Backlash Against Bud Light Isn't About Dylan Mulvaney: It's the Angry Mob vs. Frankenstein
Backlash Against Bud Light Isn't About Dylan Mulvaney: It's the Angry Mob vs. Frankenstein
The GOP and religious conservatives created a monster and now they're acting surprised to see the equivalent of pitchforks and torches. Plus: Why women are outliving men. And: David's Bridal goes bust
Thanks for rising up with me on this Tuesday, April 18, 2023: Tax Day! On this day in 1983, terrorists targeted the U.S. embassy in Beirut with a suicide car-bomb explosion that killed 63 people, including 17 Americans. Six months later, a truck bomb would blow up a U.S. Marines barracks, killing hundreds to protest the U.S. military presence. By Feb. 1984, the U.S. left Lebanon.
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SUPREME COURT TODAY CONSIDERS WHETHER MANDATORY WORK ON SUNDAY VIOLATES CONSTITUTION: The Associated Press
AKRON, OHIO, BRACES FOR PROTESTS AFTER COPS CLEARED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF BLACK MAN: The New York Times
WHITE MAN ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING BLACK TEEN WHO RANG THE WRONG DOORBELL: CNN
PROSECUTORS SAY CRIME INVOLVES “RACIAL COMPONENT": KMBC
HOMEOWNER IN N.Y. FATALLY SHOOTS WOMAN WHO DROVE INTO HIS DRIVEWAY BY MISTAKE: ABC News
ALABAMA: FOUR DEAD, 15 WOUNDED AT SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY PARTY -PBS
ONE OF THE MEN KILLED WAS CHECKING ON FAMILY, WORRIED ABOUT TROUBLE: Alabama.com
IS CHINA OPERATING ITS OWN POLICE FORCE WITHIN U.S.? —NYT
Politicukoos
REPUBLICANS HOLD HEARING IN NYC TO ATTACK MANHATTAN D.A. WHO INVESTIGATED TRUMP: NYT
MAN HAULED OUT OF HEARING AFTER VIOLENT OUTBURST: Fox News
HOUSE SPEAKER’S PLAN TO RAISE DEBT CEILING COMES WITH CAVEATS: NYT
GOP REJECTS SENATE DEMOCRATS’ PLAN TO SWAP FEINSTEIN’S SEAT: NBC News
TUCKER CARLSON IS FOOLED BY RUSSIA PROPAGANDIST: The Daily Beast
BizNewz
FOLLOWING DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, NIKE SAYS TO ANHEUSER-BUSCH: HOLD MY BEER! A woman on TikTok started a "burn bra challenge" and recorded a video of herself lighting her Nike bra on fire, saying Nike should be "ashamed of itself” for signing an endorsement deal with the transgender influencer. Her video has since been deleted, but Fox News analyst and lifelong conservative Caitlyn Jenner has joined others in denouncing Nike. —Insider
MULVANEY IS NOT NIKE’S FIRST TRANSGENDER SPOKESPERSON: Trans athlete and activist Chris Mosier signed with the brand years ago, and Adidas put its sneakers on WNBA standout Layshia Clarendon. —Insider
THIS ALL STARTED WITH ONE 0:48 VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM! The “campaign” featuring the popular TikTok star announced a $15K giveaway during March Madness.
The beer can featured in Mulvaney’s video with her face on it was a one-off to celebrate her first year living her authentic life as a woman. Bud Light isn’t mass-producing what critics have denounced as “faggot beer.”
THE BOYCOTT: A restaurant chain owner in Florida announced he was removing Bud Light because "I have to do what I believe God is telling me to do." —Florida Today
Kid Rock posted a video of himself shooting a stack of Bud Light cases.
Joining the boycott was Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), who posted a video online to show that his fridge did not have Bud Light, but it did have beer from Karbach Brewing Company, which is also owned by Anheuser-Busch.—NYT
Conservative media fueled this response, including 35 stories in the New York Post in just one week, according to Harvard researcher Alejandra Caraballo on Twitter.
AND THEN DONALD J. TRUMP, JR. CALLED FOR AN END TO BOYCOTT: Why? Maybe because Anheuser-Busch is one of the GOP’s biggest donors? —New York Post
STEVE BANNON CALLS THAT “GUTLESS” AND FLOATS CONSPIRACY THAT ANHEUSER-BUSCH IS WORKING WITH THE CIA: Newsweek
BOMB THREATS: “They were happy to feed this monster for years with outrage bait on stupid culture war fodder all the while ignoring the escalating violent threats that were accompanying them. Now they went after a major GOP donor and they can't put a stop to it.” —Harvard researcher Alejandra Caraballo on Twitter.
WHAT IS ANHEUSER-BUSCH’S CEO SAYING? “We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.” You mean the discussion that trans people like me exist? Oh, really now? READ THE FULL STATEMENT
WHO’S COMING TO MULVANEY’S DEFENSE? Wait, Joe Rogan? Yes, really, and he’s been hit with a backlash of his own for doing so. —YouTube
SO IS HOWARD STERN: Cincinnati.com
AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG, TOO: Deadline
WHAT IS MULVANEY SAYING? “These people, they don’t understand me and anything that I do or say then somehow gets taken out of context and is used against me and it’s so sad because everything I try to put out is positive,” she said during an interview last week on Rosie O’Donnell’s podcast. “It’s trying to connect with others that maybe don’t understand me. It’s to make people laugh or to make a kid feel seen.” —The Daily Beast
ELON MUSK DEVELOPING HIS OWN A.I. THAT VALUES HUMANITY: The Verge
PHOTOGRAPHER RETURNS AWARD FOR IMAGE HE ADMITS WAS A.I.-GENERATED: The Guardian
DAVID BRIDAL DECLARES BANKRUPTCY (AGAIN): Hartford Courant
HOLLYWOOD WRITERS STRIKE LOOMS: CNN
OMG News
LONGEVITY GAP: Women are living longer than men, which is not new, but the years between us are growing, which is new. —Washington Post
THE FOODS LINKED TO TYPE 2 DIABETES: New York Post and Nature.com
SPACEX RESCHEDULES LAUNCH OF BIGGEST ROCKET IN HISTORY: NYT
Trans World
GLAAD STAGES SECOND DEMONSTRATION CALLING OUT THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR TRANSPHOBIC COVERAGE: My story in the Los Angeles Blade
THE LATEST EXAMPLE: An article published Sunday, How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives, “gives far more words to the people who want to ‘eradicate transgenderism’ and almost none to the people affected by these efforts. Not a single parent of a trans child was written about, much less one who sold everything and fled, 1933-style.” —author and activist Brynn Tannehill on Twitter.
BIDEN VOWS VETO OF GOP BILL BANNING TRANS STUDENT-ATHLETES: Washington Blade
MISSOURI A.G. WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT PROVIDERS OF GENDER AFFIRMING CARE: “The Missouri Attorney general has opened up a ‘reporting’ form to report on gender affirming care providers in the state. Given that he's seeking to effectively ban care in the state for all trans people, let him know your concern. You know what to do.” —Twitter
WASHINGTON STATE LAWMAKERS PASS BILL PROTECTING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: Erin Reed’s Erin In The Morning
NO, JUDY BLUME IS NOT A TRANSPHOBE, SHE WAS QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT: Jezebel
MOLLY KEARNEY, SNL’S FIRST NONBINARY CAST MEMBER, SPEAKS OUT AND FLIES HIGH FOR TRANS RIGHTS ON “WEEKEND UPDATE”: The Daily Beast
WAS THIS THE LAST MIAMI BEACH PRIDE? Washington Blade
AUTHOR AND SCHOLAR JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN AWARDED YALE HONOR: Congrats to Jenny for receiving the inaugural Mark P. O’Donnell Prize In American Humor! —Facebook
JFB WAS HACKED AND YET TWITTER DOES NOTHING: Boston Globe
THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR ALLY, JOHN LEGUIZAMO: Pink News
Star Trek Corner
JERI RYAN HINTS AT STAR TREK VOYAGER SEQUEL SERIES: Giant Freakin Robot
STAR TREK PICARD SHOWRUNNER: CAPT. LIAM SHAW COULD RETURN! —ScreenRant
CHECK OUT A PREVIEW OF THE STAR TREK PICARD FINALE: startrek.com and TrekCentral
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That’s all for today. I’ll be back tomorrow with more news to help you rise up and start your day. Until then… May your news be good news!
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