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Source: Popeyes Chicken Wraps / McDonald’s Snack Wraps
Popeyes and McDonald’s will be going to war over your taste buds this summer, and their weapon of choice will be chicken wraps.
The two fast food chains have sparked a chicken wrap war after announcing they will feature similar items on their popular menus.
Popeyes is no stranger to getting folks excited with their menu items; see the legendary chicken sandwich, which sparked a frenzy in hoods everywhere. The company is hoping to recapture that same magic with the introduction of its new chicken wraps, which come in three flavors: spicy, classic, and honey mustard.
McDonald’s wasn’t going to let Popeye’s get all the glory and decided to drop its bombshell, announcing the return of its popular Snack Wraps, which were a staple on the dollar menu before becoming a limited item that occasionally makes appearances.
The two announcements have sparked a hilarious frenzy on social media with folks adding their juiciest and most delicious commentary, even taking things to a conspiratorial route.
Others are pointing out the historical significance of Popeyes introducing a new chicken product, as the last time this happened, the entire world was locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems like time is a flat circle, and history is repeating itself.
Other people on X, formerly Twitter, are commenting on the wrap war taking place before our eyes. “They having a wrap battle,” one user wrote on X.
Lol, very clever.
So, which chicken wrap will you choose? Will you be team Popeyes or team McDonald’s? There isn’t a wrong answer here, as both options are likely good.
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Apparently, one of the wealthiest men on the planet is promising to donate the overwhelming majority of his massive fortune over the next two decades, and most of the funds will go to Africa.
According to BBC, last month, Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced during an address at the African Union (AU) headquarters that most of his fortune, which he expects to exceed $200 billion (with a capital B), will be spent on improving health and education services on the continent over the next two decades.
“I recently made a commitment that my wealth will be given away over the next 20 years,” he said. “The majority of that funding will be spent on helping you address challenges here in Africa. By unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity,” the billionaire tech innovator reportedly said.
If Gates makes good on his promise, it will be a welcome boon to the region, which will likely suffer more than it already has due to the reckless policies of a certain U.S. president whose only vested interest in the continent involves white Afrikaners suffering a fictional “white genocide.”
From BBC:
The US government has cut aid to Africa, including programmes to treat patients with HIV/Aids, as part of US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy, raising concerns about the future of healthcare on the continent.
Gates said his foundation, which has a long history of operating in Africa, would focus on improving primary healthcare.
“What we’ve learned is that helping the mother be healthy and have great nutrition before she gets pregnant, while she is pregnant, delivers the strongest results,” he said.
“Ensuring the child receives good nutrition in their first four years as well makes all the difference.”
Gates also had a message for young innovators in Africa, whom he urged to think more about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can improve healthcare and other infrastructure needs, citing the advent of mobile phones, which he said revolutionized banking in Africa.
“Africa largely skipped traditional banking and now you have a chance, as you build your next generation healthcare systems, to think about how AI is built into that,” he said. He also noted that, in Rwanda, medical professionals are already improving services using AI-enabled ultrasound to identify high-risk pregnancies.
“People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘he died rich’ will not be one of them,” Gates wrote in a blog post last month.
Welp, we’ll see if one of the world’s richest men will put his money where his mouth is.
We shall see.
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The hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson earlier this year has stoked so many emotions, among them disappointment in the culture that surrounds fraternities. Comedian Rickey Smiley took aim at that during a recent appearance on the Spolitics podcast with Jemele Hill, speaking from his experience as a member of Omega Psi Phi, the same fraternity Wilson was pledging.“I don’t think Bishop Edgar A. Love would have punched anybody in the chest,” Smiley said. “Just, Love, Cooper and Coleman founded Omega Psi Phi at Howard University in 1911. A lot of these guys that started this culture, I don’t care if it started in the ’80s, I don’t care when it started. It is wrong. In 25 years in the frat, I have never put my hands on anybody.” Smiley has been a member of Omega Psi Phi since 2000, and has continually offered support to the Wilson family since 20-year-old Caleb’s death through his platform, relating to their grief due to the death of his own son in January 2023. But he found that the fraternity reportedly wasn’t as encouraging. “I called Caleb Wilson’s dad and offered my condolences because I’m a dad that also lost his son,” Smiley said to Hill. “You know what he said? You are the first member of your fraternity to call and offer your condolences.”
Wilson’s death, which led to the arrest of three men afterward, has sparked more conversation about Black Greek culture and the numerous hazing incidents it has dealt with in the past. Talledega College president and author of Black Greek 101 Walter Kimbrough wrote about the incident for MSNBC, focusing on the older individuals involved: “I call these individuals ‘extended adolescents,’ and they pose a particularly alarming risk to college campus safety.” He blasted the “gang-like mentality” that’s taken over in the fraternity in recent years. “I [joined] Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc, because of what it was founded on, not the culture that was created,” he explained. “Culture starts with cult. It’s gang activity…the last physical altercations that I’ve gotten into as a man was with Ques. Why?” Smiley did acknowledge that there are members who are working to break “the generational curse of hazing” and stated that he’d never give up on Omega Psi Phi.
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Last Thursday (May 30), the Department of Labor announced that they were beginning a “phased pause” of operations at all Job Corps locations nationwide, stating that it would be “an orderly transition for students, staff, and local communities.” In a statement, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeReamer claimed that the program no longer produces “the intended outcomes that students deserve,” adding that “a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis.” The announcement caused an immediate uproar, and has led some to wonder why the government wants to shut Job Corps down.Job Corps was created in 1964 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War On Poverty”, specifically to combat the rising rate of youth unemployment in the nation with vocational training while improving their basic education skills. It was modeled after past programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps during the era of the Great Depression. Participants are between the ages of 16 to 24 (or older depending on disability requirements), and from low-income backgrounds. Job Corps currently has 121 centers nationwide, with two in Puerto Rico with six regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco. According to a study done by Mathematica in 2008, they found that it was “the only federal training program… shown to increase earnings for this [disadvantaged youth] population.”
https://x.com/_The_Twell/status/1929638183945621897The program has come under fire in the past for being costly. President Richard Nixon sought to shrink the program during his time in office, and President Ronald Reagan sought to eliminate it during his years in the White House, but he faced bipartisan pushback in Congress. That same support was evident last week, as Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) defended the program. “I urged Secretary Chavez-DeRemer to resume enrollment at Maine’s two Job Corps centers and to reverse the Department’s proposed elimination of the Job Corps program,” Collins said, adding that as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee that she’ll “continue to work to support this valuable program.”Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) also blasted the decision. “Congress appropriated funding for Job Corps, and the Trump Administration can’t just decide to not spend it because they want to make room for tax cuts for billionaires,” she said, noting the DOL’s remarks that their pause aligns with the current “big, beautiful bill” to create a new fiscal budget which aims to kick millions off of Medicaid as well as restrict federal judges’ oversight and rulings against the Trump administration.
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This November, New Yorkers will be electing the next mayor of the city and moving on from the corrupt clown show that Eric Adams subjected the citizens of the Big Apple to for the past four years. But interestingly enough we may be becoming more familiar with his son as he pursues a career in the rap industry. No, seriously.
According to The New York Post, Eric Adams’ 29-year-old seed, Jordan Coleman aka Jayoo, has just released a new EP, Jet Lag Dreams, after competing on the Albanian version of American Idol. While we doubt his father’s “popularity” will help his cause in any way, shape or form, we shouldn’t be quick to judge Jayoo’s work as his infamous daddy’s day job has nothing to do with his own talent or work ethic. Having worked as a child actor doing the voice of Tyrone on the Nick Jr. cartoon The Backyardigans and even having worked for Roc Nation’s film department in 2022, Jayoo’s been working hard following his industry dreams as he now works a regular nine-to-five to make ends meet.
The New York Post reports:
“I think that this right now is about to be the biggest chapter of my life, because I’m a young man and I have a lot of responsibilities, and I have something to say,” said Coleman, a substitute teacher and sports coach at Palisades Park High School in New Jersey by day, who released “Jet Lag Dreams” under his rap moniker Jayoo on April 25.
“I felt like who I really wanted to be,” the teacher, actor, musician and filmmaker told The Post, “like that last portal step where you step into the big-boy career — and so I realized I need to make music that people could relate to when I’m out there.
“I have a purpose that keeps me up at night and wakes me up in the morning,” said Coleman, who was a finalist in the European talent show.
“I have to prove it to myself I’m not just crazy with my ideas, and I have to prove it to the world that I have something beneficial for them, too.”
For his career’s sake it’s probably best he doesn’t boast that he’s the son of one of the most disliked mayors in New York City’s history. Just sayin’.
Now that we know Eric Adams’ son is attempting to break through on the music scene, all those parties and rubbing elbows with celebrities that Adams partook in while he should’ve been working is starting to make a bit more sense. The whole time we thought he just wanted to be part of the cool kid’s table, but in retrospect, he was probably looking to help get his son’s music career going… while making celebrity friends.
While it’s almost a foregone conclusion that Eric Adams will not be reelected as the mayor of New York City this coming November, he still has the support of Jayoo as he stumbles to the finish line of the 2025 mayoral race… apparently.
“I call it ‘portals,’ I was entering a new portal when my dad was getting into the office,” he said, “and I feel like this [current] portal … is the end, when he was first coming to office.
“Now we’re going to have a new portal to step into with him going for his re-election.”
Aight, b.
What do you think about Eric Adams’ son attempting to get his career in rap going? Have y’all heard any of the five party joints on Jet Lag Dreams? Will you give him a chance? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Source: Mike Marsland / Getty / Ryan Coogler
Sinners took a tremendous bite out of the box office, but don’t expect the story of Stack and Mary to continue unless something significant happens to get Ryan Coogler back in the director’s chair.
Speaking with Ebony, Ryan Coogler revealed that he never planned on making a sequel to his period vampire flick, throwing a splash of cold holy water on any speculation that Sinners would become a franchise, like his other projects, Creed and Black Panther.
Even though Coogler secured a historic deal by securing the rights to Sinners, meaning the rights of the film will revert to him after 25 years.
The director told the publication he “never” gave any thought to making a sequel to Sinners.
“I’ve been in a space of making franchise films for a bit, so I wanted to get away from that,” Coogler said. “I was looking forward to working on a film that felt original and personal to me, and had an appetite for delivering something to audiences that was original and unique.”
When watching his film, Coogler explained that he wanted to give audiences a “full meal.”
He continued, “I wanted it to be a holistic and finished thing. That was how I was asked all about it. That was always my intention.”
Coogler’s statement comes after false reports of a Sinners sequel in development flooded both Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, timelines.
‘SINNERS 2’ is rumored to be in development.
(Via: @prodweek) #Sinners pic.twitter.com/WprpwKF9vv
— CriticalOverlord (@CriticalOverlo3) May 29, 2025
Fans Seem To Be Happy A Sequel To Sinners Is Not In The Works
However, now that we know a sequel is unlikely, it seems most moviegoers are fine with the idea that Stack and Mary’s story ended with that post-credits scene.
Normalize not fucking things up with a sequel 🙏 https://t.co/gMVwFOjd5F
— bryo (@falloutbryan) June 2, 2025
We are not opposed to the idea of a Sinners sequel, but we want it to happen on Ryan Coogler’s terms, not the studio’s.
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Why does everything have to have a sequel Sinners is brilliant it doesn’t need a cinematic universe.I can’t wait for Mr Cooglers next original film. Let the guy cook https://t.co/6XA1HxLXrb— Rich Brockwell (@richkbrock) June 1, 2025
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Mohammed Sabry Soliman, a native of Egypt, appeared in Colorado court on Monday (June 2) in the wake of the Molotov cocktail attack Soliman carried out over the weekend in Boulder. Soliman, who planned the Molotov cocktail attack for a year, delayed carrying out the act until after his daughter’s high school graduation, according to reports.
As reported by local outlet KMGH-TV, Soliman, 45, has resided in El Paso County for three years with his wife and their five children after living in Kuwait for 17 years. Details are still developing in the matter, but reports state that Soliman planned his attack for a year and arrived at Pearl Street on Sunday with a dozen Molotov cocktail bombs.
According to a filed affidavit, Soliman reportedly yelled at officials and onlookers “Free Palestine” and “You’re killing my people” while expressing a desire to “Kill all Zionist people” and wishing for their death across the board.
It has since come out that Soliman was in the United States illegally after his tourism visa expired and was granted a work permit in 2023. Soliman told the authorities that he had planned his attack for a year and wanted to carry out the bombing earlier, but waited until after his daughter graduated. He also told officials he attempted to buy a firearm, but because of his illegal status, he couldn’t do so.
“The Department of Justice has swiftly charged the illegal alien perpetrator of this heinous attack with a federal hate crime and will hold him accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi stated on Monday. “Our prayers are with the victims and our Jewish community across the world. This vile anti-Semitic violence comes just weeks after the horrific murder of two young Jewish Americans in Washington DC. We will never tolerate this kind of hatred. We refuse to accept a world in which Jewish Americans are targeted for who they are and what they believe.”
Mohammed Sabry Soliman, who encountered the court on Monday, is facing federal and local hate crime charges, which include 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and other charges. He is being held on a $10 million bond.
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Cory Booker is shutting down claims he was out here throwing up a Nazi salute.
MAGA Republicans and Elon Musk are losing their sh*t and doing their best to compare a moment where Cory Booker put his hand on his heart and waved goodbye to the crowd at the Democratic National Convention in California to when Musk clearly did a Nazi salute.
Through a spokesperson, Booker shut down those ridiculous claims.
“Cory Booker was obviously just waving to the crowd. Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon Musk‘s gesture is operating in bad faith,” Maya Krishna-Rogers, spokesperson for Booker, said to Newsweek in a statement sent via email on Sunday. “The differences between the two are obvious to anyone without an agenda.”
Musk also doubled down on his acceptance of th use of the word “retard” as an insult.
🤨 https://t.co/HP6RApoMju
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2025
MAGA Republicans going hard trying to make something out of nothing about Cory Booker waving goodbye to the crowd, comes after Musk and Steve Bannon both were both accused doing nazi salutes during events.
Musk was accused of doing a Nazi salute during Trump rally during his second inauguration following his unfortunate election win.
Elon Musk has gone full mask off Nazi. He is actively promoting Nazism. Tesla is now a hate symbol. pic.twitter.com/gO2VFS0x1B
— James Jansson (@jamesjansson) January 20, 2025
Still despite Booker’s statement and the video evidence, you can’t tell these MAGA fools a damn thing as continue to take photos of other elected officials clearly waving bye, and using them as evidence of them doing Nazi salutes in order to vindicate the alleged ketamine abuser Elon Musk.
🤨 https://t.co/E7NzAWCuJB
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2025
SMH.
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3. Because it’s not a Nazi salute
Here’s a list of all the news networks who have not covered Cory Booker’s salute:- NYTimes- CNN- Washington Post- MSNBC- NPR- USA Today- Reuters- Axios- ABC NewsEvery single one of them wrote stories on Elon Musk’s salute.do you get it yet? pic.twitter.com/uIGJ5TfvQL— kekius tees (@kekmaximusk) June 1, 2025
6. Lol @ shaking
I’m literally shaking right now. Cory Booker is literally Hitler. I can’t wait for fake news to cover this as extensively as they did Elon when gave his heart out to everyone! pic.twitter.com/UBMwOOfWvY— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) May 31, 2025
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Hello, @NewsHour — will you be making a post comparing Cory Booker’s apparent “fascist salute” to the “Sieg Heil?”Your post about Elon Musk making a very similar gesture amassed over 36M views.Since you assure US taxpayers that PBS is a non-partisan organization, and all. pic.twitter.com/OPcwtD1Cjv— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 1, 2025
9. Piers Morgan is a loser
It’s most amusing to watch all the people who branded @elonmusk a Nazi now tying themselves in tortured knots trying to explain why Cory Booker isn’t… for doing the EXACT SAME THING. Of course, neither is.. but the hypocrisy stinks. https://t.co/4ozBbrBFSe— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 1, 2025
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President Donald Trump has demonstrated in times past that he is chronically online, as some have witnessed via his frequent posts on his social media network, Truth Social. Taking to his platform once more, President Donald Trump shared a post promoting a peculiar conspiracy theory alleging that former President Joe Biden was replaced by a clone.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and reshared a post from a user that suggests that President Joe Biden was replaced by robotic clones in 2020. The post itself was replete with hashtags such as “#BlackMen,” “#Blackwomem, “#Blacks,” and “#Jews” along with mentions towards political groups and media outlets.
“There is no #JoeBiden – executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. #Democrats dont know the difference,” read the leading portion of the brief post. The user, who has around 5,000 followers, had the good fortune of getting President Trump’s attention, who reshared the post to his millions of followers.
While there is no proof of this claim, it does appear to be a recent one. Biden has been a favorite target of Trump supporters and the MAGA faithful, who believe the former president’s performance in his first and final term as the nation’s leader left America in worse shape than Trump.
The Truth Social user also shared an article from The Babylon Bee, a fictional news outlet similar to The Onion, which leans into political satire and has fooled former politicians in the past into thinking it is a fact-based news organization.
President Trump and former President Biden have not made any comments about the theory, from what we’ve been able to assess.
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It’s been three years since the fourth season of Stranger Things left fans wondering what we could expect from the supernatural saga, and now we’ve gotten an idea of what’s to come as Netflix has finally released their first teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of their franchise series.
Though details about the fifth and final season remain scarce, it looks like the monsters of the Upside Down will be making their way to our reality as our heroes attempt to keep them at bay with what we expect to be many casualties. Our only question is whether or not Eleven’s other super-enhanced friends like Kali (Eight) and the others will finally return to the series or if they’ll just be completely ignored following their appearance in Season 2. We sure hope to see them come back and help Eleven and them save the day.
Releasing in three volumes, the final season of Stranger Things we be premiering Nov. 26, followed by a second installment Dec. 1 and the finale on New Year’s Eve. Netflix is really stretching this one out. It better be worth it.
Check out the teaser trailer to the fifth season of Stranger Things, and let us know what you want to see in the final season in the comments section below.
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