It’s Monday (again). A lot happened over the weekend. Here’s just some of what you might have missed…
SCHOOL DeSASTER: Florida high schools & college students protested Gov. DeSantis’ backwards education policies, including the expansion of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, by walking out of classes. [CBS News]
BEE BEST: Missouri’s Attorney General was forced to take down the state’s online anti-trans “tip line” after hackers bombarded it with fake names, spam, & the script to the 2007 animated film “Bee Movie.” [Tech Crunch]
BAD BITCH O’CLOCK: Lizzo brought out drag queens – including Kandy Muse, Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, and Miss Vanjie – during her Knoxville concert to protest Tennessee’s draconian anti-drag law.
READING IS TEMPERAMENTAL: A queer-themed book once again tops the list of most banned books of 2022. [USA Today]
RAIN ON ME: Jake Gyllenhaal revealed he once helped a swimmer stung by a jellyfish by using his own bodily fluids. [Insider]
NOAH’S BACK: Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ series Noah’s Arc is returning in some form later this year with many of the show’s original cast expected to reprise their roles.
UNHOLY ALLIANCE: Kim Petras suffers backlash for once again working with Dr. Luke on her new single “Alone” with Nicki Minaj. [Daily Beast]
LET’S HAVE A KEKE: While accepting an award at the LA LGBT Center Gala, Keke Palmer discussed her sexuality and gender identity by saying she always felt she was “a little bit of everything.” [Variety]
FOX NEWS UNTUCKS: Homophobic TV pundit Tucker Carlson was abruptly fired from Fox News with his last show having aired on Friday. [CNN]
BOOGIE BY JAKE: Disco daddy Jake Shears is shaking away the romance blues in his new music video “I Used to Be in Love” off his forthcoming album Last Man Dancing.
Plato
Thank-you Lizzo…
Bye-bye Tucker- you piece of human garbage.
abfab
Dippylomat must be having a coronary! Who will she watch now? Maybe she can podcast the trumpkids.
Diplomat
It wasn’t too bad. I did however have to resort to Dame Edna clips on YouTube to get over the shock. What will the henhouse do without the fox?
correctio
*sigh* the culture wars continue… maybe Lizzo going on stage with drag queens will bring down the cost of housing, healthcare, education, food, etc. etc.
PubisHairus
Lizzo isn’t an elected official. Lizzo is a performer and is using her first amendment right to speak out against government attacks on liberty and freedom.
abfab
@incorrectio
If only education was affordable to you when you had the chance. You are officially the village idiot.
James
GET LOST TRUMP SUPPORTER LOSER.
correctio
@abfab yeah, I also wish it was more affordable. Not sure what point you are trying to make?
dbmcvey
Why would you look to a pop performer to solve the cost of housing?
Diplomat
Oh abless,
You can’t pass that baton. You stuck with it grrrrl.
NateOcean
Tucker Carlson (Fox) and Don Lemon (CNN), both fired on the same day.
Draw your own conclusion.
(I’m assuming some sort of love-nest situation is involved.)
dbmcvey
Don has been circling the drain for a minute. I don’t know what happened to him.
Kangol2
Don’s gone because of his misogyny and inability to get along with his women co-hosts. He had an outburst too many of late, so now he’s out of a job.
Tucker’s gone because he’s a lying, hypocritical White supremacist, which would be perfectly fine for FauxNews, but it looks like canning him might have been part of the Dominion deal, since he was secretly criticizing Murdoch, and spewed very dangerous lies about the election, allegedly allowed harassment to run amok, etc.
NateOcean
Kangol2,
I stand corrected on these matters.
dbmcvey
The cost of the lawsuits must have been more worrying than the ad sales Tuckems brings in. I’m sure he refused not to lie, that would destroy his audience.
bjohnmasters
It is possible it could have been an “informal” part of the settlement. Sometimes, these things include certain “side” deals. It probably wasn’t hard given had Tuck’s internal communications seemed to paint Fox Management in a very good light.
GayEGO
Oh my! Tucker has lots of rhymes! :>)
abfab
Please. It’s pronounced TuKKKer . xo
ptseti
Today is good news for journalism. One had his head up his A** the other thought his head was his A**. Good riddance to Lemon & whats his name ??
abfab
Lemon was very annoying. Like a few of the silly commenters here. Go away, find a site where you’te wanted. There must be a place that will have you. I know it’s not safe to feed the trolls, but hey.
abfab
Oh god and now Gayle King…………oh please make it stop.
Berkshires Jim
Maybe Trump got him fired once the lawsuit was settled. I am sure that old grifter did NOT like the texts Tucker sent saying he hated Trump and what a disaster his presidency was….
bjohnmasters
They probably, at least, expected some MAGA fallout from those texts. It is also possible there was an informal “side deal” making Tucker’s departure part of the settlement. Dominion: “We’ll take a few hundred million less but you have to fire Tucker.” Murdoch: “That turd was talking shit about me all this time, so OK, I’m good with that.”
abfab
Finally! Some news we can use!
Ivana Trump’s Upper East Side Townhouse Is Still for Sale
Five months after being placed on the market, the home has yet to find a buyer, setting off curiosity and a range of theories among real estate watchers.
NYT
Pietro D
I guess I woudn’t mind that treatment from Jake the Gyllenhaal.
God, he was cute in Brokeback Mountain. Just saw it for the first time
a few nights ago. So impressed by the film which lost the Best Picture Oscar
in 2005 to that piece of junk called CRASH – which should not even have
been a Best Picture Nominee. What was the Academy thinking? I thought
Hollywood was always a more liberal thinking town. Apparently not!
They were outright afraid to give a “gay” themed film the Oscar though
Brokeback won over 95 Best Picture Awards for a 2005 film.
What a devastaing loss!
ryanM
@correctio,
“Not sure what point you are trying to make?”
Why am I not surprised by your befuddlement?
DBMC
He doesn’t know either.