Extra Extra: Quitting Facebook Will Literally Make You Happier
Feb. 1, 2019, 5:20 p.m.
Because deleting Facebook is good for your health, check out today's end-of-day links: Warren apologizes, the fuck FuckJerry movement, 'The Good Place' philosophy consultant, Jussie Smollett makes statement, Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilts, and a dog water fountain.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137202152@N07/46019949515/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pat calligy's flickr</a>
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- Senator Elizabeth Warren has privately apologized to the Cherokee Nation for her decision to take a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry.
- Jussie Smollett made a public statement for the first time since the horrifying racist/homophobic attack on him: "Despite my frustrations and deep concern with certain inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have been spread, I still believe that justice will be served."
- The judge in Roger Stone's case is considering imposing a gag order because he won't shut up.
- Comedians have finally united to takedown joke thieves/aggregators (and Fyre Fest promotors) FuckJerry/Jerry Media.
- Marie Claire talked to The Good Place's resident philosophy consultant.
- Like I've been saying for awhile now: deleting Facebook will make you happier!
- The leaders of three powerful House committees are requesting a trove of documents related to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's decision to lift sanctions on companies tied to prominent Russian oligarchs with ties to Putin.
- Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has pled guilty to nine counts in a federal crime case.
- Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical-school yearbook page shows one man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood.
- NY Magazine digs into the real story behind the infamous Poop Flip video.
- And finally...I have no words:
