Day: February 17, 2025

NAACP urges Black consumers to steer buying power away from companies that have ditched DEI

10:29 pm February 17, 2025

The NAACP is calling on Black consumers to direct their nearly $2 trillion in buying power toward companies that have kept their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In a “Black Consumer Advisory” memo released Saturday, the NAACP said that Black consumers have purchasing power exceeding $1.8 trillion annually. The memo included a […]

Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds’ ‘SNL’ appearance slammed as fans accuse couple of ‘manipulating the public’

10:15 pm February 17, 2025

As Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold’s legal drama with “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni rages on, the couple got hit with a slew of hateful comments after their surprise appearance at the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary show on Sunday. During the special, former cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler […]

Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159

9:34 pm February 17, 2025

Elon Musk indicated in a post on X that millions of people listed in a Social Security database are recorded as centenarians “with the death field set to FALSE!” “According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE! Maybe Twilight is […]

Meet the team Trump picked to negotiate ending the Russia-Ukraine war

9:24 pm February 17, 2025

President Donald Trump announced a team of four U.S. officials will work on negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to end the war that has raged between the two nations since 2022. We “agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,” Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday about Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

DOGE puts DEI on chopping block with termination of over $370M in education department grants

9:21 pm February 17, 2025

In just 48 hours, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed a whopping $370 million in taxpayer dollars being spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Department of Education. DOGE, the newly formed department led by Elon Musk to purge spending by the federal government, revealed in a post on X that they […]