Welcome to the RantCrush Top 5, where we take you through the top five controversial and crazy stories in the world of law and policy each day. So who is ranting and who is raving today? Check it out below:

Trump: Maybe I should start focusing on ‘Crazy Bernie’

This past Tuesday, Bernie Sanders declared victory against Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia primary and caught the eye of the one and only GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump. In tweets commenting on the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries, Trump finally gave Bernie Sanders a nickname: ‘Crazy Bernie.’ But that’s a pretty weak moniker compared to the names he’s given to his other opponents like ‘Lyin’ Ted’ and ‘Crooked Hillary.’ In any case, now that Trump has finally “called” him out, does this mean ‘Crazy Bernie’ has been invited to play ball with the big boys?

I don’t want to hit Crazy Bernie Sanders too hard yet because I love watching what he is doing to Crooked Hillary. His time will come!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2016

The Internet Has Spoken: Donald Trump is Worse Than Nickelback

A recent poll shows that Donald Trump is more hated than alt-rock band Nickelback, which has got to be one of the the craziest developments of the 21st century. Because, you know, the internet hates Nickelback. 

RT this or donald trump will appear in your bedroom tonight naked and belting the song “far away” by nickelback pic.twitter.com/cfgc2xJwuC

— Meme Bob (@BrittneyNKelly) March 21, 2016

But it seems Donald Trump is way less popular, despite being the GOP frontrunner.

Four Pilots Challenge Their Airline’s Breastfeeding and Maternity Policies

Some airplane pilots are mothers too, but Frontier Airlines doesn’t quite seem to get that. Four female pilots for the airline filed formal complaints with the help of the ACLU, claiming its policies do not accommodate pregnant and nursing mothers, making it difficult for the employees to work AND provide for their families. Should career women have to choose?

Budweiser: Company Announces Beer Label Change to ‘America’ Until Presidential Elections in November

Coming May 23, Budweiser will be renaming its popular brew “America” for the summer. You may be wondering, is this a publicity stunt? Well, yeah! Plus what’s more American than a patriotic beer that literally says America for us all to imbibe during the craziest presidential race ever? Some say it’s a risky effort for the brand as it may alienate some people. Which makes sense, because the announcement has since attracted the King Alienator Donald Trump, who takes credit for the label change. But we’ll see what good the new beer name will do him come November.

No, Harry Potter Doesn’t Cause Brain Damage

Fans of Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings, and other fantasy series are pretty incensed after a school principal in the UK wrote a now-viral letter about how reading popular fantasy books “can damage the sensitive subconscious brains of young children, many of whom may be added to the current statistics of mentally ill young children.”

Obviously, that’s ridiculous. Or, if we treat the fun-hating principal like a Boggart just trying to scare us: riddikulus. 

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Four female Frontier Airlines pilots from Denver–Shannon Kiedrowski, Brandy Beck, Erin Zielinski and Randi Freyer–just filed a complaint against the airline company, alleging that they were discriminated against while they were pregnant and breastfeeding.

The women filed the suit with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They claim that when they reached the point in their pregnancies where they were no longer able to work as pilots, their only option was to take unpaid leave, as the airline didn’t offer them paid leave or the chance to perform other ground-based work. For the four women, this amounted to eight to ten weeks of unpaid leave each.

Additionally, the women allege that after they had their children, accommodations were not made by the company so that they could breastfeed or pump milk. They were not given adequate breaks, nor were they given appropriately designated areas where they would have been able to pump. Not being able to pump breastmilk while nursing can lead to discomfort and pain as well as medical issues, and three of the four women ended up with infections as a result.

While this may seem like an extreme example, maternity leave (and parental leave) and accommodations in the United States are still seemingly stuck in the past. According to an advocacy group called MomsRising that pushes for paid family leave around the United States, only 13 percent of working people have access to paid family leave. In fact, only one other nation doesn’t guarantee paid maternity leave–Papua New Guinea. And while it wasn’t maternity leave specifically that was at issue for the Frontier Airline pilots, problems with paid family leave and accommodations during and after pregnancy are something that a large majority of American women and families have to contend with. After all, Zelinski explained her motivation for filing the complaint, stating:

I love my job as a pilot so much, except for this issue. We don’t want future moms to have to go through this. We want a better policy for everyone going forward. There are more and more female pilots being hired, including at Frontier. We don’t want anyone to have to choose between flying and breastfeeding.

Anneliese Mahoney

Anneliese Mahoney is Managing Editor at Law Street and a Connecticut transplant to Washington D.C. She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a passion for law, politics, and social issues. Contact Anneliese at amahoney@LawStreetMedia.com.

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