- The L.A. Dodgers watched Bud Light’s recent flip-flopping on a transgender marketing promotion and decided to get in on the action. The team invited, disinvited and then reinvented the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of self-described “queer and trans nuns,” to celebrate Pride Night at Dodger Stadium. The LGBTQ+ and Catholic communities got whiplash trying track of whether they supported or opposed the Dodgers.
- Meanwhile, Target also seems to be raising its hand to become a pawn in our culture wars. The retailer has pulled some LGBTQ+ items from its shelves after threats were made by protesters.
- The hits just keep coming to Elon Musk’s Twitter. This time it was a technically challenged presidential announcement.
- The start of the summer travel season has airline passengers flying out of DIA concerned about the chaotic and often-lengthy security screening process. A review from a Minnesota traveler who took time to write a letter to the editor of The Denver Post: “I am still completely dumbfounded at how bad it was.”
- The Miami Zoo has apologized for offering visitors the ability to pet a captive kiwi bird. The zoo said, “The development of the kiwi encounter was, in hindsight, not well conceived.”
- A lawsuit filed by Denver Amazon drivers against the company alleges “harsh work quotas” so bad that they are forced to pee in bottles and defecate in dog poop bags.
- Colorado skiers are mourning the official close of the 2022-2023 ski season. A-Basin, the last holdout, announced it will close June 4.
- KMGH/Denver 7 could be facing potential layoffs if reports about cutbacks at Scripps station are true.
- Denver Broncos placekicker Brandon McManus, the only holdover from the team’s Super Bowl 50 win, was cut by the team this week. New head coach Sean Payton said it was a financial decision, but some are speculating McManus’ refusal to participate in voluntary off-season workouts had something to do with it.
- A woman celebrating her recent graduation from Yale in Turks and Caicos had her foot severed by a shark.
- JPMorgan Chase is chest-deep in deposition from lawyers wanting to know why it kept serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a banking client when it was aware of his behavior.
- This weekend’s Indy 500 is America’s biggest and most-prestigious auto race. But don’t expect to watch is live on TV if you live in Indianapolis. It’s blacked out.
- A Dallas school district distributed a Winnie-the-Pooh booklet that teaches elementary school kids how to survive an active shooter at school.
- Orca whales are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it any more. They have started attacking boats off the coat of Europe.
- A WNBA rookie has a novel idea after she was cut from the Connecticut Sun – a mandatory retirement age so veteran superstars don’t clog up roster spots and keep lesser-talented rookies from making teams.
So, who won the week?
- The Golden Police Department is testing a 32-hour workweek for its officers and staff that will not require them to take a corresponding cut in pay.
- Ford and Tesla are partnering on charging technology in what may be a serious step toward establishing an industry standard for electric cars.
- Barefoot PR is hiring an associate.
- United Airlines is adding 35 flights in and out of Denver.
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