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Mar 13 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
If you live in New York State, you should absolutely opposed this deal. Why in the hell would you give $1 billion in TAXPAYER money when the owner is worth $7 billion? "Buffalo Bills' billionaire owner set to get $1B in public funds for new stadium" nypost.com/2022/03/11/buf… 1/4
These taxpayer-funded @NFL stadium deals are pathetic and atrocious. They offer no real financial benefit to the city and county. This is all about an emotional attachment to a team. This is how the NFL screw cities. Owners threaten to leave and politicians get scared. 2/4
Look at the @Raiders. They had no interest in staying in Oakland. They took that $750M for a Las Vegas and Nevada stadium and bounced. @RamsNFL owner Stan Kroenke is worth $10.7 billion; his wife, Ann is a @Walmart heir, and he tried to fleece St. Louis to buy a new stadium. 3/4
When the @RamsNFL bolted for LA and their $2 billion stadium, he got sued by St. Louis and the @NFL had to cough up $790 million after getting sued. I've covered city and county government. These sports stadium deals are 100% trash. They benefit the OWNER. Period. 4/4

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For the 3rd time in a week, I’ve had people get mad because I’ve not covered a story they say needs attention. NOW do y’all see why this fight for Black-owned media dollars matter? I’m ONE PERSON. I don’t have producers or reporters I can assign to spend weeks investigating. 1/8
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This is why y’all should stop listening to fools who can’t read. Fools hollering that Hispanic Serving Institutions got more money than HBCUS, to the tune of $11B to $2.7B, in the American Rescue bill. Now ask why? Because there are 103 HBCUs and 411 HSIs. My alma mater 1/5
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I really hate awful and shoddy reporting. And this @TheRoot article, which is based on an equally shoddy reporting job by @isagutierreznbc, regarding HBCU funding. Let me first deal with the @NBCNews story by Isa. In it, she talked to three HBCU students about @JoeBiden's 1/20
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Hey @amandacarpenter, I've been reading your thread about boycotts and Georgia, and I really think you are completely not understanding the history of Black people in America and the African Diaspora. So allow me to share some things with you. 1/10
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