<ul class="summary-list"><li>In recent weeks and months, <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>'s <keyword id="23927" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hair">hair</keyword> has gone from a shade of sparkling orange soda to a dull whitish-grey.</li><li>There's speculation that his hair colorist quit, but the shift may be more symbolic than that.</li><li>Donald Trump is going through a pretty major breakup with the US at the moment.</li><li>And as any teen going through a breakup can tell you, doing something stupid to your hair is always part of the process.</li></ul><p>Breaking up is hard to do, and perhaps nobody knows that better than Donald Trump. For nearly two weeks, as it's become clearer and clearer he's lost the presidential <keyword id="6359191" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="election">election</keyword>, Trump's been circling <a href="https://proactivemindfulness.com/stress/grief-stages.htm">stage one in the Kübler-Ross model of grief:</a> Denial.  </p><p>Elizabeth Kübler-Ross developed her five-stage grief model while writing "On Death and Dying," arguing that grieving will take you through denial, anger, bargaining, and depression before allowing you to finally accept the loss. Kübler-Ross originally developed the model with the death of a loved one in mind. But it's not hard to see how Trump's been applying it to the end of his presidency.</p><p>His denial has manifested in nearly two dozen court cases <a href="https://twitter.com/alexbruesewitz/status/1327703244949377025">challenging the election</a> (almost all of which he's lost), in all-caps tweets reminding people that he <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1327979630477922304">"concedes NOTHING,"</a> and with poorly planned press conferences at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/four-seasons-total-landscaping-selling-merch-after-rudy-giuliani-conference-2020-11">Four Seasons Total Landscaping.</a></p><div type="image" title="Donald Trump" height="1371" width="1828" msid="79251832" hostid="261"></div><p>But Trump's hair tells us a different story. Since the election, his reddish-blonde mane has faded into a cloud of wispy whiteness. Trump is giving us breakup hair.</p><p>As anyone who's gone through an embarrassing, heart-wrenching breakup will tell you, it is not unlike losing the presidency (probably).  Changing your haircut or color is a way of taking back ownership over yourself and your feelings. It's a physical demarcation between Old You and New You. </p><p>Trump, at 74, has managed to hold on to his hair color — and his hair — much longer than most men his age. His hair itself is something of an engineering feat and its staying power (and frankly, attachment to his head) has been a longtime mystery. In 2016, Gawker published a <a href="https://gawker.com/is-donald-trump-s-hair-a-60-000-weave-a-gawker-invest-1777581357">3,500 word exposé</a> on its machinations, claiming that a hair clinic housed in Trump Tower was responsible for his locks. In 2018, author <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/01/04/scalp-reduction-and-just-for-men-lets-dig-into-donald-trumps-hair/">Michael Wolff claimed Trump's pate</a> was a combination of a draconian skin stretching procedure called a "scalp rotation" and over the counter <keyword id="131159" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hair-dye">hair dye</keyword> (Just for Men, if you're wondering). </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Sonikku  (@SpriterSonikku) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1327363809707585536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote><p>The creamsicle-shaded hair is as synonymous with Trump as "Build the Wall" and "You're fired" and "Sad!" And while other presidents, like Obama and Clinton, also went gray at the end of their terms, this change seems more sudden and specific. According to Wolff's book, the particular shade of orange Trump sports is dependent on how long he can stand to keep the dye on his head — which is why his hair sometimes fluctuated between flesh-toned and forest fire. </p><p>Trump has never been known as a patient guy, so perhaps it's no surprise that in the midst of a contentious post-election legal battle and flailing pandemic response, and facing a series of post-presidency lawsuits, hair care has fallen off his to-do list. Trump is also famously vain — he <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-speech-today-hair-lightbulbs-coronavirus-ventilators-white-house-a9623671.html">reportedly had the White House replace its energy-saving bulbs</a> with incandescent lights because he thought his hair looked better under it. While starring in "The Apprentice," the president took <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/business/trump-taxes-hair.html">$70,000 in legally questionable hair care-related tax deductions.</a> Hair matters. </p><p>And yet, what if Trump's breakup hair is actually telling us he's ready to move on? Despite continuing to hold rallies for his supporters and publicly claiming the election was stolen, his follicles may be quietly whispering what the man himself cannot say:</p><p>"It's over."</p>

Sorry, but the president has breakup hair

<ul class="summary-list"><li>People on <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> are participating in "No Nuance November," a trend in which people share their opinions without any context.</li><li>The trend was started by TikToker @abolish_ice, and has political origins.</li><li>However, it's since grown to encompass a variety of different topics.</li><li>People are using the hashtag #NoNuanceNovember to share their opinions on everything ranging from dermatology to teaching.</li></ul><p>Over the past month, TikTok has been filled with a slew of hot takes as part of "No Nuance November," a new trend that encourages people to drop their (largely unsolicited) opinions without context.</p><p>The meme itself started as a counter-response to "No Nut November," a month of masturbatory abstinence that's become a meme.</p><p>As part of "No Nuance November," people are posting videos full of their hottest takes on topics ranging from politics to dermatology, and everything in between. The format occasionally varies, with some people dropping daily takes to others filling a minute-long video with all of their most controversial opinions. Now, 24 days into the month of November, the hashtag #<a href="https://tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">NoNuanceNovember</a> has amassed over 1.7 billion views.</p><p>"It's #NoNuanceNovember, so post your hot takes with no context and run," TikTok's description on the hashtag's page reads.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@flossybaby/video/6895748752829631750" data-video-id="6895748752829631750" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@flossybaby" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@flossybaby">@flossybaby</a> <p><a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - jay" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6895748674530331398">♬ original sound - jay</a> </section> </blockquote> <h2>'No Nuance November' has political origins</h2><p>"No Nut November" is a half-earnest challenge that encourages men to refrain from masturbating for an entire month and parodies other internet-made challenges like No Shave November or "Movember," where men grow mustaches to raise awareness for men's health issues. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/coomer-meme-no-nut-november-nofap-908676/">As Rolling Stone reported</a>, it's now a meme in and of itself.</p><p>"No Nuance November" was launched as an alternative to "No Nut November." As <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-trend-no-nuance-november-right-wing-trend-no-nut-november-1548502">Newsweek</a> and <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-nuance-november">Know Your Meme</a> reported, it started with 22-year-old college student Tomás, who's known by the handle @abolish_ice on TikTok. Their November 2 video says that they started the challenge to share their political takes.</p><p>"Y'all know 'No Nut November? I'm gonna do No Nuance November," Tomás says in the video. "Every day I'm gonna post a hot take, and I'm gonna limit myself to one sentence. No walls of text, I'm gonna put zero nuance in it. And I'm gonna refuse to comment in the comments, y'all can discuss amongst yourselves... I just wanna be inflammatory."</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@abolish_ice/video/6890602973395782918" data-video-id="6890602973395782918" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@abolish_ice" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abolish_ice">@abolish_ice</a> <p>NNN? No Nuance November? Day 1 (or 2?) <a title="leftism" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/leftism">#leftism</a> <a title="politics" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/politics">#politics</a> <a title="anarchism" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/anarchism">#anarchism</a> <a title="communism" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/communism">#communism</a> <a title="maga" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/maga">#maga</a> <a title="bluelivesmatter" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bluelivesmatter">#bluelivesmatter</a> <a title="blacklivesmatter" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/blacklivesmatter">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a title="blm" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/blm">#blm</a> <a title="alm" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/alm">#alm</a> <a title="acab" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/acab">#acab</a> <a title="1312" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/1312">#1312</a> <a title="trump" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trump">#trump</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Lofi - Domknowz" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Lofi-6799585653702019073">♬ Lofi - Domknowz</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Many of Tomás' <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abolish_ice/video/6898761673432239365?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpost%2Fpreview&amp;referer_video_id=68906029733957829182918">recent videos</a>, or <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abolish_ice/video/6890602973395782918?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpost%2Fpreview&amp;referer_video_id=68906029733957829182918">follow-ups to "No Nuance November" posts</a>, feature reading recommendations to provide context.</p><p>The trend itself, particularly as it relates to politics, isn't without criticism. As Know Your Meme reported, TikTok user @adrian.antonioli <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@adrian.antonioli/video/6893157422806994181?refer=embed">posted a video criticizing the trend</a>, arguing that some takes do merit context.</p><p>Tomás responded to that line of criticism in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abolish_ice/video/6890602973395782918?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpost%2Fpreview&amp;referer_video_id=68906029733957829182918">November 9 TikTok video</a>, saying, "I've been seeing a lot of people saying they don't like this trend because they think it's an excuse for white leftists to make their overgeneralized bad takes without any repercussions. This isn't true. I mean, you can comment and say that their takes are bad. You can also provide what you think the take means. The whole point is that people can actually think for themselves instead of having your hand held through every topic of discussion."</p><h2>The trend has expanded to include any and all takes, political or otherwise</h2><p>In the time since Tomás started the trend, other TikTokers began to post their own variations on the format, sharing multiple takes at once on a variety of topics including dermatology, superheroes, being a teacher, and more.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@dermangelo/video/6895891285522124038" data-video-id="6895891285522124038" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@dermangelo" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dermangelo">@dermangelo</a> <p><a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a> <a title="dermatologist" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dermatologist">##dermatologist</a> <a title="skincare" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/skincare">##skincare</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dance-of-the-Dead-6888067814893095686">♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi</a> </section> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@zephy._/video/6894035451993132293" data-video-id="6894035451993132293" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@zephy._" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zephy._">@zephy._</a> <p>No Nuance November: Superhero Edition (thanks to @jstoobs  for the idea) <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">##fyp</a> <a title="superhero" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/superhero">##superhero</a> <a title="superherofacts" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/superherofacts">##superherofacts</a> <a title="mcu" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mcu">##mcu</a> <a title="marvel" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marvel">##marvel</a> <a title="dc" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dc">##DC</a> <a title="comic" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/comic">##comic</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ WII SHOP TRAP - Flixterr" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/WII-SHOP-TRAP-6816175505650223106">♬ WII SHOP TRAP - Flixterr</a> </section> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@detroitteacher/video/6896524459075718406" data-video-id="6896524459075718406" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@detroitteacher" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@detroitteacher">@detroitteacher</a> <p>Don’t get me wrong, teachers can have such a positive influence. They can also do a lot of harm. <a title="teacher" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/teacher">##teacher</a> <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Mr. B" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6896524509696871173">♬ original sound - Mr. B</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Newsweek reported that many used TikTok's "stitch" function, which allows you to tag your own video addition onto an existing video, to share their takes, springing off of a November 13 video from @ediblesrex.</p><p>One person who used the stitch function was longstanding internet personality Hank Green. His November 17 video about juice has amassed over 930,000 likes.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@ediblesrex/video/6894755030944058626" data-video-id="6894755030944058626" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@ediblesrex" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ediblesrex">@ediblesrex</a> <p>i saw @sativaplath69  do this and then *I* wanted to do it too <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a> <a title="hottakes" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hottakes">##hottakes</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dance-of-the-Dead-6888067814893095686">♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi</a> </section> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@hankgreen1/video/6895858875266764034" data-video-id="6895858875266764034" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@hankgreen1" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hankgreen1">@hankgreen1</a> <p><a title="stitch" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/stitch">##stitch</a> with @ediblesrex  JUICE IS A LIE</p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Hank Green" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6895858828424858369">♬ original sound - Hank Green</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>In turn, @ediblesrex's video has sparked a subset of the trend that specifically a sound called "Dance of the Dead," <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@timothychooiviolin/video/6888067765224148229?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ftiktok-trend-no-nuance-november-right-wing-trend-no-nut-november-1548502&amp;referer_video_id=68958588752667640344034">uploaded by TikToker @timothychooiviolin</a> in a video that shows him playing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytpqcJ1IfoA&amp;list=PLyHcnLzWdI71Q77LwJ-IJpF7mltg_VD-v&amp;index=18&amp;t=0s=18&amp;t=0s">"Dance of the Dead" by Camille Saint-Saëns.</a> Now, a significant number (but not all) "No Nuance November" videos are associated with the sound.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@basicallybetsy/video/6895973493490404614" data-video-id="6895973493490404614" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@basicallybetsy" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@basicallybetsy">@basicallybetsy</a> <p>kinda wanna make a part 2 cuz i have A LOT of “hot takes” <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a> <a title="theythem" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/theythem">##theythem</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dance-of-the-Dead-6888067814893095686">♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi</a> </section> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@parisberelc/video/6897271677126839557" data-video-id="6897271677126839557" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@parisberelc" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@parisberelc">@parisberelc</a> <p>my hot takes <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##NoNuanceNovember</a> <a title="opinons" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/opinons">##opinons</a> <a title="hottakes" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hottakes">##hottakes</a> <a title="topics" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/topics">##topics</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dance-of-the-Dead-6888067814893095686">♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi</a> </section> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@saliorgoon/video/6896932493178572037" data-video-id="6896932493178572037" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@saliorgoon" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@saliorgoon">@saliorgoon</a> <p>i know sags are about to be on my head :) <a title="nonuancenovember" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nonuancenovember">##nonuancenovember</a> <a title="astrology" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/astrology">##astrology</a> <a title="zodiac" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/zodiac">##zodiac</a> <a title="cancers" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cancers">##cancers</a> <a title="sagittarius" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sagittarius">##sagittarius</a> <a title="scorpio" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/scorpio">##scorpio</a> <a title="taursus" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/taursus">##taursus</a> <a title="virgo" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/virgo">##virgo</a> <a title="libra" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/libra">##libra</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dance-of-the-Dead-6888067814893095686">♬ Dance of the Dead - Timothy Chooi</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>As of now, the trend has expanded far past its political roots. For the majority of those who have recently participated, "No Nuance November" is merely a great excuse to get some of your most controversial opinions off your chest without the pressure to explain them, for better or worse. </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/lin-manuel-miranda-lip-biting-selfie-tiktok-memes-hamilton-2020-7">Lin-Manuel Miranda's lip-biting selfies have become a huge meme on TikTok</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-teens-are-reacting-to-trumps-ban-with-memes-2020-8">TikTok teens are making memes saying they'll show up at the White House to confront Trump over app ban</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/two-pretty-best-friends-tiktok-meme-creator-origin-2020-11">The latest TikTok meme denies the existence of 'two pretty best friends.' The creator says the line is inspired by real life.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/moms-tiktok-potential-breakup-song-aly-aj-lip-sync-meme-2020-10">These moms are going viral on TikTok for lip-syncing to Aly and AJ's 'Potential Breakup Song'</a></li></ul>

TikTok's viral 'No Nuance November' trend is giving everyone an excuse to share their hot takes

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/596e23b6552be527008b5077-1183/screen shot 2017-07-18 at 110110 am.png" alt="Jesse Watters" data-mce-source="YouTube Screenshot (President Trump News Breaking News)" data-mce-caption="Jesse Watters featured &amp;quotKevin&quot; on his July 15 show." /><p class="source"><span>YouTube Screenshot (President Trump <keyword id="6355005" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="News">News</keyword> Breaking News)</span></p><p class="caption">Jesse Watters featured "Kevin" on his July 15 show.</p></div><p></p></div></div>When Fox News host Jesse Watters brought who he thought was an anti-Trump militant onto his show, he probably didn't expect to get trolled by an 18-year-old YouTuber.</p><p>A guest under the name of "Kevin" was first featured on Watters' World on July 15, Mediate <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/jesse-watters-was-apparently-trolled-by-youtuber-posing-as-antifa-member-named-kevin/">reports.</a> Claiming that "Kevin" was a member of the antifa leftist militant group, Watters skyped him in and asked him questions about an open letter he had claimed to write.</p><p>"<span>It is time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about the anarchist movement and our tactics because, quite frankly, you have no one else willing to fight for you," the letter said.</span></p><p><span>Watters then tried to confront "Kevin" about instances of violence at antifa demonstrations and the opinons expressed in the letter. "Kevin" went on to blame specific instances of violence against "right-wing inflitrators," but say generally that violence was the proper defense against "racists and xenophobes" in what he called the "Drumpf" administration. </span></p><p><span>When asked by Watters if a police horse that had been stabbed earlier that week by a member of the antifa was a "racist Trump supporter," "Kevin" replied "yes," adding that the horse was "a tool of the police," who he said had become "increasingly intolerant."</span></p><p><span>But "Kevin" was actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm2pbaivKA-9poyXZ4rexrw">BGKumbi</a>, an 18-year-old vlogger with 27,000 followers on YouTube, who then posted the segment to his prank-heavy YouTube channel under the "comedy" label.  </span></p><p>Some of BGKumbi's most well-known stunts include using a stuffed sailor doll named "Wilson" to prank call someone, wearing a trash bag on his head, and posting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnF0s_CdJfw">a video</a> in which he "declares war" on the site 4chan.</p><p>That said, the unveiling of BGKumbi's identity did little to stop viewers from latching onto the horse nugget, with prominent alt-right Twitter users such as Paul Joseph Watson <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/886741134516596736">retweeting the clip</a> as evidence against the antifa.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-met-russian-lawyer-paul-manafort-jared-kushner-adoption-kellyanne-conway-2017-7">ABC calls out Kellyanne Conway over Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer after previously denying any contact with Russians</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pmbzR2YjE6wHpe9XwbXixHvuFFp1_y1C" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'pmbzR2YjE6wHpe9XwbXixHvuFFp1_y1C',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

18-year-old YouTuber fooled Fox news by pretending to be 'antifa' and calling a police horse a 'racist Trump supporter'

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/596e23b6552be527008b5077-1183/screen%20shot%202017-07-18%20at%20110110%20am.png" alt="Jesse Watters" data-mce-source="YouTube Screenshot (President Trump News Breaking News)" data-mce-caption="Jesse Watters featured &amp;quotKevin&quot; on his July 15 show."><p class="source"><span>YouTube Screenshot (President Trump News Breaking News)</span></p><p class="caption">Jesse Watters featured BGKumbi on his July 15 show.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>When Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="News">News</keyword> host Jesse Watters brought who he thought was an anti-Trump militant onto his show, he probably didn't expect to get trolled by an 18-year-old YouTuber.<p>A guest under the name of "Kevin" was first featured on Watters' World on July 15, Mediate <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/jesse-watters-was-apparently-trolled-by-youtuber-posing-as-antifa-member-named-kevin/">reports.</a>&#xa0;Claiming that "Kevin"&#xa0;was a member of the antifa leftist militant group, Watters skyped him in&#xa0;and asked him&#xa0;questions about an open letter he had claimed to write.</p><p>"<span>It is time for liberals and progressives to lose their illusions about the anarchist movement and our tactics because, quite frankly, you have no one else willing to fight for you," the letter said.</span></p><p><span>Watters then tried&#xa0;to confront "Kevin" about instances of violence at antifa demonstrations and the opinons expressed in the letter. "Kevin" went on to blame specific instances of violence against "right-wing inflitrators," but say generally that violence was the proper defense against "racists and xenophobes" in what he called the "Drumpf" administration.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>When asked by Watters if a police horse that had been stabbed earlier that week by a member of the antifa was a "racist Trump supporter," "Kevin" replied "yes," adding that the horse was "a tool of the police," who he said had become&#xa0;"increasingly intolerant."</span></p><p><span>But "Kevin" was actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm2pbaivKA-9poyXZ4rexrw">BGKumbi</a>, an 18-year-old vlogger with 27,000 followers on YouTube, who then posted the segment to his prank-heavy YouTube channel under the "comedy" label. &#xa0;</span></p><p>Some of BGKumbi's&#xa0;most well-known stunts include using a stuffed sailor doll named "Wilson" to prank call someone, wearing a trash bag on his head, and&#xa0;posting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnF0s_CdJfw">a video</a> in which he "declares war" on the site 4chan.</p><p>That said, the unveiling of BGKumbi's identity did little to stop viewers from latching onto the horse nugget, with prominent alt-right Twitter users such as Paul Joseph Watson <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/886741134516596736">retweeting the clip</a> as evidence against the antifa.</p><h2>Watch the clip below:</h2><p>&#xa0;</p><div><iframe width="840" height="630" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/REqeszJLBpI?ecver=2" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/great-white-shark-attack-california-red-triangle-2017-7">There's a place off California's coast called the 'Red Triangle' where over 1/3 of great white shark attacks happen</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="prZzB3YjE6IFRUrsy_RJzNDNF-4nH8Zs" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'prZzB3YjE6IFRUrsy_RJzNDNF-4nH8Zs',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53597e12eab8ead46f6a5c14-1024-683/1040736_176637609181520_1383361306_o.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="Hakeem Jeffries " width="800" /><p class="source"><span>Facebook</span></p></div><p></p></div>New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries thinks reforming the NSA is one of the few things members of both parties can agree on - and perhaps that's because they don't want the intelligence agency spying on them. </p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #000000;">"It is an issue where Democrats and Republicans in large measure are in agreement that there's significant reform necessary related to what the NSA has been doing," Jeffries said at a roundtable for local reporters at his office in Brooklyn Thursday. "I'll be the first person to say, in my humble opinon, the NSA is out of control and I say that with full knowledge of the fact that the NSA is probably listening to this conversation right now."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #000000;">His comment earned laughs from the assembled reporters. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #000000;">Jeffries is a Democrat who is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, which has been examining the issue of NSA reform. He described it as a prime example of an issue with bipartisan support. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #000000;"><span>"There are others who are as passionate, if not more passionate about the need to reform the NSA who are Tea Party libertarians and Republicans whose questioning of the NSA's programs are just as sharp, just as intense, just as probing as Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee,"</span> said Jeffries. </span></p>
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Dem Congressman Says The NSA Is 'Probably Listening' To His Conversations 

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/50b2679decad04c13e000006-543-407/mike-lynch.jpg" alt="mike lynch" data-mce-source="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xu9-YhfQvU" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xu9-YhfQvU">www.youtube.com</a></span></p><p class="caption">Mile Lynch</p></div><p></p></div></div>As he promised to do, Mike Lynch has filed a counter-lawsuit against HP. He's seeking at least $150 million in damages via a London court.</p><p>HP called Lynch's lawsuit "laughable and desperate." </p><p>The fighting between HP and Mike Lynch is the stuff of an Aaron Sorkin movie.</p><p>All of this stems from HP's acquisition of Autonomy for about $11 billion in cash in 2011. HP fired the CEO who orchestrated the deal, Leo Apotheker. Less than a year after it closed, HP CEO Meg Whitman wrote off most of it, $8.8 billion, and claimed that HP had been duped by Autonomy officials, accusing them of fraud.</p><p>Lynch has always vehemently maintained his innocence, claiming that it was HP's own mismanagement of Autonomy that caused problems with the company after the acquisition.</p><p>Now, Lynch's countersuit is in response to<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-sues-autonomy-execs-for-5-billion-2015-3"> HP's $5.1 billion lawsuit filed against him </a>and other Autonomy officials, which was filed in March.</p><p>Both lawsuits have been filed in the UK's High Court. Autonomy was a UK company.</p><p> </p><p>The more information that surfaces about what really happened, the more it seems that there's some merit to both sides of the argument.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/560d5976bd86ef1c008be6df-656-492/leohp.jpg" alt="Leo Apotheker" /><p class="caption">Leo Apotheker</p></div><p></p></div></div>For instance, last week, Lynch released some internal <a href="http://fortune.com/2015/09/26/hps-ray-lane-tried-to-kill-autonomy-deal/">HP documents to Fortune's Barb Darrow</a>, including emails from then chairman Ray Lane which showed he tried to stop the deal at the last minute. </p><p>"<span>I am still haunted by Autonomy itself," Lane wrote. </span><span>Lane asked Apotheker in an email if there was "any way to get out of the Autonomy deal." </span></p><p><span>Lane also discussed how much stock HP would need to buy back to make it look like HP paid less for Autonomy than it did ("</span>to effect an accretion that would buy down the Autonomy purchase to $7B," he wrote.)</p><p>For its part, HP has listed <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/autonomy-accounting-fraud-allegations-explainer-2012-11">numerous examples of transactions</a> from Autonomy's books as examples that it says backs up its claims.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/560d59c6bd86ef20008be758-400-300/ray-meg_edited-1.jpg" alt="Meg Whitman and Ray Lane" data-mce-source="AP and Flicker/dfarber" /><p class="source"><span>AP and Flicker/dfarber</span></p><p class="caption">Ray Lane, Meg Whitman</p></div><p></p></div></div>The statements and press releases are no-holds-barred fightin' words. Both companies are duking it out in the press in a battle of public opinon.</p><p>In the press release announcing the lawsuit<a href="http://autonomyaccounts.org/mike-lynch-sues-hp-in-uk-high-court-for-damages-in-excess-of-150-million/">press release announcing the lawsuit</a>, Lynch's team writes: </p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Evidence shows that at the time of the acquisition, HP was in chaos. Before going ahead with the acquisition they discussed firing their CEO. They then tried to abort the deal after closing, ultimately did fire the CEO, and generally fought amongst themselves like cats in a sack, causing Autonomy to disintegrate.</p><p>Lynch and team also maintain that "Autonomy was the victim of political infighting within HP" and that at one point,  according to emails, HP's head of human resources gave him a toy shield "in order to fend off all the attacks."</p><p>An HP spokesperson told us: "Mike Lynch's lawsuit is a laughable and desperate attempt to divert attention from the $5 billion lawsuit HP has filed and the ongoing criminal investigation. HP anxiously looks forward to the day Lynch and Hussain will be forced to answer for their actions in court."</p><p> </p><p> </p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kesha-sued-her-producer-for-sexual-assault-and-she-says-its-destroying-her-career-2015-9">Kesha sued her producer for sexual assault, and she says it's destroying her career</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/YmIxZjUyM2JmZGM4YTFjMmVmNTcwNWY5"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="BqZWFxdzpBPIpAwbHIAMSVYXNOqtEkky" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'BqZWFxdzpBPIpAwbHIAMSVYXNOqtEkky',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

The ex-CEO of the company HP disastrously bought for $11 billion is now suing HP for $150 million

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b99dbc69bedd1343d23c97-1200-924/ap899359620415-10.jpg" border="0" alt="AP899359620415"><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>It's not easy to know exactly where each Supreme Court justice stands on the issue of same-sex marriage.</p>
<p>But it's important to find out what we can, now that we know the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-supreme-court-will-rule-on-gay-marriage-this-term-2015-1">Supreme Court is going to rule on the issue this term.</a></p>
<p>Our best way may just be an examination of <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">how each has weighed in on other elements of the marriage equality issue.</span></p>
<p>In June 2013, the court ruled 5-to-4 in the case of <em>United States v. Windsor</em>, striking down a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).</p>
<p>That's a 1996 law that effectively denied same-sex couples federal marriage benefits - even in states where same-sex marriage is legal - because DOMA defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.</p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b99fa96bb3f7561c87b1e4-1200-924/anthony-kennedy-10.jpg" border="0" alt="Anthony Kennedy"><p class="source"><span>Reuters/Kevin Lamarque</span></p><p class="caption">U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies about judicial security and independence before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington February 14, 2007.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<p><strong>J</strong><span><strong>ustice Anthony M. Kennedy</strong> wrote the majority opinion. In it, he said DOMA denying gay couples those rights amounts to federal law viewing same-sex unions as less meaningful under the law. </span></p>
<p><span>He punctuated his opinion with this statement: <em><strong>"The federal statute is invalid...the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span><strong>Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagen</strong> joined the majority.</span></p>
<p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b9a2b3ecad04ac7b84503b-1200-600/3 justices.png" border="0" alt="3 Supreme Court Justices"><p class="source"><span>Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b9a3446bb3f7642a87b1e3-1200-924/elena-kagen.jpg" border="0" alt="Elena Kagen"><p class="source"><span>Reuters/Kevin Lamarque</span></p><p class="caption">U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is sworn in to testify during the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings in Washington June 28, 2010. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.</strong> wrote the dissenting opinon, rejecting the notion that DOMA has anything to do with personhood and dignity. Roberts also suggested the question of marriage equality has too many nuances for the Supreme Court to issue any blanket rulings.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 15px;"> </span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b9a384ecad04fa7c84503b-1200-924/john-roberts-7.jpg" border="0" alt="John Roberts" style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 15px;"><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><strong>Justice Samuel A. Alito</strong> added to Justice Robert's opinion, saying "I hope that the Court will ultimately permit the people of each State to decide this question for themselves." </span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Alito appears to be firm in his view that states should be the ones to decide these issues. In July last year, Alito denied a request from a county clerk in Pennsylvania who wanted the Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages there.</span></span></p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b9a3bb6da8111239c887c8-1200-924/samuel-alito-10.jpg" border="0" alt="Samuel Alito"><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File</span></p><p class="caption">In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol, R.I</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><strong> </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Justice Antonin Scalia</strong> also added to Roberts' dissenting opinion, scolding the Court for even taking the DOMA case, and questioning its authority to strike down "democratically-adopted legislation."  </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Justice C</span></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>larence Thomas</strong> cosigned the dissenting opinion. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54b9aa39eab8ea4f05e0458b-1200-600/clarence-thomas-judge-supreme-court-4.jpg" border="0" alt="clarence thomas judge supreme court"><p class="source"><span>Mark Wilson/Getty</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">In the </span><a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/011615zr_f2q3.pdf">court order announcing the new case Friday</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">, the Court made clear it will be answering the larger constitutional questions surrounding gay marriage. Specifically, the justices will rule on two questions; whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires "a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex" and whether it requires states to "recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state."</span></span></p>

Here's What We Know About Where Every Supreme Court Justice Stands On Gay Marriage

It is amazing how nameless senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India have come out of the woodwork to point out that India <keyword id="1411" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="captain">captain</keyword> <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/player/ms-dhoni/4001/4057">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</a> has crossed the line by saying that <keyword id="114511" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Duncan-Fletcher">Duncan Fletcher</keyword> would remain <keyword id="6371482" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="coach">coach</keyword> of the Indian cricket team till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.<br />
<br /> In <keyword id="6354756" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="BCCI">BCCI</keyword>'s none-too-transparent and closed world, it is hard to figure out the tenure of the coach but reports in March this year ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 suggested that Fletcher had been reassured by the BCCI president in abeyance N Srinivasan that he would remain in charge till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
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So what crime did Dhoni commit by <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-vs-England-2014-MS-Dhoni-says-Duncan-Fletcher-will-lead-India-into-2015-World-Cup/articleshow/40859991.cms">stating what he perceives as fact</a>? What line <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-in-England-2014-BCCI-takes-exception-to-MS-Dhonis-comments-on-Duncan-Fletcher/articleshow/40869884.cms">did he cross</a>? Is it not imperative that the board shows greater concern in the arresting the decline of India's Test fortunes overseas and addresses a number of issues that can help Indian cricket get back on the rails rather than spend time discussing Dhoni's alleged transgressions?<br />
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BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel has been quoted as saying that it seemed to him that <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-vs-England-2014-BCCI-dubs-Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-views-on-Duncan-Fletcher-as-personal-opinion/articleshow/40865967.cms">it was Dhoni's personal opinon</a>. Surely, he was privy to the decision to extend Fletcher's contract till the World Cup. "There has been no discussion on his removal. We told him that we have a lot of faith in his coaching abilities and he should not be worried about," Patel had said in March.<br />
<br /> It is another matter that some of recent actions around the Indian team have been contrary to Dhoni's assertions. For instance, his stout defence of <keyword id="13937" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Rohit-Sharma">Rohit Sharma</keyword>'s stroke selection in the third Test against England Southampton was followed up by not playing him in either of the remaining Tests.<br />
<br /> The captain's argument in favour of <keyword id="6359948" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ravindra-Jadeja">Ravindra Jadeja</keyword> - "The problem is who do you have to replace Jadeja?" he asked after the thrashing at <keyword id="2023" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Old-Trafford">Old Trafford</keyword> - was followed up by axing the Saurashtra left-hander from the XI for the Oval Test match in favour of <keyword id="258548" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Stuart-Binny">Stuart Binny</keyword>. Given Dhoni's recent track record, it makes us wonder if sands of time are running out on the coach.<br />
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Make no mistake, Dhoni's captaincy in Test matches has left a lot to be desired and India must quickly appoint a new leader so that a fresh thought-process can be infused. He must, however, remain captain of the limited-over side since he has few peers when it comes to leading the team in the shorter formats.<br />
<br /> To revert to the nameless Board officials, they must be kidding themselves if they think all stakeholders of the game will believe that <keyword id="19692" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ravi-Shastri">Ravi Shastri</keyword> will be in a position to give the mandarins in the Board feedback on Fletcher's inputs after watching him over a couple of weeks in which the team is slated to play five ODIs and Twenty20 game against England.<br />
<br /> And, how would Shastri be in a position to offer a fair review of <keyword id="90319" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="bowling-coach">bowling coach</keyword> Joe Dawes and <keyword id="91365" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="fielding-coach">fielding coach</keyword> Trevor Penney's work? They are not even around since BCCI, in a knee-jerk reaction to the Test defeats, has given Fletcher a new set of assistant coaches for India's limited-over squad in England.<br />
<br />
With Srinivasan having no direct say on the running of BCCI, it appears as if a new group - we must refrain from using the more political word 'coterie' - is straining its every sinew to become the new power centre within the board. The surfacing of a few nameless officials in the recent weeks is a reflection of the bloodless succession plan in the BCCI.<br />
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Dhoni Crossed No Lines As BCCI Had Extended Fletcher Contract

It is amazing how nameless senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India have come out of the woodwork to point out that India <keyword id="1411" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="captain">captain</keyword> <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/player/ms-dhoni/4001/4057">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</a> has crossed the line by saying that Duncan Fletcher would remain <keyword id="6371482" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="coach">coach</keyword> of the Indian cricket team till the ICC <keyword id="3859" type="SPORT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Cricket-World-Cup">Cricket World Cup</keyword> 2015.<br />
<br /> In <keyword id="6354756" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="BCCI">BCCI</keyword>'s none-too-transparent and closed world, it is hard to figure out the tenure of the coach but reports in March this year ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 suggested that Fletcher had been reassured by the BCCI president in abeyance N Srinivasan that he would remain in charge till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
<br /> So what crime did <keyword id="6397" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dhoni">Dhoni</keyword> commit by <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-vs-England-2014-MS-Dhoni-says-Duncan-Fletcher-will-lead-India-into-2015-World-Cup/articleshow/40859991.cms">stating what he perceives as fact</a>? What line <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-in-England-2014-BCCI-takes-exception-to-MS-Dhonis-comments-on-Duncan-Fletcher/articleshow/40869884.cms">did he cross</a>? Is it not imperative that the board shows greater concern in the arresting the decline of India's Test fortunes overseas and addresses a number of issues that can help Indian cricket get back on the rails rather than spend time discussing Dhoni's alleged transgressions?<br />
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BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel has been quoted as saying that it seemed to him that <a href="http://www.gocricket.com/news/India-vs-England-2014-BCCI-dubs-Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-views-on-Duncan-Fletcher-as-personal-opinion/articleshow/40865967.cms">it was Dhoni's personal opinon</a>. Surely, he was privy to the decision to extend Fletcher's contract till the World Cup. "There has been no discussion on his removal. We told him that we have a lot of faith in his coaching abilities and he should not be worried about," Patel had said in March.<br />
<br /> It is another matter that some of recent actions around the Indian team have been contrary to Dhoni's assertions. For instance, his stout defence of <keyword id="13937" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rohit-Sharma">Rohit Sharma</keyword>'s stroke selection in the third Test against England Southampton was followed up by not playing him in either of the remaining Tests.<br />
<br /> The captain's argument in favour of <keyword id="6359948" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ravindra-Jadeja">Ravindra Jadeja</keyword> - "The problem is who do you have to replace Jadeja?" he asked after the thrashing at Old Trafford - was followed up by axing the Saurashtra left-hander from the XI for the Oval Test match in favour of <keyword id="258548" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Stuart-Binny">Stuart Binny</keyword>. Given Dhoni's recent track record, it makes us wonder if sands of time are running out on the coach.<br />
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Make no mistake, Dhoni's captaincy in Test matches has left a lot to be desired and India must quickly appoint a new leader so that a fresh thought-process can be infused. He must, however, remain captain of the limited-over side since he has few peers when it comes to leading the team in the shorter formats.<br />
<br /> To revert to the nameless Board officials, they must be kidding themselves if they think all stakeholders of the game will believe that <keyword id="19692" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ravi-Shastri">Ravi Shastri</keyword> will be in a position to give the mandarins in the Board feedback on Fletcher's inputs after watching him over a couple of weeks in which the team is slated to play five ODIs and Twenty20 game against England.<br />
<br />
And, how would Shastri be in a position to offer a fair review of bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penney's work? They are not even around since BCCI, in a knee-jerk reaction to the Test defeats, has given Fletcher a new set of assistant coaches for India's limited-over squad in England.<br />
<br />
With Srinivasan having no direct say on the running of BCCI, it appears as if a new group - we must refrain from using the more political word 'coterie' - is straining its every sinew to become the new power centre within the board. The surfacing of a few nameless officials in the recent weeks is a reflection of the bloodless succession plan in the BCCI.



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