Some news items you might have missed: • NBC News: The Ohio legislature has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that bans transition-related medical care for transgender minors and restricts trans athletes’ participation on school sports teams. Ohio joins nearly two dozen GOP-led states that have adopted similar laws. • JoeMyGod: The hate group One Million Moms is super-concernstipated that TurboTax features a gay couple in the new commercial “Boater Home.” OMM says, “TurboTax is using public airwaves to subject families to the decay of morals and values while belittling the sanctity of marriage.” I think it’s cute. https://youtu.be/wmVTq19Ylqo?si=ePOeLO0jQg4VQ6rH • Pink News: A woman and her gay best friend have decided to have a baby together and “finally experience parenthood” in a beautiful co-parenting set-up. • Washington Post: The United Auto Workers has endorsed President Biden for the 2024 presidential election, signaling important union support in auto-making swing states, where former president Donald Trump is also popular. • Los Angeles Blade: With two recent judicial nominations by President Joe Biden, his administration could be on track to appointing a record number of LGBTQ+ federal judges. https://twitter.com/WashBlade/status/1745201112762687869 • ABC News: The FDA has greenlit a Phase 3 clinical trial for a cancer vaccine that’s shown promise in testing so far. The most recent data shows nearly 95% of people given only the vaccine were still alive three years after starting treatment, and 64% were still disease-free. • The Hollywood Reporter: Charles Osgood, the genial radio and television commentator who anchored CBS Sunday Morning for more than two decades, died Tuesday. He was 91. Osgood, who also was heard on the radio for more than 50 years with CBS’ The Osgood File, died at his home in New Jersey of dementia, the network announced. https://twitter.com/THR/status/1749867725458112838
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