I Didn't Say It ...

Rob Halford, Judas Priest frontman, on marrying his now-husband Thomas after more than three decades together:

“I’d  given up asking when, suddenly on one of our night walks, [Thomas] goes, ‘I think we should get married.’ It was a very simple ceremony. Obviously, me and him, and an officiant. There were just four of us around the pool, around the cactus, the heavy metal cactus. And it was over in an instant. But it was just a beautiful, simple ceremony. It seems like you’ve completed something in your relationship [being married]. More than anything else, the commitment goes to another level when you get married. It’s a great thing to do. And if it doesn’t work, that’s life. But I think after being together for 35 years, it’s working. America is still incredibly homophobic. I’ve lived here for a long time and I’ve seen a lot happen since the ’80s, and it really gets me angry and upset.”

While the 74-year-old English musician — who came out publicly in 1988 — seems to be enjoying wedded bliss, he also expressed dismay at the lack of progress in LGBTQ+ acceptance in the heavy metal scene. Asked whether attitudes toward sexuality have changed over the years, Halford, who splits his time between the U.S. and the U.K., said that it depends on where you are.

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Adam Kinzinger, politician, former GOP Representative from Illinois and political commentator, offering a plan to help Ukraine with Russian funds:

“Here’s an idea. The West has held about $300 billion in Russian assets. They should release $2 billion a day to Ukraine until Russia stops the war, or they disperse it all. The Russia will have to accept that the war has an additional real cost per day.”

It sounds like a gran idea!!! Even Russia, and Putin, understand a kick to the wallet!

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Margaret Cho, comedian, calling out South Carolina GOP shrew Nancy Mace for using transphobia to advance her political career:

“Nancy Mace, you stupid bitch. The name ‘Mace’ is appropriate because every time you talk, it’s like pepper spray in my face. You are the worst. Every opportunity you get, you use to hurt trans people. Every time you open your mouth, trans people die. You’re killing trans people for no reason other than to further your political career. Like, you say you do this because you’re a survivor. You’re ‘a survivor’??! Fuck you. Like, who isn’t at this point? But you are the worst predator of all. Bottom of FormI don’t even think that you believe any of the things that you say. You’re just doing it to further your career, and that is the worst kind of thing.”

Cho gets Mace for exactly who she is, a hate-filled bigot spreading fear and lies to get elected. South Carolina can, and should, so better.

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Gustavo Petro, President of Columbia, on Cankles at the UN last week:

“There’s total immunity for presidents attending the assembly., and the US government cannot condition the opinion of the US. The fact that the Palestinian authority was not allowed entry and that my visa was revoked for asking the US and Israeli armies not to support a genocide, which is a crime against humanity, demonstrates that the US government no longer complies with international law. The United Nations headquarters cannot continue to be in New York.”

The world is standing up to Cankles, where are the American people??

Speak up! Resist!

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Ana Navarro, cohost of The View and political commentator, on her attacks on Cankles:

“I will calm down when the corrupt, pathological liar, narcissist, misogynist who peddles racism and threatens American values domestically and America’s standing abroad, is out of the White House. Until then … I will be offended. I will be outraged. I will speak out.”

Be like Ana! Offended, outraged, and screaming!

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Eric Swalwell, California Democrat Congressman, on politics after Cankles:

“I don’t say this lightly, when we escape the [Felon] Hell, there needs to be a Presidential Crimes Commission. It should be made up of independent prosecutors who look at those who enabled a corrupt president.”

 I don’t want the Democrats becoming like the Cankles Retribution Lists, but there needs to be accountability for those in office who enabled a criminal to run roughshod over this country.

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Jeff Hiller, out actor, on winning his first Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Somebody, Somewhere:

“I know it’s a cliché to say you don’t think you’d win but every single article that came out said there was no chance in hell I would win. And I believed them! So when I heard my name called out, I took a beat to make sure it really was my name. I didn’t want to stand up and walk to the podium if I hadn’t won. That’s really something you can’t live down. {Winning an Emmy] seemed like a fun and glamorous thing to happen but I like my vision board to be full of goals that I can work towards with concrete steps. I have no control over winning an award. Plus, I had done two seasons of a show I was very proud of, and the show was never recognized, so I sort of thought we were too small to receive awards attention, so I just never expected this. Which is not to say that I am not very much enjoying this wild ride. The other best thing about getting this Emmy is seeing how genuinely supportive and kind people have been. Every time I look at that meme [of his competitors in the category, Michael Urie, Bowen Yang, and Coleman Domingo, applauding him with delight], I tear up. People have been so sincere when they say congratulations. It makes me feel like a part of a beautiful community that celebrates each other, and I couldn’t be happier to be part of it.”

I saw his win and the whole thing, from his expression to the faces in the audience was just sheer joy. I have never seen his show, never even heard of it actually, but the joy … aaaaaaah.

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