@JRBlake

Former Professional Tennis Player, NYT Best Selling Author, and proud Husband and Father. Founder of the James Blake Foundation. https://nitter.cf/t.co/Pim4ewl7L5

Joined September 2015
Big build up for this @usopen men's final. On @ESPN @JRBlake , one of the most prominent black players in recent decades, makes this point "Tennis is a very lonely sport. You are out there fighting for yourself. But @BenShelton will know this is so much bigger than himself. There will be black kids all over America tuning in to see what a black player can achieve."
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Gael. One of a kind. The sport will miss you. Please don’t ever lose that smile and that joyful attitude. @Gael_Monfils
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If you send a payment over Venmo to the wrong person and then realize it was the wrong address, what percentage of people do you think would send it back? And do you think there is a dollar amount that substantially changes the answer?
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James Blake retweeted
Always good to see an old friend 🧡
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Goddammit every American should be up in arms about this shit. This is not a right or left issue. We do not have to show our papers at the demand of any LEO. This is a very slippery slope to a bad place.
🚨BREAKING: An ICE/Border Patrol agent approached a U.S. citizen at a gas station, in Lake Worth, Florida, demanded his ID, and when the U.S. citizen asked why? … The agent’s said, “Because you’re an immigrant.” Except that is not how the Constitution works. In the video, the U.S. citizen is standing at a gas station when an agent walks up and says, “Let me see your ID.” The man asks a completely reasonable question, “Why?” The agent responds, “Because you’re an immigrant.” And before the man has even been identified, the agents grab his hands and puts him in handcuffs. People standing around immediately start questioning what is happening…asking the agents how they can arrest someone when they haven’t even identified who he is… But the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle. The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has held that roving Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion, based on specific circumstances, to stop someone and question them about immigration status. And apparent ethnicity, by itself, is not enough. So, what was the actual legal basis for demanding this man show his ID? Because if the answer is literally… “because you’re an immigrant,” that should piss off every American. You should not have to prove you’re a U.S. citizen before the government decides it has the right to put you in handcuffs. And this is just another reminder that constitutional rights don’t mean anything if federal agents can violate them, over and over again, with no accountability.
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One of the most explosive and fun players to watch in the nba during this generation. Truly a generous and kind hearted individual off the court as well. Enjoy retirement and whatever you choose to do next. Maybe even a little poker sometime.
Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end. You had to be there. And now it’s over.
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There is a national blood shortage right now. Do your part (if you can) and give blood.
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James Blake retweeted
The United States has had more than one hundred and fifty years to label the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist organization and has never done so. The fact that the Black Panther Party was dismantled by the US government but the Klan still exists tells you a lot about this country.
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Qualified immunity shouldn’t exist for ANY law enforcement officers. Do jobs to a standard or go the fuck home.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: If Democrats win the 2026 midterms, they plan to pass a bill called the Alex Pretti Act that will end qualified immunity for ICE agents, allowing them to be sued or jailed for wrongdoing
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🚨BREAKING: Tom Homan says if you don’t want to be killed by ICE agents, you should just comply…. So here is an example of what he wants you to comply with. In this video, a woman noticed vehicles in a parking lot that she believed could be ICE vehicles… So, she started filming. The people noticed she was filming, and drove past her. She was alone, so she decided to leave. Then, they started followed her. But here’s the thing… she wasn’t even 100% sure they were ICE agents. They were in unmarked vehicles, and they weren’t using emergency lights. As she was driving down the street, being followed by these unmarked cars, one of the vehicles pulls up beside her, cuts her off, and the cars box her in. She had nowhere to go without hitting the curb, or hitting the vehicle that had just cut her off. She honked, but the vehicle just sat there. Eventually it moved, and the vehicles drove away. Now, imagine being a woman, alone in your car. A group of cars, you cannot clearly identify as law enforcement, start following you. They don’t turn on emergency lights. They don’t clearly identify themselves. And one of them cuts you off and blocking your vehicle from being able to drive away. What are you supposed to think is happening? Because from your perspective, it looks like you are being kidnapped by random people. And that is the terrifying part of what ICE is doing. They are creating situations where people have no idea whether the people surrounding them are legitimate law enforcement officers, or strangers attempting to abduct, or rob them. And Tom Homan’s answer to being kidnapped, or robbed, is… “Just comply.” Don’t try to drive away. Don’t defend yourself. Don’t try to escape. Just calmly allow unidentified people, in unmarked vehicles, to follow you, box you in, and potentially kidnap or rob you… Because if they happen to be ICE agents, and you react like a normal person who believes they are being kidnapped, you could be assaulted, detained, or even shot. Do you understand how dangerous and insane that is?!? “Just comply” means women are being told to surrender to potential kidnappers, and hope they turn out to be government agents. And if they don’t? Tom Homan says it’s their fault for not complying.
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“They should have just complied!” They did and they got killed anyway. “They should have just obeyed the law.” They were and they got killed anyway. “They should have come here legally!” They did and they got killed anyway.
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James Blake retweeted
They shot him, dragged his lifeless body onto the pavement, and handcuffed his corpse while his 3-year old daughter wearing Bluey pajamas watched in horror. If you say you voted for this you are an empty soulless vessel.
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What a level of tennis displayed by @janniksin and @AlexZverev in the Wimbledon final. Tremendous tennis from both and congratulations to the players and teams.
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James Blake retweeted
If you witnessed anything or recorded video that could help explain what happened to Nolan Wells, please come forward. Even the smallest detail could matter. If this were your child, you would want everyone with information to speak up. Help us pursue the truth.
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James Blake retweeted
Colin Kaepernick and @yourrightscamp answered this family's call when they needed it most by helping fund an independent autopsy for Nolan Wells. Thank you, Colin for standing with this grieving family in their pursuit of answers. 🙏🏿 thegrio.com/2026/07/10/nolan…
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🚨BREAKING: (Chicago suburb, St. Charles) ICE agents smashed a handcuffed man’s face into a stone wall, then assaulted a U.S. citizen, multiple times, once they realized they were filming. In the video, multiple ICE agents have a man in handcuffs. While he is completely under their control, and not resisting, they smash his face into a stone wall. A U.S. citizen begins asking for the man’s name, while filming... note that he is not interfering, blocking the agents, or preventing the arrest in any way…. But that doesn’t stop the ICE agent from chases after him, while another agent threatens him with a taser. As the citizen is actively backing away, the agent continues walking toward him, and aggressively shoves him backwards. Even after the detained man is being escorted to the vehicle… and the legal observer is nowhere near the agents, or their cars… that same ICE agent continues shoving the U.S. citizen for no apparent reason. And while he is standing on the public sidewalk, another agent walks over and points a taser inches from him, and then turns around and points his taser at other innocent people, who are just standing and watching. Americans have a First Amendment right to record government officials performing their duties in public. Threatening, intimidating, or assaulting someone because they are documenting law enforcement, violates that right. And slamming a person face, who is handcuffed and not resisting, into a stone wall is excessive force. This is exactly why it’s important to always record anytime you see ICE agents. Because when there isn’t video evidence, we’re told to trust the government’s version of events. And more often than not, their version is filled with lies. But when there is video, the people filming often become the next target… just for documenting what is happening. And that’s what makes this so alarming. This is happening across the country, almost every single day. Americans are watching videos of people being thrown to the ground, beaten, threatened, shoved, tased, and intimidated by federal agents… while never seeing anyone held accountable. When a government refuses to investigate or discipline agents who violate people’s constitutional rights, it sends a message that they can keep doing it. And that’s exactly what we’re seeing. The Constitution means nothing if the people sworn to uphold it can violate it without consequence. And as long as this administration refuses to hold ICE agents accountable, Americans should expect to keep seeing videos like this… because impunity breeds abuse.
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ICE killed a father of three yesterday and no one is talking about it. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years in Houston building homes and raising a family. According to people interviewed, every night after work you'd find him on his porch, listening to music, petting his dog. He helped his three kids (U.S. Citizens) get through college. It certainly seems that he was doing everything right, and then a federal agent shot him dead during a stop and his own son found out from a Facebook video, recognizing his father's voice as he lay bleeding in the street. His son says that if his father had recognized any sign of law enforcement, he would have complied without question. DHS says he "tried to run him over." This is the exact same lie they used to justify murdering Renee Good, a mother of three. We are being asked to trust a rogue, lawless agency's word over a dead man's family, again, with no body cam release and no independent investigation. Everyone should be outraged.
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James Blake retweeted
-his “friends” took his phone & LEFT HIM on the island -his “friends” deactivated their social media accounts -his “friends” got into an altercation - his “friends” were told by their FBI & lawyer parents to not speak - Nolan’s body was found injured & Bruised WHAT YOU MEAN NO EVIDENCE OF CRIME?
🚨 Nolan Wells Death: Detectives haven't found any evidence of crime. Exclusive: tmz.com/2026/07/08/nolan-wel…
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If 3 Black Boys went on a boating trip and came back without their white friend and said they had no idea where he was, but they had his cell phone, there was evidence they were arguing, and they deleted all of their social media……They would’ve been arrested already #NolanWells
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Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely
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