Happy Monday! Some news items to start your week:
• Gayety: The NFL reaffirmed their support for LGBTQ youth and mental health with a $100,000 donation to The Trevor Project this past Saturday, National Coming Out Day.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: For tennis fans – Valentin Vacherot and Coco Gauff won big China, plus all the ATP beef that’s fit to post.
Valentin Vacherot and Coco Gauff won big China. Full report plus all the ATP beef that’s fit to post in my weekend tennis roundup
www.kennethinthe212.com/2025/10/week…— kenneth212.bsky.social (@kenneth212.bsky.social) October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
• The Advocate: Iran has long performed more transgender surgeries than any other nation, largely by forcing gay people to undergo the procedures. But is the theocratic regime now using its expertise in the field of gender-affirming care to increase tourism?
• NBC News: A new report from Goldman Sachs analysts finds U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of the cost of Trump’s tariffs. Plus, just days ago Trump threatened to double the tariffs on China.
U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of costs due to Trump’s unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts. https://t.co/GO3rbr8I5L
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 13, 2025
• Chicago Tribune: ICE gave a Chicago man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times but it was rarely enforced prior to this Trump administration.
• AP News: North Carolina Republicans are getting into the redistricting act where they already hold 10 of the state’s 14 congressional seats.
• YouTube: Someone recently shared this performance of “There’s A Lull In My Life” by Diane Keaton back in 1972 on “The Tonight Show.” While I knew she sang, I had no idea she was THIS much of a singer. This is gorgeous.
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