(photo: Jeong Park/Hulu) Some news items you might have missed: • Deadline: Hulu has announced the start date for Drag Me To Dinner, an unscripted series hosted by Neil Patrick Harris featuring two teams of drag queens going head-to-head to throw the most fabulous dinner parties of all time. • The Advocate: LGBTQ columnist John Casey breaks down how conservative lawmakers have become the experts on so-called “woke” ideology. And it’s basically repackaged McCarthyism. • LGBTQ Nation: Trans Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) proposed to her girlfriend – trans activist and journalist Erin Reed – at a local queer prom, and based on their social media posts, the couple could not be happier. https://twitter.com/ZoAndBehold/status/1654721721436631040 • CNN: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says GOPers are focusing on flipping four states – Montana, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania – in 2024 in order to regain control of the chamber. But he’s not overly optimistic. • Transportation Department: The Biden administration will propose a rule to make it mandatory for all U.S. airlines to compensate passengers for meals, hotels, transportation, and rebooking fees incurred when a delay or cancellation is the airline’s fault. • Washington Post: The U.S. has recorded 22 mass killings so far in 2023 — all involving guns — that collectively have resulted in at least 115 deaths. This is more than double the number of mass killings recorded by this point last year, which was eight. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1655581959555358724
