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That Time Kellyanne Conway Was Dressed Like Paddington Bear
I just can’t get the image out of my head, and since I can’t, you shouldn’t be able to, either. The above photo is of Kellyanne Conway at President Asshat’s inauguration. The picture below is of the fashion-forward Paddington Bear. #NeverForget Also, who wore it better?
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President Twitter Fingers Is Mad at Nordstrom for Dropping Ivanka’s Lame Clothes
We all knew this was coming. President Twitter Fingers is doing what he does best: trolling on Twitter. On Wednesday, Donald Trump called out Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s hideous line of basics and cruise-director casual clothing. Last week the #GrabYourWallet social media movement—in which people vowed not to shop at Nordstrom as long as…
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Wait, Trump Just Gave Omarosa a Position Doing What?
Hold up, hold up, hold up. It seems that the White House has slipped a little news past us while we’ve all been focused on IHOP’s offer of “All You Can Eat” pancakes, which has been extended until Feb. 12. Omarosa Manigault—yes, she of reality-star fame—will serve as part of the presidential delegation to the…
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Teens Who Vandalized Historic Va. African-American Schoolhouse Sentenced to Read Books
One Virginia judge is hoping that a group of teen vandals will be able to read themselves into some common sense after they were found guilty of vandalizing a historic African-American schoolhouse with racist, anti-Semitic and obscene graffiti, The Guardian reports. According to the report, the judge sentenced the teens to read some 35 books,…
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Another Black New England Patriots Player Won’t Be Going to the White House
It’s starting to be a trend. On Sunday, New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett announced that he would not be attending the Super Bowl team’s celebratory White House visit because of President Asshat. On Tuesday, Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty told Time magazine in a text message that he, too, wouldn’t be attending any White House…
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The Jake Tapper Interview That Crushed Kellyanne Conway’s Soul
Either top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is becoming a kinder and gentler version of herself or CNN’s Jake Tapper just handed Conway her hat. Appearing on the news channel that President Donald Trump officially considers “fake news,” Conway apologized and expressed remorse for citing a phony massacre and acknowledged that not all mainstream media…
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Merriam-Webster Adds ‘Ghosting’ and ‘Shade’ to Dictionary
Ghosting is bad. Throwing shade is good. And Merriam-Webster just gave a nod to both words. On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 words to its website. Although “shade” was already listed on its site, the dictionary added the slang definition of the word to the list, and in its explanation of the word, it…
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Omarosa Called ‘Trump’s Whore’ While Shopping for Bridesmaids Dresses at Nordstrom
Can’t a sellout shop in peace? Well, if you’re Omarosa Manigault, the incoming White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, no … no, you can’t … without being called a whore. Over the weekend, Manigault was shopping for bridesmaids dresses at Nordstrom in Tysons Corner, Va., when two women had a…
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Tara Dowdell Launches Speakers Bureau Featuring Prominent Blacks in Media and Business
Entrepreneur Tara Dowdell, president of the marketing firm Tara Dowdell Group, which describes itself as being driven “by a passion for helping socially conscious businesses, brands and organizations grow,” is taking on a new venture. It recently launched a speakers bureau featuring several great minds, a majority of them black, and all of whom have…
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Tornadoes Touch Down in La., Wreak Havoc in Areas Hit Hard by Hurricane Katrina
Multiple tornadoes touched down in southern Louisiana Tuesday, downing power lines and ripping houses from their foundations as they passed through. CBS News reports that a spokesman for Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon. Danielle Manning, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that tornadoes touched down in at…