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… But because there is also a government funding deadline just three weeks away, after which Congress will turn to their election campaigns, the chances that more coronavirus relief happens are diminishing by the hour. There is no urgency from the White House. “I don’t know,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Politico when asked about prospects for another round. “We’ll see. I hope there is. It’s important to a lot of people out there.”
Democrats have come down in their demands from over $3 trillion with the HEROES Act to $2.2 trillion in negotiations with Mnuchin. McConnell won’t do that, despite the fact that it would probably pass in the Senate with all the Democrats and enough Republicans who are panicking behind it. McConnell is doing the only thing he intends to do: Offer a poisoned pill bill and leave it at that. That’s because instead of talking with Pelosi, with Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, with Mnuchin, he’s been negotiating solely with his Republican conference, not willing to put anything on the floor that doesn’t have majority support there. Which means the extremists who want no more relief — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson — win. They get a stripped down bill that can’t pass. …
After video of the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police in Wisconsin—which left Blake paralyzed from the waist down—made its way across the world, NBA players staged a walkout, shutting down the entire playoffs. Over the 48 hours, rumors and leaks came out in the media about what was and was not happening between ownership and the players to either begin playing again or scrapping the season entirely. While the players believed that demonstrations such as their walkout were important contributions to the national discussion, they wanted something more tangible to happen.
Then the NBA announced that the playoffs would begin again after three days of being shut down, and that ownership had agreed to expand the number of NBA arenas that would work with state governments to provide a safe place for people to cast their votes this November. Below you’ll find the list of arenas that will be available to registered voters come this most important election.
Church leader who blamed COVID-19 on same-sex marriage tests positive for virus
Patriarch Filaret, the 91-year-old who heads Kyiv Patriarchate, a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, made international headlines back in March when he blamed the novel coronavirus on same-sex marriage. Now, he is making headlines again. Why? According to the church, Filaret tested positive for the virus on Sep. 4 and has since been hospitalized. According to the church’s Facebook statement, he is in a stable condition and treatment is ongoing.
Now, if you’re wondering just how explicitly he blamed same-sex marriage, it was pretty cut and dry, according to translations. While appearing on a local TV station, Filaret as reported by The Independent, described the pandemic as punishment from God, brought on by “sinfulness of humanity; first of all, I mean same-sex marriage.“ …
Who would have dreamed a 91-y-o, white, male religious leader with a ridiculous hat and dress on could be so out of touch with reality?!
Trump knew it was a ‘deadly virus’
Trump knew it was transmitted in the air
Trump knew it was more dangerous than the flu
But still withheld the truth from the public
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One of the most interesting things I’ve noticed about non-natives appropriating our stuff is they never want anything but sage, smudging, and feathers.
Native people will share: our food, our music, our dancing, our art.
But no one is interested in those. They don’t CARE about our food and music. We never see those things in popular culture. Non-natives just want to take our religious items, because they feel entitled to the things people don’t want to share.
A Tribe Called Red (techno Native beats):
Taboo #noDAPL protest music (Native Hip Hop):
Supaman (Prayer loop song, Rap)
Check em out. Add on. Support Native Artists. Spread the love y'all
Good musical options. 🙌🏼
Snotty nose rez kids (hip hop) + Drezus (rap)
Blackfoot (rock)
Blackfire (punk/rock)
Silla+Rise (Throat singing blended with spacey electro beats)
Kelly Fraser (Pop)
T-Rhyme (Hip Hop)
Piqsiq (Throat Singing Electro)
Tanya Tagaq (Avant Guard, Punk, throat singer)
Iskwè (Pop/Electronic)
And the iconic Buffy Sainte Marie (Folk/Rock/Electronic)
