Some news items you might have missed:
• Washington Blade: Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act became all but certain with the U.S. Senate’s procedural 61-35 vote on Monday night to skip any additional debate in the chamber over the landmark legislation. A final vote is expected later this week.
• AP News: A World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay had to pause when a spectator wearing a blue shirt with the Superman emblem took to the field waving a rainbow flag. The front of his t-shirt read “SAVE UKRAINE” and the back read, “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN.”
Rainbow flag. 🏳️🌈
Save Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Respect for Iranian women. 🇮🇷Superman getting in as many messages as possible. pic.twitter.com/AyZGpKN824
— Total Football (@TotalFootbol) November 28, 2022
• Queerty: Nicole Kidman casually dropped $100,000 for Hugh Jackman’s “Music Man” hat to support HIV/AIDS nonprofit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
• LGBTQ Nation: Barrett Hudson, one of the survivors of the deadly Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, was shot 7 times and still managed to climb a 12-foot barb wire fence to escape.
• Axios: Check out this virtual tour of this year’s White House Christmas decorations. Hint: no red Christmas trees…
Take a look at the 2022 White House holiday decorations https://t.co/RKmorQa3NC
— Axios (@axios) November 28, 2022
• CNN: Herschel Walker, the Republican running for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, has continued to claim his Texas home as his primary residence — potentially breaking both Texas tax laws and some Georgia rules on establishing residency for the purpose of voting or running for office.
• New York Times: And by the way – Donald Trump will not campaign with Walker before the Georgia Senate runoff election after both camps decided the Donald’s appearance carried more political risks than rewards.
The man most responsible for Herschel Walker’s candidacy hasn’t campaigned with him since March — and that’s not going to change in the final week of the Georgia Senate contest. https://t.co/28vjPeUyGG
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) November 28, 2022