Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: A former New Jersey police officer has been awarded $750,000 in her lawsuit against her former boss, who she claimed sexually harassed her and discriminated against her for being a lesbian. • Instagram: Out recording artist Orville Peck shared some behind-the-scenes pics as he begins rehearsals for his Broadway debut as the Emcee in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFqS2rdSv4p/?img_index=1 • PBS: White House officials are now walking back Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. “will take over the Gaza Strip.” • New York Times: Two weeks into Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, HIV groups abroad have not received any funding, leaving more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children, without HIV meds.
Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without H.I.V. Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h…
[image or embed] — Chase Clark (@chasingmicrobes.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
• Axios: Fox News has announced Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and former RNC chair, Lara Trump, will be the host of a new weekend show, beginning Feb. 22. Can you imagine the wailing if Hunter Biden’s wife had been given a show on CNN? • Mediaite: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) just started slinging anti-trans slurs during a House Oversight hearing on “Government Efficiency & Waste” today. “Tranny, tranny, tranny. I don’t care.”
Rep. Nancy Mace: “Tranny, tranny, tranny. I don’t really care. You want penises in women’s bathrooms and I’m not going to have it. No thank you. It’s disgusting.”
She needs help. [image or embed] — Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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