Tonya Pendleton
@TonyaPendleton
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Host "Reality Check" on WURD Radio, Host "Things to Do" on WHYY. Do-it-all multimedia writer/editor/broadcaster, true funk soldier.
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Joined November 2013
@Cantguardmike One of these days I really want an NFL fan to explain to me how you can cheer Black players but not see them as human beings. cause I just don’t get the mental racist NFL fans must take - help me y’all.
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I love that #Prince just randomly starts trending every few weeks. I think he's orchestrating it, personally
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What album by a Black woman in roughly the same time period 80s to now, would you consider among the all-time classics in the way that we think of albums like Thriller, and Sign of the Times? Has a woman created a full album that is that much of a classic in your view?.
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@r29unbothered He just got so much sexier to me. Geez I can't quite pinpoint it, but I like the purple, too.
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@jemelehill And generally I'm not one to blame CTE for everything but this ninja has 7 kids by six different women and that was three years ago. And he's calling someone a tramp?.
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@franklinleonard I fixed it: 23-year-old MASS MURDERER Connor Sturgeon was a former varsity hoops star and finance grad-turned-banker who had reportedly been fired from his job in recent days.
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Every interaction I had with Aaliyah was wonderful she one of the most genuinely lovely people I have ever met in the business. Please leave her out of all this nonsense.
Aaliyah and Jay Z never dated. Aaliyah was 21 when attending parties with her friends Natane, Damon, Diddy and Jay Z. Aaliyah was not in a “bed” with her friends but a pile of pillows. Aaliyah was not a “pass around”.Stop stigmatizing Aaliyah’s victimhood.
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Prince made his transition to the ancestor realm 7 years ago today. So here are #My7PrinceSongs 1. Power Fantastic 2. Controversy 3. Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) 4. Crystal Ball 5. When I Lay My Hands On You 6. Joy in Repetition 7. When She Comes
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@RealRichieP @PeteThamel @YahooSports Black lives only matter to them when they're running back touchdowns otherwise. as you can see. .
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@EmansReviews @MarvelStudios Because he died and it was hard for people and it happened and he existed so I think we deserve to collectively mourn via the movie where he had his most success.
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@Taur_de_Force @raweeezy @suede_santoro Look Prince showed his azz at a performance. Rihanna, J.Lo, Dita von Teese, Amber Rose have shown various body parts on red carpets/at shows. But an NBA game? Cmon sis.
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@BreeNewsome Also not BIPOC because Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are all different. and shouldn't be shoved into one made-up definition.
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@shannonsharpeee To his point had he allowed any of his sons to get an education, they may have met someone at school.
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@goodfriendraf But shout out to the Amtrak conductor sistah who came in made the announcement and was like Understand that if you can't adhere to the quiet car rules you will be handled. Shout out to her, quietest quiet car I ever rode in. LOL.
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@PRETTYMUG_T @smoke_nd_pearlz The first in her 65 episode post of 'how I got married on vacation' or 'how he fooled me to get to America' lol.
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@Ashleighjoy5 @Kelseyplum10 Just on general good will, I attended the WNBA All-Star Game this year. As I'm sure you know Kelsey was MVP and will send you the T I bought at the game if you want it! It's an overall All-Star game T so she probably has better swag 😁 but DM me if you'd like it.
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@heymrsbond Now let's tour an inner-city high school in a major city and wonder why those kids are blamed when their educational facilities are nowhere near this and half of them should be condemned SMH.
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@BinaryEnergy @Tweezainshitt22 @_Rico21 So yes, he's played NFL football, he retired, then he went to another team, then he retired again and now he's back to his original team which lost a Super Bowl when they didn't give him the ball. Also, he's one of the league's favorite characters. you caught up now.
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@NotSweetDeeSez @ZerlinaMaxwell Say you wanted to build a house. Instead of paying people to do it, you captured a group of people and let them do it for you. When people complained about it you responded - People? They are only 3/5 of a human being and they have no rights a white man is bound to respect. .
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@BritniDWrites We encourage women to leave but when they do dangerous men go on to hurt someone else. We need more intervention earlier. And I mean early.
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@Slakonbothsides There's a lot that is disturbing about this video including that someone thinks this passes for music even in this era where the bar is set so low.
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@BritniDWrites Any regular viewer of The Pivot and of his previous stint on I Am Athlete knows Channing has a good heart but is prone to not a hot take, but an all the way off the wall one. moving along. .
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@DrMcWitch1 @umussbekidding @JoshuaPotash Undercover mistook him for a suspect -btw he's standing in front of the Waldorf Astoria. Pretty sure James got a settlement.
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@drboycewatkins1 The movie is very relevant to what happens when Black women have to take over when a Black man dies. Despite grief and pain, they have to carry on for their children, their people and themselves. It shows how much the loss of men impacts women but how we have to be strong anyway.
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@WordsNRoses And people with names like Martin Luther Vandross King that's an immediate follow 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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@goodfriendraf Man I commuted on Amtrak for two years and was amazed at the amount of people who would get mad at you for asking them to be quiet in the clearly marked QUIET CAR. Like, there are 12 other cars on this train find you one!.
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@Redgirlme @franklinleonard But what does Black Panther have to do with his role in a conpldhteky different film?
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Chile @MichelleObama wore braids to the White House this validating all the hair choices in my lifetime. When I tell you I can relate to a 5'10 black woman in braids - I was watching the TV like 🙌🏾🙌🏾 t this might be the most validating Black woman hair moment since the Williams'.
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@BSO I turned it off because as someone who came up in hip hop and saw breakdancing competitions in clubs back in the day. this was. embarrasing.
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@EthanSHutch @kofisiriboe @QueenSugarOWN @QSWriters @QueenSugarFans Don’t make me lose it over here 😭😭😭😭 Blue is OUR baby we will lift him up in love.
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@marclamonthill Hard to say without context but everybody seems happy so why does everything have to be debated?.
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@wmichael83 @Power_STARZ Thank you cause people acting like he was heroic or something. He was horrible. But he was funny, though. LOL.
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@OhhMar24 Like serous question are people riding so hard for this dude because he threw y'all some online azz during the pandemic? Because really what in his career has been good enough for this kind of support? R. Kelly and Kanye at least made good music at some point. What am I missing?.
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@__cyberfunk__ @The1stGentleman Yeah it looks bad now but you’ve never worked with anyone who smiled in your face then you found out they were totally different when the company wasn’t mixed?.
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@Kim_Brill @KimberlyNFoster So true about Bezos or at the VERY least a free year of Amazon Prime.
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@DrianneBelleza In the doc "Little White Lie" a white mother cheated on her husband with a Black man, had her daughter and never told anyone. They were Jewish so that's how she explained the darker skin color and hair. When daughter went to mixed HS, the Black kids were like 'You're black.'.
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@jemelehill @TheAtlantic Let me summarize your incoming tweets: 1. Rich athletes don't have humanity 2. I've been a fan since 1692 but will never watch the [insert league] again 3. Why do they only advocate for felons? 4. Why don't they protest killings in [insert big city here].
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The Gondrezick sisters have had nothing but tragedy. Their father, a former NBA player died suddenly. His brother, who also played, died young. They were in a horrific car accident. And Kysre's sister, Kalabrya, is Dwayne Haskins' widow.
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@BritniDWrites But DV murders happen in wealthy homes too. I think it has a lot to do with how we socialize men and they tend not to get help until 2 late.
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Here we go, the #PrinceTwitterThread for "Something in the Water." Bear with a sistah it's long but its Prince, leading me down many rabbit holes on one song.
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@_OwenM_ This is not a "celebration" it's a press conference. People say journalism isn't credible, then when journalists ask tough questions, it's a problem. She missed FOUR drug tests - why is she even there?.
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@rainasaphia @PrettyMill1 @WendellPierce Yeah they woulda been you think the actors are giving you your money back? Walk out to the box office. What you think is awful someone else may have paid top dollar to see. And no matter how bad, someone studied, rehearsed and stood on that stage. Unacceptable period.
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@TrackGazette @jgault13 As much as I appreciate 'integrity of sport' this is as real opportunity lost to promote track and field for an audience that doesn't already appreciate it.
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Probably one of Prince’s most emotionally naked utterances on record. I hate to play the game of but who inspired SITW because I don’t think every single song Prince every made was inspired by a specific woman in his life.
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@JamesBradleyCA Fun facts: It's a damn shame that a Black woman who represented her country twice as a two-time Olympian is not considered as valuable as a disgraced Marine with citizenship in four countries none of which have prioritized his release. .
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@BenjamminEvans @SportsCenter @TyrodTaylor @Chargers No-knock warrant. You know that means police enter your house without notice? Lawful gun owner in his own home responds to a breach by defending his woman and home. He was not the target, nor was she. Target was already in custody. Now when you post, you'll be factual.
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@alexdounce What it said to me is that in 60 years they couldn't come up with another Oscar-worthy role for a Latina actress. .
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@ThePurple1 @CaseyRain Sorry to tell you, he was a financial supporter of BLM. Also he wrote Baltimore, then actually performed a concert there. You do know the story behind that, right, Marcel?.
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The most bullshit apology in the world of bullshit apologies. You meant what you said and RS under your direction exemplified it. But you're far from the only one, there's that.
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@Karnythia As a Black person who has actually been to a NASCAR race. I'm like. stunned and also because there were two Black people in the video. LOL.
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Prince’s ‘Sign O’ the Times’ re-release shows that masterpieces never age #SOTTDeluxe #SOTT.
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@niaisfunny @CharnelJerome One, that's fucked up and two wow guess they think Daddy Trump will get them from out of that bridge.
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@godzchild2004 @prnlegacy His outfit is fire! I have no idea what's going on but to see Prince laughing so hard was wonderful to see today. Thank you!.
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@ShattaSZN Bruh I gave you my blessing to do my wife. but not to tell the WORLD about it. these youngins can't hold water I tell ya!!!!!!.
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Thank you to everyone who shared the time and the journey with me in Boston in 1982, when “1999” came out. Thank you, Prince and Denise. And thank you to my fellow Purple Avengers you are the gift I got along with Prince. On to @Henk_Liebeek #princetwitterthread #1999thread
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@heartofhonor231 @itsmine49 Thirty years as an educator and you on here rating 22-year-old women online? Like what the what?!.
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@Gymnastics_Now Sad state of affairs for a once-dominant country in gymnastic and sad for ALL the organizations involved in this travesty. Jordan will forever be a bronze medalist. That this has never happened before should tell you how wrong it is. It was NEVER fair to award two bronzes. Or 3.
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@MulhollandL0ver @NickyNicole_J It's one thing to say you don't like her outfit. It's another to say it with this level of energy which tells me more about you than it does her.
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all right i have diamonds and pearls, legally i might add. reading essays from my friends so proud of y'all @polishedsolid and @darlingnisi . but how to listen? New stuff first, favorites first, all the way through. i'm torn
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@manyshadesofg @THEIBFA @VanguardTNT Michael Brown Sr. is Michael Brown's biological father, this clearly say it was his stepfather, at this rally.
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