theroot--2020-09-03--Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation

Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation Confronting Public Health Impact of Structural Racism

Sen. Elizabeth Warren ( D-Mass . )
and Reps. Ayanna Pressley ( D-Mass . )
and Barbara Lee ( D-Calif. ) announced on Thursday a new plan that would declare racism a public health issue .
Dubbed “ the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020 , ” the legislation is the first of its kind and would harness the power of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research health disparities and propose antiracist policies to eradicate racial divides in health outcomes .
The bill also builds upon a growing movement among state and local governments that have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to shore up funding , increase accountability , and push through bold new proposals to dismantle the deep inequalities laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic and violent policing .
“ It is time we start treating structural racism like we would treat any other public health problem or disease : investing in research into its symptoms and causes and finding ways to mitigate its effects , ” said Sen. Warren .
“ My bill with Representatives Lee and Pressley is a first step to create anti-racist federal health policy that studies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roots.
” Congresswoman Pressley echoed the sentiments , telling The Root , “ For far too long , our federal government has failed to recognize and address the structural racism that has devastated Black and brown communities and denied access to quality health care.
” “ We must have a coordinated public health response to structural racism , and this bill would do just that.
” The bicameral legislation comes at the tail-end of a summer that has been defined by three major crises : the coronavirus pandemic , which has thus far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and vigilante violence targeting Black Americans , sparking insurrections across the United States ; and the worst job losses the country has ever experienced .
In each instance , race has been a defining feature .
Data from around the country have shown disproportionately high rates of infection and death from COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities .
In May , the Navajo Nation had the highest infection and death rate per capita than any of the 50 states .
Among public health experts and epidemiologists , there has been widespread agreement that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in structural problems , not personal choices .
Government policies like redlining and racial covenants , for instance , have helped perpetuate decades of divestment , ensuring predominantly Black , Latinx and Native communities are more likely to be polluted , have less access to adequate health care and fewer educational resources and job opportunities .
Even before data on COVID-19 ’ s racial disparities were known , public health experts and environmental justice advocates warned that the disease was likely to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color .
But despite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police killings has been on par with years prior .
An onslaught of high profile cases of police brutality and vigilante violence targeting Black people , including the deaths of George Floyd , Breonna Taylor , Ahmaud Arbery , and the recent shooting of Jacob Blake , have spurred the largest racial justice movement in the country ’ s history .
In the background , an economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has created massive job losses and triggered evictions ; those too , have devastated Black and Latinx households at higher rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this current recession , it ’ s still unclear what long-term effects this economic downturn may have on these communities .
“ COVID-19 has exposed the injustices in health outcomes for Black and Brown people , and it ’ s no coincidence , ” said Rep. Barbara Lee .
“ In addition to addressing the lasting impacts of systemic racism in criminal justice , economic inequality and the like , we must also commit resources to understanding racially unjust health outcomes.
” The bill put forward by Warren , Lee and Pressley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Center on Antiracism and Health that would formally declare racism a public health crisis ; conduct research and collect data on the public health impacts of systemic racism , as well educate the public on its findings ; and evaluate effective policies and practices that improve health outcomes for communities of color .
The legislation also aims at improving cooperation between the federal government and Native communities , requiring increased communication and coordination between the CDC and Tribal communities and councils .
But perhaps most notable is the creation of a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at the public health impact of police brutality and violence .
The “ Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program ” would study the impact police brutality has on various communities , collect comprehensive data on state violence and its effects , and work on developing public health interventions to eliminate the “ deaths , injury , trauma , and negative mental health effects from police presence and interactions.
” “ Racial and ethnic inequity in public health is a result of systematic , personally mediated , and internalized racism and racist public and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ structural racism is integral to addressing public health , ” the bill states .
Rep. Pressley added that the legislation would require the federal government to proactively develop anti-racist policies .
“ It is time we recognize and treat structural racism and police brutality as the public health crises that they are , ” she said .
The idea of addressing structural racism as a public health issue has gained a lot of ground in recent months .
Milwaukee County—just 32 miles away from Kenosha County—was among the first to declare racism a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deep racial divides in employment , education and incarceration rates .
Since then , roughly 60 state and local governments have followed suit .
As Sharrelle Barber , a Drexel University assistant professor of epidemiology , explained to the Smithsonian this summer , this approach shifts the way institutions and medical professionals confront health problems like obesity , maternal mortality , and diabetes ( all of which have a disproportionate effect on African Americans ) .
Rather than addressing these issues as the product of personal choices or biology , the causes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And with research showing “ a deadly barrage ” of new pandemics to come , the urgency to eradicate systemic inequality as a matter of public health has arguably never been more urgent .
“ If we had a structural racism lens going into this pandemic , perhaps we would have done things differently .
For example , get testing to communities that we know are going to be more susceptible to the virus , ” Barber told the Smithsonian .
“ We would have done that early on as opposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ‘ Well , folks need to have personal protective equipment and paid sick leave and hazard pay.
’ We would have made that a priority.
” Sens .
Mazie Hirono ( D-Hawaii . )
, Edward J. Markey ( D-Mass . )
, Jeff Merkley ( D-Ore. ) , and Tina Smith ( D-Minn. ) are all cosponsors of the Senate bill .
The legislation has also been endorsed by the NAACP , the National Medical Association , the National Urban League , the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Justice Collaborative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Perry , founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative , is among those supporting the historic bill .
“ Right now , health and life outcomes are largely dictated by the color of one ’ s skin , ” said Perry .
“ Absent sweeping change , Black people ’ s lives will continue to be disregarded .
”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday a new plan that would declare racism a public health issue. Dubbed “the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020,” the legislation is the first of its kind and would harness the power of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research health disparities and propose antiracist policies to eradicate racial divides in health outcomes.
The bill also builds upon a growing movement among state and local governments that have declared racism a public health crisis in order to shore up funding, increase accountability, and push through bold new proposals to dismantle the deep inequalities laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic and violent policing.
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“It is time we start treating structural racism like we would treat any other public health problem or disease: investing in research into its symptoms and causes and finding ways to mitigate its effects,” said Sen. Warren. “My bill with Representatives Lee and Pressley is a first step to create anti-racist federal health policy that studies and addresses disparities in health outcomes at their roots.”
Congresswoman Pressley echoed the sentiments, telling The Root, “For far too long, our federal government has failed to recognize and address the structural racism that has devastated Black and brown communities and denied access to quality health care.”
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“We must have a coordinated public health response to structural racism, and this bill would do just that.”
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The bicameral legislation comes at the tail-end of a summer that has been defined by three major crises: the coronavirus pandemic, which has thus far killed more than 180,000 Americans; state and vigilante violence targeting Black Americans, sparking insurrections across the United States; and the worst job losses the country has ever experienced. In each instance, race has been a defining feature.
Data from around the country have shown disproportionately high rates of infection and death from COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities. In May, the Navajo Nation had the highest infection and death rate per capita than any of the 50 states. Among public health experts and epidemiologists, there has been widespread agreement that the causes of these disparities are rooted in structural problems, not personal choices. Government policies like redlining and racial covenants, for instance, have helped perpetuate decades of divestment, ensuring predominantly Black, Latinx and Native communities are more likely to be polluted, have less access to adequate health care and fewer educational resources and job opportunities. Even before data on COVID-19’s racial disparities were known, public health experts and environmental justice advocates warned that the disease was likely to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
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But despite nationwide shelter-in-place directives, the rate of police killings has been on par with years prior. An onslaught of high profile cases of police brutality and vigilante violence targeting Black people, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the recent shooting of Jacob Blake, have spurred the largest racial justice movement in the country’s history.
In the background, an economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has created massive job losses and triggered evictions; those too, have devastated Black and Latinx households at higher rates. And with no end in sight to this current recession, it’s still unclear what long-term effects this economic downturn may have on these communities.
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“COVID-19 has exposed the injustices in health outcomes for Black and Brown people, and it’s no coincidence,” said Rep. Barbara Lee. “In addition to addressing the lasting impacts of systemic racism in criminal justice, economic inequality and the like, we must also commit resources to understanding racially unjust health outcomes.”
The bill put forward by Warren, Lee and Pressley calls for the CDC to establish a National Center on Antiracism and Health that would formally declare racism a public health crisis; conduct research and collect data on the public health impacts of systemic racism, as well educate the public on its findings; and evaluate effective policies and practices that improve health outcomes for communities of color. The legislation also aims at improving cooperation between the federal government and Native communities, requiring increased communication and coordination between the CDC and Tribal communities and councils.
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But perhaps most notable is the creation of a new program within the CDC that would specifically look at the public health impact of police brutality and violence. The “Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program” would study the impact police brutality has on various communities, collect comprehensive data on state violence and its effects, and work on developing public health interventions to eliminate the “deaths, injury, trauma, and negative mental health effects from police presence and interactions.”
“Racial and ethnic inequity in public health is a result of systematic, personally mediated, and internalized racism and racist public and private policies and practices, and dismantling structural racism is integral to addressing public health,” the bill states.
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Rep. Pressley added that the legislation would require the federal government to proactively develop anti-racist policies.
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“It is time we recognize and treat structural racism and police brutality as the public health crises that they are,” she said.
The idea of addressing structural racism as a public health issue has gained a lot of ground in recent months. Milwaukee County—just 32 miles away from Kenosha County—was among the first to declare racism a public health crisis in 2019, citing deep racial divides in employment, education and incarceration rates. Since then, roughly 60 state and local governments have followed suit. As Sharrelle Barber, a Drexel University assistant professor of epidemiology, explained to the Smithsonian this summer, this approach shifts the way institutions and medical professionals confront health problems like obesity, maternal mortality, and diabetes (all of which have a disproportionate effect on African Americans). Rather than addressing these issues as the product of personal choices or biology, the causes of these disparities are tackled at their roots. And with research showing “a deadly barrage” of new pandemics to come, the urgency to eradicate systemic inequality as a matter of public health has arguably never been more urgent.
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“If we had a structural racism lens going into this pandemic, perhaps we would have done things differently. For example, get testing to communities that we know are going to be more susceptible to the virus,” Barber told the Smithsonian. “We would have done that early on as opposed to waiting, or we would have said, ‘Well, folks need to have personal protective equipment and paid sick leave and hazard pay.’ We would have made that a priority.”
Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are all cosponsors of the Senate bill. The legislation has also been endorsed by the NAACP, the National Medical Association, the National Urban League, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Justice Collaborative, among others.
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Dr. Joia Crear Perry, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, is among those supporting the historic bill.
“Right now, health and life outcomes are largely dictated by the color of one’s skin,” said Perry. “Absent sweeping change, Black people’s lives will continue to be disregarded.”


theroot--2020-09-03--Can't Seem to Keep Plants Alive? Succulents Are the Answer so Grab This 12 Pack for $27

It ’ s nice having a few plants in your home .
They bring a little cheer , life , and can brighten a small space .
Today take 27 % off this pack of twelve fully rooted and ready to thrive succulents from Plants for Pets .
Succulents are easy to take care of and with this many , they also make great gifts if you find an adorable decorative pot to transport them in .
They make the perfect decoration for windowsills as I have them in my bedroom .
Each succulent is unique in size , color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This company also mixes in a cactus or two for variety .
Don ’ t worry you ’ ll get a detailed care guide in case you think you have the curse of the black thumb .
But I have full faith you be able to keep each of these like plant babies alive .
And if you can ’ t well , there ’ s so many here to practice on you ’ re sure to keep at least half alive .
But seriously , these are the hardest plants to kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mommas and Plant Daddies .
These ship for free for Prime members .

Sheilah Villari on Kinja Deals, shared by Gabe Carey to The Root

12 Pack of Fully Rooted Succulents | $24 | Amazon
It’s nice having a few plants in your home. They bring a little cheer, life and can brighten a small space. Take 10 % off this twelve fully rooted pack and ready to thrive succulents from Plants for Pets.
Succulents are easy to take care of, and with this many, they also make great gifts if you find an adorable decorative pot to transport them in. They make the perfect decoration for windowsills and bookshelves. Each succulent is unique in size, color, texture , and is hand-picked. Plants for Pets tries to keep a right mix with Aeonium, Aloe, Crassula, Echeveria, Kalanchoe, and Sedum, to name a few. Don’t worry. You’ll get a detailed care guide in case you think you have the curse of the black thumb. But I have full faith you’ll be able to keep each of these plant babies alive. And if you can’t well, there’s so many here to practice on. But seriously, these are the hardest plants to kill. I believe in you, Earth Mommas, and Plant Daddies.
These ship for free for Prime members.


theroot--2020-09-03--Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Announces He and His Family Contracted COVID-19: 'It's a Gut Punch'

Dwayne “ The Rock ” Johnson has been hit with chairs in the wrestling ring and verbally taken to task by Kevin Hart multiple times in film .
However , on Wednesday , he said his most current challenge is “ one of the most difficult ” he ’ s had to face , especially as it involves his wife and two youngest daughters .
In a video uploaded to Instagram , Johnson revealed that he , his wife Lauren , and their two daughters , Jasmine , 4 , and Tiana , 2 , contracted COVID-19 and have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly three weeks .
“ I ’ ve gone through some doozies in the past , ” the Jumanji star says of his diagnosis .
“ Testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries , or being evicted , or even being broke , which I have been more than a few times.
” Johnson adds that while he wishes he was the only one in his household who contracted the disease caused by novel coronavirus , his loved ones were also suffering .
His daughters , he details , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly .
However , he and his wife had a “ rough go at it.
” “ We are counting our blessings right now because we ’ re well aware that it isn ’ t always the case that you get on the other end of COVID-19 stronger and healthier , ” he continues .
“ I have had some of my best friends have lost their parents , their loved ones , to this virus that is so incredibly relentless and unforgiving , and it is insidious.
” Johnson also offers helpful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as boosting your immunity with vitamins , drinking tons of water and taking antioxidants .
However , the biggest advice he gives is the one all of us have been harping on but somehow remains the most difficult to do .
“ The other thing is , wear your mask .
We have been in quarantine for months ; we wear our masks every day , ” Johnson said .
“ This baffles me that some people out there , including some politicians , will take this idea of wearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a political agenda , politicizing it .
It has nothing to do in politics .
Wear your mask .
It is a fact , and it is the right thing to do .
And it ’ s the responsible thing to do ... for your fellow human beings.
” THANK YOUUUUUU .
( Also , speaking of politics : throwback to when The Rock was considering running for president in 2024 . )
Johnson also added that he doesn ’ t care what political affiliation his followers have , he just wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his wife Lauren Hashian began dating in 2007 and married in 2019 .
In addition to his youngest daughters , he has a 19-year-old daughter named Simone .

J'na Jefferson on The Grapevine, shared by J'na Jefferson to The Root

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been hit with chairs in the wrestling ring and verbally taken to task by Kevin Hart multiple times in film. However, on Wednesday, he said his most current challenge is “one of the most difficult” he’s had to face, especially as it involves his wife and two youngest daughters.
In a video uploaded to Instagram, Johnson revealed that he, his wife Lauren, and their two daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, contracted COVID-19 and have been attempting to heal as a family for nearly three weeks.
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“I’ve gone through some doozies in the past,” the Jumanji star says of his diagnosis. “Testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries, or being evicted, or even being broke, which I have been more than a few times.”
Johnson adds that while he wishes he was the only one in his household who contracted the disease caused by novel coronavirus, his loved ones were also suffering. His daughters, he details, suffered from sore throats and recovered relatively quickly. However, he and his wife had a “rough go at it.”
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“We are counting our blessings right now because we’re well aware that it isn’t always the case that you get on the other end of COVID-19 stronger and healthier,” he continues. “I have had some of my best friends have lost their parents, their loved ones, to this virus that is so incredibly relentless and unforgiving, and it is insidious.”
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Johnson also offers helpful tips on how to combat the illness, such as boosting your immunity with vitamins, drinking tons of water and taking antioxidants. However, the biggest advice he gives is the one all of us have been harping on but somehow remains the most difficult to do.
“The other thing is, wear your mask. We have been in quarantine for months; we wear our masks every day,” Johnson said. “This baffles me that some people out there, including some politicians, will take this idea of wearing a mask and make it a political agenda—part of a political agenda, politicizing it. It has nothing to do in politics. Wear your mask. It is a fact, and it is the right thing to do. And it’s the responsible thing to do...for your fellow human beings.”
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THANK YOUUUUUU. (Also, speaking of politics: throwback to when The Rock was considering running for president in 2024.) Johnson also added that he doesn’t care what political affiliation his followers have, he just wants everyone to be safe.
The Rock and his wife Lauren Hashian began dating in 2007 and married in 2019. In addition to his youngest daughters, he has a 19-year-old daughter named Simone.


theroot--2020-09-05--Usher Announces 2021 Las Vegas Residency, and All We Can Say Is 'Yeah!'

Usher once sang “ if you want it , scream ‘ yeah ’ ” —and it looks like fans of his live shows are going to be screaming “ yeah !
” next year .
Rolling Stone announced that Usher is taking his decades-long career and performing talents to Las Vegas .
He will have his own residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace , and it will open on Friday , July 16th , 2021 .
“ 2020 has been extremely complicated—we ’ ve suppressed this anxiety and energy to do anything social , ” Usher tells the publication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excited to be able to know that I ’ m in the process of putting together a show for Las Vegas.
” The Colosseum has 4,300 seats , and according to the report , the performer will not only perform his biggest hits but will showcase new material , as well .
“ U don ’ t have to call , ” but you do have to prepare .
For those who are ready to see the R & B superstar , presale tickets go on sale Sept. 7 beginning at 10 a.m. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PT .
Tickets will become available to the general public on September 10 at 10 a.m. PT via Live Nation , which is producing the residency alongside Caesars Entertainment .
$ 1 from every ticket sold will benefit Usher ’ s New Look , Inc. ( UNL ) , a nonprofit which aims to provide for underserved youth .
“ [ UNL ] is my hard work that goes into really helping people to have a greater life , greater opportunities , understand that they can be entrepreneurs , ” Usher says of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1999 .
“ Every time that I ’ ve done anything , I always try my hardest to intertwine for-profit and for-purpose at the same time , and this is an opportunity for me to do .
”

Usher once sang “if you want it, scream ‘yeah’”—and it looks like fans of his live shows are going to be screaming “yeah!” next year.
Rolling Stone announced that Usher is taking his decades-long career and performing talents to Las Vegas. He will have his own residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and it will open on Friday, July 16th, 2021.
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“2020 has been extremely complicated—we’ve suppressed this anxiety and energy to do anything social,” Usher tells the publication. “So I’m really excited to be able to know that I’m in the process of putting together a show for Las Vegas.” The Colosseum has 4,300 seats, and according to the report, the performer will not only perform his biggest hits but will showcase new material, as well.
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“U don’t have to call,” but you do have to prepare. For those who are ready to see the R&B superstar, presale tickets go on sale Sept. 7 beginning at 10 a.m. PT through September 9 at 10 p.m. PT. Tickets will become available to the general public on September 10 at 10 a.m. PT via Live Nation, which is producing the residency alongside Caesars Entertainment. $1 from every ticket sold will benefit Usher’s New Look, Inc. (UNL), a nonprofit which aims to provide for underserved youth.
“[UNL] is my hard work that goes into really helping people to have a greater life, greater opportunities, understand that they can be entrepreneurs,” Usher says of his organization, which he started in 1999. “Every time that I’ve done anything, I always try my hardest to intertwine for-profit and for-purpose at the same time, and this is an opportunity for me to do.”
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See Usher’s residency dates below.
July 16, 2021
July 17, 2021
July 21, 2021
July 23, 2021
July 24, 2021
July 28, 2021
July 30, 2021
July 31, 2021
December 28, 2021
December 29, 2021
December 31, 2021
January 1, 2022


theroot--2020-09-03--All the Key Ingredients to Stop Wasting Food and Cook Properly for One

Cooking your own meals is a bonafide way to save money and eat better .
Especially now , with a lot of people still quarantined , cooking is a good distraction from everything while also making something essential to your well-being .
But , it seems like every recipe is portioned for an entire family .
I ’ m one of those jerks that needs to make sure I don ’ t eat the wrong things ( or else ) , so I can ’ t really cook and share with my roommates .
Ah the joys of youth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re eating and how you may come to regret it later .
As such , I ’ ve needed to adjust a lot of my cooking habits so I ’ m not overcooking and stuck throwing things away .
If you ’ re in the same boat , or live alone , these tips can help you out !
Most recipes make four , six , or eight portions of food .
When you ’ re cooking for yourself , that ’ s entirely too much !
The best way to not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your recipe to simply … make less .
But when you ’ re staring at an ingredient list , that can be easier said than done .
Using an online recipe calculator will simplify the process and make meals you can eat before they go bad .
On that note , one thing that ’ s always is a good idea is to have your dinner leftovers for lunch the next day .
It saves you time from making a separate lunch while making sure you have a reason not to pick up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make sure to splurge a little now and get some nice glass Tupperware to throw your leftovers in .
Glass lasts way longer and won ’ t get stained by saucy dishes .
With them being dishwasher and oven friendly as well , it ’ s a no brainer to spend a little extra now for the glass upgrade .
Portion That Meat Out Before Freezing It Buying meat in bulk is always a good idea .
FREEZING it in bulk isn ’ t .
By portioning out the meat properly before freezing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the correct amount ready to go when you ’ re cooking .
And it thaws faster !
I recommend half-pound portions—while a pound of meat is standard , that ’ s hard for one person to eat on their own .
Besides , if you actually do need a pound for something , you can just pull two portions out and be done with it .
Better than pulling out a pound of meat , thawing , then refreezing half .
That runs the risk of freezer burn !
A Lot of Things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recipes can be adjusted for cooking less , particularly if you ’ re using a slow cooker or pressure cooker .
Appliances like these are more or less made to make big items in bulk .
But , the secret is a lot of recipes , or cooked recipe components , can be frozen for later use !
Things like soups , dips , and sauces can be stored in a freezer baggie or sealed container and saved for later .
The best part is if you don ’ t want to cook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out and heat your meal up—no need to open up that DoorDash app !
Hell , my roommates freeze anything and everything ...
I saw some frozen fried chicken in there once .
I wouldn ’ t go QUITE that far .
Then again , something like that might be perfect to repurpose into another meal .
Alternatively , just having the right tools for the job can help a lot .
It might seem silly , but having smaller cookware and smaller appliances simply make it easier to cook .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a lot of kitchen space !
I find that a lot of Dash ’ s mini appliances get the job done for me in that regard .
I have a rice cooker , griddle , and egg cooker , and they all do the things I need them to do , but without having to make a big serving .
The rice cooker cooks just enough rice for me , while the egg cooker can make up to 6 hard-boiled eggs without having to play around with a boiling pot of water @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Elizabeth Henges on The Inventory, shared by Gabe Carey to The Root

Cooking your own meals is a bonafide way to save money and eat better. Especially now, with a lot of people still quarantined, cooking is a good distraction from everything while also making something essential to your well-being. But, it seems like every recipe is portioned for an entire family. I’m one of those jerks that needs to make sure I don’t eat the wrong things (or else), so I can’t really cook and share with my roommates.
Ah the joys of youth, not having to worry about what you’re eating and how you may come to regret it later.
As such, I’ve needed to adjust a lot of my cooking habits so I’m not overcooking and stuck throwing things away. If you’re in the same boat, or live alone, these tips can help you out!
Advertisement
Chop the Ingredient List in Half
Most recipes make four, six, or eight portions of food. When you’re cooking for yourself, that’s entirely too much! The best way to not make too much food is to adjust your recipe to simply … make less. But when you’re staring at an ingredient list, that can be easier said than done. Using an online recipe calculator will simplify the process and make meals you can eat before they go bad.
Advertisement Advertisement
On that note, one thing that’s always is a good idea is to have your dinner leftovers for lunch the next day. It saves you time from making a separate lunch while making sure you have a reason not to pick up the phone and browse DoorDash. Just make sure to splurge a little now and get some nice glass Tupperware to throw your leftovers in. Glass lasts way longer and won’t get stained by saucy dishes. With them being dishwasher and oven friendly as well, it’s a no brainer to spend a little extra now for the glass upgrade.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Buying meat in bulk is always a good idea. FREEZING it in bulk isn’t. By portioning out the meat properly before freezing, you can make sure you have the correct amount ready to go when you’re cooking. And it thaws faster! I recommend half-pound portions—while a pound of meat is standard, that’s hard for one person to eat on their own. Besides, if you actually do need a pound for something, you can just pull two portions out and be done with it. Better than pulling out a pound of meat, thawing, then refreezing half. That runs the risk of freezer burn!
Advertisement
So not all recipes can be adjusted for cooking less, particularly if you’re using a slow cooker or pressure cooker. Appliances like these are more or less made to make big items in bulk. But, the secret is a lot of recipes, or cooked recipe components, can be frozen for later use! Things like soups, dips, and sauces can be stored in a freezer baggie or sealed container and saved for later. The best part is if you don’t want to cook, you can just thaw a package out and heat your meal up—no need to open up that DoorDash app!
Hell, my roommates freeze anything and everything ... I saw some frozen fried chicken in there once. I wouldn’t go QUITE that far. Then again, something like that might be perfect to repurpose into another meal.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Alternatively, just having the right tools for the job can help a lot. It might seem silly, but having smaller cookware and smaller appliances simply make it easier to cook. This is doubly true if you don’t have a lot of kitchen space!
I find that a lot of Dash’s mini appliances get the job done for me in that regard. I have a rice cooker, griddle, and egg cooker, and they all do the things I need them to do, but without having to make a big serving. The rice cooker cooks just enough rice for me, while the egg cooker can make up to 6 hard-boiled eggs without having to play around with a boiling pot of water. They’re pretty great!


theroot--2020-09-04--New Jersey Sends a Black Woman to the State Supreme Court for First Time In Its History

Oh , how I love seeing Black people—especially Black women—in positions of power .
For the first time in the state ’ s history , New Jersey is sending a Black woman to serve as a state Supreme Court justice after the state Senate unanimously confirmed her nomination Thursday .
USA Today reports that Fabiana Pierre-Louis will not only be the first Black woman to sit on the state ’ s highest court , but the 39-year-old will also be the youngest justice in the state ’ s history .
Pierre-Louis will likely take her position on the bench in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s opening cases in its next term starting in early September .
The justice whom she will replace , Walter Timpone , reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in November but has agreed to leave early , said Sen. Nicholas Scutari , chairman of the Judiciary Committee .
Pierre-Louis was confirmed by a vote of 39-0 , though the lone absent senator , Nia Gill , relayed her support for the new associate justice .
Many of the lawmakers noted the history being made ahead of the vote in the Senate chamber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centennial of women ’ s right to vote — but they also went to lengths to cast her race and gender as footnotes .
“ Today is a historic day , so there ’ s no way to mince words about that .
But what makes it even more special is she is uniquely well-qualified for this opportunity , ” Sen .
Troy Singleton ( D-Burlington ) said .
“ Not because of the color of her skin but because , as Martin Luther King said , the content of her character , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born in New York City to Haitian immigrants and raised in Brooklyn and Irvington .
She graduated from Rutgers University and earned her law degree at Rutgers University Law School before spending nine years as a prosecutor in the United States Attorney ’ s Office for the District of New Jersey .
There , she was also the first Black woman ( and woman of color , period ) to be put in charge of its Camden office , according to USA Today .
“ The thought of actually sitting on the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across my mind as a law clerk , ” Pierre-Louis told ABC7 .
“ I think my end game as a law student was to become an attorney and hopefully make an impact on the legal profession , in some way.
” New Jersey Gov .
Phil Murphy , who nominated Pierre-Louis for a justice seat back in June , released the following statement to ABC7 : “ Fabiana is an exceptionally talented attorney , and will now have the historic distinction of becoming the first Black woman to be seated on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am honored to have put her name forward , and to see someone with a different set of life experiences and perspectives on our Supreme Court , a judicial body where New Jerseyans from all walks of life turn for justice .
I also thank Senate President Sweeney and Chairman Scutari for their support and conducting a thorough , fair , and open confirmation process .
”

Oh, how I love seeing Black people—especially Black women—in positions of power.
For the first time in the state’s history, New Jersey is sending a Black woman to serve as a state Supreme Court justice after the state Senate unanimously confirmed her nomination Thursday.
USA Today reports that Fabiana Pierre-Louis will not only be the first Black woman to sit on the state’s highest court, but the 39-year-old will also be the youngest justice in the state’s history.
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From USA Today:
Pierre-Louis will likely take her position on the bench in time to hear the Supreme Court’s opening cases in its next term starting in early September. The justice whom she will replace, Walter Timpone, reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in November but has agreed to leave early, said Sen. Nicholas Scutari, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Pierre-Louis was confirmed by a vote of 39-0, though the lone absent senator, Nia Gill, relayed her support for the new associate justice. Many of the lawmakers noted the history being made ahead of the vote in the Senate chamber — which preceded a celebration of the centennial of women’s right to vote — but they also went to lengths to cast her race and gender as footnotes.
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“Today is a historic day, so there’s no way to mince words about that. But what makes it even more special is she is uniquely well-qualified for this opportunity,” Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) said. “Not because of the color of her skin but because, as Martin Luther King said, the content of her character, and her great accuracy.”
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Pierre-Louis was born in New York City to Haitian immigrants and raised in Brooklyn and Irvington. She graduated from Rutgers University and earned her law degree at Rutgers University Law School before spending nine years as a prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. There, she was also the first Black woman (and woman of color, period) to be put in charge of its Camden office, according to USA Today.
“The thought of actually sitting on the court one day was not something that came across my mind as a law clerk,” Pierre-Louis told ABC7. “I think my end game as a law student was to become an attorney and hopefully make an impact on the legal profession, in some way.”
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who nominated Pierre-Louis for a justice seat back in June, released the following statement to ABC7:
“Fabiana is an exceptionally talented attorney, and will now have the historic distinction of becoming the first Black woman to be seated on our state’s highest court. I am honored to have put her name forward, and to see someone with a different set of life experiences and perspectives on our Supreme Court, a judicial body where New Jerseyans from all walks of life turn for justice. I also thank Senate President Sweeney and Chairman Scutari for their support and conducting a thorough, fair, and open confirmation process.”


theroot--2020-09-04--The Root's Clapback Mailbag: I Feel Fine

I ’ m going to stop being so offensive .
From now on , I promise to respond to the violence , theft and downright absurdity of white supremacy with eloquently composed reactions that ruffle no feathers and leave no one feeling offended .
From this day forward , I won ’ t call the white people who inflict pain “ white people who inflict pain.
” I ’ ll find better words .
I ’ ll call them “ not Black people who absorb punishment.
” Instead of “ white , ” I ’ ll call them “ melanin-impaired.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ll call them “ inequality advocates.
” I ’ ll only refer to “ white supremacists ” as “ Caucasian aficionados.
” I will now refer to Black people as “ whiteness-impaired.
” Or how about “ justice-deficient Americans ?
” I ’ m sure that will help .
Some people took issue with the article on the NFL ’ s plan to scrawl meaningless phrases on touchdown land .
From : Send in the Drones To : Michael Harriot I get kicking the NFL around a bit .
Not happy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people in my city to build a useless stadium for the team that then left , but seriously - the NFL doesn ’ t hire cops .
They do hire entertainers , of which Kaep was one .
No entertainment company enjoys having one of their employees redirect the efforts made to supply the paying customers with one entertainment product into an unrelated avenue .
In addition , the NFL marketing people certainly told them their primary income was from people not supportive of Kaep ’ s attention grabbing efforts .
People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day ’ s problems , not take on those problems that others have .
The increased support for Kaep ’ s position is noticeable but does it turn into increased revenue for the NFL or earn them social goodwill points ?
I expect the answer to both of those is “ No.
” I can not imagine what would happen to an actor for “ Hamilton ” who came out on stage before the curtain came up and gave a Trumplican support address .
My guess that would be an unemployed actor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ said “ Think of the puppies that are starving and need your care ” without running it by the management , it ’ s likely they would be put on standby .
Anyway , I ’ d be just as glad for most professional sports to go by the wayside .
Too many injuries , too many people who aren ’ t the big stars getting too little compensation , too many people idolizing the players for skills at doing something with a ball .
Cry me a river if Saturday and Sunday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the weeds by overtime .
But don ’ t expect that the NFL can in any way fix police .
Also - f ’ the owners of the Arizona Cardinals .
Give Saint Louis all the money back .
According to your logic , George Wallace should be my hero .
Perhaps no other person in Alabama history has contributed to the economic prosperity of Black people in the state more than Wallace .
He instituted a community college program that offered a path to the middle class .
He tied them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gain entrance to the state university system .
To this day , no other governor has appointed more Black people to high-level government positions .
Also , perhaps no other person in Alabama history has contributed to Alabama ’ s inequality more than Wallace .
As the most famous and the most powerful person in the state , Wallace ’ s stance on segregation was a signal to the violent extremists who rained death , destruction and chaos on Black people during his term as governor .
He stood in the doors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from being integrated .
He supported Bull Connor , who terrorized Black Birminghamians .
On September 8 , 1963 , a few months after his inauguration where he called for “ Segregation now , segregation tomorrow , segregation forever , ” Wallace said the state needed “ a few first-class funerals ” to settle the protests against segregation .
The NFL owners , on the other hand , are different .
They never called for Kaepernick ’ s death ; they just killed his career , according to emails and phone records .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to attack protesters with dogs and firehose , they just fined them for protesting .
They didn ’ t cause people to hate anyone who brought attention to racial injustice .
But their actions made millions of fans believe that speaking out about injustice was inappropriate and wrong .
One of the biggest byproducts of white privilege is the opportunity to do whatever you want to do and then “ move forward.
” And most Black people understand that the NFL is in the business of making money .
Slave traders were in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So were slave owners .
The University of Alabama feared that white people wouldn ’ t enroll if they desegregated , which is one of their explanations of why they resisted integration .
But when the state of Alabama allowed Black children to enroll , it didn ’ t repay the millions of dollars it had stolen from Black taxpayers .
When the Civil War ended , America didn ’ t reimburse the slaves for their work .
When George Wallace became a Christian and denounced racism , it didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair from their graves .
And when the NFL announced that it would stencil the equivalent of “ all lives matter ” in the end zone , it didn ’ t un-blackball Colin Kaepernick .
It didn ’ t un-cement the opinions of those people who scowl at Black protests .
The league can ’ t undo the harm it had already done .
Again , no one thinks that the NFL did this for any other reason than profit .
But that is not an excuse .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of thin air .
All racists have a reason for their racism , whether it be money , self-preservation , the way they were raised , history or just plain hate .
I don ’ t believe many of the Republicans agree with Trump ’ s racism .
I think they are just playing the political hand that they were given and don ’ t want to offend their base .
After all , they are just politicians .
No one expects politicians or the NFL to fix racism .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
And if they do , they deserve the scorn they receive .
Perhaps my favorite illustration of white people ’ s ability to “ move forward ” is the Encyclopedia Brittanica ’ s explanation for George Wallace ’ s murderous rhetoric : If case you were wondering , The Root still holds the title of “ the real racists.
” First of all , I would like our regular readers to know that I won ’ t dwell on it , but please believe that the irony of this semicolon-addicted nitwit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in [ his ] high school & college , ” while writing that “ If you mock the leader of the world like your a third grader ” hasn ’ t been lost on me .
I am always amazed at how dumb white people are .
( Nolen isn ’ t “ mixed , ” trust me . )
That ’ s it .
It ’ s not a compound sentence .
White people are just dumb .
White people believe that a Black man could get poor grades in college and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because he benefitted from affirmative action .
They believe that giving healthcare to millions of Americans is a ho-hum achievement even though no white man could do it .
They believe the Black man broke the economy that he inherited from a white man but won ’ t give the Black guy any credit for fixing it .
But they also are also amazed that a white man who inherited multimillions could become a billionaire when 99 percent of billionaires are white .
They believe that a rich , white racist becoming president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the presidents were rich , white racists .
They credit the white guy for a great economy but not the Black guy who handed it to him .
They don ’ t think the cratering economy is the white guy ’ s fault or proof of his incompetence .
But pointing out my amazement at dumb white people ’ s stupidity doesn ’ t make me racist because I believe Black people and white people are more alike than we realized .
Some people took issue with this title : “ I feel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phrases because it ’ s a phrase of resistance .
But I understand why you don ’ t know that .
Neither did I .
“ I feel fine ” is a rallying cry because t hey were the first words Carolyn Bryant spoke after her husband was acquitted for killing Emmett Till in the lynching that sparked the c ivil r ights movement .
A few years ago , someone contacted me and asked me to write a poem for a dinner for John Lewis , and I agreed .
Every year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ senators to make a trip to Selma , Ala. , to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge .
They said someone would give me a call with the specifics for the poem but they never did .
I arrived at the event , which was in a restaurant , and a Capitol police officer said someone wanted to see me in an adjacent room .
Now this specific year , instead of honoring him , Lewis wanted to honor the “ women of the movement ” and wanted to open it with a poem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ names , most of whom I did not know .
So I sat at my table with a bunch of senators and a congresswoman and looked up the names .
I had to create a whole new poem on the spot that included these names , one of which was Amelia Boynton .
I believe Amelia Boynton is the most important person in the civil rights movement and possibly in the history of Black people in America .
In 1934 , Boynton became one of the few Black people in the state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then , instead of explicitly barring Black people from voting , they would make people take “ literacy tests.
” But these tests didn ’ t really have anything to do with “ literacy.
” A registrant would have to memorize excerpts from the Constitution .
They had to have perfect handwriting .
It was basically a “ stop Black people from voting ” test .
Amelia passed that shit on the first try .
Then she started teaching other Black people how to pass the test .
Nobody messed with Amelia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and named her first son after him .
When the Klan ran the town ’ s only Black notary public out of town , making it impossible to vote , Amelia convinced her husband to start an insurance agency .
They took over the organization the man had started , the Dallas County Voter ’ s League , and held NAACP meetings in their tiny Selma office .
They fought the Klan , the state and the local government .
After her husband had a stroke , she still taught their children not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man .
In fact , when her son Bruce was in law school at Howard , he rode the bus home for Christmas break .
When the bus stopped at a Trailways Bus station to eat , Bruce posted up at the “ whites only ” counter just like everyone else .
When they told him to leave , he would only reply : He was arrested and convicted but his mom wouldn ’ t stop until his conviction was overturned .
She called an NAACP lawyer she knew and made that lawyer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even if they had to go to the Supreme Court .
So , in 1962 , the KKK faced off against Amelia ’ s entire family for registering Black people to vote .
Amelia wouldn ’ t stop .
In 1964 , she gave up leadership at the DCVL and ran for Congress , making her the first Black woman in the state of Alabama to run for office and the first woman of any race to run as a Democrat .
After she lost , she said she had to bring more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if some of the more famous Black activists would help Everyone in the DCVL told her she was crazy to think famous people would come to tiny little Selma .
After all , there were only about 12 people in the DCVL .
But Amelia tried it anyway .
And they came !
John Lewis came .
Martin Luther King Jr. came to Selma .
Why would they come ?
Why would anyone listen to this little woman from Alabama ?
Well , remember when Amelia ’ s son was arrested ?
Well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s son was named Thurgood Marshall .
They did have to go all the way to the Supreme Court .
That ’ s how Amelia Boynton helped overturn segregation on interstate commerce in the landmark Supreme Court case of Bruce George Washington Carver Boynton v. Virginia .
And that ’ s how a relatively unknown activist named John Lewis became famous on the Freedom Rides .
When his skull was cracked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge , Lewis still went to the march the next week , telling everyone : And that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sign the Voting Rights Act .
In 1954 , Amelia went to visit a church in Montgomery .
The church ’ s pastor was really involved in civil rights and had heard about Amelia , so he asked her to come to speak with his youth group .
Amelia talked to them about segregation , voter registration and their rights .
One of the girls asked about nonviolent resistance and Amelia gave her a list of phrases that she always used when she encountered trouble .
A few months later , that girl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school .
When a white woman asked her for her seat , she wouldn ’ t move .
The bus driver told her to move but she wouldn ’ t move .
The driver threatened to call the police and she wouldn ’ t move .
“ History kept me stuck to my seat , ” she would later say .
“ I felt the hand of Harriet Tubman pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth pushing down on the other.
” When the police came to arrest her , they asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would only reply : No , this is not the story of Rosa Parks .
This is the story of 15-year-old Claudette Colvin .
Contrary to popular belief , Rosa Parks ’ one-woman protest had absolutely nothing to do with ending segregation on Montgomery buses .
Other Black women had been doing it for a while but the local NAACP chapter chose Rosa Parks instead .
However , another one of Amelia ’ s friends , Fred Gray , realized that the state of Alabama would never hear the Parks case so he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Susie McDonald , Mary Louise Smith and Jeanetta Reese to ask them to become plaintiffs in a federal case .
And that ’ s what ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott .
Colvin wasn ’ t asked to be the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott because she was pregnant ; she was dark-skinned and did not have “ good hair.
” “ My mother told me to be quiet about what I did , ” Claudette said .
“ She told me : Let Rosa be the one .
White people aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they like her.
” Claudette has said repeatedly that she did not mind being left out of the narrative .
Even that pastor didn ’ t feel bad because when the NAACP reportedly asked Colvin whether she minded , she replied : In 1958 , the state of Alabama executed Jeremiah Reeves .
When Reeves was 16 , he was convicted in 1952 by an all-white jury of raping a white woman , which he denied to the day he died .
During his interrogation , he was forced to sit in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason no Black person was on the jury was that they couldn ’ t register to vote , something Amelia Boynton had worked for all her adult life .
When Reeves was executed , his last words were recorded as “ I feel fine.
” But how did he know about the phrase ?
Well , Jeremiah had a friend who became active in the civil rights movement .
She even said she would become president one day .
She spoke out every chance she got .
Her parents didn ’ t like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And when she got the chance , she met every civil rights leader she could .
the first one she met was a pastor who spoke out against the execution of Reeves and invited her to a youth group .
His name was Martin Luther King Jr. Amelia fought hard for Jeremiah , too .
She eventually met Jeremiah ’ s friend , who was distraught about his conviction and death sentence .
Amelia even gave her some words of advice .
All of these names were in my poem .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to leave to drive to Atlanta .
As I was leaving , an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police stopped me and asked me to follow him .
I figured I was going to talk to John Lewis , but he walked past Lewis ’ table to a table with a bunch of women who asked for a copy of my poem .
I agreed and they began writing their email addresses down on paper ( you know all old Black women have a pen and pad in their purse just in case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
The officer pushed one of them—a tiny little woman in a wheelchair—toward me , and she introduced herself .
She said she didn ’ t have an email address but her daughter ( or maybe it was her granddaughter ) did .
Instead of writing it down , I fumbled through my pocket and pulled out the original copy , with sharpie scribbles over it , and handed it to her .
I must have looked nervous or maybe it was the tears because she asked : You know what I @ @

I’m going to stop being so offensive.
From now on, I promise to respond to the violence, theft and downright absurdity of white supremacy with eloquently composed reactions that ruffle no feathers and leave no one feeling offended.
From this day forward, I won’t call the white people who inflict pain “white people who inflict pain.” I’ll find better words. I’ll call them “not Black people who absorb punishment.” Instead of “white,” I’ll call them “melanin-impaired.” Instead of “racist,” I’ll call them “inequality advocates.” I’ll only refer to “white supremacists” as “Caucasian aficionados.”
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I will now refer to Black people as “whiteness-impaired.” Or how about “justice-deficient Americans?”
I’m sure that will help.
Some people took issue with the article on the NFL’s plan to scrawl meaningless phrases on touchdown land.
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From: Send in the Drones
To: Michael Harriot I get kicking the NFL around a bit. Not happy since they f’d over thousands of people in my city to build a useless stadium for the team that then left, but seriously - the NFL doesn’t hire cops. They do hire entertainers, of which Kaep was one. No entertainment company enjoys having one of their employees redirect the efforts made to supply the paying customers with one entertainment product into an unrelated avenue. In addition, the NFL marketing people certainly told them their primary income was from people not supportive of Kaep’s attention grabbing efforts. People watch entertainment to generally escape from the day’s problems, not take on those problems that others have. The increased support for Kaep’s position is noticeable but does it turn into increased revenue for the NFL or earn them social goodwill points? I expect the answer to both of those is “No.” I cannot imagine what would happen to an actor for “Hamilton” who came out on stage before the curtain came up and gave a Trumplican support address. My guess that would be an unemployed actor. Even if they just popped up and said “Think of the puppies that are starving and need your care” without running it by the management, it’s likely they would be put on standby. Anyway, I’d be just as glad for most professional sports to go by the wayside. Too many injuries, too many people who aren’t the big stars getting too little compensation, too many people idolizing the players for skills at doing something with a ball. Cry me a river if Saturday and Sunday programming aren’t shoved off into the weeds by overtime. But don’t expect that the NFL can in any way fix police. Also - f’ the owners of the Arizona Cardinals. Give Saint Louis all the money back.
From: James P.
To: Michael Harriot I read the thing you wrote about the NFL. And throwing jabs at JayZ when he was the one who probably got them to do this. You should give them credit for the effort. I suspect there’s nothing that any white person can do to please you and the BLM.
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Dear All,
According to your logic, George Wallace should be my hero.
Perhaps no other person in Alabama history has contributed to the economic prosperity of Black people in the state more than Wallace. He instituted a community college program that offered a path to the middle class. He tied them to state-funded institutions so that Black people could gain entrance to the state university system. To this day, no other governor has appointed more Black people to high-level government positions.
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Also, perhaps no other person in Alabama history has contributed to Alabama’s inequality more than Wallace.
As the most famous and the most powerful person in the state, Wallace’s stance on segregation was a signal to the violent extremists who rained death, destruction and chaos on Black people during his term as governor. He stood in the doors of the University of Alabama to prevent it from being integrated. He supported Bull Connor, who terrorized Black Birminghamians. On September 8, 1963, a few months after his inauguration where he called for “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,” Wallace said the state needed “a few first-class funerals” to settle the protests against segregation.
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On September 15, white supremacists bombed the 16th Street baptist Church.
The NFL owners, on the other hand, are different. They never called for Kaepernick’s death; they just killed his career, according to emails and phone records. They didn’t tell their commissioner to attack protesters with dogs and firehose, they just fined them for protesting. They didn’t cause people to hate anyone who brought attention to racial injustice. But their actions made millions of fans believe that speaking out about injustice was inappropriate and wrong.
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One of the biggest byproducts of white privilege is the opportunity to do whatever you want to do and then “move forward.”
And most Black people understand that the NFL is in the business of making money. Slave traders were in the business of making money, too. So were slave owners. The University of Alabama feared that white people wouldn’t enroll if they desegregated, which is one of their explanations of why they resisted integration.
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But when the state of Alabama allowed Black children to enroll, it didn’t repay the millions of dollars it had stolen from Black taxpayers. When the Civil War ended, America didn’t reimburse the slaves for their work. When George Wallace became a Christian and denounced racism, it didn’t resurrect Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair from their graves.
And when the NFL announced that it would stencil the equivalent of “all lives matter” in the end zone, it didn’t un-blackball Colin Kaepernick. It didn’t un-cement the opinions of those people who scowl at Black protests. The league can’t undo the harm it had already done.
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Again, no one thinks that the NFL did this for any other reason than profit. But that is not an excuse. Racism doesn’t spontaneously manifest itself out of thin air. All racists have a reason for their racism, whether it be money, self-preservation, the way they were raised, history or just plain hate. I don’t believe many of the Republicans agree with Trump’s racism. I think they are just playing the political hand that they were given and don’t want to offend their base. After all, they are just politicians.
No one expects politicians or the NFL to fix racism. But the least they can do is not support it. And if they do, they deserve the scorn they receive.
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Perhaps my favorite illustration of white people’s ability to “move forward” is the Encyclopedia Brittanica’s explanation for George Wallace’s murderous rhetoric:
Though a segregationist during this period, Wallace could more accurately be termed a populist who seized on the issues that appealed to the majority of his white constituents. The civil-rights issue was a means for him to enter the national spotlight...He drew support mainly from white Southerners and blue-collar workers disenchanted with Democratic policies.
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Touchdown.
If case you were wondering, The Root still holds the title of “the real racists.”
From: Nolen
To: Danielle Belton My first visit to site. Mostly liked it. The thing about trying to figure out who’s white or black in Kansas was funny. The Big 10 Trump article was moronic. I’m mixed. Black people call me white. White people ask me what race I am. Funny. I’m actually Native; white; Nigerian; Spanish, Jew. Calling the president an idiot. Well; I love Obama, voted for him. But let’s compare him & Trump. Obama: poor college grades; failed at jobs he went to college for; had to work as community organizer (that’s a job college kids do), became President. That’s the top job in the world. He tried to fix health care; awesome, didn’t last in some states. His economy was horrible. Lost Chevy & our copper to China. Trump. Made millions in business; successful TV show, became president even though republicans didn’t want him. Great economy before pandemic. Good job with it. Terrible on health care. Trying to bring PPE lines & factory jobs back from China. So both made it to top job in world. Hard to beat that. I did OK. Top student in my high school & college; started working for engineering firm in high school, & worked in space flight industry. But that’s president. Your writer works for small news/entertainment site. That’s not president. So I’d say Trump & Obama beat both your writer & I in the success category. If you mock the leader of the free world like your a third grader; no one of substance will ever take you serious, & you lower yourself so far that you have no high ground to argue from when people trash those you support. Hey; just my opinion. We are blessed to live in greatest nation in history of world. God Bless
From: Mark M.
To: Michael Harriot
Subject: Oxpeckers Message: Never in my life of 71 years have I run into a more gifted and articulate racist than you. Pres. Trump received 8% of the Black vote in 2016 and it s projected he ll get as much as 24% this time. Looks like the oxpecker population is about to triple.
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First of all, I would like our regular readers to know that I won’t dwell on it, but please believe that the irony of this semicolon-addicted nitwit claiming to be the “top student in [his] high school & college,” while writing that “If you mock the leader of the world like your a third grader” hasn’t been lost on me.
But let’s move forward.
I am always amazed at how dumb white people are. (Nolen isn’t “mixed,” trust me.)
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That’s it. It’s not a compound sentence. White people are just dumb.
White people believe that a Black man could get poor grades in college and attend an Ivy League graduate school just because he benefitted from affirmative action. They believe that giving healthcare to millions of Americans is a ho-hum achievement even though no white man could do it. They believe the Black man broke the economy that he inherited from a white man but won’t give the Black guy any credit for fixing it.
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But they also are also amazed that a white man who inherited multimillions could become a billionaire when 99 percent of billionaires are white. They believe that a rich, white racist becoming president is a praiseworthy accomplishment when most of the presidents were rich, white racists. They credit the white guy for a great economy but not the Black guy who handed it to him. They don’t think the cratering economy is the white guy’s fault or proof of his incompetence.
But pointing out my amazement at dumb white people’s stupidity doesn’t make me racist because I believe Black people and white people are more alike than we realized.
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We’re both easily amazed.
Some people took issue with this title:
From: Kim
To: Michael Harriot Black and Brown women are tired of being a caricature for others entertainment, profit and advancement. “Feeling fine” fails to acknowledge this reality and the pain it causes to so many. This is disappointing to say the least.
From: Tamara
To: Michael Harriot Sigh.... as a Black WOMAN, I can’t get past the “I feel fine” part of the headline. No mention of how GENDER intersects race in this situation. This adds to my disappointment and numbness around all of this. Black women stay getting erased.
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Dear Tamara and Kim,
You’re right.
“I feel fine” is one of my favorite phrases because it’s a phrase of resistance. But I understand why you don’t know that. Neither did I.
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“ I feel fine” is a rallying cry because t hey were the first words Carolyn Bryant spoke after her husband was acquitted for killing Emmett Till in the lynching that sparked the c ivil r ights movement.
A few years ago, someone contacted me and asked me to write a poem for a dinner for John Lewis, and I agreed. Every year, John Lewis pays for congressmen and senators to make a trip to Selma, Ala., to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They said someone would give me a call with the specifics for the poem but they never did. I arrived at the event, which was in a restaurant, and a Capitol police officer said someone wanted to see me in an adjacent room.
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It was John Lewis.
Now this specific year, instead of honoring him, Lewis wanted to honor the “women of the movement” and wanted to open it with a poem. He gave me a bunch of names, most of whom I did not know. So I sat at my table with a bunch of senators and a congresswoman and looked up the names. I had to create a whole new poem on the spot that included these names, one of which was Amelia Boynton.
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I believe Amelia Boynton is the most important person in the civil rights movement and possibly in the history of Black people in America.
In 1934, Boynton became one of the few Black people in the state of Alabama to register to vote. Back then, instead of explicitly barring Black people from voting, they would make people take “literacy tests.” But these tests didn’t really have anything to do with “literacy.” A registrant would have to memorize excerpts from the Constitution. They had to have perfect handwriting. It was basically a “stop Black people from voting” test.
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Amelia passed that shit on the first try.
Then she started teaching other Black people how to pass the test.
Nobody messed with Amelia. She hung out with George Washington Carver and named her first son after him. When the Klan ran the town’s only Black notary public out of town, making it impossible to vote, Amelia convinced her husband to start an insurance agency. They took over the organization the man had started, the Dallas County Voter’s League, and held NAACP meetings in their tiny Selma office. They fought the Klan, the state and the local government. After her husband had a stroke, she still taught their children not to take any shit from no white man.
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In fact, when her son Bruce was in law school at Howard, he rode the bus home for Christmas break. When the bus stopped at a Trailways Bus station to eat, Bruce posted up at the “whites only” counter just like everyone else. When they told him to leave, he would only reply:
“I feel fine.”
He was arrested and convicted but his mom wouldn’t stop until his conviction was overturned. She called an NAACP lawyer she knew and made that lawyer friend promise to fight for her son even if they had to go to the Supreme Court.
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So, in 1962, the KKK faced off against Amelia’s entire family for registering Black people to vote. Amelia wouldn’t stop. In 1964, she gave up leadership at the DCVL and ran for Congress, making her the first Black woman in the state of Alabama to run for office and the first woman of any race to run as a Democrat. After she lost, she said she had to bring more attention to these injustices and she wondered if some of the more famous Black activists would help
Everyone in the DCVL told her she was crazy to think famous people would come to tiny little Selma. After all, there were only about 12 people in the DCVL. But Amelia tried it anyway.
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And they came! John Lewis came. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Selma. Why would they come? Why would anyone listen to this little woman from Alabama?
Well, remember when Amelia’s son was arrested?
Well, that lawyer who represented Amelia’s son was named Thurgood Marshall. They did have to go all the way to the Supreme Court. That’s how Amelia Boynton helped overturn segregation on interstate commerce in the landmark Supreme Court case of Bruce George Washington Carver Boynton v. Virginia.
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And that’s how a relatively unknown activist named John Lewis became famous on the Freedom Rides. When his skull was cracked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Lewis still went to the march the next week, telling everyone:
“I feel fine.”
Here’s where Amelia was:
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And that’s what convinced Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act.
But there’s more.
In 1954, Amelia went to visit a church in Montgomery. The church’s pastor was really involved in civil rights and had heard about Amelia, so he asked her to come to speak with his youth group. Amelia talked to them about segregation, voter registration and their rights. One of the girls asked about nonviolent resistance and Amelia gave her a list of phrases that she always used when she encountered trouble.
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A few months later, that girl got on a bus headed home from school. When a white woman asked her for her seat, she wouldn’t move. The bus driver told her to move but she wouldn’t move. The driver threatened to call the police and she wouldn’t move.
“History kept me stuck to my seat,” she would later say. “I felt the hand of Harriet Tubman pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth pushing down on the other.”
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When the police came to arrest her, they asked her what was wrong but the girl would only reply:
“I feel fine.”
No, this is not the story of Rosa Parks. This is the story of 15-year-old Claudette Colvin.
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Contrary to popular belief, Rosa Parks’ one-woman protest had absolutely nothing to do with ending segregation on Montgomery buses. Other Black women had been doing it for a while but the local NAACP chapter chose Rosa Parks instead. However, another one of Amelia’s friends, Fred Gray, realized that the state of Alabama would never hear the Parks case so he approached Colvin, along with Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, Mary Louise Smith and Jeanetta Reese to ask them to become plaintiffs in a federal case.
They won.
And that’s what ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Colvin wasn’t asked to be the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott because she was pregnant; she was dark-skinned and did not have “good hair.”
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“My mother told me to be quiet about what I did,” Claudette said. “She told me: Let Rosa be the one. White people aren’t going to bother Rosa, they like her.”
Claudette has said repeatedly that she did not mind being left out of the narrative. Even that pastor didn’t feel bad because when the NAACP reportedly asked Colvin whether she minded, she replied:
“I feel fine.”
But there’s more.
In 1958, the state of Alabama executed Jeremiah Reeves.
When Reeves was 16, he was convicted in 1952 by an all-white jury of raping a white woman, which he denied to the day he died. During his interrogation, he was forced to sit in the electric chair until he confessed. The reason no Black person was on the jury was that they couldn’t register to vote, something Amelia Boynton had worked for all her adult life.
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When Reeves was executed, his last words were recorded as “I feel fine.”
But how did he know about the phrase?
Well, Jeremiah had a friend who became active in the civil rights movement. She even said she would become president one day. She spoke out every chance she got. Her parents didn’t like it but she didn’t care. And when she got the chance, she met every civil rights leader she could. the first one she met was a pastor who spoke out against the execution of Reeves and invited her to a youth group.
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His name was Martin Luther King Jr.
Amelia fought hard for Jeremiah, too. She eventually met Jeremiah’s friend, who was distraught about his conviction and death sentence. Amelia even gave her some words of advice.
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Jeremiah’s friend was Claudette Colvin.
All of these names were in my poem.
After I read that poem, I had to leave to drive to Atlanta. As I was leaving, an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police stopped me and asked me to follow him. I figured I was going to talk to John Lewis, but he walked past Lewis’ table to a table with a bunch of women who asked for a copy of my poem. I agreed and they began writing their email addresses down on paper (you know all old Black women have a pen and pad in their purse just in case they have to write down a scripture.) The officer pushed one of them—a tiny little woman in a wheelchair—toward me, and she introduced herself.
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It was Amelia Boynton.
She said she didn’t have an email address but her daughter (or maybe it was her granddaughter) did. Instead of writing it down, I fumbled through my pocket and pulled out the original copy, with sharpie scribbles over it, and handed it to her. I must have looked nervous or maybe it was the tears because she asked:
“Are you alright, young man?”
You know what I said.


theroot--2020-09-04--Kitchen Gear, Household Goods, and Apparel: Today’s Best Walmart Deals

The best Walmart deals of September 2020 are here .
Walmart is well known for its rollback prices , shaving dollars off of the usual price points to entice you into its stores—but you can find those very same prices online .
If you ’ re looking for indoor and outdoor furniture , women ’ s fashion , kitchen appliances , and affordable gadgets , then look no further .
And the mega-retailer is about to take a shot at Amazon ’ s rapid-delivery dominance with the September 15 launch of Walmart+ , a premium service that includes unlimited same-day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stay tuned for more details as the launch nears .
We ’ ve rounded up today ’ s best Walmart.com deals in those categories and others , as you ’ ll find below .
Don ’ t miss these bargains !
If you ’ re still keen on physical photo prints , this is a heck of a deal .
The Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S lets you take snaps and immediately print them out on little strips .
This camera is listed at $ 100 elsewhere , but it ’ s only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10-pack of film included .
If you ’ re running low on face masks or just want to have a solid stockpile as backup , Walmart currently has this 50-pack of disposable masks for just over $ 12 .
The tri-layer fabric mask attaches via soft elastic ear hoops—and if you want even more , you can bump up to a 100-pack for just $ 20 .
Gear up for outdoor running this fall with this Wilson training hoodie .
Available in both men ’ s and women ’ s varieties in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ventilated and allows for full range of motion .
It ’ s priced between $ 21 and $ 48 depending on size .
Save more than half off the list price of this compact Soul Tracks record player , which folds up like a briefcase and stays out of sight when not in use .
It has modest stereo speakers of its own , but works best connected to external speakers .
In any case , so long as your expectations are in check , customer reviews suggest that this is a solid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can deal with the flowery pattern of this special edition Pioneer Woman-themed release , then you can save $ 40 off an Instant Pot right now .
Instant Pots have become extremely popular for their rapid pressure cooking , whether it ’ s meats , veggies , eggs , or something else entirely , and this is a pretty solid bargain .
Walmart has a bunch of first-party Nintendo Switch games on sale for $ 50 each right now , and while we ’ ve seen some of these deals elsewhere of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are truly hot and fresh : Animal Crossing : New Horizons , Super Smash Bros .
Ultimate , and Luigi ’ s Mansion 3 .
Each is $ 10 off the list price , a rare discount , and all are highly recommended .
Up your kitchen game with this multifunction 16.9-quart air fryer and rotisserie from Best Choice .
You can also dehydrate food , easily crisp up french fries and other veggies , and bakes , toasts , and more .
It also has tongs and an oven mitt included , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many functions .
Save $ 115 right now .
If the price didn ’ t already give it away , let ’ s be very clear : this isn ’ t a very fancy TV .
At 720p resolution , it ’ s not as crisp as the standard 1080p sets you usually see , let alone a 4K Ultra HD set .
That said , this is a good-sized TV that already has the Roku streaming platform built in , which means you won ’ t have to connect a streaming box @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Hulu , and more .
For $ 108 , that ’ s a bargain if you ’ re not too fussy about picture sharpness .
Walmart customers seem to agree , given the 4.5-star rating .
Whether it ’ s your first place or you just need some fresh hardware , Tramontina ’ s Primaware 18-piece nonstick cookware set is an easy , affordable kitchen upgrade .
This bundle provides a set of pans , cooking utensils , and other accessories that ’ ll let you do a lot more in your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list price right now .
Walmart has Vizio ’ s latest and greatest V-Series 4K HDR Smart TVs in stock right now , and this sizable 60 ” model is already marked down $ 50 from the MSRP .
You ’ ll get a crisp , vibrant picture thanks to Vizio ’ s new IQ Active image processor , while the built-in array of streaming apps mean you won ’ t need an additional device to access Netflix , Hulu , Disney+ , and other top services .
The whole concept of outdoor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wildly popular YouTube channel in which a young child reviews toys—is pretty unnerving .
But if you ’ re keen on something to entertain the kids in the backyard , you might be able to overlook that given the $ 170 discount here off the list price .
Besides , that branded banner can clearly be left off .
This microwave has no frills whatsoever , but if you just want a microwave that is small , cheap , and simple , this should do the trick .
It ’ s a compact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cuisines and other smaller cooking needs , this is a stellar price .
Save $ 10 off the list price right now and be sure to check the color availability , as it is sold in red , white , or black .

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Featured Deals: Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S Instant Camera | $60
The best Walmart deals of September 2020 are here.
Walmart is well known for its rollback prices, shaving dollars off of the usual price points to entice you into its stores—but you can find those very same prices online. If you’re looking for indoor and outdoor furniture, women’s fashion, kitchen appliances, and affordable gadgets, then look no further.
And the mega-retailer is about to take a shot at Amazon’s rapid-delivery dominance with the September 15 launch of Walmart+, a premium service that includes unlimited same-day delivery from stores along with other perks. Stay tuned for more details as the launch nears.
We’ve rounded up today’s best Walmart.com deals in those categories and others, as you’ll find below. Don’t miss these bargains!
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If you’re still keen on physical photo prints, this is a heck of a deal. The Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S lets you take snaps and immediately print them out on little strips. This camera is listed at $100 elsewhere, but it’s only $60 at Walmart with a bonus 10-pack of film included.
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If you’re running low on face masks or just want to have a solid stockpile as backup, Walmart currently has this 50-pack of disposable masks for just over $12. The tri-layer fabric mask attaches via soft elastic ear hoops—and if you want even more, you can bump up to a 100-pack for just $20.
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Gear up for outdoor running this fall with this Wilson training hoodie. Available in both men’s and women’s varieties in the same style, this hooded jacket is ventilated and allows for full range of motion. It’s priced between $21 and $48 depending on size.
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Save more than half off the list price of this compact Soul Tracks record player, which folds up like a briefcase and stays out of sight when not in use. It has modest stereo speakers of its own, but works best connected to external speakers. In any case, so long as your expectations are in check, customer reviews suggest that this is a solid vinyl player for the price.
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If you can deal with the flowery pattern of this special edition Pioneer Woman-themed release, then you can save $40 off an Instant Pot right now. Instant Pots have become extremely popular for their rapid pressure cooking, whether it’s meats, veggies, eggs, or something else entirely, and this is a pretty solid bargain.
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Walmart has a bunch of first-party Nintendo Switch games on sale for $50 each right now, and while we’ve seen some of these deals elsewhere of late, there are three bargains that are truly hot and fresh: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Luigi’s Mansion 3. Each is $10 off the list price, a rare discount, and all are highly recommended.
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Up your kitchen game with this multifunction 16.9-quart air fryer and rotisserie from Best Choice. You can also dehydrate food, easily crisp up french fries and other veggies, and bakes, toasts, and more. It also has tongs and an oven mitt included, along with other accessories to enable it many functions. Save $115 right now.
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If the price didn’t already give it away, let’s be very clear: this isn’t a very fancy TV. At 720p resolution, it’s not as crisp as the standard 1080p sets you usually see, let alone a 4K Ultra HD set.
That said, this is a good-sized TV that already has the Roku streaming platform built in, which means you won’t have to connect a streaming box or stick to access apps like Netflix, Hulu, and more. For $108, that’s a bargain if you’re not too fussy about picture sharpness. Walmart customers seem to agree, given the 4.5-star rating.
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Whether it’s your first place or you just need some fresh hardware, Tramontina’s Primaware 18-piece nonstick cookware set is an easy, affordable kitchen upgrade.
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This bundle provides a set of pans, cooking utensils, and other accessories that’ll let you do a lot more in your kitchen. Save $10 off the list price right now.
Advertisement
Walmart has Vizio’s latest and greatest V-Series 4K HDR Smart TVs in stock right now, and this sizable 60” model is already marked down $50 from the MSRP.
You’ll get a crisp, vibrant picture thanks to Vizio’s new IQ Active image processor, while the built-in array of streaming apps mean you won’t need an additional device to access Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and other top services.
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The whole concept of outdoor furniture based on Ryan’s World—a wildly popular YouTube channel in which a young child reviews toys—is pretty unnerving.
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But if you’re keen on something to entertain the kids in the backyard, you might be able to overlook that given the $170 discount here off the list price. Besides, that branded banner can clearly be left off.
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This microwave has no frills whatsoever, but if you just want a microwave that is small, cheap, and simple, this should do the trick. It’s a compact 0.7 cubic feet, but for Lean Cuisines and other smaller cooking needs, this is a stellar price.
Save $10 off the list price right now and be sure to check the color availability, as it is sold in red, white, or black.


theroot--2020-09-04--Texas Assistant Attorney General Fired for Tweeting Bigoted and Very Basic Right-Winger Things

Is it just me , or are conservatives having to grapple with the fact that their ideas and opinions are becoming less and less popular and are starting to look more and more like straight-up bigotry ?
( I mean , to the brand new ; u s liberal-left-Marxist-communist-socialist-Antifa-thugs have always known this . )
A Texas assistant attorney general got a pink slip Thursday after it came out that he spent months threatening violence against anti-racism activists , tweeted a bunch of racist and transphobic shit and regurgitated QAnon conspiracy theories as well as coronavirus hoax nonsense .
Nick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday morning by Media Matters , threatened Black Lives Matter protesters and has regularly referred to the organizers as “ terrorists.
” He called Islam a “ virus ” and trans people an “ abomination.
” Moutos has worked for Attorney General Ken Paxton ’ s office since 2017 in the criminal prosecution division and recently ran and lost in a Republican primary for the District 35 U.S. House seat .
As of July 1 , Moutos was earning an annual salary of $ 100,652 .
In the year he ’ s been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20,000 tweets on his account , many of which are attacks — including threats of violence — against prominent Democrats .
“ @ BarackObama I pray to meet you on the # CivilWar2 # Battlefield .
# Jesus # 2A # MolonLabe , ” he tweeted in June .
“ Molon Labe ” is a Greek phrase that can be translated as “ come and take them ” and is popularly used by gun-rights advocates .
Moutos ’ tweets often tout the Second Amendment and gun ownership while expressing his anger toward elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ female members of Congress as “ Whores of Babylon , ” an apparent reference to a chapter in the Bible titled “ The Great Whore and the Beast.
” Maybe I ’ m just tripping , but it sounds like Moutos got fired over saying a bunch of regular-degular right-winger shit .
I mean , look at this shit : “ Hey there # WhoreOfBabylon , you wouldn ’ t even know what a Bible looks like !
# Jesus # 2A # MolonLabe # ArmedAndReadyVeteran # NoWarningShots # CenterMassUntilThreatDrops # Jesus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweet from U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez , D-N.Y. , in early June .
“ Center Mass Until Threat Drops ” appears to refer to police training wherein officers are trained to aim at the “ center mass ” of a person while firing a weapon .
How is any of this any worse than your average impulsive Trump tweet ?
In fact , does this mean ... holy shit ... can we just fire the president ?
Nah , it couldn ’ t be that easy .
Not for the commander-in-shit tweets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general who sounds like a live-action version of Dale Gribble from King of the Hill , a simple firing was probably a no-brainer .
“ As of today , this individual no longer works for the Office of the Attorney General , ” Kayleigh Date , spokesperson for the attorney general ’ s office , told the Tribune .
“ Speaking out against the # ChinaVirus # Plandemic & # Democrats using it to steal # Election2020 makes people angry .
Stories slamming me & others in # Salon # MensHealth # AlterNet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he tweeted .
( This man loves hashtags almost as much as he hates marginalized people breathing up all his free air . )
I ’ m just saying , if we removed every Republican far-right extremist blowhard who spouts baseless conspiracy theories and other pseudo-intellectual white nonsense from their positions of power , we would end up one party down from our two-party political system .
Not that I ’ m trying to put that energy out in the universe or anything .

Is it just me, or are conservatives having to grapple with the fact that their ideas and opinions are becoming less and less popular and are starting to look more and more like straight-up bigotry? (I mean, to the brand new; u s liberal-left-Marxist-communist-socialist-Antifa-thugs have always known this.)
A Texas assistant attorney general got a pink slip Thursday after it came out that he spent months threatening violence against anti-racism activists, tweeted a bunch of racist and transphobic shit and regurgitated QAnon conspiracy theories as well as coronavirus hoax nonsense.
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From the Texas Tribune:
Nick Moutos, whose racist tweets were reported Thursday morning by Media Matters, threatened Black Lives Matter protesters and has regularly referred to the organizers as “terrorists.” He called Islam a “virus” and trans people an “abomination.” Moutos has worked for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office since 2017 in the criminal prosecution division and recently ran and lost in a Republican primary for the District 35 U.S. House seat. As of July 1, Moutos was earning an annual salary of $100,652. In the year he’s been on Twitter, Moutos has amassed over 20,000 tweets on his account, many of which are attacks — including threats of violence — against prominent Democrats. “@BarackObama I pray to meet you on the #CivilWar2 #Battlefield. #Jesus #2A #MolonLabe,” he tweeted in June. “Molon Labe” is a Greek phrase that can be translated as “come and take them” and is popularly used by gun-rights advocates. Moutos’ tweets often tout the Second Amendment and gun ownership while expressing his anger toward elected officials. He has frequently referred to female members of Congress as“Whores of Babylon,” an apparent reference to a chapter in the Bible titled “The Great Whore and the Beast.”
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Maybe I’m just tripping, but it sounds like Moutos got fired over saying a bunch of regular-degular right-winger shit. I mean, look at this shit:
“Hey there #WhoreOfBabylon, you wouldn’t even know what a Bible looks like! #Jesus #2A #MolonLabe #ArmedAndReadyVeteran #NoWarningShots #CenterMassUntilThreatDrops #Jesus,” he tweeted in response to a tweet from U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., in early June. “Center Mass Until Threat Drops” appears to refer to police training wherein officers are trained to aim at the “center mass” of a person while firing a weapon.
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And these:
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How is any of this any worse than your average impulsive Trump tweet? In fact, does this mean...holy shit...can we just fire the president?
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Nah, it couldn’t be that easy. Not for the commander-in-shit tweets. But for a simple assistant attorney general who sounds like a live-action version of Dale Gribble from King of the Hill, a simple firing was probably a no-brainer.
“As of today, this individual no longer works for the Office of the Attorney General,” Kayleigh Date, spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, told the Tribune.
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Moutos acknowledged his firing in a tweet Thursday.
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“Speaking out against the #ChinaVirus #Plandemic & #Democrats using it to steal #Election2020 makes people angry. Stories slamming me & others in #Salon #MensHealth #AlterNet were enough to cost me my job,” he tweeted. (This man loves hashtags almost as much as he hates marginalized people breathing up all his free air.)
I’m just saying, if we removed every Republican far-right extremist blowhard who spouts baseless conspiracy theories and other pseudo-intellectual white nonsense from their positions of power, we would end up one party down from our two-party political system.
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Not that I’m trying to put that energy out in the universe or anything.