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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…
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Black Police Officer Becomes Tulsa, Okla.’s 1st-Ever Community Resource Officer
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Amley “Popsey” Floyd, who became famous after his Facebook post in response to the shooting death of Terence Crutcher went viral, will have a new full-time role for the Tulsa Police Department as its first-ever Riverside community resource officer, according to a news release. NewsOn6 reports that Floyd’s new job will…
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Court Hears Arguments Over Trump’s Muslim Ban; 45’s Documented Bigotry, Xenophobia Play Key Factor
Arguments for and against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban were heard Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco. The U.S. Justice Department and the state of Washington, which became the first state to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the ban, called in via conference…
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#NoDAPL: US Army Corps of Engineers Issuing Final Permits Allowing Pipeline to Move Forward
After nearly a year of protests, debates, legal battles and government stalling and backpedaling, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant an easement needed for construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue, despite the fact that critical environmental-impact studies have not been completed. As CNN reports, President Donald Trump signed executive actions just…
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Public Education Is Doomed: VP Mike Pence Casts Tiebreaking Vote to Confirm Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos, the woman who has no connection to public schooling or experience running a multimillion-dollar anything, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as U.S. education secretary. The vote went to a 50-50 split after two Republican senators—Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—went against their party and voted with their heads…
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SNL and Melissa McCarthy Are Becoming Anti-Trump Heroes
On paper it doesn’t seem like a likely pairing to have Melissa McCarthy playing White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer on Saturday Night Live, but it worked beautifully. Somehow, some way, the sketch-comedy show has a direct line to the White House’s insecurities, and it’s pissing off the president and his staff. Shortly…
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Trump’s Labor Pick Is a Mess: Hired Undocumented Worker; Ex-Wife Claimed Abuse
Andrew Puzder, the head of the parent company that owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., paid an undocumented immigrant to work as his housekeeper for years, and of course, he’s Donald Trump’s pick to head the Labor Department. According to CNN, Puzder released a statement Monday admitting that he and his wife had employed the woman,…