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News and Opinion:

Mitt Romney did slightly worse among Mormon voters this year than George W. Bush did in 2004. Whoops!

Obama to win Florida, CNN projects, sweeping all battleground states. Whoops!

This is fun: Go to Mitt Romney's Facebook page. Note the number of likes. Refresh the page. LOLOLOL!!

San Francisco becomes first US city to offer free trans surgery. Neat!

Were you waiting for a gay James Bond for some reason? Don't hold your breath!

A key part of American civil rights law is now in danger of being nullified by the Supreme Court. Good-bye, Voting Rights Act! Also: Are you fucking kidding me?!

The day after Barack Obama won his re-election bid, the chief executive of Murray Energy, Robert E. Murray, fired 156 people. Just like Jesus would do!

I still hate sports: Seattle Sounders soccer dude Marc Burch has been suspended for three games for calling another player an anti-gay slur at a playoff game last week.

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