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Laverne Cox, Betsy DeVos, Julian Assange, Trevor Noah, Joan Collins, Meryl Streep: HOT LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n

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FIERCE FASHION<\/strong>. High schooler\u2019s T-shirt goes viral.<\/p>\n

JULIAN ASSANGE<\/strong>. The Wikileaks founder did an AMA on Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BETSY DEVOS<\/strong>. Confirmation hearing for anti-gay billionare Secretary of Education pick delayed a week<\/a>: \u201cThe move comes after Democrats had raised concerns about the wealthy philanthropists\u2019 incomplete financial disclosures and unfinished ethics review, as Politico reported last week<\/a>. The top Democrat on the HELP committee asked for a rescheduled hearing, saying she was concerned about \u201cextensive financial entanglements and potential conflicts of interest,\u201d Politico says.\u201d<\/p>\n

TRIFECTA OF GLAMOUR<\/strong>. Joan Collins, Donna Mills, and Naomi Campbell join forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

STEPHEN COLBERT<\/strong>. Let\u2019s have a \u2018Million Meryl March\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Meryl<\/a>STREEPED<\/strong>. Committee to Protect Journalists gets 140x more donations than usual after Meryl Streep speech<\/a>: \u201cA typical Sunday evening brings in about five donations, said Courtney Radsch, the group\u2019s a dvocacy director. However, in the wake of Streep\u2019s comments, the non-profit received about 700 online donations <\/a>on Sunday night, or 140 times the typical amount for that time. The CPJ has yet to calculate the total amount raised since Streep\u2019s speech, but Radsch said most of the gifts were small. Streep\u2019s nod to the organization also brought increased traffic to the group\u2019s website and social media pages.\u201d<\/p>\n

DENVER<\/strong>. Police horse dies after officer forgot he had no food or water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Xiu<\/a>TWIN PEAKS<\/strong>. The David Lynch reboot finally got a premiere date<\/a>: \u201cNetwork president David Nevins<\/strong> announced the news at the Television Critics Association 2017 winter press tour, revealing that the long-in-the-works new season will debut with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, May 21 at 9 p.m. Additionally, the third and fourth episodes of the new season will be available on Showtime\u2019s streaming and on demand platforms that same night. The 2017 season will be 18 hours in total.\u201d<\/p>\n

BYSTANDERS OF ATROCITY<\/strong>. On recognizing everyday authoritarianism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BRACE, BRACE, BRACE<\/strong>. LGBT activists\u00a0prepare to resist Trump administration<\/a>: \u201cThey view President-elect Donald Trump and many of his Cabinet selections as disinterested \u2014 and in some cases hostile \u2014 when it comes to the various issues of civil rights and anti-discrimination protections that concern lesbian<\/a>, gay<\/a>, bisexual<\/a> and transgender Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

LAVERNE COX<\/strong>. It\u2019s \u201creally special\u201d to be playing a black trans<\/a> woman<\/a> in Doubt<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/a>CHARLOTTE<\/strong>. Human Rights Campaign appears to have pulled its award from the City Council<\/a>: \u201cOn the HRC Charlotte website, hrccarolina.org<\/a>, the page dedicated to this year\u2019s awardees<\/a> still shows the transgender activists as the Person of the Year winners, but the Organization of the Year is noticeably absent\u2026A Google search for \u201chrccarolina.org charlotte city council awards\u201d brings up the result hrccarolina.org\/awards-2<\/a>, which when clicked takes you to a 404 page, with text reading, \u2018This is somewhat embarrassing, isn\u2019t it? It seems we can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

DAILY SHOW<\/strong>. Trevor Noah comes down on Meryl Streep for criticizing football and MMA fans<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI understand what Meryl Streep was trying to do, and I don\u2019t know if I could have done better, but here\u2019s the thing I feel like we could all learn as people,\u201d Noah said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to make your point by shitting on someone else\u2019s thing, because a lot of people love football and the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY<\/strong>. Donovan Michaels.<\/p>\n

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