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Jay-Z’s Weed Brand Falls Apart, A List Of Tired Ozempic Myths, Black Celebrities Share Their Hidden Talents, Black Newborn Goes Viral For Facial Expressions And More
The Root's most vital culture stories from the past week.
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Trump’s Medicare Chief Spent $6 Million of Taxpayers’ Money on Glow Up, Including a $2,933 Girl’s Night Out
Medicare administrator Seema Verma can’t be blamed for falling victim to the fantasy that is Instagram. Let he who has not overpaid for a Vetements sweater because the power of an IG influencer seeped into your pockets be the first to throw stones. And while most of us were spending our own money, Verma just…
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Trump Now Says He's Open to Cut Entitlements
Another day, another installment in the ongoing saga that is “y’alls President is a lying ass liar.” Our subject for tonight’s episode is entitlements. CNN reports that when the currently impeached President was asked by CNBC in Davos whether entitlements would ever be something on his plate he responded with “At some point they will…
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Splitting the Baby: Kamala Harris' 'Medicare for All' Plan Sees a Role for Private Health Insurers
A day before the myriad Democrats vying to unseat Donald Trump face off in a second set of debates, presidential hopeful and California Sen. Kamala Harris put forth a plan to gradually move the nation to a “Medicare for all” health insurance system. The keyword is “gradually.” Unlike “Medicare for All” plans put forth by…
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USA Today Allows Trump to Publish Fake News
For some reason—possibly because USA Today is trying to get into the good graces of the president, or maybe they just wanted some press—USA Today allowed the Donald J. Trump to publish an op-ed that is full of mistruths that only become apparent when you’re done reading the lies. In short, USA Today published fake news.…