The deadly 'big beautiful' budget bill will turn America into a morgue
Opinion: When future generations look back on July 2025, they’ll see this moment when Republicans chose abject cruelty over compassion, writes John Casey
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John Casey
John Casey is senior editor of The Advocate, writing columns about political, societal, and topical issues with leading newsmakers of the day. The columns include interviews with Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, Colman Domingo, Jennifer Coolidge, Kelly Ripa and Mark Counselos, Jamie Lee Curtis, Shirley MacLaine, Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen DeGeneres, Bridget Everett, U.S. Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Jamie Raskin, Ro Khanna, Maxwell Frost, Sens. Chris Murphy and John Fetterman, and presidential cabinet members Leon Panetta, John Brennan, and many others. John spent 30 years working as a PR professional on Capitol Hill, Hollywood, the Nobel Prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, UN Envoy Mike Bloomberg, Nielsen, and as media relations director with four of the largest retailers in the U.S.
40 years later, the hope and the hurt of 'St. Elmo’s Fire'
Opinion: Times were tough for me back then. So I made things up around the film’s characters Alec and Kevin, writes John Casey.
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How, under Donald Trump, we are increasingly becoming unapologetically unapologetic
Opinion: The Chrisleys, Andrew Cuomo, Mike Lee, and others spell the death of redemption in the Trump era, writes John Casey.
July 01 2025 6:00 AM
Harvey Milk is an icon. Pete Hegseth is an idiot
Opinion: You can take his name off a ship, but Milk is still far more of a "warrior" than the petty Pete Hegseth, writes John Casey.
June 28 2025 6:00 AM
Here's what Zohran Mamdani's win in NYC really means for Democrats, and it's not swinging wildly to the left
Opinion: Mamdami looked to the future and brought boldness and a sense of urgency to the race, which is what the rest of the party needs to do, writes John Casey.
June 27 2025 6:00 AM
1985: the year the AIDS crisis finally broke through the silence
A lot has happened in the four decades since. We take a look back.
June 26 2025 11:24 AM
Iconic marriage equality activist Evan Wolfson on the future of marriage equality
In an exclusive interview with The Advocate Evan Wolfson talks about the likelihood of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning marriage equality.
June 26 2025 6:10 AM
Kevin Spacey's arrogant comeback is a gut-punch for survivors like me
Opinion: Spacey screams ‘witch hunt,’ grossly comparing himself to the blacklisted actors of the 1950s, writes John Casey.
June 25 2025 6:02 AM
Life every decision he’s made in his life, Trump deciding to bomb Iran didn’t work
Opinion: The confluence of Trump’s ignorance and arrogance, and the danger of an unpredictable Iran, is chilling, writes John Casey.
June 24 2025 2:44 PM
'Days of Our Lives' couple Paul and Andrew wed at the 10th anniversary of marriage equality ruling
In a genre often dismissed for melodrama, Days of Our Lives has again found a way to make something beautiful and urgent out of love.
June 20 2025 10:23 AM
Brian Cashman and the Yankees turned my childhood dream into something even better
Opinion: On Pride Night at Yankee Stadium, I stepped onto the field as a gay man and finally felt like I’d made it to the big leagues, writes John Casey.
June 18 2025 6:00 AM
Yankees and Stonewall Scholarship Initiative celebrate Pride by honoring LGBTQ+ student leaders
Five students, one from each New York City borough, were awarded scholarships during the Yankees' annual Legacy of Pride Night.
June 17 2025 1:43 PM
Oh, to dream the impossible dream of being a ‘normal gay’ like Richard Grenell
Opinion: Ric, if you’re the normal one, the normal gay, then thank God I’m not trying to be you, writes John Casey.
June 17 2025 6:00 AM
Donald slouched, Melania napped, Rubio yawned, as Trump’s failed military parade goes on by
Opinion: For someone obsessed with crowd size, the joke of a parade had to sting, writes John Casey.
June 16 2025 3:03 PM
MAGA money and manpower running Trump’s military parade create a sickening spectacle of shame
Opinion: Soldiers will be exploited and used by MAGA as stagecraft for a wannabe dictator who used five deferments to dodge service, writes John Casey.
June 14 2025 6:00 AM
Sen. Padilla and our diminishing democracy are violently slammed to the ground and cuffed by Trump's regime
Opinion: Democracy is teetering, and someday we may realize that shoving Padilla was the final push over the edge, writes John Casey.
June 13 2025 10:19 AM
During Trump’s dictatorial military parade Saturday, America needs a Tiananmen Square moment
Opinion: Could one lone figure standing in Trump’s ghoulish parade become the catalyst to a democratic rebound in America? writes John Casey
June 13 2025 6:00 AM
The media and Democrats address Trump with a tired checklist when the moment calls for a full-on body check
The CEO of Media Matters on missteps by the media and Democrats, and how America is becoming inured to the danger of Trump’s constant chaos.
June 12 2025 6:00 AM
Everyone knew Pee-wee, but few knew Paul Reubens. His lesbian sister talks about her very private brother
Abby Rubenfeld, a pioneering LGBTQ+ rights attorney, says Paul Reubens never stopped being her brother or the best version of himself, even if he had to keep parts of himself hidden.
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June 11 2025 6:30 AM
This week, RFK Jr. and Donald Trump showed how disease and despotism walk hand in hand
Opinion: When tanks replace syringes, the deterioration of our health and democracy will follow, writes John Casey.
June 11 2025 6:00 AM