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⚡️Kathy E Gill @kegill
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A reminder that @Kaepernick7 began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 after talking with former Green Beret and brief NFL long snapper Nate Boyer, who supports Colin.
ninersnation.com/2016/9/1/12761…
The Star Spangled Banner was born in the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key, the author of the poem in 1814, owned slaves.

The third verse “claims that the ‘foul footsteps’ of the slaves who fought on the side of the British have polluted America.”

baltimoresun.com/entertainment/…
The first baseball game to feature the song was during another war (WWI) in 1918.
google.com/amp/amp.histor…
The Star Spangled Banner (sung to the tune of a British drinking song) did not become the US national anthem until 1931.

And many baseball fans have ignored or dissed the song for a long time. This is from 2012:

washingtonpost.com/sports/mike-wi…
Also a reminder that @Kaepernick7 moved forward with his legal case against the NFL last week.
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Excellent analysis of "FACT" and Whittaker from #TPM

Whitaker's op-ed was "highly critical of a candidate, and he ought not to be doing that, because it’s a political partisan comment."

Whittaker founded his Section 501c3 NFP in 2015.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whitaker-…
Section 501c3 tax code prohibits non-profits "from supporting or opposing political candidates during a campaign." But "FACT" under Whittaker did that more than once.
"in 2016 [Whitaker] earned more than twice what leaders of similar groups were paid on average that year"
Charity Navigator is our friend, not his.
His THREE-person board of directors that included just one unsalaried member.
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Georgia's Republican Secretary of State/Gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp has a three-year history of ignoring elections security, which makes his Sunday accusation about the state Democratic Party even more suspect.
themoderatevoice.com/brian-kemps-ha…
"Brian Kemp is both overseeing the governor’s election, as a secretary of state, and running in that election, as the Republican nominee. And he’s behaving shamefully."
nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opi…
#sayNoToBrianKemp
"perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era"
slate.com/news-and-polit…
#sayNoToBrianKemp
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Deconstructing Trump on Lee and Grant (image) - comments made at Ohio political rally
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FACT: Robert E. Lee was a slave owner who chose to lead a traitorous rebellion. He supported a war designed to keep humans enslaved via an economic and social system of white supremacy.
Trump’s Lost Cause frame on Robert E. Lee was not scripted, so this appears to be what Trump believes (or at least holds in his head)
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Dear @Nike: Colin @Kaepernick7 didn't sacrifice 'everything,' and it wasn't for a good cause washex.am/2wE1Ltd
"On a day dedicated to the working man, Nike damaged its reputation by partnering with the most prominent unemployed man in sports."
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It appears there is a media blitz on to foreshadow and try to explain away the upcoming disaster the NFL ratings will be this season lol. It's about the anthem, dummies, and disrespecting the President on top of it. forbes.com/sites/jonathan…
"But the worst news for the NFL this weekend may have come on Monday, courtesy of Kaepernick. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback tweeted what looks like a new ad campaign with Nike."

lol yeah, great idea Kap and Nike. The NFL loves this attention

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The NFL is finished.

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In a blow to the N.F.L., an arbitrator has ruled that Colin @Kaepernick7's collusion case can proceed because he has produced sufficient evidence that the league and its owners colluded to keep the free-agent quarterback off the field #takeaknee
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Arbitrator sends Colin #Kaepernick's grievance against the NFL to trial, denying the league's request to throw out the quarterback's claims that owners conspired to keep him out of the league because of his protests of social injustice #takeaknee espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…
"N.F.L. teams have signed players who have beaten their spouses and run operations that killed dogs for sport, but protesting during the national anthem may prove to be the unforgivable sin, it seems."

Colin #Kaepernick is not going away #TakeAKnee
nytimes.com/2018/08/31/spo…
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Is Donald Trump anointed?

1) President Donald Trump has plenty of haters. Yet, it seems like the more someone attacks the President, the more that person suffers.
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There isn't a War on Christmas, but there is a War on Assholes. If this is confusing to, you, well, Happy Holidays, asshole.
The only real effect of conservatives insisting on “Merry Christmas” in generalized interactions, rather than the more inclusive “Happy Holidays,” is to make saying “Merry Christmas” a politically aggressive act.
Now whenever I hear “Merry Christmas” I have to parse whether it’s being said to me or AT me.

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