(stock photo via Depositphotos) Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: A “severely immunocompromised” patient with monkeypox infection has died in Texas. https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1564704513969176576 • Dallas Morning News: A group of people armed with AR-15 style assault rifles stood guard outside a Texas drag queen brunch on Sunday to defend people enjoying the show from armed right-wing extremists bent on disrupting it. • Video Music Awards: Billy Eichner used his introduction of Panic! At The Disco at the VMAs to offer up this full throated plug of his upcoming gay rom-com Bros due out September 30. https://twitter.com/vmas/status/1564098406552928256 • New York Times: The Vatican on Tuesday for the first time said that Russia was the aggressor in the Ukraine war, condemning Moscow’s invasion in strong terms after earlier comments by Pope Francis prompted criticism from Kyiv. • NBC News: Joshua Pruitt, 40, a former D.C. bartender and Proud Boy who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison on Monday after pleading guilty. Capitol Police officers wrote victim impact statements urging Judge Timothy J. Kelly to give Pruitt a severe sentence in the case.
