A Texas bakery lost customers after selling rainbow Pride cookies. Thanks to supporters, it has sold out of cookies every day since
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When cookie lovers from Lufkin and across the US caught a glimpse of the vibrant cookies (and canceled orders and cruel comments), they turned what could've been a potentially devastating week for business into one of the bakery's busiest weeks in 11 years.
But when cookie lovers from Lufkin and across the US caught a glimpse of the vibrant cookies (and the bakery's disheartened response to canceled orders and cruel comments), they turned what could have been a potentially devastating week for the business into one of the bakery's busiest weeks in 11 years. The initial poor response stung Confections bakery co-owner Dawn Cooley, who runs the bakery with her sister, Miranda. But for every negative comment or bad review they've received as a result of the rainbow-striped cookies, there are "20 positive ones" that make all the difference, she said.Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and the United States more broadly.
Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.