national anthem
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Detroit Lions Owner Martha Ford Offers Players Money for Charity if They Stand for National Anthem
Talk about quid pro quo. Although Detroit Lions owner Martha Ford linked arms with her players during the playing of the national anthem last week (after President Donald Trump disparaged the players days earlier by saying that they should be “fired” if they kneel during the song), Ford, a 92-year-old billionaire, asked her team not…
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This Black Cop Proves That Not All Skinfolk Are Kinfolk
Brandon Tatum is a police officer in Arizona, and a former college football player for Arizona State, who has become the darling of conservatives because of a video he made belittling those football players who are kneeling before the national anthem to bring light to police brutality and injustice in America. In a six-and-a-half-minute clip,…
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NBA Says Players Must Stand During the National Anthem
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sent a memo to teams on Friday saying that he expected players and coaches to stand for the national anthem before games, as is the rule. The memo also recommended that teams show videos expressing themes of unity before their first home games, a possible compromise to those players who would…
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So-Called Patriots Stoke Hate by Photoshopping NFL Players With Burning Flag
Today in politricks: Conservative social media accounts are pushing a fake image of the Seattle Seahawks burning the star-spangled banner in their locker room in an attempt to stoke more anger toward the NFL. And it seems to be working. The photoshopped image shows Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett in the center of a…
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Racial Slur Scrawled on Black Military Cadets’ Doors—and the Air Force Academy’s Response Is Weak
This week, five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers go home” scrawled on the dry-erase boards outside their dorm rooms. Once the Air Force Academy, which runs the school, became aware of the racial graffiti, the academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, rattled off a statement to…
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Gov. Rick Snyder Backs Mich. State Police Director Who Called Protesting Athletes ‘Degenerates’
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has said that he has no plans to fire the Michigan State Police director who came under fire this week after making a post on Facebook criticizing protesting NFL players and calling them “millionaire ingrates who hate America and disrespect our armed forces and veterans.” Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue made the…
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#VeteransForKaepernick Goes Viral as Military Vets Support the Right to ‘Take a Knee’
Not just anyone can become a West Point graduate. To even be admitted into the U.S. Military Academy is such a high honor. One cannot simply send in an application; you must be nominated by a member of Congress to even apply for admission. Then you must have a handwritten letter from Jesus, complete 200…
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Even Rihanna Is Trying to Get the Dotard to Pay Attention to Puerto Rico’s Humanitarian Crisis
Donald Trump loves ratings and attention, and he certainly doesn’t love the Constitution, which is the reason he can’t stop talking about the national anthem. On Tuesday night, he even dragged running legend Usain Bolt into the fray, tweeting out a video of the GOAT stopping an interview so that he could acknowledge “The Star-Spangled…