Does tweeting count as work or life, asking for a president
THE BIG STORY River View Christian Academy bills itself as a place where parents can send kids who "are going down the wrong path." It's run by a small nonprofit called Teen Rescue, which emphasizes that it holds socially conservative views. The school said that it doesn't employ any psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, or social workers, and students say there are no teachers on staff.
The entrance to River View Christian Academy. Tyler Kingkade / BuzzFeed News STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
Trump said he would accept dirt on 2020 election opponents from a foreign government In the same interview, he dismissed suggestions about contacting the FBI about possible interference in a US election.
"I think I'd take it," the president told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos about a potential offer of dirt from a foreign government on a political opponent. "I've seen a lot of things over my life. I don't think in my whole life I called the FBI."
Trump has in fact reached out to the FBI. Most notably in 1981, he reached out to the FBI before opening a casino in Atlantic City, noted that he was concerned about organized crime in the city, and offered to "cooperate" with FBI agents.
It was a busy day for Trump: He also invoked executive privilege to block Democrats from getting documents about the census citizenship question, having earlier, uh, liked a tweet about how Rihanna is a "work/life balance queen." SNAPSHOTS
Victory Fund, a major LGBT political group, is planning to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in its history: Pete Buttigeig. The openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is set to formally receive the group's backing June 20 in Boston, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Police officers use a water cannon on a lone protester near the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Anthony Wallace / AFP / Getty Images PHOTO FINISHED
A picture featuring 15 tech men and 2 women looked doctored. The women were photoshopped in. BuzzFeed News reporter Ryan Mac thought a photo GQ published of Silicon Valley executives looked edited to include two women — so he dove into a two-day "investigation" to uncover the truth. It turns out (after much mockery from his coworkers) he was right: The photo given to GQ had been modified.
Below, you can see the before and after images. The original image was doctored to include Peek CEO Ruzwana Bashir (far left) and SunRun CEO Lynn Jurich (left-center). The manipulated image, published by GQ, was provided by a representative for Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli, whom they were visiting. GQ via Brunello Cucinelli / Instagram / BuzzFeed News For some, the incident was the perfect encapsulation of the tech industry, where issues around diversity are just an image problem that can be solved with a quick fix. "Photoshop the change you want to see in the world," one Twitter user wrote. SNAP DECISION
A teen learned a lesson about oversharing on social media after her saga with her cheating ex went viral Several thousand retweets and five days later, she decided to get back together with him — and abuse followed, with strangers viciously shaming her for her decision.
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