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NBA, union approve list of social justice messages for jerseys during restarted 2020 season: report By Ryan Gaydos Fox News July 5, 2020 The NBA and the players union reportedly agreed to a list of social justice messages the athletes can wear on their jerseys during the league’s restart in Florida later this month. The Undefeated reported Friday the list of names include: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; S���� Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us;…
Protesters burn American flag outside White House after Trump’s July Fourth address By Brooke Seipel TheHill July 5, 2020 Far-left protesters burned an American flag near the White House on Saturday and chanted, “America was never great” moments after President Trump finished delivering a speech at the “Salute to America” Independence Day celebration. Video shows the flag being burned in Black Lives Matter Plaza, just outside the White House. Activists can be heard chanting, “One, two, three, four, slavery, genocide and war. Five, six, seven, eight, America was never great.” “Refuse Fascism” Protesters Outside White House For #FlagBurningChallenge…
Trump doubles down on divisive messaging in speech to honor Independence Day By Jeremy Diamond and Jason Hoffman CNN July 5, 2020 (CNN)President Donald Trump delivered another deeply divisive speech to mark Independence Day on Saturday, comparing the US’s fight against Nazis and terrorists to his efforts to defeat “the radical left” in the US and accusing social justice protesters of trying to destroy America. “American heroes defeated the Nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists, saved American values, upheld American principles and chased down the terrorists to the very ends of the earth,” Trump said. “We are…
Washington Post July 5, 2020 GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical. “Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely…
Justice Kavanaugh denies emergency request from Illinois GOP groups seeking to hold large rallies By Caitlin McFall Fox News July 5, 2020 Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday denied an emergency appeal submitted by GOP lawmakers from Illinois that had argued against the governor’s restrictions on meeting in groups larger than 10 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Illinois Republican Party filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in mid-June after Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker permitted religious groups and protestors to convene in large gatherings. Political gatherings and rallies remain banned in the state due to the…
“Be Honest About the History of Our Country”: Remembering the Historian Howard Zinn at 90 YouTube July 4, 2020 Click to Watch Video
Washington owner Dan Snyder announces team will review nickname Yahoo News July 4, 2020 In a move that was long past due, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder announced Friday the team will undergo a “thorough review of the team’s name.” The team said it has been discussing internally a name change with the league in recent weeks. Snyder said in a statement: “This process allows the team to take into account not only the proud tradition and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the organization, sponsors, the National Football League and the local community…
Conservatives are flocking to a new ‘free speech’ social media app that has started banning liberal users By James Wellemeyer NBC News July 3, 2020 Last week, Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, both announced on Twitter that they were moving to a new social media platform. “I’m proud to join @parler_app — a platform gets what free speech is all about — and I’m excited to be a part of it,” Cruz tweeted. Many others followed suit. Parler, founded in August 2018, touts itself as an “unbiased” social media platform focused on “real user experiences…
By WND Staff WND July 3, 2020 A judge in New York has rejected an attempt by shock comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to dismiss a lawsuit against him by Judge Roy Moore. Cohen had asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by Moore over a TV segment that made fun of the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice. Cohen tricked Moore into appearing on the Showtime program “Who is America?” After misrepresenting himself and the program, Cohen got Moore to sign an agreement to waive any right to sue. But Moore argues in a defamation case seeking $95…
By Larry Klayman WND July 3, 2020 Having attended and then graduated from Duke University as an undergraduate, and later Emory University School of Law, both located in the “Deep South” — in North Carolina and Georgia, respectively — as well as being a citizen of and running for the U.S. Senate in Florida, I find offensive Southerners being smeared by the left and effectively being branded as the equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan. This indeed is what it has come to, as cowardly whites flee en masse and fall on their swords at the slightest hint of…