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Whats Behind Trumps Baffling New Power Grab

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Two days after claiming he hadTrump said during Wednesdays coronavirus task force briefing, in a move reminiscent of propaganda outlet, the service has maintained its promoted Chinese propaganda. "If you heard what's coming out of the Voice of America, it's disgustingwhat things they say are disgusting toward our country," Trump said on Wednesday. Regardless of his motives, Trumps latest threat illustrates how, in a crisis, an executive can unilaterally act (or threaten to act) while everyone else has to react. Even if successful, these appointees would serve under a considerable…

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MyBuddy.ai, a virtual tutor for kids learning English, raises $1M seed round

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MyBuddy.ai, a startup that develops virtual tools to help kids learn English, announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed funding from LETA Capital. The capital will be used to expand into new markets and develop new features including mini-classes about health. The San Francisco-based company’s app features a AI-based virtual tutor called Buddy who coaches kids through a series of exercises. According to MyBuddy.ai, there are 500 million children around the world who want to learn English, but don’t have someone to practice the language with. It…

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Tiger King Star Rick Kirkham Reveals HORRIBLE Details The Show Didn’t Air About Joe Exotic! – Perez Hilton

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You have to assume the behind-the-scenes stories coming out of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness are only going to get crazier at this point, right? Yet another person featured in the Netflix show is Kirkham spoke to Justin Sylvester of E!‘s Daily Pop and claimed that the docuseries “is extremely accurate, but it didn’t go near as far as what it could’ve gone.” He admitted: “There was a whole lot more to talk about; a whole lot more that could’ve been shown about Joe Exotic and just how wild and crazy…

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Former Playboy Playmate Ashley Mattingly Dead At 33 – Perez Hilton

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Former Playboy Playmate Ashley Mattingly has died. Mattingly was found unresponsive at her home in Austin, Texas on Friday afternoon, hours after a friend called the city’s police department and asked them to do a welfare check on the woman after not hearing from her for several days. She was just 33 years old. According to TMZ, who spoke with Ashley’s sister Christy and her twin brother Billy, the model and former Playmate died by suicide on Wednesday of last week; a cause of death has not yet been announced. There was also apparently a…

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To the Nurse Who Was Fired for Wearing Their Own Mask. To the Nurse Who Tested Positive for COVID: ER Nurse Stands in Solidarity With Everyone Ever Called “Just a Nurse”

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ShareTweetPin “To the nurse who was fired for wearing their own mask. To the nurse who has been told they’ll be written up for not adhering to hospital policy. To the nurse who has been told they can trust policy because it’s based on, “CDC guidelines.” To the nurse who has worked 4, 5, 6, 7 consecutive, 12 hour shifts. To the nurse who is supposed to get married soon. Become A Contributor To the nurse who has a spouse also on the front lines. To the nurse who was…

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Amazing Stuff Happens When You Seal a Jar of Pond Water and Leave It by the Window

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Last week, YouTuber Atomic Shrimp scooped a jar of muddy water and weed out of a local pond, sealed it and placed it on his north facing window sill, in an experiment to create a sealed ecosphere. Here’s a look at some of the things he saw in there during the first week. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1583941906523-0’); }); Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/guy-seals-jar-of-pond-water-and-leaves-by-window/

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Career Change? Heres How to Become a Nurse, Fast

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If you have spent years studying towards a specific degree only to find you no longer wish to enter that field, you may feel stressed and disheartened. The good news is that all that hard work does not have to amount to nothing. Did you know that it is possible to obtain a post-baccalaureate BSN degree in far less time than you probably anticipated, specifically because you already hold a degree in a non-nursing Career Change? Here’s How to Become a Nurse, Fastdiscipline? It’s true! Here are the details that…

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Seth Meyers Unloads on Trump for Mocking Mitt Romneys Coronavirus Quarantine

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It seemed pretty weird when Seth Meyersthe novel coronavirus pandemic to viewers from an empty hallway in his house. It may be weird to do this from a hallway, the Late Night host said. But at least Im not doing it from a public beach! Meyers caught his audience up on nearly every aspect of the crisis that he has missed over the past week, including the revelation that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had The Last Laugh podcast. Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/seth-meyers-unloads-on-trump-for-mocking-mitt-romneys-coronavirus-quarantine

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The Good Fight Is the Best TV Show to Watch if You Really F*cking Hate Trump

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This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beasts Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, . Christine Baranskis Diane Lockhart came back this week. The armor: a chic blazer embellished in a gold-foil brocade print. The helmet: The classiest damn blown-out bob that ever existed. The weapon: A manilla folder clutched close to the vest, her methodical plan to eviscerate her opponent in the name of moral justice enclosed. The steed: No need. Diane Lockhart…

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Dem Groups Begin Digital Assault of Trump Over Coronavirus

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Swing state voters are being targeted with political ads hammering President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the organizations behind the ads are taking steps to ensure that they and their funders remain shrouded from public view. This week, Not In Our America, a new Facebook advertiser, began buying up promoted space on the platform to attack the administrations coronavirus response in the key 2020 states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona. The ads are the newest addition to a handful of Democratic and progressive groups suggesting…

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