MIDTERMS<\/strong>. Could gay rights support push red state Democrats over the finish line<\/a>? \u2018Joe Donnelly is not the only red-state Democrat who went from opposing same-sex<\/a> marriage in 2012 to viewing it as an issue that could help boost him over the finish line this year. Others include North Dakota\u2019s Heidi Heitkamp, Missouri\u2019s Claire McCaskill and Montana\u2019s Jon Tester.\u00a0They represent the unity the party now has on gay<\/a> rights, which still divide\u00a0Republicans.\u2019<\/p>\n PHILADELPHIA<\/strong>. Black trans woman murdered<\/a>. \u201cAccording to a police report, at 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday morning officers responded to a shooting at 4300 Old York Road. Upon arrival, officers found a victim on the highway suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. The victim was taken to Temple Hospital.\u00a0Sources have confirmed to\u00a0Philadelphia<\/em>\u00a0magazine that the victim was 30-year-old Shantee Tucker, a local black trans<\/a> woman<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n EXECUTIVE MALFUNCTION<\/strong>. Les Moonves plotted to ruin Janet Jackson\u2019s career after the Super Bowl in 2004<\/a>. \u2018Janet and Justin were eventually banned from the 2004 Grammys, which were scheduled to air a week after the Super Bowl, but Justin made a teary apology, and Les accepted it. But Janet\u2019s ban remained because she didn\u2019t shed tears like Justin did. According to sources, Les reportedly ordered VH1, MTV, and all Viacom-owned radio stations to stop playing Janet\u2019s music and music videos<\/a>. Her album\u00a0Damita Jo<\/em>\u00a0was released just a month after the Super Bowl, so of course a wide blacklist would hurt.\u2019<\/p>\n BRETT KAVANAUGH<\/strong>. Cory Booker releases new set of \u2018confidential\u2019 documents<\/a>: \u2018In\u00a0one four-page tranche released on\u00a0Thursday night,<\/a>\u00a0Kavanaugh is trying to set up a meeting with Manny Miranda, a then-GOP Senate aide who hacked Democratic files. Kavanaugh has been grilled about what knowledge, if any, he had of Miranda\u2019s actions.\u00a0In a second 22-page tranche released<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0evening, Kavanaugh in 2003 forwards an op-ed which describes Roe v. Wade as a \u201cbad law,\u201d adding: \u201cInteresting piece from Stephen Carter, who is not conservative.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n NYT ANONYMOUS OP-ED<\/strong>. Omarosa thinks it was Pence<\/a>.<\/p>\n FOUR SCORE AND A LOATHSOME BORE<\/strong>. Trump says his speeches will one day be ranked with Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Gettysburg Address.<\/p>\n Trump Suggests His Speeches Will One Day Be Seen On Par with the Gettysburg Address, which the Fake News Also Bashed pic.twitter.com\/Cg4ywg9Ykp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n TAX RETURNS<\/strong>. Democrats say they\u2019ll come for Trump\u2019s<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m definitely going to bring it up if we don\u2019t have them by then \u2014 that\u2019s a definite,\u201d Rep.\u00a0Bill Pascrell<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(D-N.J.), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, told The Hill.<\/p>\n ALEX JONES<\/strong>. Twitter drops the hammer<\/a>: \u2018The social-networking company on Thursday announced that it has \u201cpermanently suspended\u201d the right-wing talk-show host and his \u201cInfowars\u201d show from both its main service and its Periscope video<\/a> streaming service. The move was in response to tweets and videos<\/a> he posted on Wednesday, Twitter said in a series of tweets. \u201cWe took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos<\/a> posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts\u2019 past violations,\u201d the company said.\u2019<\/p>\n HERE WE GO AGAIN<\/strong>. Cher announces U.S. tour dates<\/a>.<\/p>\n SINGAPORE<\/strong>. Diplomat urges challenge to gay sex criminalization<\/a>: \u201cA veteran Singapore diplomat has called on the gay<\/a> community to challenge a law that bans gay<\/a> sex<\/a> in the conservative city-state, following India\u2019s scrapping of similar British colonial-era legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n NFL<\/strong>. These 46 players would support an openly gay teammate<\/a>. \u201cSome of these supportive players are on practice squads while others are major stars such as Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Andrew Luck and Rob Gronkowski.\u201d<\/p>\n FRIDAY FLASH<\/strong>. Roman Zanetti and \u2018Man Ball\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The post Les Moonves, Reading Rainbow, Midterms, Brett Kavanaugh, Trump and Lincoln, Alex Jones, Singapore, Janet Jackson, NFL: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n