Singin’ the coups: Donald Trump releases single with January 6 prisoners

Former president drops charity song on streaming sites recorded with men imprisoned for their role in attack on US Capitol…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/03/donald-trump-song-charity-single-january-6-prisoners

Lady Gaga's MIXED METER Star Spangled Banner?!

Analyzing Lady Gaga's version of the star spangled banner she sang for Joe Biden's inauguration. It's pretty cool!
https://youtu.be/Y_GY3DB8pL4

NFL decision to permit kneeling protest by players enrages Donald Trump

The US National Football League is embroiled in a standoff with President Donald Trump after it said players would be allowed to “take the knee” during the American national anthem in protest against racism. After the NFL announced its U-turn, Trump tweeted late on Friday night: “We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag – NO KNEELING!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/nfl-decision-to-permit-kneeling-protest-by-players-enrages-donald-trump

Kaepernick releases powerful video on police killings to mark anthem protest anniversary

Kaepernick asks: ‘How can you stand for the national anthem of a nation … that is so unjust to many of the people living in it?’....
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/15/colin-kaepernick-take-a-knee-police-killing-video-protest-anniversary

American fencer kneels on medal stand during anthem, tweets about Trump and gun control - The Washington Post

Race Imboden tweeted that he was demonstrating against "a president who spreads hate."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/11/american-fencer-kneels-medal-stand-during-anthem-protest-gun-violence-trump-racism/

Beto O'Rourke Grabbed a Political Third Rail—And Electrified His Campaign - The Atlantic

By answering a question most Democratic politicians have refused to touch, the Texas Democrat has tapped into a powerful movement. ....
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/beto-orourke-grabbed-a-political-third-railand-electrified-his-campaign/574057/

Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad spurs spike in sold out items - Raw Story

Nike Inc has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since the controversial ad campaign featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick appeared earlier this month, according to data on the company's online sales from Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/nikes-colin-kaepernick-ad-spurs-spike-sold-items/

Another politician says he’s boycotting the NFL. This time, it’s a Minnesota Democrat. - The Washington Post

Focus on football? The league's latest political headwinds are coming from the left. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/another-politician-says-hes-boycotting-the-nfl--this-time-its-a-minnesota-democrat/2018/05/31/2320a5d6-64dd-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.html

Fox attacks high school for opposing pro-slavery verse of national anthem: 'They'll listen to trashy music' -- Raw Story

Fox & Friends on Wednesday suggested students at a high school in San Ramon, California were wrong to oppose the national anthem's verse about killing slaves because those same students listen to "trashy music." ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/fox-attacks-high-school-opposing-pro-slavery-verse-national-anthem-theyll-listen-trashy-music/

Detroit Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy Pens Stirring Essay in Support of Athletes Who Kneel | Alternet

"Honoring America has to mean much, much more than standing at attention for a song."....
https://www.alternet.org/culture/detroit-pistons-coach-stan-van-gundy-pens-stirring-essay-support-athletes-who-kneel

Let’s not overreact, guise. - PoliticalHumor

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/7c8ybl/lets_not_overreact_guise/

Fake news: Tampa Bay Lightning fires black player for raising fist during anthem | PolitiFact

We can’t say exactly how many living, breathing people believed the article that the Tampa Bay Lightning fired hockey forward J.T. Brown, but whether it was humans or bots, they shared the story more than 20,000 times. That was enough to flag it on Facebook’s fake news list.....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/23/blog-posting/fake-news-tampa-bay-lightning-fires-black-player-f/

Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No | PolitiFact

Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, introduced a new dimension to the debate over NFL players’ protest by claiming that kneeling during the national anthem is illegal. "It’s against the law, you know that?" Moore said in an Oct. 16 interview with Time magazine. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That’s the law."....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/19/roy-moore/it-against-law-nfl-players-kneel-national-anthem-r/

An entire German soccer team took a knee before a game, echoing the NFL anthem protests -- Business Insider

A Berlin-based soccer team knelt before a game on Saturday. Both players and officials of Hertha Berlin got down on one knee prior to the game "For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore!" according to a tweet by the team. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/german-soccer-team-hertha-berlin-kneels-during-national-anthem-nfl-protest-2017-10

Yes, I'm talking about you, Fox News - AdviceAnimals

https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/759ihw/yes_im_talking_about_you_fox_news/

NFL Players Association has a polite but pointed response to Mike Pence's assault on free speech

Mike Pence carried out a pre-planned, costly publicity stunt on Sunday, traveling hours at taxpayer expense to an NFL game where he knew that players would kneel during the national anthem in order to walk out in a huff over the silent protest. The NFL Players Association responded with remarkable restraint, while making clear just how big the issues here are:....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705448/-NFL-Players-Association-has-a-polite-but-pointed-response-to-Mike-Pence-s-assault-on-free-speech

Mike Pence protests NFL protest, but stays silent on white supremacist rally -- ThinkProgress.org

Vice President Mike Pence further fueled the row over NFL anti-racism protests today by walking out of a game in protest between the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts after players took a knee during the anthem. The Vice President immediately tweeted half a dozen times about it and released a statement....
https://thinkprogress.org/mike-pence-colts-protest-f77a01531332/

Roy Moore Facebook page shares provocative memes on NFL anthem protests -- The Hill

A Facebook page for Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore shared several inflammatory posts aimed at NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem before games, as well as an article praising Russia's controversial law banning "propaganda" that promotes homosexuality or LGBT rights.....
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/353891-roy-moores-facebook-page-shares-messages-attacking-nfl-players-over-anthem

The Right's Feverish Flag Worship Would Have Baffled the Founding Fathers | Alternet

A historian dismantles conservatives' new crusade against NFL protesters.....
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/rights-feverish-flag-worship-would-have-baffled-founding-fathers

High school athletes are kneeling during the anthem -- Axios

Some schools are threatening punishment, while others are allowing students to protest. ....
https://www.axios.com/how-high-schools-have-dealt-with-athletes-protesting-the-anthem-2491370185.html