The Des Moines Register reported a bit of good news for “Bernie Bros” on Friday. For the first time in either of his two runs for the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Nessa Diab, radio personality and girlfriend of Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter on Tuesday to share her displeasure about Donald Trump’s campaign being allowed to purchase ad time during the upcoming Super Bowl.
Nessa did not shy away from criticizing the president, the NFL or the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the news of the $10 million re-election campaign ad.
“You see how this works?” Nessa wrote on her Twitter account. “Trump and his @NFL buddies from team owners & @nflcommish have a code they stick by. That code blackballed @kaepernick7 for peacefully protesting systematic oppression. Trump to drop $10 million on Super Bowl ad.”
You see how this works? Trump & his @NFL buddies from team owners & @nflcommish have a code they stick by. That code blackballed @kaepernick7 for peacefully protesting systemic oppression.
Trump to drop $10 million on Super Bowl ad https://t.co/scxmI9W58Z
— NESSA (@nessnitty) January 8, 2020
Kaepernick, who is a former NFL quarterback, received much criticism for kneeling during the national anthem to protest against police brutality, Newsweek reports.
Nessa along with many others believe Kaepernick’s form of protest is the main reason he hasn’t been signed to a team since 2016.
Trump was amongst those who criticized Kaepernick for his activism. The belligerent politician even said that players who knelt during the national anthem “shouldn’t be playing” following a policy the NFL enforced requiring players to stand during the anthem when they are on the field, according to the site.
Kaepernick signed a collusion grievance last year with the NFL, regarding his claim that he hasn’t been able to play for the league because of his activism. But the former football player has still yet to be signed to a team, although the league and Goodell said “they are open” to Kaepernick being signed to a team.
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“The code” Nessa may be referring to is the relationship between Trump and the NFL, and the league allowing the president to have 60 seconds of air time during one of the most-watched TV events in the United States.
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While fans are anxiously waiting for Rihanna’s ninth album to drop, new information revealed this week that veteran reggae singer Shaggy will not be featured on the album.
The 51-year-old artist said he passed on the opportunity to work with Rihanna, 31 because he was not interested in auditioning to be on a record, People reports.
“They approached me for the Rihanna project, yeah,” said during an interview with British newspaper The Daily Star. “There’s a lot of great people involved but for me, I didn’t need to audition to be on the record, I’ll leave that to younger guys. But from what I hear, it should be good.”
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Although we will not be hearing the artist on the highly anticipated album, Shaggy did reveal that he supports that musicians being inspired by the dancehall genre, the site reports.
As an artist, Rihanna has never shied away from her Carribean roots with songs like “Work” and “Man Down” from her previous albums, and it looks like she will also include some reggae songs in her upcoming project.
She revealed to Vogue that the album will be “reggae-inspired or reggae-infused.”
“It’s not gonna be typical of what you know as reggae. But you’re going to feel the elements in all of the tracks,” she explained. “Even though I’ve explored other genres of music, it was time to go back to something that I haven’t really honed in on completely for a body of work.”
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Rihanna has been teasing fans for a while now about when she will be dropping the album, and they have made it all unclear that they are getting impatient.
She teased her fans in December with a video of puppy bobbing its head to the song, “Jump Around,” by House of Pain.
She posted the video with the caption, “update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.”
Fingers crossed, R9 will be released in 2020.
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After announcing her new IVY PARK x Adidas collaboration in Elle Magazine in December, Beyoncé has finally revealed what fans can expect from her collection.
Earlier this week, the icon dropped a series of Instagram posts and a teaser video previewing the items that will be for purchase when the line drops on January 18th.
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The one-minute video clip of the IVY PARK x Adidas collaboration features a few familiar faces, including herself and K-pop singer CL, according to Rolling Stone. Models Ebonee Davis and Adonis Bosso also appear in the promo video.
Davis also posted the video clip on her Instagram with the caption, The right ones are always watching. 🐝👑 #ADIDASXIVYPARK.”
The video emphasizes the maroon and orange color scheme of the collection along with powerful statements made by stars, including ”I find love in everything that I do” and “These barriers are not going to stop me,” according to the site. Beyoncé even went all out by spelling IVY PARK with beads in her hair.
The Beyhive along with many stars have already revealed their anticipation about the collection dropping such as actress, Yara Shahidi.
The young star posted a video of her receiving an early shipment of the collection, with the caption, “It’s officially my fave day 💃🏾 ADDIDASXIVYPARK PEEK💧.” The video already has over 500,000 views.
Beyoncé also revealed more details of the collection’s packaging and unboxing on her own IG account with a series of videos.
The clips show the items in a large orange and maroon box with items such as jackets, pants, and hats from the collaboration, and from the looks of it, the Beyhive is ready for the star to take all of their coins.
Every year Beyoncé continues to prove while she will forever reign as queen. From movies, music and clothing lines, she does it all.
There’s no telling what she under her sleeve for 2020.
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While participating in a trending topic on Twitter, multi-talented star, Janelle Monáe appears to have revealed that she identifies as non-binary.
Monáe posted a simple tweet, “#IAmNonbinary” while the hashtag was trending on the platform on Friday according to Out.
The 34-year-old star wrote the hashtag over a clip from the Steven Universe show featuring the non-binary character, Stevonnie.
“Are you a boy or a girl?” The meme states. “I am an experience.”
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The entertainer joined many other people who used the hashtag as an opportunity to increase visibility and start a conversation surrounding the term.
But, it’s not 100% certain whether Monáe wrote the tweet to stand in solidarity with the community or to express her own identity, according to the site.
Organizations like The Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD educated users about the term and cleared up any assumptions about people who consider themselves nonbinary. People
“Not all non-binary people use they/them pronouns,” The Human Rights Campaign apart of a series of tweets. The organizations also mentioned other stars who are non-binary, such as Amandla Stenberg.
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Monáe revealed to the Rolling Stone last year that she identifies as pansexual, which means that people can be attracted to others, despite their sex or gender identity. Monáe didn’t clarify whether she used they/them pronouns since she has used she/her pronouns in the past, The Daily Mail reports.
‘Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women— I consider myself to be a free-a** motherf***er,’ she said according to the site.
Before revealing that she was pansexual, the star came out as bisexual, ‘but then later I read about pansexuality and was like, “Oh, these are things that I identify with too.” I’m open to learning more about who I am,'” she revealed during her interview with the publication.
Either way, it’s great to see Monáe shedding light on the topic.
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