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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”
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”
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”
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has removed references to Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display.
The exhibit now states that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.” Continue reading “Smithsonian Removes Mentions Of Trump’s 2 Impeachments”
U.S. payroll growth in July was slower than expected with just 73,000 new jobs added to the U.S. economy (lowest since last October) and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.2%. Continue reading “U.S. Economy Adds 73K Jobs In July, Unemployment Ticks Up To 4.2%”
Some news items for your Thursday:
• Variety: Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she will publish a new memoir, “107 Days,” that recounts the roller coaster ride of her 2024 presidential campaign. She makes her first post-2024 appearance tonight on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of the latest in LGBTQ publications including the PrideFête edition of HotSpots! Magazine. Continue reading “Kamala Harris Memoir ‘107 Days’ + Jinkx Monsoon Shades JK Rowling + More”
Some news items you might have missed:
• OUT: The head of television at Amazon MGM Studios hinted at the possibility of a second season for Benito Skinner’s offbeat queer YA show, Overcompensating (above), and shared that a writers’ room has begun. Yay! I loved the first season.
• Queerty: We need to talk about that truly shocking gay twist on the latest episode of “The Gilded Age.” Continue reading “‘Overcompensating’ Season 2? + Shocking Twist On ‘The Gilded Age’ + More News”