Donald Trumps Says Obama Founded ISIS Donald Trump’s campaign behavior just keeps getting worse and worse. The Republican candidate just accused President Obama of being the founder of ISIS and Hillary Clinton of cofounding the terrorist group during a campaign event in Florida. via ABC News “ISIS is honoring president Obama,” the Republican presidential nominee said during a rally at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. “He is the founder of ISIS. He founded ISIS. And, I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. Trump’s declaration was met with chants of “Lock her up!” from rally-goers. In addressing Obama, Trump included the president’s middle name, calling him Barack Hussein Obama — a move that’s typically been employed by those who claim Obama is secretly a Muslim. “Radical Islamic terrorism,” Trump said. “And people don’t like saying that. Our president refuses to use the term. Every time another event happens, I keep saying, I wonder if he’s gonna say it this time. And he doesn’t say it.” He also took aim at Clinton, for her refusal to use the term. “And Hillary won’t say it either,” he said. “She doesn’t wanna say it, cause she doesn’t wanna offend the president, because then bad things could happen to her if she offends the president. Bad things could happen to her. So she’s afraid to say it. Hillary’s afraid to say it. She did say that she would say it because of me, but she’s afraid to say it. But, we have a real problem with radical Islamic terror. It’s’ what it is. It’s terror.”
Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles helped lead the US Women’s Gymnastics team to gold victory tonight, as the “final five” out performed the rest of the Olympic contenders by a whopping 8 points. Biles in particular blazed past the competition , scoring the highest with a 15.933. Via People : The U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team entered the Rio Olympic Arena as clear favorites to win the gold. The crowd roared as they entered the arena with determined looks on their faces. So how did the favored team perform on Tuesday afternoon? Here’s a hint: Like every champion women’s gymnastics squad, they’ve now got their own nickname: The Final Five. The five gymnasts – Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian – showed their dominance in every category and walked away with the gold, winning by more than eight points. The Russian Federation took silver and China won bronze. After their victory, Biles shared a simple yet powerful tweet: “Dreams DO come true.” The first rotation was vault. Biles, Hernandez and Raisman each posted scores above 15, with Biles scoring the highest, at 15.933. Congrats ladies! USA! USA! Twitter/Getty
Spotted… Celebs Pose With The Cast Of “KUBO And The Two Strings” Focus Features and LAIKA animation studio’s epic action-adventure “KUBO and The Two Strings” is hitting theaters August 19 and celebs are throwing their support behind it. In recent days stars took to the “Magical LAIKA Experience”at Universal Studios Hollywood, Atlanta’s “Praise In The Park,” and Atlanta radio stations to hobnob with the film’s animated characters. VIP’s that posed with the costumed character “Kubo,” “Beetle” and “Monkey” included actress Tasha Smith… singer Algebra… singer and radio host Darlene McCoy… radio host Willie Moore Jr…. radio host Griff… and Streetz 94.5’s Jazzy McBee. The movie features the voices of Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey and Game of Thrones’ Art Parkinson. Will YOU be watching??? More on the flip. #KuboMovie www.kubothemovie.com Chris Mitchell for Focus Features
At least #PoorMichelle can laugh at herself! Surprised that Footlocker didn’t cram an “erroneous SnapChat” joke in there for Draymond…since it’s all about standing out and whatnot… YouTube
Terri Williams Addresses Questions About Black Banks, One United In recent weeks we’ve seen tremendous growth in the number of new accounts being opened by black people at black owned banks. We reached out to Terri Williams, President and COO of One United Bank — the largest U.S. black owned bank to discuss what their institution offers account holders and to address fears people may still have about opening an account with a black owned bank . BOSSIP: Talk to us about the upsurge in business as of late? Are the reports being exaggerated or is this real growth you are seeing? Terri Williams: Website visits, branch visits, account generation have all increased tenfold. It’s really fabulous not just for us, but really part of a broader message and vision that we as a community are having a broader awareness of the importance of our dollars. BOSSIP: How does banking black help the community? TW: It’s not just banking black it’s actually buying black. It’s the broader point of buying black. I try to share with people that having dollars circulate through a community is how wealth is built… In any community, not just the black community. In our community, our dollars circulate for six hours on average before they leave. In the Asian American community, they circulate for 28 days. In the Jewish community, 19 days. Within six hours we’re spending our dollar in other communities and building the wealth of other communities. Whereas they’re visiting Asian restaurants, using Asian-American plumbers, etc… We’re the largest black owned bank, but the largest Asian American owned bank is worth something like 19 billion dollars. So other communities understand this much better than we do as a community. To some degree it’s understandable because we had to fight you know, going back to slavery and Jim Crow. I like to focus on the positive and look at how far we’ve come as opposed to looking at it as a negative. We have made a lot of strides from where we’ve come, but we still have a ways to go. And this particularly, the awareness of the importance of our dollars, is so critical to building wealth in our community. So it’s more than putting money in a black bank it’s also buying black. Circulating our dollars more in our community. What a bank does, and this is the other thing that people don’t understand is a bank actually recycles dollars. That’s what our role is. You put your deposit in the bank and those dollars are re-circulated throughout the community by who we hire and the lending that we do, and the investments that we make. So all we do is take the funds that are deposited and deploy them back into the community, that’s what banks do. It is more than banking black it really is buying black. BOSSIP: How have you worked to get that message out? We noticed you offer financial literacy classes. TW: We offer Financial literacy classes, but what I will say is that the message that I have just provided is more important to get that message out even more than financial literacy ,such as how to help yourself build your credit or how you can help prevent getting scammed. Those are more personal messages. But this call to action by Killer Mike , as well as others like Solange is really to me providing an opportunity for us to have a broader conversation about the fact that black money matters. And that it matters to us as a community and it’s just important to us again to not just bank black but buy black. BOSSIP: Are all of the One United Branches located in primarily black poor communities? TW: Yes. All of our branches except for one are located in black minority, low to moderate income communities. In Boston we are in Roxbury and Dorchester; in LA we are in South Central and Compton; in Miami we are in Liberty City. We employ people from the community and we are involved in a lot of community organizations in each of our markets. And we offer products and services that are affordable and that help the community in terms of, we didn’t do any sub-prime lending; we do first time homebuyers lending, we don’t charge outrageous overdraft fees. We are for responsible products and people can trust us. We could make more money if we were doing what the other banks were doing, but our role is not to make the most amount of money, it’s really to serve the community. BOSSIP: We noticed you guys offer secure credit cards as well. Are those rates reasonable? We’ve heard negative things about the rates for prepaid cards and Rush cards TW: The difference between a prepaid card like a Rush card and a secured card, is a secured card can actually help you rebuild your credit, because we report to the credit bureau unlike the Rush card. In addition we don’t charge all of those fees that prepaid cards charge. Our interest rate is a reasonable rate for someone who doesn’t have great credit – cause that’s why you’d get it, to improve your credit. And it’s a fixed rate. A lot of banks that offer these secured cards have a variable rate which can go up, but our rate is fixed. I think another thing that is important for our community is we need to start to trust each other. We are FDIC insured. People can put their money in the bank and not have to be concerned about it’s safety. We offer online banking and mobile banking.You can pay by text with us. You can take a picture of your check and deposit it. People think ‘oh the bank’s Black, I have to accept less services,’ when the reality is we actually have better services than most banks. So we as a community have gotten to a point where we actually do offer things that are better for our community than others, but we’ve come from a history of not trusting each other and we do have to get over that. BOSSIP: What is the fee to have a checking account with One United? TW: With a direct deposit it’s free. Same with savings. No limit on transactions per month. And like I said we have wonderful services. We have free online banking, we bill pay, we have great customer service. If customers are having an issue they can call us, send us a message. People have even sent us messages on Facebook and we’ve gotten right back to them. We also offer interest bearing checking accounts. Now the amount you have to deposit is higher, but we offer one of the highest interest rates on a checking account in the country. BOSSIP: When it comes to the other black owned banks is there any type of community organizing with each other? TW: Yes. The National Bankers Association is a trade organization that is really for minority banks, but it includes all of the black banks, and we meet regularly, at least once a year, but sometimes two or three times a year. So we all know each other. And we’ve all been doing this for many years. Most of the black banks were created during the civil rights era when other banks used to not work with us at all. This idea of banking black and garnering our spending power and channeling it back into our community is age old. You can go back to Marcus Garvey. Our civil rights leaders have been talking about this for decades. It’s just now we have the technology to actually do it. So now if you’re black in America but you live in a small town, you can still bank black. BOSSIP: What would you advise someone who doesn’t live in a city where there is a local black bank? TW: Go to OneUnited.com and open up an account to participate in this movement. It’s very simple. You can open up a savings account and deposit $100. And if we can get a million of us to do that, that’s $100 million dollars. So that’s a great way for people to participate. It’s easy to do. FDIC insured. And become a part of what I’m calling this Black Money Matters Movement. BOSSIP: Just one last question for people who still might be hesitant. The number of black banks has decreased from 48 to 21. Is it decreasing because they weren’t FDIC insured or the doors are actually closing because they don’t see the business? TW: No one has lost money by banking with a FDIC insured bank. There’s no way to lose your money by putting your money in a black bank. We are all FDIC insured. So that shouldn’t be a concern, that should really be off the table. Your money is safe. Banks in general have declined and consolidated. One United Bank is actually four banks that have been rolled up to be the largest black owned bank. So banks are consolidating. Some of them are closing but when they do, people don’t lose their money. What do you think about Ms. Williams’ answers? Have you started banking black yet? Do you plan to?
“I’ve taken some major losses ever since the lie.”— Memphitz Memphitz Passes A Lie Detector Test Over K. Michelle’s Cliams On the latest episode of “Marriage Bootcamp: Reality Stars” Memphitz is given a lie detector test to prove whether or not he’s ever physically abused a woman. The question of course is related to those infamous abuse allegations that his ex K. Michelle made against him when she alleged that he “beat her azz.” “If this test comes back that Micky physically abused a woman, our relationship will be over,” said Memph’s (now estranged) wife Toya in the clip. It was then announced that there was “no deception” when Memphitz denied the allegations. Memph it now celebrating the test results and not so subtly taunting his accuser. “Liar, liar, skirt on fire,” said Memph on IG. He’s since added a meme about “unpleasant truths” and “comforting lies.” Petty, petty, petty. What do YOU think about Memphitz celebrating his “exoneration” by taunting K??? More on the flip.
Soulja Boy Gets Petty With Nia Riley On Instagram We think it’s safe to say that Nia Riley and Soulja Boy have called it quits, again. It looks like a few days ago Nia posted a meme, indicating that she’s now single, then last night posted a photo casually eating “street meat” and Soulja Boy went HAM in response. We guess this first post was a warning shot to her on and off again, sometimes very crappy boyfriend Soulja: Next Nia post this seemingly harmless photo and look at Soulja’s response. He asked her to take off shoe’s he bought her…Grow up! Oh, the petty didn’t stop before Soulja clapped back on his own page. He even has another woman involved in the shenanigans. Hit the flip to find out who it is.
Erica Dixon Says Scrappy Called Her 21 Times Before Proposing To Bambi Does Scrappy want that old thang back ? Former LHHATL star Erica Dixon recently sat down with VH1 and discussed how her baby daddy wanted her back right before proposing to Bambi. Erica claims Scrappy even called her 21 times just to reunite… “The thing about it is prior to him…I want to say a couple of weeks before him proposing to Bambi, Scrappy was trying to get back with me. He called my mama 21 times. He called my old publicist…like wanted to have this conversation…in which we did, we put our differences to the side. “But I told him, what confuses me is you have yet to say, ‘hey, I want us all to sit down and have a conversation because we want to make sure Emani is comfortable in all situations. When she’s with you, when she’s with me.” Bye Erica! Do you think Scrappy really wants Erica back?? IG
Erica Dixon Says Scrappy Called Her 21 Times Before Proposing To Bambi Does Scrappy want that old thang back ? Former LHHATL star Erica Dixon recently sat down with VH1 and discussed how her baby daddy wanted her back right before proposing to Bambi. Erica claims Scrappy even called her 21 times just to reunite… “The thing about it is prior to him…I want to say a couple of weeks before him proposing to Bambi, Scrappy was trying to get back with me. He called my mama 21 times. He called my old publicist…like wanted to have this conversation…in which we did, we put our differences to the side. “But I told him, what confuses me is you have yet to say, ‘hey, I want us all to sit down and have a conversation because we want to make sure Emani is comfortable in all situations. When she’s with you, when she’s with me.” Bye Erica! Do you think Scrappy really wants Erica back?? IG
