The Gaily Show

As some Dems are turning on the LGBTQ community, we sat down with Fernando Z. Lopez from the National LGBTQ Task Force to discuss how Kentucky and its Governor Andy Beshear aren't backing down. Plus we talked about the Task Force's focus on economic justice. thegailyshow.org/as-some-dems...

Just pointing out that two of them are running in red states, and one in a perennial toss-up state, but only the Christian has turned on the trans community.

Just watched @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social setup @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to use anti-trans slurs and essentially brag about doing it. Lawrence smiled the entire time. Dems going all in on hating trans people with less than 2 weeks to go to the election. So much for the Big Tent party.

Joining Robert Pilot today are Tina Smith, a United States Senator; Vin Dion, a community leader from the Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe, an outreach worker and a co-founder of the Indigenous Protector Movement (IPM); and Arvina Martin, a political consultant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZI...

Do they ever let Ali Velshi out of the MSNOW studio? Everytime I tune in he's anchoring.

Lt. Governor Flanagan on 🔥

Sure, Katie Zacharia never passed the bar. But Pete Hegseth has never passed one either.

Last week I was on @thegailyshow.org to discuss our final @goodjudypods.bsky.social queer and trans mutual aid storytelling event, happening this weekend at @queermunitymn.bsky.social. We also talked about my podcast series Unread and more. Check out our chat here: thegailyshow.org/queermunity-...

"I grew up in Wisconsin, in a town so small we had no stoplights," writes @charlesjensen.bsky.social. "It was isolated intellectually and culturally. The nearest bookstore and movie theater were almost 20 miles away... What my hometown did have was a library" pen.org/no-small-tow... #BannedBooksWeek

I'm scruffy because I've been writing and posting all day. BUT, I had to make a video because as of this post we've raised $4,542 and we are $458 dollars away from $5,300 in matching donations! And we need your help to get there by 5p CST!!! Here's the link: givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

From 4pm-5pm CST, Minocqua Brewing Company Times will MATCH the first $300 we raise for LGBTQ media outlets! Can you help out? Your tax-deductible donation will support 18 queer newsrooms! givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi... @newsisout.bsky.social

Here's White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade Joe Reberkenny on why you need to donate today to support LGBTQ media! It's a one-day event! Your donation is tax deductible and will support 18 queer newsrooms across America! @newsisout.bsky.social givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

For the next hour (until 10am CST), is a Power Hour for Local LGBTQ Media Giving Day. The first $100 raised will be matched by Youth MOVE! Plus, there is a $5,000 matching gift for the entire day from the Bob Ross Fndn. All donation sizes make a HUGE difference! givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

I feel like the protests in France haven't been trending enough in the U.S. Pretty damn impressive what *high school* students have been leading.

If Alberta secedes from Canada can us Minnesotans vote to take its place? We share a border with Canada, hate tariffs, and (most importantly) we know how to fight Trump. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

I love listening to Jake Wittich and every time he comes on the show he just shines. And he knows his history 👇 Donating tomorrow to Local LGBTQ Media Day is donating to keep journalists like Jake on the beat. givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi... @newsisout.bsky.social

Tomorrow's the day! Local LGBTQ Media Giving Day! Here is Windy City Times' Jake Wittich talking about the need for queer media. Please plan today what your your tax deductible donation will be tomorrow! It's a one-day event! Giving link: givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi... @newsisout.bsky.social

Native Roots Radio and The Gaily Show joined together to interview Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan who is running for US Senate in MN. We asked about what reforms she would support with SCOTUS, Medicare for All, and how Tafoya's plan for gas prices is: don't go to Starbucks. thegailyshow.org/lt-governor-...

Fact checking my own reporting: It's 18 (!) queer newsrooms who will benefit from your donation this Thursday on Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day! Here's me on yesterday's show discussing our work and why we do it. Support queer media: givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi... @newsisout.bsky.social

I spent an hour replying to emails this morning in an attempt to clear out my inbox; but then everyone just replied to my emails (the gall!); and now my inbox is bigger than it was when I tried to get back control this morning. A perverse incentive not to reply to emails.

4 DAYS until Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day 2026! Any and all amounts will have a tremendous impact to support 16 queer newsrooms including @windycitytimes.com @thebuckeyeflame.com @dallasvoice.bsky.social @washblade.bsky.social @newsisout.bsky.social givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

One month to go to the election and just a reminder: polls are stupid. Just turn away.

Hey Minnesota listeners! If you knocked on doors this past weekend for DFL, would love to hear about your experience. It was volunteers knocking on doors in last days of 2024 who started to hear the tide turn towards Trump. What did you hear this weekend? Reach out through DMs.

MN's Democratic Party says they knocked on 63,000 doors this past weekend and that thus far they've knocked on 1.7 million this year. The DFL Party Chair is Richard Carlbom who led the Minnesotans United For All Families campaign that was the largest grassroots campaign in MN history.

To all of our Seattle listeners on 1150 KKNW, please know they dropped ALL their Progressive programming, including us. We're deeply sorry not to be broadcasting on Saturdays and Sundays anymore in Seattle. If you made us part of your day you can still stream us on any podcast platform! ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Today at 3pm: I'll be at Subtext Books today in St. Paul Minnesota talking with Tasslyn Magnusson and Daniel Mauleón about Banned Books Week. AND...attendees will receive a free audio book courtesy of Libro.fm. subtextbooks.com/events

As we've been sharing all week on the show: your tax-deductible donation will support 16 (!) LGBTQ media outlets. Give before and on October 8! givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

A little warning: We’re going to ask you for money on October 8. But it’s for a pretty great reason. Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day supports the newsrooms reporting on our communities every single day. Save the date. We’ll see you October 8. 🏳️‍🌈 givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...

GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.

@qminnesota.bsky.social launches today serving Minnesota with a new monthly print publication and corresponding website. We sat down with two of their co-founders to learn more about their vision for Minnesota's newest LGBTQ media outlet! thegailyshow.org/new-lgbtq-pr...

35 DAYS OUT. And it's about time we talk about Ron's stock portfolio. 174 potential conflicts of interest—including companies I am suing for Minnesota. You can’t be Minnesota’s Attorney General while holding investments that could conflict with the job.

@kare11.bsky.social revealing their political MAGA bias in their reporting about two cases involving trans athletes yesterday. They've chosen to use the exact politicized language that MAGA uses instead of neutral language used by scientists and medical organizations. www.kare11.com/article/news...

Lucas F. Schleusener, CEO of @outinnationalsecurity.org, talks about the 15th anniversary repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell — from the Lavender Scare, to repeal, to Trump's new efforts to ban trans service members. thegailyshow.org/15-years-aft...

This is an eye-opening new report, including which states have the highest rates of violence (NOT what you'd expect). This was also a special conversation for me because I've been using/citing Dr. Meyer's work for years. To get to talk with him for the first time really meant a lot.

He doesn't support a blanket ban, but wants a case by case ban. In turn, that will empower Moms for Liberty to run candidates for school boards who do the very thing he purports to hate: bully trans kids. It's a nonsensical position masquerading as logic.

I'm exhausted with Democrats running as Democrats in red states but saying they need to advocate for Republican policies because Democratic policies don't work.

Right now MAGA Republican candidates are scrubbing Trump from their websites and distancing themselves from the guy with a 29% approval rating. But here comes the idiotic "centrist" Dems running towards Trump! Promising to work with him! Smart! apnews.com/article/demo...

The National LGBTQ Task Force’s Senior Strategist Fernando Z. López on the stakes for this November: "Non-trans folks need to understand that [MAGA has] made it vehemently clear that if we don’t show up for our trans community, our marriages could be next." thegailyshow.org/national-lgb...

Facebook: champion of free speech

Talked with Tim Hayes (running for PA Assembly District 143) about AI data centers and how they are impacting affordability. He told me there is a proposed data center in PA that "could use [the same] amount of energy required to power the city of Philadelphia.” thegailyshow.org/standing-up-...

Continuing our 2026 election coverage, this candidate's campaign has knocked on 40,000 doors and he has personally been to 9,000 of them. Tim Hayes wants to flip Assembly District 143 from Red to Blue in November and he's putting in the work. thegailyshow.org/standing-up-...

MN said goodbye to an icon Friday night at the celebration of life for State Rep. Karen Clark. She utterly transformed MN for LGBTQ people. In writing the article, I found out that to date, she is the longest-serving, openly-lesbian state legislator ever in the U.S. thegailyshow.org/love-will-pr...

I just sent out the latest weekly edition of The Gaily Press, titled "There's no negotiating with MAGA." Be sure to get on my newsletter list to get the next one sent gaily to your inbox! newsletter.thegailyshow.org

We've launched our first newsletter: The Gaily Press! One key feature? Book giveaways! All subscribers are entered to win. Our first giveaway? A hardcover copy of Bobuq Sayed's novel No God But Us. The Gaily Press also features original editorials & show highlights! newsletter.thegailyshow.org

What tools have communities used to shut down immigration detention camps? "They can threaten to withhold utilities, wastewater, lighting, water. They can restrict permitting, zoning, environmental reviews." More with author John Washington here: thegailyshow.org/how-local-co...

This 10-episode series with Hrayr was so hilarious to make because every episode ends with an Armenian riddle that Hrayr posed to me. Sometimes I figured them out 😎. And sometimes I didn't 😅. Western Armenian is endlessly fascinating. Verbs at the ends of sentences! No gendered pronouns!

New language learning podcast “Hrayr Teaches John Western Armenian” premier out now! join me & @johnparkerwrites.bsky.social for a season of common sayings, bilingual jivjiv poems from volume ii “jivjiv language” illustrated by Amy Kazandjian, and riddles! podcastindex.org/podcast/8036670 🦦❤️‍🔥💙🧡🎙️🗯️💬💭🐗