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Trump says Rex Tillerson out as Secretary of State, replaced by Mike Pompeo (Fox News)
President Trump on Tuesday unceremoniously fired his embattled top diplomat Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and said he would replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
The president announced his ousting of Tillerson on Twitter. Tillerson was unaware of the reason for being fired when Trump went public with the news, a State Department spokesman said.
“Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State,” the president tweeted. “He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service!” [Read More]
UMN hosting prof to lecture on ‘the violence of whiteness’ (Campus Reform)
The University of Minnesota has invited a professor dedicated to “dismantling whiteness” to speak next week on how whiteness is an “existential threat” to the United States.
“The Elephant in the Room: A ‘Grown Up’ Conversation about Whiteness” will be presented by Lisa Anderson-Levy, an Anthropology professor at Beloit College whose teaching philosophy is predicated on the belief that “teaching is a political act.” [Read More]
MORE THAN HALF OF MILLENNIALS GOING THROUGH ‘QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS’, RESEARCH FINDS (Independent UK)
Six in 10 millennials claim to be going through a “quarter-life” crisis, according to a new study.
Many of us are familiar with the trope of a mid-life crisis – a person in middle age who is feeling stuck in a rut, and who reacts by indulging in erratic behaviour like making spontaneous career decisions or buying a motorbike.
But now it seems more and more of us are evaluating our existence far earlier as a new study reveals more than half of millennials are experiencing a “quarter-life crisis”. [Read More]
Fairfax County middle school students caught vaping on school property (Fox 5 DC)
Multiple students are facing discipline for vaping on school property at Franklin Middle School, according to a spokesman for Fairfax County Public Schools.
The school district would not say specifically how many students were found to have been smoking e-cigarettes during the school day, but two parents told FOX 5 nearly 20 students were suspended as a result of the behavior. [Read More]
Nets Give Less than a Minute to House Committee’s ‘No Collusion’ Findings (News Busters)
On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee closed its inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, much to the chagrin of the liberal media. The committee confirmed that the Russians were indeed trying to cause chaos in the election, claimed they weren’t out to help candidate Donald Trump specifically and that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. But during their evening broadcasts, ABC and CBS downplayed the findings while NBC ignored them. [Read More]
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