Happy Monday! Some news items for you as we head into the week:
• Queerty: A 40-something gay man turns to advice column “Ask Jake” about how/why his ‘type’ has shifted from twinks to men with ‘dad bods.’ Jake’s answer is right on target.
• Outsports: Two gay soccer fans (boyfriends) kissed passionately after a Mexico World Cup win in an image that has gone viral. “It was incredible to see so many beautiful messages about love and diversity,” one of them shared.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Kenneth rounds up the weekend’s tennis news complete with all the ATP beef that’s fit to post.
• Caftan Chronicles: Tim Murphy chats with Robin Byrd, who hosted her self-titled late-night chat show on public-access TV from 1977 to 1998, becoming a NYC-area legend in the process. Clad in a crochet bikini, Byrd would interview porn stars and strippers, ending episodes with the host and guests dancing to “Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box.”
• The Hill: Wow, you almost never see near-unanimous anything out of the U.S. Senate these days, but the upper chamber of Congress approved a bill today focused on making housing more affordable by a vote of 85-5.
• CNN: On his first day on the job, Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence in an acting capacity, began mass firings today. Did I mention Pulte has zero experience in intelligence…?
• X: Donald Trump continues to push his “story” that vandals cut a 250 300 350 foot gash in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. We’re talking paint on stone. The way he describes it, you’d think someone slashed an inflatable kiddie pool.
Trump on the reflecting pool: “If you had a knife, you can’t even cut it.”
Also, Trump on the reflecting pool: “They cut it.” pic.twitter.com/uHfd69GKUa
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 22, 2026
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