Assaulting an employee enforcing mask regulations is now a felony in Illinois, following a spate of viral videos and news stories of such assaults. Anyone spotted without a mask in Houston (in a place where masks are required) will get a $250 fine issued by the police, who will be responding to mask-related calls. McDonald’s …

Kanye West’s name has been removed from the ballot in Illinois, after election officials discovered that over half of the signatures he submitted were invalid. Six people have claimed that they were duped into signing. If it is concluded that these signatures were indeed falsified, then Kanye could be on the hook for election fraud. West’s …

We’re 6 months into a global pandemic the likes of which the world hasn’t seen in a century. Hundreds of thousands of people have died of COVID, and the numbers would have been way higher if countries didn’t work hard to slow the spread those numbers would have been way higher. We are living, in …

If you live in or are planning to visit the city of Houston, Texas, you’d better not forget your mask. Anyone spotted without one in a place where masks are required will get a $250 fine issued by the police, who will be responding to mask-related calls. McDonald’s requires customers wear masks, making it the …

Portland police have smashed the windows and slashed the tires of a woman with a spine injury, even though the car was a Prius (not exactly a threatening car) with the words “Press” written on it in several places. The police claim the car posed a threat, as they were trying to clear the zone. The protests …

According to a recent Washington Post article, the Trump campaign actively courted the online conspiracy community QAnon in the lead-up to the 2020 election, which makes an alarming combination. Twitter has banned 7,000 accounts related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, all of whom have violated the site’s policy on harassment. Twitter will also limit the …

Bill Montgomery, cofounder of the pro-Trump youth group Turning Point USA, has died of COVID. Montgomery’s death prompted the group to remove a tweet in which they mocked masks. The group’s opponents were referencing Montgomery’s death in the tweet’s threads. It’s unfortunate that masks have become a political issue, because those who stand firmly against …

Behold the man (to quote Ian McGuire): Trump lamenting Fauci's popularity, saying it's "sort of curious a man works for us with us very closely, Dr. Fauci, and Dr. Birx also highly thought of, and yet they're highly thought of but nobody likes me." pic.twitter.com/8lIT2dVbfL — Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 28, 2020 Amazingly, Donald Trump …

Jason Rapert, a Republican senator from Arkansas who has been vocally anti-mask and believes the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, has been hospitalized with COVID. As more and more large retail chains and states require people to wear masks, a small but annoyingly vocal segment of the population is spreading misinformation about mask use. One …

The city of Portland, Oregon has been protesting for 60 straight days after the death of George Floyd. While other cities’ protests have slowed down, Portland’s has gained steam, not only because their demands to defund the police have not yet been met, but also because the protestors fear that their First Amendment rights are …

A coalition of more than 180 human rights groups says that is “virtually certain” one in five cotton products are the result of forced Uighur labor, and that almost entire fashion industry is complicit in the forced labor. France has called for outside observers in Chinese Uighur areas as evidence of genocide mounts. A group of …

The state of Arkansas, CVS, and Target are the latest entities to mandate masks as COVID cases rise. The increase in cases comes largely as young people refuse to wear masks, either for political reasons or because they simply don’t care. Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a plea to young people to wear masks. In the …