Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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Inside Washington D.C. during the Trump inauguration
DJ “Captain Love” embraces a fellow Trump supporter at the Washington DC’s Trump rally while waiting in line on Jan. 19, 2025.
Anthony Clauson | News Reporter
On the day before Monday’s presidential inauguration, then-President-elect Donald Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol One Arena. The event’s line wrapped around several blocks, where supporters celebrated and bought merchandise
Vendors lined the rally selling apparel with slogans such as “Make America Great Again” and “Take America Back ” A cardboard cutout of Trump surfed through the crowd to the tune of DJ Captain Love’s victory music. People in all varieties of Trump-themed merchandise danced and sang along to songs such as “Party in the U S A ” and “Y M C A ”
Standing alongside the line and vendors, Richard Waterloo entertained Trump supporters with juggling and clown gags
Waterloo is a Pope in theDiscordian faith. Waterloo explained that Discordianism is a religion without rules based on chaos and chaos magic. Waterloo said he was politically indifferent to Trump’s inauguration: “I would prefer other things, but here we are ”
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Photo by Gabriel Milby.
National Action Network founder Rev. Al Sharpton fires up the audience at the NAN’s Martin Luther King Day rally in response to Donald Trump’s 2nd presidential inauguration on Jan 20, 2025 in the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. “I don’t want the story of today to be about billionaires, but rather about the regular ordinary people coming from all over to be at this church,” Sharpton said as he encouraged the audience to move forward. Photo by Von Smith
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WKU guard Julius Thedford (13) makes a layup during the Hilltopper’s game against the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Photo by Eli Randolph.
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Washington D.C. communities celebrate what’s more important to them than Inauguration Day
While many Americans traveled to Washington D C over the weekend to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump, others chose to celebrate their culture and honor their loved ones.
With the current divided partisan nature of American politics, two D C communities found that who they are and the people they care for is far more important than the weekend’s big events.
For the African American community, Martin Luther King Jr Day outshined the inauguration of President Donald Trump, which both took place on Jan 20 this year
Many black-owned businesses closed their doors for the day and posters advertising honorary services for the holiday were plastered across the city
People from New York, Boston, Baltimore and more traveled to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in D.C. to attend a rally held by the National Action Network to celebrate after police shut down the group ’ s march
Thedford, Faye both questionable to return this season
WKU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Hank Plona gave an injury update on one of the Hilltoppers’ top scorers Tuesday at his weekly press conference
Plona confirmed guard Julius Thedford suffered a dislocated kneecap in Saturday’s loss at MTSU. He said Thedford MRI showed an obvious ligament tear as well, but showed “ no additional damage ” Plona said there is no surgery necessary for Thedford’s injury
“It’s just rehabilitation from here,” Plona said. “He’s certainly out for a little bit … I guess we ’ re hoping Julius can be back in about a month I guess is what I would say as a random guess ” Thedford, a 6-foot-4 freshman from Memphis, Tennesse, is WKU’s third-leading scorer this season, averaging 12.4 points per game.
Thedford’s play in his first semester on the Hill earned him two Conference USA Freshman of the Week awards in December
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