The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating serial liar and disgraced former Rep. George Santos over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi where he placed bets on…himself.
Happy Friday! Some news items for you as we head into the weekend:
• Socialite Life: Benito Skinner (above) announced that Season 2 of his hit Prime Video series Overcompensating is now filming. The show earned a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and was renewed in September 2025.
• Delaware Online: Donald Trump wore a white baseball cap while attending the dignified transfer of six fallen U.S. soldiers at Dover Air Force Base today. Have some respect and take the damn hat off…
Disgraceful that Trump is wearing a white baseball hat at the dignified transfer.
• OUT: Queen Latifah posted a video to social media to assure her fans she’s A-OK after a death hoax went viral.
• The Advocate: Out of step with the rest of New England, the Republican-controlled New Hampshire House voted 181–164 to pass House Bill 1442, an anti-transgender bathroom bill. The bill now heads to the state Senate.
• Apple TV: The third season of LOOT is here and no one is mad that Zane Phillips (above) has joined the cast as hunky boyfriend “Moro” to billionaire “Molly Wells” (played by Maya Rudolph).
• Erin in the Morning: The United Kingdom’s “Girl Scouts” organization—Girl Guiding—has banned transgender girls from joining.
• NPR: The Department of Justice has instructed prisons and jails to drop standards designed to protect LGBTQ people from sexual violence.
• Pink News: While Spotify is letting subscribers discover their most listened songs of the year, gay dating app Grindr is showing off its own 2025 stats including Ireland having the most bears, Switzerland is tops in twinks, and the U.S. boasts the most daddies.
• Forbes: Eric Trump is reportedly ten-times richer than he was the day before the Donald returned to the White House in January. But, but, but…. Hunter Biden…
• Axios: A Pentagon watchdog concluded in a long-awaited report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. operations and troops at risk during a strike in Yemen by sending sensitive information to a Signal group chat on an unapproved device,
• New York Times: A new survey found that 98% of U.S. diplomats say that workplace morale has fallen since Trump took office again in January. Eighty-six percent said it had become harder to carry out U.S. foreign policy.
• The Caftan Chronicles: Jon Kinnally, one of the main writers of “Will & Grace” from start to finish, shares with Tim Murphy the baby steps the iconic series had to take to fully come into its gayness. Great read.
• Them: Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted and endorsed a CNN interview with his church’s pastor Doug Wilson, in which Wilson advocated for, among many things, the reinstatement of U.S. laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Wilson’s contempt for queer people comes at the 5:50 mark below. Continue reading “‘Will & Grace’ Writer On The Show’s Gay Baby Steps + More news”
Rep. George Santos (screen capture) Did you know that when serial liar George Santos first ran for Congress in 2020 he lost by 12 points? And yet, he launched a “recount fund.” Officially, the Devolder Santos for Congress Recount (DSCR) fund. And yet, after raising over hundreds of thousands of dollars – get ready, folks – there never was a recount. Continue reading “George Santos Raised Huge $$$ For A Recount That Never Happened”
Kimberly Guilfoyle (screen capture) Kimberly Guilfoyle, who’s engaged to Donald Trump Jr., demanded to be paid $60K in advance to speak at Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 rally, according to transcripts, which included copies of text messages, released by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack. Continue reading “Guilfoyle Demanded $60K In Advance To Speak At Jan 6 Rally”