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"Don't ask, don't tell" has been brought back from the dead, thanks to the Obama administration expected appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of federal Judge Virginia Phillips' ruling. But the stay, interestingly, is temporary, pending the court's decision on whether or not it should be extended throughout the appeals process, into next year. We'll go through the details.

Olson vs. Jarrett: White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, meanwhile, claims people "don't understand" the process and that the administration must appeal the DADT ruling, but Ted Olson, former Bush solicitor general begs to differ, saying it "would be appropriate" for Obama to decline to appeal.

Efforts to prosecute Blackwater are collapsing.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Last week, we were introduced to Joel Burns, councilman from Fort Worth, Texas, who shared his story of growing up and coming out during a public meeting in the wake of the teen suicides that had happened across the country. He joins us this afternoon to talk about the reaction he's received from his version of an "It's Get Better" video.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Gideon Rose, author of How Wars End: Why We Always Fight The Last Battle, A History of American Intervention From WWI to Afghanistan, that when a president and his generals plan for a war, they never plan for a stable postwar environment, which then ends up costing more in lives and funding. He joins us this afternoon to talk about his new book.

NPR has fired Juan Williams because of bigoted remarks he made about Muslims while on Fox News. We'll take your calls. Should he have been given the boot?

Yet another ugly cave-in to the right: The White House has rejected an openly gay judicial nominee because he preferred "Happy Holidays" over "Merry Christmas!"

Fivethirtyeight's Nate Silver is giving the Republicans a chilling 75% chance of taking the house this fall, as we discuss the realities of a House controlled by the GOP and warn you that you'd better get out and vote.

All these stories and so much more, today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show.

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HRC's Solmonese: DADT "in President's Hands"

Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign came on the program yesterday to talk about "don't ask, don't tell" repeal, the injunction and the DOJ appeal. He said that if there is not a vote in lame duck session on DADT, and the appeal to Judge Phillips rulng is the final action, then ending DADT is "in the president's hands." Of course, it's always been in the president's hands, and if you're a listener to the show you heard me giving my reaction and perspective after the interview to that and other points made by Solmonese. We also talked about some other issues as well as we head into the mid-term elections, and whether or not this year will be deemed a complete failure on LGBT issues. Listen in.

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Yet another tea party candidate has gone on an antigay tirade, defining what the tea party really is, and how the religious zealots are very much a part of it. We'll go through the latest comments from Republican Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck.

Meanwhile, the gay-bashing doesn't seem to be working for another tea-party-backed candidate, GOPer Carl Paladino running for governor in New York, who now has an 11% approval rating.

And, the tea party madness continues with Alaska's Joe Miller now accused of having his henchmen handcuff a reporter because he was asking questions Miller didn't like.

An article on Politico backs up what many of us have been saying for a while: Obama's plan on "don't ask, don't tell" has pretty much backfired because they went too slow.

Guest/2:30 EST Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, joins us to talk about President Obama's decision to appeal the injunction on "don't ask, don't tell" as a federal judge decides on the administration stay request, and how likely a vote on repeal in the Senate after the elections reall is.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Did you know that the average American throws away roughly 200 pounds of food a year? That means that collectively, we throw away enough food each year to feed 1.7 billion starving people. Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (And What We Can Do About It) joins us this afternoon to talk about the relationship American's have with food from the grocery store to garbage.

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President Obama told the MTV audience that "don't ask, don't tell" will end "on my watch." But the truth is, it already did: A judge issued an injunction and the discharges stopped. Now the president is actually bringing it back by appealing. We'll get into the politics around it and the refusal of this president to take any bold steps in standing up for civil rights.

Sharon Angle and Harry Reid faced off as the polls are still neck and neck. She wasn't as nutty as she often appears, and he was as droll as he often appears. That meant a win for her, or at least not anything that will change the polls for Reid. We'll go through the debate.

Fort Worth, Texas openly gay City Councilman Joel Burns gave an emotional speech to the city council on bullying of LGBT teens, telling his own personal story. We'll play the speech that is getting a lot of online and TV attention.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - We've rescheduled Will Bunch, author of The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics In The Age Of Obama, joins us this afternoon to reveal the secrets behind these movements and paranoid politics in a new generation.

Vince Vaughn has now spoken out on gay joke in The Dilemma and he's defending it as lots of others are condemning it in this current atmosphere of hate and bullying.

And it's Friday, who will get the "Angel, Turkey, Gassie and Climax of the Week" Award!?

These stories and so much more, today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show!

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What will President Obama do on "Don't Ask, don't Tell?" The New York Times weighs in, dismayed at even the thought that the president would appeal Judge Phillips ruling and injunction against further discharges. Meanwhile, he is breaking the law by not enforcing her ruling while still having not asked for a stay. And there is precedent for a president not appealing a ruling because of a belief a law is unconstitutional. We'll get into it all.


The Christine O'Donnell/Chris Coons debate was a wacky as we thought it would be -- thanks for the tea party-backed candidate -- and we'll entertain you with some clips.

The saga continues: Carl Paladino has now lost support of the Orthodox Jewish leader who he pander too with his homophobic rant.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - You've seen American Gothic, the portrait of the couple on their farm, with the husband holding the pitchfork. But are you familiar with who painted it? R. Tripp Evan's joins us this afternoon to talk about his new book, Grant Wood: A Life, which looks intothe artists closeted life and how it influenced his work.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - California is scheduled to vote on a referendum to legalize marijuana, but there is a lot of fear mongering and misinformation floating around in trying to get people to vote against the measure. Glenn Greenwald joins us this afternoon to talk about combating this misinformation and what Portugal can teach us about decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana.

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New York Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino let out some pretty virulent and noxious gas over the weekend, dubbing homosexuality "not a successful option" and something that shouldn't be exposed to children. This coming after a series of gay-bashing in New York City and suicides by gay youths around the country. What exactly is up with Paladino and how is this playing out? We'll go through it today.

White House adviser Valerie Jarrett spoke to the Human Rights Campaign at the groups annual dinner in Washington. We'll go through the speech and lots of the criticism of it and also, the controversy that erupted when HRC's Fred Sainz strongly attacked the leader of a gay veterans group, Alex Nicholson of Servicemembers United, for his criticism of the appearance and his asking Jarrett to meet with gay vets.

The direct action group Get Equal has responded to the DNC official who compared them to Karl Rove for criticizing Obama and telling people not to contribute to the DNC.

Another suicide has occurred by a gay teen: Zack Harrington, 19, in Normon Oklahoma, took his life after a town council meeting in which homophobia was spewed by various speakers. We'll go through it.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - We've now been in Afghanistan for 9 years fighting a war that has many wondering when will we get out. Matthew Hoh, Director with the Afghanistan Study Group, joins us this afternoon to talk about A New Way Forward, a report recently released by the group on rethinking strategy in the war torn country.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - High Pitch Mike of Howard 100 news joins us this afternoon to talk about Closet Cases, his new special airing tonight on Howard 101 at 7pm EST, which he will talks about life in the closet with Rosie O'Donnell, NJ Governor Jim McGreevy and George Takei.

These stories and so much more, today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show!

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A fascinating story on not only the dangers in trying to rescue the trapped miners in Chile, but how their relatives have been selling their stories -- and cell phone videos -- in what has become an international reality show. Lots to talk about.

Utah LGBT activists -- 4,500 by their count -- surrounded the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City following the ugly antigay remarks of the Mormon Apostle Boyd K. Packer.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, joins us today to discuss what needs to happen on college campuses to prevent another tragic story like the death of Tyler Clementi from happening again.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Fifty years ago, Chester Burge, a wealthy slumlord and bootlegger was acquitted of murdering his wife, but was found guilty of sodomy when his chauffeur came forward and testified of their relationship and Burges secret gay life. Richard Hutto, author of A Peculiar Tribe of People: Murder and Madness in the Heart of Georgia, joins us this afternoon to talk about this tale of murder, sex and scandal.

The deadline is approaching for the Obama administration to appeal the court decision ruling the main part of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. What will the President do? We'll get into it.

It's Friday, that means we'll be giving out our "Angel, Turkey, Gassie and Climax of the Week" Awards!

These stories and so much more, today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show!

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