A consistent problem for me with these shows is hypocrisy. Literally just last week, Kara goes powerless into an unknown planet of aliens because she has to rescue a girl. She insists that even when powerless people need to never stop fighting, that makes a hero! Mon-El is seen as wrong for saying they are likely…

Very much this. Hypocrisy tends to spoil the comics and the shows for me. Kara's tirade about Mon-El being a liar, particularly the line "I deserve better than being lied to…" is ruining Kara for me.

I believe it's the Tribune. They mention it when Cat was going to have to fire many of them prior to branding Supergirl. Branding Supergirl was integral to them keeping their jobs.

I was guessing that they would have had this happen to solidify both ideas that the timeline wasn't altered by Thawne and Barry ruined the timeline:

Yes, but if that's true then Thawne's timeline was also catastrophic. Henry and Barry witnessed the home invasion you mentioned and reported it, yet the effect on the timeline was minimal according to Thawne. So having Nora alive and able to report the same thing now makes it catastrophic? If so then Nora was…