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In today's #Transgender and #LGBTQ #news feed, we feature 74 stories spanning diverse and critical topics.
Included are 32 stories focused on the 2024 Election, analyzing the latest political developments.
15 stories cover US, State, and Local News.
13 Stories covering global LGBTQ News
Finally, 14 stories showcase LGBTQ individuals' significant contributions to our Society and Culture.
#LGBTQ #rights: Where do #VicePresident #KamalaHarris and #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump stand?
Harris and her #vicepresidential #pick, #Minnesota #Governor #TimWalz, have both made #LGBTQ #rights a #legislative #priority throughout their long #political #careers.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Megathread
https://theconversation.com/lgbtq-rights-where-do-harris-and-trump-stand-237298
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris May Finally Be Breaking Through to the Most #Critical #Voters.
A #Times/#Siena #poll shows #workingclass #voters are finally moving in the #Democrat’s direction. She may need them to #win in #November.
https://newrepublic.com/article/187009/harris-working-class-vote-polling
#TheView Reveals What #VicePresident #KamalaHarris Did During #CommercialBreak — Right After #View #CoHost #Blurts ‘#Trump Is A #Racist!’
#whoopigoldberg Listen she’s not going to get everything right for everybody on day one. But I believe she’s actually going to do her best to try to do it. I want that.
Of course #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #favorite #F1 #driver is #LewisHamilton, one of the best #queer #allies in #sports.
In an interview Tuesday with #HowardStern, the #Democratic #presidential #nominee revealed she’s a big #Formula1 #racing #fan. “We love it. Our whole family does,” she told the former shock jock. When asked to name her favorite driver, the sitting Veep was unequivocal. “Lewis Hamilton, of course,” she replied.
‘#Black #men, #weneedyou’: #Democrats offer #starstudded #push to #juice #Black #voter #turnout in #Detroit #Michigan.
The #HarrisCampaign is dispatching #surrogates to shore up #support among #BlackMen.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/10/kamala-harris-detroit-voters-turnout-michigan-00183107
In #Nevada, #Democrats #launch #bilingual #billboards and #ads #targeting #Latinos
The #DNC's #informational #campaign seeks to address #Hispanic #voters as #VicePresident #KamalaHarris participates in a #townhall with #Univision on Thursday night.
While #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump keeps #dodging even the most friendly #interviews.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/dnc-nevada-harris-bilingual-ads-spanish-townhall-rcna174778
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris is working around the #mainstream #media and it’s #brilliant
Harris has had surprisingly #indepth #conversations with former #shockjock Stern, “#CallHerDaddy” #podcast #host #AlexCooper, late-night staple #StephenColbert, and #WhoopiGoldberg and the #ladies of “#TheView,” covering topics like #policy, the #threat to #democracy posed by her #opponent, her #political and #personal #background and more.
#HarrisCampaign Distances Itself From ‘#60Minutes’ #Edit #Controversy
‘We Do Not #Control #CBS’ #Production #Decisions’
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/kamala-harris-responds-60-minutes-edit-controversy-cbs-1236173842/
First #Black #gay #WhiteHouse #presssecretary made Biden’s #senior #presidential #advisor
“#KarineJeanPierre has been a #trusted #advisor to the #president and all of us here at the White House since day one,” #JeffZients, the #president’s #chiefofstaff, told #ABCNews. “Her #counsel will be critical to get as much done as possible for the #American #people in the coming months.”
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/09/karine-jean-pierre-promoted-to-senior-advisor/
The #PoliticalViolence Spilling Out of #RedStates.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump's #America is trying to #impose its #vision on the rest of the #country through #intimidation, and in some cases even more. Red state–supported #vigilantes are specifically aiming to intrude into #blue #states and impose #MAGA #values.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-10-10-political-violence-spilling-out-of-red-states/
Millions Have #Amnesia About the #Worst of #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump’s #presidency. #Memory #Experts Explain #Why.
How the wannabe #dictator is benefiting from the #limits of our #memory.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/trump-pandemic-amnesia/?s=09
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Has A Brutal #Flashback In New #KamalaHarris #CampaignAd.
The spot pounced on the #expresident's #awkward #pause after a #question. "What happened to #MikePence?"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-ad-trump-mike-pence_n_670773f5e4b047df57068dbe
#Trump's #hurricane of #HurricaneMilton #lies: #MAGA has a deadly #addiction to #disinformation.
#TrumpFollowers will #risk their 3lives rather than #admit their #DearLeader is wrong — it will get #worse if he #wins.
https://www.salon.com/2024/10/10/hurricane-of-milton-lies-maga-has-a-addiction-to-disinformation/
#Trump’s #Lies Will Break the World
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, damned lies, and more lies. There has never been a #presidentialcampaign so driven by the #Biglie as this one being #conducted by #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump — a relentless torrent of lies.
Should we #shutoff his #mic now?
https://whowhatwhy.org/culture/journalism-media/trumps-lies-will-break-the-world/
[Video] #Man says #fatherinlaw #refusing 'all #FEMA #help' because of #ConvictedFelon and #MAGA #CultLeader #DonaldTrump
A #Republican #House #member from #NorthCarolina took to #socialmedia this week to help #debunk the #disinformation spread by members of his own #party about #hurricanehelene
Meanwhile, a man tells #DanAbrams his #fatherinlaw is #refusing #FEMA #help because of Trump's recent #rhetoric.
Why #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis #dodged #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ calls about #hurricane #relief.
There used to be a #tradition of #bipartisan #cooperation after a #naturaldisaster.
#Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis Won’t Let #Hurricanes #Disrupt His #Attack on #Abortion #Rights.
In between two #hurricanes making landfall in the state, the governor was hard at work #abusing his #position and #taxpayer #funds to #fight against a #citizen lead #abortionrights #ballotmeasure.
https://newrepublic.com/article/187006/desantis-hurricanes-abortion-ballot
#Florida #Democrat #JaredMoskowitz #ShutsDown #MarjorieTaylorGreene And Her #Hurricane #Conspiracy ‘#Machine’
Moskowitz slammed the #Georgia #Republican for her “very dangerous” #disinformation and unhinged #ConspiracyTheories
The #MAGA #Maniacs Are Going #AllIn on #Deranged #Hurricane #Conspiracies.
It’s the #Jews! It’s the #deepstate! It’s anything but a #natural #weather occurrence made much worse by #ClimateChange!
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theories-maga/
The #Evangelicals Calling for ‘#SpiritualWarfare’ to #Elect #ConvictedFelon and #SerialLiar #DonaldTrump.
#LanceWallnau and other #leaders of the #NewApostolicReformation believe that #Democrats represent the ‘#powersofdarkness’ and see Trump as an #anointedfigure
#DonaldTrump Uses 1 #Word To #Appeal To #Female #Voters. Here's Why It Should #Scare You.
"the use of protect and #Protector, sets off #alarmbells for me as a #former #member of the #evangelical #church."
I heard the word “protector” often growing up in the #Texas #BibleBelt. When I hear it, the word that springs to mind is not protector — it’s #predator.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Campaigns in #Eastern #Pennsylvania With his #Hate #Rallies in #Scranton and #Reading
Trump also spent a great deal of time in #Reading reiterating his #Falseclaims about an “#invasion” of #undocumented #immigrants who he said were affecting “#BlackJobs, #HispanicJobs, and #attacking #unionjobs.”
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Rejects #FoxNews #Debate #Invite And Here Are His #Excuses.
The #Republican #nominee had #clamored for a #debate on the #conservative #channel but ducked a last #chance.
— After his disastrous performance in their first showdown, his refusal to debate Harris again is unsurprising.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rejects-fox-news-debate_n_67079e81e4b0a003d28cd93c
#Trump’s small-dollar #donor #fundraising is #beset by #confusion and #fatigue.
Fewer than a 1/3rd of the #Republican’s #campaign #contributions have come from #smalldonors who gave less than $200
— #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump is all about #grifting and #pickingthepockets of his #supporters.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #faceplants again while trying to #insult #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #intelligence.
The #senile #former #president didn’t seem to know the #line of #presidential #succession, a #concept so #rudimentary that it’s #taught in #gradeschool.
#Wait, What Did #MelaniaTrump Say About #GeorgeFloyd In Her #Memoir?
One of the most #striking #aspects of the #book is her #description of #GeorgeFloyd and the #nationwide #protests that followed his #tragic #murder at the hands of #Minneapolis #police.
[Video] #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump calls #WhoopiGoldberg ‘#dirty and #disgusting’ during #Pennsylvania #rally #rant.
The #Republican #Candidate's #Racist #comments come after the #actor #labelled him a “#moron” for #mispronouncing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’s #name and claiming he is “#unhinged”.
— Whoopi spoke god's truth about Donald Trump
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-whoopi-goldberg-dirty-pennsylvania-rally-b2626978.html
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Hilariously #SelfOwns While Trying To #Attack #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.
The #former #president ranted about a "#dumb #president" and you know what happened.
The #GOP #nominee gave off big #projection #vibes with his latest #attempted #attack on #Democratic #rival #KamalaHarris, #mocked #critics.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-self-own-rally-comment_n_6707a648e4b0c34b3eb9f649
#Hatemonger and #Republican #Senator #TedCruz goes #allin on #Antitrans #attackads as #Texas #Senate #race enters final stretch
#Cruz know's he is going to #lose to his #Democratic #Challenger #CollinAllread.
#CreepoftheWeek: #LogCabinRepublican (#LCR) #leader #CharlesMoran.
I have long had nothing but #contempt for the #LogCabinRepublicans. But after reading LCR #President #CharlesMoran’s #opinion #piece in #Newsweek, my immediate #response was, “Oh, #fuckoff.”
https://epgn.com/2024/10/09/creep-of-the-week-charles-moran/
#Newport Was Used to #Billionaires. Then #StephenSchwarzman, a #TrumpSupporter came to town.
The #privateequity #mogul’s #extreme #mansion #makeover is #driving his #neighbors #nuts. The first thing the #neighbors on #Newport’s #BellevueAvenue #complained about was the #helipad.
