I had exactly the same thought, please for the love of God do not recruit Lamb to run against Fetterman. I never really trusted Fetterman or any “cult of personality” type politician, but the only reason I wanted him to become a Senator was to keep Lamb from reviving the Blue Dog wing of the Senate.
“Queen” has historically often been used as a slur against specifically gay men in American culture, the OP’s context is an example of that.
Yeah, as an American (the South, even) I can tell you that somebody angrily calling a gay couple queens if she is not herself part of the LGBTQIA+ community would not generally be something accepted here. It is a term many queer people embrace for themselves, but is still often used as a slur by an aging populace and not something a straight cis person should say.
As a Virginian, I absolutely feel the pain of New Jersey Democrats. The way the party always shits its pants with awful centrists the second they lose a national election…
Yeah this book immediately went on my Wishlist after I read this article, incredibly interesting stuff
Easily one of the absolute best songs of the early college rock era of indie/alternative rock.
I wish more people realized just how awesome Rilo Kiley were, I revisit their sadly sparse discography all the frickin time and it is always rewarding even if Jenny would only grow and mature as a songwriter from there.
For years when my political friend group would talk about Cuomo running for President (before the allegations) I would always say it’d end in disaster for this reason: New York voters ignored over a decade of constant scandals and Cuomo being one degree away from massive corruption investigations and just slipping by, but national voters wouldn’t. Now we’ll see if I was wrong about New York voters while in the national spotlight.