While Willie Nelson’s gay cowboy song and Luke Evans’ abs took over everyone’s social media feeds this week, the political power players were busy doing all sorts of things while nobody was looking. Here’s just a few of the stories that you really need to know about it…
DON’T SAY COWARD: Failed GOP presidential wannabe Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis is angling to be the disgraced ex-president’s new lapdog. [Read all about it on Queerty]
GET HIM: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg used his razor-sharps words to slam the disgraced ex-president for his of lack of compassion toward victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
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POWERFUL WORDS: Conservative co-sponsors abandoned their own anti-LGBTQ+ bill after gay Nebraska state Senator John Fredrickson’s emotional speech. [LGBTQ Nation]
Love, not hate.
Hope, not fear.
Inclusion, not division.
I'm proud of the Nebraska Legislature's efforts today to protect trans kids in our state. pic.twitter.com/DgUfzxvuPZ
— Senator John Fredrickson (@JohnforNE) April 5, 2024
BeBEST: After being MIA for months, former first lady Melania is getting a rebrand as her husband’s extreme far-right presidential campaign goes on urgent damage control. [Read all about it on Queerty]
DRACONIAN BOOK BANS: Here is the latest list of queer books conservatives really DON’T want you to read. [Check it all out on INTO]
THE NERVE: After previously introducing legislation to ban Pride flags, homophobic Tennessee GOP Rep. Gino Bulso shamelessly used gay people in a bonkers speech advocating for the right of biological first-cousins to marry.
ABORT!: The disgraced ex-president just threw Lindsey Graham under the bus without even blinking and absolutely no one is surprised or mad about it. [Read all about it on Queerty]
SELF-OWN: Far-right MAGA loon Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s blunt assessment of the House since the GOP narrowly took control has everyone agreeing with her for the first time ever.
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Melania will have a holiday ornament stand out front.
Security for Mr. Trump, who is being tried on charges that he falsified business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election, will undoubtedly be high. Strict protective measures will also be in place for Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who brought the case, and Juan M. Merchan, the judge who is trying it.
Though Mr. Trump is required to be in court every day it is in session, he can ask the judge and prosecutors to excuse him if he wishes to be absent.
On the other hand, the former president also suggested on Friday that he would testify in the case, telling reporters that he would “tell the truth” and that prosecutors “have no case.” (Then again, Mr. Trump has promised to testify in previous cases only to waver and back out.)
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Our Republican House Majority has failed completely
No doubt this comes as a total shock to sane, democracy- and peace-loving people around the world. Time to take your guns and your bullhorn and crawl back under your rock.
It will if Trump gets reelected and Obergefell v. Hodges gets overturned as MAGA desires. After that it will be Lawrence v. Texas, Loving v. Virginia, and any other case that allows personal choice and agency countermanded by “God’s Law”. And I’m willing to bet even Justice Thomas will at least be willing to revisit Brown v. Board of Ed. and the 13th Amendment (to reinstate Dread Scott). After all, his wealth and position would protect him, and these folks care only about themselves.
I suspect the reason for these laws in Pennsylvania has to do with certain insular communities in PA that don’t allow outsiders to marry their members.
I do so enjoy beekeeping and miss the days when a drone was a drone. Good luck, Israel. You blew it again.
The Role of the Drone!
As mentioned earlier, the drone’s purpose is to mate with a queen. He has an appendage tucked within him that he will protrude when mating with a queen.
I stand for the Drone Bee. I am sad his name has been hijacked for war and destruction. Please pass the honey, honey. And to all a good night.
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abfab
Melania will have a holiday ornament stand out front.
Security for Mr. Trump, who is being tried on charges that he falsified business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election, will undoubtedly be high. Strict protective measures will also be in place for Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who brought the case, and Juan M. Merchan, the judge who is trying it.
Though Mr. Trump is required to be in court every day it is in session, he can ask the judge and prosecutors to excuse him if he wishes to be absent.
On the other hand, the former president also suggested on Friday that he would testify in the case, telling reporters that he would “tell the truth” and that prosecutors “have no case.” (Then again, Mr. Trump has promised to testify in previous cases only to waver and back out.)
bachy
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Our Republican House Majority has failed completely
No doubt this comes as a total shock to sane, democracy- and peace-loving people around the world. Time to take your guns and your bullhorn and crawl back under your rock.
abfab
Her parent’s must have been siblings.
Louis
First cousins marrying seems to be a big no-no in America?
Here in the UK they’re allowed to married. The DNA is sufficiently diverse that it doesn’t cause issues when breeding.
NateOcean
Except for the inbreeding amongst the Royal Family. All that hemophilia and such.
abfab
And how does one explain the size of Prince Charles’s ears with out Genetics 101.
dbmcvey
DNA is more diverse in the UK than in the US? I sincerely doubt that.
abfab
Fake news.
Thad
It’s state-by-state. First cousins can’t marry in Pennsylvania: they can in New Jersey.
I wonder if this applies to sane-sex marriages?
Den
It will if Trump gets reelected and Obergefell v. Hodges gets overturned as MAGA desires. After that it will be Lawrence v. Texas, Loving v. Virginia, and any other case that allows personal choice and agency countermanded by “God’s Law”. And I’m willing to bet even Justice Thomas will at least be willing to revisit Brown v. Board of Ed. and the 13th Amendment (to reinstate Dread Scott). After all, his wealth and position would protect him, and these folks care only about themselves.
Make no mistake about this!
abfab
I just love all of the new terms for relationships! (sane-sex marriages)
dbmcvey
I suspect the reason for these laws in Pennsylvania has to do with certain insular communities in PA that don’t allow outsiders to marry their members.
abfab
I do so enjoy beekeeping and miss the days when a drone was a drone. Good luck, Israel. You blew it again.
The Role of the Drone!
As mentioned earlier, the drone’s purpose is to mate with a queen. He has an appendage tucked within him that he will protrude when mating with a queen.
I stand for the Drone Bee. I am sad his name has been hijacked for war and destruction. Please pass the honey, honey. And to all a good night.