Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: On his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom told his guest, far-right transphobe Charlie Kirk, that transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports was “deeply unfair.” Newsom made a point to note he agreed with Kirk on other topics as well. • OUT: Hamilton producers, including creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, have announced they will cancel a planned 2026 engagement at the Kennedy Center following Trump’s recent takeover of the venue. • Gay Times: Everything you need to know about Russell Tovey’s new gay police drama, Plainclothes, which received strong reviews at its premiere in January at the 2025 Sundance Festival.
From cast members to the plot, here’s everything you need to know before the release of #Plainclothes https://t.co/tFjf5hhkxr
— GAY TIMES (@gaytimes) March 5, 2025
• LawDork: Anti-gay former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis lost her appeal on Thursday of a lawsuit she previously lost at trial that was brought by same-sex couples whose constitutional right to marry she violated. • NPR: Two days after putting 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, Donald Trump said today that he will largely lift them. The reprieve will last until at least April 2 – or…who knows?
UPDATE: Trump put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday. Markets tanked. And by Thursday, he had decided to broadly lift them.
• CTV News: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that the province will place a 25 percent tariff on the electricity that it provides to 1.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. And if Trump continues the attack, “I will up it to 50 percent,” Ford added. • Yahoo Finance: The Dow Jones fell another 427 points today amid the Felon-in-Chief’s tariff whiplash. It’s now down over 1,500 points this week.
The Nasdaq is now more than 10% off its December record high and officially entered into correction territory.
US stocks were clobbered Thursday after more tariff whiplash from the Trump administration.$IXIC -2.61%$GSPC -1.78%$DJI -0.99%https://t.co/WkR4J8Tmvc pic.twitter.com/v0kLd6KXjM — Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) March 6, 2025
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