More bad news: The Atlantis cruise and The Black Party were canceled
Here is an updated list of all the events that are being canceled, rescheduled, or are still happening.

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If Trump Has Coronavirus, He is Spreading It All Over the Place: WATCH

In case you missed it, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency (“two very big words”) over the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference at the White House on Friday.

Which is rich, given that Trump isn’t even following his own administration’s guidance on preventing the spread of the virus — and especially since he recently had contact with someone who tested positive.

According to the Washington Post, Trump violated CDC guidance 31 times during the news conference by shaking hands, patting backs, and touching the microphone. And that’s not to mention the fact that he forced the White House press corps into a large, tight gathering, where they waited for the event to begin more than 30 minutes late.

From WaPo: Trump shook hands, patted backs and touched the microphone at the White House lectern at least 31 times Friday, the sort of behaviors health experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised against to prevent the spread of the virus. Over the past week, Trump has interacted with or been close to at least three people who were infected with the virus or who themselves interacted with virus-infected individuals. Trump earlier this week said he does not plan to get tested for the novel coronavirus, but Friday he said he “most likely” would get tested “fairly soon.”

More from the Daily Beast: Moments after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, he violated one major rule his public health officials have advised against—by shaking several people’s hands. Trump, who spent the weekend with at least one person who has since tested positive for the novel coronavirus, also manhandled the microphone as he explained the need to declare a national emergency to allow the government to marshal more resources to cities and states struggling to contain the spread of the virus.

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If Trump Has Coronavirus, He is Spreading It All Over the Place: WATCH

Democratic Politician Andrew Gillum Found at Site of Alleged Meth OD

Gillum, an LGBTQ ally and former nominee for Florida governor, was found vomiting in the bathroom of a hotel room where another man was in cardiac arrest.

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University employee says he was fired for wearing lipstick to work

A former employee from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia says he was fired from his job at the campus bookstore earlier this month because he wore lipstick to work.

Stuart Morrison, who identifies as nonbinary and whose pronouns are he/him or they/them, says he was fired after being told his lipstick violated KSU’s employee handbook that governs personal appearance.

The 30-year-old tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the trouble began at a staff meeting on February 25 when his supervisor asked him to stop wearing lipstick to work after there had been “complaints about your unprofessional appearance.”

KSU’s employee handbook acknowledges that it’s “difficult” to implement a uniform dress code, but dictates that employees are “required to dress in appropriate attire and to behave in a professional, business-like manner.”

After speaking to his supervisor, Morrison continued wearing black, blue, or green lipstick to work.

“I was wearing them, in part, to express that I’m nonbinary,” he says.

On March 3, he received a termination letter cited his failure to “discontinue wearing black, bright blue and bright green lipstick” and claimed the colors were “unprofessional” for someone in his position.

“Those color choices are considered unprofessional, particularly since you are in a position as Lead Retail Associate where there is high visibility and interaction with KSU community members,” the letter read.

The letter went on to state that Morrison failed to “tone down the lipstick color” a total of 18 times between October 2019 and February 2020. But who’s counting, right?

“Being fired is not a fun thing in general,” he says, “but it felt discriminatory. The fact that they chose to use that excuse just feels wrong.”

When asked for comment, Kennesaw State University spokeswoman Tammy DeMel says the school does not comment on personnel matter.

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