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Democrats Backpedal On Calls For Virginia’s Governor To Resign Over Blackface

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J ust one month ago, there was widespread  demand for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign for having worn blackface. But now that storm seems to have passed, with Democrats backpedaling on their initial outrage. See Also: Ralph Northam Is Depending On Black Forgiveness, But Does He Deserve It? Virginia’s Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring , who is engulfed in his own blackface controversy , appears to have joined the bandwagon of politicians who are no longer demanding that Northam step down from office. Although he at first called for Northam’s resignation, Herring declined to say whether he still feels that way and even weighed in on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax’s sexual assault scandal during an interview on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show. “The governor has made up his mind. He’s decided that he is going to continue on and is doing what he thinks he needs to do,” Herring said of Northam. When asked directly whether he’s suggesting that Northam should continue in office since he has refused to step down, Herring again declined to answer. On Feb. 1, 59-year-old Northam apologized for appearing in a photograph of a person dressed in blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan robe from his 1984 medical school yearbook. One day later, at a bizarre press conference, the governor denied that he was one of those people in the picture but admitted to applying black shoe polish to his face for a  Michael Jackson  dance competition. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner , a Democrat who was one of Northam’s early critics, is now talking about giving the governor a second chance. “If the governor is going to continue to stay, what he needs to do is get out and start to try to re-earn the trust of Virginians. When I called for his resignation along with [Sen.] Tim Kaine , we said the governor had lost the faith of the people of Virginia. He has a right to try to regain that faith,” Warner said Sunday on CNN ’s “State of the Union.” One week after lying to the American public that he wasn't in a photo with a man wearing blackface and another in a KKK robe, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is still in office. #VirginiaBlackfaceScandal https://t.co/oUZ0A2tF1I — NewsOne (@newsone) February 8, 2019 It even appeared most Virginians have already forgiven Northam. Shortly after news of his blackface exploded, dozens of protesters assembled near the governor’s mansion in Richmond to demand his resignation. Today, there’s hardly a peep out of them. If a recent poll is accurate, Black Virginians are more willing than white residents are to forgive Northam. The  Washington Post-Schar School  poll that was released on Feb. 9 found that Virginia residents overall are split at 47 percent each on whether Northam should resign. However, 58 percent of Black Virginians want the governor to stay in office, compared with 37 percent of whites share their view. Herring, who reportedly has aspirations of running for governor, admitted on Feb. 6 that he, too, wore blackface while in college. His confession came after the first of two women accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. While softening his rhetoric on Northam, Herring was more definitive about the allegations Fairfax was facing. “I think all parties want some type of impartial investigation. I think that’s what should happen,” Herring said. SEE ALSO: Ralph ‘Blackface’ Northam’s Wife Gives Black Children Raw Cotton During Mansion Tour How Is Ralph Northam Still Governor Of Virginia? [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3833240″ overlay=”true”]

Democrats Backpedal On Calls For Virginia’s Governor To Resign Over Blackface

Home Of The Brave: Firefighters Rescue Three Teens Stuck In Muddy, Rain-Flooded River [Video]

Firefighters Rescue Stuck Teens Clearly, the weather is wacky all over the globe right now. Several regions across Italy are being flooded with rain showers, which caused a group of  Italian teenagers’ car to swerve off the road. Thank goodness for firefighters, though. A group of brave marshalls used ropes and planks of wood to rescue the three teens from the muddy river after their car reared off the road in heavy rain. Luckily, the teens were unharmed. But no word on whether or not their car mad it out the rainy madness.

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GTFOHWTBS…Literally: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Apologizes For Racist Photo, Then Claims It Wasn’t Him!

Source: Mark Wilson / Getty VA Gov. Ralph Northam Apologizes For Racist Photo Then Reneges What in the crooked commonwealth is going on in Virginia ?!? Democratic Governor Ralph Northam was put on blast by a right-wing website Big League Politics that is run by former Roy Moore campaign official. You remember Roy Moore, right? The alleged pedo-perv who ran for governor and is said to have hung out at Alabama shopping malls to meet young girls back in his 30s. We digress, but it was worth noting. Anyway, BLP published a photo from Northam’s medical school year book that shows two men, one of which is him, standing side-by-side wearing Blackface and a KKK outfit respectively. Obviously Democrats from all corners of the party are calling for him to resign immediately. Northam has no plans on tendering one, instead, he offered this “apology” via Twitter Friday night. In his statement Friday, Northam apologized for the “decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.” “This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service,” he said. Today, in a weird turn-of-events, Northam is doing a complete about-face. According to CNN , he’s now unsure that it is him inthe photograph because he doesn’t remember taking it. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has told a source he now believes it is not him in a racist yearbook photo and that he has no recollection of taking the photo, according a top Virginia Democratic source who spoke to the governor on Saturday. Northam told the source he was in touch with some of his former Eastern Virginia Medical School colleagues, who said they believed many of the pictures in the yearbook were mixed up. Sir, if you don’t get the entire f**k out of here. You went on the internet and admitted it was you! This Trump era got political gaslighting at an all-time high.

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Leida Margaretha: Just Using Eric for 90 Day Fiance Fame?

90 Day Fiance stars Eric Rosenbrook and Leida Margaretha quit the series after receiving some harrowing death threats. Fans are convinced that Leida is a bad person, and some took their outrage at her actions way too far. Now, a report says that Leida’s whole goal in the first place was to become a reality star. Did she bite off more than she can chew? A Soapdirt article has been circulating recently that claimed that Eric Rosenbrook secured Leida Margaretha’s engagement on one condition: The two of them had to become reality stars on 90 Day Fiance . Or, at the very least, they had to apply. Eric shot down this rumor speaking to various 90 Day Fiance fanblogs, and then took to his own Instagram stories to clear things up. “It’s not true,” Eric stated on Instagram. “In the least.” “We were engaged,” he affirmed. “And the K1 petition was filed long before we even knew about 90 Day Fiance .” Of course, some fans believe that Leida’s ulterior motive is very clear. It’s just that becoming a reality star was not her goal from the start. Leida has shared that she intends to further her alleged medical career here in the United States. She has told fans and followers alike that she is studying for her US Medical License Exam. However, some internet sleuths have cast doubt upon this claim — because the timeline doesn’t match up. Indonesian medical school lasts for six years, but Leida’s social media information says that she was in medical school from 2008 to 2012. Is she even a real doctor? Some fans suspect that she is not. There are rumors circulating about Leida that are far worse than lying about being a doctor. Leida’s ex’s wife took to social media to claim that Leida once tried to give away her 5-year-old son. “She asked my husband, her ex f–kboy to adopt her son,” the woman claimed. “Apparently,” she continued. “She asked my husband for not only him to adopt Aless, but us both.” Leida’s alleged motive was the hope that she could become “child-free.” We hope that we do not have to explain why this horrifying rumor is dubious at best. There is zero proof that it is true and, presumably, the woman has every motive to disparage Leida. There are plenty of real, verifiable reasons for people to dislike Leida if that is their aim. Leida herself has openly acknowledged that she was unkind to Eric and especially unkind to his children. She drove Eric’s 19-year-old daughter, Tasha, from her own apartment. Leida then chastised Eric on camera for paying child support to his ex for their youngest daughter. Fans did not take that well, and Leida has abased herself before 90 Day Fiance viewers. Hating some reality stars is part of the experience, but some fans took things too far with Leida. These viewers made death threats against Leida and Eric for their behavior on the show. Worst of all, some of these hateful messages even threatened the safety of Leida’s 5-year-old son, Alessandro. While we hope that no one making these threats was seriously contemplating any of this, that is … never acceptable. Hate somebody all that you like, but leave death threats — and children — out of it. View Slideshow: 90 Day Fiance: Twitter Reacts to the Tell All

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Jesus Take The Wheel: Suicidal Woman Drives Into Traffic, Kills Father Of 3, Now Convicted Of Murder

Stock Images from Getty Suicidal California Woman Kills Father By Driving Into Traffic A California woman is facing murder, assault with a deadly weapon , and vandalism charges for allegedly causing the Jan. 7 highway wreck that killed a 29-year-old married father-of-two in his fourth year of medical school with a new baby on the way, according to People . Allegedly Grace Elizabeth Ward, 28 ws contemplating suicide earlier this month and decided to drive into oncoming traffic. The woman caused a fatal accident that claimed the life of Ryan Folsom. Ward shattered her leg in the accident whilst Folsom’s family lost their father and husband. Police allege Ward collided with a median after sitting between the two lanes of traffic for more than 7 minutes, authorities allege she turned onto the highway and accelerated, even steering into cars as they approached. The woman made her first appearance in court yesterday, caught on video by  The Redding Record Searchlight.   Ward is currently being held on $1.5 million bail.

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Jesus Take The Wheel: Suicidal Woman Drives Into Traffic, Kills Father Of 3, Now Convicted Of Murder

Stock Images from Getty Suicidal California Woman Kills Father By Driving Into Traffic A California woman is facing murder, assault with a deadly weapon , and vandalism charges for allegedly causing the Jan. 7 highway wreck that killed a 29-year-old married father-of-two in his fourth year of medical school with a new baby on the way, according to People . Allegedly Grace Elizabeth Ward, 28 ws contemplating suicide earlier this month and decided to drive into oncoming traffic. The woman caused a fatal accident that claimed the life of Ryan Folsom. Ward shattered her leg in the accident whilst Folsom’s family lost their father and husband. Police allege Ward collided with a median after sitting between the two lanes of traffic for more than 7 minutes, authorities allege she turned onto the highway and accelerated, even steering into cars as they approached. The woman made her first appearance in court yesterday, caught on video by  The Redding Record Searchlight.   Ward is currently being held on $1.5 million bail.

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Corinne Olympios Breaks Silence on Bachelor in Paradise Scandal: I Am a Victim!

There’s still so much that we don’t know, with statements and rumors that seem to be in conflict, and dumb guys saying dumber things instead of telling us what happened. And now, Corinne Olympios, the woman at the center of the controversial and mysterious scandal that got production suspended on Bachelor in Paradise , has finally broken her silence. Speaking to TMZ , the one-time “Bachelor Villain” struck a much more serious tone than usual as she discussed the controversy . “I am a victim and have spent the last week trying to make sense of what happened on June 4.” “Although I have little memory of that night, something bad obviously took place, which I understand is why production on the show has now been suspended and a producer on the show has filed a complaint against the production.” That’s all very … carefully worded and nuanced and exactly what she should be saying, considering the circumstances and the many, many potential legal complications. But then she gets about as real as she can about what happened. “As a woman, this is my worst nightmare and it has now become my reality.”  That’s the grim truth. There’s a lot that makes this case complex, from questions of who’s culpable for what to questions about exactly what happened. Unfortunately, it sounds like Corinne is nearly as in the dark as the rest of us. “As I pursue the details and facts surrounding that night and the immediate days after, I have retained a group of professionals to ensure that what happened on June 4 comes to light and I can continue my life, including hiring an attorney to obtain justice and seeking therapy to begin dealing with the physical and emotional trauma stemming from that evening.” That is … horrifying. Any situation that looks like a sexual assault is going to be dreadful beyond words, but there’s a unique horror to having to piece together events after the fact along with the rest of the world. Corinne is not the first member of the Bachelor in Paradise cast to speak out , but, as she herself said, she’s the victim . We care a lot more about what she has to say about things than we do about a bystander. To be clear, it looks like DeMario Jackson was nearly as much of a victim in this.  He’s already stated that the tapes will vindicate him , and Corinne hasn’t been pointing the finger at him, either. Quite frankly, if they were both drinking all day, and if he was really too drunk to even get an erection, then it looks like the story’s pointing the finger at producers and crew. Not all of them, obviously, but probably at anyone who let it happen and definitely at anyone who might have deliberately caused the situation. Maybe we’ll find out. Ugh, we can already see this becoming a ripped-from-the-headlines episode of Law & Order: SVU , but with a twist, because they love their twists, even when it makes the story completely different from the real headlines. And yes, right now, it’s Warner Bros that’s carrying out the investigation, which is a little odd. They’re probably looking for liability issues and at who needs to get fired. But it sounds like a police investigation is almost inevitable. We’d fully expect Warner Bros to hand over names and evidence to police, even if just to prove that they’re cooperating fully. Maybe, once their investigation makes more headway, we’ll all know more. Corinne Olympios, at least, deserves to know the full story of what happened to her. View Slideshow: Corinne Olympios Photos: Bachelor Nation’s Newest, Hottest Villain!

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Jon Gosselin: Congrats to My Girlfriend! I Can Finally Quit Stripping!

Sexism is over! … Okay, not really. But Jon Gosselin’s post congratulating his girlfriend Colleen Conrad has some people chuckling over some refreshing role reversals. Which should not, of course, distract from celebrating this couple’s good news. Jon Gosselin’s girlfriend, Colleen Conrad, graduated from nursing school. The reality personality took to Instagram to congratulate her, his caption indicating that she intends to become a nurse practitioner. Lately, we know that Jon Gosselin’s  been working as a stripper . When he’s not saving people’s lives , that is. He’s credited the profession with putting his life back on track, which makes sense — with his novelty as a reality star, it could definitely pay the bills. We’ve all heard stories of women who were strippers to put their boyfriends or fiances or husbands through medical school, or who at least stripped during that time. You know, in anticipation that the future doctor or nurse would eventually become the breadwinner. Some pointed out similarities, though we’ve seen no indications that Jon’s been bankrolling her through school or anything like that. But it’s always nice to hear a man praising his girlfriend’s career milestones instead of the other way around. Stripping can be a great way to make money and some find it empowering, but the age range for it to be a viable career is pretty limited. In other words, medical professionals are likely to make more with age. Over time, strippers are likely to make less . In Jon Gosselin’s case, he’s kind of older than you usually picture a stripper being, but — and we say this with no intended offense — we think that his career is based more on his fame than on his looks. And that’s totally okay. So, if the Jon Gosselin’s novelty wears off before he lines up a new gig, if he and Colleen are still together, she could be the breadwinner for a while. Jon Gosselin’s still famous, even though he’s no longer a reality star. Though he’s glad that his family’s time in the spotlight has provided for a financial future for his children, he’s expressed concerns in the past that the fame may impact them in unforeseen ways. Honestly? We don’t think that he needs to worry. Growing up famous can screw with you plenty — just look at Kylie Jenner. But for the Gosselin children, we can’t imagine that the long-term mental scarring from fame will hold a candle to the damage of being raised by that beast Kate Gosselin . We also think that he knows that, but probably has very good reasons for not saying it. Custody situations can be … complicated. But this moment is about Jon and Colleen, and not Jon’s heavy personal baggage. We’re glad that they were able to toast to her graduation from nursing school and to her new career. Honestly, we hope that Jon sticks to stripping for a while if he’s enjoying it. You want to ride that fame train as far as it will take you, you know? So long as it keeps paying the bills, anyway.

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#BlackExcellence: Dr. Altha Stewart Named First Black President Of American Psychiatric Association

Dr. Altha Stewart Named First Black President Of American Psychiatric Association Dr. Altha Stewart has been named the FIRST African-American president of the American Psychiatric Association . The doctor will lead the 37,000-member association, a first in the organization’s 173-year-old history according to Memphis Business Journal : Stewart will be the fourth consecutive woman to lead the organization. She will begin her tenure as president-elect in May and become president in May 2018. “My role will be standing at the intersection of race and gender in a national organization,” Stewart said. “It’s a unique position. … It’s an honor. I’m humbled and I’m happy to serve.” Stewart is the chief of Social and Community Psychiatry at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). She was among the first class of women to what is now Christian Brothers University. She graduated from Temple University Medical School and was a resident at Hahnemann University Hospital, both in Philadelphia. Congratulations to Dr. Altha Stewart on this tremendous achievement! #BlackExcellence

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Race Matters Update: Howard University Responds To Allegations That No Black Male Students Were Admitted To Their Medical School Last Year

Howard University Responds To Accusations Of Bias Against Prospective Black Male Students Yesterday, we reported on an article by Dr. Boyce Watkins in which she addressed the recent claim made by a conference speaker that prestigious HBCU Howard University had purposely excluded black male students from their medical school this year and ended up with zero black make students admitted to the program. In response to the claim, a Howard University professor reached out to BOSSIP to clear up claims that the school says are inaccurate with this statement: A recent article circulated online erroneously states that the Howard University College of Medicine did not admit any African-American males this year. As of June 18, 2013, of the 120 newly admitted medical school students, more than 30 percent are African-American men. The data presented in the article are inaccurate and misleading. Howard University has a legacy of producing highly qualified and compassionate African-American physicians and other health care professionals who deliver patient care particularly in communities that have a shortage of physicians and public health professionals. And there you have it. We can definitely appreciate the school taking the time to clear this up and set the record straight. Continue reading