ABOVE: Core issues.

BELOW: Hot jock, Chelsea Manning and Sandra Day O'Connor have major announcements, Rosie's engaged, pipin'-hot Steve Grand calendars on the way and much, much more ...

Kiko Alonso in his preferred getup (Image via video still)

KENNETH IN THE (212): Nearly naked came the linebacker.

GAY STAR NEWS: Chelsea Manning has undergone SRS:

After almost a decade of fighting — thru prison, the courts, a hunger strike, and thru the insurance company — I finally got surgery this week.

She also tweeted a post-surgical pic, looking humbled and happy.

Not funny. (Image via Amazon)

ATTITUDE: Meanwhile, at least one vendor still thinks it's cute to mock people who are transgender, doing so under the guise of a Caitlyn Jenner Halloween costume.

QUEERTY: Indian actor — who IDs as straight — tells his #MeToo story involving a powerful male entertainment exec.

EXTRATV: Rosie O'Donnell confirms engagement to a cop.

STEVEGRAND.COM: The 2019 Steve Grand calendar is here, and it's Speedo-tastic. You can pre-order now, with the option to get it autographed:

TOWLEROAD: Trump openly declares himself a “nationalist.” (Frank Bruni gutlessly provides cover.)

JOE.MY.GOD.: In Arkansas, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state was left entirely off the ballot. But do tell me more about Democratic voter fraud.

TWITTER: Retired SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has dementia, possibly Alzheimer's, and is leaving public life. Her final message included a very timely call for youth to be educated about civics:

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice in the US, shares information about her health with the nation in a letter that her family has asked to be distributed. The Supreme Court’s public information office sent it out this morning. pic.twitter.com/gIn9J2fKSA

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 23, 2018

POLITICO: George Soros, the left-wing billionaire who survived the Nazis, received an explosive device in the mail thanks to the nonstop vilification from the right. Will anyone even be talking about this tomorrow?

Oh, baby!-blue (Image by Gerard Cosby for DNA)

DNA: Derrick Bulter by Gerard Cosby for DNA.

LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS: Seth Meyers takes on Trump's new nickname for Lyin' Ted Cruz ... Beautiful Ted Cruz ... as well as his insistence that Democrats are nothing but an angry mob: