After a couple of months of near silence on the topic, Dylan Mulvaney spoke up today, saying she has been "scared" and "lonely" since she partnered with Bud Light — a brand that reached out to a trans influencer only to abandon her when far-right morons freaked out. — Read the rest

If you think families who have lost loved ones to school shooters, or to cancer, or in car accidents, or in a war have it bad, you're living in a bubble. A poor Florida man is living in "hell on earth" after Bud Light created a few personalized cans that celebrated transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. — Read the rest

A Budweiser factory in Los Angeles was forced to clear out its workers after anti-LGBTQ conservatives sent in a bomb threat by email on Thursday — one of several bomb threats targeting various Anheuser-Busch locations across the U.S. in the last two weeks. — Read the rest

Colbert says what we're all thinking, what the f*ck CBS? CBS has hired Trump thug Mick Mulvaney to ensure access to conservatives after they predict Congress going to the GQP.

"We are desperate — desperate — for more people," Donald Trump cabinet member Mick Mulvaney said in a recording obtained by The Washington Post. "We are running out of people to fuel the economic growth that we've had in our nation over the last four years. — Read the rest

The New York Times reports that John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, might turn out to be the loudest whistle of all in the case of Rudy Giuliani's demented efforts to get Ukrainian officials to help Trump win a second term as President. — Read the rest

The Burlington, Vermont Police Department has a pretty weird way of teaching kids. Just imagine being a teenager, going to the local police station for your forensics class and suddenly, out of nowhere, a masked gunman bursts in and starts shooting. — Read the rest

Florida sure knows how to pick 'em. After the Florida Republican Party ousted chair Christian Ziegler on Jan. 8 over the rape allegations he's facing, they installed Evan Power, who was arrested and charged with a DUI in 2018.

Now, video of his drunken stupor as he resisted a sobriety test has surfaced (see below, posted by Thomas Kennedy). — Read the rest

At Jezebel, revived under new management, Susan Rinkunas reviews Nikki Haley's fascinatingly bad sweaters.

Haley looks like your kooky aunt, if that aunt also spews hateful garbage about transgender people, lies constantly about abortion, and tosses off unbelievably racist comments with disturbing ease.

Anheuser-Busch, makers of Bud Light, has no further need for US chief marketing officer Benoit Garbe's services. Bud Light remains a rage locus for conservatives, despite the company's oily attempts to suck up to them since right-wing media made a meal of it sending free cans to a transgender Instagram influencer. — Read the rest

American singer and songwriter Garth Brooks is opening a new bar in Nashville, Tennesee, where people who are nice to one another are welcome to drink whatever kind of beverage they want. Brooks is absolutely clear that people who can't deal with it should go elsewhere, as they are the ones who are unwelcome. — Read the rest

Anheuser-Busch, the company which produces Bud Light, has suspended two executives responsible for two instagram posts featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. One of the two executives had their replacement named, making clear that they lost their job.

Ad Age was the first to report that Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light's vice president of marketing, was placed on leave.

Last week, I wrote about the new "Ultra Right Beer" — a $35 six-pack of light lager grift masquerading a protest against Bud Light's marketing partnership with trans woman influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Upon the launch, the Ultra Right Beer website offered mostly vague claims that the beer would be brewed somewhere in Northern Illinois, and that all pre-orders would start shipping on or around May 11 (despite the fact that it might be illegal to ship beer direct consumers outside the state Illinois). — Read the rest

Anheuser-Busch desperately switches gears after facing backlash for going "woke." In a panic after its collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney led to a predictable MAGA meltdown, the sycophantic beer company quickly did an about-face and created an embarrassing "patriotic" ad. — Read the rest

Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't take kindly to being called "irresponsible" by Lindsey Graham after she praised arrested Pentagon leaker Jake Teixeira. And so the churlish Qongresswoman did what she does best and shot back with a bogus and bigoted mishit, posting a photo of Graham holding a can of Bud Light with (gasp!) — Read the rest

Specific sectors of the US population are angry, hurt, and vengeful that corporations are marketing and selling libations – whiskey and beer to all customer bases, angry at capitalism trying to make an honestly cynical buck from diverse representation. This anger is leading to boycotts and public denouncements of companies like Jack Daniels and Anheuser-Busch. — Read the rest

In early April, a triggered Kid Rock took an assault rifle and shot up Bud Light cans in protest of the beer company's collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. To protest further, the transphobic troll tried another gotcha stunt by endorsing hard seltzer Happy Dad. — Read the rest

Following Bud Light's announcement last week of a partnership with transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney, transphobic conservatives called for a boycott. Jumping in with the anti-trans idiocity, Republican congressperson Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) posted the below video promising to trash all the Bud Light in his refrigerator. — Read the rest

Triggered by a can of Bud Light that celebrated transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Kid Rock panicked. So he did what all MAGA men do when their fragile masculinity wobbles: he slapped on a MAGA cap and grabbed his AR-style rifle.

"Grandpa's feeling a little frisky today," the "working class" millionaire said to the camera. — Read the rest

Yes, John Lithgow has authored and illustrated a book. Actually, Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age ($23) is his second volume of satirical poems aimed at Trump. The first being Dumpty, which was released last October. — Read the rest