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Danielle C. Belton
daniellebelton
Editor-in-Chief of The Root. Nerd. AKA "The Black Snob."

We made it. All dressed up with one place to go, the BET Awards 2017.

Overheard at work: “Have said it before, but I want to know what blush Sessions uses. Guy looks dewy as fuck.”

I also wanted to share this ... because the internet has no chill.

Hey Michael. Just wanted to share this. Seemed pertinent!

*cries* But I can’t wait until February 2018! Want NOW!!! *cries more*

Hasan is killing it. I still want to go to bed, but he’s absolutely killing it.

“No one wanted to do this” so the job landed in the hands of an immigrant, said Hasan Minaj, giving the satirical remarks at the dinner.

“The best obtainable version of the truth” is the theme of both Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s speeches as they both separately make the case for a sober, focused press in an aggressive search for the truth.

Jeff Mason read the first amendment out loud making this event the most prissy, well dressed protest ever.

Yesha and I are repeating ourselves as Jeff Mason lays out why a free press is necessary. Sorry about that. We were both hyped off the same words. Obviously.

“We are here to celebrate the press not the presidency,” remarks by Jeff Mason, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association as he begins his speech, a defense of the freedom of the press under a Trump Administration. “We are not fake news.”

The evening’s programming has begun with a retrospective on combative relations between the press and the president(s) featuring Nixon, Reagan, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

I really need something to happen. I’m secretly am old lady who goes to bed at 9:30 most nights and a bed is calling

Jason returned from his excursion where he ran into a bunch of black Republicans. Now he’s pretending to drink wine.

The last time I was at this two years ago I embarrassed myself in front of Jaime Lannister and got the most epic staredown from Chanel Iman. This year? Um .... the dresses are kind of nice? I saw the crew from The Undefeated tho. They’re cool.

A military band is playing trying to will people into silence, but that’s not happening anytime soon. Also, we lost Jason Johnson. Where did he go, Yesha?