While Brandon Flynn’s fashion spread and soccer stud Miguel Guerro’s OnlyFans debut took over everyone’s social media feeds this week, the political power players in Washington, D.C. 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…
SUBMISSIVE & AMENABLE: So why did Lindsey Graham flip and become Donald Trump‘s obedient little lapdog? Adam Kinzinger spills the tea on the South Carolina senator’s questionable behavior. [Read all about it on Queerty]
SNATCHING WIGS: George Santos had a hissy fit and lashed out at a fellow GOP congressman who mocked his litany of fraud allegations after he managed to survive being expelled from the House. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
NURSE! The disgraced one-term, twice-impeached, four-time indicted ex-president’s gibberish had some wondering if he had suffered some sort of medical incident at one of his MAGA nutbag rallies.
ACHILLES’ HEELS: Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis’ shrinking presidential campaign received a huge lift this week but he’s not happy about it at all. [Read all about it on Queerty]
THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTIN’: Freddy vs. Jason have got nothing on MAGA horrors Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert‘s latest epic catfight. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
FIRST FAMILIA: In honor of Dia de los Muertos, the White House had an ofrenda (home altar) set up and invited Hispanic Americans to add photos of their loved ones in order to pay respects to those that have departed.
COURTING IVANKA: Former first daughter Ivanka Trump has run out of options after trying to weasel her way out of testifying in her daddy’s fraud trial by claiming she couldn’t fly to New York because she can’t find a babysitter, or something like that. [Read all about it on Queerty]
HOUSE OF HATE: More of homophobic, far-right Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s horrendous past work with anti-LGBTQ+ organizations has been excavated and its even more deplorable than previously imagined. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
PREACH, PETE: Out and proud Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg used his words and religious upbringing to perfectly clap back at Mike Johnson’s homophobia with grace, eloquence, and truth.
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abfab
Hey Ronnie boy. Go down to Ft Laud and hang out in the vintage stores. Shop for:
a dozen platform shoes the highest they got
bell bottoms
gold chains
silk shirts to show off your, ahem, manly chest
a wide leather belt with a HUGE buckle
some terrible cologne….say, Brut
get a decent haircut
and put a few pairs of socks in your undies
play Gloria Gaynor when you prance out on stage
and for heavens sakes get rid of the wife she’s wrecking your career
oh, and try to relax
You’ll win!
lather
Pete is simply perfection.
abfab
He really is.
dbmcvey
Strong agreement!
ShaverC
Strong disagree.
dbmcvey
Shocker.
storm45701
He will be the first openly gay President of the United States. Mark my words.
Ronbo
We are too smart to fall into the Identity politics trap again. Aren’t we?!?!
Pete’s performance in the East Palestine disaster proves that he will keep the corporate trains moving and the chemicals spilling… the hell with the dangers!
We can do better than a neoliberal trained by McKinsey. Do the research; don’t repeat mistakes.
still_onthemark
@Ronbo: I have to admit, John Oliver’s recent show about the evil McKinsey firm was a shock to me.
FreddieW
He should be the first openly gay President of the United States, but neither he nor the DNC is currently on a trajectory to make that happen. Pete Buttigieg has allowed himself be used as a token to keep you voting for a declining old fool who will probably get Trump or some other Republican elected because he won’t step down. Believe what the polls are saying. You don’t have to check right wing media to find them. Try CNN.
abfab
More rubbish and the same old lines from our token republicans. You have no idea what’s to come. Hang up those special crystal balls you play with and stop making us laugh.
GO PETE!
Baron Wiseman
At what job has Pete Buttigieg been successful? He wasn’t a successful mayor and he’s been a terrible Transportation Secretary. He had a better shot at the presidency before his disastrous performance as Secretary.
abfab
If anyone knows the measures of success, it’s gotta be Mrs Wisewoman.
FreddieW
@abfab
“You have no idea what’s to come”
So you believe in magic and miracles? I stopped believing in miracles years ago.
Polling isn’t a crystal ball, but it’s the best method of seeing what’s coming your way from an upcoming election.
Be a fool, push the party, and pretend people think like you want them to think. All the leading Democrats are doing it. It worked so well, too, in 2016.
abfab
Memphis, Pence, polls, the perfect partner, the church….it’s all making sense now.
FreddieW
Don’t strain yourself, old man. You need all the grey cells you can salvage.
dbmcvey
Fred. Aren’t you ashamed of helping the people who want to take away our rights?
They’ve even told you what they’re doing and yet you just keep on.
FreddieW
@dbmcvey
Please don’t use first person plural when addressing me. Pronouns, presumptions and so on. Not sure “we” are the same demographic. (I’ve just given abfab the benefit of the doubt, in fact.)
Ronbo
We need to understand that neoliberals, are just corporate Republicans who, because having some compassion (gay, female, black, Hispanic), can’t garner support from voting Republicans. Corporate money is enticing.
Ask yourself WHY we get these disconnects? Why did President Bill Clinton push, pass and sign neoliberal anti-gay DADT and anti-gay DOMA? Why did Hillary campaign for decades saying “Marriage will ALWAYS be between one man and one woman”? Why did President Obama bail on us saying “God is in the mix” after he campaigned on supporting us? Remember, these neoliberal Democrats sided with Republicans and neoliberal conservatives against us.
Pelosi actually pushed repeal of DADT while the Obama Administration sought a delay in the vote. It was the moderate Supreme Court that first recognized our right to marriage… not President Obama.
Truth matter. Abfab, lies are the enemy. Stop it.
dbmcvey
Ronbo, conservatives want to criminalize homosexuality. Stop helping them. Just stop it.
abfab
Ronbo is tired. Lay down Ronbo. Take a breath. Give us something new. There may be hope for you.
Ronbo
abfab and dcmcvey are still confused. Is it their choice or their job – the post like they are paid by the word!??? I’ve voted Democratic for decades – However, I can remember back when President BIll Clinton, Democrat, pushed, passed and signed both DADT and DOMA. Hillary was 100% supportive of limiting our equality. “God is in the mix,” was how Democratic President Obama tried to stop us from equality.
The actual truth proves that abfab and and dcmcvey are SOOO extreme that they refuse to say the truth. Say it fellas. “President Bill Clinton pushed passed and signed DADT and DOMA.”
It’s the truth. Rely on the actual truth, rather than your wants and desires.
abfab
ATTENTION ALL GOP TROLLS
THE FLORIDA FREEDOM SUMMIT IS ON AND GOP CANDIDATES ARE TAKING CENTER STAGE
(try and control yourselves)
abfab
She wants mercy. Name that whore.
Mary Jane
Would you rather he packed his boots or undies?
Mary Jane
He needs to walk slower or he’ll trip over.
abfab
The leader of the GOP TROLL PACK! Special report-breaking news!
“I lost privacy. I lost the ability to just have a normal life,” he said. “Not having the ability to just, you know, take my husband, and let’s go for a walk in the park without the fear of having some psycho try to, I don’t know, hurt me or him.”
-Georgie Girl
Ronbo
Abfab has a lot of good intentions. Unfortunately, he/she is so extremist that, like tRump, thinks that you are either with him or against him. Idiots.
Truth matters and abfabs personal attacks show a lack of education and understanding. Ask him who signed DADT and DOMA. It was NOT a Republican. Abfab doesn’t understand how wealth and power pervert good people into making bad decisions.
Ronbo
I wonder if abfab understands why the Clintons went from being “homeless and broke” (Hillary in 2001) to having $280.000.00 today? Hint: Jeffrey Epstein helped turn their tide into a tsunami.
PS I despise politicians who lie to me. Presidents Obama and Clinton made promises and then acted in just the opposite way. But, I also despise Reagan, Bush, Bush and tRump. I’m an equal opportunity thinker. Try it Abfab. The truth is easy to remember.
dbmcvey
Ronbo, I’m guessing education.
ZzBomb
@ Ronbo,
You read and believe a lot of nonsense.
abfab
Ronbo is tired…………..very tired.
Ronbo
Look for the truth, rather than your politics. You may find that politics distorts the truth.
President Clinton, pushed, passed and signed BOTH DADT and DOMA. ZzBomb seems unwiling to research his/her opinion. Dude, when you start from ignorance, good things rarely happen. Rely on reality and research before you post.
decrans
Abcrabs has a deranged mind. If he’s not posting unrelated song lyrics from the 1970s, he’s nattering to himself in the corner. The above commenter brings up a great point. The Epstein Clinton connection that corporate Dems have consistently brushed underneath the rug. Epstein had a giant picture of Bill Clinton in a dress in his foyer, a noted power move for a man who flew Clinton around on the Lolita Express. However, today’s radical left trafficks in pedophilia thanks to the child sterilization industrial complex. A full circle moment.
Ronbo
In reality, we leftists belong to the ACLU, support the First Amendment and oppose sexualizing children. I do not speak for the extremists like abfab and mcvey who can’t acknowledge actual historic facts.
When you lie about one thing, it’s creates suspicion that you lie about other things. Stick with the truth.
dbmcvey
Wow. The conservative trolls are out and spreading manure.
decrans
Did you see the viral oil painting of Clinton in a compromising situation, Dickvaney? That is the predator your party supported for 20 years. Same reason I don’t vote for Trump. And you can forcefeed that through your thick skull. And blow it out your a$$, too.
decrans
Everyone is a conservative. Wah, wah, wah. Nope. A lot of aggreived former liberals sick of your shi+, Dickvaney. Read the polls, dummy.
dbmcvey
Everyone’s not conservative. Just the conservative trolls. Especially the whiny “b” who keeps responding.
dbmcvey
Interestingly, the conservative troll who keeps responding agrees with Mike Johnson about marriage equality, so he’s definitely anti-gay and we can’t figure out why he keeps posting on a gay site.
decrans
I do agree with Mike Johnson. He assembled a detransitoner Congressonial panel last year. Meanwhile, your party, wants detransed 21-year-olds to just go around with their chopped off +i+s and lingering suicidal ideation. It’s just a price to pay for the hot, new trans trend, girl! If the caring left actually gave a shi+ and got off their collective rears, maybe it would be a different story. But for right now, yes, I agree with him and I’m glad someone in Washington has my back, Dickvaney. Thank you very much.
dbmcvey
And once again the troll confirms that he opposes our rights. What a sad POS.
ZzBomb
The irony of conservative trolls crowing about polls they were calling fake not long ago.
decrans
The irony of Democratic politicians switching their parties within the past two years. The one from Georgia and Texas immediately comes to mind. Read. The. Room.
ZzBomb
@decrans,
Right b/c it’s not like the lady from NC who switched parties to the GQP wasn’t secretly scheming w/ Republicans in the background, lied about her receiving an abortion, or having the GQP pay off all her debts had anything to do with it!? Just like the other 2 you mentioned!? LOL
But way to go side stepping the obvious: you don’t believe the polls either and why should you?
2020: Trump in a landslide!
NO
2022: RED WAVE
F*ck NO!
Every special election since: We go it this time!
NO
A year out to 2024 with Trump having another 3 court hearings and convictions before then…. You must not be aware of the old adage: “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
decrans
There are more independents now than any other time in recent history. I’m one of them. That should concern you. But then again, your party writes off deplorables, Bernie voters, etc, etc. How’s those losses lookin’ out for you, ZZ? To use some Palin-esque parlance. Did they work out pretty well? The idiocy that has infected your party hasn’t been rooted out since 2016.
decrans
And I’ll tell you another thing, ZZbomb. Professional canvasser here. I usually encounter one person every day who says “Both parties aren’t looking out for my interest.” That should concern you, too. Put down the jersey and realize your sports team ain’t helping the working-class Hispanics/Latinos I encounter at the door on a daily basis for my job. Put down your cute your little blue jersey, idiot. Touch grass.
decrans
And here’s some actual post-election data: The surprising number of Latinos and Blacks who have switched parties. Those demographics were supposed to keep swinging Democrat. They have not. So yeah, go outside. Feel the grass from the post-election data. Not a poll.
Ronbo
decrans, I worked for DHHS collecting data on drug use and health – canvassing citizens of (the politically red state) of Missouri. I interviewed statistically accurate cross sections of the state and found great people throughout the state.
My view is that people are generally good and decent – regardless of politics. However, extemists on both sides trigger extremism on both sides.
The enemy is unlimited money in politics giving voice to extremism – intent upon division (politics). abfab, Zz and mcvey are just the results of extremism. Same with nuts like Freddie.
Extremists don’t like accurate mirrors on their misinformation. They can’t even acknowledge the mistakes made by Clinton and Obama. If you can’t see a mistake or refuse to acknowledge it (DOMA, DADT), You might be too politicized to be truthful. Acknowledge all sides of an issue or be a half-truther.
dbmcvey
No one posts more than this sad conservative anti-gay troll. He keeps Queerty alive all by himself.
abfab
Written data and brain samples will be collected from this mess and the results will be added to the scientific journals that cover these difficult cases.
decrans
I visit because of you two. Less entertaining than The Five, more than The View. (The last one is a low bar.) But hey, you mentioned not talking about me. How’s that going?
Ronbo
Those who call names (freddy,abfab and mcvey) using personal attacks, generally don’t have the ability to make cogent arguments. I’m not saying they are wrong; I’m saying that they contribute and increase the extremism and half-truths that drive hate.
“IF you are not 100% with me, you are against me” is an authoritarian meme. They need to stop it. We live in freedom where all can have an opinion without demanding 100% adoration. Extremist demands don’t acknowledge reality and only cause harm.