LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news stories for you as we head over Hump Day:
• Queerty: Comedian Kathy Griffin initially celebrated Rosie O’Donnell’s guest-hosting stint on Jimmy Kimmel’s show this week, but then went public saying she felt snubbed not being invited to be a guest.
O’Donnell replied on one of Griffin’s social media posts, “Kathy – shoulda called me honey – I didn’t choose the guests …” Continue reading “Kathy Griffin Feels Snubbed By Rosie O’Donnell + More”
Some news items I thought worth your time: • Metro Weekly: A gay couple in Miami who arranged to meet a man (above) through Grindr got the shock of their lives after they realized they had been catfished by a gun-wielding man who proceeded to shoot at them. Continue reading “When Your Grindr Date Pulls A Gun + New WICKED Trailer + More News”
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis
• Facebook: Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) wrote a lengthy breakdown of efforts to undermine the election, concluding there was no evidence of voter fraud. Sasse adds that – in private chats – no Republicans in Congress think the election was stolen. • NBC News: Grafton Police have arrested the Aurora Health Care pharmacist who intentionally spoiled more than 500 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine valued around $8,000 to $11,000. He has been arrested on charges of first degree recklessly endangering safety, adulterating a prescription drug, and criminal damage to property. • Washington Examiner: Donald Trump promised in the 2016 campaign to eliminate the federal debt over a two-term presidency. Instead, he will leave office having added massively to the debt. Since his inauguration, the total national debt has increased 30% from nearly $20 trillion to $27 trillion as of Monday.
.@realDonaldTrump promised in the 2016 campaign to eliminate the federal debt over a two-term presidency.
That pledge won’t come to fruition, and, in fact, he will leave office having added massively to the debt.https://t.co/sd7nPlQ3BC — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 31, 2020
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I have been a bit perplexed by the Trump administration (over a LOT of things, yes, I know) regarding the national debt as it’s long been the clarion call of the Republican Party.
But Donald Trump has shown little to no interest in the spiking debt which usually sends the Repubs screaming.
According to The Daily Beast, we may now have the answer – it won’t get really, really bad until after he’s gone, so he doesn’t care.
Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s aides and advisers have tried to convince him of the importance of tackling the national debt.
Sources close to the president say he has repeatedly shrugged it off, implying that he doesn’t have to worry about the money owed to America’s creditors—currently about $21 trillion—because he won’t be around to shoulder the blame when it becomes even more untenable.
The friction came to a head in early 2017 when senior officials offered Trump charts and graphics laying out the numbers and showing a “hockey stick” spike in the national debt in the not-too-distant future.
In response, Trump noted that the data suggested the debt would reach a critical mass only after his possible second term in office. “Yeah, but I won’t be here,” the president bluntly said, according to a source who was in the room.