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Donald Trump: Release of Robert Mueller questions is ‘disgraceful’ (USA Today)
President Trump protested a news report Tuesday about questions that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would like to ask him concerning Russian interference in the 2016 election.
While calling it “disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were ‘leaked’ to the media,” Trump also alluded to the fact that most of the potential queries deal with possible obstruction of justice rather than Russian hacking of Democrats during the campaign.
“No questions on Collusion. Oh, I see…you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!” Trump said in a early morning tweet. [Read More]
Prince William County schools to double recess time (NOVA)
Prince William County elementary schools will double the minimum recess time, beginning this fall. The move by the school division follows a local parent-led effort to change state requirements around instruction time.
The new rules in Prince William County give elementary students a full half hour of unstructured activity every day, with 20 minutes of recess before or after lunch and an additional 10 minutes to be scheduled at the discretion of school administrators.
“We’ve long understood the benefits of exercise and unstructured activity for student learning, health, and wellbeing,” Superintendent Steve Walts said. “This new law means we’re free to build those benefits into the daily instructional time that Virginia requires.” [Read More]
Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr doesn’t care if you’re mad at her over her support of President Trump.
“People are mad about that, but, you know, I don’t give a fuck,” Barr told “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon on Monday.
Barr defended her support of the Republican president, saying she picked the “lesser of two evils.” [Read More]
Job Description for the Dumbest Job Ever (NYT)
TITLE: Mother.
SUMMARY: This position manages to be of the utmost importance and yet somehow also the least visible and/or respected in the entire organization. You will enjoy a whole bunch of superficial attention and lip service from culture, advertisers and politicians, but will never receive a credible follow-up in the form of a concrete plan for advancement, support, benefits or retirement.
Please note: Although you will coordinate, plan and do almost everything, you should expect to crash face-first into bed every night feeling that you’ve accomplished basically nothing. Welcome!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: You will be responsible for literally everything, including but not limited to [Read More]
Keziah Daum is not apologizing for wearing what she calls a “beautiful” Chinese cheongsam dress to her high school prom, despite receiving backlash from thousands of people online, some of whom called her a “closet racist” and accused her of cultural appropriation.
Daum, 18, posted an album of four prom pictures on Twitter on April 22 with the simple caption, “PROM.” One of the photos in the album includes Daum crouching down in the traditional Chinese dress, posing with a group of her friends with their hands folded together — a gesture many deemed inappropriate. [Read More]
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