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David Archuleta, former American Idol contestant and out Mormon singer, on how trans people helped him come out:

“When I was still a shy 16 yr-old teenager living in Utah, entering the public view on American idol it was daunting because I didn’t know if people were going to see parts of me I was working so hard to bury deep down. I was just a scared queer kid that didn’t understand himself but still trying to do my best in a singing competition viewed by millions, to make my family, home state, faith community, and the idol audience proud. There were a lot of reasons I was nervous but one of the biggest was feeling so exposed when I still didn’t understand myself and feared being outed for something I didn’t know whether I was or not as gay or queer … Adore Delano [RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant] was on my same season of idol and just a year older than me. Even though I wasn’t out yet I felt safe with her. Whatever in me that I so despised and was ashamed [of] went away for a bit when I [was] hanging and laughing with her or having talks. She was the first person from the LGBTQIA+ community I ever had an open conversation with about someone in their queer experience and coming out. I was surprised to see someone openly figuring themselves out and not feeling ashamed or embarrassed or a need to hide. Even though I didn’t realize where I was on my journey, by knowing her and befriending her I became a little less afraid of myself. I’m so proud of her to see her continuing to blossom and continue in her journey being more fully herself in her transition … inspiring others the way she did with me and so many countless others … Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility] to you … and to all the rest of my Trans family who I love and am inspired by. The world is better with y’all in it.”

This just further proves how one of us coming out, as gay or bi or trans, paves the way for others to follow. Had Archuleta never met Adore, he may have just gone back to Utah and lived a closeted life, desperate to stay in the church as so many other gay Mormons have done.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers, AKA Deven Green, comedian and America’s Best Christian, on hypocrisy in the new regime:

“I learned this week that you can put your troops’ lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act, and the government will do nothing. But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that [The Felon] doesn’t like, you we be abducted on the street and disappeared.”

Bowers is speaking of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk who co-authored an op-ed about the university’s response to student demands for divestment from Israel. A week later, leaving her home, Öztürk was grabbed by a half-dozen masked agents of the Department of Homeland Security, cuffed, put in a car and driven away.

This is not America; this regime talks about how their side has all the rights to Free Speech, but attacks and disappears those who disagree with them.

Resist.

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Jasmine Crockett, Democrat Representative from Texas, Christian Nationalist Mike Johnson's hissy fit:

“So Speaker Johnson threw a tantrum today and cancelled votes for the rest of the week because he couldn’t wrangle enough support  to block new parents from voting [by proxy] in Congress. I guess when you don’t get your way, you just shut it down and go home? The American people didn’t elect us to pout.”

Nine of his own GOP members rebelled against Johnson’s Faux Christian move to tank a procedural vote on a measure that many considered anti-family … allowing new parents to vote by proxy rather than coming to Congress, which is something that was done during the pandemic.

The GOP is so out-of-touch with what people want.

Resist.

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Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister, on the lasting damage The Felon has inflicted on Canada:

"The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over. What exactly the United States does next is unclear but what is clear—what is clear—is that we as Canadians have agency. We have power. We are masters in our own home. We can control our destiny. We can give ourselves much more than any foreign government including the United States can ever take away. We can deal with this crisis best by building our strength right here at home. It will take hard work. It will take steady and focused determination from governments, from businesses, from labor, from Canadians. We will need to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States. We will need to pivot our trade relationships elsewhere and we will need to do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven't seen in generations."

The bit about pivoting trade relationships "elsewhere" should concern every American. Thanks to The Felon’s idiotic tariffs, the US is no longer a stable partner to foreign nations and even countries like China and Russia are going to look like better options for many of our former allies.

The Felon promised his supporters a new "Golden Age" but he’s dragging us into an economic Dark Age.

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Ruben Gallego, Arizona Democrat Senator, announcing that he's putting a hold on [The Felon’s] nominees to run the Department of Veterans Affairs amidst cuts to that agency:

"Talking to veterans, people that I served with as well as seeing some of what’s happening in Arizona, I decided that whatever tool I have to fix the situation, I’m going to use it. And this is one of the few tools I have at this point."

The hold will complicate Richard Topping's nomination process and prevent the Senate from moving quickly to a vote, possibly tying up hours and even days of floor time. In the process, Gallego will be able to generate attention for the VA and highlight to the public exactly how terrible these nominees are.

Democrats need to fight and Ruben Gallego is showing us how you play hardball against MAGAts.

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Jonathan Groff, on how his late ex-BF Gavin Creel helped him come out:

“He changed my life. I had come out of the closet personally, but there had been no occasion for me to announce it publicly. We were dating and he was so out and doing ‘Hair‘ [on Broadway] at the time and he organized these buses [to the National Equality March]. I really remember the moment of looking over at him with literally a bullhorn and feeling like, ok am I going to like [come out]. It was such an essential moment because of who he was and how out and vocal and how brave and fearless and externalized he was and wanting to kind of try to be as brave as he was. But it was also the love that I was feeling for him. The need that I feel when I perform, the joy I feel when doing that. Feeling love like that for the first time mind-blowingly meant more to me [than performing]. Because at that time it was 2009, [and with] coming out of the closet it was sort of an unspoken thing that you were sacrificing something in your career if you were going to come out publicly. And I remember looking at him and feeling that I would rather feel this feeling than ever be on a TV show or do a movie. This is so much more meaningful to me. I owe him that and I am so grateful we got to talk about it many times even after we broke up. It’s such an unbelievable loss.”

This is just proof, again, that everyone who comes out paves the way for someone to follow.

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GOP Dumpster Fire: Racists, Liars, Grifters and Some Good News

There’s an old saying about when someone shows you who they are, believe them; and when someone says something, openly and publicly, believe that, too, and not the spin machine that envelopes the liar afterwards.

Here are a few examples of liars, and morons, and weirdos showing us who they are …

 

The far-right website The Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time this week that there was not any fraud during ballot counting in Atlanta in 2020 when The Felon lost the presidency.

The statement came days after the site settled a defamation lawsuit with two local election workers who the site falsely accused of wrongdoing. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed publicly, but the site appears to have removed all mention of the two women.

So, they lied, and now they admit they lied, and are liars who lie because that’s what they do: lie.

Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House GOP leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance because they do not care about the American people.

Athina Lawson, a spokesperson for Christian Nationalist House Speaker Mike Johnson, said:

“To be clear: Congress will act again upon its return in November to address funding needs and ensure those impacted receive the necessary resources.”

Weeks after the hurricane Congress will talk about what to do; weeks after.

The Kremlin confirmed that The Felon, while in office, sent Russian President Vladimir Putin Covid-19 testing devices during the height of the pandemic.

Americans were sick and dying and he gave our tests to the Russians?

If you’re still voting for this asshole, I hope you get everything you deserve.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and now county official Kandiss “Jesus, Guns, Babies” Taylor talking about “weather manipulation”:

“Like the whole thing with North Carolina, I know though it’s a grab for the land—land grab and they want the lithium. But I also believe they don’t want the voters turning out that are all around Asheville. Those Republican, red voters. They are trying their best to keep Mark Robinson from that governorship because he understands—oh, I feel the Holy Spirit—he understands the Constitution.”

Hey Crazy, can I call you Crazy, cuz y’are crazy … the only person hurting Robinson’s campaign is the Black Nazi himself.

The Felon claimed he’s “basically a truthful person” during a podcast interview and that caused the host, Andrew Schulz to burst out laughing.

The Felon claimed Kamala Harris is running ads they’re full of falsehoods about him and says there should be a law against telling lies in campaign ads before adding he doesn’t lob similar attacks at his opponent cause he’s “basically a truthful person.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has doubled down on her allegation that an unspecified “they” can control the weather:

“Yes they can control the weather. Anyone who says they don’t, or makes fun of this, is lying to you. By the way, the people know it and hate all of you who try to cover it up.”

Hey, Large Marge AKA Russian Asset or just Russian Ass, careful what you say because they just might send a tornado through your living room.

After The Felon was asked about the future prospects of Gaza, he said:

“You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough.”

Funny, though, that there is no evidence of his going to Gaza; he never went as president, and CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post have all found no proof he made a prior visit. Still, his campaign, working overtime to redefine the lies, says that he meant what he said and insisted the claim is true though they refused to say when this happened:

“[The Felon] has been to Gaza previously and has always worked to ensure peace in the Middle East.”

Perhaps Demented DonOLD was confused because his campaign once claimed that Gaza is “in Israel”—it’s not—so he can say that he visited Gaza. And now even that stupid lie isn’t enough.

GOP VP nominee JD Vance AKA Sofa Loren campaigned in Detroit, where he described $500 million that the federal government is providing to convert a General Motors plant in Michigan for electric vehicles as “table scraps” compared with larger job losses he contends could be on the horizon.

Several hundred people attended the event, including more than a dozen who were wearing “auto workers for [The Felon]” shirts but six of the people in the shirts say they were not actually auto workers.

Huh. Lies. Who knew.

Thousands of copies of [The Felon]’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in China, a country he has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices.

Global trade records show a printing company in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou shipped close to 120,000 of the Bibles to the United States between early February and late March. The estimated value of the three separate shipments was $342,000, or less than $3 per Bible. The Felon is selling those $3 “Bibles” for $59.99.

Grifters gonna grift.

FOX “News” Channel’s Harris Faulkner will present a town hall with The Felon focusing on issues impacting women ahead of the election. The event, which will be held with an audience entirely composed of women, will pre-tape on October 15th and, after heavy editing and reworking of his lies, will air on October 16^th.

One of the issues facing women is that sexual predators, like The Felon, are not being held accountable for their actions, and that their rights to healthcare have been stripped away from them by a man who bragged about doing so.

Back to How Stupid Are They news, The Felon’s campaign is rushing to relabel some of its new “Latter-day Saints for [The Felon]” merchandise—coffee cups and koozies—after it was criticized for not understanding some of the key tenets of the religion.

Most devout LDS Church followers do not consume alcohol, which most koozies are used for, nor drink caffeine.

Seriously.

Four cities and a county have confirmed that they’re still waiting for The Felon’s campaign to pay bills often associated with reimbursements for the costs of local law enforcement and other first responder personnel. The final price tag is more than $750,000 for those five jurisdictions, with some bills dating back eight years.

A Felon campaign official said in a text message that “questions related to local law enforcement and first responder costs should be directed to secret service.”

No, they are the bills to be paid for by a con artist who never pays his bills.

JD Vance AKA Sofa Loren really did not want to answer a New York Times reporter’s question about The Felon losing the 2020 election, refusing to answer it a total of five times. Vance also said that if he’s been Veep in 2020 he would not have certified the election.

This traitorous fascist does not belong anywhere near the Oval Office.

Again with the lies … this time it’s the Scranton Fire Department firefighters’ union who say they had nothing to do with several signs stating “Scranton Firefighters for [The Felon]” held up and displayed by members of the public at a campaign event last week.

Neither the International Association of Fire Fighters union nor its local chapter in Scranton, Local 60, have made an endorsement in the presidential race of either candidate  but that doesn’t stop a Felon and his Lap Dog from pushing the lies forward.

After mocking Vice President Kamala Harris over her teleprompter use, The Felon’s rally in Reno, Nevada, ground to a halt as he was forced to fix his teleprompter on-stage after a campaign sign fell on it.

God heard you DonOLD and She sent that sign crashing down to show the world what a lying POS you are.

Remember when The Felon accused Biden and Harris of withholding hurricane relief from North Carolina?

Well, now he’s threatening to withhold funds from any future California wildfires because he doesn’t like Gavin Newsom or his policies.

Again, and pay attention: EVERY GOP ACCUSATION IS AN ADMISSION.

Vice President Harris released her medical history this week, which said she is in “excellent health” and has the physical and mental resiliency required to be president, if elected in November.

The Felon refuses to release his medical records because he’s a bloated gelatinous mass in diapers.

President Joe Biden said he believes his administration is “breaking through with the truth” when it comes to misinformation lies surrounding the federal response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Now, while Biden continued to criticize The Felon, he did say The Felon was “not singularly to blame” but that he did have the “biggest mouth.”

Democrat Representative Ruben Gallego now has a ten-point lead over Republican Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race. Ninety-five percent of Democrats are in favor of Gallego while 81 percent of GOP members favor Lake. Both candidates received an almost equal share of support from the state’s male voters.

Vote Ruben!

GOP Representative French Hill shut down Fox “News” host Maria Bartiromo’s on-air lie that the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] is “out of money” to handle the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, telling her:

“FEMA is not out of money. Congress is ready to replenish the funding as soon as we get back to Washington. They have the money to take care of Florida, take care of North Carolina, and take care of Georgia.”

Trouble is, Speaker Johnson will not ask Congress to return to work to allocate those funds, so, yes again, it’s the GOP at the root of the problem.

Still, nice of a Republican to stand up to the GOP lies,

And then Florida GOP Representative Carlos Gimenez said that GOP QAnon Loon Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who think like her that humans can control the weather need “to have their head examined.”

Large Marge’s examination would show her head to be completely empty.

Representative Chuck Edwards of North Carolina sent a letter to his constituents debunking the misinformation lies and conspiracy theories that have spread in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, telling them, “Nobody can control the weather.”

Edwards, who represents western North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene, urged his constituents not to believe everything they see on social media and noted there’s been an increase in “untrustworthy sources [The GOP] trying to spark chaos by sharing hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and hearsay about hurricane response efforts across our mountains.”

“Hurricane Helene was NOT geoengineered by the government to seize and access lithium deposits in Chimney Rock.”

Seriously, only MAGAts are this dumb.

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan hammered The Felon’s National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over his lies about hurricane response and ended the interview by telling Leavitt she never answered her question after “I offered you three times!”

Bolduan then left Leavitt flatfooted when she pointed out The Felon himself diverted FEMA funds to house migrants and after refusing to respond to that three times, Leavitt simply sputtered about Harris “allowing in 20 million illegals.”

He’s crumbling, y’all.

 

Remember, the GOP is a party that promises but never delivers, a party of demented old men, and mascara-wearing RuPaul wannabes who hate women, the  LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, education and members of our military.

We don't need that so ...