Show biz legend Donny Osmond (image via official Facebook) Some news items you might have missed: • Birthdays: Weird Al Yankovic sent a spectacular birthday greeting to show biz legend Donny Osmond, who turned 65 today. https://twitter.com/donnyosmond/status/1601316162582638592 • Yahoo News: Pennsylvania formalized nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people after a regulatory board approved new definitions of sex, race and religious creed in the commonwealth’s anti-discrimination regulations. • TikTok: Andrew Hartzler, the out gay nephew of GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler, clapped back at his aunt in a TikTok video after Ms. Hartzler gave a tearful, over-the-top speech on the floor of the House arguing against the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. https://twitter.com/Tim_Tweeted/status/1601227047656775680 • Law & Crime: A Trump supporter who brought multiple weapons to Washington, D.C. ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, and shouted at law enforcement officers that they were “going to die” and to “get out of the way” has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. • Axios: Maxwell Frost, soon to be the first Gen Z member of Congress, says he was denied an apartment in Washington because of his credit. Frost quit his full-time job to run for office, ran up his credit cards for his campaign, and drove for Uber to make ends meet. https://twitter.com/axios/status/1600959197222412315 • AP News: The city of Minneapolis has decided to buy the boarded-up gas station where George Floyd was killed by police and turn it into a racial justice healing center and permanent memorial for the Black man. • Twitter: The brother of former Marine Paul Whelan, who has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly four years, clapped back at Donald Trump on after Trump criticized the deal struck to free WNBA star Brittney Griner but not Whelan. David Whelan tweeted that Trump has mentioned his brother’s wrongful detention more in the past 24 hours than he did during the two years of his presidency during which Whelan was imprisoned. https://twitter.com/davidpwhelan/status/1601219405744328706
