LGBTQ news and entertainment
Donald Trump is still gnashing his teeth about last week’s jobs report. In this morning’s spittle-tinged rage he declared the employment numbers were “rigged” to make Republicans look “less stellar!!!” Continue reading “Trump Still Raging About ‘RIGGED’ Jobs Report”
Some news items for your Sunday:
• New Music: Out recording star Reneé Rapp dropped her new album “Bite Me,” this week.
In an interview with Variety she shared, “Everything I make is gay…This time around, I knew what I wanted. I wasn’t making [this album] to impress anyone else. I made it to impress myself.” Continue reading “Reneé Rapp’s New Album ‘Bite Me’ + More News”
Two-time Emmy nominee Loni Anderson, who starred as the “smartest person in the room” radio station receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati, died Sunday two just days before her 80th birthday. Continue reading “‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ Star Loni Anderson Dies At 79”
Checking in with some favorite InstaHunks this week starting with João Lima, who worked it out naturally. Continue reading “Beast In Blue + Regards From The River + More InstaHunks”
A handful of Republican senators have publicly expressed concern after Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a notable slowdown in hiring in the U.S.
Some Republican senators have expressed concern about Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the release of a weak jobs report. https://t.co/eMM4nTdwka
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2025
Via NBC News:
• Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY): “If the president is firing the statistician because he doesn’t like the numbers but they are accurate, then that’s a problem. It’s not the statistician’s fault if the numbers are accurate and that they’re not what the president had hoped for.”
• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): “If she was just fired because the president or whoever decided to fire the director just did it because they didn’t like the numbers, they ought to grow up.”
• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY):“We have to look somewhere for objective statistics. When the people providing the statistics are fired, it makes it much harder to make judgments that you know, the statistics won’t be politicized. I’m going to look into it, but first impression is that you can’t really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting.”
Democratic senators have also spoken out against McEntarfer’s firing as well with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accusing Trump of acting like “someone who imitates authoritarian leaders.”
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called McEntarfer’s dismissal “the stuff of fascist dictatorships.”
You know trump screwed up when Republicans dared to criticize dear leader.
Republicans condemn Trump’s firing of labor statistics chief.https://t.co/4JaFchf29k
— Covie (@covie_93) August 2, 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking charges, has been moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.
Bureau of Prison guidelines indicate she would not be eligible for such a ‘cushy’ security facility. Continue reading “Ghislaine Maxwell Quietly Moved To ‘Cushy’ TX Prison”
The official White House X account just posted this bizarre video that’s supposed to somehow make America physically fit. #smh Continue reading “White House Reinstates Prez Fitness Test With Unhinged Water-Spitting Video”
Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded several queer-inclusive shows via PBS and NPR, is shutting down following the Trump administration’s defunding of public media. #sadness
• New Music: Out recording artist Chappell Roan is the picture of sapphic yearning in her new music video, “The Subway.” Find it on all streaming platforms here. Continue reading “Corporation For Public Broadcasting To Shut Down + New Music From Chappell Roan + More”
The dark family comedy Twinless follows two young men who meet at a support group for people who have lost their twin. As they bond over their shared circumstance, the pair form an unlikely – and intense – friendship. Continue reading “Trailer: Dylan O’Brien Delivers A Star-Turn In ‘Twinless’”
Just hours after the July jobs report was issued today – a meager 73K new jobs in July plus a downward revision of 258K for May and June – Donald Trump took to his social media to rant about the numbers claiming they were “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”
He also demanded the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was confirmed by the Senate last year by a bipartisan vote of 86-8. Vice President JD Vance was one of those ‘yes’ votes. Continue reading “Trump Fires Labor Statistics Boss Hours After July Jobs Report”