A liberal Wisconsin brewery owner announced a promotion offering 50% off beer the day Sen. Mitch McConnell dies, drawing sharp criticism even as the brewery fights to keep its alcohol permit. Kirk Bangstad, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company, posted the promotion on Instagram on July 7, tying the discount to what he called McConnell's […] The post Wisconsin brewery promotes half-price beer tied to McConnell's death — while fighting state permit revocation appeared first on American Almanac .
A liberal Wisconsin brewery owner announced a promotion offering 50% off beer the day Sen. Mitch McConnell dies, drawing sharp criticism even as the brewery fights to keep its alcohol permit. Kirk Bangstad, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company, posted the promotion on Instagram on July 7, tying the discount to what he called McConnell's responsibility for "AT LEAST 50% of what's currently wrong with America." The post also mocked the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican's health, suggesting McConnell may have already died. The promotion would apply at both of the brewery's taprooms, in Minocqua and Madison, Wisconsin. McConnell has not appeared in the Senate since June, when he was hospitalized after a fall and a pneumonia diagnosis. His…Open
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is open to reparations for the city's role in slavery, a position that could put the nation's largest city on a direct collision course with the Trump administration's Department of Justice. In an interview with The Root, Mamdani said he would await the findings of an ongoing […] The post NYC Mayor Mamdani signals openness to reparations for slavery, inviting a federal legal collision appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is open to reparations for the city's role in slavery, a position that could put the nation's largest city on a direct collision course with the Trump administration's Department of Justice. In an interview with The Root, Mamdani said he would await the findings of an ongoing city reparations review before committing to specifics but made clear he views the effort as a moral obligation. He framed New York's historical ties to slavery as deeper than many Americans realize, pushing back on the assumption that complicity in the slave trade was limited to the South. Newsmax reported that Mamdani's remarks represent a willingness to consider reparations, a stance consistent with the progressive…Open
The mayor has observed the Passover holiday in several ways in recent days, including a left-wing event on Monday. He planned to hold a Seder for city workers in the evening at Gracie Mansion.