Colton Haynes in ‘Swindler Seduction’ (image via Lifetime) Some news items you might have missed: • Out: Teen Wolf star Colton Haynes returns to TV as a pair of identical twin con artists in Lifetime’s upcoming movie Swindler Seduction. The film premieres October 22 on Lifetime at 8pm ET. https://youtu.be/lS-63E8JR7M • Huffpost: Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months and fined $6,500 on Friday after being found guilty of acting in contempt of Congress in a legal saga that began more than a year ago. • Lancet: A new study has found 98% of transgender people who begin gender-affirming medical treatments as teenagers continue those treatments as young adults. Republicans often justify opposition to trans care saying kids who are provided with gender-affirming care will regret it as adults. https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1583235643840135168 • Axios: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Friday formally issued a subpoena to former President Trump. I personally can’t imagine Trump ever showing up to testify. He’ll stall until Repubs take control of the House and cancel the investigation, just watch. • Twitter: President Biden has no fucks left to give as he called out hypocritical Republicans – including Marjorie Taylor Greene and more – who got their COVID PPP loans forgiven, but don’t want student loans forgiven. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1583550122411323392 • NBC News: Trumper Mark Mazza brought 2 guns to the Capitol on Jan. 6 which got him 5 years in federal prison. Mazza told the court he got “caught up in a mob mentality that I never anticipated” and that he was “not quite the monster that the prosecution has described me as.” • The Advocate: The comic book super-hero Wonder Woman turns 81 today. The forever-fabulous debuted October 21, 1941, in All Star Comics and later became the star of her own title, TV show, and big budget movies. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1583609075149033472
