he s an orphan now. stories like this are horrific to all of us. as a father, as a human being, my heart is broken for aiden, for the mccarthy family. what s worse is to see the reactions of republican politicians when stuff like this happens. we are overwhelmed by gop extremism. every day brings a new crop of ghastly statements, bold face lies and bonkers, offensive conspiracies. from republican officials, and candidates. it s difficult not to become numb to them. it s tempting to just ignore them. this is the political party that could be in control of congress in a matter of months. so, though i would much murdered voided, and i hate talking about her, we have to start today with gop congresswoman, marjorie taylor greene. she spoke in a clip from her podcast about that mass murder in highland park. a clip that went viral on twitter this week. but here s what i have to say. i mean, two shootings on july 4th. one in a rich, white neighborhood and the other a fireworks disp
that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
Packing up just yet. there s a report that he won t be departing until he gets the chance to hold a huge wedding reception at the official weekend residence for uk prime minister s. it s called checkers, and his fancy, kids. he gets the venue for free. if he still prime minister. what s that saying? you can t shame the shameless. which brings me to my next point, johnson has often been compared to trump, when it comes to shamelessness and dishonesty and chaos. he s often called the british version of trump and between brexit and boyishness and bloopers galore, over his career, the comparison is the sound. 11 thing you did not see, before today s resignation announcement was an armed insurrection against the house of commons, in an effort to keep force johnson in power. at least the british trump spirit is that. still to come, wnba star, brittney griner, pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges inside a russian court, as calls grow in the u.s. for her
Important than tomorrow or the day after. but the boyishness in me, the boy in me, the little boy in me wonders if i will see my mother again if i die. that makes the specter of dying more palatable. maybe i will in some form see her again. if, i m sorry, i should say when you meet your mother, what would you ask? what would you say? i don t think i would say anything. i would i would probably just let her hold me for a while, for a long time. that s because i can t recall that ever having happened.