Lin-Manuel Miranda On Unauthorized HAMILTON + More News

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda in HAMILTON
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Lin-Manuel Miranda has made a statement after an alleged illegal and unauthorized rendition of his Tony-award-winning musical Hamilton was produced at a church in McAllen, Texas, featuring anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Pink News: Leading LGBTQ+ charities including GLAAD, and pharma company Gilead have teamed up to support responses to the monkeypox outbreak.

AP News: The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The CDC also said people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others. • Washington Post: A former Virginia police officer, who lied about his actions before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was sentenced Thursday to 87 months in prison. Thomas Robertson was found guilty of six crimes, including using a large wooden stick to block police outside the Capitol and destroying his phone when he got home.

Rasmussen: Donald Trump’s favorite polling group shows President Biden’s approval rating has risen from 36% to 45% in three weeks. • New York Times: Investigators are looking into whether the man who tried to breach the F.B.I.’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday had ties to extremist groups, including one that participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.


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