This is episode 149 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about what's up.
- She’s been called "ICE Barbie" for treating her Cabinet position like a TV production, but now Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for an actual reality show pitting immigrants against each other "for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship."
- Food rations that could feed 3.5 million people for a month are moldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts.
- An appeals court has issued another legal defeat against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to ban drag performances, calling the law overbroad and saying that it attempts to take a "shotgun" to constitutionally protected free speech rights.
- Men are trying to join a new Australian National Rugby League team named the Perth Bears, but are mistakenly joining a gay men's club called Bears Perth.
- Support for marriage equality is still strong as 7 in 10 U.S. adults said in a recent Gallup survey that they think same-sex marriage should remain legal and have the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual couples.
- Openly gay Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy has announced his return to competitive skiing, setting his sights on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.
- During a visit to Saudi Arabia, tRump chose the Village People's iconic song, YMCA as his closing music after a speech.
- Twenty-two years after the U.S. Supreme Court found a Texas law criminalizing homosexual conduct unconstitutional, lawmakers in the Texas House have voted to remove the ban on gay sex from the books.
