ST. LOUIS. <\/b>Michael Avenatti says it would be his 2020 headquarters<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cI grew up there, I have ties to the area, my parents still live<\/a> there; they\u2019re getting older. It\u2019s centrally located in the country. It\u2019s the place that I identify most closely with as home,\u201d said Avenatti, whose family moved to the St. Louis suburbs when he was 11.\u00a0\u201c<\/b>If I do this, I\u2019m going to spend a significant part of my campaign in the Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n RUMBLE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Rare albino moose vs. automated lawnmower<\/a>.<\/p>\n TEXAS<\/strong>. Ted Cruz faces serious challenge from Beto O\u2019Rourke. \u201cIt\u2019s possible\u201d Cruz could lose, says Cruz\u2019s former campaign manager Rick Tyler.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n EMMYS<\/strong>. RuPaul, Queer Eye come out winners<\/a>. \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em>\u00a0and its eponymous host, RuPaul Charles, took home multiple awards, including his third Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program award.\u00a0Queer Eye\u00a0<\/em>snagged Outstanding Structured Reality Program and (no surprise here) Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program.\u201d<\/p>\n NEW YORK<\/strong>. Andrew Cuomo expands lead over Cynthia Nixon to 41 points, according to Siena poll<\/a>. \u201cJust days before Democrats choose their nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended his lead over Cynthia Nixon. Cuomo leads Nixon 63-22 percent, up from 60-29 percent at the end of July, according to a new Siena College poll of likely Democratic primary voters. Cuomo\u2019s favorability rating stands at 68-24 percent, up from 67-29 percent in July, while Nixon\u2019s 41-33 percent favorability rating has slipped from 43-30 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n ARIZONA<\/strong>. Pivotal Senate race in dead heat<\/a>: \u201cA Gravis Marketing poll found McSally ahead of Sinema 49 to 48 percent, a lead within the survey\u2019s 3.3 point margin of error. Three percent of voters are still undecided. Monday\u2019s survey is the first one this year where McSally, who recently won her competitive three-way primary, is polling slightly ahead of Sinema, who didn\u2019t face a fierce primary fight.\u201d<\/p>\n MINNESOTA<\/strong>. Democrat Dean Phillips has 9-point lead over incumbent Erik Paulsen in 3rd Congressional District<\/a>.<\/p>\n MIKE PENCE<\/strong>. I\u2019ll talk to Mueller<\/a>.<\/p>\n PAPI CHULO<\/strong>. Matt Bomer shines at Toronto International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n EGYPT<\/strong>. Israeli trans woman banned from entering country over \u201cmale\u201d passport<\/a>: \u201cAtalia Israeli-Nevo, 27, says she wanted to travel to the Sinai Peninsula last week but was stopped at the border crossing from Israel by Egyptian officials who kept her waiting for three hours before telling her she couldn\u2019t enter the country because her passport stated that she is male<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n TAKING A KNEE<\/strong>. Miami players Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson are first to do so this season.<\/p>\n My Brothers @kstills<\/a> and @ithinkisee12<\/a> continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! <\/p>\n \u201cLove is at the root of our resistance!\u201d pic.twitter.com\/2kSsX4s7EU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MONDAY MUSCLE<\/strong>. Elvis Zambrano Sanchez.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The post Bob Woodward, Albino Moose, Michael Avenatti, Miami Dolphins, Queer Eye, Beto O\u2019Rourke, Matt Bomer, Ted Cruz: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n