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Two brothers have crowdfunded over $12,000 to erect billboards calling on Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, to investigate connections between Russia and the Trump administration.

Jeremy and Chris Voros formed their own political action committee called U Work 4 Utah in March, aimed at erecting several billboards around Utah County, near Chaffetz’s local headquarters. The duo launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise up to $22,900 to display the messages for a month.

“We believe in using modern fundraising tools in creative ways to persuade our elected officials to act in accordance with real Utah values, instead of doing the bidding of their donors, friends in DC, or dictators in Moscow,” the pair wrote on their funding page.

On Tuesday, the first billboard went up.

“Why won’t Chaffetz investigate the Trump-Russia connection?” reads the 48-foot-wide billboard, erected in Provo.

In February, Chaffetz announced he wouldn’t be looking into the questions about Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, being in contact with the Russian government before Trump took office. Flynn was embroiled in a firestorm after The Washington Post revealed he’d misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he’d had with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Flynn resigned days later.

Despite calls from his colleagues to investigate the connection between the administration and a foreign government, Chaffetz said the situation was “taking care of itself.”

The Voros brothers, both registered Republicans, say they tried to ask Chaffetz about the decision at his town hall in February, but were dismissed alongside other attendees. Chaffetz later claimed the hundreds of angry, shouting voters at the event were paid protesters sent to “bully and intimidate,” prompting the brothers to launch their PAC.

“The more traditional methods of getting our elected officials’ attention do not seem to be working,” Jeremy Voros told The Salt Lake Tribune.

The crowdfunding campaign is ongoing and, if fully funded, would result in several printed billboards and one electronic sign to be displayed near busy transport corridors in Chaffetz’s home district.

Chaffetz himself, alerted to the billboards by the Tribune, had a simple message for the brothers: “They can keep wasting their money. It’s up to them.”

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The new film “The Promise” has generated buzz for tackling a difficult subject ― the Armenian genocide during World War I.

But on Wednesday the historical drama got another kind of boost from some Armenian-American celebrities.

Cher, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian united on the red carpet to support the film at its Los Angeles premiere. 

“No one knows about the genocide, so it’s important that people know,” Cher tells Entertainment Tonight in the clip above.

Kim Kardashian, whose father, the late Robert Kardashian, was of Armenian descent, toured the genocide memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2015. She urged moviegoers on social media to check out the film. 

“The Promise” stars Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac and Charlotte Le Bon in a romantic triangle set against the Ottoman Empire’s annihilation of Armenians. Approximately 1.5 million Armenians were said to have died between 1915 and 1923 as a result of the atrocities.

The movie hits theaters April 21. 

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Demi Lovato is a body positive hero, even when she’s having an off day. 

The mental health advocate and constant truth-teller delivered some words of self-love wisdom on Twitter Tuesday. Lovato, who has been open about her struggles with anorexia and bulimia, wrote that whenever she is having a bad body image day, she gives herself an eye-opening reminder. 

“I’d rather live in freedom from my eating disorder than worry about what people think about my body,” she wrote. “I am more than a number and a jean size. Fuck yeah!”

Yeah is right. Having a bad day is totally normal, but it’s so easy to lose sight of the fact that things could be much worse. You don’t need to have struggled with an eating disorder to appreciate the fact that your health and happiness mean so much more than what other people think about you. 

Lovato constantly uses her platform to remind us that we’re perfect as is. Just a few days earlier, following the release of Kendrick Lamar’s polarizing ode to stretch marks, she celebrated being “totally cool with” her own. 

BRB, bookmarking Lovato’s Twitter feed for the next time we need a refresher in what honest self-love looks like. 

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So, you have finally decided to take the step to pick up a brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+? One thing that each new smartphone owner ought to always look out for, it would be this: to make sure that it is well protected with a decent case that will not only offer protection, not to mention making your handset look good at the same time. The CM4 Q Card Case is one ideal case for the brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+.

The CM4 Q Card Case is unique in a sense that this can double up as your secondary wallet. In other words, this wallet case can comfortably sneak in a trio of cards, in addition to cash, arriving in a durable and elegant design. With the Q Card Case, it will marry the essentials of a wallet to the form factor of a Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, delivering the ultimate in convenience and protection.

The Q Card Case boasts of a patented soft-touch rubber grip and premium fabric construction, arriving in a stylish one-of-a-kind wallet case which does away with bulk to carry only what you need. The protective air cushioned corners will make sure that it absorbs and disperses shocks away from phone, while high-grip textured sides enhance grip to prevent slipping and drops, even for those who have banana fingers.

Sporting a Lay-Flat Screen Guard design, it offers ultimate screen protection as you are able to safely lay your phone face down on flat surfaces without having to scratch the screen. Not only that, it comes with Natural Throw buttons that maintain tactile feedback with your flagship Samsung handset, while the innovative Credit Card Kickstand enables one to use a credit card or ID card to prop the smartphone into a couple of viewing angles for convenient video watching on the go.

In terms of color, the Q Card case is limited to just one choice — Black Onyx, retailing for $24.99 apiece.

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