The Food and Drug Administration has effectively banned vaping company Juul‘s products from the U.S. marketplace, issuing denial orders for all of its e-cigarette products that are currently available. The company produces a vaping/e-cigarette device and four types of pods, which come in tobacco and menthol flavors and contain different …
Read More »Why Are Social Media Companies Taking Ad Money From a Right-Wing Transphobic Doc?
For years, right-wing commentator, Daily Wire host, and all-around shitty provocateur Matt Walsh has used his platform to go after trans people. So it’s not surprising that this essentialist ideology has become the centerpiece of his new documentary, What Is a Woman? The film, which premiered on the Daily Wire’s …
Read More »Grieving Grandma Slams Texas Gun Laws That Armed 'Pure Evil' School Shooter
Berlinda Arreola lost her “world’s sweetest” granddaughter in the Texas school massacre that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers Monday, so when she watched Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defend the state’s lenient gun laws during a press conference Tuesday, it was personal. When Abbott said, “There are …
Read More »911 Dispatcher Faces Disciplinary Action, Termination After Hanging Up on Buffalo Shooting Call
A 911 dispatcher is facing disciplinary action and possibly termination after abruptly hanging up on a woman who was inside the Buffalo supermarket wherea racially motivated mass shootingoccurred Saturday. The unnamed dispatcher was placed on administrative leave Monday following comments Tops Friendly Market assistant office manager Latisha Rogers made regarding …
Read More »Dave Chappelle Trades Onstage Attack Stories With Chris Rock at Impromptu Comedy Set
Dave Chappelle traded on-stage altercation stories with Chris Rock and revealed he spoke with the man who attacked him earlier this week during an impromptu set in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Thursday night, May 5, Chappelle appeared at the 70-seat Belly Room at the Comedy Store …
Read More »Meet the Shitposter Who Started a Right-Wing Moral Panic About the Snickers Dick Vein
The pinned tweet on Juniper’s account is “it’s incredibly easy to create fake news it’s actually ridiculous lol.” But that hasn’t stopped right-wing media outlets from frothing at the mouth over her tweets, most recently a fake news headline indicating that Snickers was set to remove the beloved “dick vein” …
Read More »Theater Kids Everywhere Are Obsessing Over This New TikTok Trend
No one — not a dictator, not a politician, not a celebrity, not an influencer — is in possession of more power than a high school theater director. For a small community of theater kids, the director is the one person whose approval you crave most in the world, above …
Read More »Frank R. James, Suspect in NYC Subway Shooting, Arrested
Police have apprehended a Frank R. James, the 62-year-old who was named a suspect in the April 12 shooting at a New York City subway that left at least 16 people injured, 10 from gunshot wounds. Law enforcement officials first told CNN Wednesday that James had been arrested. ABC News …
Read More »David Mamet Comes Out as Right-Wing Culture Warrior, Claims Teachers Are Inclined to Pedophilia
David Mamet‘s latest plot twist is a dud. The award-winning playwright and screenwriter went on Fox News on Sunday to rail against pedophilia in the education system, alleging that teachers are “inclined” to pedophilia and that children are being “groomed” for sexual abuse, a popular conservative talking point around Florida’s …
Read More »'Time Is Very Crucial': Chicago's Ukrainians Organize Aid for Family Back Home
Elena Lypnytska was so distraught when Russia invaded Ukraine that she immediately threw up. That night, she had trouble sleeping as she scanned the news, checking in with loved ones and contemplating ways to help. By Saturday, she sorted out a way to collect necessities to send to Ukrainians at …
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