Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: A federal judge Friday granted a temporary restraining order preventing enforcement of Tennessee’s anti-drag law against a Pride festival taking place in Blount County Saturday.
• Axios: Top GOP donors are pushing Sen. Tim Scott’s team for more detail about his bachelor status before deciding how much to support him in the presidential campaign. Basically, Trump supporters are spreading rumors that Scott might be – gasp! – gay.
Exclusive: GOP donors fret over Scott's single status
Tim Scott's reluctance to say much about his private life has raised concerns among some conservative Republican donors, according to @AlexThomp. https://t.co/CVBv92Nr06
— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) August 31, 2023
• Florida Politics: Prosecutors want former Florida state Rep. Joe Harding (who authored the hideous Don’t Say Gay bill) to serve some time in prison over charges he committed fraud to secure $150,000 in pandemic-era bailouts.
• LGBTQ Nation: A Kansas judge’s ruling has laid the groundwork to block trans people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificates.
Kansas' attorney general is paving the way for his state one of hate. #LGBTQ https://t.co/oJaJlB8a7N
— LGBTQ Nation (@lgbtqnation) September 1, 2023
• CNBC: The U.S. economy added 187,000 new jobs in August, above the Dow Jones estimate of 170,000.
• Washington Post: Cities and counties in Texas are making it illegal for women to travel on their roads in order to reach out-of-state abortion clinics.
Ordinances like the one proposed in Llano, Texas would make it illegal to transport anyone to get abortions on roads within the city limits. The laws allow any private citizen to sue a person or organization they suspect of violating the ordinance. https://t.co/mqTM61Livp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2023