Caitlin Clark says it’s “not acceptable” for her name to be used to support racist, misogynist views
The Indiana Fever rookie has been name-checked in ways that often denigrates other players
NCAA phenom turned all-star Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark has responded to her name being used in racist and misogynistic online discourse. Considerable debate emerged after it was announced that Clark, a white woman, had not been selected as part of the 2024 U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team, with many social media users claiming that Clark’s absence was a decision rooted in so-called reverse. Other backlash stemmed from a series of tough fouls Clark took in her first several games as a professional WNBA player, per ESPN.
“People should not be using my name to push those agendas. It’s disappointing. It’s not acceptable,” Clark said Thursday, according to the outlet. “Treating every single woman in this league with the same amount of respect, I think, it’s just a basic human thing that everybody should do.”
Earlier that day, Clark seemed less willing to address her name being circulated.
“I don’t put too much thought and time into thinking about things like that, and to be honest, I don’t see a lot of it,” Clark said. “Basketball is my job. Everything on the outside, I can’t control that, so I’m not going to spend time thinking about that.”
That comment drew criticism from Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington, one of the players to inflict a hard foul on Clark during a game on Monday night. “Dawg. How one can not be bothered by their name being used to justify racism, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia & the intersectionalities of them all is nuts,” Carrington tweeted on Thursday. “We all see the sh*t. We all have a platform. We all have a voice & they all hold weight. Silence is a luxury.”
77 was a big year for the candidate — he clinched the Republican nomination for president a third time, racked up 34 felony convictions, and lost his right to serve as a business executive in his home state of New York.
While Trump would prefer his advanced age go unnoticed, crowds of supporters have been singing “Happy Birthday” to him all week.
“You know, there’s a certain point at which you don’t want to hear ‘Happy Birthday,’” Trump reportedly told a Las Vegas crowd last weekend, with a mug on his face. “You just want to pretend the day doesn’t exist.”
If elected, Donald Trump, like his opponent, would be the oldest person to ever be inaugurated as president. While many outlets have focused on Biden’s age, and gaffes, Trump’s mental fitness and health issues have also drawn media attention, especially after spending six weeks falling asleep in court almost daily.
President Joe Biden wished the former president a happy birthday on X, poking fun at his opponent’s age and his own.
“Take it from one old guy to another: Age is just a number,” Biden wrote alongside a comparison between the two candidates’ records.
It wasn’t the first time Biden jabbed Trump on the age issue, quipping about their three-year gap back at the 2024 Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Of course, the 2024 elections are in full swing and, yes, age is an issue,” he said. “I’m a grown man, running against a six-year-old.”
Others celebrated Trump on his special day, including NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, who gifted the former president with a scorching roast during his monologue.
“Down at Mar-a-Lago, they’re planning a big party with candy ankle monitors and a bouncy jailhouse,” the “Tonight Show” host joked.
lex Jones must sell off his personal assets in order to make the families of murdered students in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting whole, after he repeatedly defamed them and challenged facts on the tragedy.
A Texas bankruptcy judge ruled Friday that Jones could liquidate his assets, rejecting a plan to liquidate Jones’ company, Free Speech Systems, which owns InfoWars. Earlier this month, Jones agreed to liquidate personal assets by converting his bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7.
Jones, the far-right influencer and host of “Info Wars,” infamously referred to the devastating mass shooting as a “false flag” and claimed that “no one died.”
The 2012 shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut killed 26 people, including 20 children. Jones was first sued in 2018 for the false statements. As of September of last year, the families had yet to see any owed payments from Jones.
He owes more than $1.5 billion from multiple separate lawsuits to the victims of his lies, who faced death threats and psychological harm due to Jones.
Jones will now have to hand over his assets to a trustee, including his $2.8 million Texas home, though the integrity of his company was spared. Per Judge Christopher Lopez, it was not in the best interest of creditors, including the Sandy Hook families, to tear Free Speech Systems apart, though he noted the unusual span of time that its bankruptcy case has dragged on, according to the Associated Press.
Jones has spread conspiracies and misinformation for more than three decades, defaming not just Sandy Hook victims but Parkland shooting victims too, as well as making false statements about a D.C. pizza parlor, which was the victim of a conspiracy-driven shooting.
Jones also financed and allegedly coordinated parts of the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, failing to make an immunity deal with federal prosecutors.
