Monthly Archives: June 2021

Ikea Canada Issues Slipcovers Inspired By Pride Flags

Via press release from Ikea Canada: In honour of Pride, IKEA Canada has collaborated with designers active in the 2SLGBTQ+ community to create “Love Seats,” a series of one-of-a-kind slipcovers inspired by the colours of different Pride flags, and the lived experiences from a wide spectrum of gender and sexual identities they represent. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, storytelling and personal …

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Court Tosses Suit By Judge Who Was Sanctioned For Refusing To Perform “Offensive” Same-Sex Marriages

The Waco Tribune-Herald reports: Travis County judge has thrown out McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley’s lawsuit against the state panel that sanctioned her in 2019 for refusing to perform same-sex weddings. Neither Hensley nor her attorney, Jeremy Dys of the First Liberty Institute, returned phone messages Monday from the Tribune-Herald. In dismissing the suit, Soifer also ordered …

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Anti-Vaxxers Protest TX Hospital For Firing Covidiots

Houston’s Fox News affiliate reports: Several dozen protesters gathered Saturday outside Houston Methodist Hospital to voice their opposition to the hospital’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy. “I’m running out of options for my career because of a mandatory vaccine that could affect my fertility,” said Keri R, a registered nurse previously at Houston Methodist. “They’re not giving proper informed consent,” said …

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85 COVID Cases Linked To Christian Summer Camp

The Lincoln Journal-Star reports: A COVID-19 outbreak at a central Illinois summer camp has led to at least 85 cases of the virus among teens and adult staff, and to other cases at a nearby conference, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Monday. The two outbreaks occurred in Schuyler and Adams counties. At the summer camp, held in mid-June, …

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Riot Suspect Collared After Coworkers Spot Her On TV

Los Angeles’s ABC News affiliate reports: Lois Lynn McNicoll, 69, of San Clemente, a Department of Public Social Services employee, made her initial appearance in Los Angeles federal court Monday following her arrest and was released on a $10,000 bond, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. McNicoll was identified in an ABC News video posted on Eyewitness News’ Facebook page …

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Fox To Pay $1M Fine In NYC Human Rights Law Case

Yahoo News reports: Despite Fox News’ claims to have repaired the company’s toxic workplace culture since the firing of founder and chairman Roger Ailes in July 2016, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has effectively admitted to ongoing misconduct that includes sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation against victimized employees, and has agreed to pay a million-dollar fine for what New York City’s …

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SD Gov Claims “Private Donation” Will Pay For Sending State Troops To Mexican Border, Democrats Cry Foul

Via press release from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem: Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that up to fifty South Dakota National Guard troops are being deployed to Texas to help the secure the border between the United States and Mexico. This is in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for help to respond to ongoing violations of state and …

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Gab And Parler Condemn Video Platform Rumble For Banning Anti-Semitic Hate After Trump Debuts Channel

From a Gab post by their CEO Andrew Torba: On the day President Trump joined Rumble they changed their terms of service to ban “hate speech” with an explicit ban on “anti-semitic” messages, also known as any and all criticism of Israel and/or Jewish people. No mention of banning Anti-White hatred, which is still allowed. According to WayBackMachine a few …

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BOOK: Trump Deal To Join Parler With 40% Stake In Site Fell Apart When They Refused To Ban His Critics

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump was prepared to become an active user of social-media site Parler if it banned his critics — but it resisted doing so, according to an excerpt from an upcoming Michael Wolff book. In an excerpt from “Donald Trump’s January 6: The view from inside the Oval Office,” published in New York Magazine on …

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Cultist Rep To Raise Money With White Supremacist

Mediaite reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is holding a fundraiser with Nick Fuentes, an online commentator who has achieved a following as an open anti-Semite, Holocaust denier, and white supremacist. A flyer posted to a Telegram account linked to Fuentes promoted a July fundraiser with the ardently pro-Trump congressman. Fuentes is a virulent anti-Semite who has denied the Holocaust, defended …

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Biden And First Lady To Visit Site Of Condo Collapse

NPR reports: The White House says President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Florida Thursday to view first hand the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium. Asked by reporters if he planned to visit Surfside, Biden said, “Yes I hope so, as soon as we can. Maybe as early as Thursday.” The White House issued a …

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70 Year Old Woman Serves As NY Yankees Bat Girl Six Decades After Being Refused For Being A Girl [VIDEO]

ESPN reports: Gwen Goldman exchanged fist bumps with the New York Yankees, whom she had been admiring for decades from afar, walked onto the field and waved to the crowd. She got to be a Yankees’ bat girl on Monday night at age 70 — a full 60 years after she was turned down because of her gender. Shaking with …

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Trump Denied Permission For Alabama July 4th Rally

Mobile’s NBC News affiliate reports: NBC 15 News has learned an event featuring former President Donald Trump as the keynote speaker that was being planned for this Saturday at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park was nixed after park commissioners became wary. “After the request was made, then there was contact with the Republican Party, they contacted us and then …

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Far-Right PAC Targets GOP Backers Of Riot Commission

The Daily Beast reports: A far-right super PAC has shifted its aim from its familiar Democratic opponents to a new target: Republicans who voted for a Jan. 6 commission. In about $300,000 worth of recent ads, the group—Drain the DC Swamp PAC—has painted these Republicans as “turncoats” and “RINO communist traitors.” And the treasonous act for these Republicans—many of whom …

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Airlines Fear Chaos Over EU’s Digital COVID Passport

Reuters reports: The EU’s system of digital COVID travel certificates comes into force on Thursday (July 1). It’s meant to enable travel for people who can show they are fully vaccinated, have recently recovered from the virus, or have had a negative test. Passengers will be able to show a QR code to prove their status. But in a letter …

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Mexican Supreme Court Legalizes Recreational Weed

The Associated Press reports: Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, after the country’s Congress took too long to approve a limited legalization law. In 2019, the court ruled that prohibiting marijuana was unconstitutional, and gave lawmakers until this past April …

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McCarthy May Attempt To Sabotage Riot Committee

Politico reports: Privately, lawmakers predict that McCarthy — if he opts to appoint members — will gravitate towards controllable Trump acolytes who can work to snarl the select committee’s progress. Already some of the GOP’s biggest firebrands are asking McCarthy to join the panel, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia publicly pushing to be seated on the panel. Rep. …

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Christie To Promote Possible 2024 Presidential Run With Book About Saving The GOP From Conspiracy Theorists

The New Jersey Advance reports: Former Gov. Chris Christie is about to release his second book — and it’s squarely aimed at his fellow Republicans as he publicly considers another run at the presidency. The book is titled “Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden,” and it will be published …

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Man In Cockpit Breach Bid: “I Smoked A Lot Of Meth”

The Daily Beast reports: A man who panicked on a moving plane at LAX, charged to the cockpit, then broke his leg after leaping out of an emergency exit told cops that he’d smoked “a lot” of crystal meth in the days leading up the incident. Court documents allege that Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez, 33, leaned over to the passenger …

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Carlson Claims Biden Admin Is Spying On Him [Video]

The Hill reports: Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday alleged that the Biden administration was “spying” on him in an effort to “take this show off the air.” The television personality said that the “war on terror is now being waged against American citizens.” The host went on to say that his show had heard from a “whistleblower from …

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