Mark Cuban says he had to tell NBA rookies you’re making $850,000 you can’t buy your mom a $5,000,000 house
“I can’t tell you how many stories I had about players who came to the Mavs who didn’t know what a checking account was, let alone had one”
“Didn’t understand how credit cards worked. Had no concept of money. I told them, No, don’t spend that money. You’re making $850K, you can’t buy your mom a $5 million house”
“NIL really made them far more aware of the economics, that’s the good side”
“The bad side is a lot of shady people who understand these are kids that don’t understand money, maybe from families who are in the same situation, and take advantage of them”
"Seeing the NAACP and some Black politicians encouraging students to boycott their colleges feels unethical and un-American. It's crucial to recognize that many of these leaders have their own agendas that don’t prioritize your success or well-being. Instead of being used as pawns in a political game, let’s focus on building a future that truly supports Black students and their families. Stand strong for your education and future! 💪🏿📚" #BlacksAreAmericans
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Fun Fact of the Day: These Four Republicans Byron Donalds (FL-19), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), John James (MI-10), and Burgess Owens (UT-4) represent majority white congressional districts, and NOT one of them was allowed to join the Black Congressional Caucus.
Are they not black enough? 🤔
I’m starting to think the democrats are being very disingenuous about all this talk of black people being unable to be elected or represented, the black vote being repressed, and the “Jim Crow 2.0” bullshit. 🤨
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Unvaccinated Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kennie Kelly — a Master Aviator — has officially been REINSTATED to the US military, with full backpay, entitlements, station preference and benefits...
...after being REMOVED due to refusing the COVID jab under Biden
LFG!
I VOTED FOR THAT!
Bless this hero 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Chevalier de Saint-Georges aka the "Black Mozart," Joseph Bologne, was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist, and a conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris broke barriers in classical music.
Stockton City Council meeting, Vice Mayor Jason Lee created a NGO
After creating the nonprofit, he then attempted to get a $58 million dollar taxpayer funded grant given to his NGO
He is the founder of the NGO and a member of the city council voting for his own funding
The council voted against partnering with his NGO (luckily) but he will definitely be attempting to steal more taxpayer money in the future. He’s got his nonprofit setup and ready to take taxpayer money
He didn’t lose his job. Jason Lee is still the Vice Mayor of Stockton, California
California is ground zero for fraud
California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits
“What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they was were told was direct relief for the victims. But now we've learned that this money didn't go to the victims at all. Instead, it went to nonprofits”
Here are some examples
- CA Native Vote Project: $100,000 for voter participation for Native Americans
- Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): $250,000 for programs prioritizing undocumented immigrants
- Altadena Talks Foundation: $100,000 went to supported podcasts, including Toni Raines podcast
- NAACP Pasadena: $100,000 political advocacy
- Los Angeles Black Worker Center $550,000 to political advocacy organizations
- Center for Applied Ecological Remediation: $500,000 for fungus/microbe/plant soil remediation projects
Over $500,000 went to bonuses for nonprofit leaders and consultants
🚨 NOW: SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas is being praised nationwide for EMBODYING the PURE AMERICAN DREAM after becoming the 2nd-longest serving Supreme Court Justice in history
God bless this patriot! 🇺🇸 🙏🏻
“It followed that Catholic schools had to be better than public schools. So he sent my brother and me to one.”
“Remember now, I'm seven years old. My brother is six. And he says to us, You are going to go to school every day!”
“And if you are sick, you're still going. And if you die, you will go. I will take your body for three days to make sure you're not faking.”
“And he meant it. I mean, the thing about it is, it's one thing if somebody says it and you think they're exaggerating. He wasn't that kind of guy.”
“The Catholic schools were very orderly. My brother used to say, When you walked in there, you could hear a gnat tiptoeing across cotton. It was segregated.”
“The nuns didn't much appreciate the fact that blacks were treated that way. They were mostly Irish nuns. And they were outspoken, too.”
“Oh, God, I love it. They were on our side from day one.” 👏🏻
HE WORKED HARD, HE EARNED IT
H/t @MarkPaoletta
NYT Nicholas Kristof: A black kid in Mississippi is 2.5 times as likely to be proficient in math and reading by 4th grade as a black kid in California.
Do we need to look a little bit less at what Trump is doing, and look a little more in the mirror?