After Bud Light, Conservative Influencers Work To Turn Backlash on Ford, Nike, Adidas, and More
Like a lazy clip show of a bad TV sitcom, conservatives are digging up old campaigns to build on the Bud Light fiasco, working hard to milk the divisive anti-trans narrative dry. As the Bud Light controversy unfolded, country singer Travis Tritt and other critics unearthed a two-year-old Jack Daniels marketing campaign that featured drag […]
Quebec Critical Mineral Explorers Get Boost From Tax Credits
FULL DISCLOSURE: This is sponsored content for Power Nickel. The recent Canadian federal government budget introduced the Critical Minerals Strategy to promote exploration and development of critical mineral deposits in Canada. The Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (CMETC) is a new incentive that provides a 30 per cent tax credit to investors in exploration companies seeking […]
China’s Debt Diplomacy About To Trap Dozen More Countries
A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse as a result of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, the most of which are from China, the world’s largest and most unforgiving government lender. According to an Associated Press investigation of a dozen of the most indebted countries to China, including […]
Russian Lawmaker Wants Poland to Pay $750 Billion for World War II “Liberation”
Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of the parliament, has stirred controversy by demanding that Poland pay Russia a staggering $750 billion for its liberation at the end of World War II and subsequent assistance in rebuilding the country, according to a report by independent outlet Notes from Poland. Volodin, a […]
Bud Light Could Lose Rating After Backtracking Transgender Promotion
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) informed Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) that it has suspended their Corporate Equality Index score, which is a tool that ranks firms based on their policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees. This comes after the apparent backtracking of the beverage firm in tapping transgender influencer […]
Ethics Commissioner Report Concludes Premier Danielle Smith Did Not Contact Crown Prosecutors, Contrary To A CBC Report
A report by the ethics commissioner in Alberta found that there is no evidence that Premier Danielle Smith ever spoke to any Crown Prosecutor, putting a CBC report in bad light. On January 19, 2023, the CBC broadcast a story claiming that someone in the Premier’s office had called the Crown Prosecution Service over the […]
TMTG: Trump Media Files $3.78-Billion Lawsuit Against Washington Post For Defamation
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) filed a lawsuit in a Florida civil court against The Washington Post, allegedly claiming the media outfit defamed the company in one of its articles. The firm is seeking $3.78 billion in damages. The news firm, also referred to as WaPo, allegedly “published an egregious hit piece that falsely […]
Vimy Memorial Removal From Canadian Passports Sparks Concern From Vimy Foundation, Pierre Poilievre
Earlier this month, the Liberal government unveiled new changes to the Canadian passport, most notably the removal of cancer research symbol Terry Fox and the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, along with other historical depictions. The rationale behind this decision was to allegedly enhancing protection against the fabrication of counterfeit passports. The Vimy Foundation has expressed […]
US Lawmakers Want to Keep AM Radios In New Vehicles
Bipartisan US lawmakers — led by the strange pairing of Democratic Senator Edward Markey and Republican Senator Ted Cruz — have introduced legislation aimed at preventing automakers from removing AM broadcast radio from their new vehicles, citing safety concerns. The bill, called the AM for Every Vehicle Act, brings to attention the fact that several […]
PEPE Coin: The Latest Crypto Pump & The YouTubers Pumpin’ It
In the world of finance, we’ve seen some truly absurd phenomena: tulip mania, the dot-com bubble, the housing market crash of 2008, but nothing – and I mean nothing – comes close to the high octane lunacy of the cryptocurrency market. Exhibit 912B: PEPE Coin. Based on ‘Pepe the Frog’, a meme that predates most […]