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Spate of racist text messages goes out after Trump's election

"You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation," says a racist message circulating in several states.

Pete Buttigieg on ‘remarkable’ Iowa poll political earthquake

The results in what many consider the gold standard in polling show Harris leading Trump in the reliably red state.

Pete Buttigieg debates 25 undecided Michigan voters on why Kamala Harris is better (and wins)

"Americans will have more rights and freedoms under a Harris/Walz Administration," the Secretary of Transportation said on a new Jubilee episode.

LGBTQ+ voters in these 4 states could swing the 2024 presidential election

In the most comprehensive political survey of LGBTQ+ Americans ever conducted found most respondents – 85% – “always” or “nearly always” voted, compared with roughly a third of the general population.

Lawsuit claims Culver's fast-food chain retaliated against trans manager and workers who reported transphobia

Federal lawyers say the operators of a Culver’s restaurant fired the victims of a transphobic work environment.

Donald Trump calls Anderson Cooper 'Allison' as an insult: 'Third-grade gay taunt'

The insult levied against CNN reporter Anderson Cooper by former president Donald Trump implies both that gay men are women, and that being a woman is somehow degrading.

Donald Trump briefly attacks transgender people on Joe Rogan’s podcast

He also left his Michigan supporters waiting for hours as he rambled on the popular Spotify program.

Michigan man sentenced to federal prison for threatening to kill 'LGBT freaks'

Randall Robert Berka II, 31, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for a comment he made on his YouTube account called "@killthefeds420."

In Michigan, three queer local candidates are fighting for better water and better accountability

Sixty-three miles south of Flint, Lodi also has water troubles, and that’s the agenda for three of the township’s candidates.

Tim Walz joins HRC and Out for Harris to kick off 10-day LGBTQ+ voter battleground push (exclusive)

Kamala Harris’s running mate has a long history of allyship.

Michigan teen allegedly killed older man he met on dating app in hate crime, police say

The 17-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, and unlawful driving away of an automobile.

Hospital whistleblower alleges homophobia and racism for exposing horrific unsanitary conditions

The two Detroit hospitals mentioned in the suit reportedly suffered from operating rooms and floors contaminated by raw sewage, feces, corroded blood, and worse.

This Michigan judge used antigay and racist slurs in disturbing recordings

The foul-mouthed jurist was suspended, but only after the accused released years of recordings.

Harris campaign, others call out Trump for holding events in towns with racist histories

Donald Trump has had rallies in some communities that were once "sundown towns" — where Blacks were warned to stay away after sunset.

Michigan's Dana Nessel: Republicans 'can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand'

Nessel said that Kamala Harris' actions as Attorney General of California over 13 years ago "meant a lot" to her, as Harris "was fighting for families like mine."

Michigan bans 'gay and trans panic' defense as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs historic bill (exclusive)

HB 4718 prohibits using the "sexual orientation or gender identity of a victim as a defense to a crime."

Buttigieg tells Maddow that Harris will ‘make a choice that makes sense to her’ when it comes to VP pick

Rachel Maddow asked him whether he would be open to serving as vice president.

Watch Pete Buttigieg fight back happy tears discussing life with husband Chasten and twins

The U.S. Transportation secretary got choked up talking about his relationship with his husband as well as what it's like being a dad.