Month: August 2020

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And the insanity continues… Video

What happens when you do what the police wants you to do and you’re still attacked and brutalized? It seems hopeless. It seems that no matter what you do, blacks are still being attacked unnecessarily by those we pay to protect us.

He stands in the street with his hands on his head waiting for the cops to arrest him. The police arrives and without provocation, kicks the black man in the back, because, I guess the officer was scared for his life. Then the brutality escalated.

This is America…

https://twitter.com/ShannonSharpe/status/1299427348211625984

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Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43

Rest in Peace to Chadwick Boseman, the actor who found fame as the star of the groundbreaking film “Black Panther” and who also portrayed pioneering Black figures such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall, died on Friday. He was 43.

A statement posted on Mr. Boseman’s Instagram account said the actor learned in 2016 that he had Stage 3 colon cancer, which had progressed to Stage 4. It said he died in his home, with his wife and family by his side.

“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” the statement said. “From ‘Marshall’ to ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.”

News of Mr. Boseman’s death elicited shock and grief among many prominent figures in the arts and civic life. Martin Luther King III, a human-rights activist and the eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said that the actor had “brought history to life on the silver screen” in his portrayals of Black leaders.

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The Trump Riots

Let’s face facts: Americans are protesting because, in part, the Trump administration and the president himself refuse to acknowledge the racial problems that are wracking the country. Even worse, the president continues to make baldly racial appeals to suburban voters by opposing and demonizing affordable housing plans. This is in addition to his dismissive attitude towards Blacks, and the Black Lives Matter movement, who have been killed or wounded by police officers and calls for racial justice from all corners of American society.

The resulting responses are what we have now: The Trump Riots. He owns them. He owns the response. He owns the neglect. He owns the feeble response. He owns the divisiveness.

Of course, the president is not one to see the reality of what’s going on, so he’s trying to say that terrible things will happen if Joe Biden is elected president. The problem is that terrible things are happening because Donald Trump is president and because of Donald Trump’s racist domestic policies. Worse, the disorder and divisiveness will continue as long as Donald Trump is in the White House. The president is uninterested in actually solving the racial problems, which means that things might get worse before they get better.

The best action this country can make is to elect Joe Biden as president, because he will actually do something to address the concerns of those who are protesting, making it less likely that we will have more violence. Make sure you register and vote.

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Reporter to Trump: ‘Do you regret all the lying to Americans?’ – Video

I’ve joked many times about the questions I would ask Donald Trump if given the chance to do so. And one, if not the main question, is why do you lie all the time to the American people?

I never thought I’d hear a reporter ask Trump that very question, but its been asked, by a Senior White House reporter. And instead of answering the reporter’s question by defending his claims, Trump ignored the question. If you’re being falsely accused of something, you’ll want to attack and not wimp away. Trump wiped away.

Meanwhile, Trump will go down as the lying…est president in this nation’s history.

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Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris for VP

Joseph R. Biden Jr. selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his vice-presidential running mate on Tuesday, embracing a former rival who sharply criticized him in the Democratic primaries but emerged after ending her campaign as a vocal supporter of Mr. Biden’s and a prominent advocate of racial-justice legislation after the killing of George Floyd in late May.

Ms. Harris, 55, is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party, and only the fourth woman in U.S. history to be chosen for a presidential ticket. She brings to the race a far more vigorous campaign style than Mr. Biden’s, including a gift for capturing moments of raw political electricity on the debate stage and elsewhere, and a personal identity and family story that many find inspiring.

Mr. Biden announced the selection over text message and in a follow-up email to supporters: “Joe Biden here. Big news: I’ve chosen Kamala Harris as my running mate. Together, with you, we’re going to beat Trump.” The two are expected to appear together in Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday.

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama admits going through “Low-grade Depression”

Former First Lady, Michelle Obama recently admitted to going through a stage of low-grade depression because of the quarantine, racial unrest after the killing of George Floyd and Trump’s response or lack of a response to both.

“There have been periods throughout this quarantine where I just have felt too low,” Mrs. Obama said, adding that her sleep was off. “You know, I’ve gone through those emotional highs and lows that I think everybody feels, where you just don’t feel yourself.”

“I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression,” she added. “Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting.”

She suggested that her depression was related to the ongoing protests and racial unrest around the United States since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody in May.

“I have to say, that waking up to the news, waking up to how this administration has or has not responded, waking up to yet another story of a Black man or a Black person somehow being dehumanized or hurt or killed, or falsely accused of something, it is exhausting,” she said. “It has led to a weight that I haven’t felt in my life — in, in a while.”

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Kim and Kanya Heading for Divorce

His music is okay, but his politics suck. Don’t know if that was one of the contributing reasons for Kim’s decision, but she’s had enough.

Kim Kardashian recently returned to Los Angeles after what appeared to be a super emotional on-day trip to Wyoming to see her husband, Kanye West. And while Kim has made it clear she’s focused on Kanye’s mental health and wellness, sources say the reality star’s trip to Wyoming was, in part, to tell him the marriage is over.

“She isn’t getting back what she needs from Kanye,” a source told People. “She was to the point that she flew to Cody to basically tell him their marriage is over and to say goodbye.”

Kanye still wants to work on the marriage, but the source says “He hasn’t changed anything that she told him needs to change.” That said, the source also adds that “Kim is very torn” and that “The last thing she wants is to be divorced with four kids. She knows that she will be fine financially, but her concerns are the kids and the partnership. She is moving towards a divorce, but who knows if she will actually sign papers.”

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