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The Olympic Committee is banning protests at the 2020 Olympics.
It says "political, religious or racial propaganda" like armbands, kneeling or raising a fist will not be allowed at games or medal ceremonies because "sport is neutral."
This is the home of Joseph Morrison, one of the Michigan men recently arrested for his plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Can we acknowledge that maybe economic circumstances play a role in radicalizing people?
In a tense exchange, bystander Donald Williams pushed back when the Derek Chauvin's attorney asked whether he grew more and more angry with Chauvin during the fatal arrest of George Floyd.
"I stayed in my body. You can't paint me out to be angry."
Yes, the Tracy Chapman / Luke Combs performance mattered because it was a connection across supposed divides, but it also mattered because Combs embodied unbridled joy, admiration,and respect for Chapman, something we see FAR too rarely when these sorts of bridges are celebrated.
Joe Petito says there are thousands of missing people who deserve the same attention as Gabby received. They are starting a foundation in her honor to help others find missing relatives
#nbc4ny
I have said before and I will say again, when it’s all said and done, whatever extraordinary things
@aoc
may accomplish, her greatest may well end up being that she demystified the process for the generation that follows behind her.
I want to make sure I’m understanding this right:
A person dressed like a pop tart was lowered into a fake toaster, which then produced an edible pop tart of the same size, which was then eaten by people, all to celebrate the victory of Kansas State over North Carolina State?
A lot of writers ask me about drama and conflict, engaging audiences, and how to inject comedy into dramatic situations, and it’s very easy to point to great cinema and say some version of “I don’t know. Try to do that.”
Anyway, try to do this.
I felt bad watching this video, because I thought "oh, this is sad, this woman is clearly on drugs."
Turns out. Yes, this woman is on drugs. And it is not her fault, hilariously.
Howard Schultz was born in 1953 and grew up in the projects in the 1950s and 1960s
Those projects were paid for in part by folks paying a top marginal tax rate of 91%.
But he doesn’t want to run as a Democrat because he might have to support a 70% rate so people have healthcare
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: "I've also been criticized for being a billionaire. Let's talk about that: I'm self-made. I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, New York. I thought that was the American dream. The aspiration of America."
So Biden served the first Black President for eight years. Hired the first Black and South Asian Vice President. And appointed the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Say what you will about the man, but it’s pretty damn remarkable.
went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy.
After a remarkable comeback that featured two major finals and one epic controversy, can Serena Williams seal her place in the tennis history books once and for all?
Inauguration Day 2017 was my grandmother’s 99th birthday. I asked her how she was feeling.
She responded by saying, “Franklin, you’re asking me if I’ll be here til 100. Yes. I’ll be here until at least 103. I have to see who we replace this idiot with.”
She’s still here.
I need confirmation on the fact that Volodymyr Zelensky is the Ukrainian voice of Paddington.
I repeat: Need confirmation that Volodymyr Zelensky is the Ukrainian voice of Paddington.
If you actually think that having a knee on your neck for eight minutes as we all saw on that video isn't what killed George Floyd, I have a waiver for you to sign and an experiment for us to try together.
From CBS' Pat Milton: Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate.
@SDNYnews
alleges he had a role in defrauding donors as part of an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall”
Y’all need to stop being so surprised that Ketanji Brown Jackson is this good. She wouldn’t be there if she wasn’t and y’all got too used to the mediocrities who immediately preceded her.
Gonna put a fine point on it:
If you need any proof that Hollywood undervalues black people, look no further than the consistent surprise that box office for black movies consistently exceeds their assumption of our value.
It’s like clockwork.
Every. Single. Time.
Inauguration Day 2017 was my grandmother’s 99th birthday. I asked her how she was feeling.
She responded by saying, “Franklin, you’re asking me if I’ll be here til 100. Yes. I’ll be here until at least 103. I have to see who we replace this idiot with.”
She’s still here.
Marshawn Lynch improvised most of his lines in
#Bottoms
and took the role to 'rewrite one of his mistakes' with how he handled his sister coming out as a lesbian
"I did not handle it right. As a 16-year-old boy, I didn't handle it the way that I feel I probably should have. So…
Today, I talked to the mothers of Garrett Foster, the man shot and killed last night at the protest in Austin, and his fiancee Whitney Mitchell.
The couple met in North Texas when they were teens. Foster cared for Mitchell, a quadruple amputee, full-time.
When Ivanka married Jared, I remember asking a politically conservative friend of mine who was in classes with him at Harvard what his deal was.
I will never forget the response: "Dumber than the hockey recruits."
In retrospect, completely unfair to the hockey recruits too.
Martin Scorsese says the pacing of ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’ is inspired by Ari Aster’s films.
“I very much like the style & pacing of good horror films like Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’ or ‘Beau Is Afraid.’”
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The Speaker of the House snapping into a Slim Jim while securing the safety of the House, Senate, and succession of power is the most American thing ever recorded to video.
“Don’t let anybody know where you are!” Never before seen video: Nancy expresses concern to Mike Pence about his safety, all while Trump was stoking violence against Pence.
Seven years ago today: “The President called me over to pose for a photo with a young boy who had fallen asleep during the Father's Day ice cream social in the State Dining Room of the White House."
This will probably get me banned from Hollywood permanently, but I will disclose it. She's playing Clara Mandrake, a doctor who slowly mutates into a crow. They're shooting it in Bosnia.
Catherine O’Hara has joined the cast of ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2. HBO is staying tight lipped about her casting for now, saying only that O’Hara will be in an “undisclosed role”
It really is absolutely wild that Prince William - the whole President of the English Football Association - is skipping a World Cup final where England is competing. Just unreal.
All this talk of arming teachers is a reminder of what happened to one employee of the Saint Paul (MN) Public School System who had a concealed carry permit.
RIP Philando Castile
How about this
@DonaldJTrumpJr
, You release your high school and college transcripts and SAT scores to prove you got into Wharton on merit and I'll do the same for my Harvard acceptance.
You game?
Buffalo Mayor: “Most of our police are good police. These were just two bad apples, and they have faced consequences.”
The ENTIRE emergency response team: “Point of order: We are also bad apples.”
Fifty-seven police officers in Buffalo, New York, have resigned from the force's emergency response team following the suspension of two officers who allegedly pushed a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest, a source says
Honestly not even stressed about Chadwick not winning, because I know Chadwick wouldn’t have been stressed about not winning.
He would, however, want us to go back to work tomorrow aiming unconscionably high in both art and humanity. So that’s what Imma try to do.
#Oscars
Leslie Jones reveals NBC, which owns broadcast rights, has asked her to stop live-tweeting the Olympic Games, something she’s done for the past several Olympics. This is outrageous. Her commentary is the most attention these Olympics are getting. TV ratings are in the dumpster.