Skip to content
Search AI Powered
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

Musto Does Palin in Drag

Musto-palinx390%281%29

Village Voice columnist Michael Musto appeared on MSNBC's Countdown in drag on Wednesday to deliver the speeches former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin prepared for election night last year but never got the opportunity to deliver.

According to the new book Sarah From Alaska by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, the speeches were readied for Palin on election night, tailored to the two possible outcomes, but her running mate, John McCain, balked at the possibility.

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, who subbed for Keith Olbermann on Wednesday, introduced Musto's performance as "never-before-seen footage of the former vice-presidential candidate going rogue and delivering the speech the McCain campaign did not want you to see."

In the speeches, Palin apparently planned to present her husband Todd to the nation as "the first dude."

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

FROM OUR SPONSORS

The Latest

Two men sit together at a coffee table while reviewing documents.
Opinion

LGBTQ+ immigrants struggle to prove relationships they had to hide to survive

The very actions that once kept them safe can become obstacles in the U.S. immigration system, writes attorney Richard T. Herman.

2017 Heritage of Pride group marches with balloon rainbows during the NYC LGBTQIA Pride March celebrating history and community in New York City
Culture

Grand marshals demand NYC Pride shut out hospitals that abandoned trans kids

They are calling on Heritage of Pride to stand with trans youth and block hospitals, including NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai, from participating.

education secretary linda mcmahon and actor mario lopez on the north lawn of the white house
National

Trump Education Department investigates Michigan schools over trans-inclusive policies

The probes into Ann Arbor, Monroe, and Chippewa Valley schools are the latest in a broader federal push against transgender students during Pride Month.

Meet NYC Mayor Mamdani’s LGBTQ+ avengers
Print Issue

Meet NYC Mayor Mamdani’s LGBTQ+ avengers

The mayor of New York City has appointed several LGBTQ+ people to powerful positions. Learn more about them here.

More For You

Botswana is moving forward on LGBTQ+ rights. The U.S. is regressing

people going about their lives in botswana

Botswana is moving toward LGBTQ+ acceptance as the U.S. turns the other way.

Shutterstock
It’s hard to find good news in the United States right now, and even harder to notice it when it happens somewhere else. But some of the American evangelical right’s most hatefully aggressive anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns abroad are beginning to come undone. As their influence seems to increase here at home, they are losing ground elsewhere. Botswana has officially removed its anti-sodomy law from its Penal Code. A law that made same sex intimacy illegal. Keep Reading →

FBI sends plane to Cuba to stop a trans kid from accessing gender-affirming care

private plane

A private Bombardier Global 6000.

Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The FBI sent a government plane to Cuba to prevent a transgender parent from providing her child with gender-affirming care. Keep Reading →

Planning a trip to Oman? You may need an HIV test

Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, the corniche of Muttrah - stock photo

Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, the corniche of Muttrah, the old town of Muscat, waterfront building

Stock photo / Getty Images
A post on Facebook this week advised Filipino travelers to Oman that they may have to undergo a test for HIV to enter the country, not just for work but also to visit. And that information matches an international list of restrictions maintained by the HIV Justice Network, which includes more than 20 nations, such as Canada and Australia. Keep Reading →

Viktor Orbán won't be the last anti-LGBTQ+ strongman to topple

Viktor Orban

Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16 years, on April 12, 2026 conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections.

Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images
One of the world's most openly homophobic and misogynistic leaders just lost power. Viktor Orbán is out. Keep Reading →

Donald Trump telegraphs war crimes in profanity-filled Easter Sunday Iran threat

donald trump

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the nation from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images
A social media post from President Donald Trump on Sunday morning is drawing sharp scrutiny from legal experts and national security observers after the president threatened attacks on infrastructure in Iran, language that critics say echoes conduct prohibited under international law. Keep Reading →
@ 2026 Equal Entertainment LLC. All Rights reserved