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HEADLINER–Mar. 28
Rep. Devin Nunes. Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is being urged to recuse himself from the current investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and Trump team affiliations with Russia after he admitted that he made a secret visit to the White House last week to view intelligence files he then cited as proof of potentially improper spying activity against President Trump. It wouldn’t be a big deal except Nunes was previously on Trump’s transition team and some think he is not being independent. Press Secretary Spicer, in is briefing yesterday forgot one little detail post lunch, apparently he had spinach in his teeth while speaking with members of the press….Read more
MORE NEWS
• Segregation was the subject of a study by the Metropolitan Planning Council, a Chicago-based public policy research group, and the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank which revealed the cost of segregation. According to the report in the Chicago Tribune, segregation in the seven-county area is preventing the city and suburbs from churning out an additional $8 billion in goods and services each year. The study, launched in 2015 and funded by The Chicago Community Trust and the says segregation in the seven-county area is preventing the city and suburbs from churning out an additional $8 billion in goods and services each year. The MPC study assessed segregation in three ways: African-American/white, Latino/white and by economic status for the 100 most populous regions in 1990, 2000 and 2010, measuring progress over that period.
• Amazon has purchased Middle East’s biggest online retailer Souq.com reportedly for less than the $800M that Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar’s Emaar Malls offered.
• In its continued copycat battle against Snapchat, Facebook has now launched stories on its mobile apps “bringing the popular format for sharing photos and videos to more than 1.65 billion people a day.” The social network company also debuted Townhall feature allowing users to easily contact their elected local officials.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Alicia Vikander is taking over for Angelina Jolie in the lead role of Lara Croft and a first look for the Tomb Raider reboot has been released.
• Finish this line “In West Philadelphia, born and raised….” The cast of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ met up for a reunion and the photo of the cast members is heating up the web. Also here’s the run down of what happened and who got the boot on Dancing With The Stars.
FASHION
• The 8 LVMH Prize Finalists have been announced and they are: Yoon Ahn (Ambush), Kozaburo Akasaka (Kozaburo), Cecilie Rosted Bahnsen (Cecilie Bahnsen), Nabil El-Nayal (Nabil Nayal), Molly Goddard, Maria Kazakova (Jahnkoy), Marine Serre, and Antonin Tron (Atlein). The winner of the prize will be announced on June 16 at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.
“My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.” ― Eartha Kitt
Marijuana could be legal in Canada by July 1, 2018
Chicago Gangs Used To Have Business Cards — Seriously
Apollo Nida on the hunt for millions in Phaedra Parks divorce case
Prominent Texas veterinarian, accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband leaps to her death
The Kim Kardashian sex tape: An oral history
LOOK OF THE DAY
Cara Delevingne
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