Donald Trump Signs Order To Repeal Obamacare Welp, y’all’s new president didn’t waste ANY time trying to send America back to the dark ages. Before even lacing up his dancing shoes or putting on his tux for all the inaugural celebratory activities for the evening, he made SURE to place his John Hancock on an executive order that severely scaled back the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Via New York Times : In his first executive order, President Trump on Friday directed government agencies to scale back as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act as possible, moving within hours of being sworn in to fulfill his pledge to eviscerate Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The one-page order, which Mr. Trump signed in a hastily arranged Oval Office ceremony shortly before departing for the inaugural balls, gave no specifics about which aspects of the law it was targeting. But its broad language gave federal agencies wide latitude to change, delay or waive provisions of the law that they deemed overly costly for insurers, drug makers, doctors, patients or states, suggesting that it could have wide-ranging impact, and essentially allowing the dismantling of the law to begin even before Congress moves to repeal it. However, even though Trump is hype to dismantle it, he hasn’t yet dreamed up what he plans to implement instead… But he and Republicans on Capitol Hill have not yet devised a replacement, making such action unlikely in the immediate term. “In the meantime,” the order said, “pending such repeal, it is imperative for the executive branch to ensure that the law is being efficiently implemented, take all actions consistent with law to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the act, and prepare to afford the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open health care market.” SMH. We knew dark times were ahead, but who knew this orange nightmare would get to work so quickly? He couldn’t even wait for his celebration to be over before chipping away at healthcare for millions… Getty/AP/WENN/Splash
Ruby Rose Talks Gender Reassignment And Being Victimized By Hate Crime Ruby Rose first captured the public’s attention as an androgynous inmate named Stella Carlin. Her masculine-feminine qualities had men and women drooling with lusty desires over the tattooed Bieber-esque actress, but that wasn’t always the case… In an Edit magazine interview, Rose describes a time when she was brutally beaten by men who didn’t know she was a woman Her friends were all male – girls made her nervous. And it was the girls who bullied her. At first it was because she was different, then at puberty, when she decided to “try the feminine thing” by wearing makeup and growing her hair, it was because they thought she was trying to steal their boyfriends – the result of still playing football with them. Then she came out as gay, and they bullied her for that, too: “‘First you want ourboyfriends, now you want us’ – that kind of thing. I couldn’t win.” In her frustration, Rose shaved her head, bound her chest and dressed as a boy again, hoping to be left alone. It’s a transformation she performed in her short film about gender-fluidity, Break Free, which went viral and won her the part in OITNB, but at the time it didn’t work out so happily. She took a beating from a couple of boys that put her in hospital.“They didn’t see me as a woman,” Incidents like this lead Ruby to believe that she was born into the wrong body, and she considered gender-reassignment surgery, but today she’s happy that she didn’t: “I’m a woman,” she says. “I want to have babies one day, so I’m glad I didn’t make changes earlier in my life.” Crazy to think that the solution to not getting your a$$ kicked by homophobes is to have gender reassignment surgery. THAT’s how bad it is for those living under that type of fear. Image via Instagram
Ruby Rose Talks Gender Reassignment And Being Victimized By Hate Crime Ruby Rose first captured the public’s attention as an androgynous inmate named Stella Carlin. Her masculine-feminine qualities had men and women drooling with lusty desires over the tattooed Bieber-esque actress, but that wasn’t always the case… In an Edit magazine interview, Rose describes a time when she was brutally beaten by men who didn’t know she was a woman Her friends were all male – girls made her nervous. And it was the girls who bullied her. At first it was because she was different, then at puberty, when she decided to “try the feminine thing” by wearing makeup and growing her hair, it was because they thought she was trying to steal their boyfriends – the result of still playing football with them. Then she came out as gay, and they bullied her for that, too: “‘First you want ourboyfriends, now you want us’ – that kind of thing. I couldn’t win.” In her frustration, Rose shaved her head, bound her chest and dressed as a boy again, hoping to be left alone. It’s a transformation she performed in her short film about gender-fluidity, Break Free, which went viral and won her the part in OITNB, but at the time it didn’t work out so happily. She took a beating from a couple of boys that put her in hospital.“They didn’t see me as a woman,” Incidents like this lead Ruby to believe that she was born into the wrong body, and she considered gender-reassignment surgery, but today she’s happy that she didn’t: “I’m a woman,” she says. “I want to have babies one day, so I’m glad I didn’t make changes earlier in my life.” Crazy to think that the solution to not getting your a$$ kicked by homophobes is to have gender reassignment surgery. THAT’s how bad it is for those living under that type of fear. Image via Instagram
Michelle Obama’s Face Is All Of us Barack Obama has been preaching a peaceful transition of power from his administration to That Man’s administration. He’s done everything in his power to put on a good face and make sure there isn’t any drama. Michelle Obama has tried, too. But today she couldn’t hide it. During the inauguration she was more than over it and wasn’t afraid to show it. I feel you, Michelle. #inauguration pic.twitter.com/jHxsdIl1y1 — Jörgen Camrath (@uniwave) January 20, 2017 Hit the flip to see her reaction to Melania giving her a gift, That Man’s speech and more. Michelle was all of us.
Cari Champion Has An Extreme Awkward Interview With Big Boi From Outkast Look, we love Cari Champion . The radiance of her melanin is the stuff that #BlackGirlMagic dreams are made of. But she had a very bad day at work today. While interviewing Big Boi about his thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons big NFC Championship game against the Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, she got a lil’ too cute and she was left picking toe jam out of her teeth. Cari asked Daddy Fat Sax whether his pet dog, “Halle Berry”, is bad or boujee, but the gag is… Ooooops! Hard to research whether or not his dog was still living, but still. Yikes. Image via Instagram
As the world mourns The First Family officially leaving the White House, it might be hard to have any positive thoughts, but this good news about the lovely Malia Obama just might help. Already on her way to Harvard, smart and beautiful Malia Obama has earned herself an internship that is the stuff of Hollywood […]
Must be nice… Alleged RHOA Season 9 Salaries Even after the departure of NeNe Leakes , its looks like the ladies of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” are still “very rich.” A list has surfaced via OK! Magazine of the alleged salaries of the ladies of RHOA season 9. There are some surprises along the way including the alleged highest paid housewife who makes a whopping $1.5 million compared to the alleged mere six-figure salary for one of the biggest stars in the season. Hit the flip for the alleged salaries of the Real Housewives of Atlanta.
It’s no secret that Robert DeNiro is NOT here for the can of Orange Fanta that is now our commander in chief. So it’s not surprising that he helped lead the rally against his presidency outside of Trump Hotel in NY on Thursday… TMZ