NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter: I Wouldn't Use the National Anthem to Protest

National Football League Season kicked off Thursday night, with Kansas City Chiefs player Marcus Peters taking a seat for the national anthem.
NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter said he would not use the national anthem to protest, although he supports the players' right to protest.
"I'm not going to disrespect the flag," Carter told host Stuart Varney. "But I would take that opportunity to try to be able to do it in some form or fashion, and I do believe in supporting my teammates."
Former 49ers player Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee last year as "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung before games as a sign of protest against what he saw as an epidemic of police brutality towards black men. Since then some of his teammates and other players have followed his example, some sitting, one even eating a banana as others stood for the anthem.
A poll by J.D. Power suggested that the national anthem protests were the main reason fans tuned out of the games, with 26 percent reporting this as their reason.
"They don't have a problem with the military," Carter assured, saying the players are simply trying to bring awareness to a cause.
"I think taking the knee during the national anthem hurts the game, it hurts NFL," Varney commented. Bailey Comment: They're not taking a knee to their million dollar paychecks.

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Sharpton's daughter arrested after cops say she attacked NYC cabbie

The Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughter got an unexpected gift early Saturday at her birthday celebration -- handcuffs for allegedly attacking a cab driver in New York City, according to reports.

Ashley Sharpton, 30, is accused of shoving and punching the cabbie after snatching his keys in midtown Manhattan just before 1 a.m., it was reported.

“She told me it didn't happen the way they said it happened but I can't speak for a 30-year-old woman,” the activist preacher told the New York Daily News. His daughter couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
The trouble started when Sharpton and three pals hailed the cab.
All jumped in and gave different destinations, confusing the cabbie who became annoyed and stopped the vehicle.
He told his passengers he wasn't going anywhere until they figured out where they wanted to go, the paper reported.
Cops said Sharpton, who was sitting next to the cabbie, then snatched the keys from the ignition and jumped out of the cab.
Things got physical when the cabbie got out and tried to grab the keys from Sharpton, telling her, “Give me my keys back,” cops told the New York Post.
“I don’t have your keys,” she allegedly spat before later admitting she tossed them, the paper reported.
One of her pals might have given her an awful birthday present by filming the encounter, according to the paper. Cops said the footage shows Ashley Sharpton punching the driver in the chest.
By the time cops arrived she had vanished. Cops found her two hours later on a nearby street.
She was issued a summons to appear in court at a later date, the Post reported. She was charged with petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
“Happy Birthday to my youngest, Ashley,” Sharpton tweeted Friday referring to his daughter. “A strong black woman and committed activist. So proud to be your Dad.”
Ashley Sharpton was one of 16 protesters arrested in January for blocking traffic outside Trump Tower to protest President Trump’s Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Prosecutors agreed in March to dismiss the arrest if she stayed out of trouble until Sept. 20, the New York Post reported at the time.

Progressives' frustrations with Feinstein spark talk of 2018 Senate challenge, report

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s solid stature on Capitol Hill and in California Democratic politics may be in peril, with progressives purportedly frustrated enough about her views on President Trump, DACA and single-payer health care to possibly mount a 2018 challenge for her Senate seat.

A strong potential primary challenger is state Sen. Kevin de Léon, a Los Angeles Democrat, according to Politico.

Feinstein most recently upset progressives on Tuesday, the day the Trump administration announced the dismantling of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era executive order that protects young illegal immigrants from deportation.
The 84-year-old senator said she supports DACA but acknowledged the administration’s argument that the order is on shaky legal ground, amid legal threats from Republican states' attorneys general, and should be codified by Congress.
“We need to pass a law, and we should do it," Feinstein told MSNBC.
Her analysis came several days after being criticized at a town hall meeting in San Francisco for expressing optimism about Trump becoming "a good president.” The remark resulted in so much Democratic backlash that she issued a clarification about being “under no illusion” about Trump.
Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, was elected to the Senate in 1992.
“Assuming she runs, she’ll be tough to beat,” Ben Tulchin, a California Democratic strategist, said Saturday.
Tulchin, president of San Francisco-based Tulchin Research, also said Feinstein’s solid backing among California Democrats, especially with Bay Area and women voters, make it “tough to outflank her in that capacity.”
California Democrats until recently appeared on a nearly endless wait to rise in political circles -- with Feinstein and fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer as the state’s long-standing U.S. senators and fellow party member Jerry Brown serving four straight terms as governor.
However, Boxer’s retirement allowed former state Attorney General Kamal Harris last year to win that Senate seat. Brown leaves in January after a fourth-and-final term. And Feinstein has yet to say whether she’ll seek re-election next year.
If victorious, Feinstein would be 91 at the end of that six-year term.
Feinstein has continuously expressed reservations about the so-called single-payer health care plan championed by many progressives, including Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate and a potential 2020 challenger.
California state Democratic lawmakers this summer split on such a plan, which would create a universal health care system for residents.
House Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved the Senate-approved $400 billion proposal, arguing it had no funding plan.
Politico also reports 38-year-old businessman Joseph Sanberg is being encouraged to run against Feinstein.
Courtni Pugh, de León’s political director, has tried to tamp down speculation about him possibly making a run for Feinstein's seat amid a purported groundswell of grassroots
“Senator de León has his head down and is focused on California’s Legislative business,’’ she told Politico.

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Pakistan’s Largest Bank Fined, Ordered to Shut Down Operations in U.S.

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Pakistan’s largest bank is ordered to shut down its only branch in the U.S.
The New York Department of Financial Services ordered Habib to surrender its license to operate in the state after discovering it failed to comply with a number of laws.
A recent investigation found the Pakistani bank facilitated billions of dollars in transactions with a Saudi bank that has alleged ties to Al-Qaeda.
The bank also permitted transactions by the leader of a Pakistani terror group, and a sanctioned Chinese arms dealer.
Habib was fined $225 million, and has agreed to surrender its license.

Another spoiled NFL player makes fans furious after he disrespects the USA

What in the hell is wrong with the owners of these football teams letting their employees get away with crap like this. If it was you or I we would lose our jobs over it.

I don't see any attitude and my s**t don't stink, on this face do you?

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Anyone remember the black panther salute?

America love it or leave it.

You can now add Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters to your list of no-account, unpatriotic pinheads who hate the red, white and blue. 

Peters brought shame upon himself and his family Thursday night when he refused to stand for the national anthem. It happened during the NFL's season opener between the Chiefs and the New England Patriots.

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Instead of honoring our nation and our military, Peters plopped down on a bench and sulked -- like an overgrown, spoiled brat.
"I think it was disrespectful to our country. He should have stood up," football fan Sandra Lowman told Fox4KC.com.
Fan Steven King was so angered that he took off his Number 22 jersey and tossed it aside.
"I had so much respect for him before he did that. He's a good player and all that, but now you can have that jersey. I don't care what you do with it. I don't want it!" he told our Fox television affiliate.
Last season, Peters thrust his fist into the air during a game -- in defiance of Lord-knows-what.
“I was just stating how I’m black, and I love being black, (and) I’m supporting Colin (Kaepernick) in what he’s doing as far as raising awareness with the justice system,” Peters told the Kansas City Star at the time.
I'm a huge football fan, but I've decided to boycott the NFL this season.
I might reconsider, if the NFL can muster the courage to tell players that if they ride the bench during the national anthem, they'll be riding the bench during the game.
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Trump is dismantling Obama’s executive action legacy

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President Trump has yet to sign legislation that repeals ObamaCare, funds a new wall on the border with Mexico or reforms the country’s tax code.

But gridlock in Congress has not stopped the president from unraveling former President Barack Obama’s executive action legacy during his first eight months in office.

The latest reversal came this week with the president’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program implemented in 2012.
Obama’s program gave a deportation reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, something conservatives have called unconstitutional.
“Only by the reliable enforcement of immigration law can we produce safe communities, a robust middle class, and economic fairness for all Americans,” Trump said Tuesday as he argued Obama didn’t have the authority to enact a policy he referred to as amnesty in the past.
Obama reacted with outrage to Trump’s action on DACA, calling it both “wrong” and “cruel.”
“Ultimately, this is about basic decency,” Obama said.
WHAT IS DACA AND WHY IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDING IT?

DACA could yet live on in some form, as Trump has challenged Congress to come up with a replacement. But for now, it marks the latest in a string of reversals for Obama’s executive actions -- something Trump vowed to achieve during the presidential campaign.
"We're going to be unsigning a lot of executive orders, especially his order that basically lets anybody they want just pour into our country," Trump told a crowd during a campaign rally in Virginia in 2015.
Transgender policy for military
In July, Trump surprisingly announced plans to reverse the Obama administration's decision to allow transgender people to serve in the military.
Trump said last month he wants the order implemented by March, though Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the current policy will remain in place while experts study the issue.
Cuba diplomacy
Trump in June announced plans to roll back some of Obama's Cuba policies, ordering the reinstatement of certain U.S. travel restrictions to the country, though he left other Obama policies in place.
“The outcome of last administration's executive action has been only more repression and a move to crush the peaceful democratic movement,” Trump said at the time. “Therefore, effective immediately, I am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with Cuba.”
Paris accord
Trump also announced in June his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the environmental pact Obama joined through an executive order.
“So we’re getting out,” Trump announced in the Rose Garden. “But we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great. And if we can’t, that’s fine.”
Pipelines and power plants
Trump has used the stroke of his pen to roll back other Obama environmental-related orders.
After taking office, Trump signed an executive order green-lighting the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines.
In March, Trump signed an executive order at EPA headquarters calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan, which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants.
In April, Trump ordered Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to conduct a review of the country’s national monuments, accusing his predecessors of a “massive federal land grab” in an attempt to protect the environment.
Help from Congress
Trump, along with GOP lawmakers, have also been able to use the Congressional Review Act, an obscure rule-killing law, to chip away at Obama's legacy, wiping out a wave of last-minute regulations pushed through before Trump took office.
The Congressional Review Act has been used to nix everything from a rule that would have required oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign governments to a gun safety regulation Obama proposed following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Mueller looking to interview Spicer, Priebus and others as part of Russia probe

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking to interview a range of current and former White House staffers – including top former aides Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus – as part of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Fox News has learned.

The investigators want to speak with aides connected to Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial meeting at Trump Tower last year with a Russian lawyer, among other incidents.

The Washington Post first reported that Mueller is specifically looking to interview a half-dozen Trump associates connected to those episodes.
The list includes press aide Hope Hicks and White House Counsel Don McGahn, as well as Spicer and Priebus – who until recently served as White House press secretary and chief of staff, respectively.
Mueller has not requested to speak with the president himself, Fox News is told.
According to the Post, investigators also are interested in perspective the advisers might have on discussions about President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and the response to warnings that former national security adviser Michael Flynn withheld information about his discussions with the Russian ambassador.
Democrats have particularly pointed to the Trump Tower meeting to argue collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. The Trump campaign has denied the accusations.
Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was revealed in July.
TRUMP JR. SAYS HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLINTON'S 'FITNESS' FOR OFFICE IN RUSSIAN LAWYER MEETING
On Thursday, Trump Jr. appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and told congressional investigators that he agreed to last year’s meeting with the Russian attorney promising dirt on Hillary Clinton because he was interested in any information on the Democratic candidate’s “fitness, character or qualifications.”
In a prepared opening statement, the president’s son again denied any Russia collusion claims and sought to explain the nature of contacts he has had over the years with Russian individuals.
"I did not collude with any foreign government and do not know of anyone who did," he said.