President Trump has been extremely active during his first week back in office, but his latest move is the most puzzling by far. An internal email delivered to agencies on Jan. 27 stated that the White House budget office is putting a freeze on all federal grants and loans, causing a great deal of worry...
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‘I Have a Right to Express Myself’: Tennessee Grad Student Expelled for Sharing ‘Vulgar’ Beyoncé and Cardi B Lyrics Wins $250K in Free Speech Battle
In 2019, while attending the University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy, Kimberly Diei was the subject of an investigation for her social media activity following an anonymous complaint. A year later, following a second investigation, Diei was expelled by the university’s professional conduct committee for violating “various professionalism codes.” Diei was not accused of any...
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Snoop Dogg loses staggering number of Instagram followers
Hip-hop heavyweight Snoop Dogg has lost a lot of followers following his performance at the Donald Trump Inauguration. Fans unfollow Snoop Dogg The New York Post reports that the Doggfather has lost nearly 600,000 followers since he and Rick Ross and Soulja Boy appeared at the Crypto Ball on Jan. 17. Snoop, the newspaper also...
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Trump-Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendant Threatens Lawsuit If His Job Isn’t Reinstated At Kansas State University or Paid Back Pay Since He ‘Embarrassed’ the Government and Won His Case
A Jan. 6 insurrection defendant who was pardoned by President Donald Trump is now fighting to get his job back at Kansas State University with back pay years after school officials fired him. William Pope is one of hundreds of people whose criminal cases connected to the deadly Capitol attack were dismissed last week. Since...
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What we should leave behind: Parasocial relationships with celebrities
Celebrity culture has always been a thing in America, but it has gotten worse in the age of social media, and parasocial relationships are the byproduct of that increasing interest. Combine that with the false belief that the wealthy are somehow smarter or more in tune with everyday life simply because they are rich, and...
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Elizer Darris’ path from consultant to changemaker
Elizer Darris is the chief visionary officer and founder of Darris Group, a consultancy specializing in political, governmental, NGO and business strategies with community-centered solutions at its core. Through his work as an executive coach, trainer and speaker, Darris has established his firm as a driving force for organizational change across multiple sectors. Darris recently...
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‘Not Good!’: Bakari Sellers Admits He ‘F–ked Up’ After Assigning Blame to Donald Trump for D.C. Air Crash While President Took No Issue Pointing Fingers At Diversity Polices, Biden
CNN analyst Bakari Sellers deleted and apologized for a tweet sent less than two hours after Wednesday night’s mid-air collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight that pinned responsibility for the crash on Donald Trump. About an hour after Sellers’ tweet was posted, as rescue workers were frantically searching...
