Rep. George Santos (R-NY)Some news stories you might have missed:
• New York Times: Truth-challenged Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has appealed a judge’s decision ordering the release of the names of the people who coughed up the $500K bail to keep him out of federal custody. He claims family members wrote the check.
• NBC News: GOP presidential candidate (and former federal prosecutor) Chris Christie is one of the few Republicans to criticize Donald Trump following the unsealing of a 37 count indictment against the Donald calling the Trump indictment “very evidence-filled” and said “the facts are devastating.”
• Billboard Magazine: Country music star Garth Brooks is sticking by Bud Light amid the backlash over its LGBTQ-themed marketing, saying that his new Nashville bar will be serving the brand. “Yes, we’re going to serve every brand of beer. We just are.”
.@garthbrooks Talks Major Label Radio Dominance, How His Nashville Bar Will Serve "Every Brand Of Beer" & Possible New Chris Gaines Music #BillboardLive https://t.co/eT1zxAohei
— billboard (@billboard) June 7, 2023
• LGBTQ Nation: “It’s ok to be happy that Pat Robertson is dead” writes Alex Bollinger who points out Robertson once said that AIDS was “God’s way of weeding his garden,” so he also wasn’t above feeling joy at the deaths of others.
• Queerty: No one is mad at Mark Consuelo donning a wrestling singlet (hello, body!) and trying a little one-on-one with Mason Parris, a University of Michigan athlete who is considered to be “the most dominant wrestler in college.” Parris and Consuelo had some good natured fun.