Some news items as we skip past this Hump Day:
• Them: The English Football Association (FA) has fined and suspended Jack Fletcher, a Manchester United player, for calling an opposing player a homophobic slur during a game last year.
• Variety: Barbra Streisand is reportedly in talks to perform at the 2026 Academy Awards in tribute to Robert Redford, her co-star in The Way We Were. Word is she may sing during the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony.
Barbra Streisand is in talks to perform at the #Oscars in tribute to her “The Way We Were” co-star Robert Redford.
Streisand is in conversations to sing during the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony, according to sources. Details are still being discussed. It has not been… pic.twitter.com/4g0mRTToQA
— Variety (@Variety) March 4, 2026
• KOIN: Daniel McGee, 26, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, along with five years of supervised release, after he assaulted a man in 2021 due to his sexual orientation. McGee admitted he set up the ambush with a false account on Grindr. He pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime in Nov. 2025.
• Queerty: The Canadian cottage featured in the season finale of Heated Rivalry is now booked up solid through January 2028.
— Queerty (@Queerty) March 5, 2026
• LGBTQ Nation: Evangelical MAGA pastor Tony Suarez recently claimed that there are “kitty litter boxes in the public schools for the girls that identify as furries.” It’s a regularly debunked right-wing lie that conservatives use as a way to build public opposition to trans students and “woke” school policies.
• JoeMyGod: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked point blank if she was having sexual relations with her “special government employee” Corey Lewandowski while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. Noem skirted the question more than once even though her husband was sitting right behind her.
KAMLAGER-DOVE: At any point in your tenure at DHS, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?
NOEM: I’m surprised we’re peddling tabloid garbage in this hearing
KAMLAGER-DOVE: You should be able to answer if someone asks if you or any federal official is sleeping… pic.twitter.com/q6CQoVTVtb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 4, 2026
Notable that Noem has now twice refused to answer this question with a simple yes or no. https://t.co/qx5PjLtEQQ
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 4, 2026
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