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02 Jul 16:58

Dems badly underestimated Trump

IKEA Monkey

yeah no duh

30 Jun 01:28

Criminal Couple's Harrowing Attempt To Escape Convenience Store Features Unbelievable Number Of Plot Twists

by Giri Nathan
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This is a real ride

A man and a woman visited the King Street Reddi Mart in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada on Monday afternoon, and the convenience store owner eventually called the police on suspicion that the man had been using a stolen credit card. By the time the couple left the store, they had lost a shirt and a shoe, gained a deep…

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29 Jun 16:26

Fazoli's Debuts New Breadstick Sliders

by Q
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If you listen to MBMBaM, they talked about these on Munch Squad, and it was such a funny segment.

Fazoli's adds another way to enjoy their signature breadsticks with the debut of new Italian Breadstick Sliders as well as Pepperoni Pizza Breadsticks to make up the new Breadstick Snacks menu.

To come up with the new sliders, the chain made a slider bun version of their garlic breadsticks.

Here's what counts as Breadstick Snacks at Fazoli's:

- Smashed Meatball Breadstick Slider - Two meatballs, marinara, and sliced mozzarella baked together on a slider bun and then drizzled with basil pesto.

- Spicy Italian Breadstick Slider - Sliced Genoa salami, capicola, sliced mozzarella baked together on a slider bun and then topped with pepperoncini and a drizzle of parmesan peppercorn ranch.

- Pepperoni Pizza Breadstick Slider - A slider bun filled with pepperoni, sliced mozzarella, and marinara.

- Pepperoni Pizza Breadsticks - Six garlic breadstick halves topped with mozzarella and pepperoni and then baked. Marinara sauce is included for dipping.

The sliders go for $1.99 each while an order of Pepperoni Pizza Breadsticks is $2.49. You can find them at participating locations now.

Photo via Fazoli's.
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29 Jun 01:50

Rep. Maxine Waters cancels events in Texas, Alabama due to 'very serious death threat'

by Felicia Sonmez
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Civility

Rep. Maxine Waters, whose call for public protests of Trump administration officials has triggered a debate over civility in politics, said Thursday that she has canceled events in Texas and Alabama this weekend after a "very serious death threat" was made against her.

In a statement reported by...

28 Jun 04:05

The Only Thing That Might Stop Trump From Replacing Kennedy With a Scalia Clone

by Richard L. Hasen
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This is depressing as hell

Buckle up, folks. If you did not like what the Supreme Court has done in the last few weeks on voting rights, public-sector unions, and Trump’s travel ban, things are going to get a whole lot worse now that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring and with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts about to become the new swing justice. There’s precious little Democrats can do, at least in the short term, either to stop the nomination of another clone of Justice Antonin Scalia, or to stop the political benefit President Donald Trump is likely to get from such an appointment. Fixing the Supreme Court will be a long-term project.

27 Jun 19:09

Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick

by Bill Mears
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Goddammit.

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring, giving President Trump a critical opportunity to move the Supreme Court more solidly to the right in what promises to be an epic confirmation fight.
27 Jun 16:44

Jeff Sessions Jokes About Separating Immigrant Children From Parents During L.A. Immigration Speech

by Elliot Hannon
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all lives matter amirite

Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a speech at the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation’s Annual Luncheon Meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles. During his remarks specifically focused on immigration, Sessions joked about separating families of immigrants on the border to applause and laughter from the audience.

27 Jun 14:15

Conagra's $10.9 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Foods creates juggernaut

by Greg Trotter
IKEA Monkey

Daaaaaaaamn

Hungry Man, meet Marie Callender. In a highly anticipated union in the frozen food aisle, Conagra Brands announced Wednesday that it will buy Pinnacle Foods for $10.9 billion in cash and debt, forming a food powerhouse.

The plan to combine Chicago-based Conagra, known for frozen foods like Marie...

27 Jun 02:58

More migrants dying from heat on U.S.-Mexico border: patrol agency

IKEA Monkey

all lives matter, amirite

More migrants dying from heat on U.S.-Mexico border: patrol agencyHeat-related deaths, the main cause of migrant fatalities on the U.S. southwest border, rose to 48, up from 31 over the same period in 2017, said U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Salvador Zamora. The death toll is expected to rise in the triple-digit heat of summer months as vulnerable, unacclimatized immigrants attempt to cross harsh environments, putting border fatalities on track for a year-on-year increase in 2018, Zamora said. The Border Patrol recorded a 12 percent year-on-year rise in immigrant arrests in the eight months to May 31, Zamora said.


27 Jun 01:33

Explore one of SNL's most reliable sketches in this oral history of Black Jeopardy

by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
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I just spent half an hour rewatching all of these and the Tom Hanks one is such a thing of perfection, it is beautiful and perfect

Over the years, Saturday Night Live has had a number of sketches that are consistently entertaining every time the sets get pulled out of storage, but one of the most reliable sketches of the modern era is Black Jeopardy, a straightforward gag that manages to be surprisingly unique in each iteration. Vulture has put…

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26 Jun 23:02

Trump trade war with China puts 300,000 soybean farmers, $14 billion export industry in limbo

by Willie James Inman
IKEA Monkey

So much winning

Some 300,000-soybean farmers may have to re-think their farming strategies with the growing fear of a potential trade war with China.
26 Jun 23:00

Minute Maid Park ate a Curtis Granderson pop up and everyone was confused

by Whitney McIntosh
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Ha! That's funny.

Where’d it go?

Curtis Granderson took a nice cut at a Justin Verlander pitch on Monday night, and it flew sky high. Max Stassi stood up from behind the plate as if he were about to catch the ball he expected to come back down. Granderson and Verlander both expected the former to be out as soon as the ball took its sweet time coming down.

Except it never did. Minute Maid Park ate it.

The obvious star of this is Stassi circling around with his head tilted skyward looking for a ball that he thinks he’s missing somehow but in actuality is gone forever up in the catwalk.

Verlander and Granderson’s reactions are clear runners up though, with the pitchers slight smile just as fun as Granderson asking where the ball went and then laughing when he got confirmation that it’s lost for all of time thanks to the stadium’s quirks. Baseball is fun.

Maybe this is a new level of Verlander magic that we haven’t witnessed before now — he makes baseballs completely disappear.

26 Jun 22:11

Manchin gives McCaskill Heimlich maneuver after choking, she suffers broken rib

IKEA Monkey

holyshit!

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill suffered a broken rib after choking at a Senate lunch Thursday, where her Senate colleague Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, performed the Heimlich maneuver to save her.
26 Jun 16:35

CNN star Jim Acosta shamed at Trump rally as crowd chants, 'Go home, Jim'

by Nicole Darrah
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So civil

Supporters of President Trump angrily heckled CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta in South Carolina Monday, shouting at him to "go home" and dubbing him "fake news Jim."
26 Jun 16:28

Targeting Trump aides: The politics of rage is out of control

by Howard Kurtz
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The President literally said he'd pay the legal fees of people who beat up protesters at his rallies

26 Jun 14:12

Janelle Monae Looks Perfect

by Heather
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Gorgeous!

This will make you smile.
26 Jun 14:03

DONALD TRUMP JR. IS OFFICIALLY OFF THE MARKET, LADIES!!!

by Ashley Reese
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That's not a conflict of interest at all

It’s official: Athlete Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle are making their relationship public.

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25 Jun 22:50

Trump tweets GOP should 'stop wasting their time' on immigration until after midterms

by Alan Fram and Zeke Miller
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And then he went and held a white power press conference to spread misinformation about immigrant crime.

President Donald Trump on Friday told his fellow Republicans in Congress to "stop wasting their time" on immigration legislation until after the November elections. GOP leaders said they'd press on anyway, but his comments further damaged their attempt to win over wavering lawmakers for a measure...

25 Jun 21:28

Developers unveil revised plan for stalled Six Corners project

by Jay Koziarz
IKEA Monkey

what
The latter will include 86 units of independent living apartments offered for $4,400 per month, 141 assisted living units going for $6,000 per month, and 38 memory care units costing $7,200 per month. Ryan Companies’ Dan Walsh described the highly-amenitized community as a “cruise ship on land,”


so, great, that's what Boomers are going to need GenX and Millenials to pay for next. Goodbye, any hope for living our own lives into the sunset, we'll be too busy serving as organ donors for selfish Boomers.

The updated plan includes upscale senior housing above an Aldi grocery store

The site of a long-dormant retail development at Portage Park’s Six Corners intersection is seeking a zoning change to grow into a 10-story, mixed-use complex topped by 265 units of upscale senior housing.

The latest proposal, presented at June 21 community meeting hosted by 45th Ward Alderman John Arena, aims to replace the long-delayed The Point at Six Corners project. The low-rise development halted work in early 2017 and left behind a water-filled pit at the southeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Irving Park Road.

The revised design from developer The Ryan Companies (in partnership with The Point developer Clark Street Real Estate) calls for 50,000 square feet of retail anchored by an Aldi grocery store and a market-rate senior housing facility to be operated by LCS-Clarendale.

 Jay Koziarz
The pit left behind by the partially completed The Point at Six Corners retail development.

The latter will include 86 units of independent living apartments offered for $4,400 per month, 141 assisted living units going for $6,000 per month, and 38 memory care units costing $7,200 per month. Ryan Companies’ Dan Walsh described the highly-amenitized community as a “cruise ship on land,” according to Block Club Chicago.

The new development will also include a pair of public plazas along Milwaukee Avenue and a pedestrian connection to Irving Park Park Road. Set to include 237 parking spaces, the Six Corners’ project exceeds the city’s parking requirements, noted Alderman Arena in an email to residents.

Still needing city approval to move forward, the project could see further revision based on continued community feedback. A video of Thursday’s presentation can be found on the alderman’s Facebook page.

With an emphasis on increased density and greater walkability, the new proposal is consistent with the guidelines set in the 2013 by the Six Corners Master Plan to revitalize the immediate area. Plans are also in the works to redevelop the intersection’s soon-to-close Sears Store at 4730 W. Irving Park Road.

 Jay Koziarz
A joint venture of Tucker Developer and Seritage Growth Properties plan to redevelop the Sears location across the street.
25 Jun 14:00

Sarah Sanders booted so restaurant could uphold 'certain standards,' co-owner says: report

by Elizabeth Zwirz
IKEA Monkey

If its OK for a baker to deny gay people a cake, then this restaurant is perfectly fine with booting out this bigot.

A co-owner of a restaurant that refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday reportedly cited morality and living up to "certain standards,” as the reason why.
25 Jun 13:57

The Week In Garbage Men: Douchebag Offers Lessons In Not Being A 'Cuck.'

by Robyn Pennacchia
IKEA Monkey

This is amazing. Also

"If there is anything that right-wing men seem to love, it is paying lots and lots of money to other dudes who will tell them how to live and/or function"



If there is anything that right-wing men seem to love, it is paying lots and lots of money to other dudes who will tell them how to live and/or function.


It is a whole thing. Look at how much money they give to Jordan Peterson just to talk to them about lobsters and tell them to clean their rooms! If I had a penis and no scruples, I would immediately create some kind of online course for dudes in which I told them that a bunch of misogynistic bullshit was the REAL TRUTH the world was trying to hide from them and also that they should make sure to trim their nose hairs -- then I would sit back and rake in the millions. It would be very, very easy. Fools and their money are, indeed, very easily parted.

The latest dickwads to take advantage of this kind of moneymaking scheme are the sentient Ed Hardy T-shirts MMA Fighter Andrew "Depression Isn't Real" Tate and scammy "dating coach" Christopher McQueen who are offering courses on how to be a G instead of a cuck. Or a soyboy. For the low, low price of $497!

They write:

From The Global Hot Tub Desk of: CMQ & Andrew Tate
Fellow Future G:
CMQ and Andrew Tate here.
The era of Soyboys is upon us and what defines men today is quite clearly labeled in two camps:
Savages and Cucks.
Which are you?
You've heard the term 'G' on Twitter and Instagram often...No doubt you know what it means...But do you know HOW to live the life of your dreams and most importantly on YOUR terms?

SAVAGES AND CUCKS. Now, I have certainly been accused of being a misandrist in my time, but I have certainly never said that all men are either "savages or cucks." That would be rude.

Also I am pretty sure the term "G" existed long before Twitter and Instagram? Like, more than 20 years before Twitter and Instagram?

They continue:

If a man makes $2 million per year, but is a slave to a PC company, a cunty wife and bratty kids, can he be a G?
No.
If a man makes $1 million per year, answers to essentially no one, has a harem of women who all love him and does whatever he wants, when he wants, is he a G?
Clearly.

I believe I have heard the same sentiments from David Leisure on reruns of Empty Nest.

There is a divide that is ripping men a part and very few men are on the right side.
While nations fill with cucks and masculine women, a few men are doing something DIFFERENT, creating powerful relationships with non-cucked countries and living life on their terms...
You've seen the difference...probably at your 9-5...
'Men' walk around heads bowed, shoulders stooped, afraid to make eye contact with women while living a life of quiet desperation.
And you've most definitely seen it out and about wherever you live...
Just wander into your local Starfucks and look at the soyboys sippin' on frothy crappucinos full of soy...

These dudes are very obsessed with soy! That is weird, but what is weirder is that next they get all "you can have my avocado toast when you pry it from my cold dead hands" about things.

Is that the type of 'man' you want to be?
A man who is brow beat by the politically 'correct' culture?
A man who is told that he must skip avacodo toast for 43.5 years so he can maybe have 1 million bucks in his bank account at the ripe age of 64 when his dick no longer works and his will to live is barely alive?
This is REALITY.
This is how MOST 'men' are living...
It's pathetic.
It's sad.

They make take our lives, but they will never take our AVOCADO TOAST!

According to Tate and McQueen, here are some of the signs that this may be the "How To Be A Weird Douchebag" course for you!

  • You're frustrated with a lack of mentors to SHOW you exactly what to do to break free from the status quo
  • You want a true harem of women who ALL love and are loyal to YOU
  • You want to find ONE woman to become your wife, but you don't know how to FIND even one who is worthy of this title
  • You're afraid of sinking into the sinkhole of Cuckland and losing any masculinity you may still have

A harem AND a wife? Talk about having it all!

And you know they know what they are talking about, because here is a picture of Tate with the biggest douchebag of all, Donald Trump, Jr.!

No one here knows what the fuck they are talking about

The course includes important lessons like "The Voice That Makes The Pussy Wet" and "How To Get Rich (For Real)" and "How To Get HOT Girls." There is of course a lesson on "How To Dress Like A G," which apparently means wearing the same smoking jacket all of the time.

Seriously this is the same jacket from the other picture.

Then there are the bonus courses. Like how to put phone numbers into your phone -- a $497 "value" in and of itself!

BONUS #1. The Player's Phone Filing System with Tristan Tate
Value: $497.00
Tristan Tate, super player and brother of Andrew Tate, has developed a GENIUS phone filing system he uses to keep his women organized in his cell phone, despite the fact he has multiple women at beck and call WORLD-WIDE. This is truly ground-breaking and now you can use this simple, but powerful system to NEVER forget a girl's number you get, or a ONS you hook up with.Implement this and thank us later.

And how to use Instagram!

BONUS #2. How To Grow Your Instagram with Andrew Tate
Value: $297.00
There's a way to showcase your new G lifestyle on Instagram, the popular social media app, in a way that helps you get MORE women and BETTER business contacts. Inside this video Andrew shares his method for growing your Instagram into your own funnel for hot women and more cash.

Wow, what an amazing deal. Unfortunately, you only have until midnight tomorrow to sign up for this scam! Although if you forget, you can always just go buy a few cans of Axe Body Spray to douse yourself with in order to get the same effect. Or if you want to try something really effective in the way of getting ladies to dig you -- just study these men very, very carefully and then do the exact opposite of whatever they do. You can start by never, ever using the word "cuck."

Anyway! This is now your open thread! Don't forget to tip your Wonkette! We tell you what to do all the time and don't even ask for $497!

[HowToBeAG]

23 Jun 02:00

Sorry, Delivery Drivers - These Dumbbell Pairs Are On Sale In a Variety of Different Weights

by Shep McAllister on Kinja Deals, shared by Shep McAllister to Deadspin
IKEA Monkey

I keep staring at the model's arm and it just keeps looking wrong to me but I can't figure out why

While not as versatile as top-selling adjustable dumbbells, if you just need one or two sets of weights, Walmart’s discounting CAP Barbell rubber dumbbell pairs, ranging from $9-$101. Obviously, the price goes up as the weight increases, so just select your desired weight on the product page. Orders over $35 ship for…

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22 Jun 20:56

Facebook blocks 'Trump Prophecy' movie ads for being 'political'

by Caleb Parke
IKEA Monkey

Wow. This is some straight-up cult shit.

The producer of “The Trump Prophecy,” a faith-based film about one man’s story of hearing from God in 2011 that Trump would one day be president, says Facebook has “almost been abusive” in seeking personal information from them.
22 Jun 18:32

Good Twitter thread details the long lives and truly terrible deaths of lobsters

by Dan Neilan on News, shared by Dan Neilan to The A.V. Club

There are a handful of things that the average person knows about lobsters. They’re an expensive thing to order at a restaurant. According to cartoons, they’ll pinch the hell out of you. Jordan Peterson seems weirdly fixated on them. But, did you know that, technically speaking, lobsters can live forever? For a brief…

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22 Jun 13:52

'Gatsbying' bizarre new dating trend among millennials

by Christian Gollayan
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SOUPING

22 Jun 09:25

No. 1 Chris Spotted

by Clover Hope
IKEA Monkey

Chris Pine rules, and he is very cute

As predicted by me (due to reading various rumor reports), Chris Pine indeed revises his role as Steve/Stiv Trevor in Wonder Woman 2. Director Patty Jenkins confirmed as much with a photo posted on Twitter—a shot of Pine’s character smack in the middle of an ’80s mall. At first, I pegged this wardrobe as a tracksuit,…

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22 Jun 01:16

Melania Wore an Absurdly Insensitive Jacket on Visit to Border Detention Center

by Eve Peyser
IKEA Monkey

holy shit

The first lady's fashion sense is often the subject of media speculation, but sometimes, you don't have to look very hard to understand the meaning of Melania Trump's outfits. The latest wardrobe decision from the former model was to wear a jacket with the words "I REALLY DON'T CARE DO U?" painted on the back as she set off to make a surprise visit to two detention facilities holding undocumented immigrant children on the Texas border. Her spokesperson confirmed that Trump wore the $39 Zara jacket while boarding the plane to Texas, telling CNN's Jim Acosta, "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe."

The spokeswoman for the First Lady makes a good point—there is no hidden meaning on her jacket, it's literally printed on the back.

Even by the utterly fucked standards of 2018, this was a pretty on-the-nose moment, and people reacted predictably. "This Melania jacket thing cannot be real. Can't. I'm choosing to not believe it," MSNBC host Chris Hayes wrote on Twitter. CNN reporter Kate Bennett called the coat "an unfortunate sartorial decision," while the Daily Beast's Sam Stein drew comparisons to the right-wing outrage over Obama wearing a tan suit in 2014, tweeting, "It’s become clear that a lot of people are just angry about Melania’s jacket because they are upset over how people reacted to Obama’s tan suit." Activist Jordan Uhl opined that the warm weather in Washington DC and Texas on Thursday did not warrant a jacket and that "this was deliberate."

Others focused on the affordable price of the jacket. "It’s a $39 jacket, a price point Melania wouldn’t be caught dead in. This was no accident," a columnist for Canada's National Observer remarked. Regardless of whether the jacket symbolizes what we all already know—that the Trump administration doesn't "really care" about immigrant children and Melania doesn't take her position as First Lady particularly seriously—the inevitable question that arises is: Did not a single FLOTUS staffer warn her of the backlash such an ostentatious jacket would garner? Or perhaps, as the jacket so clearly states, no one really cared.

Update 6:00pm: Naturally, Donald Trump took to Twitter to clarify the statement his wife intended to make with her jacket:

Predictably, the president's assertion that "Melania's jacket refers to the Fake News Media" contradicts her spokeswoman's claim that "there was no hidden message."

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21 Jun 21:33

Tessa Thompson Wears That Ridiculous Thom Browne Outfit

by Jessica
IKEA Monkey

Its the same one Janelle Monae wore!!!

I never thought we'd see it again!
21 Jun 18:54

Everyone Looks Hotter In Sunglasses: Ruth Negga Edition

by Heather
IKEA Monkey

OMG I LOVE THIS WHOLE OUTFIT

Not that she needed them.
21 Jun 18:54

Artist sues the NRA for using ‘The Bean’ in promo video

by Jay Koziarz
IKEA Monkey

Anish Kapoor as a person sucks but even a stopped clock is right twice a day

The creator of Millennium Park landmark asked the organization to remove his work in March

The artist behind Chicago’s iconic Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association for copyright infringement after the organization’s refusal to remove an image of the work from a promotional video.

The complaint, filed Tuesday by British-born artist Anish Kapoor with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, calls on the NRA to stop running the video and pay any profits gained as a result of the video, statutory damages equivalent to $150,000 per infringement, and attorney fees.

Titled The Clenched Fist of Truth, the 2017 clip features a number of U.S. landmarks mixed with scenes of violence and civic unrest. It concludes with the pro-gun group urging supporters to standup to the mainstream media and “fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth.”

“[The video] plays to the basest and most primal impulses of paranoia, conflict and violence, and uses them in an effort to create a schism to justify its most regressive attitudes,” Kapoor wrote in March in an open letter condemning the unauthorized depiction of Cloud Gate.

“Hidden here is a need to believe in a threatening ‘Other’ different from ourselves. I am disgusted to see my work—in truth the sculpture of the people of Chicago—used by the NRA to promote their vile message.”

In addition to Kapoor’s open letter, the artist claims to have asked the organization to remove the image of Cloud Gate via repeated direct correspondence, according to the recent legal complaint.

Commonly known as “The Bean,” Chicago’s Cloud Gate was completed in 2006 and quickly became a symbol of the city and a favorite among visiting tourists. Kapoor officially registered the work with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2016.

The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.