BREAKING:
Washington Capital have issued a statement on Ovechkin participating in a propaganda video with Sergei Lavrov and Margarita Simonyan which defends Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The team says Ovechkin is a Russian citizen who was asked to participate in a video campaign and that he’a the longest-tenured athlete in Washington.
Apparently his long tenure means that it’s ok that hundreds of thousands Ukrainians have been killed…
The NFL was asked to comment on Ovechkin’s video but deferred to the Washington Capitals.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, into federal custody after he was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated sexual battery in the death of a 2-year-old girl in Virginia.
According to authorities, the child's mother brought her to the Goochland County Sheriff's Office on July 4, where deputies began life-saving efforts before she was transported to a hospital and later died. The Louisa County Sheriff's Department arrested Moran as the suspect, and after ICE lodged a detainer, local authorities transferred him into federal custody.
The Department of Homeland Security said Moran entered the United States illegally at an unknown date and location.
In its statement, DHS said the child was "sexually assaulted and murdered" and argued the tragedy "was completely avoidable because this illegal alien should have never been in our country."
DHS also criticized Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, saying that executive orders restricting state cooperation with ICE have made Virginia "a hotbed of illegal alien crime." The department cited numerous recent cases involving illegal immigrants accused or convicted of offenses including rape, child sexual abuse, murder, gang activity, robbery, and child pornography, while stating that sanctuary-style policies have undermined immigration enforcement.
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.
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In 2023, Burna Boy was ranked by Rolling Stone as the 197th Greatest Singer of All Time!
Burna Boy is also a Touring Powerhouse, and remains an absolute Giant in touring revenue. He has carried the sound of Africa to the Biggest most important stages in the world, including Coachella and the Olympics! He's the 1st African Artist to headline and sell out major stadiums across the US and Europe, and the 1st Afrobeat Artist to sell out the SSE Arena (Wembley) in 2019 and the 1st to sell it out twice!
Burna Boy has won numerous accolades cementing his status as a global icon! He made history in 2021 becoming the 1st African Artist to win the Grammy for Best Global Music Album with 'Twice as Tall'! He has won the BET Award for Best International Act 4 times, and has won 3 MOBO honors including Best African and Best International Act twice. He has also been honoured with the inaugural Billboard Top Afrobeats Artist, and has won 10 Headies, 10 AFRIMMA Awards including Best African Artist and Best Male Artist, 2 MTV Europe Awards for Best African Act in 2019 & 2022, the iHeartRadio Music Award for Best African Music Act and a BRIT Billion Award for reaching 1 Billion and later 2 Billion streams in the UK!
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With his fearless artistry, cultural pride, and genre-defying brilliance, Burna Boy doesn’t just make hits, he inspires movements, unites continents, and cements his legacy as one of the most influential and charismatic artists of our generation!