Homocons

The Daily Beast reports: Enraged after a team of FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s Florida residence, right-wing media has turned to promoting a pro-Trump rally of sorts outside the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. “Adam Hardage is calling on fellow veterans and Americans of all walks to join him Sunday 8/14 at the FBI HQ in Washington DC …

“At CPAC I sat silently in a cell as a performance art piece to provoke a reaction about political division, human rights abuses & more. “Right now, the left wing media is actively trying to use this art piece to have me further prosecuted. The left now supports criminalizing art. Every artist hopes their work will be seen, talked about, …

Mediaite reports: On Friday, the Conservative Political Action Conference included a politically charged performance of a man in an orange jumpsuit, donning a MAGA hat, and sitting in a fake jail cell pretending to cry. Brandon Straka, the man in the installation, tallied days on a chalkboard and never once broke character. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)–who spoke during the …

First, a reminder of the latest Brandon Staka news: A federal judge reprimanded a prominent pro-Trump social media personality and Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant for making “questionable” comments in the media about his plea agreement and cooperation with law enforcement. Those comments, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich said, were “inconsistent” with what he previously told the court. “He’s …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: Brandon Straka’s attorney, Bilal Essayli, and federal prosecutors appeared before U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Wednesday for a status hearing to discuss the release last week of a sentencing memo detailing aspects of his cooperation with the government’s investigation into the Capitol riot. “It’s been brought to my attention that Mr. Straka has been …

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports: A right-wing activist who spoke at Freedom Plaza on Jan. 5 and then joined the assault on the Capitol the next day provided information to the FBI about rally organizers and more than a dozen other members of the “Stop the Steal” movement as part of a plea deal to avoid a felony charge, …

From an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal: Since the U.S. Supreme Court established the right of same-sex couples to marry in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, more than 1.1 million gay and lesbian Americans have entered into legal marriages. Last month Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the court should reconsider the …

An op-ed from the head of the Log Cabin Quislings: Forty-seven Republicans in the House of Representatives made history Tuesday by voting to codify same-sex marriage protections into federal law. Now we are encouraging Senate Republicans to do the same. Let’s be clear: We can see the partisan games Democrats are playing with this bill. They are desperate to pivot …

The Texas Tribune reports: Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow. Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow. “I do not believe that we made any progress. In fact, …

Media Matters has the transcript: So here’s a headline from The Daily Caller a couple days ago – “left-wing activists urge big tech to censor anti-pedophile smear.” Now, the anti-pedophile smear that they’re referring to is this meme of “ok, groomers,” that’s been going around the internet. And this is where people are calling out all of these, sort of, …

Mediaite reports: Dave Rubin has been suspended from Twitter after violating its hate speech guidelines. Rubin decried the Twitter suspension of psychologist Jordan Peterson, who posted in a June 22 tweet about actor Elliot Page, who is a transgender man. “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician,” Peterson tweeted, …

The Log Cabin Quislings are today pointing to a New York Post op-ed by their president, Charles Moran: “We’re outraged,” the Human Rights Campaign president declared, “because reproductive rights are LGBTQ+ rights.” A similar statement from GLAAD trumpeted, “None of us are safe from the extreme anti-women and anti-LGBTQ ideology that now dominates this Court.” As the president of the …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: The chairman of the Log Cabin Republicans of Texas, a group of gay Texas GOP members, resigned from his post Thursday. Michael Cargill’s resignation as LCR’s state leader comes after the state party ratified a new platform calling homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” at its Houston convention last week. “These are just crazy people,” Michael …

Log Cabin head Charles Moran writes for USA Today: Dozens of gay Texas conservatives traveled to Houston last weekend to join their fellow Republicans at the Texas GOP convention. As members of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s largest organization representing LGBT conservatives and their allies, these convention attendees were unapologetically and energetically pro-America First, pro-God, pro-gun, pro-Trump and fired …

The Hill reports: Former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell is heading to Iowa amid early speculation that he could be a prospective running mate for former President Donald Trump in a potential 2024 White House bid. Grenell is slated to address the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, on Wednesday and the Dallas County GOP on Thursday. Perhaps …

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: A group representing the state’s LGBTQ Republicans blasted the Texas Republican Convention as a bunch of “crazy people.” The tough words come in response to a new state party platform that includes language calling homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice.” “These are just crazy people,” said Michael Cargill, who owns an Austin gun store and is …

Breitbart reports: The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization of gay conservative activists, have been denied a booth at the Texas GOP convention, which runs June 16-18. The decision was apparently a close 4-3 vote of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee. The Log Cabin Republicans said the Texas convention should allow the organization to host a booth in the name …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge in Missouri on Monday pushed a lawsuit filed by two Georgia election workers against The Gateway Pundit back to a Missouri circuit court for additional proceedings. Plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss filed the case against James Hoft, Joseph Hoft, and TGP Communications LLC (the business which operates The Gateway Pundit) in December …

The Washington Post reports: In a statement, Greene said: “So I have an intern that was raped by a priest as a young teen, was gay, has offended everyone at some point, turned his life back to Jesus and Church, and changed his life. Great story!” Greene, an outspoken right-wing promoter of conspiracy theories, has in the past praised conversion …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who recently gave the Catholic Church hell for not being able to protect children against pedophiles, has at least one person in her corner with a history of making incendiary remarks, including one that appeared to condone pedophilia. On Sunday, Milo Yiannopoulos was pictured standing backstage with Nick Dyer, …