Skittles is facing backlash after images of its “Pride” packaging, featuring pro-trans statements, went viral on social media Friday. 

The candy packaging that Skittles advertises on its website features slogans such as “Joy Is Resistance” and “Black Trans Lives Matter.” Skittles, which is owned by Mars, partnered with GLAAD, a media monitoring organization that espouses radical gender theory, to reveal the packaging for Pride Month earlier this year.

This past June was the fourth year Skittles partnered with GLAAD “to support the LGBTQ+ community by amplifying and celebrating their stories,” according to its website. Skittles said it will “donate $1 for every Skittles Pride pack sold to GLAAD in support of their ongoing efforts to work through media to combat anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.” 

On its website, Skittles also promoted a podcast called “Queery” hosted by Cameron Esposito, who focuses on LGBTQ topics and activism. 

“Stay tuned for a special Pride-themed miniseries of Queery where we dive deeper into queer storytelling and the artists that designed this year’s SKITTLES Pride Packs,” the candy brand says. 

Skittles now running "Black Trans Lives Matters" on its packaging. pic.twitter.com/W5wnt5fShC

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For a short time in 2020, Skittles “gave up” the rainbow that famously dons its colorful packaging for a black and white package to “give the rainbow back” to the LGBTQ community for Pride Month. 

Conservatives ripped Skittles after images of packaging went viral on social media, saying the candy brand is targeting children with a pro-trans agenda. Skittles is a favorite brand among children and young adults, with over 75% of Gen Z adults holding a favorable impression of the brand, according to a Morning Consult survey released last year. 

“[Skittles] is trying to turn your kids into BLM & LGBTQ+ activists,” popular account Libs of TikTok wrote on X. “Their packaging also features a drag queen. Skittles have gone completely woke.”

“WTH? Skittles is Now Marketing Woke Idiocy To Children On Their Candy Wrappers!” another person said. “This isn’t an Adult Beverage, Like Bud Light They Warned us They Were Coming After Our Kids- Let’s Make Sure They Hear Our Response Loud and Clear On This One Skittles- And Share.” 

Others said Mars, Skittles’ parent company, will get “the Bud Light treatment” after pushing radical gender theory on its customers. Bud Light’s maker Anheuser-Busch lost billions in market value after partnering with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, who showcased a can with his face on it in a viral video. 

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed Friday after a judge revoked his bail for allegedly tampering with witnesses on at least two occasions. 

Bankman-Fried, who had been living with his parents after being placed under house arrest, jeopardized his upcoming trial by leaking writings and love letters from his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison to a New York Times reporter, according to prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed with the prosecutors and said there was probable cause to believe the crypto founder tried to “tamper with witnesses” at least twice since his arrest in December, The New York Post reported. 

The FTX founder’s defense attorney Mark Cohen said he will appeal the decision and asked for an immediate stay pending the appeal’s result, but the request was rejected by Judge Kaplan. Bankman-Fried’s defense team argued that prosecutors are using “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts” to push for Bankman-Fried’s jailing. The former billionaire will be held at the Manhattan Detention Complex until his trial begins on October 2. 

Ellison, who pleaded guilty to fraud for her role in the crypto empire, is expected to be a witness in Bankman-Fried’s upcoming trial. Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend ran Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund started by the disgraced FTX founder to which he loaned half of FTX customer’s funds in a move prohibited by the company’s terms of service. In a report last month, The New York Times published some of Ellison’s private writings where she revealed she was “feeling pretty unhappy and overwhelmed with [her] job” and expressed frustrations with her on-and-off relationship with Bankman-Fried. 

Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in January to eight charges, which include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was hit with four additional charges the next month, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. 

The indictment unsealed in February said that some of Bankman-Fried’s political contributions were “made in the names of others in order to obscure the true source of the money and evade federal election law.” Bankman-Fried donated nearly $40 million primarily to Democrat nominees and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. He was also the second-largest donor to the 2020 Biden presidential campaign and was granted four meetings at the White House with senior advisers in the months before his companies filed for bankruptcy.

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In March, the Justice Department charged the entrepreneur for allegedly bribing members of the Chinese Communist Party with millions of dollars. According to the DOJ indictment, Bankman-Fried “authorized and directed a bribe of at least $40 million to one or more Chinese government officials.”