spend time fighting marriage equality in Washington, DC. How is that going by the way? Unless I’m mistake mo’s(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Newt wants to be your next president

James Withers — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:26:35 +0000

Shirvell blames Armstrong. Andrew Shirvell is a special class of nutty. In response to Chris Armstrong’s suit against him, the former assistant general attorney, has counter sued; he(...)

Withers: Military leaders say repeal is on schedule and moving along

James Withers — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:25:42 +0000

House Republicans are doing their best to derail Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal. There’s a problem though. The service chiefs aren’t playing along.

Yesterday the leaders of the Army, Navy, Marine(...)

Thursday Watercooler: DOMA repeal legislation introduced

James Withers — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:11:25 +0000

High school wrestler does his part. Do you remember ACC wrestling champion Hudson Taylor? He was the athlete who put a Human Rights Campaign sticker on his headgear. High school wrestler

Thursday Watercooler: The Obamas come out against bullying

James Withers — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:03:20 +0000

White House conference on bullying. Today the White House will be filled with people concerned about bullying. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns, known for his powerful words at an October(...)

Monday Watercooler: House looking to come to DOMA’s defense

James Withers — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:08:59 +0000

Boehner, DOMA, and the House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner announced last week he would start the process to see how the House Representatives can defend DOMA. He’ll ask(...)

Monday Watercooler: Marine leader signals support for DADT repeal

James Withers — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:41:49 +0000

Egypt. Been listening to Al Jazeera and the BBC all weekend. Won’t insult you with arm chair analysis, but am worried President Hosni Mubarak’s dictator instincts will kick in and he’ll crush(...)

Thursday Watercooler: McCain likes talking to the Family Research Council

James Withers — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:48:25 +0000

DADT makes it through the House. Again. With Rep. Patrick Murphy leading the charge, the House of Representatives passed a stand alone DADT repeal bill. The resolution, which mirrors the one(...)