News Roundup for January 24, 2017

What's the deal with all this news anyway?
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Counselor to President, Kellyanne Conway, prepares to appear on the Sunday morning show Meet The Press, from the north lawn at the White House, January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Conway discussed President Trump's recent visit to the CIA and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's first statement. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Counselor to President, Kellyanne Conway, prepares to appear on the Sunday morning show Meet The Press, from the north lawn at the White House, January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Conway discussed President Trump's recent visit to the CIA and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's first statement. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

What's the deal with all this news anyway?

1. Viola Davis makes history as the first black actress to earn three Oscar nominations. The Oscars are still pretty white but we can all agree this is amazing. More here.

2. Halsey donates $100,000 to Planned Parenthood after pledging $1 for every retweet she received on Twitter in support of the Women's March. What a boss. More here.

3. Mike Pompeo has been sworn in as CIA director. The man loves waterboarding and surveillance, so he should be a good fit. More here.

4. The EPA has frozen all grant programs. Myron Ebell, climate change denier, says the freeze is so "nothing happens they don't want to have happen." Like the gradual warming of the climate? More here.

5. Kellyanne Conway doesn't see the point of the Women's March. We don't see the point of Kellyanne Conway. More here.

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