John Hickenlooper, Trump and Log Cabin, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Karamo Brown, Emoji Sex, Downton Abbey: HOT LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n
SILVER BOW HAT<\/strong>. Barack Obama wants Aretha Franklin\u2019s hat from his inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2020<\/strong>. Jay Inslee drops<\/a> out. John Hickenlooper announces Senate run<\/a>.<\/p>\n PETE BUTTIGIEG<\/strong>. Mayor Pete draws overwhelmingly white crowd on historically black Chicago South Side<\/a>: \u201cFind the people who don\u2019t look like most of you in this room and let them know they have the chance, not just to support this campaign, but to shape it,\u201d Buttigieg said.<\/p>\n TRUMP\u2019S DISAPPROVAL RATING<\/strong>. 62 percent<\/a>. Also, thinks he\u2019s a gay<\/a> icon.<\/p>\n REPORTER: Mr POTUS, your administration has been taking steps to make it easier to discriminate against LGBT people in the workforce. Are you okay with that?<\/p>\n TRUMP: Well, the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed me\u2026 I’ve done very well w\/ that community. Peter Thiel & so many others pic.twitter.com\/W0OMKMzEkT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n STUDY<\/strong>. Transgender conversion therapy is widespread<\/a>: \u201cResearchers at the Fenway Institute, citing data from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Williams Institute of UCLA, concluded that the dangerous practice of trying to change a person\u2019s gender identity has been attempted on an estimated 187,923 trans<\/a> individuals. Conversion therapy focused on attempting to change a person\u2019s sexual orientation is also prevalent, but was not considered for this study.\u201d<\/p>\n AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION<\/strong>. Organization under scrutiny for use of federal money<\/a>: \u201cA California state senator has formally asked state Attorney General Xavier Becerra to investigate whether the powerhouse AIDS Healthcare Foundation is fraudulently misusing savings from a federal drug-discount program designed to help poor patients.\u201d<\/p>\n STUDY<\/strong>. People who use emojis have more sex<\/a>. \u201cThe study<\/a> found that increased emoji use correlated positively along most steps in a relationship journey. It was uncorrelated to frequency of first dates, but correlated with increased amounts of second dates. Frequent emoji users were more likely to have kissed on dates, as well as had sex<\/a> or entered into relationships with their date.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n BRITNEY SPEARS<\/strong>. She doesn\u2019t know who to trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n KARAMO BROWN<\/strong>. The <\/a>Queer Eye<\/a><\/em> guy representing on <\/a>Dancing with the Stars<\/a><\/em> is \u201cexcited to sit down w\/ [Sean Spicer] and engage in a respectful conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n LUCKY TO BE ALIVE VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Plane crash survivors film moments after crash, and rescue helicopter approaching<\/a>: \u201cThe Beech Bonanza went down in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, around 6 p.m. A man<\/a> and woman<\/a> were rescued from the water by a Coast Guard Dolphin helicopter, and both refused medical treatment, according to the Coast Guard. There were no injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n SNEAK PEEK OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Downton Abbey<\/em>, the movie.<\/p>\n THROWBACK PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Lady Gaga at the 2009 VMAs, uploaded this week for the first time.<\/p>\n THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n
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