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Williams irked #Republicans for using #stateparty #resources to #promote his #losing #congressional #candidacy in the #5thCongressionalDistrict.

It also released #antiLGBTQ #messages during his tenure, including one claiming that “#godless #groomers in our #society want to attack what is #decent, #holy, and #righteous” during the month of #June, also known as #PrideMonth. The #state #GOP also posted on #X “Burn all the #prideflags this June.”

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#Transgender #Americans more ‘#hopeful’ about #presidential #election with #VicePresident #KamalaHarris in #race.

32% of the more than 1,200 #trans #adults #surveyed by the group in mid-July said #President #JoeBiden’s #announcement that he was dropping out of the race, made them more #enthusiastic about November’s #election, compared with just 8% who said they felt enthusiastic during his #candidacy.

thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/481

The European Union is open to Georgia becoming a member, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday, but warned Tbilisi needed to implement sweeping reforms to get candidate status.

The EU recognised Georgia's "European perspective" last year but deferred its membership application, while granting candidacy to Ukraine and Moldova, arguing Tbilisi needed to make changes first.

euronews.com/2023/09/08/georgi

euronews'Georgia has a long way to go': Josep Borrell on EU integration The EU's top diplomat is in Tbilisi to discuss EU integration. The Balkan State applied for candidate status in March 2022 along with Ukraine and Moldova

Don’t fall for any "No Labels" baloney. It’s the last thing we need in 2024

A #third-#party #candidacy is a shiny object, a bright bauble that is superficially appealing. But it’s actually the last thing we need.

And by “we” I mean the sensible, still sane portion of the electorate (Democrats and Republicans alike) that wants to ensure above all that Donald Trump or some other truly extremist anti-democracy candidate doesn’t become president again.

latimes.com/opinion/story/2023

Los Angeles TimesOpinion: Don’t fall for No Labels' third-party baloneyBy Nicholas Goldberg