In perhaps one of the most damning accounts from the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building, then-president Donald Trump reportedly agreed with protestors chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” The conservation, which reportedly occurred between Trump and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was shared with the House Select Committee that’s been investigating the events leading up to and during the Capitol insurrection.
In addition to commenting that maybe hanging Pence wasn’t a bad idea, Trump also allegedly complained that the vice president was being evacuated from the Capitol building as protestors stormed the building holding ropes and erected a makeshift gallows outside. Via The New York Times:
Mr. Meadows, according to an account provided to the House committee investigating Jan. 6, then told the colleagues that Mr. Trump had said something to the effect of, maybe Mr. Pence should be hung.
It is not clear what tone Mr. Trump was said to have used. But the reported remark was further evidence of how extreme the rupture between the president and his vice president had become, and of how Mr. Trump not only failed to take action to call off the rioters but appeared to identify with their sentiments about Mr. Pence — whom he had unsuccessfully pressured to block certification of the Electoral College results that day — as a reflection of his own frustration at being unable to reverse his loss.
While there’s been no lack of evidence that the relationship between Trump and Pence has been frosty, if not downright hostile, the situation recently heated up in intensity when Pence didn’t rule out running against Trump in 2024.
“We’ll go where we’re called,” he told the Times in a prior interview. “That’s the way Karen and I have always approached these things.”
Trump has already made it clear that he will choose a new running mate should he win the Republican nomination in 2024. It appears Pence won’t be taking that insult lying down (unless Mother says otherwise).
Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert believes that she can have a meeting of the minds with AOC after the Texas school shooting. Good luck?
This issue, of course, goes back much further than the latest (absolutely horrific) school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where at least 21 people (including 19 children) lost their lives. Boebert simply loves her guns. She’s the textbook definition of a Rifle Republican. She vowed to carry her Glock in the halls of Congress and posted a family Christmas card that starred her own kids holding firearms. And in the aftermath, Boebert was awfully triggered by SNL‘s parody sketch of that card.
This reaction previously met with derision from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who tweeted, “Tell me again where Christ said ‘use the commemoration of my birth to flex violent weapons for personal political gain’?” AOC also wasn’t here for Bobert’s insistence (following the Texas shooting) that gun control is not the answer because “[y]ou cannot legislate away evil.”
To that, AOC had responded, “Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job?” She then slammed Boebert for “acting like a useless piece of furniture when babies are shot with AR15s.” Well, Boebert decided to fire back (pun sadly intended) by expressing the desire to “meet and solve this” issue with AOC. Of course, Boebert doesn’t believe that “Gun Free Zones” will help at all. Rather, Boebert believes that AOC (“Ms. Defund the Police”) should “[l]et me know when you’re ready to do your job and effectively protect our schools with armed security.”
Ms. Defund the Police,
Gun Free Zones have proven to be deadly.
Let me know when you’re ready to do your job and effectively protect our schools with armed security.
Boebert also complained because Nancy Pelosi “had no problem bussing in 25,000 armed troops to protect her with AR-15s in an empty, locked down city.” That refers to the post-insurrection days in D.C., and perhaps Boebert believes that this should be the case for every school in the U.S.
Nancy Pelosi had no problem bussing in 25,000 armed troops to protect her with AR-15s in an empty, locked down city.
At a minimum, our schools can have certified armed teachers to protect our children from deranged maniacs who wish to do them harm.
Kristen Stewart has done what not many are able to do: successfully leveled up from brooding teen movie actress to an actual movie star in the span of just a few years (OK, maybe Robert Pattinson did it too, depending on who you ask). After the Spencer buzz and the highly-anticipated/generally unsettling upcoming movie Crimes of the Future, it seems like the actress has finally found her footing, so the next project on her roster will be a new one: directing!
The Twilight star has been attached to direct an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s novel The Chronology of Water for several years, though it only recently began taking shape. Stewart told IndieWire that she is planning on making the movie this year. “If I don’t make this movie before the end of the year, I’ll die,” Stewart dramatically said while at Cannes Film Festival. Someone, please make this movie happen.
Stewart has allegedly had issues securing financing for the film, which she intends to shoot with a small crew along the Oregon coast. Maybe if she adds a character with ears on his forehead, her pal Cronenberg can fund it for her. Just a thought!
Several lifetimes ago in 2018, Stewart excitedly announced she picked up the project because she felt so deeply inspired by Yuknaitch’s life and story. “My only goal is just to finish the screenplay and hire a really spectacular actor: I’m going to write the best f*cking female role,” she said. “I’m going to write a role that I want so badly but that I’m not going to play.” The role has been under wraps but was allegedly cast earlier this year.
As for actually watching movies, Stewart made a surprising comment: “To be honest, I prefer links,” she said, implying that she doesn’t actually like to go to theaters. “I have a great projector.”
Ever since the recent Uvalde, Texas school shooting, many in entertainment have used their platforms to offer their thoughts, both on that specific incident and on the state of gun violence and gun control in the United States more broadly. Now Halsey has added their voice to the conversation, first by conceding they don’t have much to say before encouraging followers to make sure they’re registered to vote, presumably so they can elect officials who will change gun laws in the US.
In an Instagram Story yesterday, Halsey wrote, “it is so difficult to make statements and engage in conversations about lives lost to gun violence and mass shootings because it is so frequent and so horrific. But unfortunately it is also a routine news story for this generation and it shouldn’t be. I have nothing of value to add to this conversation because it never seems to move forward. And I don’t think a graphic from a musician is going to do anything but add noise to an already loud discussion. Just like many of you, as a mother I’m scared. As a big sister I’m scared. As a citizen I’m angry. I cant think of anything to say besides make sure you’re registered to vote. I just want all school age children to be protected and not grow up in the epicenter of this trauma. It is so futile and revolting that lawmakers protect guns over our youth. It’s despicable.”
@halsey/Instagram
In recent days, Halsey has also expressed frustration with their label allegedly preventing them from releasing a new single (an issue that likely now seems less significant to them in light of the aforementioned recent events).
In addition to being one of hip-hop’s most beloved cultural figures and a rap icon, Snoop Dogg has had a successful career as a DJ. So successful, in fact, that he says he was recently offered $2 million to DJ at an event thrown by Michael Jordan — an opportunity he turned down despite never having met the NBA’s GOAT. Snoop recounted the incident for Logan Paul’s podcast, Impaulsive.
“One of the craziest deals I turned down was $2 million to DJ for a Michael Jordan event,” he recalled. “And I’ve never met Michael Jordan, and I wanna meet him.” He also elaborated on why he turned it down — which boiled down to having too many prior engagements. “I was doing some other sh*t, I had sh*t to do and I had way more customers before I get to you,” he said. “I never met Michael Jordan, and I wanna meet him, and I wanna meet him on a different—I don’t wanna meet him on no DJing. I wanna meet him as a fan, as a boss.”
Snoop imagined what he’d say to the legendary hooper. “It’s like, ‘Mike, I’ve loved you since North Carolina, I’m a big fan of yours, I love what you do, you one of the greatest to ever do it. Give me a couple of secrets on how you did this. Can I get a picture with you? You wanna smoke a blunt? Hey man, it’s been real.’”
The 9th annual “Metallica Night” went down at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tuesday evening and it was a wild one. The San Francisco Giants were taking on the New York Mets, and Metallica, who are originally from the “City By The Bay,” were front and center for much of the evening.
Band members James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett shredded their way through the “Star Spangled Banner,” wowing the crowd with riffs that could unmistakably only come from a Metallica guitar. Hetfield even threw out the game’s first pitch, easily getting the ball across the plate (are you taking notes, Steve Aoki?). The sold-out crowd was greeted with a commemorative T-shirt along with their tickets to a game that featured a whopping 37 hits. It’s what went down late in the ballgame, though, that showed that the heavy metal magic was truly in the air.
The Giants were sporting a comfortable 8-4 lead heading into the 8th inning. However, the Mets blew up the SF bullpen for seven runs in the top of the 8th, capped off by a bases-clearing triple by Francisco Lindor, which Joc Pederson misplayed off the wall. Pederson, who already had two home runs in the game, would come back in the bottom of the inning to hit his 3rd, a Bonds-ian shot to deep right that landed straight into McCovey Cove and tied the game at 11. The Mets took a 12-11 lead in the top of the 9th, when Pederson stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the inning for a game tying RBI single. Brandon Crawford followed him with a walk-off hit and the Giants ended their five-game losing streak.
It was about as insane of an ending as we’ve seen this year in baseball and Pederson revealed late in the game that he spent the afternoon talking to Barry Bonds about hitting. It’s tough to say who gets the credit for the save here, Metallica or Bonds? An official scorer’s ruling is pending.
Step 1: Joc Pederson spends his afternoon talking to Barry Bonds.
Victory/Dos Equis/Sierra Nevada/Pabst Blue Ribbon/istock/Uproxx
While it’s not technically summer yet (the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere isn’t until June 21st), many people believe that the unofficial start of summer is Memorial Day. And since that patriotic holiday is this coming weekend, we figured the time was right to start highlighting warm-weather beers. Not just any summery beers, though. We’re talking no-frills, easy-drinking summer beers perfect for the hot, humid days ahead.
While “no-frills” isn’t technically a beer style, you likely get the picture. These are easy-to-drink, crushable, reasonably inexpensive beers that are well-suited for late spring, summer, and even early fall imbibing. They’re the kind of beers you want to sip after an afternoon spent mowing the lawn or simply lounging by a pool — lagers, pilsners, blonde ales, and every crushable, easy-to-down beer in between.
To find the best choices, we turned to a panel of brewing pros for a little help. We asked a handful of noteworthy craft beer experts, brewers, and beer professionals to tell us the one no-frills beer they reach for every summer. Keep reading to see all of their picks.
Yuengling Lager is my lawnmower beer. It can only be enjoyed out of a can to avoid the light-struck bottle. It’s an American light lager but has a nice little caramelly sweetness to it that makes it strangely satisfying on a hot day. It’s definitely tough to beat in terms of flavor and price.
My favorite easy-drinking summer ale would have to be Victory Summer Love. It’s just a really easy drinking beer and has the feel of a Kolsch or a pilsner but with enough hop backbone to keep it interesting and fresh. Loved this beer since I first had it almost a decade ago and look forward to its release every year. The first sip makes me feel like summer is officially here.
Every summer I find myself getting Pilsner Urquell. It’s a classic Czech pilsner and has a crisp bit that I really enjoy, especially while barbecuing outside. It’s the beer that created the easy-drinking, crispy style we all know and love. When looking for a no-frills, thirst-quencher, why not drink the first?
Dos Equis Lager Especial
Dos Equis
Hector Cavazos, owner and head brewer at Rebel Toad Brewery in Corpus Christi, Texas
Dos Equis Lager Especial is always great on the beach or literally anywhere on a hot day. It’s really light and an all-day drinker that’s crisp, refreshing, goes down easy and has a nice, subtle, floral hops presence that ties everything together nicely. If you’re looking for a Mexican lager this summer, why not make it a Dos Equis.
Under A Sombrero by Ass Clown Brewing in Cornelius, North Carolina. What flavors make it great? It’s a light, crisp lager with lime zest. Really refreshing and perfect for days at the beach or on the boat. Simple, tart, thirst-quenching, it’s the kind of beer you want to drink all day long.
Maplewood Pulaski Pils is my go-to summer no-frills sipper. It has hop character to differentiate itself from other craft lagers while still maintaining its crushability. It’s the perfect beer for a hot day of lawn mowing or simply lounging by a pool or a large body of water.
Von Trapp Natur Helles is the one beer I always grab on a hot summer day. This no-frilled beer is a complete labor of love. Natur Helles has a longer fermentation time and extended conditioning making it the ideal summer crusher. A light body packed with toasted malt goodness and noble hop spice, it’s easy to drink whether you’re cutting the grass or hanging on the beach.
Summerfest from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Historically released in time to begin your Memorial Day festivities, this namesake of the season Czech-style Pilsner was just one more reason to get excited for summer. Light-bodied with a golden hue and zesty carbonation, Summerfest has a deep bready malt character with a soft noble hop bitterness that still maintains a poolside crushability.
Off Site Super Good Lager
Off Site
Marshall Hendrickson co-founder and head of operations at Veza Sur Brewing Co. in Miami
ABV: 5.5% Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Off Site Super Good Lager. I can’t hype up this beer enough – it’s such a crushable beer, but also very well crafted and balanced. It’ll be my go-to beer this summer. Their nano-brewery is a great vibe as well, with a delicious menu. Rock up to the bar and ask for some Super Good Lager.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Chris Wittemann, area sales at Sprecher Brewing in Glendale, Wisconsin
Pabst Blue Ribbon. Easy drinking light lager, no fancy additives, just good old classic, crisp beer. Does it get more classic and no-frills than PBR? It’s the kind of beer that you fill a cooler with, top it with ice, and then spend the day playing yard games or simply sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of a field.
Who needs anything else when you have a frosty Pabst?
For all its talk about having “the meats,” it’s weird that Arby’s hasn’t ever had a burger on the menu. It’s not that Arby’s needs a burger, but the chain does roasted turkey sandwiches, fried chicken sandwiches, corned beef sandwiches, and roast beef sandwiches, so not having a burger on the menu feels like a miss. Especially when you consider that Arby’s has two different salads on the menu. A salad before a burger? That goes against Arby’s whole meathead ethos!
Well, carnivores, get ready. Because on Monday the chain finally unveiled its first cheeseburger and in typical Arby’s fashion they went big. This isn’t a simple quarter-pound cheeseburger, it’s a 6.4 oz (slightly more than 1/3 pound) meat bomb of Wagyu and ground beef.
The Wagyu Steakhouse Burger features a single patty made from 52% American Wagyu and 42% ground beef (more on this later!) topped with thick crinkle cut pickles, red onion, American cheese, shredded lettuce, tomato, and a double dose of special sauce served on a brioche bun. Arby’s is calling it the “highest quality burger the market has seen.” To which we say: we’ll be the judge of that!
Quality aside, dropping a Wagyu burger suggests some big flavors — so we’re excited to find out if Arby’s can actually deliver. Let’s eat.
Arby’s Wagyu Steakhouse Burger
Dane Rivera
One of the first things that jumps out when you unwrap this burger is the smell — it’s noticeably beefy with an intoxicating and mouthwatering aroma that excites the taste buds before you even take your first bite. And goddamn does that first bite deliver! It’s tender and juicy with that melt-in-your-mouth buttery finish that Wagyu is famous for.
The Wagyu in question is not the ultra-marbled high-fat Japanese Wagyu (if it were, this burger would not be $5.99), it’s instead made with what is known as American Wagyu, which is made from Japanese Wagyu crossed with high-quality cattle breeds from North America. American Wagyu is… still pretty good. It’s definitely more elevated than your typical ground beef blend, but having said that, it’s not really even in the ballpark of Japanese Wagyu, flavor-wise, and it doesn’t have that same luxurious marbling and sumptuous fat-infused tenderness that makes Japanese Wagyu so special.
Proper Wagyu goes through a strict and official rating process conducted by the Japanese Meat Grading Association that assigns a score for factors that include the meat’s marbling, color, fat content, firmness, texture, and yield, with the highest score being A5. It’s a fascinating practice and one that is entirely absent from Arby’s press info about this burger because. It’s. Not. Actually. Wagyu.
But we digress.
Also, as I mentioned before, this is only 52% American Wagyu, so calling this burger a “Wagyu burger” comes with a big f*cking asterisk. That might seem overly harsh towards Arby’s, but I’m not the one who decided to call this thing the “Wagyu Steakhouse Burger.” But we’re probably never going to get proper Wagyu in a fast food burger (it’s a waste of Wagyu anyway), ever, so we’ll take this, because naming aside, it’s pretty solid.
Arby’s claims that they cook this beef Sous Vide to better lock in juices, and while it is noticeably juicer than burgers from other chains like Wendy’s and McDonald’s, that slightly pink center we expect from Sous Vide isn’t quite there. Our cross-section cut shows some slight pinkness but, as is common with fast food burgers, this is still a bit overdone and drier than I want it to be. Aside from that small gripe, it does pack a lot of tender buttery flavor, serving up rich and savory umami notes with a slight lingering sweetness to the aftertaste.
Dane Rivera
Those flavors are intensified by the special sauce, which provides a slightly spicy tang to the beefy notes and pairs well with the earthy pickles and sharp, bitingly fresh red onion. Arby’s also gives you the option to swap the sauce with its famous peppercorn ranch sauce, as well as add bacon. I haven’t tried that version yet, but I’ll take any excuse to eat this thing again!
Arby’s first stab at a burger is, by all measures, a success. It’s delicious, juicy, and beefier than the competition, while still offering something that tastes unique and uniquely Arby’s. It’ll be interesting to see where this burger lands on our comprehensive fast food burger ranking. As it stands though this is one of the best new fast food menu items we’ve tasted all year.
The Bottom Line:
It doesn’t taste like a typical fast food burger, it has an elevated quality to it, putting it more in line with a $16 restaurant burger than other great fast food burgers, like the Wendy’s Dave Single.
Ahead of their upcoming EP, Nothing You Do Matters, Chicago band Ganser is taking their music videos to the next level. In their latest video, “People Watching,” the band utilize an LED Volume backdrop to create an immersive effect.
An LED Volume backdrop is a set-up of high-resolution screens that can respond in real-time to camera movement. This type of technology is used in on series like The Mandalorian.
In the video, the band is seen burying their vocalist, Nadia Garofalo, alive. Snow and cornstalks in the background add an ominous feel. Ganser spoke about the creation of the “People Watching” video, which was shot over a two-day period, to Rolling Stone.
“It’s kind of nice to be like, ‘OK, we’re shooting it in the cold winter — but we don’t have to actually go out and dig a hole in the ground and be outside for 10 hours,’ ” said Garofalo. “Saving crews from elements is cool, too.”
“I was being shot from the waist down,” co-vocalist Alicia Gaines added. “So I was burying Nadia in fake soil and looking at the monitor on one side, checking her lip-sync. This was our most difficult video to make.”
The upcoming EP was produced by Angus Andrew of Liars.
Check out “People Watching” above and the tracklist and cover art for Nothing You Do Matters below.
The grilled cheese at Irene and Tony Demas’ restaurant was truly something special. The combination of freshly baked artisan bread and 5-year-old cheddar was enough to make anyone’s mouth water, but no one was nearly as devoted to the item as the restaurant’s regular, John Kinnear.
Kinnear loved the London, Ontario restaurant’s grilled cheese so much that he ordered it every single day, though he wouldn’t always pay for it in cash. The Demases were well known for bartering their food in exchange for odds and ends from local craftspeople and merchants.
“Everyone supported everyone back then,” Irene told the Guardian, saying that the couple would often trade free soup and a sandwich for fresh flowers. Two different kinds of nourishment, you might say.
And so, in the 1970s the Demases made a deal with Kinnear that he could pay them for his grilled cheese sandwiches with artwork. Being a painter himself and part of an art community, Kinnear would never run out of that currency.
Little did Kinnear—or anyone—know, eventually he would give the Demases a painting worth an entire lifetime’s supply of grilled cheeses. And then some.
One day, Kinnear brought in some works from a friend by the name of Maud Lewis. Despite living in abject poverty and suffering from challenging health conditions, Lewis would create colorful, cheerful paintings using whatever materials she could get access to, be that leftover paint used for boats or discarded wooden boards.
According to Good News Network, Kinnear and Lewis had made their own trade: some painting supplies in exchange for a few of her pieces, which were brought to the restaurant.
One painting in particular struck the then-pregnant Irene in a profound way—a cheery image of an old black pickup truck cruising through a neighborhood, complete with a bright yellow house with a flower-lined yard.
Because of the pure innocence expressed in the piece, Irene thought a child might have created it. She told the Guardian, “I just sat there in silence for quite a while. I’d never ever seen any art like that before. At first I thought they might be playing some sort of trick on me.”
Nevertheless, Irene selected the work and hung it in her expected son’s bedroom, where it remained for 50 years.
As an artist, Lewis never reached acclaim while she was alive, but over the years her art has made its way into the spotlight and there was even a romantic biopic made about her, starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.
The movie caused Lewis’ work to “double and triple in value” according to Ethan Miller, chief executive officer and auctioneer at Miller & Miller Auctions in New Hamburg, Ontario, who noted that the truck painting in particular was a rare piece.
Soon, the Demases realized that they owned the work of a now-famous painter and they put the work up for sale. It was subsequently auctioned off for $350,000. The letters written between Kinnear and Lewis—also sold at auction—were bought for $70,000. Not bad for free grilled cheese.
Painting swapped in 70s for grilled cheese sandwich serves up windfall https://t.co/LC0teC431o
Not only do the Demases have an exciting new chapter of possibilities in their lives, but an artist has received long overdue recognition. Talk about a win-win situation.
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