LGBTQ news and entertainment
AARP comes out against TrumpCare bill calling the hike in senior’s rates an “age tax.”
Via Facebook:
The new health care bill includes an “age tax” that would force Americans age 50-64 to pay THOUSANDS more each year.
Tell your Member of Congress to ax the age tax! #NoAgeTax
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert nails this parody of Rachel Maddow’s tendency to go on at length in introducing a topic before finally getting to the actual topic.
Some folks were a bit disappointed Tuesday night after Maddow’s much-hyped reveal of Donald Trump’s taxes turned out to be only two pages from 12 years ago.
The episode attracted 4.13 million viewers, her biggest audience ever.
While some compared the moment with Geraldo Rivera’s infamous unearthing of Al Capone’s vault, others thought it masterful by drawing in the viewers (including Trump supporters) and using the preamble to review her recent investigation into Trump’s Russian ties.
With my short attention span, I do sometimes find her openings too long, but she always has a point she’s heading to.
Watch Colbert demonstrate the “Maddow method” below:
Joe Jonas, one-time Disney golden boy, has found his own grown-up groove with band DNCE.
Check out his edgy photo shoot for Flaunt here.
I’ve been so busy looking at him the past couple of years, I forget DNCE had a yuuuge debut hit, “Cake By The Ocean.”
Do a little #TBT and catch that music video below (over 250 million views).
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| Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey |
More details on the developing story of Donald Trump supporter Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey’s prostitution charges after being found in a motel with a teenage boy.
The state senator has been charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution, prostitution within 1000 feet of a church and transporting someone for prostitution.
From The Oklahoman:
Details about electronic communications between Shortey and the teenager were captured on the teenager’s Kindle tablet that was taken into evidence, police said.
The conversation started with the boy asking Shortey, “Is there anything I can help you do some cash?”
Shortey, using the screen name “Jamie Tilley,” responded: “How much you needing?”
“I need money for spring break,” the boy answered.
“Tilley” responded, “I don’t really have any legitimate things I need help right now. Would you be interested in ‘sexual’ stuff?”
Police were told the teenage boy had a history of drug abuse and “soliciting himself on Craigslist for sexual conduct.”
Police launched the investigation after being called by the boy’s father, who had been contacted by his son’s girlfriend.
She told police that her boyfriend had said he was “going to get paid tonight,” and she feared he might be “involved in illegal drugs.”
The girl told investigators she watched him get into a white Jeep Grand Cherokee with a man and she followed them to a Moore Super 8, where they went inside Room 120.
Officers reported smelling marijuana as they approached the room and knocked on the door.
Shortey was Donald Trump’s state campaign chairman during the GOP primary season.
According to the report, the teen and Shortey had been texting each other for over a year.
The Oklahoma state Senate voted unanimously to suspend almost all of Shortey’s privileges as a lawmaker including scraping his name off his office door and painting over his name at his parking space.
However, he can still vote on the floor of the Senate, and continues to draw his monthly salary of $3,200 plus benefits.
The new executive order was set to go into effect tonight at midnight until a federal judge in Hawaii ruled the ban is unconstitutional.
Unless a higher court rules otherwise (think the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals) the order will be blocked.
From CNN:
A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect.
This ruling means that travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees will be able to travel to the US.
The Trump administration took over a month to rewrite the travel ban order after multiple federal courts blocked its implementation last month.
Unlike the previous executive order, the new one removed Iraq from the list of banned countries, exempted those with green cards and visas, and removed a provision arguably prioritizes certain religious minorities.
Despite this changes, US District Court Judge Derrick Watson concluded that the new executive order still failed to pass legal muster.
Our little girl Tyler wouldn’t get out of bed. So hubby Michael made the bed around her.
She was fine with that.
#LifeWithDogs #DogsRule
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| Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey with Donald Trump Jr. (pic via Facebook) |
Police in Moore, Oklahoma, are recommending 3 prostitution-related charges against Sen. Ralph Shortey, who was found in a motel room alone with an underage teen.
Those charges include soliciting prostitution of a minor, prostitution within 1000 feet of a church and transporting for the purpose of prostitution.
Employees at the Motel 8 in Moore say a person by the name of “Ralph Allen Shortey” checked in on March 9 around 12:20AM, and asked for a room with two beds.
Just 30 minutes later, the employee said that police arrived at the motel in response to a “welfare check” and discovered the juvenile male and an adult male in the same room.
Text messages between Shortey and the teen are being investigated.
Shortey, who has been married to his high school sweetheart since 2002, was the state chair of President Donald Trump’s campaign during the primary season.
Pam Pollard of the Oklahoma Republican Party has issued the following statement:
“The Oklahoma Republican Party takes all accusations against elected officials seriously, especially when the welfare of a minor is involved. We have reached out to Senator Shortey for comment and have not heard back from him at this time. We await the report from law enforcement on whether charges will be filed.”
Randy Rainbow warns of appliance espionage with his parody of the Hall & Oates hit, “Private Eyes.”
Only here his concern is all about those “Microwaves (Are Watching You).”
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| Georges LeBar and RuPaul Charles |
Promoting the 9th season of hit reality series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul Charles appeared today on talk show Hollywood Today Live. And during the interview, Ru surprised with news about his longtime partner, Georges Lebar.
Talking about their 23 year relationship, which stretches back to 1994, Ru was asked if they would ever get married, and that’s when he surprised everyone.
“You know what?” he said. “I don’t think I’ve said this on television before. We are married.”
“I met him on the dance floor at Limelight in 1994 on his birthday,” he explained. “So we got married on his birthday on the anniversary of when we met… so this year in January.”
Congrats to the happy couple!
Watch Ru share the news below at the 1:25 mark.