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When Pete Bevacqua was on his way out the door as the CEO of PGA of America last year, he was clear about the most pressing problem facing the sport: It is still overwhelmingly a sport for rich, white men. “The biggest challenge is, I think, the challenge that everyone …

  Monday August 19, 2019 · 12:00 PM PDT 2019/08/19 · 12:00 What you missed on Sunday Kos … If Trump really cared about Jews, he’d resign and just go away, by Ian Reifowitz Why are Trump’s political donors so ashamed to be publicly known, by Laurence Lewis D.C. media’s …

Source: Kena Betancur / Getty Earlier this afternoon, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neil announced that Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who put Eric Garner in a lethal chokehold more than FIVE years ago, has finally been terminated. “The unintended consequence of Mr. Garner’s death must have a consequence of its own,” Mr. …

In case you are wondering exactly where your personal finances stand, the self-proclaimed “king of debt” has news for you.  “Our consumers are rich,” Donald Trump said Sunday, ever in touch with the financial well-being of everyday Americans. “I gave a tremendous tax cut, and they’re loaded up with money.” …

Campaign Action Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action held rallies in every state this weekend demanding the Senate pass background check bills, and are preparing to spend nearly $1 million in online ads against Mitch McConnell and a handful of his vulnerable Republican senators. Meanwhile, McConnell is behind …

Ever since Jay-Z inked a deal with the NFL to be the league’s new live music entertainment strategist and advisor surrounding “social justice” issues, many criticized him, particularly because it appears to betray Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protests and subsequent career sacrifice. But some are coming to the rapper and businessman’s …

Authorities in three different states announced having stopped three different potential mass shootings in recent days, CNN reports. And we’re like “phew,” rather than “how could there be that many potential mass shootings in a single week,” because it’s the United States of America, 2019. In Connecticut, Brandon Wagshol “expressed interest …

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) managed to hang onto his House seat after November’s midterm elections, despite the humiliation of having been stripped of his congressional committee seats amid controversy over his white nationalist views.  King made headlines again last week over a bizarre argument during a speech to supporters in …

Cheers and Jeers for Monday, August 19, 2019 Note: Daily Kos cap-and-trade rules are now in effect: if you don’t like the drink you have in your hand, cap it and trade it for someone else’s. – By the Numbers: 11 days!!! Days ’til the special election in NC’s 9th …

Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty DJ Khaled Is Standing Behind Jay-Z Amid NFL Backlash DJ Khaled is standing behind Jay-Z’s business moves, no matter what others might think. TMZ caught up with DJ Khaled in New York City this past weekend to ask about his feelings towards his manager Jay-Z, following the news …