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- Welcome to the 2nd American Civil War
- I don’t say this lightly.
- War is diplomacy by other means.
- We have reached a place where Americans are willing to kill each other over political divisions rather than have a discussion.
- Johnny Rotten –
- Lydon, who is English but became an American citizen in 2013, said he doesn’t care about Trump’s personality but rather a continued shake-up of the political system.
“He’s an individual thinker, I’ll give him that for a start,” he said in an interview with BBC’s Newsday. “He’s not the most lovable fellow on God’s earth, but I cannot see the opposition as offering me anything by way of a solution.”
“Yes, of course, I’m voting for Trump,” Lydon later added. “It’s bad person or not. I don’t want a politician running this world anymore.”
The 64-year-old, who led the Sex Pistols in the late 1970s when the British punk group was in its heydey, previously identified himself as a supporter of President Barack Obama and criticized Donald Trump and played down his prospects of winning an election.
“No, I can’t see it happening, it’s a minority that supports him at best, and it’s so hateful and ignorant,” he said in an interview with Britain’s Metro newspaper in 2016.
However, Lydon appeared to have performed a volte-face soon after Trump came into office, accusing the left-wing media of trying to smear him as a racist.
“What I dislike is the left-wing media in America are trying to smear the bloke as a racist and that’s completely not true,” the rocker said. “He’s a total cat amongst the pigeons … [He’s] got everybody now involving themselves in a political way. And I’ve been struggling for years to get people to wake up and do that.”
- Lydon, who is English but became an American citizen in 2013, said he doesn’t care about Trump’s personality but rather a continued shake-up of the political system.
- FREE PRESS – Now more than ever.
- Dori
Dori Monson has been suspended indefinitely by Bonneville Seattle from hosting the Seahawks’ pregame and postgame radio shows after a tweet he sent mocking transgender people, The Seattle Times has confirmed.
Monson sent the tweet Wednesday night during the Washington gubernatorial debate between Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Loren Culp.Monson, who also hosts a daily show on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM from noon to 3 p.m., tweeted: “Inslee: we follow science in WA. The state where I could go to Olympia tomorrow and change my birth cert to say I was a girl on 10/2/61 HAHAHAHAHA.”
KIRO Radio 97.3 FM and 710 AM ESPN, the Seahawks’ flagship station, are owned by Bonneville Seattle.
Monson, who declined to comment Friday when reached by The Times, has been part of the Seahawks’ game-day coverage since 2002 and has hosted a Friday segment on 97.3 FM with coach Pete Carroll.
Monson was not on the air Friday, and the tweet has been deleted.
KIRO Radio program director Bryan Buckalew declined to comment Friday, adding that the company does not comment on personnel matters.
Monson’s tweet Wednesday drew immediate criticism on social media, with many directing comments to the Seahawks, who have recently taken public stances denouncing racism and police violence against Black people.
The Seahawks, who declined to comment, suspended Monson, 59, on Friday, and Bonneville followed suit.
Among those calling for action against Monson was Seattle Pride, which tweeted Friday that Monson should be terminated.Seattle Pride executive director Krystal Marx released a statement Friday to The Times:
“We appreciate the actions taken today by KIRO 97.3 FM and the Seattle Seahawks, and believe that suspending Dori Monson is a good first step, though we also ask Mr. Monson to issue a sincere apology and take actions to build empathy and understanding toward our transgender community — and that he realizes the harmful impact of his words by taking actionable steps towards addressing his history of homophobic and transphobic remarks. If he is unwilling to take these important actions, Seattle Pride will continue to call for his immediate termination.
“Numerous studies have shown that trans people are at a significantly greater risk of depression, fear, isolation and suicide, largely due to ridicule, discrimination and violence. Seeing gender identity openly mocked in public only increases that stigmatization and puts transgender lives at further risk.”
Monson is known for his conservative stances on his daily talk show, and in 2019 he drew attention on his show to a homeless couple who parked their trailer in front of City Councilmember Lisa Herbold’s home. Monson has been a frequent critic of many of the council’s actions, including on homelessness.
After mentioning the trailer on his show — which caused some fans to write “Dori4Gov” on the side — Monson wrote on KIRO’s website: “I had nothing to do with this. But am I enjoying it immensely? Yes, I am. I can’t hide that. This is what has been happening around the city. This is the nightmare with which residents have been living.”
Other social-media users said Monson’s latest tweet seemed at odds with some of the Seahawks’ platforms regarding social issues.
Seahawks players in 2017 established the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All action fund, which has a stated goal of supporting education and leadership programs supporting justice and equality. - Cliff Mass
- Dan McNeil Chicago radio station 670 The Score has fired on-air host Dan McNeil after a comment he made on social media about the outfit ESPN sideline reporter Maria Taylor was wearing on Monday night.
- ESPN reporter Maria Taylor was on the sidelines for the College Football Playoff title game in January between Clemson and LSU.
In a tweet that has since been deleted, McNeil posted a screenshot of Taylor and referenced the adult film industry in posing the question: “NFL sideline reporter or host for the AVN annual awards presentation?
Entercom, the sports-talk station’s parent company, issued a statement on Tuesday announcing McNeil’s departure, calling his tweet “degrading and humiliating” and apologizing to “all who were offended by Dan’s words, especially Maria.”
News of McNeil’s departure was first reported by Deadspin’s Julie DiCaro, formerly a host and reporter for the station.
Taylor, 33, was making her debut on ESPN’s Monday Night Football after primarily covering college sports for the network.
Taylor responded directly to McNeil’s comment not long after the New York Giants-Pittsburgh Steelers game ended.
“Well Danny Dearest if you would like to continue making sexist comments about me…please bring your misogyny with you to the NBA Countdown double header I’ll be hosting tomorrow night,” she tweeted.
And just for good measure, she defended her wardrobe choice for the broadcast: “Hey ladies remember you can wear whatever you feel confident in!” - Canadian Investigative reporter @peterakman was fired after this tweet. Ridiculous. An entire career gets evaluated based on a sentence or two.
- Over at @washingtonpost they suspended @feliciasonmez for tweeting the truth about Kobe Bryant at the wrong time.
- The Sacramento Kings @GrantNapearshow 32 year play by play guy was fired for having the temerity to say “All Lives Matter”. What a joke. We have freedom of speech for everyone but people that speak for a living.
- Bloomberg even sought to restrict the speech of one of their employees wives.
- Dori
- Another Casualty in the Civil War
- A Denver Post staff member witnessed the fatal confrontation. This story was updated after authorities called into question the accuracy of that journalist’s report concerning the affiliation of the shooter.
- One person has died and another man, who 9News confirmed was a private security guard contracted by them, is in custody after a shooting during dueling protests Saturday in downtown Denver.
- 9News reportedthat one of their employees and a contractor for the television station were taken into custody. It later confirmed the guard was contracted through Pinkerton and “that it has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to hire private security to accompany staff at protests.”
- Police initially said two people were taken into custody but later said one of them was not involved in the incident. They tweeted that the suspect was a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa.
- The incident occurred after a man participating in what was billed a “Patriot Rally” sprayed mace at another man. That man then shot the other individual with a handgun near the courtyard outside the Denver Art Museum, according to a Denver Post journalist who witnessed the incident.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
- In a news conference after the incident, division Chief Joe Montoya, said police could not confirm the shooter’s or the victim’s affiliations, but said the incident started as a verbal altercation. Two guns were found at the scene, he said, as well as a mace can.
- When asked about the 9News report, Montoya said he could not confirm any connection, only saying that the department was still interviewing witnesses. One of those witnesses was a Denver Post photojournalist.
- “We’re hopeful that as soon as possible we can get the factual information out as to what led to this — who the individuals involved were,” Montoya said. “We’re hopeful that that information will help kind of calm the waters a little bit.”
- The rallies at Civic Center on Saturday came less than a month before a presidential election and amidst a global pandemic that has the nation on edge. Until the shooting, the protests mostly consisted of each group chanting and yelling at one another from across the amphitheater, which separated the two groups.
- The right-wing protesters — led by John Tiegen, an El Paso County resident — gathered in the park’s amphitheater and occasionally chanted patriotic songs and held up banners.
- Juan Quinones, a member of the biker gang Sons of Silence, decided to attend the right-wing rally after seeing Tiegan’s event posted online. He arrived after police had closed off the amphitheater but stayed with other right-leaning protesters.
- Quinones said he wasn’t attending the event to start trouble, but he would defend himself if he was attacked. He blamed violence on the left.
- “If you don’t come out and listen and talk and speak, then they win,” he said.
- The left-wing group — which organizers called “BLM-Antifa Soup Drive” — held up flags and signs railing against Nazis and white supremacists as they gathered in the middle.
