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New York City officials have passed a sweeping bill package that aims to improve working conditions for app-based food couriers. The New York Times reports the landmark legislation officially passed Thursday, just several weeks after an NYC delivery worker was filmed riding his bike through flooded streets during Hurricane Ida. The viral footage was met with outrage across the […]
Back in November of 2020, just two weeks after the presidential election, a group of lawyers then affiliated with Donald Trump spoke at the Republican Party’s headquarters, claiming election software firm Dominion Voting Systems worked with others to make sure the final result was stolen from the former president. But now, a memo obtained by the New York […]
In 2019, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was the only party head to attempt the Hip Flip during the federal election. Now, ahead of the 2021 election, he’s done it again thanks to a hilarious new interview with Narduwar. Every election, it’s tradition for Narduwar to reach out to the political party leaders for an interview. Canada’s favourite Human Serviette […]
Gavin Newsom soundly defeated efforts to recall him and will remain the Governor of California, according to projections from NBC News, the Associated Press, and CNN. The Republican-backed campaign failed to garner the 50 percent of votes needed to remove Newsom from his position. Around 1.5 million Californians signed the petition that initiated the recall vote. Of the votes counted […]
Less than two months after video captured her introducing herself to former President Donald Trump during a UFC 264 fight, Addison Rae wants to set the record straight on their brief encounter. In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the 20-year-old TikTok star-turned-actress explained that fans shouldn’t have assumed her meet-and-greet with Trump meant she supported the former president. […]
Arsenio Hall stepped up to host Jimmy Kimmel Live while its star was on vacation, producing a special edition of the show’s “Lie Witness News” segment, where unsuspecting people happily weigh in on a fictional crisis in the equally fictional Zamunda. Yes, that Zamunda—the fabricated African nation from Coming to America, which got a sequel this year reuniting Hall and Eddie Murphy. “We asked […]
The House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is considering legislation that would ban the boiling of live lobsters, crab, and other crustaceans, The Hill reports. The current Animal Welfare Sentience Bill only takes into account the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones, but the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has authorized a study […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), who stalled the passing of Juneteenth as a federal holiday, was booed at a celebration commemorating the day in Milwaukee. According to WDJT, the senator was heckled by the crowd while he spoke to reporters. “We don’t need you out here,” one person can be heard saying in a video. The frustration […]
Kim Jong Un is initiating a crackdown on those caught listening to K-Pop music in North Korea. As first reported by The New York Times, the 37-year-old leader’s plan to suppress K-pop music was revealed through internal documents smuggled out of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. They deemed the southern cultural imports a “vicious cancer” […]
Actor Steven Seagal—known for his work in films Under Siege and Above The Law—has now joined a pro-Kremlin party. A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth, a merger of three Vladimir Putin-supporting leftist parties, posted a video Saturday showing that Seagal, who became a Russian citizen in 2016, received a membership card. The party will reportedly […]
