Johnny Haught (2nd from left) with some of his MMA fighters (via Instagram)Some news items you might have missed:
• Outsports: MMA coach Johnny Haught and his fighters are offering to provide security services for the performers of a West Virginia drag brunch. Their message to haters: “Bring it.”
• CBS News: There are new calls for truth-challenged freshman Rep. George Santos to resign. Opponents are staging a caravan to try to drive him from office, stopping at locations with connections to the representative’s fabricated past.
There are new calls today for embattled freshman Rep. George Santos to resign. @ChristinaFanTV reports. https://t.co/rHEUEdat31
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) February 25, 2023
• Washington Post: Scores of news organizations – including the Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, Axios and more – have demanded congressional leaders release a trove of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that the House speaker provided exclusively to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has downplayed the violence.
• Twitter: Donald Trump Jr. tried to criticize Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for visiting the East Palestine train derailment site this week, and folks clapped back. p.s. Trump’s Transportation Secretary didn’t visit train derailment sites even when there were fatalities.
@SecretaryPete graduated from Harvard & Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar).
He’s fluent in 7 languages.
Pete was an Intelligence Officer who served in Afghanistan.
He was mayor of South Bend.
Pete’s an accomplished pianist who was invited to accompany a symphony orchestra pic.twitter.com/Xb9WtSwm9Q
— Jim (the Flyers and Expos Fan) (@mac6272) February 23, 2023
• Them: Adam Lambert says accusing Harry Styles of queerbaiting “underestimates gay people’s intelligence.” He added, “I think people just like to find things to bitch about.”
• Team USA: Born with autism, two-time Paralympic gold medalist and world record holder Breanna Clark became the first female U.S. athlete with an intellectual disability to win gold!