NYT: Donald Trump is not planning to attend the ceremony at Ground Zero marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks after being told he could not give a speech, as the annual ceremony has a longstanding policy barring politicians from giving remarks.
Trump’s team had made advance visits to the site and initially indicated to officials in New York and Washington that the president planned to attend.
Instead, Trump will attend a midterm political convention in Texas on September 9 and 10 before traveling to the Pentagon.
@laurynslounge That is why I just look at people when they try to talk bad about MJB. I be like it’s a reason they call her a Queen. She may not be carrying those numbers anymore but she can still fill an area and the people still come out to see her
@imMeMeTalks It’s just good ole fashion jealousy and the fact she won’t allow them to dim her lights. Mix that in with Roc Nation and Beyonce supporting her….
@laurynslounge No because if they don’t change the shares artists make from streaming soon not many people are going to be making music a lot because it won’t be worth it.
@leafy_vegetable By that time black people had stopped calling her a white girl because she had married Bobby but earlier in her career she did get alot of crazy pushback from some in the community. I’m just glad it never made her stop supporting black causes or people
@msyonceslay I’m not seeing that for her either and I like her. They should just let the children develop into the stars they are without mentioning the great ones that came before them
Happy belated birthday to Marshall Thompson, the last surviving original member of The Chi-Lites.
Chicago is where doo-wop fused with gospel and R&B during the 1950s, creating a distinct vocal-group tradition. The Chi-Lites represented the next generation of that sound, carrying it forward with some of the most magical harmonies in R&B history.
A former staffer to Georgia Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins posted a photo of himself dressed in KKK robes.
Speaking to the Washington Post, he denied being a white supremacist, pointing to his Colombian father, but said, “I do think that the white race contributes more to the world.”