Getty Image On Saturday, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three, most of whom were Black. Authorities called it a “straight-up racially-motivated hate crime,” and no wonder: The assailant had posted an 180-page manifesto, in which he parroted what’s become known as “Great Replacement,” … Read more
Getty Image Few people in Congress have it as bad right now as Madison Cawthorn does. The North Carolina representative appears to have made so many enemies that there’s an entire PAC dedicated to destroying him, with a little help from his “friends.” Former aides have already publicly denounced him, and now so are a … Read more
A viral TikTok exposes a purported representative from a prominent anti-choice group admitting that it supports forced birth. The video is part of a recent series by TikToker Aidan Strange (@ironaiidan). Strange, a musician and independent journalist, calls anti-choice groups and records their responses to pointed questions about reproductive rights. Her series is an apparent … Read more
Days after the Disney+ show Percy Jackson announced three new cast members, one of the actors is facing a sadly familiar form of backlash. Twelve-year-old actress Leah Sava Jeffries is being harassed simply because she is Black, while the character she will play, Annabeth Chase, was described as white in the original novels. Echoing similar … Read more
Monday night, POLITICO dropped a shocking scoop that reverberated across the nation: A draft decision from the Supreme Court showed that it is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, overturning a half-century precedent around the right to an abortion in the United States. The news itself was shocking, even as a number of legal … Read more
The director of a broadband rights organization called out former Senator Heidi Heitkamp for her opposition to FCC Commissioner nominee Gigi Sohn, alleging that Heitkamp is “misreading quotes or taking them out of context.” Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota in the Senate from 2013 to 2019, is campaigning against President Joe Biden’s nomination of Sohn … Read more
Supporters of far-right commentator Jack Posobiec are expressing outrage online after an Instagram post revealed that he visited Disney World last month. The issue began just last week after Posobiec helped the term “Disney Groomers” become a trending topic on Twitter. Posobiec had been temporarily locked out of his account for promoting T-shirts bearing not … Read more
Global Strategy Group (GSG), a top Democratic firm, has dropped its partnership with Amazon after aiding the tech giant’s anti-union campaign in Staten Island, New York, according to a statement from the company. “While there have been factual inaccuracies in recent reports about our work for Amazon, being involved in any way was a mistake. … Read more
Global Strategy Group (GSG), a top Democratic firm, has dropped its partnership with Amazon after aiding the tech giant’s anti-union campaign in Staten Island, New York, according to a statement from the company. “While there have been factual inaccuracies in recent reports about our work for Amazon, being involved in any way was a mistake. … Read more
The Starbucks Workers United union is alleging that Starbucks used fake tweets from the union account in new anti-union pamphlets, according to a tweet. “Starbucks has new anti-union flyers up in stores with fake tweets from our account—things we’ve never posted,” the tweet reads. “Here’s how a keen eye can spot the difference: our tweets … Read more
TikTok trends that involved trashing school bathrooms and slapping teachers last fall were reportedly part of a Meta campaign to sour public opinion on the app. According to the Washington Post, the “devious licks” trend, which involved kids damaging school bathrooms and property, was actually part of a campaign orchestrated by Facebook parent company Meta … Read more
March 27, 2022 The next rollout of COVID-19 booster shots in the U.S. could face delays due to a lack of federal funding and declining interest, according to The Guardian. “We’re way behind the eight-ball,” Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute,” told the news outlet. Many Americans still haven’t received a booster … Read more