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CLEVELAND -- The records keep falling, but not the way the Cleveland Browns want them to.
Sunday"s 35-10 drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys was the Browns" ninth loss in nine games this season and 12th in a row, dating back to 2015.
No previous Browns team had ever lost 12 games in row, over one season or two. And the Browns have been playing in the NFL since 1950.
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The Browns are 0-9 for the first time since 1975, and a loss Thursday in Baltimore would set a team record.
The Browns are 1-19 over their past 20 games, another franchise first.
In 2015 and 2016 they are 3-22.
Since starting the 2014 season 7-4, they are 3-27. Three. And. Twenty-even.
Playing at a competitive level has never seemed so far away.
Dallas won this game in dominant style. The Cowboys are a far better team than the Browns, and their offensive line is one of the game"s best. It showed as Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and was barely touched, while running backs Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris combined for 148 yards.
That powerful front controlled the game for Dallas, which rolled up 424 total yards. The Browns helped by three times lining up in the neutral zone -- how does this happen three times in a game? -- and by blowing coverage on all of Prescott"s TD throws.
The Browns opened with a field goal drive and were down 7-3 when they had a field goal try hit off the upright. Aside from a seven-play touchdown drive that made it 21-10 in the final minute of the first half, that was it for the Browns.
As Dallas was adding to its second-half lead, the Browns had 28 yards of offense in the second half -- 6 in the fourth quarter.
Dallas started the game favored and expected to win. That they carried it through with an exclamation point didn"t make it any easier to watch.
Only in Cleveland: The Cleveland Browns since their return to the NFL
CLEVELAND -- The records keep falling, but not the way the Cleveland Browns want them to.
Sunday"s 35-10 drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys was the Browns" ninth loss in nine games this season and 12th in a row, dating back to 2015.
No previous Browns team had ever lost 12 games in row, over one season or two. And the Browns have been playing in the NFL since 1950.
There"s more, as the Browns continue a slide toward NFL ignominy:
Complete 2016 schedule
Statistics
Scoreboard
Standings
The Browns are 0-9 for the first time since 1975, and a loss Thursday in Baltimore would set a team record.
The Browns are 1-19 over their past 20 games, another franchise first.
In 2015 and 2016 they are 3-22.
Since starting the 2014 season 7-4, they are 3-27. Three. And. Twenty-even.
Playing at a competitive level has never seemed so far away.
Dallas won this game in dominant style. The Cowboys are a far better team than the Browns, and their offensive line is one of the game"s best. It showed as Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and was barely touched, while running backs Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris combined for 148 yards.
That powerful front controlled the game for Dallas, which rolled up 424 total yards. The Browns helped by three times lining up in the neutral zone -- how does this happen three times in a game? -- and by blowing coverage on all of Prescott"s TD throws.
The Browns opened with a field goal drive and were down 7-3 when they had a field goal try hit off the upright. Aside from a seven-play touchdown drive that made it 21-10 in the final minute of the first half, that was it for the Browns.
As Dallas was adding to its second-half lead, the Browns had 28 yards of offense in the second half -- 6 in the fourth quarter.
Dallas started the game favored and expected to win. That they carried it through with an exclamation point didn"t make it any easier to watch.
#VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE -- THANKS FOR STEPPING UP Purple Heart recipient Lawrence Repanshek of Fredericksburg, Va., salutes the colors during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Fredericksburg Area War Memorial in Fredericksburg, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (Dave Ellis/The Free Lance-Star via AP)
Veterans Day is Nov. 11 and many businesses and restaurants are honoring those who served their country with freebies, deals and discounts.
Here are some of the best offers for veteran and military personnel. Participation varies by location and most offers require military ID, check with your location before you go.
Veterans Day free meals
Applebee"s-Applebee"s will offer a complimentary meal to veterans on Nov. 11.
Back Yard Burgers -Back Yard Burgers is offering a free Back Yard Classic Burger on Nov. 11 for all active duty service members and veterans who show their military ID or are in uniform. Back Yard Burgers also offers a 20 percent discount to service men and women year-round.
Bar Louie Bar Louie will offer veterans and active military personnel a free app or entre on Nov. 11
Bonefish Grill All active and retired service members with valid military ID will receive a complimentary Bang Bang Shrimp at all Bonefish Grill locations on Nov. 11.
Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings is offering a free order of wings and side of fries to veterans and active duty military.
Chicken Salad Chicks- Veterans get a freeOriginal Chick mealalong with a drinkat Chicken Salad Chicks on Nov. 11.
Chili"s Chili"s is offering a free entre from a select menu on Nov. 11 for veterans, retirees and active duty personnel.
Chipolte Chilpolte is offering buy one/get one free on burritos, bowls, salad or order of tacos for all active duty, reserves, national guard or retired military, military spouses with ID and veterans. Offer good Nov. 11 from 3 p.m. local time until close.
Chuck E Cheese- Current and former military personnel can gobble down a free personal pizza at Chuck E Cheese on Nov. 11.
Cracker Barrel Cracker Barrel is offering veterans a complimentary slice of its Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake on Nov. 11.
Denny"s Denny"s is offering afree Build Your Own Grand Slam to all active, inactive and retired military personnel on Nov. 11 from 5 a.m. noon.
Freddy"s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers Free combo meal coupon for all veterans and active-duty military. Good through Nov. 30.
Golden Corral - Golden Corral is offering veterans a free beverage and buffet meal on Nov. 14 from 5-9 p.m.
Hooters Active-duty and retired military and eligible for a free meal from the Veterans Day Menu on Nov. 11.
IHOP IHOP is offering free Red, White & Blue Pancakes7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Nov. 11 to all veterans and active-duty military personnel.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Krispy Kreme is offering free breakfast (doughnut and coffee) on Nov. 11. Offer valid dine-in only.
Krystal"s Krystal"s is offering a free sausage biscuit to veterans during breaksfast hours on Nov. 11.
Little Caesar"s Pizza Veterans and active duty military can get a free pizza or $5 Hot-N-Ready Lunch Combo on Nov. 11 between 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Logan"s Roadhouse Logan"s is offering a free entre from its special Veterans Day Menu on Nov. 11. Offer good for veterans and active duty military.
Longhorn Steakhouse - On Veterans Day, LongHorn Steakhouse will offer a free appetizer or dessert (no purchase required, no restrictions) to anyone showing proof of military service. In addition, LongHorn Steakhouse will offer 10 percent off for guests that dine with Veterans on Nov. 11.
O"Charleys - O"Charleys is offering a free meal to all veterans and active duty military personnel.
Olive Garden - On Veterans Day, Olive Garden restaurants will offer a free entre from a special menu to active-duty military and military veterans.
On The Border Mexican Grill and Cantina - On The Border Mexican Grill and Cantina is offering a free Create Your Own Combo with a Choose 2 or Choose 3 on Nov. 11 for all veterans and active duty military personnel.
Outback Steakhouse - Veterans and active duty personnel can get a free Bloomin" Onion and beverage on Nov. 11 and take 15 percent off the entire check from Nov. 12 to Dec. 31.
Red Lobster Red Lobster is offering a free appetizer or free desert to veterans, retired and active-duty military personnel on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11. Veterans, active-duty, retired or reservist military personnel only need to show a valid military ID or proof of service to redeem the offer.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews -Red Robin is offering all veterans and active duty military guests a free Red Tavern Double Burger with Bottomless Steak Fries on Nov. 11.
Texas Roadhouse- Texas Roadhouse is offering a free meal to veterans, military retirees and active duty service members on Nov. 11. Diners can choose from one of 10 entrees. Guests must show proof of service such as military or VA card, or discharge papers. The offer is good from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Ruby Tuesday Ruby Tuesday is offering a free appetizer on Nov. 11 for all veterans and active duty personnel.
Shoney"s Shoney"s is offering a free All American Burger to all active-duty and veterans of the military on Nov. 11.
TGI Fridays -TGI Fridays is offering a free lunch for veterans and active duty military personnel on Nov. 11.
Zaxby"s Zaxby"s is offer a free sandwich meal on Nov. 11 to veterans and military personnel.
Parks and recreation
Army Corp of Engineers Recreation Areas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day use fees for veterans, active and reserve service members, and their families on Nov. 11.
Birmingham Zoo All active and retired military veterans and their dependents will receive free admission on Nov. 11, 12 and 13.
LEGOLAND Florida Veterans get free admission Nov. 1-20, as well as 50 percent off tickets for up to six guests.
National Park Service - The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees for parks on Nov. 11. Active duty military members and their dependents can pick up a free military annual pass at any national park that usually charges a fee. A free lifetime pass is also available to disabled veterans. These passes provide free entrance to more than 2,000 national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, and other federal recreational areas. More information about the passes can be found here.
Carmike Cinemas Carmike Cinemas is giving a free small popcorn with purchase of a ticket at the box office to anyone with a military ID on Veteran"s Day on Nov. 11. Also in honor of Veteran"s Day, on Friday Nov. 11, the first 100 customers who buy a ticket at the box office to see "Hacksaw Ridge" will receive an American Flag lapel pin on behalf of the film from Lionsgate.
Red Roof Inn - Red Roof Inn is offering 15 percent off stays in the month of November to veterans, active duty military and their families.
Zoo Atlanta - Veteran, active-duty, retired and reserve members get free admission and $4 off general admission for up to six accompanying guests on Nov. 11.
Discounts & freebies
American Family Care - American Family Care will offer military veterans free flu shots on Veterans Day Nov. 11.
Bed Bath and Beyond - Veterans, active duty, Reserves, Guard and spouses get 25 percent off their entire purchase through Nov. 13.
Dollar General - Active duty service members, veterans and their families get an 11 percent discount on qualifying purchases on Nov. 11.
Great Clips -Great Clips is offering veterans a free hair cut from Nov. 11 through Dec. 31. Customers who come in for a service on Veterans Day get a free haircut card to give to veterans, redeemable through Dec. 31.
Home Depot- Home Depot is offering a free Build a Veteran"s Day Jet workshop for kids ages 5 -12. The event runs from 9 a.m. 12 p.m., and includes a craft, certificate of achievement, workshop apron, and commemorative pin while supplies last. Veterans also receive a 10 percent discounts on purchases.
JC Penney- JC Penney is offering a 5 percent discounts on Nov. 10-13 for current and former military personnel and their immediate family members with valid military or VA identification provided in-store. The discount maybe combined with additional coupons and special offers including a $10 off $25 coupon with any form of payment or 20 percent off coupon when paying with a JCPenney credit card.
Lowe"s Lowe"s is offering all veterans and their family 10 percent off purchases on Nov. 11.
Meineke - Veterans and active duty military will be eligible to receive a free Basic Oil Change at participating Meineke locations on Nov. 11.
Publix - Veterans, military personnel, and their families save 10 percent on groceries on Nov. 11.
Rack Room Shoes Rack Room Shoes is offering shoppers with valid military I.D. 10 percent off their purchase on Nov. 11.
Suburban Propane- Suburban Propane is offering military personnel families and retired military members a special Military Appreciation Savings promotion. Existing customers with military personnel in their family will get $20 off their next deliver of 100 gallons or more. Good for one delivery taken by March 31, 2017. New customers will receive $20 off first purchase of 100 gallons or more and no charge tank change out, safety check or tank rent for one year. Offers must be used by March 31, 2017.
Tractor Supply Co.- All active and former military and their dependents get a 15 percent military discount on in-store purchases on Nov. 11.
Under Armour - Active duty, retirees and veterans receive 15 percent off on all orders through Nov. 12.
Walgreens Walgreens" customers with Balance Rewards cards and valid military I.D. can take 20 percent off all eligible purchases.
Corey Lewandowski, Mr. Trumps first campaign manager, has also been mentioned for chief of staff, despite having been fired by the campaign in June. But Mr. Trumps children, who feuded publicly with him during the campaign, may resist.
Two other names being discussed: Kellyanne Conway, Mr. Trumps campaign manager, and David Bossie, a veteran conservative operative who became Mr. Trumps deputy campaign manager.
The president and the president-elect.
Mr. Trump, a man who once questioned the birthplace of the president, and Mr. Obama, who scorched Mr. Trump as unfit for the Oval Office, met the news media in that esteemed room, and at least for public consumption, let bygones and bygones.
Mr. Trump, who often labeled Mr. Obama the worst president in history during the campaign, this time called him a very good man.
For a full account, read here.
Video President Obama Meets With Trump
President Obama spoke with President-elect Donald J. Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss the transition of power. President Obama said they had an excellent and wide-ranging conversation.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date November 10, 2016. Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video Trump on the Hill.
After the White House, it was on to Capitol Hill to meet with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, and the speaker of the House, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. Mr. Ryan only reluctantly endorsed Mr. Trump, called his attack on a judge of Mexican heritage the textbook definition of racism, and then stopped campaigning for him after a video emerged of the candidate bragging about sexual assault.
On Thursday, it was all smiles.
Donald Trump had one of the most impressive victories we have ever seen, and were going to turn that victory into progress for the American people, Mr. Ryan said, and we are now talking about how we are going to hit the ground running to get this country turned around and make America great again.
Mr. Trump added: We had a very detailed meeting, and were going to lower taxes, as you know, health care, were going to make it affordable. We are going to do a real job on health care.
Mr. Ryan then showed off the view from his balcony, pointing out the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue, which Mr. Trump converted into a luxury hotel.
Mr. Trump planned to spend Thursday night in Washington, aides announced. No word on whether h**l be in the new hotel.
Meantime, a new first lady arrives.
Michelle Obama welcomed Melania Trump to tea and a tour of the White House residence on Thursday, yet another extraordinary moment as the first lady, who bitterly denounced Mr. Trump and his treatment of women during the presidential campaign, welcomed his wife to her soon-to-be new home.
While Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump held their own 90-minute meeting in the Oval Office, the two women stepped out on the Truman Balcony, with sweeping views of the grounds and the Washington Monument, strolled through the State Floor with the resident curator, and even talked about raising children at the White House, said Josh Earnest, the press secretary.
When they were finished, Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Trump went to the Oval Office to meet their husbands before the Trumps departed for Capitol Hill, Mr. Earnest said.
Last call for health care?
Tens of thousands of Americans are rushing to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act after Mr. Trumps victory as revitalized Republicans vow to repeal the law.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the secretary of health and human services, reported that more than 100,000 people selected health plans on Wednesday through HealthCare.gov. It was, she said on Twitter Thursday, the best day yet in the current open-enrollment period, which began Nov. 1 and ends Jan. 31.
Even though premiums on the Affordable Care Act exchanges have increased sharply in many parts of the country, federal officials say most consumers can still find coverage for less than $100 a month, after subsidies help defray the cost.
Mr. Trump has said he will completely repeal Obamacare, but has not said in detail how he would replace it. Instead of the subsidies now available to most people buying insurance through the online marketplace, Mr. Trump wants to allow people to take tax deductions equal to their premiums.
Planning? Nah, thats bad luck.
Well figure it out on election night.
Thats what Mr. Trump told his advisers after they pressed him this year to name people to a transition team in-waiting that was supposed to give his campaign the appearance of being serious about winning.
So if Mr. Trumps fledgling transition looks a little seat of the pants, well, blame superstition.
Mr. Trump said he did not like the idea of planning ahead because he thought it might jinx him. Its bad luck, he told advisers, according to one senior aide who spoke to Mr. Trump about the matter.
Democrats: To the left, to the left
They love Bernie Sanders, they adore Elizabeth Warren, but as Democrats regroup from Mrs. Clintons defeat, the progressive wing of the party is looking to another candidate to lead the Democratic National Committee: Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota.
Donna Brazile replaced Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the committees interim leader over the summer after it emerged that the committee was favoring Mrs. Clinton over Mr. Sanders in the Democratic primary contest. Hacked emails released by WikiLeaks also showed that Ms. Brazile had been trying to help Mrs. Clinton.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee said on Thursday that Democrats would continue losing elections unless they aggressively take on corporate power and pointed to Mr. Ellison, who is one of two Muslims in the House and is co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
The Democratic establishment had their chance with this election, said Stephanie Taylor, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Its time for new leadership of the Democratic Party younger, more diverse, and more ideological that is hungry to do things differently, like leading a movement instead of dragging people to the polls.
An immigration lightning rod joins Team Trump.
Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and an ardent opponent of immigration, has been added to Mr. Trumps transition team, according to local news reports.
Mr. Kobach, who provided guidance on immigration policy to Mr. Trump during the campaign, will help the president-elect in the weeks before he takes office, according to The Wichita Eagle.
He told the paper he did not expect to get an offer to serve in the Trump administration, but just having him in a formal role in the new Washington could send shudders through the nations immigrants. Mr. Kobach has been one of the loudest anti-immigration voices in the Republican Party for years. He added Mr. Trumps call for a border wall along the southern tier into the partys platform over the summer.
Photo The British prime minister, Theresa May, at 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday. Credit Toby Melville/Reuters A very special relationship with Britain.
Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain spoke by telephone on Thursday, affirming the special relationship between the two countries and agreeing to work closely together, according to a readout of the call provided by the British Embassy.
It was a meeting of the Brexits: the prime minister ushered into power after Britons voted to exit the European Union and a president-elect who has proudly proclaimed himself Mr. Brexit as big a political shock as the British vote.
The prime minister and President-elect Trump agreed that the U.S.-U.K. relationship was very important and very special, and that building on this would be a priority for them both, said Laura Palts, an embassy spokeswoman. President-elect Trump set out his close and personal connections with, and warmth for, the U.K.
Mr. Trump encouraged Brexit and has been supportive of Mrs. May. This year he clashed with David Cameron, Britains former prime minister, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, after they criticized his proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States.
But on Thursday Mr. Trump told Mrs. May that Britain was a very, very special place for me and for our country and invited her to pay him a visit as soon as possible.
R.I.P., T.P.P.
Republican congressional leaders have confirmed what might seem obvious with Mr. Trumps triumph: Mr. Obamas far-reaching trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rim nations is dead.
The Senate majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said flat-out No when reporters asked on Wednesday if the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership the largest regional trade deal in history would be considered in the lame duck Congress that convenes next week.
I think the president-elect made it pretty clear he was not in favor of the current agreement, Mr. McConnell said. Mr. Trump has the authority to negotiate better deals, as I think he would put it, Mr. McConnell added, but that prospect is unlikely given the difficulty of renegotiating a pact at least seven years in the making among a dozen countries.
One of the agreements strongest and best-placed Republican advocates, Representative Kevin Brady of Texas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, echoed the Senate leader.
This important agreement is not ready to be considered during the lame duck and will remain on hold until President Trump decides the path forward, he said.
Pence and Pelosi chat.
The office of Representative Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that Mr. Pence had reached out on a phone call, and she congratulated him on his win. They agreed to meet in the coming weeks to talk more. Ms. Pelosi, the Democratic leader from California, is acquainted with Mr. Pence from his days in the House, where he was something of a rebel before joining the Republican leadership.
Photo Rudolph W. Giuliani with New York City police officers outside Trump Tower on Election Day. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times Lock her up?
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, expressed interest on Thursday morning in being attorney general, telling CNN, I certainly have the energy, and theres probably nobody who knows the Justice Department better than me.
The next question: Would he actually make good on Mr. Trumps promise to put Hillary Clinton in jail?
Ms. Conway, the Trump campaign manager, left the door open on Wednesday. So did Mr. Giuliani on Fox News when he said Mr. Obama should not pardon Mrs. Clinton for allegedly mishandling classified information on a private server as secretary of state.
I dont like to see America become a country in which we prosecute people, you know, about politics, he said. On the other hand, there are deep and disturbing issues there in which if you dont investigate them
The Fox News hosts finished the sentence: Theyre going to continue.
Legal analysts say that a Trump attorney general would wield the power to open a new investigation, even with a special prosecutor. But he could not guarantee the outcome.
Of course, maybe Mr. Giuliani wont be in the Trump administration. He told The Timess Matt Apuzzo on Wednesday that he was not interested in returning to government. Instead, he and his friend Michael B. Mukasey, the former attorney general, would advise Mr. Trump on potential nominees. Between us, we can locate a lot of really good people.
The Powerball numbers on Saturday, Oct. 29, were worth an estimated $183 million. The cash payout would mint an instant millionaire with $120.5 million in winnings.
That"s far from January"s record Powerball jackpot, which was worth nearly $1.6 billion. But it"s enough to make Americans run to the nearest convenience store with dreams of cash.
The billion-dollar-plus prize won in the Jan. 13 drawing was the largest lotto jackpot awarded in U.S. history and was split by three winners.
The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, are: 19, 20, 21, 42 and 48. The Powerball number is 23.
The Powerball game is played by matching all five white b***s in any order and the red Powerball number.Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time. Each ticket costs $2.
Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets.
The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338.
If you still want to take a chance someone has to win, right? you have a better chance of hitting the jackpot if you let the computer pick your numbers. The Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the Powerball game, says about 75 percent of winning tickets are selected when the numbers are chosen by a computer.
Powerball is played in 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball draws can be seen on hundreds of TV stations nationwide. It may also be available on cable or your mobile device. The draws are also posted on YouTube and on our site.
Where to watch the Powerball drawing on TV.
Claiming, Safeguarding Winnings
So, what should you do if you win the big prize?
Many lottery winners hire an attorney, financial planner or both, since most people dont exactly know what to do when they suddenly come into so much money.
Some even bring their lawyer with them to claim their prize. The lottery does not offer any counseling services or advice for winners.
You have two choices when you claim your prize: the full value paid in 30 installments over 29 years, or a one-time lump sum that is smaller than the actual total.
Then there are the taxes. The federal tax on lottery winnings is 25 percent. Then, any extra income taxes like state or city would apply.
Financial experts say that if you can get more than a 3 or 4 percent return on an investment, the lump sum is actually the best way to go in the long-term.
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Dallas Mavericks vs Golden State Warriors - 1st Half Highlights | Nov 9, 2016 | 2016-17 NBA Season
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has never been a man to immerse himself solely in basketball. While some players and coaches talk only about the game, dodging greater social topics, Kerr has created an atmosphere around his team where players are encouraged to explore themselves as people and not just athletes. He wants them to have voice and personality. And so he did not stay silent when Donald Trump was elected president.
Before the Warriors beat Dallas on Wednesday night, Kerr used a section of his pregame press conference to criticize an election that ran out-of-control, saving his harshest words for Trump. The man whos going to lead you has routinely used racist, misogynist, insulting words, thats a tough one, Kerr said.
Mostly, Kerr spoke about the previous few months during which the election seemed to sink to a low of insults, comparing the process to the Jerry Springer Show.
I have no idea what kind of president h**l be because he hasnt said anything about what hes going to do, Kerr said. We dont know. But its tough when you want there to be some respect and dignity and there hasnt been any and then you walk into a room with your daughter and your wife who have basically been insulted by his comments and theyre distraught. And you walk in and see the faces of your players, most of them who have been insulted directly as minorities, its sort of shocking. It really is.
He added that the team had discussed the election. We talked about it as a team this morning. I dont know what else to say. Just the whole process has left us feeling disgusted and disappointed. I thought we were better than this. I thought The Jerry Spring Show was The Jerry Springer show, said Kerr. Watching the last debate, Trump would make a crack at Clinton, and youd hear the fans in the stands Oooooh, oh, no, he didnt. Oh, yes he did. This is a presidential election, not The Jerry Springer Show.
After the Dallas game, Warriors forward David West also attacked Trumps election calling it disappointing. Its been in the past that the whole idea around what it means to be a president and the esteem of that office is supposed to bring all that is out the window, West told ESPN.
You just tell your kids that you basically have to look in a different space in terms of what it takes to be successful because this guy just proved that everything we teach our kids about manners and etiquette, all thats out the window, West continued. Its a very difficult pill to swallow.
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I got up on Election Day and burst into tears not a genteel twin trickle but a great heaving burst, zero to firehose. Tears spattered the inside of my glasses, dripped from my lips, and left mascara-tinged rosettes blooming black in my cereal milk.
Honey, my husband crooned to me. Honey, its going to be O.K. The numbers are still good. Its O.K.
But it wasnt the numbers. I wasnt sobbing because I was afraid Hillary Clinton was going to lose. That would come later. I was sobbing Tuesday morning because, as I poured my coffee, Id caught a glimpse of a cable news interview with Mrs. Clinton just after she voted for herself in Chappaqua, N.Y. She seemed breathless, exhilarated, a little overwhelmed. Over her shoulder, Bill Clinton stared at his wife and beamed.
My husband stares at me like that sometimes. Its not just love we expect husbands to love their wives but something less traditional, more conditional and gendered. Its professional respect. Its pride.
Were accustomed to that pride flowing the other direction, from wife to husband, because men in our culture get to be more than just bodies, do more than just nurture. Men get to act and excel and climb and aspire and thrive and win and rule and be the audacious, hungry fulcrum of public life. It is normal for men to have ambition. It is normal for women to stand aside.
I thought about Bill Clinton meeting Hillary Rodham at Yale in 1971, and how tenacious and intense she must have been even back then, how undeniable and potent. Mr. Clinton describes the moment in his memoir. She conveyed a sense of strength and self-possession I had rarely seen in anyone, man or woman, he wrote. "She was in my face from the start. He says he once told her, during those years, I have met all the most gifted people in our generation and youre the best.
And then I thought about Mr. Clinton rising steadily through his political career, on the track we have built for charismatic, competent white men. He must have known, every second, how good his wife was. Not just good, but the best. Better than everyone hed ever met; better than him, even. And he watched her stand next to him and wait, and wait, and wait, underestimated and degraded and excoriated for wanting more out of life than cookies.
And she didnt quit! She swallowed slander and humiliation and irrational hatred for three decades and she didnt quit, and here she was, just a hairs breadth from the presidency of the United States the first woman ever to be trusted with the rudder of the world. He must be so proud of her, I thought. It made me cry.
I cried because I want my daughters to feel that blazing pride, that affirmation of their boundless capacity not from their husbands, but from their world, from the atmosphere, from inviolable wells of certainty inside themselves. I cried because its not fair, and Im so tired, and every woman I know is so tired. I cried because I dont even know what it feels like to be taken seriously not fully, not in that whole, unequivocal, confident way thats native to handshakes between men. I cried because it does things to you to always come second.
Whatever your personal opinion of the Clintons, as politicians or as human beings, that dynamic is real. We, as a culture, do not take women seriously on a profound level. We do not believe women. We do not trust women. We do not like women.
I understand that many men cannot see it, and plenty more do not care. I know that many men will read this and laugh, or become defensive, or call me hysterical, or worse, and thats fine. I am used to it. It doesnt make me wrong.
But maybe this election was the beginning of something new, I thought. Not the death of sexism, but the birth of a world in which womens inferiority isnt a given.
That grain of hope glowed inside me until around dinner time on Tuesday, the final day of an election so openly misogynist that the question Sexual assault: good or bad? was credulously presented for debate.
Today doesnt feel real. It is indistinguishable from fresh, close grief. But if theres one lesson we can take from Mrs. Clinton, politics aside and even Donald Trump acknowledged it in the second debate its the limitlessness of human endurance. Those of us who have been left in the cold by this apparent affirmation of a white supremacist patriarchy (and sorry, white women who voted for Mr. Trump, but your shelter is illusory) are tough.
We have been weathering this hurricane wall of doubt and violence for so long, and now, more crystalline than ever, we have an enemy and a mandate. We have the smirking apotheosis of our oppression sliming, paw-first, toward our genitals. We have the popular vote. We have proof, in exit polls, that white women will p**n their humanity for the safety of white supremacy. We have abortion pills to stockpile and neighbors to protect and children to teach. We have the right woman to find. We have local elections in a year.
The fact that we lost doesnt make us wrong; the fact that they dont believe in us doesnt make us disappear.
Lindy West is a columnist for The Guardian and the author of the memoir Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman.
