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Trump: US Will Pay For Wall, Mexico Will Pay Us Back Later

President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP/Evan Vucci)
(REPORT) — After months of promising that Mexico would pay for a border wall, CNN reported last night that Trump was working with House Republicans on a plan to fund the wall project through appropriations, a move which they said would “break a key campaign promise.”

Professor Flooded With Threats After Drexel University Sides With White Supremacists In Twitter Scandal

In this April, 2016 photo, white supremacists participate in a “white pride” rally in Rome, Ga. Attacks by white supremacists and far-right media outlets over satirical tweets about “white genocide” have led Drexel University to condemn professor George Ciccariello-Maher, who teaches history and politics at the university.

What the Top 10 Foods on Twitter Say About America’s Health and Habits

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave the University of Utah College of Health more than $700,000 to study mentions of food on Twitter to find out about Americans’ relationship with food. Guess what? Kale didn’t make the list; far from it, actually. [1]
Researchers, led by assistant professor Quynh Nguyen, collected 80 million tweets from 2015-2016, and found out that nearly 5% of them were about food. [2]

Twitter Users Raise Depression Awareness with #MyDepressionLooksLike Hashtag

Because many with depression withdraw or succumb to the desire to isolate themselves, a new hashtag has taken off on Twitter to help people feel less alone. Users are sharing emotionally-raw stories about their own struggles with depression using the hashtag #MyDepressionLooksLike, helping others with the same issues feel less alone.