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Barack Obama, Taylor Swift and Dwayne Johnson Become a Part of Hilarious Fathers Day Thread Thanks to MrBeast and His Friends – EssentiallySports

The YouTube giant, MrBeast, has partnered with his friends and fellow streamers, to produce one of the greatest content. From the Squid games recreational video to creating enticing challenges, they have never left the audience disappointed. And they are back on Twitter to entertain the community with an amazing trend. Evidently, they seem to have made popular celebrities a part of their group.

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MrBeast exhibits a persona of entertaining the community by being within it. Whether it be his friends or fellow fans, he manages to produce remarkable trends and videos with anyone. Though MrBeast crews huge cash giveaways have become a vital trend, a Twitter thread steals the show.

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The trend starts with a question that MrBeasts close friend, Karl Jacobs, tweeted way back in July 2020. He said, Where my late night daddys? by posting a filtered image of himself with the tweet. To clarify, the tweet was done as a Fathers Day, trend on its designated day.

Fortunately, the call has now been heard and people have marked their presence in the replies. MrBeasts friends Sapnap, TommyInnit, Tubbo, and George Davidson along with Jimmy himself tagged celebrities by replying to the tweet. Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, and Dwayne Johnson were tagged by the group on Twitter.

Here are the series of tweets made by MrBeast and his friends:

Not only did the group of MrBeasts friends create an amazing Twitter thread, but the community also rejoiced to see popular celebrities becoming a part of the trend. Above all, a two-year-old tweet becomes the highlight of the present. Who had known that a call of Karl would be answered this well?

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This is not the first time that MrBeast and his friends have engaged with the community. Recently, MrBeast along with his crew, inaugurated the first physical MrBeast Burger restaurant in American Dream Mall. In a banterpodcast, Karl explained how jam-packed the mall was that day. Moreover, he highlights how the event was a big success.

Even then, MrBeast and his crew had arranged a challenge for the community. And the winners of the challenge went home with a huge amount of money. Obviously, with a stomach full of tasty beast burgers too. Thus, only the future can unveil what the YouTube giant has planned to treat the community.

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Have you tried the beast burger from the MrBeast Burger restaurant? What do you like the most on the menu? Feel free to tell us below.

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2022-23 class of University of Chicago Obama Foundation Scholars announced – UChicago News

Programming, which kicks off this September,will bring together students from across campus who are current students in their final year of study in a masters program at Chicago Booth, Harris School or the Crown Family School. The UChicago Obama Scholars will supplement their studies with innovative co-curricular programming, and engage with partners on the South Side of Chicago, while applying those experiences to advance social change.

The Obama Scholars program provides students with the unique opportunity to give and gain insight into the work that fellow young leaders are driving in their communities, while speaking to the intersectionality of their efforts through collaboration, said Valerie Jarrett, chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation. We are eager to welcome the new cohort of scholars to the Foundation familya network of changemakers tirelessly working for a more equitable future.

Generous support for the University of Chicago Obama Foundation Scholars program is being provided by BMO Harris Bank; Robert and Jane Clark; The Clayco Foundation; The Crown Family; The Harris Family Foundation; Rachel DeYoung Kohler and Mark S. Hoplamazian; The Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation; Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring; The Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation; The Neubauer Family Foundation; and Susan Rustandy and Tandean Rustandy.

The program is designed to inspire and connect emerging leaders with the tools to better impact their global communities. Members of this years cohort are actively working to address many challenges and issue areas across the globefrom projects in Chicago to the Middle East to Africa to Asia.

To learn more about the program, please visitharris.uchicago.edu/obamascholars. Learn more about this years UChicago Obama Scholars below:

Deqa Aden (Harris) - SomalilandFormer Manager, HarhubEmpowering victims of gender-based violence in Somaliland by providing access to legal services, medical and psychosocial treatments.

Chris Akel (Crown) - ChicagoCo-founder, PathwaysNurturing access to education and mental health counseling for youth leadership development in refugee, rural and low-income Palestinian communities.

Olamide Babatunde (Booth) - ChicagoFormer Director, Alumni Career Office, Noble Network of Charter SchoolsImproving career opportunities for low-income youth and adults across Chicago.

Linda Flor Brito (Harris) - ChicagoCommunity Organizer, Centro de Trabajadores UnidosBuilding collective resistance against the deportation and criminalization of immigrants and forcefully displaced communities.

Binh (Ben) Bui (Booth) - VietnamFounding Member and Product Lead, Social WalkIncreasing educational opportunities for underserved learners through technology.

Christine Goggins (Crown) - ChicagoLead Violence Recovery Specialist, University of Chicago Medical CenterProviding crisis intervention care to promote the comprehensive recovery of victims and families of intentional violence.

Noel Green (Crown) - ChicagoStudent and Change Agent, Southside Health Advocacy Resource Partnership (S.H.A.R.P.)Curating community-driven models of social change that foster liberation of marginalized groups from oppressive systems.

Ben Harris (Booth) - Denver, ColoradoFormer Health and Social Systems Strategic Advisor, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and FinancingDeveloping and supporting community-based service models for individuals with complex health and social needs.

Amanda Lee (Booth) - ChicagoDirector of Practice Transformation, Access Community Health NetworkTransforming health care delivery in the community health setting to advance health equity.

Orlando Mayorga (Crown) - ChicagoMcCormick Reentry Policy Coordinator, Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative - Office of Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana StrattonChampioning restorative and transformative policy reform that supports healing for people and communities impacted by mass incarceration.

Heena Mohammed (Harris) - United KingdomFormer Policy Advisor, UK GovernmentDesigning and improving equitable, community-based solutions to eliminating racial disparities in crime and policing policy.

Karem Muksed (Crown) - ChicagoMental Health Professional and Refugee and Immigrant AdvocateIncreasing mental health care access to refugees by focusing on services and trauma-informed practices.

Omotunde Odedeyi (Booth) - NigeriaCo-Founder, JetAfricaBridging the opportunity gap for young Nigerians through mentorship and entrepreneurial skills development.

Rebecca Silverman (Crown) - ChicagoCo-Founder, Rose CafPromoting literacy, education and peace in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.

Nishit Shukla (Harris) - India Co-Founder, ReHiveScaling impact of promising climate adaptation startups through climate finance solutions.

Lily Wang (Booth) - Canada Co-Founder & CEO, DemiBuilding a healthier planet through sleek and convenient urban composting solutions to reduce food waste and encourage sustainable living habits.

DeKevious Wilson (Harris) - ChicagoRegional Manager, Youth Guidance - Becoming A Man Program (BAM)Fostering, supporting and strengthening resources of urban communities through mental health advocacy and policy work.

Umama Zillur (Harris) - BangladeshFounder and Director, KothaAddressing the root causes of gender-based violence in Bangladesh and South Asia through advocacy and educational interventions.

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Final Emmy Predictions: Creative Arts Night One Will be Dominated by Barack Obama, Joanna Gaines and Arcane – Variety

The first night of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards is taking place on Saturday, Sept. 3, and well see where the Primetime ceremony could be heading based on the first wave of winners.

With an evening that features categories for animated program, reality host, documentaries and short form, we could get a strong sense of where some of the support lies for the main ceremony on Monday, Sept. 12.

There are significant history-making moments that can take place.

Barack Obama could become the second U.S. president to win an Emmy for outstanding narrator for Netflixs Our Great National Parks. Dwight Eisenhower won in 1956, while still in office when he picked up the Governors Award for his use and encouragement of television.

If Obama wins, hell be halfway to EGOT status after netting two Grammys for best spoken word album for Dreams from My Father (2006) and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2008). Other presidents that have won Grammys include Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Netflix could be the big winner of the first night of honors, as the streamer is projected to take home nine statuettes, including outstanding short form comedy, drama or variety series for I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and critically acclaimed and fan-favorite series Arcane in animated program. The projected big night could also have up to five more Emmy wins land in its favor, based on the predictions.

Other notable races to keep an eye on are the reality races that could see reigning champ RuPauls Drag Race: Untucked bested by the heartwarming Love on the Spectrum U.S. for unstructured reality. In the structured reality category, Im going on a limb and foreseeing Chip and Joanna Gaines walking away with their first Emmy for Fixer Upper: Welcome Home. The power couple could be unseated by either Queer Eye or Shark Tank, which would become the most awarded show in the categorys history.

Finally, well see if the Will Smith slap helps the 94th Oscars squeak past Norman Lear or the Super Bowl Halftime show or if John Oliver should prepare multiple speeches since his show is nominated in the writing variety lineups.

Check out the final predictions for Night One of the Creative Arts ceremony below. The forecasts for Night Two will be revealed on Friday.

Read Varietys Awards Circuit predictions to keep up with the latest Emmy and Oscar race updates.

Outstanding Animated Program

Will win: Arcane (Netflix)

Episode: When These Walls Come Tumbling Down Christian Linke (executive producer/story by), Marc Merrill (executive producer), Brandon Beck (executive producer), Jane Chung (executive producer), Thomas Vu (executive producer), Jerme Combe (co-executive producer), Melinda Wunsch Dilger (co-executive producer), Pascal Charrue (co-executive producer/directed by), Arnaud Delord (co-executive producer/directed by), Alex Yee (co-executive producer/directed by), Ash Brannon (co-executive producer/story by), Conor Sheehy (story by), Barthelemy Maunoury (animation director), David Lyerly (voice director)

Could win: Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

Will win: Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Netflix)

Casting directors: Laura Ritchie, Kat Elmore and Jeffrey Marx

Could win: Lizzos Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Prime Video)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

Will win: Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth (Netflix)

Episode: A Very Big Mouth Christmas as Connie the Hormone Monstress

Could win: Chadwick Boseman, What If? (Disney+)

Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming

Will win: Step Into The Movies With Derek and Julianne Hough (ABC)

Episode: Moulin Rouge Roxanne Tessandra Chavez, Derek Hough

Could win: Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program

Will win: Our Great National Parks (Netflix)

Episode: Chilean Patagonia Christiaan Muoz-Salas and Ignacio Walker

Could win: 100 Foot Wave (HBO)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program

Will win: Life Below Zero (National Geographic)

Episode: Fire in the Sky Danny Day, Michael Cheeseman and Simeon Houtman

Could win: Deadliest Catch (Discovery)

Outstanding Commercial

Will win: Teenage Dream (Sandy Hook Promise) BBDO New York, Ad Agency; Smuggler, Production Company

Could win: Detectives (Apple iPhone 13 Pro)

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Will win: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Peter Jackson

Episode: Part 3: Days 17-22

Could win: We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) W. Kamau Bell

Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program

Will win: Lizzos Watch Out for the Big Grrls (Amazon Prime Video) Nneka Onuorah

Episode: Naked

Could win: RuPauls Drag Race (VH1) Nick Murray

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

Will win: Saturday Night Live (NBC) Don Roy King and Liz Patrick

Episode: Host: Billie Eilish

Could win: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

Will win: Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO) Bo Burnham

Could win: The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent (NBC) Hamish Hamilton

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Will win: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, producers; Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen and Jonathan Clyde, produced by

Could win: We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Will win: Lucy and Desi (Amazon Prime Video) Michael Rosenberg, Justin Wilkes, Jeanne Elfant Festa, Nigel Sinclair, Amy Poehler and Mark Monroe, produced by

Could win: George Carlins American Dream (HBO) Teddy Leifer, Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio and Kelly Carlin, executive producers; Joe Beshenkovsky, co-executive producer; Amanda Glaze, supervising producer; Wayne Federman, producer

Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

Will win: Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (HBO) Henry Louis Gates Jr., Dyllan McGee, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez, executive producers; Oluwaseun Babalola, producer

Could win: Changing the Game (Hulu)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program

Will win: RuPaul, RuPauls Drag Race (VH1)

Could win: Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef (Bravo)

Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special

Will win: The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) Jon Stewart, executive producer/host; Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon and Richard Plepler, executive producers; Chris McShane, co-executive producer; Lorrie Baranek, supervising producer; Caity Gray, producer

Could win: Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

Will win: The Boys Presents: Diabolical (Amazon Prime Video)

Episode: Boyd in 3D Lexy Naut (storyboard artist)

Could win: Love, Death & Robots (Netflix)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series

Will win: Americas Got Talent (NBC) Noah Mitz, Michael Berger, William Gossett, Ryan Tanker, Matt Benson, Patrick Brazil, Scott Chmielewski

Episode: Finale Results

Could win: Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special

Will win: Adele One Night Only (CBS) Noah Mitz, Bryan Klunder, Patrick Boozer, Patrick Brazil, Matthew Cotter

Could win: Annie Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program

Already awarded: *TIE* Legendary (HBO) Tonia Green, Tyson Fountaine, Sean Conklin, Marcel Banks, Jennifer Fregozo, Silvia Leczel, Glen Alen and Were Here (HBO) Jeremy 6 Austin, Martin de Luna Jr. Lushious Massacr, Tyler Laila McQueen Devlin

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Underscore)

Will win: Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Siddhartha Khosla

Episode: The Boy from 6B

Could win: Severance (Apple TV+) Theodore Shapiro

Outstanding Music Direction

Will win: The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent (NBC) Adam Blackstone

Could win: 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Rickey Minor

Outstanding Narrator

Will win: Barack Obama, Our Great National Parks (Netflix)

Episode: A World of Wonder

Could win: David Attenborough, The Mating Game (Discovery+)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program

Will win: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)

Episode: Part 3: Days 17-22 Jabez Olssen

Could win: The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program

Will win: RuPauls Drag Race (VH1)

Episode: Big Opening #1 Jamie Martin, Paul Cross, Ryan Mallick and Michael Roha

Could win: Lizzos Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Prime Video)

Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program

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Barack Obama snubbed Steph Curry’s ’16 Warriors for Michael Jordan and the ’96 Bulls at the White House – The Sportsrush

Barrack Obama couldnt resist pulling this little joke on Stephen Curry and crew during a 2015 press conference

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are a pretty good team, arent they?

Sure, there have been a few personnel changes since their first title win all the way back in 2015.

But the fact that this franchise could take so much criticism for being as dominant as it was, suffer consecutive major injuries to two of its 4 best players, have one of those players leave them, and still come back and win another NBA title just 2 years later, is saying something.

And that doesnt even include the fact that their franchise player was out for a season as well, where they were the worst team in the NBA.

However, long before they were 2022 NBA champions, Barrack Obama had brought the team to the white house to honor them as the 2015 NBA champions.

During the 2015-16 season, Golden State had started out with a ridiculous 39-4 record, raising talks about them potentially being the greatest team of all time.

And when it came time to address their title win, it appears that then President Barrack Obama just couldnt help but troll the team a little for it.

Lets dive right into it, shall we?

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In case you may not be aware, Barrack Obama is from the proud city of Chicago. So when it comes to the NBA, he is a staunch supporter of the Bulls.

Why do we say this?

No reason. Just keep it in mind, as you watch the YouTube clip below.

Ah yes. The sweet old scent of bias.

Does that matter to Steve Kerr though? Nope!

Even through the laptop screen, you can see the man blushing from ear to ear.

But then again, who wouldnt? He got that compliment from the then-president of the United States after all.

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Former Obama official suggests GOP opposes IRS because it was created to end slavery, burn White supremacy – Fox News

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Former Obama administration official Brandon Friedman claimed opposition to the IRS is racist following renewed attacks against the agency on Sunday.

On Twitter, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tweeted out, "Happy Sunday. Abolish the IRS," as a joke to his followers. Friedman fired back that this anger against the IRS is not just based on political bias but on the agencys racial history.

"Republicans don't just hate the IRS because it pays for things like highways and social security. There's history here. They hate what it represents. The IRS was created in 1862 specifically to fund the Civil War, to end slavery and to burn white supremacy to the ground," Friedman tweeted.

He added, "Abolish the IRS may sound like an innocuous anti-tax message, but it's literally a call to defund the U.S. military. The same military that crushed secessionists the first time. It's a fundamentally anti-government message. The insurrection continues."

This photo taken April 13, 2014 shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

MY IRS AUDIT FROM HELL, OVER A SMALL BOAT AND THE FOLLY OF 87,000 NEW AGENTS

Twitter users blasted Friedmans take, calling it "incredibly stupid" and "exceptionally dumb."

"Dumbest tweet I've seen today," former FEC Commissioner Brad Smith tweeted.

Journalist Kimberly Morin wrote, "Here in the wilds of Twitter we have yet another example of an incredibly stupid and ignorant tweet by an incredibly stupid and ignorant left-wing a--hole. #TaxationIsTheft coward."

"When I think of the IRS, I think, Dang nabbit, my great-great-great-great-grandpappy lost his eye in the Civil War. We must avenge his eye by not paying our taxes! The Lafayette Co. President Ellen Carmichael joked.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)confirmed to Fox News that the IRS will need to raise the number of audits towards citizens earning less than $400,000. (iStock)

RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway explained, "The IRS was then used to fund the Union Army warring with Indians for the next several decades, presumably as part of that same quest to combat white supremacy."

"This is exceptionally dumb, of course. But it's also quite telling that leftists believe the IRS is the one that pays for stuff," The Federalist senior editor David Harsanyi wrote.

Conservative commentator Chad Felix Greene tweeted, "How are you possibly this embarrassingly ignorant?"

NEW YORK TIMES REPORT BLASTS REPUBLICANS FOR UNFOUNDED CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT INCREASED IRS ENFORCEMENT

The IRS came under Republican criticism recently after it was discovered that President Bidens Inflation Reduction Act would include a massive expansion of the agency, including 87,000 new employees over the next ten years.

Despite reports from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that confirmed this expansion would require raising audits on citizens earning under $400,000 per year, mainstream media outlets have largely called conservative concerns "unfounded."

President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act will double the IRS workforce over the next ten years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler further attacked GOP lawmakers on Aug. 18 for "preying on peoples fears" on the IRS.

Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.

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