If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
These two tweets are from just this morning as Trump apparently decided to triple down on his infantile attacks directed at football players who exercise their First Amendment rights....NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country. League should back U.S.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
(This of course was briefly interrupted when Trump switched gears and briefly got into a kerfuffle with NBA players yesterday.)
Unfortunately for Trump while all of this might play well with the slack jawed morons who attend his thinly disguised KKK rallies, it does NOT play well in the rest of the country.
Instead Trump has now made national heroes of defiant football and basketball players, as well as some of their moms.
Last night even the great Stevie Wonder waded into the controversy.Guess that makes me a proud bitch!— Teresa Kaepernick (@B4IleaveU) September 23, 2017
Legendary musician Stevie Wonder took both knees at a New York music festival, seemingly showing solidarity with NFL players criticized by President Donald Trump hours earlier.
"Tonight, I'm taking a knee for America; but not just one knee, I'm taking both knees," he said on stage Saturday before his performance at the Global Citizens Festival.
"Both knees in prayer for our planet, our future, our leaders of the world and our globe. Amen ..."
During the event, Wonder also spoke about interrupting hate, bigotry and condemning sexism.
One of Trump's supporters, who also happens to own an NFL team, had this to say:
One of Donald’s Trump most prominent NFL supporters offered his regrets on Sunday following the President’s comments on NFL players remarks kneeling during the national anthem.
“I’m pissed off, I’ll be honest with you,” Rex Ryan said on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. “I supported Donald Trump. When he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that. But I am reading these comments and it is appalling to me. And I am sure it is appalling to almost any citizen in our country. It should be. I mean, calling our players S.O.Bs and that kind of stuff, that is not the men that I know. The men I know in the locker room, I am proud to be associated with them in the locker room.
“I apologize for being pissed off but that’s it. Right away I am associated with what Donald Trump stands for because I introduced him. I never signed up for that. I never wanted that.”
And just today NFL players in London also took a knee in protest:
I expect soon we will see players in every sport, and athletes of every ethnicity, following these examples and sending Trump a simple message.
FUCK YOU!
Update: Yep, it's spreading.
So does Trump want the entire Pittsburgh Steelers team to be fired now?Mike Tomlin just told me @NFLonCBS #Steelers will NOT be participating in the #NationalAnthem today in CHI. Staying in the locker room.
— Jamie Erdahl (@JamieErdahl) September 24, 2017
I feel kind of sorry for the hair furor.
ReplyDeleteEvery day the voices in his head remind him that Barack Obama got there first!
But he's the poster boy for "What Not To Do!" & "What Not to Be!" -- more tweets, Trumpy -- tell us how to NOT live.
DeleteGotta get our good examples no what the source.
I'll kneel with the NFL before I'll bow to Trump!!
ReplyDeleteThis isn't about the NFL its much bigger than that that there is a spirit of anti Americanism in this country that is becoming a real concern for many citizens, starting with the politicians Why doesnt Kapernick Maxine Waters an Oakland politician that does nothing for her people but gets richer every year... she hurts blacks way m,ore than cops do
ReplyDeleteThe is fans will determine the fate of the nfl not the players owners or coaches. The teams and players should be careful, they are entertainers and that's it no more important to me and you
I'm betting there will be chants of 'STAND UP' coming from the fans at every game today
Speak for yourself!
DeleteFunny how if you tilt the three initials of your name it looks almost like KKK. It is of course a total Koinkidink, I am sure.
DeleteIt's a freaking FLAG that represents everyone, not just your narrow views.
DeleteToo bad you can't see that the real anti-Americans are Trump and his supporters. Go ahead, yell during the anthem. THAT will show your patriotism.
Delete@ MMM
DeleteRussian much? You sure don't write Americanese.
GeorgiaPeach
Make more money, you are an idiot!
DeleteI hope you lose ALL your money, and your family and health too. You do realize that Maxine Waters is part of a large legislative body, not the mayor of Oakland, right? She was part of the formerly able to get something done body that passed the ACA which made it possible fro millions more Americans to have healthcare?
DeleteNo, I guess you wouldn't know that - you're just too stupid. And BTW, your type are ------------> on breitfart or at the pee pond.
Hmmmmm.
DeleteAnti-Americanism. You mean the way Trump picks anything and everyone over Putin?
Oh Sarah go take your meds.
DeleteMaxine Waters is a political joke that keeps on giving every time she opens her mouth.
DeleteGod I hope she makes good on her threat to run for President LOL!
Bruce Maxwell’s kneel-down just made a huge mess for Donald Trump
ReplyDeleteWho is Bruce Maxwell? That’s probably what Donald Trump is googling right now, after the not-particularly-famous catcher for the Oakland A’s became the first Major League Baseball player to take a knee during the National Anthem on Saturday night. This was, rather clearly, in direct response to Trump’s attacks on NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and NBA star Steph Curry. The particular circumstances behind Maxwell’s kneel-down just made a huge mess for Trump.
For starters, this was the first instance of a professional athlete taking a knee in direct defiance of Trump’s demand that they not take a knee. From there it gets even messier for Trump. Bruce Maxwell is of mixed ethnicity and is part African-American, according to USA Today (link). But his physical appearance is such that numerous people on social media have mistakenly pegged him as a white guy. There’s a good chance Trump will do the same. As Trump only likes to pick fights with sports figures who are black, he may end up staying silent on Maxwell based on his own mistaken assumptions. But it gets more complicated.
Maxwell was born on a U.S. military base, because his father was active duty military. So if Trump wants to keep pushing the rationale that taking a knee is disrespectful to the military, he’s going to have a problem selling it in this instance. Further, Maxwell is from Alabama – the same state in which Trump was speaking when he called Kaepernick a “son of a bitch.” So much for Trump’s seeming belief that everyone from places like Alabama is on his side. There’s one more complicating factor here.
While Bruce Maxwell was taking a knee during the anthem, one of his white teammates made a point of putting his hand on Maxwell’s shoulder in a show of solidarity. So even if Donald Trump figures out that Maxwell is part black and decides to attack him, he’ll have a hard time selling it to white moderates.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/bruce-maxwell-trump/5081/
Colin Kaepernick’s mother has the perfect response to Donald Trump’s racist rant
http://www.palmerreport.com/category/politics/
500 NFL Players Plan To Protest Trump During The National Anthem
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/500-nfl-players-plan-protest-trump-national-anthem.html
That averages to about 15 players per team, team roster is 47 players so that is about a third of each team.
Delete“Tonight, I’m taking a knee for America,” Wonder told the audience as his son, Kwame Morris, helped him down.
ReplyDeleteWonder then put his other leg down so that he was kneeling and facing the cheering crowd, with his son doing the same.
“I’m taking both knees,” Wonder said. “Both knees in prayer for our planet, our future, our leaders of the world and our globe.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/jaguars-ravens-kneel-anthem-1st-game-trump-ramps-feud.html
One of the teams in London, the Ravens are owned by Steve Bisciotti, the toe-rag who also owns a temp agency for technical people. Steve was too much of a pussy to hire Colin Kaepernick because he was trembling in his boots that Colin had the balls to stand up for his beliefs.
DeleteI hope you all realize that trump's outrageoud attention getting news is overshadowing all the news from the Russian investigation. It's only when I watch Maddow that i realize that. There is some serious sh*t going on with that. Do you think its on purpose that trump is waving his arms in the other direction? I know he's nuts but he seems really good at deflecting and distracting us from the real crimes he's done, including all of his harassment against women. Something to thinkthink about.
ReplyDeleteMueller's paying attention.
DeleteTick tock
GeorgiaPeach
Sorry for all my early morning phone typos GP.
Delete8:36AM
Of course Trump is deflecting picking a fight with them and gaining throwing red meat to supporters it is them versus us. Athletes and in particular black athletes are some thing for Trump to use to get cheers. Trump scores adulation with his base whenever he goes after any group wanting them thrown out, fired or locked up.
DeleteLeBron James nailed it that Trump is using sports now to divide people. What is next? Children?
Colonel Ted Lieu Schools Draft Dodging Trump On NFL Players’ Right to Protest
ReplyDeleteRep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) schooled Republicans who didn't serve on NFL players' rights to protest as they used the flag in their attempts to defend President Trump attacking NFL players who kneel, saying they should be fired.
Trump is clinging to the flag as a reason why he should be allowed to order NFL players not to protest, which tells you everything you need to know about the President’s authoritarian leanings and inability to handle dissent.
Ted Lieu schooled draft-dodging Trump:
'As someone who took deferments to avoid military service, @realDonaldTrump has no moral standing to tell anyone to stand or to #TakeTheKnee.'
...Lieu wondered if Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was “stupid as a rock” after he clung to the flag while trying to defend Trump attacking players who kneel, asserting, “It’s not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/ted-lieu-schools-republicans-serve-nfl-players-protest.html
And hopefully the Mnunchkin can pay for him and his bitchy d-actress wife and her wardrobe (MY God she is so gauche nouveau riche) to fly around the globe on their own dime and time.
DeleteI'd thought it'd take a lot of $$ or you'd have to be pretty desperate see past his gross mouth. What an u g l y man.Both inside and out.
Deletehttps://twitter.com/hashtag/TakeTheKnee?src=tren
ReplyDelete#TakeTheKnee is about racism & police brutality. It has nothing to do with the flag or the military. Don't let them control the narrative.
ReplyDeleteBut it has become about free speech, first amendment and the right to peaceful protest. All things Trump is against.
DeleteIf people take a knee during the anthem they’re “disrespecting” the flag but holding up the confederate flag is perfectly fine? #TakeTheKnee
ReplyDeleteExcellent point! But you know the dunces who have those flags probably cannot understand things like logic & good points.
DeleteThis morning in London, players kneeled during our national anthem but stood during God Save the Queen.
ReplyDeleteYES!!! it's what this hockey mom will be doing at US Canada games, too.
DeleteAccording to Trump:
ReplyDeleteKKK violently protesting are "very fine people"
NFL Players peacefully protesting are "sons of bitches"
#TakeTheKnee
‘I’m pissed off, I supported Donald Trump’: Ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan hammers president over anthem attack
ReplyDeleteDuring a Sunday morning panel segment on ESPN, former Buffalo Bills and New York Jets coach Rex Ryan lambasted Donald Trump, saying he is appalled at the president’s comments about players taking a knee during the national anthem.
“Let me tell you, I’m pissed off, I’ll be honest with you,” Ryan said Sunday morning. “I supported Donald Trump. I sat back when he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that.”
Addressing Trump’s Friday night comments directed at ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick, Ryan continued, “But I’m reading these comments, and it’s appalling to me. And I’m sure it’s appalling to almost any citizen in our country. It should be.”
“You know, calling our players SOBs and all that kind of stuff, that’s not the men that I know. The men that I know in the locker room I’m proud of. I’m proud to be associated with those people,” Ryan added. “I apologized for being pissed off but guess what? That’s it, because right away I’m associated with what Donald Trump stands for and all that because I introduced him. I never signed up for that, I never wanted that. That doesn’t mean I support 100 percent of the things he says.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/im-pissed-off-i-supported-donald-trump-ex-nfl-coach-rex-ryan-hammers-president-over-anthem-attack/
Bragging about sexual assault os ok but calling players SOBs is a bridge too far. Really?!
DeleteNever liked Rex Ryan. He has a foot fetish.
Delete'Pu$$y' Locker Room Talk. RIGHT?
Delete"That doesn’t mean I support 100 percent of the things he says.”"Question>
How can he support even .01%?
Entire team takes a knee: Pittsburgh Steelers to stay in locker room during anthem after Trump’s attacks
ReplyDeletePittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said on Sunday that the team was planning the largest protest yet against President Donald Trump and his attacks on players who refused to stand during the nation’s anthem.
247Sports reported that it “would be by far the biggest national anthem protest yet.”
Jamie Erdahl of CBS Sports confirmed that the Steelers would indeed be staying in the locker room during the playing of the national anthem on Sunday.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/entire-team-takes-a-knee-pittsburgh-steelers-to-stay-in-locker-room-during-anthem-after-trumps-attacks/
I think I just became a Steelers fan - and I'm from Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteWatch sales of these players jerseys go up astronomically!
DeleteHow soon before the Anthem is omitted from pre-game activities?
DeleteFuck, as a ravens fan i want to dislike Pittsburgh Steelers, but in this case i cant hate.
DeleteSee WNBA today. DONE!!! About time, too. I hate this jingoistic bullshit at events. They should keep it fro parades and the olympics or inter-country sports. You want audeince participation - I'll sing my lungs out - to This Land is Your Land.
DeleteThey will now be known as the Pittsburg Kneelers.
DeleteI can't remember what Donald tRUMP's last draft deferment during Vietnam was for.
ReplyDeleteWas tRUMP the one that claimed he had the anal fistula?
Believe it was Newt Gingrich who claimed the anal fistula; Tr*mp insisted he had a "heel spur," but doesn't say which foot...
DeleteProbably the foot that is in his mouth all the time!
DeleteIt was Flush Limpballs who claimed he had the anal problem.He definetly is an Asshole!
DeleteAnyone have any idea if something is wrong with Sarah?
DeleteWhy? Is "I can't shut the fuck up" not loud enough for ya?
DeleteThe Rump IS the anal fistula.
DeleteNFL to air ‘unity’ ad on ‘Sunday Night Football’ after Trump tries to divide country over anthem protests
ReplyDeleteThe National Football League on Sunday will air an advertisement calling for unity just days after President Donald Trump launched a divisive attack against players using their First Amendment right to protest the national anthem.
CNN first reported that the ad, titled Inside These Lines, would air during Sunday Night Football.
“We think this is the single best response to demonstrate what we are about,” an NFL spokesperson explained to CNN. “It stands in stark contrast to some who practice the politics of division.”
“Inside these lines, we don’t have to come from the same place to help each other reach the same destination,” the ad states. “Inside these lines, we may have our differences, but recognize there’s more that unites us.”
Watch it on YouTube.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/nfl-to-air-unity-ad-on-sunday-night-football-after-trump-tries-to-divide-country-over-anthem-protests/
THIS is the America I recognize! This is what makes America great! America is not defined by the ass in our WH. We the people - we are the spirit of America!
ReplyDeleteThe upside of trump's evil reign is reflected in the growing resistance by the best of us - our voices won't be silenced. This is one of the most defining moments in our history and I'm proud of my brothers and sisters, every single beautiful soul, regardless of color, income, religion, culture, gay, straight, gender identity - all of us - standing strong together against this awful group of treasonous, racist liars who're actually the ones that disgraced our flag with their corruption and greed. Doing it right from the Whitehouse will never be forgiven. .
Kapernick is the beacon of light and a true American for his courage and defiance - the irony here is insane.
Resist!
We The People! CONcur!
DeletePeace
Until that azzhole sob pos LIAR fraud is Constitutionally and physically removed from the "People's House" by Mr. Mueller the people shall kneel. And the peoples team has a leader and we kneel with him united.
ReplyDeleteIf the first commandment is "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me," isn't your outrage over a flag a bit ridiculous, alt-right? Or a (gasp) SIN?
ReplyDeleteBruce Maxwell:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/JaneMLB/status/911811852274778113
Just as Serene Smith Wheelwright walked to the microphone to sing the national anthem, Bruce Maxwell, his back facing the crowd and his face towards the flag out in left field, dropped down to a knee on the Coliseum dirt.
He covered the left side of his chest with the classic A’s green and gold hat held in his right hand. To his right, Mark Canha placed his left hand on Maxwell’s right shoulder.
Maxwell was drafted by the A’s in the second round of the 2012 draft. A rookie catcher, Maxwell is now the newest pioneer in the continuing storyline of athlete protests.
A German-born american citizen and son of a U.S. Army officer who still works as a civilian in the military, Maxwell, who is African-American, became the first MLB player to protest the anthem before the A’s took the field for a 1-0 victory over the Texas Rangers.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/23/as-catcher-bruce-maxwell-makes-statement-by-kneeling-for-anthem-before-game-against-rangers/
Maxwell is changing the narrative. In some ways, he is the perfect person to lead the way in MLB: An African-American from Alabama—he went to high school just 20 minutes away from Huntsville, the site of Trump’s rally, and to college in Birmingham—he is also the patriotic son of an Army veteran. That last fact is a welcome shield against the tired accusations that Kaepernick and others are “disrespecting the troops,” an argument that fails to reckon with the true purpose of kneeling during the anthem.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/09/24/bruce-maxwell-anthem-protest
Way to go Teresa Kaepernick!!!! NOw I have a new t-shirt - Proud Bitch! to go with my Nasty Woman one. Proceeds to Planned Parenthood again, please. Or more CTE research.
ReplyDeleteChicago Bulls player Robin Lopez dunks on Trump in hilarious tweet
ReplyDelete“It’s ok @warriors,” he wrote, “in a few months @realDonaldTrump probably won’t be able to visit the White House either.”
https://twitter.com/rolopez42/status/911702252993122304
LOL
Deletemade me just laugh
Wonderful!
DeleteTerry Bradshaw: Not Sure Trump Understands ‘Every American Has the Right to Speak Out’ and Protest
ReplyDelete...Fox Sports’ Terry Bradshaw weighed in on the issue. And he had some strong words for the president.
“It’s hard to believe I’m going to say something about the most powerful man in the greatest country of the world,” Bradshaw began. “I was somewhat surprised that the president came out attacking NFL players for them exercising the freedom of speech.”
He continued, “While I don’t condone the protest during our national anthem, this is America. If our country stands for anything, folks, what, it’s freedom. people die for that freedom. I’m not sure if our president understands those rights, that every American has the right to speak out and also to protest.”
The pro football Hall of Famer added that NFL players do love this country while stating that perhaps Trump should concentrate on bigger issues like North Korea and health care.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/terry-bradshaw-not-sure-trump-understands-every-american-has-the-right-to-speak-out-and-protest/
Owner who gave $1 million to Trump becomes first to protest him
ReplyDeleteJaguars owner Shad Khan has a better understanding of patriotism and what it means to be an American than Trump does.
https://shareblue.com/owner-who-gave-1-million-to-trump-becomes-first-to-protest-him/
Watch: NFL Players, Coaches and Owners Push Back on Donald Trump’s Anthem Demand
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-nfl-players-coaches-and-owners-push-back-on-donald-trumps-anthem-demand
Team Trump Forced to Defend the President’s ‘Nutty’ NFL Hate-Tweeting
Administration officials who were expecting to discuss North Korea or healthcare found themselves peppered yet again with questions about the president's social media habits.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-forced-to-defend-the-presidents-nutty-nfl-hate-tweeting
Trump Unites The Country Against Him After Attacking NFL Players’ Free Speech
ReplyDeleteThe most divisive president in modern times seems to have united much of the country against his tyrannical attempt to suppress NFL players' free speech.
...Trump can’t handle people of color having a say, so he attacked their free speech. Which is to say, Trump attacked free speech. It’s not going over well. If there is one skill at which Trump truly excels, it is unifying people against him and taking an issue that some might agree with him on and making it into an issue only a fool would be seen in public defending.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/divisive-president-modern-times-unites-country-attacking-nfl-players-free-speech.html
Trump Wants Teams to Fire Players Who Kneel for Anthem; Expect Huge Legal Battle if They Try
ReplyDeletehttps://lawnewz.com/high-profile/trump-wants-teams-to-fire-players-who-kneel-for-anthem-expect-huge-legal-battle-if-they-try/
Comment seen on Facebook:
ReplyDeleteEven as a child, kneeling wasn't comfortable. The only time I have ever knelt was at communion at church, which I have always considered a particularly sacred time. One is "communing" with God. Looking up kneeling I find that typically one only kneels during sacred moments, like say, when being knighted by the monarch. So I have to ask, why is kneeling during the national anthem so disrespectful when we typically only kneel when are being particularly respectful? Aren't these players actually showing MORE respect by kneeling? By honoring that country by kneeling despite centuries of that country not honoring them?
That commenter is a bit of an idiot. Kneeling in supplication or obeisance is not the same as and athlete "taking a knee" a position of rest from play, signalling to others that he is NOT currently participating in the game - he can no longer be targeted as if he were. High School hockey players take a knee when someone is injured (required to by league rules, punt returners take a knee to signal a fair catch and that they aren't gong to run the ball - don't tackle them. Other sports have similar signals.
Delete.
‘”The point of my kneeling was not to disrespect our military or our constitution or our country,” Maxwell said. “My hand was over my heart because I love this country and I have family members, including my father, who bled for this country, and who continue to serve. At the end of the day, this is the best country on the planet. I am and forever will be an American citizen and grateful to be here, but my kneeling is what’s getting the attention, and I’m kneeling for the people who don’t have a voice.
ReplyDelete‘“This goes beyond the black and Hispanic communities because right now we have a racial divide that’s being practiced from the highest power we have in this country saying it’s basically OK to treat people differently. I’m kneeling for a cause but I’m in no way disrespecting my country or my flag.”’
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/just-in-major-league-baseball-joins-the-take-a-knee-campaign-trump-tantrum-imminent/
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/nfl-football-flips-donald-the-bird-announces-anti-trump-tv-commercial-for-the-ages/
‘Taking a knee is not without precedent Mr. President. Those who dared to protest have helped bring positive change’
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/trump-humiliated-after-image-of-mlk-jr-kneeling-on-one-knee-posted-by-attorney-general/
‘The president has two very valuable assets, his time and his voice, and this president wastes it when he engages in things like this… He could have come away the winner. Instead, he is walking away from this a loser in the minds of the American people… He ought to be an aspirational figure. He should not be a condemnatory figure.’
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/karl-rove-goes-on-fox-news-sunday-calls-trump-a-loser-live-on-air-video/
The mayor of Washington, D.C. — where the White House is, of course, located — has now spoken out on the Warriors’ behalf, telling them that they have a standing invitation to her city, even if the belligerent occupant of the White House won’t let them in. She even has an idea for the Warriors’ visit to D.C. to be productive in ways other than simply celebrating a win.
In her statement posted to Twitter, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said, in part:
‘Whether you’re here to work, play, practice your First Amendment rights, or lose to our Wizards, we welcome all to visit… While you’re here, Warriors, we are happy to identify ways for you to celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion — what we call DC values. And if anyone ever tells you that you cannot come to DC, tell them Mayor Bowser invited you.’
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/mayor-of-d-c-responds-to-trumps-nba-tantrum-with-an-offer-that-will-make-donald-go-bonkers/
‘We’re not going to play politics. We’re football players, we’re football coaches. We’re not participating in the anthem today. Not to be disrespectful to the anthem, but to remove ourselves from this circumstance. People shouldn’t have to choose. If a guy wants to go about his normal business and participate in the anthem, he shouldn’t have to be forced to choose sides. If a guy feels the need to do something, he shouldn’t be separated from his teammate who chooses not to. So we’re not participating today.’
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/09/24/just-in-entire-nfl-team-goes-rogue-stops-playing-to-make-anti-trump-announcement/
Owners’ calls for unity are nothing but a shallow attempt to placate a workforce whose ruinous jobs reap hundreds of millions for their organizations. The goal is merely to keep the growing players’ protest from spreading further. So there is only one appropriate response from the players today. It’s time to stop asking why some NFL players are kneeling, and start asking why so many of them are standing.
ReplyDeletehttps://newrepublic.com/minutes/144975/every-nfl-player-kneel-national-anthem-today
Three Giants stars join the national anthem protest
ReplyDeleteAt least three Giants took a knee during the national anthem Sunday before Big Blue’s game in Philadelphia.
Olivier Vernon, Landon Collins and Damon “Snacks” Harrison all knelt while “The Star-Spangled Banner” was performed at Lincoln Financial Field.
It was the first time any Big Blue players had taken a knee during the national anthem.
http://nypost.com/2017/09/24/three-giants-stars-join-the-national-anthem-protest/
Dolphins players make their own Colin Kaepernick statement
A handful of Miami Dolphins players wore black T-shirts supporting free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick during pregame warm-ups.
The shirts have “#IMWITHKAP” written in bold white lettering on the front.
http://nypost.com/2017/09/24/dolphins-players-make-their-own-colin-kaepernick-statement/
Dotard.
ReplyDeleteSound is "doe turd".
Kim is sagacious.
TRUMP'S SPORTS ATTACKS: RACIST, AND ALSO EASIER THAN HEALTHCARE AND NORTH KOREA
ReplyDelete...But this all adds up to a longing for a safe space in which problems are easily solved by wisecracking tough guys, enemies are shown their place, and real Americans can kick back on Sunday and watch hours of football without having their enjoyment sullied by appeals to social conscience or acknowledgment that the game's physical brutality damages lives. The paradise Trump conjures up for his overwhelmingly white fans is ultimately one in which they get everything they want, and the only cost is to people they don't like or, in the case of professional athletes, don't respect as human beings. And there's also the ego stroking: Our people are tough, as if the fans at that Lakeville campaign rally were personally taking vicious hits.
It's a dog's breakfast, but it all adds up to: We rule. Anyone who disagrees with us sucks and isn't worthy of the slightest respect.
http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2017/09/trumps-sports-attacks-racist-and-also.html
Donnie hates the NFL, he has tried a couple of times to get into the exclusive NFL owners club without success with the USFL a league that he was responsible for ruining then in 2014 trying to buy the Buffalo Bills only to be outbid.
ReplyDeleteMany Buffalo Bills Kneed today. BRAVO!
DeleteI can't believe how Trump has screwed himself with this situation and he's still making it worse. He's nothing more than a racist and horrible bully!
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait for him to be impeached!! Come on Republicans in the U.S. Congress. He is not helping your party and many seats will be lost by Republicans in the ext election cycle because of him, Ryan and the guy w/no chin (can't think of his name)!
Mitch McConnell aka Yertle the Turtle
Deletedo you mean the guy who looks like an old maid who some shoved a peeled lemon up her ass?
DeleteYup,that one.
DeletePredicting next weekend: Trump’s Beer Putsch or mass book burnings instead offering Art of The Deal as manditory reading for all citizens.
ReplyDeleteIt is a widely held opinion that Colin Kaepernick has been black-balled by the (white) NFL owners for his "taking a knee" protest and that's why he has not gotten a contract in the NFL. Most of these owners are Republicans and supporters of Trump. But now that Trump is calling for a NFL boycott, these same hypocrites, don't want any money to come out of their pockets based on a presidential tweet.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that today, there are a few NFL team owners who are considering a contract for Colin Kaepernick, which will benefit their team financially. News at 11 - "Kaepernick receives a multi-year contract with NFL team (fill in the blank)...
I expect it to take a turn for Kap as well.Good for him . It never could hurt to build a little character in regards to the asshat owners that support Drumpf . Hit em where it hurts $$$. Fans aren't going to boycott their favorite teams. Even those that are racists like Drumpf.
DeleteYou know. The more I see how Trump behaves. I believe he hates America. He puts down everything American. Except the KKK. Now he is provoking that other madman to point missiles our way. That is not love for the USA. I think he hates all of us and won't be happy until we are a smoking cauldron of nuclear destruction. We should fire that son of a bitch and send him back to the devil he looks like.
ReplyDeleteWhat Team will step it up for America and hire Mr. Kaepernick today?
ReplyDeleteSeeing so many others finally supporting CK, gives me hope.
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Daily reminder: You can stand, kneel, squat whatever after Oct 1. Rand Paul is negotiating. Murkowski and Collins haven't declared. PLEASE (for my mom and kids and all the others even worse off) call, fax, email- even if you did it before, do it again.
ReplyDeleteUse resistbot: text RESIST to 50409 to reach your own reps.
Leave a message for Murkowski or Collins on their web sites.
And you have until 9 AM tomorrow to submit your testimony to the hearing: email gchcomments@finance.senate.gov and tell your story. Be sure to include:
Hearing: Graham-Cassidy
Date: Sept 25, 2017
Your full name and address.
Next week it's too late and you may be very sorry you did nothing. This abomination affects everyone's insurance.
Thank you.
P.S. Please post the contact information for Graham-Cassidy in your social media. We want them flooded with comments. We're up against Koch money.
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
Jerry Jones is encouraging Cowboys players tomorrow to stand or they'll be on his shit list.
ReplyDelete‘We’re not going to be dictated to by a racist, fascist white supremacist’: Ex-NFLer Chris Kluwe blisters Trump
ReplyDelete...“Well, I think that the players and the teams are saying that they are not going to be dictated to by a racist, fascist white supremacist who currently occupies the highest place in our government,” Kluwe responded. “When you look at what Donald Trump has said about speaking out against Nazis, I think it’s fantastic that players and owners are now taking a stand in using the platform to speak out against this because this is not what America is.”
“America is not a fascist military state where its devotion to the flag above all,” he continued. “Right now our nation is not holding up its end of the social contract, especially with communities of color. It should be a baseline right now that you can walk down the street and not get shot by a police officer for carrying a toy gun or for selling cigarettes out of the back of a car. It should not be out of the ordinary to expect that. So I’m glad to see these players and owners taking a stand.”
“Communities of color within our nation are not receiving the same level of justice that white communities are,” he added. “Black members of our society are far more likely to be put in prison for what white members are able to skate by on. But it’s also morphed into a discussion that we have a person in charge of our society that does not understand what it means to wield the American empire, and has shown no willingness to work with minorities, with immigrants, with anyone who is not white, and that is, again, against the heart of what America stands for.”
Watch the video below via CNN:
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/were-not-going-to-be-dictated-to-by-a-racist-fascist-white-supremacist-ex-nfler-chris-kluwe-blisters-trump/
I loved Kluwe back when, and he does it again!!!!
DeleteIn apparent rebuke to Trump, NFL players kneel during national anthem
ReplyDelete...Jaguars owner Shad Khan, who has donated to Trump, told ESPN “it was a privilege” to stand with his players.
“Our team and the National Football League reflects our nation, with diversity coming in many forms — race, faith, our views and our goals. We have a lot of work to do, and we can do it, but the comments by the President make it harder,” his statement said. “That’s why it was important for us, and personally for me, to show the world that even if we may differ at times, we can and should be united in the effort to become better as people and a nation.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/24/16357830/ravens-jaguars-kneel-protest
Kaepernick’s Crime, to Trump: He Comes From Obama’s America
ReplyDeleteThe President is ever on the prowl for events and people he can exploit to reassure his America that he’s looking out for them. And boy did he find one.
...We see Trump calling for Kap to be disciplined by his fellow one percenters as if he were telling the other masters how to handle their property when they get out of line. Can you hear the faint echo in the background of Trump’s words—‘We gon’ teach that boy a lesson!’
We see Trump using Kaepernick as a symbol of what’s wrong with this country, a strawman he can pound on to show his people he takes no mess from the blacks. He’s very Boss Hogg that way. To Trump, Kaepernick is a villain who forced politics into the glorious NFL, and he’s someone who dared challenge the authority of the almighty police. But in reality Kaepernick’s transgression was this: in a way that did not take anything away from the games themselves, he silently and briefly protested against black people being killed by their government. The NFL employs some men who viciously beat up their wives or girlfriends but the real enemy of the people is Kaepernick because he wants justice for black people? Kaepernick would have a better chance of getting signed if the issue was him beating up a woman.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/kaepernicks-crime-to-trump-he-comes-from-obamas-america
i keep getting phone calls from police organization looking for money for cops. i tell them when cops stop killing innocent black people i will donate-so never. i'm white. black people are no different from me.
DeleteTwitter racists attack NFL’s only Muslim owner for standing with players
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/these-ingrates-must-be-deported-twitter-racists-attack-nfls-only-muslim-owner-for-standing-with-players/
NFL Players Blitz Trump With Game Day Protests
ReplyDeletehttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nfl-players-blitz-trump-with-game-day-protests
Apparently President Trump wants the team owners to whip their players into submission as if they actually "own" the men instead of a sports franchise.
ReplyDeleteTrump could do us all a favor and show the NBA,NFL,etc who is boss and take away their non profit status for not firing the s.o.b s.
ReplyDeleteAt least they would pay their fair share and balance the budget with their billions in profits.
You must be drunk again.
DeleteAnd economically and legally illiterate. The LEAGUE is an NPO. The teams are not.
DeleteNot to mention, you're about two years too late - doofus at 1:07 p.m. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/why-the-nfl-decided-to-start-paying-taxes/391742/
Deleteas long as they respect the anthem i am 100% percent behind them. it got dumpt"s attention- so he can see how much people can see they hate him and everything he does and say.
ReplyDeleteDisrespecting our flag? How about this traitor?
ReplyDeletehttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CKm7hCFtYP8/U1boWSjfWfI/AAAAAAAAFws/uG7otC3xDe4/s1600/Sarah+Palin+patriotic+shoes.jpg
Actor Michael Rapaport Takes A Knee, Unloads On ‘Dumb Motherf—ker’ Donald Trump
ReplyDelete...Taking a knee in solidarity with football player Colin Kaepernick and speaking up in support of Golden State Warriors’ superstar Stephen Curry, actor Michael Rapaport used social media on Saturday to deliver an expletive-filled takedown of President Donald Trump, calling him a “dumb motherfucker” and a “son of a bitch.”
“You took away his invitation ... to meet you? Motherfucker, no one from the NBA is fucking with you,” Rapaport, 47, said in an clip posted to Twitter and Instagram, referring to Trump’s decision to rescind a White House invitation to Curry.
“[Kevin Durant], Lebron [James], Steve Kerr, Greg Popovich, Yao Ming, Larry Bird, nobody is coming to fuck with you, man. No one wants to meet your ass,” Rapaport continued, listing an array of current and former NBA stars and, in Kerr and Popovich, two of the league’s most prominent coaches.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-rapaport-donald-trump-take-the-knee_us_59c7775de4b01cc57ff2ba58?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Trump Throws His NFL Buddies Under the Bus
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/23/trump-just-threw-his-nfl-buddies-under-the-bus-215641
NFL player protests increase after Trump's attacks
More players kneel, lock arms or just stay in the locker room.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/24/trump-attacks-nfl-again-243062
Trump Hides Behind The Flag As Putin’s Shadow Leaves His Presidency In Perpetual Darkness
ReplyDeleteTrump made the reason for his fight with the NFL clear on Sunday. The President is attempting to hide behind the flag to dodge the growing darkness of the Russia scandal.
...The president picked the fight with the protesting NFL players because he thinks that he can make himself look like a patriot who is defending the flag by condemning their freedom of speech. When Trump does something bizarre, and out of the blue it is usually because he is trying to inoculate himself from bad news that is about to drop.
Judging from Trump’s behavior, the bad news is related to Russia. The one consistency with Trump since his rise into national politics is that he always wraps his un-American behavior in pro-American slogans. As Trump was running around the country promising to make America great, there is mounting evidence that his campaign was in communication with Putin and Russia.
While Trump promises to bring jobs back to America, his own company gave the contract to construct a new golf course to a company owned by the Chinese government. These contradictions are not coincidences.
The Russia scandal is looming over Trump’s presidency. Putin’s shadow follows this president wherever he goes. From the moment that he took office, the Russia scandal has paralyzed Trump, and the tighter he tries to wrap the flag around himself, the worse the news about the scandal is going to be.
Trump’s attacks on the NFL are not just a distraction. They are also a preemptive self-defense.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/trump-hides-flag-putins-shadow-leaves-presidency-perpetual-darkness.html
Yep. None of this is about the NFL. DJT's feeling cornered.
DeleteTick tick.
This is interesting.
http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/
GeorgiaPeach
@4:58 G.P.
Delete"Between September 16th and September 22nd, we examined 80 stories listed among the Top URLs on the dashboard. Of those stories, over 25% had a primary theme of anti-Americanism. Hillary Clinton was the target of 15% of the stories, with themes ranging from Benghazi and her purported funding of Antifa to her daughter’s use of Twitter. Nine stories (11%) focused on wiretapping and the federal investigation into Paul Manafort; seven of those stories had either a theme of vindication for President Trump’s earlier wiretapping claims and/or a repudiation of the “deep state” (the other two URLs were the original CNN story). Five stories focused on Morgan Freeman and the launch of the Committee to Investigate Russia, and another four stories pushed the narrative of China and Russia joining forces to bypass the dollar in global markets. Other topics that were carry-overs from previous weeks were: Syria (nine stories); anti-immigration or anti-DACA (four); and anti-Protest/Antifa (three). Among trending topics, a thread of pro-secession movements was visible, including support for Kurdistan, Catalonia, and, more subtly, a travel guide for CRIMEaYes that is interesting...
Ok. What if Donny needs to shift what is left of his money? What better place to invest in is sports. HUGE returns. So stir up the antics then plunk down who you think will yield highest $$$.
ReplyDeleteWe can read you like a 25c comic book there Donny Brook. Shrug.
Trump Crime Family Son In Law Jared Kushner Busted Using Private Email For White House Business
ReplyDelete...“Kushner uses his private account alongside his official White House email account, sometimes trading emails with senior White House officials, outside advisers and others about media coverage, event planning and other subjects, according to four people familiar with the correspondence. POLITICO has seen and verified about two dozen emails.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/lock-up-jared-kushner-trump-wh-private-emails-official-business.html
nA$$KKKar is in with Trump!
ReplyDeletehttp://thehill.com/homenews/news/352164-nascar-owners-say-they-wouldnt-tolerate-national-anthem-protests-at-races
NASCAR isn't a sport. Driving isn't an athletic event. 300# men with dickey hearts can do it - it ain't a sport. Might as well bowl. Stoooopid white trash.
DeleteAlex Jones"Watch Live: NFL
ReplyDeleteWatch Live: NFL Commits Suicide as Players Refuse To Stand For National Anthem!
Sunday, September 24th: Trump Boycotts The NFL - Trump's approval ratings have spiked since he called out NFL players for disrespecting the National Anthem at a rally on Friday, and he's urged Americans to boycott the League.
Also, Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a 4th term in the German general election. We'll break down what that means for Europe and the world. We'll also take your calls during this worldwide transmission. Tune in!
https://boingboing.net/2017/09/23/lelandmelvin.html
ReplyDelete"Leland Melvin is the astronaut in that fabulous NASA photo with his two dogs. He is an engineer and former NASA education leader, and the author of 'Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances.' He shared this essay with friends today, and I thought you'd like to read it, too.—XJ
To Donald Trump"...
Like many people I am appalled by orange man's attempts to start a race war or a nuclear war to hide the Russia story. But we all should stick to reality.
ReplyDeleteThe first amendment right is freedom from PUNISHMENT from the government for protest. Orange is violating the spirit of first amendment by threatening them. Any person in the world can protest, and they may receive punishment from employers or bystanders. Under our constitution they should not expect punishment from the government.
Nobody connected with this is protesting the anthem. The only way to protest the anthem is to desire "America the Beautiful" (or such) become the anthem.
The original protest was against police brutality toward a minority. Sunday the protests became about orange man's fascist behavior. Orange man hates the first amendment as shown by his punishment of protest and his punishment of the press.
Nazi is BAD
Even the owners are taking a knee or locking arms with their players. Trump has managed to unite America .... AGAINST him.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think they ought to just stop playing the National Anthem before sporting events and every puddly meeting, show or excuse. In this day and age we shouldn't have to prove we're not "commies" by pledging our allegiance every 5 minutes.
Playing the anthem so much cheapens it. It become meaningless. It should be reserved for special and appropriate occasions. A football game not being one of them.