ABOVE: I liked Charlton Heston when he was into civil rights.

BELOW: Keep reading for GOOD economic news, BIG bulges and more ...

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REUTERS: Forty-fifth straight month of job growth. The economy is not bad, in spite of gaslighting by the Republicans. A Fox News commentator says of the news:

I thought there would be more red flags than a communist parade in this report, and there's not a single one ... There's not one data point in here that I can point to that is not good.

TWITTER: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Georgia) legit thinks the government is controlling the weather:

JD Vance praises Marjorie Taylor Greene hours after she posted a conspiracy theory suggesting Hurricane Helene was man-made pic.twitter.com/mpNNUJchvX

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 4, 2024

TIKTOK: Tina Peters, unrepentant election denialist who was only recently laughing off the idea that she'd ever do prison time, was read for filth by the judge in her Colorado case — and is going away from nine years:

@boyculturedotcom Election denialist Tina Peters was arrested — in disbelief — in Colorado in 2022 for her role in attempting to subvert the outcome of a free and fair election. Today, she was read the riot act by a judge and will serve NINE YEARS behind bars! ! PART 2 of 2 — see previous video. #tinapeters #2020election #trump #kamalaharris2024 #kamalaharris #voteblue #harriswalz2024 #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

THE HILL: Rudy Giuliani's estranged daughter Caroline Rose Giuliani regrets the fact that Trump alienated her from her dad, and calls Trump an existential threat to LGBT+ people and women. (I'm old enough to remember when those right-wing gay assholes let Rudy live with them post-divorce. He promised he'd officiate their wedding when same-sex marriage became legal, but reneged.)

BROADWAY LEAGUE: The late Gavin Creel will be honored by Broadway, but the dimming of marquees is only partial — which seems offensive.

VULTURE: NYC's latest music fest is a gay dream.

SOCIALITE LIFE: Jacob Elordi's latest bulge fest is a gay dream.

VARIETY: Critical consensus is in, and Joker 2 is less polarizing than just plain disliked. It's good Gaga has new pop coming shortly. I really liked the first one (!) and I loathe LOATHE superhero stuff. It seems the reason Joker 2 is turning people off is that it has multiple issues — fan base hates musicalization and what is reportedly a total burn of an ending, and average filmgoers don't understand why a dark superhero origin story goes with Lady Gaga. She could still get a music Oscar nom.

VARIETY: Luke Bryan's comments about Beyoncé being snubbed by the CMAs are total gated-community race talk. Really shocking he didn't stop to think about how he sounds.

QUEER MAJORITY: Bruce La Bruce guest-edits a Cinema Issue of Queer Majority.

INSTAGRAM: I was curious if Madonna, who often endorses, were going to say anything for Kamala Harris this time. Got some interesting responses:

TICKETS (USE QWFF FOR 20% OFF): If you're a queen in Queens:

Queens World Film Festival alumni Jules Rosskam is screening his Sundance winner, Desire Lines at the Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film in NYC October 11 - 17, 2024. Queens World is a co-presenter of the NY screening run of this original hybrid documentary about Ahmad, an Iranian expat who arrived in America at the onset of the AIDS crisis. Now in his 60s, Ahmad comes to the LGBTQ archives seeking a more candid version of his life by connecting with the stories of fellow gay transmasculine people.

Looks good, no? (Image via Full Spectrum Features)