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Friday 5.24.19
Serena Williams, Jaden Smith, Trevor Noah And Jay-Z Help Push Impossible Foods To $2B Valuation
Fake meat is disrupting the global meat industry and getting cultural endorsements from some of the biggest celebrity names on the planet.
Impossible Foods develops plant-based substitutes for meat and dairy products and just got money and endorsements from Serena Williams, Jaden Smith, Trevor Noah and Jay-Z, Forbes reported. The California company raised $300 million in its latest funding round from investors. Now valued at $2 billion, Impossible Foods has a goal to remove animals from the food system by 2035.
Damon Dash’s Ex-Wives Want The GWAP from Lee Daniels
Damon Dash’s exes have united to take the phrase “Baby Mama Drama” to another level. Dash’s ex-wife Rachel Roy and ex-girlfriend Cindy Morales have united to sue Hollywood heavyweight Lee Daniels for Dash’s unpaid child support, reported TMZ.
NY AG Letitia James Pushed To Change The Double Jeopardy Law. She Just Got Her Way With New Bill Weakening Trump’s Pardon Power
New York Attorney General Letitia James doesn’t want anyone – particularly high-profile people with powerful relationships – to use the law to avoid justice. That’s why the woman who led the way in getting the state’s double jeopardy law passed has backed a new bill with an exception that will weaken President Donald Trump’s pardoning power.
How Minneapolis Schools CFO Ibrahima Diop Helped Erase A $33M Deficit
A former school accountant raised in Senegal has been credited with turning around Minneapolis’ struggling school budget. Ibrahima Diop, now chief financial officer for Minneapolis Public Schools, erased a $33 million deficit, balanced the budget and managed to do it without job cuts.
No, But Really, Why Won’t The Trump Administration Release The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill?
Many were elated when it was announced that abolitionist Harriet Tubman would be the new face of the $20 bill, replacing President Andrew Jackson. But now the Trump administration announced this won’t happen next year as planned — and maybe not for many years to come.
