#RealMadrid forward #Vinicius who is often a target of #racism and #racist abuse in #Spain broke down in tears during a press conference in his home country of #Brazil today, saying "I just want to play football" https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/vinicius-jr-brazil-spain-racism-fans-stadiums-b2518299.html
Properties in #LosAngeles and #Miami belonging to record producer and media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ have been raided today by Homeland Security and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/03/25/feds-search-sean-diddy-combs-la-and-miami-homes-reports-say/
A #NewYork #court has given former president #Trump 10 days to secure a smaller $175 million bond just hours before the state attorney general's office could begin the process of seizing Trump's assets. The bond reduction will not reduce the total $454 million fine he still owes. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/trump-fraud-bond-deadline
@wbpeckham You're welcome to dispute academic research -- or anything. But hopefully you have a better understanding of how partisanship influences media consumption. Thanks for sharing.
@wbpeckham https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/21/love-fox-msnbc-you-may-be-locked-in-a-partisan-echo-chamber-study-finds
When did people start believing MSNBC, or NBC News, are dedicated to amplifying #progressive viewpoints -- or disseminating fair and balanced stories for that matter? MSNBC was once home to Tucker Carlson. This is corporate media. https://www.rawstory.com/nbc-insiders-pissed-over-ronna-mcdaniel-hiring-as-maddow-reaction-awaited-report/
Adding to its already deplorable and immoral war crimes in Gaza, #Israel has told #UnitedNations officials they will not allow emergency food convoys into northern #Gaza to feed starving #Palestine refugees amid a man-made #famine and deepening humanitarian crisis
Less than a week after their fellow House representative David Trone used a racial slur during a House hearing, five Black #Democrats in #Maryland are reportedly now endorsing Trone's primary challenger Angela Alsobrooks
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/24/maryland-senate-race-alsobrooks-endorsements-trone
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected to be declared the next #president of #Senegal after his opponent from the ruling coalition called him today to concede https://blknewsnow.com/faye-expected-to-become-president-of-senegal-after-opponent-concedes/
After decades of work to eradicate female genital mutilation in #Africa, #Gambia may become the first country in the world to overturn its ban on the controversial surgery. The bill to repeal the ban is backed by none other than religious #conservatives. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/22/1239276999/the-gambia-is-debating-whether-to-repeal-its-ban-on-female-genital-mutilation
#Democracy continues to look increasingly fragile around the world. The main political rival to India's Prime Minister #NarendraModi was arrested amidst a cascade of repressive actions by Modi's government. Bank accounts of opposition members were also frozen, and visas and residency permits of critics were revoked. In the backdrop, #India has been flooded with #Bollywood #propaganda weeks before national elections. Modi increasingly mirrors his #BRICS ally #Putin
U.S. #Senate candidate Rep. David Trone has apologized after the #Democrats use of a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing on Wednesday -- while speaking with a Black woman. Trone said he misspoke and did not know what the word meant. Other than #MAGA, who would elect a person who doesn't know what he is saying but continues to say it? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/maryland-senate-candidate-slur-apology
@TheGayPrognosticator@mastodon.world We have had too much joy with using "Uncle Tim" on Mastodon, so we gave it a rest this time. We might name him "Tim Sellout" next time.
@Mary625 If you see him exit stage left in the video, he has a dog with him. Not sure why, but ironically only Rittenhouse had his tail between his legs when they fled the stage.
#Republican House Speaker #MikeJohnson is expected to announce he has invited #Satan incarnate, also known as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to speak on the floor to #Congress. If #Netanyahu accepts the invitation, #Democrats who are not supporting #Israel as it continues to slaughter and #genocide innocent Palestinians should require the murderous thug to say every name of the 30,000+ Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces in #Gaza to date
#GOP media darling Kyle Rittenhouse who was acquitted after shooting 3 people, 1 fatally, during a #GeorgeFloyd protest in 2020, promptly scurried from a stage at University of #Memphis last night after he couldn't handle being booed for his responses to questions on #racism from a Black protestor at the event. Kudos to the Black student body at U of M!
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today he believes a #Gaza ceasefire agreement could be reached with #Israel amid talks in #Qatar as Israeli forces continue to siege hospitals and deny basic #humanitarian aid to Palestinians. How about the U.S. end all support for Israel, Mr. Blinken? Israel is engaging in #genocide in #Palestine, nothing less.
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/us-submits-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-un-israel-hamas
Fearmongering bolstered by racism over an influx of migrants has taken shape in #Florida thanks to Gov. Ron #DeSantis as the #crisis in #Haiti persists. There has been no evidence of a notable increase in illegal migration from Haiti.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/1239647148/haiti-florida-migrants-desantis-immigration
The #Georgia #Trump case may finally be getting underway this summer now that Prosecutor #FaniWillis court drama is winding down, according to a new report. https://www.rawstory.com/fani-willis-trump-trial-summer/
Employees have a right to express support for Black Lives Matter while they’re on the job, according to a historic labor board decision