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NFL NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTER SIGNS MASSIVE CONTRACT. HERE’S HOW MUCH MONEY HE’LL MAKE

By David Hookstead

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Eric Reid’s NFL career won’t be ending anytime soon.

According to the Associated Press on Monday, Reid signed a three-year deal valued at more than $22 million to remain with the Carolina Panthers.

He signed with the Panthers last season a few weeks into the year.

I can’t wait to see how people try to spin this one. I guess it’s kind of a massive middle finger the whole belief national anthem protesters can’t get jobs.

Reid was one of the first people who refused to stand for the anthem back when he was playing for the 49ers, and now he’s on a $22 million deal. (RELATED: Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton Has Shoulder Surgery)

It would seem like you absolutely still play in the league and get paid if you kneel during the anthem.

The reality of the situation is simple. Reid is still in the NFL because teams think he can help them win, and he does clearly have something left in the tank.

Kaepernick is not in the NFL because he’s a massive distraction, and his play dropped off a cliff by the end of his career. Let’s stop making up facts and let’s focus on the truth instead.

Believe it or not, it’s really that simple.

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MONTAGE: WATCH GAYLE KING TRY REDEEMING GOV. NORTHAM FROM BLACKFACE SCANDAL

‘He’s clearly very anguished by this whole situation’

By Tom Elliott

CBS‘s Gayle King made one thing clear in her extended sit-down with embattled Gov. Ralph Northam: She’s willing to forgive and forget.

Northam, who’s facing calls to resign after getting caught up in a series of racist incidents — he apologized over a photo of a man in blackface and a man in KKK garb appearing on his medical school yearbook page, and he’s acknowledged his former nickname was “Coonman” — told King that he’s unwilling to leave office.

King kicked off her interview with the softest of softball tosses, asking Northam: “I know this has been a very difficult week for you in the state of Virginia. So where would you like to begin?”

After the interview, the first of which aired Sunday, King praised Northam … for showing up on time: “Well, the interview was at seven o’clock, and he was there ready to — we were in his house, of course, he was there ready to go. And he was on time. ”

She then said he deserves to be trusted: He clearly is very anguished by this whole situation. … I — I know that is clearly an attempt at damage control, but I didn’t feel that he was spinning a story.”

After the second half of the interview aired Monday, King continued her calls for Northam to be given another chance.

“It’s a very interesting time for the governor because what — what I walked away feeling is that he so wants to make this right,” sje said. “And I talked to many black people and white people in Virginia who say— he has a lot of support in the state of Virginia — who say look at his history, what he’s done. No one — the people that I talked to do not believe he’s racist. They think it was a stupid thing but don’t think he’s racist.”

King even excused Northam after he referred to early black slaves in Virginia as “indentured servants”: “In a statement, he told us this morning that ‘During a recent event at Fort Monroe, I speak about the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia and referred to them in my remarks as enslaved. A historian advised me that the use of indentured was more historically accurate — the fact is, I’m still learning and getting it right.’”

After the full interview aired, the “CBS This Morning” panel spent more than a minute making excuses for Northam. King ultimately asked, Who among us hasn’t done something stupid during our 20s … or even 30s?

Check out the montage above for more.

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HERE WE GO-> Both of Justin Fairfax’s Accusers Are Willing to Testify at Impeachment Proceedings Against the Virginia Lt. Governor

by Cristina Laila February 10, 2019

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Embattled Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax denied the sexual assault allegations brought against him by two different women and called for the FBI to investigate the allegations.

“As an officer of the court and a former federal prosecutor, I have dedicated my life to the law and due process,” Justin Fairfax said in a statement Saturday. “Consequently, I call on all appropriate and impartial investigatory authorities, including the FBI, to investigate fully and thoroughly the allegations against me by Ms. Watson and Dr. Tyson. I ask that all three of us be respected during this process.”

Both women accusing Fairfax of sexual assault are willing to testify at impeachment proceedings against the Virginia Lt. Governor, according to their attorneys.

“The one thing I want to make abundantly clear is that in both situations I knew at the time, and I know today, that the interactions were consensual,” Fairfax said Saturday.

A second woman came forward and accused Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault on Friday.

The second accuser, a woman named Meredith Watson, requested the resignation of Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax through her attorney Nancy Erika Smith on Friday, alleging Fairfax raped her in college in the year 2000.

Ms. Watson alleges Justin Fairfax raped her in a “premeditated and aggressive” attack while the two were students at Duke University in 2000.

According to the statement released by attorney Nancy Erika Smith, Meredith Watson has contemporaneous witnesses who have provided statements corroborating Ms. Watson’s claims Fairfax raped her.

“I deny this latest unsubstantiated allegation. It is demonstrably false. I have never forced myself on anyone,” Fairfax said.

Mr. Fairfax concluded his statement by calling the sexual assault allegations against him “a vicious and coordinated smear campaign” that is being orchestrated against him.

“I will not resign,” he stated.

Dr. Vanessa Tyson, the first woman to accuse Justin Fairfax of sexual assault has a very compelling, believable story, however she does not offer any contemporaneous witnesses to corroborate her claims Mr. Fairfax sexually assaulted her at a DNC convention in Boston in 2004.

To be clear, a lack of contemporaneous witnesses does not mean Dr. Tyson was never sexually assaulted by Justin Fairfax.

Dr. Tyson says after she was assaulted by Justin Fairfax, she “suffered from both deep humiliation and shame,” a common thing women experience after a traumatic sexual assault.

Both women who allege they were sexually assaulted by Justin Fairfax should be heard and taken seriously.

To further put this into context, Christine Blasey Ford didn’t even offer up one contemporaneous witness to corroborate her claims Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a decades-old drunken high school party, yet the Senate Judiciary Committee allowed her to publicly testify against Kavanaugh.

Justin Fairfax is under tremendous pressure to resign by Monday, but VA Gov. Ralph Northam and VA AG Mark Herring seem to be surviving their blackface, KKK scandals.

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DEMOCRAT BLAMES TRUMP FOR DEMOCRATS BLACKING UP IN THE PAST

Democrat Blames Trump For Democrats Blacking Up In The Past

Argues that blackface Democrats not resigning is “a result of not acting on President Trump’s bigotry”

Steve Watson | Infowars.com – FEBRUARY 8, 2019

A Democrat from Texas, has vowed to impeach the President, attempting to blame Trump over Democrats blacking up in the past.

Rep. Al Green attempted to argue that the refusal of both Virginia’s governor, Ralph Northam (D), and the state’s attorney general, Mark Herring (D), to resign after admissions of wearing blackface in the past is Trump’s fault.

Green stated that it “is but a symptom of a greater syndrome that currently plagues our country as a result of not acting on President Trump’s bigotry.”

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So to reiterate Green’s logic, some Democrats blacked up in the 1980s, and it’s Trump’s fault they won’t resign now.

Green added that the Democrats are being protected “to a great extent because the Trump presidency has sent a message that you can be immune to the consequences of bigotry, by daring those with the authority and power to constitutionally remove you from office.”

Green kept digging, adding “We no longer stare bigotry down; bigotry now stares us down.”

“Further, an argument that Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring should resign will subject us to accusations of political hypocrisy if we refuse to take on a bigoted president.” Green continued.

Green has previously introduced articles of impeachment against Trump based on the President “inciting racial divisions”.

“The remedy must be more than talking points about a much-needed conversation concerning bigotry,” Green said in arguing to impeach Trump, adding “We cannot allow bigotry to go unchecked.”

In a weird universe feedback loop, Green’s argument that Trump is to blame for white supremacists going unchecked is exactly what Ralph Northam said before the picture of him in blackface emerged.

Green’s attempt to blame Trump for the blackface scandal has been mirrored by sections of the media, notably NBC News:

https://www.mrctv.org/embed/536772

“I think it has something to do with what Donald Trump has unleashed. It has something to do with the reservoir that’s underneath our politics that can always be activated at any moment,” argued Princeton University Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. during a NBC panel discussion earlier in the week.

“Donald Trump has normalized this overt display of racism.” MSNBC political analyst Zerlina Maxwell agreed.

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Netflix Buys Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doc ‘Knock Down the House’ for $10 Million

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By Warner Todd Huston

Streaming giant Netflix has shelled out a whopping $10 million for the rights to broadcast a documentary that follows the primary campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and three other candidates.

The film, entitled Knock Down the House, produced and directed by Rachel Lears, was a huge hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival winning the coveted audience favorite award. The film was a hot ticket for the festival and featured a Skyped address to the crowd made by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself at the film’s conclusion.

Netflix pounced quickly to pick up the film rights initially offering $6 million but upping the ante when others began taking notice of the film.

The film follows the 2018 primary challenges mounted by Amy Vilela (NV), Cori Bush (MO), and Paula Jean Swearengin (WV), as well as Ocasio-Cortez. The New Yorker was the only one of the four candidates that went on to win the primary and, hence, a seat in Congress.

Netflix was bound and determined to win the bid for the film, but the competition was hot, Deadline reported. Aside from Netflix, NEON, Focus, Hulu, and Amazon were all in the hunt for the rights to the film.

According to Deadline, the ten million price tag makes Knock Down the House the most expensive documentary sale ever brokered at Sundance.

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