June 6, 2024 LGBT History, LGBT News
From the New York City real estate site 6sqft: The Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station in Greenwich Village will be renamed in honor of the Stonewall National Monument. A bill sponsored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Deborah Glick passed the New York State Senate on Wednesday, directing the MTA to rename the station to “Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument …
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June 6, 2024 Extremists, Trump cultists
“All of this is about one thing. This is about shutting down the MAGA movement, shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump. “Not only are we winning, we are going to prevail in every number, and every poll shows that there’s nothing that can shut me up and nothing that will shut me up. “There’s not a prison built …
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June 6, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Washington Post reports: Two former law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were jeered by state GOP lawmakers as they visited Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to several Democratic lawmakers present. Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former sergeant Aquilino Gonell were introduced on the floor …
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June 6, 2024 Science, Technology
Reuters reports: Boeing’s new Starliner capsule and its inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel’s flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing’s competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The rendezvous was achieved despite an earlier loss of several guidance-control jet thrusters, some of them due to a helium propulsion leak, …
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June 6, 2024 Trump cultists, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: President Joe Biden delivered a forceful speech Thursday in France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing, warning that “democracy is not guaranteed” and “the price of unchecked tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave.” MAGA trolls reacted by accusing the president of pooping in his pants. In a 13-second clip …
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June 6, 2024 Christianists, LGBT News
From the anti-LGBTQ Thomas More Society: The Los Angeles County Fire Department has agreed to partially accommodate lifeguard Captain Jeffrey Little for his religious beliefs and not require him to raise the ‘Progress Pride Flag’ as a part of his job for the remainder of June, which they have designated as ‘Pride Month.’ This partial concession follows a federal lawsuit …
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June 6, 2024 BREAKING NEWS
NBC News reports: A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal. Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 for defying the committee’s …
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June 6, 2024 Christianists, Hate Groups
Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Alerting all parents! Netflix has aired a lesbian kiss on their PG-rated animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. In Season 5, Episode 9, titled “The Core,” the dinosaur cartoon featured a scene where female characters Yaz and Sammy confess their strong and intimate feelings for each other and share a kiss while …
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June 6, 2024 Christianists, Hate Groups
The Vermont Public reports: The conservative Christian law firm that helped orchestrate the downfall of Roe v. Wade is suing Vermont — again. This time, the Alliance Defending Freedom has filed suit on behalf of two southern Vermont couples, who allege that Vermont’s policy requiring foster families adhere to new policies aimed at protecting LGBTQ youth is unconstitutional. They were …
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June 6, 2024 Fake News, Trump cultists
“Judge Merchan is not going to be intimidated. He’s already run the trial. It’s over He obviously disregarded every indication that he shouldn’t have been on the trial. Everyone knows that he had made contributions to the Biden campaign, which no judge is supposed to do. “We all know about what was going on with his family and profiting off …
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