Some news stories as we get over Hump Day:
• Them: The oldest gay bar in Texas needs thousands for repairs to stay open. Robert’s Lafitte (lead image) has launched a crowd-funding campaign and is holding a drag fundraiser in an attempt to make up the shortfall.
• Capitol News Illinois: Three dozen Illinois school districts have been named as part of federal investigations into whether the institutions teach about sexual orientation and “gender ideology,” and whether parents can opt out of such curriculum.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced an investigation into 36 public school districts in Illinois to determine whether they taught “sexual orientation and gender ideology”. @hannahmeisel reports. https://t.co/iyQ1UTe0Ta
— Capitol News Illinois (@CapitolNewsIL) May 1, 2026
• Instinct Magazine: A Secret Service agent was arrested for allegedly masturbating in hotel hallway.
• Fox News: Donald Trump’s chief economist Kevin Hassett bragged that 5 banks have told him “credit card spending is through the roof.” Note – when Americans are maxxing out their credit cards, it’s because of outrageously high prices, not a great economy.
Hassett on American consumers: “Credit card spending is through the roof. They’re spending more on gasoline, but they’re spending more on everything else too.” pic.twitter.com/zayCSaxhwr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 6, 2026
• The Guardian: A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14 – “It’s not that ‘we charge gringos more’ it’s that we offer discounts to people that need it.”
• Washington Post: A federal judge ordered the release of a suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that had been kept under court seal for years as controversy persisted over his 2019 death in custody while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
A judge ordered the release on of a purported suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein that had been kept under court seal for years as controversy persisted over his 2019 death in custody while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. https://t.co/eJEoGx3caT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 7, 2026
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