On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson claims the women’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina, and raised in the Harlem section of New York City. She began playing tennis as a teenager and went on to win the national Black women’s championship twice. At a time when tennis was largely segregated, four-time U.S. Nationals winner Alice Marble advocated on Gibson’s behalf and the 5’11” player was invited to make her United States National Championships (now known as the U.S. Open) debut in 1950. In 1956, Gibson’s tennis career took off and she won the singles title at the French Championships (now known as the French Open)—the first African American to do so—as well as the doubles’ title there. In July 1957, Gibson won Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2. (In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African American man to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, when he defeated Jimmy Connors.) In September 1957, she won the U.S. Open, and the Associated Press named her Female Athlete of the Year in 1957 and 1958. During the 1950s, Gibson won 56 singles and doubles titles, including 11 major titles.
On August 25, 1979, the storm that will become Hurricane David forms near Cape Verde off the African coast in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It would go on to devastate the island of Dominica, and then the Dominican Republic, killing 1,500 people. On August 27, two days after …read more
On August 25, 1950, in anticipation of a crippling strike by railroad workers, President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order putting America’s railroads under the control of the U.S. Army, as of August 27, at 4:00 pm.
Truman had already intervened in another railway dispute when union employees of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway Company threatened to strike in 1948. This time, however, Truman’s intervention was critical, as he had just ordered American troops into a war against North Korean communist forces in June. Since much of America’s economic and defense infrastructure was dependent upon the smooth functioning of the railroads, the 1950 strike proposed by two enormous labor organizations, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, posed an even greater threat. In July, Truman ordered the formation of an emergency board to negotiate a settlement between the railroad unions and owners. The unions ultimately rejected the board’s recommendations and, by August 25, seemed determined to carry out the strike.
To: Federal Elections Committee (FEC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
We need to talk about deepfakes.
Deepfakes are photos or videos of a person whose face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else, typically used maliciously or to spread false information. And now, prominent and influential people are sharing deepfakes of presidential candidates ahead of the 2024 elections. Enough is enough. We need to fully regulate deepfakes and AI on social media platforms overall, but especially when it comes to candidates.
This isn’t impossible. The Federal Elections Committee (FEC) has already started the process to regulate artificial intelligence and deepfakes in campaign advertising, but there’s been no new updates. We need more comprehensive regulations around deepfakes and AI on social media and in advertising NOW.
Why is this important?
Deepfakes pose a significant threat to democracy as we know it. It’s the FEC’s job to make sure our democracy and elections remain untainted from exactly these kinds of threats and the FCC’s job to ensure that the way people are engaged with is clear and accurate on digital and radio platforms.
There are massive elections year this year, House races, Senate races and the Presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. A deceptive, AI-generated deepfake could swing these pivotal races in 2024. Or an onslaught of deepfakes could leave voters completely at a loss as to what’s real and what’s not. For the public to continue to trust and believe in institutions, this cannot happen.
The integrity of our elections is at stake. It’s clear that we cannot assume people will try to speak to the American people authentically and honestly, because we’ve already been at the mercy of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans who refuse to accept election results that are not in their favor. The FEC needs to take substantial action and ban deepfakes on social media to counteract bad actors before our nation’s consequential elections in 2024.
~ trump admin is rolling back rights for women, lbgt and the military
~ Sally Yates notifies the whitehouse that gen flynn has exposed himself to being blackmailed by foreign govt then gets fired which implies the “RussiaGate” is real and most Americans are connecting the dots but has the DOJ FBI and Congress?
~ alternative facts are not just a meme in this era of trump their constituents believe this … but most know this is just a plain ole’crazy
~ Scott Pruitt: “I would not agree that [CO2] is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see,”
~trump says: “You look at what’s happening in Germany. You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,” he said. “Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers of immigrants. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.” these comments turned out to be false
~ stephen miller said “Our opponents, the media and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.”
~ Policy adviser Stephen Miller: ‘Judiciary has taken far too much power’
~ In an almost 2hr unhinged rant trump said, “there has never been a presidency that’s done so much in such a short period of time”. Most Americans are still waiting for the list
~ kellyanne conway’s citation of an imaginary terrorist outrage in an interview with MSNBC. As the internet lit up with mockery of another “alternative fact” from the Trump White House, Conway said she misspoke, saying “Bowling Green massacre” when she meant “Bowling Green terrorists”. more false/unfounded comments
~ National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, who had misled the nation about his ties with a Russian diplomat
~ Violating the One President at a time rule
~Several lawsuits re: trump Emoluments Violation have been approved but stalled?
~ “I’m looking at two-state and one-state and I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the one that both parties like,” Trump said, disrupting years of diplomacy by both Dems and Repubs
~ teamtrump decides Via Executive Order, to trash climate change
~ Executive Order triggered an EPA review of the clean power plan; rescinded a moratorium on the sale of coa lmining leases on federal lands. Ask yourself what our environment will look like
~ spent away from the White House %25 golfing costing tens of millions of dollars 33% at maralago ! 492days in office -115 days golfing and 157days on trump properties …do the effing math trumpies lest we talk about $$$$$ and where that money could have gone
~ An all male panel discussing the impact of defunding planned parenthood contraception … without regulating Viagra or vasectomies
~ accused Obama of wiretapping him … false
~ An expensive Wall promised during his campaign, paid for by Mexico,who said NO … trump is now demanding the US pay for it
~ devin nunes,chair for House intel decides #teamtrumptransition position is more important than his congressional job,finally states he will recuse himself, but did he really?
~ a big losses for trump University , trump Model agency for fraud etc
~ Muslim ban … discrimination -racism religious ~ and a 120-day outright suspension of all refugees entering the country,a temp blocked by Judges
~ Manafort and his russian connections seemed to end position
~ Carter Page and his russian connections seemed to end his position as #teamtrump acts like they didn’t really know him
~ health care bill fails
~President of China, Xi Jinping, successfully pushed Trump to retreat from his pledge in December to give more recognition to the government in Taiwan.
~ the betsy devos and her brother’s business connection to russia should NOT be ignored
~ Executive Order to protect police not citizens
~ Keystone XL pipeline is re-established, foreign pipes,oil is leaving the us and will only create approx 40 permanent jobs
~the House Oversight Committee probing Trump’s security protocols for discussing classified information at his weekend retreat in Mar-a-Lago
~ jeff sessions recusal from Russia investigations …may have met with russians 3 times as team trump transition …
~now, jeff sessions is govt AG, who will take back possible reform for the use of excessive force and discrimination by some police resulting in the disproportionate amount of unarmed Black Male deaths
~ sean spicer, who represents trump accumulates massive errors, disinformation gets out into the airwaves and is dumped
~ A trump missile strike on Syrian … telling russia and Iran prior doing little damage …and then bombs Afghanistan isis site
This is only a partial list of possible egregious comments and behaviors
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