Some news items I thought worth your time:
• LGBTQ Nation: Michael Wilcox (mug shot above) threatened to shoot up a Pride festival in Marion County, Florida. Then the FBI & cops showed up at his home.
• OUT Magazine: Drag legend champion Jinkx Monsoon has been cast to play “Mary Todd Lincoln” in the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Oh, Mary! The RuPaul’s Drag Race legend’s eight-week run is scheduled to start on August 4.
• MotherJones: The Trump administration has officially announced it is shutting down the National Suicide Hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth. The Trevor Project received a stop-work order effective July 17.
• Infighting Is Funny: Fired Fox News host/now YouTube host Tucker Carlson got into a shouting match with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over Iran.
Holy shit. Tucker Carlson just completely demolished Ted Cruz.Shoot up “YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IRAN! You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker might have just ended his career: pic.twitter.com/ByXqMIVTVg — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) June 18, 2025
• The Hill: A federal appeals court won’t let the Justice Department step in for Donald Trump after E. Jean Carroll won an $83M verdict against Trump for defamation.
• X: Far-right loon Charlie Kirk held a Q&A session at a young women’s “leadership” seminar. When asked by a 14-year-old girl what he thought of her going to college for political journalism, his answer? The best “reason to go to college” is to find a husband. “No seriously. Just be clear that’s why you’re going to college.”
My latest: I went inside Turning Point USA’s conference for conservative young women
To get a sense of what I saw, watch this video of Charlie Kirk telling a 14-year-old in braces that she should only go to college to get an “MRS degree” Subscribe to my newsletter below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/lNdIS0Ia9v — Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) June 18, 2025
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