Robert McGowan / Unsplash Louisiana Governor Demands New Policy After LSU's National Anthem Snub Sparks a Firestorm LSU was heavy favored to repeat as national champions but was knocked out of the NCAA tournamnet after missing the national anthem. By Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal April 2, 2024
Adrian Curiel / Unsplash NFL Chooses Singer Whose Hit Song Says US Is Not the Land of the Free for Super Bowl Anthem The NFL is so certain of the loyalty of American football fans that it can comfortably spit in the face of at least half its audience. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal February 3, 2022
(Flickr / Ken Jones) Watch: Singer's Mic Keeps Cutting Out During National Anthem, So Arrowhead Stadium Crowd Erupts in Song In a heartwarming display of patriotism, the crowd at the Kansas City Chiefs' game sang the national anthem when Ashanti's mic failed. By Isa Cox, The Western Journal January 31, 2022
Yahoo News screen shot Covering for Kaepernick: Couric Edited Anti-Kneeling Comments Due to RBG's Racial Justice 'Blind Spot' In the October 2016 interview, the left-wing justice made it clear she wasn't in favor of protests by Colin Kaepernick and other athletes. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 15, 2021
Photo: Farmer Stands at Attention on Top of Tractor as Anthem Plays at HS Football Game Next Door Thankfully, there are still plenty of patriots who wish to honor the national anthem and, in turn, the country. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal September 11, 2021
@CollegeGameDay / Twitter screen shot Mom of US Marine Sneaks 'I Don't Kneel' Message Onto Live ESPN Broadcast The moment was caught on camera as 'College GameDay' was filming in Charlotte, North Carolina, before the Clemson-Georgia game. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal September 6, 2021
The White House / Flickr Hope Solo: Megan Rapinoe Would 'Bully' Teammates Into Kneeling for National Anthem One former USWNT teammate is now alleging Rapinoe's political posturing came at the expense of her teammates. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal August 17, 2021
Lorie Shaull / Flickr Megan Rapinoe Says She's 'Been Thinking About' Retirement 'A Lot' After Olympic Disappointment The 36-year-old women's soccer star and national anthem protester is coming off a disappointing Olympics performance. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 17, 2021
@jontyson / Unsplash Patriotic Wrestler Elated After Historic Gold Medal: 'I Freaking Love Living' in America 'I'm feeling very happy and I keep trying not to cry, but it keeps happening,' the wrestler confessed as she joyfully celebrated the win. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal August 3, 2021
Timothy Takemoto / Flickr Gwen Berry Announces Plans Taking Victory Podium, Using It to 'Represent the Oppressed People' Team USA's Gwen Berry says she will stand up for 'oppressed people' if she wins a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Pixabay US Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Tears Up as Anthem Plays After His Record-Breaking Performance An American athlete is getting lots of attention for what he did on the podium after winning a gold medal. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 29, 2021
@1stLiberty / Twitter Coach Who Was Fired for Kneeling to Pray on Field Doubles Down, Plans to Take Case to Supreme Court 'The fight has been long, but we are hopeful the Supreme Court will right the wrongs,' the First Liberty Institute said in a Twitter post. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal July 26, 2021
Adrian Curiel / Unsplash NFL to Increase Social Justice Messaging, Make 'Black National Anthem' a Prominent Fixture: Report TV viewers can expect to hear 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' alongside 'The Star-Spangled Banner' before major game broadcasts. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 18, 2021
Kevin McCartney / Pexels Poll Finds 79% of Americans Oppose Anti-Flag Stunts, Including Vast Majority of Black Community 'When oppressed people around the world express their desire for a better life, note the symbol they pick.' By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal July 13, 2021
PBS / YouTube screen shot PBS Condemned Over Playing 'Black National Anthem' for Fourth of July 'Seems like a fine song, but don’t call it a "black national anthem." We’re one country, in case you forgot.' By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal July 7, 2021
Akshar Dave / Unsplash Gwen Berry's Shockingly Racist Tweets Resurface, Including One About Wanting to Stomp 'Disrespectful' White Kid Gwen Berry talks a big game about how racist the national anthem is, yet seems to have forgotten she's tweeted a lot of racist things. By Isa Cox, The Western Journal July 6, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Sean Hannity: No Surprise 'President Sippy Cup' Is Backing Olympic Athlete's Anthem Snub After the Biden administration defended activist athlete Gwen Berry's flag protest on Saturday, Sean Hannity offered his opinion. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal July 3, 2021
Ken Jones / Flickr Rockstar Writes Anthem for Patriots to Blare Over Independence Day Weekend Singer-songwriter Aaron Lewis released a patriotic song on Thursday for Americans to blare over Independence Day weekend. By Michael Austin July 2, 2021
Fox News screen shot; Patrick Smith / Getty Images North Korean Defector Blasts Flag-Hating Olympian: She Would Have Been Executed A defector who escaped slavery slammed Gwen Berry, noting things would have gone much differently had she performed her stunt in North Korea. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal July 1, 2021
Fox News / Video screen shot Lara Trump Has a Message for Flag-Snubbing Olympian: 'Go Compete Somewhere Else' It's a message that shouldn't even have to be said out loud, but in the United States of 2021, some things have to be made perfectly clear. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal July 1, 2021
@tomselliott / Twitter screen shot Olympian Who Turned Back on National Anthem Claims It Celebrates Slaves' Blood 'If you know your history, you know the full song of the national anthem, the third paragraph speaks to slaves in America,' Gwen Berry said. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal July 1, 2021