Rich Polk Getty Images for BET Jemele Hill Isn’t Surprised That ESPN Suspended Her ESPN host Jemele Hill stirred controversy after tweeting what everyone already knows about Donald Trump–that he is a white supremacist unfit to serve in the White House. ESPN gave Hill a 2-week paid suspension and received a lot of support standing with her, inspiring people calling and tweeting the network to let ESPN know we #StandWith Jemele. This weekend, TMZ caught up with Ms. Hill, and she told the publication that she most definitely “deserved” her two-week suspension from the network for violating social media policy. But not so fast, Hill also said she’ll “never take back what I said.” She’s still a real one, after all. Jemele spoke with TMZ at the Los Angeles International Airport, “I deserved a suspension. I violated policy…going forward we’ll be in a good, healthy place.” She also added: “I would tell people, absolutely, after my Donald Trump tweets, I deserved that suspension. I deserved it. Like, absolutely. I violated the policy.” Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists. — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017 Hill also said she’d only apologize for putting “ESPN in a bad spot,” but you won’t catch her saying sorry for what she said, because she’s still a firm believer in those sentiments. Jemele also expressed the gratitude for all of her supporters during this time and says that her time off was used for reflection. She is returning back to work on Monday.
Hey, remember the 2016 election? Sure you do. Even if you were somehow able to forget that you’ve lived every day since November 8 in some sort of Orwellian hellscape where up is down, black is white, and hamburgers eat people, the principal players still bear the psychic scars of their electoral combat, and they will not let you forget it for a single second. In case you decided to take up residence in a Unabomber shack in the woods around the time a presidential candidate started talking about his dong during a televised debate and you’re just now re-entering society, allow us to bring you up to speed: Donald Trump is now our president, despite running a campaign marred by multiple genital-related scandals . Despite the fact that he won, Trump clearly still awakes with the election at the forefront of his mind every morning, presumably staring dead-eyed at the ceiling fan over his bed, a la Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now . Hillary Clinton is also still obsessed with the most bonkers presidential election in American history, but she’s decided to seek catharsis by writing a book in which she blames everyone else for her loss. Ya know, like an adult! (Hey, petty adults who are more concerned with settling old scores than with the future of the country are still adults.) The Donald, on the other hand … well, he’s decided to handle things quite differently. Trump-Clinton Golf GIF Take six seconds of your day to watch the clip above in order to remind yourself that we’re currently living in the Upside Down (RIP, Barb). It’s from a Twitter account with the stunningly apt handle @fuctupmind, and it was retweeted by the President of the United States. Yes, 71-year-old Donald Trump was so tickled by the thought of him pelting a former first lady, senator, and secretary of state with a golf ball that he felt compelled to share @fuctupmind’s handiwork with the world. It’s easy to get bored when you’re in your bathrobe by 6 pm every evening, but surely a man with a pretty important gig can find better ways of keeping himself busy. Obviously, there were millions of stunned reactions on social media, but the consensus is perhaps best encapsulated by this tweet from former director of US Office of Government Ethics Walter Schaub: “The President of the United States just retweeted a video vignette that imagines him assaulting his political rival. The man is unfit,” Schaub wrote. It’s the truth, folks. No matter where your beliefs fall on the political spectrum, it’s time to admit that Donald Trump is unfit. And we’re not talking about the fact that he an ass that could rival Kim Kardashian’s . View Slideshow: Tiny Trump: Internet Cuts President Down to Size!
Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui blasts Donald Trump for his planned reversal of DACA, a policy put in place by Barack Obama in 2012 to ensure children of undocumented immigrants have a place in America.
Go Nakamura / ZUMA Press / Splash News Boston Shows America’s Greatness, No Thanks To Donald Trump Boston Police Chief: “99.9% of the people were here for the right reason, and that was to fight bigotry and hate” https://t.co/EVTqN7wNUh pic.twitter.com/T0zOI6mLEQ — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) August 20, 2017 As we previously reported, the people of Boston showed up in the thousands to protest a “Free Speech” rally featuring right-wing speakers on Saturday. According to MSN reports , the number of protesters far outnumbered the few dozen rally attendees who showed up for what many feared could become another racist and violent showing like the one in Charlottesville last weekend. Thousands more protestors were prevented from entering Boston Common park by some 500 or so city police officers who placed barricades to stop vehicle entry while a cordon was also built around the site for the rally. Organizers of the Boston rally denounced the violence and white supremacist message of Charlottesville and promised peace at their event. “The point of this is to have political speech from across the spectrum, conservative, libertarian, centrist,” said Chris Hood, an 18-year-old Boston resident who stood among a crowd of a few dozen people who planned to join the Free Speech rally. “This is not about Nazis. If there were Nazis here, I’d be protesting against them.” Meanwhile, the people of Boston were NOT taking kindly to the Trump supporters on the scene Wow.Protestors surround two men in Trump gear and scream profanities, tell them to get the f*^% out of Boston. I asked one why he's here: pic.twitter.com/qRiTjhDXlj — Jessica Weiss (@jessweiss1) August 19, 2017 When two male rally participants wearing Trump’s red “Make America Great Again” campaign hats attempted tried entering the protest pen police set up to separate the two sides they were swarmed by black-clad protesters as the crowd screamed “go home” and “no hate” at them. This is Imani, from CT. She just escorted Trump supporters through a crowd as a situation escalated. Here's why in her words: pic.twitter.com/R8W7XN58jk — Steve Annear (@steveannear) August 19, 2017 Not everyone was hostile however… And back on Twitter, ol boy 45 pretended to know what was going on. SMH. It’s hard to understand how anyone continues to support him. Looks like many anti-police agitators in Boston. Police are looking tough and smart! Thank you. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017 Great job by all law enforcement officers and Boston Mayor @Marty_Walsh . — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017 Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017 I want to applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017 More photos from the protest below:
Getty Images Philadelphia Redesigns Pride Flag For The Black LGBTs Last week, the city of ‘brotherly love’ unveiled a redesigned Pride flag . Their new and improved version added black and brown stripes to the rainbow, in recognition of LGBTQ people of color. Curbed.com reports that this is just the first visual reminder from city that they include black and brown LGBT member and support all of the community. Philadelphia expanded the rainbow flag to include two more colors recognizing people of color within the LGBTQ+ community. pic.twitter.com/svIBzyuHvZ — AJ+ (@ajplus) June 14, 2017 The city started a More Color More Pride campaign, which reportedly aims to create an inclusive LGBT community. [The redesigned flag falls in] with Philly’s efforts this year to celebrate the stories of those who have been typically left out of the LGBTQ experience, including people of color and people of the transgender/gender nonconforming experience, the city said in a statement. There have been touchy conversations about inclusiveness in the community among activists of color. People on twitter discussed Philly’s flag decision…and you can see why the inclusiveness is a need. It's a pride flag, not a race flag. Nothing about the rainbow flag has ever represented race. It represents LGBTQ humanness. Don't divide — Ian (@ianrken) June 15, 2017 This guy is really upset over some extra stripes. SMH. To everyone complaining about the Philadelphia LGBTQ flag, remember who is was who threw the first brick through Stonewall in 1969 — Judson (@GaySportsGeek) June 14, 2017
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