Some news stories you might have missed: • Netflix: Ellen DeGeneres returns for her premieres her Netflix comedy special, Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, on September 24. The final comedy special of her historic career, Ellen gets personal and reveals what she’s been doing since being “kicked out of show business.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lyfX0yhFfs • Washington Blade: The Biden-Harris administration has set a new record for the most confirmed LGBTQ judges. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of Mary Kay Costello to serve as a district court judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. • Bi Visibility Week: What a talent! New-to-me out country music artist Julie Williams captures both the sadness of nostalgia and the beautiful confusion of young love and discovering one’s identity in her sublime music video, “Just Friends.” From her upcoming EP Tennessee Moon scheduled for release Oct. 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZIoArFMh0 • Axios: The Teamsters union has declined to endorse either VP Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president. Harris has won the support of most other major unions this cycle. • CNBC: Meanwhile, a group of 111 Republican former lawmakers and officials endorsed Kamala Harris today. The group includes former Trump administration officials, as well as officials who served under former Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
111 Republican former officials endorse Harris, say Trump is ‘unfit to serve’ https://t.co/bNzLpngxtz
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 18, 2024
• The Advocate: Russell Henderson, one of the murderers of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, will stay in prison for at least five more years after the Wyoming Board of Parole denied his petition to shorten his two lifetime prison sentences. • Media Matters: Fox News contributor Anna Devine calls the violent January 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol building “an inconvenience for some members of Congress.”
Fox News contributor and NY Post columnist calls January 6 “really just an inconvenience for some members of Congress for a few hours at their workplace” pic.twitter.com/MvOByflHPd
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 18, 2024
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