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Senate Committee Rejects Trump Proposal To End Life-Saving HIV Programs

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The Senate Appropriations Committee dismissed the Trump administration’s plan to end the CDC’s initiatives for HIV prevention and monitoring, along with significant proposed reductions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget.

Instead, they moved forward with a proposal to boost the agency’s funding by $400 million. Continue reading “Senate Committee Rejects Trump Proposal To End Life-Saving HIV Programs”

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New Podcast ‘No Homo’ + TX Judge Sues To Ignore Same-Sex Marriage + More

No Homo with Jonathan & Tom

Some news items you might have missed:

• The Advocate: Two men – one is straight, one is gay. Together, these best friends of nearly 20 years are reimagining masculinity, banter, and wit with their fun new podcast, “No Homo with Jonathan & Tom.” Continue reading “New Podcast ‘No Homo’ + TX Judge Sues To Ignore Same-Sex Marriage + More”

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Video: Cynthia Erivo + Adam Lambert in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ At Hollywood Bowl

L-R Cynthia Erivo as Jesus Christ and Adam Lambert as Judas (screen caps)

The famed Hollywood Bowl hosted three sold-out performances of the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar this past weekend.

The event starred two spectacular out talents – Tony Award winner/Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as “Jesus Christ,” and American Idol alum Adam Lambert (fresh off his run on Broadway in Cabaret) as “Judas.”

Continue reading “Video: Cynthia Erivo + Adam Lambert in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ At Hollywood Bowl”

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Reneé Rapp’s New Album ‘Bite Me’ + More News

Renee Rapp drops her new album "Bite Me"

Some news items for your Sunday:

• New Music: Out recording star Reneé Rapp dropped her new album “Bite Me,” this week.

In an interview with Variety she shared, “Everything I make is gay…This time around, I knew what I wanted. I wasn’t making [this album] to impress anyone else. I made it to impress myself.” Continue reading “Reneé Rapp’s New Album ‘Bite Me’ + More News”

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GOP Senators Raise Concerns After Trump Fires Labor Stats Official

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A handful of Republican senators have publicly expressed concern after Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a notable slowdown in hiring in the U.S.

Via NBC News:

• Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY): “If the president is firing the statistician because he doesn’t like the numbers but they are accurate, then that’s a problem. It’s not the statistician’s fault if the numbers are accurate and that they’re not what the president had hoped for.”

• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): “If she was just fired because the president or whoever decided to fire the director just did it because they didn’t like the numbers, they ought to grow up.”

• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY):“We have to look somewhere for objective statistics. When the people providing the statistics are fired, it makes it much harder to make judgments that you know, the statistics won’t be politicized. I’m going to look into it, but first impression is that you can’t really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting.”

Democratic senators have also spoken out against McEntarfer’s firing as well with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accusing Trump of acting like “someone who imitates authoritarian leaders.”

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called McEntarfer’s dismissal “the stuff of fascist dictatorships.”

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Ghislaine Maxwell Quietly Moved To ‘Cushy’ TX Prison

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Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking charges, has been moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.

Bureau of Prison guidelines indicate she would not be eligible for such a ‘cushy’ security facility. Continue reading “Ghislaine Maxwell Quietly Moved To ‘Cushy’ TX Prison”