In the new episode of PSAKI BOMBS! Jen Psaki shows that while Enes Kanter Freedom tries to manufacture some culture war outrage with his WNBA stunt, Abdul El-Sayed exposed the whole game with a fierce clapback in a Fox News appearance. But it's Ontario Premier Doug Ford wins the week in clapbacks. And Jen shares some hard-earned wisdom on how to deal with Team Trump (hint: Jared Kushner is not your guy!). Mayor Mamdani provides another lesson in the power of an individual citizen's voice, and Dolly Parton was still making news even on the day she died, playing a key role in a lawsuit about restrictions on drag performances.
James Talarico, the Democratic seminary student running for U.S. Senate in Texas, spoke at a 2021 Pride event that billed an 11-year-old boy as "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers", a record his campaign now declines to discuss. The June 26, 2021, festival in Taylor, Texas, a small, conservative town about 50 […] The post Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico headlined Pride festival featuring an 11-year-old drag performer appeared first on American Almanac .
James Talarico, the Democratic seminary student running for U.S. Senate in Texas, spoke at a 2021 Pride event that billed an 11-year-old boy as "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers", a record his campaign now declines to discuss. The June 26, 2021, festival in Taylor, Texas, a small, conservative town about 50 miles from Austin, was organized by a local LGBTQ group called Taylor PRIDE. It was held at the Texas Beer Company and featured live music, adult drag acts, a "Youth Drag Show," and a children's story hour. Talarico, then a state representative, was the headlining speaker. The event's promotional Facebook post named him alongside a preteen drag performer who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee, the Washington Free…Open
