Renel Brooks-Moon is the announcer for the San Francisco Giants. She was only the second woman to get that job in Major League Baseball when she took over for the first, Sherry Davis, in 2000. She is also one of the few Black Public Address announcers in MLB.
There are not many of these jobs, and they are extremely difficult to get. So it was a big risk on Friday when Brooks-Moon called out the owner of the Giants, Charles Johnson, for his financial support of QAnon sympathetic Colorado congressman Lauren Boebert.
It’s not just Boebert that Johnson has funneled money into during the 2020 election cycle. The owner of the Giants much funded of the biggest insurgents in Congress, including Senator Tommy Tuberville and delegates Madison Cawthorn, Jim Jordan and Nicole Malliotakis.
Johnson appealed because he had essentially spent money on overthrowing the US system, and released a statement on Friday, saying, “It is often difficult to predict the future behavior of candidates and I never thought that a legitimate candidate would do that. participate in undermining the core values of our great country. Nor was I aware that a candidate I contributed to was associated with QAnon. “
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Really? When Axios put together a list of QAnon-friendly candidates in JulyBoebert was named for Marjorie Taylor Greene. She literally topped the list. And they radio ads during the primaries, she spoke of how she helped “prevent Democrats from stealing our votes for President Trump.” (Note that the still image on its own YouTube page misspelled the word ‘contested’ as ‘FAUGHT’.)
Johnson’s $ 2,800 donation to Boebert’s campaign was made in September, when it was very clear who she was and what platform she was running on. And even if you’re a billionaire, maybe don’t just leave $ 2,800 to political candidates if you’re not sure what their stance is on a cult-like conspiracy theory that’s widespread in the political party you primarily support?
Nowhere in his statement does Johnson say he is renouncing political donations, nor does he ask for any money back from those he has funded who were involved in a coup attempt. All he says is, “My contributions are mine alone and are in no way related to the San Francisco Giants.”
Nonsense. If you own the San Francisco Giants, everything you do is associated with the San Francisco Giants. And when the owner of the San Francisco Giants gives money to insurgents, the San Francisco Giants employees will notice and ask questions.
Angel Cabrera, 2009 Masters Champion, was arrested in Brazil and is being held for extradition to Argentina after a red notice from Interpol went out for the 51-year-old.
That makes it sound like he was involved in a really cool movie plot with spies and all. In reality, Cabrera was wanted by the Argentinian authorities for attacking his ex-girlfriend.
Interpol red announcements, it turns out, are quite common. There are currently nearly 7,500 active, including one for Josephine Sunshine Overaker, sought by the United States for a variety of crimes, including conspiracy to commit arson, arson affecting interstate commerce, and the destruction of an energy facility.
According to the FBIOveraker has several aliases, including Lisa Rachelle Quintana and Josie, and she “can look for work as a firefighter, midwife, shepherd or masseuse”. The FBI rudely notes that she “may have a slight mustache on the face,” while saying that “many of the crimes she is accused of being involved in by the Earth Liberation Front or the Animal Liberation Front.”
Overaker is the only remaining fugitive from Operation BACKFIRE, which investigated crimes that never killed anyone but caused $ 45 million in damage in the name of the environment. This is a much better movie plot (or bow for Homer Simpson’s mother) than a washed-up golfer who commits domestic violence. Which a is just sad.