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LeBron answers Trump's anthem dig; Prop 40 and a Tibet quake

The Sixers star's stretch before the Cavaliers game came after Trump posted about it Thursday and repeated it at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLeBron James answered Trump's "total disgrace" post with more golf-swing hip turns during the anthem before the Sixers-Cavaliers game.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Inquirer says the stretch matches a left-handed swing, and he's right-handed.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo he's committing to the bit with the wrong hand. I admire that.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJames said it must be a slow news day at the office.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVoters in California decide Proposition 40 on November third, a one-time five percent tax on billionaires' net worth, and a Berkeley poll in September had it forty-five to forty-two.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTrump's approval is thirty-six percent in the Times and Siena poll, the lowest for any president there since Harry Truman in nineteen forty-six.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTruman. Right. And at the Comic Con, a quarter of a million fans dressed as people with better approval ratings.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn other news, rescuers are searching for survivors after a deadly earthquake in China's Tibet region, AP reports.

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  3. Tibet earthquake kills at least 16; sports headlines · AP News
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