Some news items you might have missed:
• The Advocate: Two men – one is straight, one is gay. Together, these best friends of nearly 20 years are reimagining masculinity, banter, and wit with their fun new podcast, “No Homo with Jonathan & Tom.”
• Balls and Strikes: Brian Umphress, a state court judge in Jack County, Texas, is suing for the right to ignore the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling.
• PEOPLE: Two decades after graduating from high school, social media personality Misha Brown received an unexpected message from someone he never thought he’d hear from again: his former bully. The man’s 15-year-old son had just come out as gay, prompting the father to reflect on how he once treated others. Click to watch Misha share the exchange.
@yourbestiemisha Wow 🤯 was NOT expecting that!
• LGBTQ Nation: A same-sex couple in Ukraine has been officially recognized as a family in a historic court decision – the first legal precedent of its kind in the country.
• ABC News: New analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill will add $4.1 trillion (not the previously announced $3.4 trillion) to the U.S. debt over 10 years.
• Axios: In a very Trump-like move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration voted to fire its attorney general, who is currently prosecuting Netanyahu for corruption. Israel’s Supreme Court swiftly ruled ‘nope’ to that.
BREAKING: Netanyahu’s government unanimously votes to fire the attorney general who is prosecuting him for corruption https://t.co/CXmpcI0G09
— Axios (@axios) August 4, 2025
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