An excerpt from the Washington Post -
The NFL beat Trump. Soundly.
By Jerry Brewer
The NFL players stood, knelt, raised fists, sat, abstained . . . whatever felt right. They did it mostly as a team, a collection of individuals who choose to play together and sacrifice for each other. During the national anthem, they didn’t act like a brainwashed mass who had traded their diversity just to wear the same colors.
The latter is a flat and uninformed way to view the concept of team, and the same could be said for the different ways we act as American citizens. You have to understand that to grasp the power and poignancy of one of the most meaningful Sundays in NFL history. Throughout the nation and in London, the league responded to President Trump’s scathing, profane and ignorant criticism by showing him two things he can neither comprehend nor inspire as a leader: empathy and unity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-nfl-responds-to-trump-by-embracing-its-diversity/2017/09/24/07d57814-a15c-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html?utm_term=.ec30b6723b74
Monday, September 25, 2017
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Most Popular Wedding Songs
From the Washington Post -
These are the most popular wedding songs in America — and the ones your state loves
By Ben Zauzmer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/09/20/these-are-the-most-popular-wedding-songs-in-america-and-the-ones-your-state-loves/?utm_term=.e3880cb1e465&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
These are the most popular wedding songs in America — and the ones your state loves
By Ben Zauzmer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/09/20/these-are-the-most-popular-wedding-songs-in-america-and-the-ones-your-state-loves/?utm_term=.e3880cb1e465&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Saturday, September 23, 2017
THE LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED!!!! Time to show them #blackexcellence LETS GO! #teamlove REPRESENT REPRESENT! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/KM3wA098se— Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) September 23, 2017
Just when You Think He Can't Go Any Lower, He Does.
From the Huffington Post -
NFL Stars Erupt In Anger Over Donald Trump’s ‘Son Of A Bitch’ Speech
“I can’t take anything our Celebrity in Chief says seriously. He’s a real life clown/troll.”
By Lee Moran
National Football League stars past and present are expressing outrage after President Donald Trump used an address in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday to attack players who protest during the national anthem.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nfl-stars-donald-trump-comments-speech_us_59c60a89e4b0cdc773318071?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
NFL Stars Erupt In Anger Over Donald Trump’s ‘Son Of A Bitch’ Speech
“I can’t take anything our Celebrity in Chief says seriously. He’s a real life clown/troll.”
By Lee Moran
National Football League stars past and present are expressing outrage after President Donald Trump used an address in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday to attack players who protest during the national anthem.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nfl-stars-donald-trump-comments-speech_us_59c60a89e4b0cdc773318071?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
U Bum
Excerpts from the Washington Post -
Trump turns sports into a political battleground with comments on NFL and Steph Curry
By Adam Kilgore
President Trump turned professional sports into a political battleground Friday night into Saturday morning, directing full-throated ire toward African American athletes who have spoken out against him and prompting a response from the National Football League, its players and the best basketball player in the world.
In a span of roughly 12 hours, as the sports world typically would be gearing up for college football and baseball’s pennant races, Trump ensnared and agitated the most powerful sports league in North America and perhaps the most popular athlete in American team sports. His comments set the stage for potential mass protest Sunday along NFL sidelines.
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After Trump said he rescinded Curry’s invitation, LeBron James slammed Trump on Twitter.
“U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going!” James said. “So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/trump-sticks-to-sports-with-comments-on-nfl-players-and-owners-and-steph-curry/2017/09/23/50e76dd2-a071-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html?utm_term=.8c900d30222b&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-sports%252Bnation&wpmk=1
Trump turns sports into a political battleground with comments on NFL and Steph Curry
By Adam Kilgore
President Trump turned professional sports into a political battleground Friday night into Saturday morning, directing full-throated ire toward African American athletes who have spoken out against him and prompting a response from the National Football League, its players and the best basketball player in the world.
In a span of roughly 12 hours, as the sports world typically would be gearing up for college football and baseball’s pennant races, Trump ensnared and agitated the most powerful sports league in North America and perhaps the most popular athlete in American team sports. His comments set the stage for potential mass protest Sunday along NFL sidelines.
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After Trump said he rescinded Curry’s invitation, LeBron James slammed Trump on Twitter.
“U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going!” James said. “So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/trump-sticks-to-sports-with-comments-on-nfl-players-and-owners-and-steph-curry/2017/09/23/50e76dd2-a071-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html?utm_term=.8c900d30222b&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-sports%252Bnation&wpmk=1
Friday, September 22, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
A Hero That Looks Like Me
An excerpt from the Daily Good -
Move Over, Wonder Woman — This Afro-Puerto Rican Superhero Is The Ultimate Feminist Icon
Named after the island nation’s anthem, the fierce comic book star uses her powers to control the weather and keep her people safe
by Rebekah Sager
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ, A SELF-DESCRIBED ARTSY NERD FROM THE SOUTH BRONX, never imagined that the Afro-Puerto Rican pacifist character he first self-published only a little more than a year ago would emerge as one of the comic book world’s most realistic feminist super-heroes. La Borinqueña officially debuted at New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2016. Since then, both the character and the comic book have become something bigger and more meaningful than their creator could have dreamed, especially as Puerto Rico weathers two onslaughts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, school closings, and an economic crisis.
https://www.good.is/features/afro-puerto-rican-comic-book-star-ultimate-feminist-superhero?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
Move Over, Wonder Woman — This Afro-Puerto Rican Superhero Is The Ultimate Feminist Icon
Named after the island nation’s anthem, the fierce comic book star uses her powers to control the weather and keep her people safe
by Rebekah Sager
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ, A SELF-DESCRIBED ARTSY NERD FROM THE SOUTH BRONX, never imagined that the Afro-Puerto Rican pacifist character he first self-published only a little more than a year ago would emerge as one of the comic book world’s most realistic feminist super-heroes. La Borinqueña officially debuted at New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2016. Since then, both the character and the comic book have become something bigger and more meaningful than their creator could have dreamed, especially as Puerto Rico weathers two onslaughts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, school closings, and an economic crisis.
https://www.good.is/features/afro-puerto-rican-comic-book-star-ultimate-feminist-superhero?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood
When You're Too Tired to Respond
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
These White People Will Respond To Your Racist Trolls So You Don’t Have To
A volunteer-run Facebook group answers ignorant comments online at the request of people of color.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
If you’re a person of color exhausted by having to explain over and over on social media why “all lives” aren’t treated the same by police or why producer Issa Rae saying she’s “rooting for everybody black” is not racist, one group is here to help you: White Nonsense Roundup.
The volunteer-run Facebook group, founded last year by friends Layla Tromble and Terri Kompton in Washington state, has white people respond to racist trolls online at the request of people of color.
“If a white person is filling your social media with white nonsense ― anything from overt racism to well-intentioned problematic statements, tag us and a white person will come roundup our own,” the group’s Facebook post reads.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nonsense-roundup-racism-white-privilege_us_59c1811ae4b0186c22069390?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
These White People Will Respond To Your Racist Trolls So You Don’t Have To
A volunteer-run Facebook group answers ignorant comments online at the request of people of color.
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
If you’re a person of color exhausted by having to explain over and over on social media why “all lives” aren’t treated the same by police or why producer Issa Rae saying she’s “rooting for everybody black” is not racist, one group is here to help you: White Nonsense Roundup.
The volunteer-run Facebook group, founded last year by friends Layla Tromble and Terri Kompton in Washington state, has white people respond to racist trolls online at the request of people of color.
“If a white person is filling your social media with white nonsense ― anything from overt racism to well-intentioned problematic statements, tag us and a white person will come roundup our own,” the group’s Facebook post reads.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nonsense-roundup-racism-white-privilege_us_59c1811ae4b0186c22069390?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
Just Another Thug
An excerpt from Slate -
Our Demagogue
For the first time at the U.N., the American president was just another populist thug.
By William Saletan
On Tuesday, as world leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly, diplomats were lectured by an authoritarian, a torture apologist, a pillage enthusiast, a race-baiter, and a sectarian demagogue. At the U.N., that’s an ordinary day. But this time, the despot, the demagogue, and the war-crimes advocate had something unusual in common. This time, they were all the president of the United States.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/09/trump_at_the_u_n_was_just_another_populist_thug.html
Our Demagogue
For the first time at the U.N., the American president was just another populist thug.
By William Saletan
On Tuesday, as world leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly, diplomats were lectured by an authoritarian, a torture apologist, a pillage enthusiast, a race-baiter, and a sectarian demagogue. At the U.N., that’s an ordinary day. But this time, the despot, the demagogue, and the war-crimes advocate had something unusual in common. This time, they were all the president of the United States.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/09/trump_at_the_u_n_was_just_another_populist_thug.html
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