Daily Links: 10/10/17 – Student expelled for sitting during Pledge

India Landry (17, l) & mother Kizzy Landry

17-year-old^[pictured] sues high school that expelled her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. She needs to win, and every adult responsible needs to lose their job.
Mike Pence walks out on an NFL game in a staged protest when some players knelt during the National Anthem as literally everyone knew they would.
(via Joe.My.God.)
To be clear: The Vice President wasted a quarter-million in taxpayer dollars to visit a sports game where he knew there would be an Anthem protest so that he could pretend to be spontaneously offended.
(via Joe.My.God.)
Meanwhile, it seems Trump got his way: NFL’s leadership now demands all players stand during the Anthem or they don’t play.
(via @ggreenwald)
Finally, the Dutch version of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver examines the US’s National Rifle Addiction problem:
(via Joe.My.God.)

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