Native American Activists Score Elaborate Washington Redskins Name Change Hoax

And why not? Everything's fake news nowadays.

Memeorandum picked this up as if it was a real story at the Washington Post, "Native Leaders Celebrate a Victory as Washington Football Changes Mascot to the Redhawks."

Native Leaders Celebrate a Victory as Washington Football Changes Mascot to the Redhawks (Washington Post)https://t.co/BQ0XUDO0e4https://t.co/JzFX0mVdKP

— memeorandum (@memeorandum) December 13, 2017

But see USA Today, "Native advocacy group stages elaborate Washington Redskins name change hoax":

A group of Native advocates called the Rising Hearts Coalition created an elaborate series of fake news articles and websites mirroring major outlets to make it seem like the Washington Redskins announced the organization has changed its controversial name to become the “Washington Redhawks.”

A page designed to look like an exact replica of the Washington Post declared “Native Leaders Celebrate a Victory as Washington Football Changes Mascot to the Redhawks,” but a closer look at the site’s URL reveals that it’s not a genuine article. Similar fabrications representing Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Bleacher Report articles have also been circulating around social media.

The group responsible for the hoax also launched a rebranded team website, WashingtonRedhawks.com.

Redskins owner Daniel Synder has said the team will never change its name, citing the organization’s “great tradition.” The Redskins addressed the hoax Wednesday afternoon.

In a press release, the group responsible announced it will host a press conference in front of RFK Stadium Thursday.

More on Twitter:

Obviously would want to talk to whoever made this if anyone knows https://t.co/dJnRDD1EoM

— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) December 13, 2017

Here's the fake ESPN version https://t.co/C0CEm6czic

— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) December 13, 2017

Here's the fake Bleacher Report version https://t.co/7iyDFKdpBQ

— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) December 13, 2017

Statement from the Washington #Redskins pic.twitter.com/u3DQJFiFXi

— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) December 13, 2017

PRESS RELEASE from Rising Hearts, org behind "Washington Redhawks" online action pic.twitter.com/mLJ40sc08Q

— Bahe (@AsdzaniAmanda) December 13, 2017

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Jews Targeted in Sweden (VIDEO)

Ezra Levant, at the Rebel:

The Plot to Take Down President Trump (VIDEO)

Here's Laura Ingraham, from last night:

GOP Sees Difficulties in Trump Country

Well, I wasn't all invested in this race, but still. Alabama? A Democrat hasn't won there in 25 years?

At LAT, "In stunning 2017 defeats, Republicans see vision of difficulties in 2018":

Tonight's analysis: Democrats have learned to weaponize enthusiasm and cut a path to 2018. For Republicans, the last year has proved a reversal of fortunes: https://t.co/qbC6ulot06

— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) December 13, 2017

Democrats who opened the year clashing among themselves and lamenting President Trump's election have closed 2017 with victories that demonstrated their ability to weaponize party enthusiasm and draw a template for success in a sharply competitive battle for Congress in 2018.

For Republicans, Tuesday night's stunning loss by Roy Moore in Alabama's Senate race — the first GOP loss in a Senate race there in a generation — underscored a bleak passage of time: A year that began in unified control of Washington has ended with the party bitterly split and redefined in the worst of ways, saddled with an unpopular president and a Senate candidate accused of child molestation.

The problems begin with Trump, for whom Moore's defeat represented a third straight repudiation.

The first came in September in Alabama, where Trump ambivalently backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, who lost to Moore in the Republican primary. Then Trump endorsed Republican Ed Gillespie in Virginia's gubernatorial race, only to have him lose by nearly double digits last month to Democrat Ralph Northam.

Finally, Trump transferred his Alabama endorsement to Moore and watched him lose in a state that has been ruby red for decades.
Even in Alabama, a state he won by 28 percentage points, Trump was unable to ease his candidate over the finish line. Exit polls Tuesday indicated one reason: Voters even in this heavily Republican state were closely split between approval and disapproval of Trump.

That's an ominous sign for Republicans heading into the midterm election. The key races next year will take place in states that are far less favorable to Trump than Alabama.

Related to Trump's broad unpopularity is the fact that his party is fractured. Those divisions began with the primary battle, which the president's former chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who strongly backed Moore, helped turn into a referendum on the party's Senate leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

The splits only deepened after the Washington Post published accusations that Moore had fondled and kissed girls as young as 14 when he was a local prosecutor in his 30s.

The Republican National Committee and the party's Senate campaign committee pulled its backing from Moore after the Post story. When Trump, urged on by Bannon, decided to endorse Moore, the national committee returned to support him. The Senate committee declined to follow suit.

On election night, Moore's chief strategist, Dean Young, took off not against Jones or even the typical targets, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, but against McConnell.

"I tell Sen. McConnell this: The people of Alabama are having an election tonight, and he should not overturn the people of Alabama," Young said, anticipating that a victory by Moore might be followed by a Senate Ethics Committee investigation.

On Tuesday night, it was clear that the bitter feelings among Republicans are likely to carry over to 2018 and beyond.

"The polls have been closed for 90 minutes & GOP could actually lose Senate seat. In ALABAMA," Alex Conant, a former spokesman for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, tweeted Tuesday night. "No matter what happens next, hard to overstate what a huge political disaster this is for Moore-apologists like Trump, let alone Moore-champions like Bannon."

Moreover, in Alabama, and earlier in Virginia, Republicans found that arguments they have counted on to dispatch Democrats — that they are soft on crime, the military, immigration, guns and religion — no longer guarantee success...

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Hailey Baldwin Balancing (VIDEO)

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Peter F. Hamilton, The Reality Dysfunction

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Danielle Gersh's Hot and Dry Forecast

This feels like October weather. I'm not complaining, but still. It's weird.

At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Volokh Conspiracy Moves to Reason.com

Well, I hate the paywall at WaPo. And while I'm not a huge fan of Reason, this move gives me ample reason to visit the site.

 See, "Our move to (paywall-free!) Reason from The Washington Post."

Reason welcomes The Volokh Conspiracy! https://t.co/En6HDckU70 pic.twitter.com/8lqsgQuGsx

— reason (@reason) December 13, 2017

Doutzen Kroes Jumping Rope (VIDEO)

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Keaton Jones Bullying Video

He's an adorable kid and sympathetic, but the celebrity virtue signaling is out of control. At least the boy gets to do fun things. Screw all the celebs trying to score points off him.

The video's at the People piece:

Ricky Martin, Millie Bobby Brown and More Stars Rally Around Bullied Tennessee Student https://t.co/1T9L3CXQsT

— People (@people) December 10, 2017

Not sure which is more pathetic here, the kid or the celebrity tweets. The only way to deal with bullies is to find some courage and punch them in the face, otherwise it will never end. His mother did him no favours posting this. https://t.co/zxFBCxqWk6

— Pat Condell (@patcondell) December 11, 2017

Distracted by Phone, Woman Walks onto Parking Garage Elevator and Gets Run Over by Car (VIDEO)

This is crazy. She's lost in space!

Via the New York Post:

Terror Attack in New York City Near Port Authority Bus Terminal (VIDEO)

At the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody."

Michelle Malkin tweeted:

Here he is: the Bangladeshi-born Brooklyn botched bus bomber ==> https://t.co/UzZiExgeIe

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 11, 2017

A Brooklyn man has been arrested after allegedly detonating a homemade pipe bomb inside the Port Authority https://t.co/JdHgIez0Fe pic.twitter.com/QuNAxQRGv8

— New York Post (@nypost) December 11, 2017

And at CNN:



Expect updates.

President Trump Watches Television: Mainstream (Lamestream) News Reporters Freak Out

What's the big deal? Trump's a former reality star host. He likes the television and entertainment, and he gets his news from the cable channels. But oh! He's an anti-intellectual boob who watches hours and hours of TV! Heaven forfend!

Here:

Trump watches four to eight hours of TV PER DAY on his “Super TiVo” — one of the great details in this well done @maggieNYT @GlennThrush @peterbakernyt story https://t.co/rw2xdMCrGn

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 9, 2017

Jennifer Delacruz Dry Windy Fire Warning Forecast

It was 87 degrees yesterday when I was out running errands in the early afternoon.

Oh no! Global warming!

Just kidding. It's dangerous fire weather, though.

Here's the beautiful Ms. Jennifer, for ABC 10 News San Diego:

Why the #MeToo Moment Should Be Ready for a Backlash

Heh. The backlash is coming.

At Politico (via Memeorandum).

Why the #MeToo moment should be ready for a backlash https://t.co/kYblR3sbLT via @POLITICOMag pic.twitter.com/UdHFxKkvM6

— POLITICO (@politico) December 10, 2017

Combined Army-Navy Glee Club Singing National Anthem (VIDEO)

At Red State, "AWESOME: Combined Army-Navy Glee Club Sings National Anthem."

Compare this to the bums sitting through it. https://t.co/b4Id8KmZnj

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 10, 2017

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— Derek (@DerekUtleyCEO) December 9, 2017

Course on Political Polarization: Jennifer Victor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Here's her tweet with the readings for a class in polarization. Not a conservative tome in the bunch. Not going to ridicule her too much (some of those books are great), but I'd like to see the syllabus as well. There's a lot of excellent writing on polarization, peer-reviewed, from conservatives. Balance is more crucial than ever nowadays, but leftists don't care.

Here's her teaching page at George Mason. Don't see at particular polarization syllabus, but there are related classes.

My students and I read these 9 books this term to understand political polarization, and now I'm smarter. Thanks @chrishachen @tanehisicoates @monkeycageblog @just_shelter @cmMcConnaughy @b_schaffner and others. pic.twitter.com/aVnqA4BMmx

— Jennifer Victor (@jennifernvictor) December 8, 2017