News Round-Up: August 4, 2020

Some news items you might have missed: • Snoop Watch:  Just a quick check-in to say Snoopy (the short one above) is doing great settling in with Michael and me. For those interested in #BeagleLife, most of my posts about Snoopy will be on Instagram here. Thanks to Denise Truscello for the pic and to everyone for all the messages of support about our new 14-year-old addition 🙂 • Instinct Magazine: The Lifetime TV channel has announced that it will release its first-ever holiday film with a same-sex romance as the central storyline. The upcoming tv movie is titled The Christmas Set-Up and follows two former high school friends who get (surprise!) ‘set-up’ by one’s mother during holidays at home. • Out Music: Acclaimed singer and songwriter VINCINT recently released “Hard 2 Forget,” the eagerly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed debut EP, The Feeling. The out artist has received raves from the media like this from Eonline: “VINCINT has kept us captivated with his sumptuous synth-pop sound and his outrageous vocals. As masterful with a full-throated belt as he is slipping into a soft falsetto, his is a voice.”

• WOW: Former Grey’s Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington (who was fired from the show for using a homophobic slur) came out to FoxNews as a Trump supporter. In April, the actor tweeted he had left the Democratic party. • Sunday Times: Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on why the now-infamous CATS movie turned out the way it did – “The problem with the film was that [director] Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show. The whole thing was ridiculous.” • CNN: After repeatedly seeking to discredit mail-in voting, Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Florida’s election system is “safe and secure” and encouraged Floridians to vote by mail.

Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True. Florida’s Voting system has been cleaned up (we defeated Democrats attempts at change), so in Florida I encourage all to request a Ballot & Vote by Mail! #MAGA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2020

In which he admits that absentee and mail-in ballots are the same exact thing.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 4, 2020

Guess Trump finally realized that his attacks on mail-in voting have only discouraged his *own* voters from safely voting during a pandemic.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 4, 2020

This will clear this all up for everyone 😃 pic.twitter.com/HQdBaykHGD

— 🌍🌏🌎 Super Duper Covfefe Missile🌍🌎🌏 (@aaliyahnelly12) August 4, 2020

Whenever @realDonaldTrump complains about MAIL-IN voting just remember that @realDonaldTrump@VP@KellyannePolls@BetsyDeVosED @PressSec@GOPChairwoman and others in the #TrumpCrimeSyndicate have used Mail in voting for years #VoteBlue2020 https://t.co/neqQHzAIrI pic.twitter.com/If5AB4U50t

— Nestor “the boss” Gomez (@soloyochapin) August 4, 2020