Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Daily Beast reports: One member was absent from her usual seat at Wednesday’s meeting of the board established by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to punish Disney for opposing his “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Instead, there were only the letters BZ on a screen. Bridget Ziegler—the Moms for Liberty co-founder who finds herself in the middle of a ménage à …

The Messenger reports: Tens of thousands of Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, as the world braces for a fourth year dealing with the deadly virus. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, COVID hospitalizations are on the rise for the third straight week. COVID hospitalizations have increased by nearly 11%, resulting in almost 20,000 new hospitalizations …

Media Matters reports: Fox News has been presenting an anti-vaccine activist as a “Democrat voter” — despite her past public comments declaring that she actually votes Libertarian for president and for Republicans in other races, and that Democratic candidates are “an automatic no-no.” Stephanie Edmonds became an anti-vaccine political activist after she lost her job in the New York City …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump filed notice on Thursday saying he will appeal a D.C. judge’s ruling that he was not immune from being charged with federal crimes for his efforts to undo the outcome of the 2020 election, either by his former role as president or the Constitution’s rules for impeachment. How and when the U.S. Circuit Court …

The Texas Tribune reports: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, requested a unanimous consent decision on his AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The legislation was blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, who said the mandate on private companies would be an overstep of congressional power. “I think silencing those voices is enormously harmful to both free speech but also to a …

Mediaite reports: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy promoted Great Replacement Theory at the primary debate on Wednesday before liking and retweeting a a video of infamous neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes celebrating as much on X. “The Great Replacement Theory is not some grand, right-wing conspiracy theory, but a basic statement of the Democratic Party’s platform” declared Ramaswamy on stage Wednesday. Fuentes …

The editorial board of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel writes: He is chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, close to both Gov. Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump. She is a nationally known conservative culture warrior, a Sarasota County School Board member and a co-founder of the book-banning Moms for Liberty, which denounces all things LGBTQ. She is also …

Via press release from GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer: Earlier this evening, our 42-year-old son Ian was involved in a police chase which resulted in an accident that killed an officer. Ian suffers from serious mental disorders which manifest in severe paranoia and hallucinations. Kris [Cramer’s wife] was with Ian when he insisted on going to his brother Ike. Ike died …

Kansas City’s ABC affiliate reports: An Independence pastor is facing child molestation charges. Court documents state that multiple people under the age of 18 accused Virgil Marsh of sexually assaulting them between 2011 and 2018. Marsh, 71, is now in the Jackson County jail. He was charged with two counts of first-degree of child molestation and first-degree statutory sodomy. A …

The Hill reports: House Republicans censured Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday after he falsely pulled a fire alarm in a House office building in September, hitting the New York Democrat with a congressional reprimand that liberals derided as “extreme” and “profoundly stupid.” The chamber voted 214-191-5, mostly along party lines, on the resolution to censure Bowman. Three Democrats voted …