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At Deadspin, the philosophy is if you don't have anything bad to say about someone -- particularly Trump supporters -- don't say anything. Jesse Spector has plenty of negative things to say about famous sports figures backing the president, and he's spewing all of it in a Deadspin slideshow.

In the week leading up to the elections, ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro earned a big Pinocchio. He keeps saying his organization is not political, but his nose keeps growing longer and longer. "We are not a political organization," Pitaro has said in the past, but the network website currently features a six-part series on -- you guessed it -- politics.

President Donald Trump is gaining support from MMA fighters and legendary sports figures, causing consternation for USA Today, which was none too pleased about this development. Jack Nicklaus and Brett Favre made headlines this week for lending their support to the president, golfer Bryson DeChambeau is a Trumper and Politico featured the anti-wo bros -- several fighters who've come…

In a story tagged in the "White People" category, Deadspin writer Donovan Dooley goes off the deep end about a false premise: NBA player Sam Dekker's white privilege. The accusation is based on J.R. Smith, of the Los Angeles Lakers, claiming something Dekker denied -- that he's a supporter of President Donald Trump.

LeBron James and other social justice warriors in the NBA have been talking a lot about "change" this year, and a USA Today story confirms that it's a full-fledged war on President Donald Trump's bid for re-election.

Ever since Colin Kaepernick began his shameful national anthem protests in 2016, the fawning left-stream media have portrayed him as a towering icon of the social justice movement. Yet Netflix just cast a 5-foot-3-inch twerp to portray Kaepernick in an upcoming six-part series.

Don't be that guy? Deadspin hate-monger Jesse Spector proudly claims to be "that guy" and his latest diatribe proves it. In his article "Sit down, jerk ― the flag doesn't have cancer," Spector says the people who complain about politics in sports are themselves politicizing it, in numerous ways.

A wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals driving on his way to Sunday's game against Seattle weaved in and out of a Trump caravan and showed his middle fingers to participants. Yahoo writer Meredith Cash defended him as a "legend" exercising his free speech rights. For acting like a complete buffoon and total jerk.

During President Donald Trump's Wednesday Town Hall, host Eric Bolling indicated that NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre submitted a video with a question about how pro sports can present anti-racism messaging without alienating fans. The Washington Post's Des Bieler used this story as an opportunity to justify the social justice activism that's pushing fans away from sports.…

How much should it concern Cubs fans that their owners are horrendous Republicans? Deadspin's Jesse Spector said followers of Chicago's National League team should be greatly alarmed that their team is owned by people who are funding the ransacking of American democracy through heinous, inhuman policies.

Baseball's World Series is no longer just the Fall Classic as it's always been known. This year's match-up should instead be judged as one of two "exemplary LGBTQ-friendly teams," says SB Nation Outsports writer Ken Schultz. The fans of both teams are winners because both franchises are aggressively catering to their respective LGBTQ fan bases and communities.

Now the starting lineups for today's NFL game ... but first, how about that Biden-Harris ticket! Joe and Kamala won't be allowing wasteful military flyovers at sports events! Before the Tampa Bay-Green Bay NFL game fans tuned into on Fox Sports Sunday, the announcers dumped a mouthful of hot mic political partisanship. Ryan Young, of Yahoo Sports, supported their mockery.

Sue Bird, one-half of the lesbian power couple that includes soccer star Megan Rapinoe, drew attention this past weekend from CNN for claiming her basketball league is less popular than women's pro soccer due to racial reasons.

Another off-the-rails left-winger has landed at Deadspin, the destination for angry, race-baiting sports media types. Mike Freeman joined a staff of bomb throwers that already includes Carron J. Phillips, Rob Parker, Chuck Modiano and others and quickly blamed NFL COVID-19 outbreaks on President Donald Trump.