Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) Some news items you might have missed: • Pink News: A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing took a rather unexpected turn this week when Republican senator John Kennedy performed a sexually explicit reading. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1701626938882756693 • The Signorile Report: Matt Schlapp, the head of the Conservative Political Action Conference who was accused of male-on-male sexual harassment, has the nerve to spread gossip that presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is gay. • Entertainment Weekly: HGTV has sold the “Brady Bunch” house for millions less than the nearly $5.5 million spent buying and renovating the home to be an exact replica of the interior of the iconic ’70s series’ set. • The Hill: Advisers for the CDC have endorsed allowing everyone over 6 months old to receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine which could be available as soon as Wednesday. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1701692689719132484 • Axios: The days of filling up your own drink at McDonald’s are numbered as the fast food restaurant has announced that it will phase out self-serve beverage stations in its U.S. restaurants. • TikTok: An American Airlines flight attendant has gone viral after a passenger posted a video of his lip-synced pre-flight safety demonstration. https://www.tiktok.com/@davidgoldingbramhall76/video/7272740296331382062?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7258426808244995630