Pete Souza was one of the more quiet constant presciences of the Obama Administration.
He served as the official White House photographer for the entire length of Obama’s term and was in the room for nearly all of the most important moments of it.
But since the inauguration of Donald Trump, Souza has taken on another role: chief troll who keeps reminding the world how much better Obama was at his job than Trump.
He did it again yesterday when Trump bumped the Prime Minister of Montenegro in order to get to the head of the pack of NATO leaders.
Did Trump just shove another NATO leader to be in the front of the group? pic.twitter.com/bL1r2auELd
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) May 25, 2017
It was not a great look to say the least.
Here’s Souza’s perfect response.
“No jostling involved.”
This would almost be funny if it wasn’t so damn sad.
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Trumpcare Would Cause 23 Million People To Lose Health Insurance
The Congressional Budget Office says that President Donald Trump’s plan to get rid of Obamacare would lead to 23 million people losing their health insurance by 2026.
From Vice News:
“In its first analysis of the bill that Republicans the House of Representatives passed in early May, the CBO concluded that out of pocket costs for mental health and maternity care would increase by thousands of dollars a year in many states. The CBO predicted that the health bill would create savings of $119 billion over the next 10 years.”
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Textbook Company Receives Backlash for Interpreting Slaves As “Workers” and “Immigrants”
A Texas mother took to YouTube to voice her frustrations after textbook giant McGraw-Hill rewrote slavery out of history. In a section titled “Passage of Immigration,” Roni Dean-Burren noticed that slaves were referred to as “workers” and “immigrants.”
The passage reads, “The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations.”
“The Atlantic slave trade brought millions of workers … notice the nuanced language there. Workers implies wages … yes?” Dean-Burren wrote on her Facebook.
Dean-Burren notes in her video that the Textbook also includes a passage saying that many Europeans and English people “came over to work as indentured servants for little or no pay.”
McGraw Hill heard of the backlash and took to Facebook to respond to Dean-Burren, announcing it will be updating the textbook in its next print and in digital format.
“We believe we can do better,” McGraw-Hill posted on its Facebook. “To communicate these facts more clearly, we will update this caption to describe the arrival of African slaves in the U.S. as a forced migration and emphasize that their work was done as slave labor.”
This isn’t the first time Texas textbooks have received backlash for revisionism – ten university scholars accused Texas textbooks of including biased statements about Islam, Native Americans, capitalism, religion and the Civil War.
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Change Delayed: Venezuelans Losing Hope As Gridlock Looms
Caracas, Venezuela – When Kilder Telleria, a 40-year-old graphic designer, voted for the opposition in last December’s parliamentary elections, he was not feeling particularly hopeful. For Telleria, the Venezuelan government has consistently found ways to “cheat” its way into amassing more powers. At best, he thought, the opposition would seal a close win. “They control the… Read More
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