Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Two civil rights lawyers who led the fight against Trump’s first transgender military ban explain why the Donald’s new trans ban has far-reaching consequences beyond the military. • Gr8erDays: Remembering gay stage and TV actor Joel Crothers who made his Broadway debut at age 12 and was best known for his long runs on daytime TV’s “The Edge of Night” and “Dark Shadows.” An early victim of the AIDS crisis, he passed at the age of 44 in 1985. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFZNtK8u4MB/?img_index=1 • Axios: DonaldTrump has announced he’ll order the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally. • NBC News: And the butt kissing continues – Meta has agreed to pay roughly $25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump after the social media giant, along with just about every other tech company, suspended his accounts following the violent January 6 riots.
BREAKING: Meta says it will pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit from President Trump over the social media company’s decision to suspend his accounts after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/cJ7lLFKxRM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 29, 2025
• CNN: Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges. • JoeMyGod: Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did NOT have a good first confirmation hearing. More like below at the link.
BENNET: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon?
RFK Jr: I probably did say that BENNET: Did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender RFK Jr: No BENNET: I have the record [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
CORTEZ MASTRO: A pregnant woman with a life-threatening bleed goes to the ER and her doctor determines she needs an emergency abortion. She’s in a state where abortion is banned. You would agree that federal law protects her right to that emergency care, correct
RFK Jr: Uh, I don’t know [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
WARNOCK: You have compared the CDC’s work to Nazi death camps. You have compared it to sexual abusers in the Catholic Church. Do you stand by those statements?
RFK Jr: I don’t believe that I ever compared the CDC to Nazi death camps WARNOCK: I have a transcript [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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