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Illegitimate-Elect: Donald Trump Calls Civil Rights Leader John Lewis “All Talk” On MLK Weekend!

The Audacity Of Orange: Donald Trump Tweets Badly About John Lewis This has gotten out of control… If you saw the film “Selma” you probably will remember watching a young John Lewis on the screen, living out his legacy as a Civil Rights leader who walked beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lewis, as pointed out by Goldie Taylor of The Daily Beast , “was president of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) and is the youngest and only living member of “The Big Six.” Lewis was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders, young people who risked their lives to challenge racial segregation in the South. He was arrested 45 times, beaten and bloodied in the name of human rights. Lewis became a congressman who represents Georgia’s 5th Congressional District… But Friday he told Meet the Press” he will miss his first Presidential inauguration in 30 years in Congress because he doesn’t feel that Donald Trump is a legitimate President. Of course Lewis’ comments didn’t sit well with Trump who struck out (where else?) on Twitter. Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017 mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017 Hours later Trump added to his rant: Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help I can get! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017 If we thought he was an idiot before our opinion is now even lower. Lewis is a national hero who was beaten bloody for our freedoms. He sacrificed a lot in the name of progress, facing arrest some 45 times. Don’t be misled by Trump’s tweets. While crime and poverty rates are above the national average, the area is neither “crime infested” nor falling apart. It’s actually thriving — home to the upscale Buckhead neighborhood, several Fortune 500 companies — including Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines — as well as Emory University, Georgia Tech, Spelman, Morehouse and Atlanta’s airport. And as for Trump’s assertion that Lewis is all talk and no action is PURE HOGWASH… Also via Daily Beast : In 1994, when the country was caught up in hysteria and pushed a crime bill that later destroyed whole communities, John Lewis was one of only eleven black members of the House to stand against it. One of the “results” of Lewis’ activism was the Fair Housing Act, the very legislation under which the Justice Department sued Donald Trump and his father. SMH — can it get any realer than that? It is unfortunate that it is easy to believe that @realDonaldTrump would've have been proudly standing against John Lewis then as he is now pic.twitter.com/DSDzy0xduz — Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) January 14, 2017 There has been a huge wave of outrage on social media over Trump’s latest attack but we thought the tweet above said it all. Lewis has fought for what he believes is right his entire career, why should he be expected to stop because Trump was elected. In the meantime the NY Daily News is reporting that Trump has canceled an MLK day visit to Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture over scheduling issues. You may recall President Obama urged Trump to visit the museum after he said during the presidential campaign that there has “never been a worse time to be a black person” in America… Clearly Trump needs to brush up on his American history. SMH. WENN/Twitter

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Jenelle Evans: About to Pop at Her Baby Shower!

It’s almost time, friends. In just a few short weeks, Jenelle Evans, the hottest mess in Teen Mom history, will welcome her third child. Is the world ready? It’s hard to say. But what’s not hard to say is that Jenelle is very, very excited for her third kid — and her first daughter ! And it looks like Jenelle’s friends and family are pretty excited about it too, because they all got together to throw her a baby shower! Sure, in some circles it’s considered just a little tacky to have a baby shower for each and every baby, especially if the babies in question are close in age. (Jenelle’s younger son, Kaiser, is just two years old, so there’s that.) But this looks more like a dinner party as opposed to a parade of gifts that Jenelle could very easily buy for herself. Just this once, we can probably let the criticism slide. The shower was all-inclusive too, instead of the traditional “no boys allowed!” affairs. Jenelle Evans: See Her Latest Baby Shower! Jenelle’s  sketchy boyfriend , David Eason, was there, as were her two sons and some various bros. And of course her beloved mother, national treasure Barbara Evans, was in attendance — the video above, you can even catch her telling one of her charming stories in that delightful voice of hers. The whole affair actually looks pretty classy, which is surprising because, you know, Jenelle. It’s a good thing, too, that she seemed to have a good time, because in other areas of her life, things haven’t been going so great. For example, her ex-fiance and the father of one of her kids, Nathan Griffith, just won’t stop getting arrested . In the past few months alone, Nathan’s been in trouble with the law for alcohol-related nonsense, lying to police, and choking his girlfriend — not once, but twice. On top of that, her current fella is incapable of being mature and reasonable when it comes to Jenelle coparenting with Nathan. And on top of that , she doesn’t seem any closer to getting custody of her oldest son, Jace. Mix all those big life issues together, sprinkle in the smaller stuff — Jenelle’s near-constant bad parenting decisions and her refusal to admit there are any issues at all — and it’s not looking so hot. But hey, at least she had a nice baby shower! View Slideshow: Jenelle Evans: See Her Cutest Baby Bump Pics!

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Mariah Carey: I Was Foiled on New Year’s Eve!

2016 was an awful, terrible year, full of loss and sadness and disappointment. And so it only made sense that on the last day of the year, right before the miserable thing finally died, Mariah Carey gave what could have been the worst performance of her career . Yes, Mariah, the diva songbird of a generation, one of the most talented ladies in the game, absolutely butchered her performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. There was clearly a big issue with her earpiece, and with the audio, and with … well, the whole thing was a big mess . And now, in a lengthy message she recorded and shared on Twitter, she's speaking out about what went down. According to Mariah, the problem was that she and her people were “put into the hands of a production team with technical issues who chose to capitalize on circumstances beyond our control.” She says that it's “not practical for a singer to sing live” in the conditions in Times Square that night, “especially when their ear monitors weren't working at all.” Alas, Mariah believes that “They foiled me. This it turned into an opportunity to humiliate me.” The poor diva adds that her “feelings are hurt” over the whole ordeal , and that she's planning on taking some time for herself before she gets onstage again. Do you feel sorry for Mariah, or did she have it coming? Check out her full message in the clip below:

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Amazon And Other Online Grocers Will Accept Food Stamps To Help Fight Poverty

Amazon And Online Grocers Will Accept Food Stamps Online grocers such as Amazon Fresh and FreshDirect will soon be accepting food stamps to help combat food deserts in America’s poorest communities reports Mashable . The pilot program was created by U.S. Department of Agriculture to help struggling Americans… “Online purchasing is a potential lifeline for SNAP participants living in urban neighborhoods and rural communities where access to healthy food choices can be limited,” USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to being able to bring the benefits of the online market to low-income Americans participating in SNAP.” Outside of government partnerships, Amazon has recently been experimenting with grocery shopping in a major way. The tech giant’s plan for grocery stores that would not employ cashiers and that would require a smartphone for entry brought up concerns about excluding low-income customers and contributing to inequality. What do you think of the new program? Sound off in the comment section below.

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Mariah Carey Gets Owned by a Coyote in a Leotard

Mariah Carey just got totally owned. By a coyote in a leotard. On the heels of her humiliating New Year's Eve performance , Carey has heard it from nearly every corner of the Internet. The trolls are out on force , although it's hard to blame them when you click on the link above and see the sort of ridiculous “performance” this legendary artist put on last Saturday night. Due to technical difficulties, she was unable lip sync a handful of her classic tracks, eventually giving up and talking mostly jibberish to the crowd in an attempt to stall and/or distract. Carey's team then tried to blame the show's producers for setting her up to fail. It's been a pretty terrible few days for Carey, and it was only made worse this week when the mascot for the San Antonio Spurs used a break in the action to walk out to center court. He was dressed in a similar outfit as the one Mariah donned in Times Square and he started to “sing” the smash hit “Emotion,” only for his microphone to suddenly go out. This made him very confused and annoyed. It also made us laugh very hard. See the Mariah mockery for yourself below and then sound off: Is this fair or foul? Has Carey suffered enough for her snafu? Should folks just let it go? Or does the diva deserve all of this embarrassment for how little effort she clearly puts in for her live performances?

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Jenny McCarthy on Mariah Carey: What a Train Wreck!

We can now confirm two things that Jenny McCarthy is against: 1. Vaccinations. 2. Mariah Carey. The former View co-host, who has helped anchor New Year’s Eve coverage on various programs for seven years, used her SiriusXM show on Tuesday to lay into the legendary singer. McCarthy called Carey out for what most viewers agree was the single worst New Year’s Eve performance in the history of December 31. Actually on hand in Times Square for the embarrassing event, McCarthy took listened behind the scenes a bit as she relayed her reaction to Mariah’s nationally-televised fail. “Mouths are hanging open. Everyone is shocked. We only gave you a shortened version of that. We had to go through another song of her walking around,” McCarthy said on air today. She added: “It was so bad, and then for a moment I said, ‘Take a step back, Jenny, and try to find some empathy right now.’ And I did. All of a sudden I felt really bad for her, because it was that bad. It was a complete train wreck.” Did you catch the performance? It featured Carey having problems with her audio. She was on stage, messing around with her ear piece, clearly confused and unsure what to do. “We’re missing some of the vocals, but it is what it is … I’m gonna let the audience sing. We didn’t have a sound check for this New Year’s baby,” Carey told the crowd. Watch footage from the humiliating “performance” below: Mariah Carey: Worst New Year’s Eve Performance Ever? It was evident that Carey planned to lip-sync, but technical issues got in the way and she was unable to recover; i.e. simply go ahead and actually sing her own songs. Shortly after this non-concert aired on ABC, Carey took to Twitter and shrugged it off. “Sh-t happens,” she wrote. But as the video got passed around the Internet in subsequent days and the embarrassment grew, Carey’s team went into crisis mode. Sources in Carey’s camp actually told TMZ and Billboard that the artist was “sabotaged” and that “production set her up to fail.” Why would producers do this? To garner ratings for the network’s New Year’s Eve special. So the argument goes, that is. But Dick Clark Productions wasn’t going to just sit around and let its good name be sullied. The company responded to accusations of wrongdoing with the following statement: As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that DCP, as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd… We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry. McCarthy, meanwhile, said she stopped sympathizing with Carey once her team accused Dick Clark Productions of somehow setting her up to fail. Jenny said: “I do understand our egos, of course, want to blame everyone but itself for mistakes, but I literally had a visceral reaction to her saying that Dick Clark Productions did this on purpose and for ratings.” “If Dick Clark were alive today, I guarantee he would be on air right now fighting back. He’s not, so I’m going to. “The truth of the matter is Mariah didn’t do a sound check.” “She did whatever you would call, like, a dance move rehearsal holding her gold microphone, and she stood off to the side of the stage while she had a stand-in do a sound check.” View Slideshow: Mariah Carey Butchers New Year’s Eve Performance: Twitter Reacts! Husband Donnie Wahlberg was in the studio with McCarthy and agreed. Having often performed live with New Kids on the Block, he chimed in with this take: “The buck stops with the artist. If you’re gonna be a boss or you’re gonna be a diva, then you know, again, it’s your name, your face and your legacy on the line. “So you leave something to someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself. The music track, missing a vocal, that’s on her.” “No rehearsal, that’s on her.”

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Jenny McCarthy on Mariah Carey: What a Train Wreck!

We can now confirm two things that Jenny McCarthy is against: 1. Vaccinations. 2. Mariah Carey. The former View co-host, who has helped anchor New Year’s Eve coverage on various programs for seven years, used her SiriusXM show on Tuesday to lay into the legendary singer. McCarthy called Carey out for what most viewers agree was the single worst New Year’s Eve performance in the history of December 31. Actually on hand in Times Square for the embarrassing event, McCarthy took listened behind the scenes a bit as she relayed her reaction to Mariah’s nationally-televised fail. “Mouths are hanging open. Everyone is shocked. We only gave you a shortened version of that. We had to go through another song of her walking around,” McCarthy said on air today. She added: “It was so bad, and then for a moment I said, ‘Take a step back, Jenny, and try to find some empathy right now.’ And I did. All of a sudden I felt really bad for her, because it was that bad. It was a complete train wreck.” Did you catch the performance? It featured Carey having problems with her audio. She was on stage, messing around with her ear piece, clearly confused and unsure what to do. “We’re missing some of the vocals, but it is what it is … I’m gonna let the audience sing. We didn’t have a sound check for this New Year’s baby,” Carey told the crowd. Watch footage from the humiliating “performance” below: Mariah Carey: Worst New Year’s Eve Performance Ever? It was evident that Carey planned to lip-sync, but technical issues got in the way and she was unable to recover; i.e. simply go ahead and actually sing her own songs. Shortly after this non-concert aired on ABC, Carey took to Twitter and shrugged it off. “Sh-t happens,” she wrote. But as the video got passed around the Internet in subsequent days and the embarrassment grew, Carey’s team went into crisis mode. Sources in Carey’s camp actually told TMZ and Billboard that the artist was “sabotaged” and that “production set her up to fail.” Why would producers do this? To garner ratings for the network’s New Year’s Eve special. So the argument goes, that is. But Dick Clark Productions wasn’t going to just sit around and let its good name be sullied. The company responded to accusations of wrongdoing with the following statement: As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that DCP, as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd… We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry. McCarthy, meanwhile, said she stopped sympathizing with Carey once her team accused Dick Clark Productions of somehow setting her up to fail. Jenny said: “I do understand our egos, of course, want to blame everyone but itself for mistakes, but I literally had a visceral reaction to her saying that Dick Clark Productions did this on purpose and for ratings.” “If Dick Clark were alive today, I guarantee he would be on air right now fighting back. He’s not, so I’m going to. “The truth of the matter is Mariah didn’t do a sound check.” “She did whatever you would call, like, a dance move rehearsal holding her gold microphone, and she stood off to the side of the stage while she had a stand-in do a sound check.” View Slideshow: Mariah Carey Butchers New Year’s Eve Performance: Twitter Reacts! Husband Donnie Wahlberg was in the studio with McCarthy and agreed. Having often performed live with New Kids on the Block, he chimed in with this take: “The buck stops with the artist. If you’re gonna be a boss or you’re gonna be a diva, then you know, again, it’s your name, your face and your legacy on the line. “So you leave something to someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself. The music track, missing a vocal, that’s on her.” “No rehearsal, that’s on her.”

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A Lil Positivity: Black Billionaire Robert Smith Offers Full Scholarships To Chibok Girls

Black Billionaire Robert Smith Offers Full Scholarships To Chibok Girls Billionaire tech investor and equity titan Robert Smith was recently named at one of the richest people in the world but the quiet guru has also invested his money for the culture. The billionaire has now pledged to help pay for the education of 24 girls from the Chibok region in Nigeria, many of whom escaped Boko Haram last year according to Forbes . Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Nigeria’s President, Garba Shehu, says the scholarships will help the young girls after their traumatic ordeal. Shehu said that the girls will be admitted through negotiation at the prestigious American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, with the American billionaire footing the entire bill of the girls’ tuition, accommodation, feeding and other related expenses. It costs anywhere from $5,000 to $11,000 a year to educate a student at the school which is owned by wealthy frontline Nigerian politician and businessman Atiku Abubakar. “Smith has offered to pay for the education of the 21 released through negotiations and is offering to take responsibility for all the others who will hopefully be eventually set free,’’ Shehu added. This is great news!

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Ace Hood’s Bae, Shelah Marie, Is Absolute Goals And She Doesn’t Even Know it

Shelah Marie Is Goals Ace Hood has had an incredible glow up over the last couple of years. He’s been doing yoga, getting himself together and looking happier than ever. Well there’s one good reason: his bae Shelah Marie. She’s gorgeous and clearly holds her man down. Plus, she drops inspirational gems like this. That’s real. And that’s why she’s so beloved on these here internets. You know we won’t leave you hanging so flip through and see some more of this beautiful woman.

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No Lines, No Checkout: Amazon Go Allows You To Shop Without Paying At A Register

Amazon Go Allows Shoppers To Buy Without Lines Or Registers Amazon Go is a new shopping experience that allows consumers to buy in the store with no checkout required. The online retail giant has built a store with the world’s most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line. With the Just Walk Out Shopping experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout. (No, seriously.) Is this the future of shopping?

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