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Raiders Fall Late in The Fourth Quarter

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11 years ago

October 12, 2014

Oakland, CA – The Raiders looked their best in almost three years. But the final seconds of the game mirrored the past two years. Philip Rivers moved his offense downfield to set up Branden Oliver’s one-yard touchdown with less than two minutes in regulation. Oakland got the ball back, Derek Carr went deep and was picked off by rookie Jason Verrett.

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The Raiders lost a tough one when they fell to the Chargers 31-28. Carr’s pass was intended for Brice Butler who was covered tightly, but it was shot they thought could get. Unfortunately, trailing by three with 1:20 left in the game, Carr’s pass was intercepted and San Diego ran the clock out to end the game.

“Just trying to go one-on-one on that play,” Carr said. “Going into it, they played quarters right there to that side, if I’m not mistaken. Brice had a double move, so we knew he would have a one-on-one so, I pumped it, the safety was not in play, I wasn’t worried about the safety so I was just giving Brice a chance there.”

“It was a scenario where the coverage dictated where the ball was going to go and we took the shot,” said Raiders interim head coach Tony Sparano. “The kid made a heck of a play as you can see. We’re talking about an inch one way or an inch the other way and that’s the nature of the game.”

It was no better way to start the game than with with a 77-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Andre Holmes on opening drive. That play was the longest touchdown pass in Oakland’s history since Russell-Miller in 1986 on October 18, 2009. The Chargers responded quickly tying the game 7-7, Rivers found Eddie Royal for a 29-yard touchdown.

Oakland’s defense failed to stop San Diego on multiple plays despite a good effort. Rivers was sacked once and Carr was sacked none. The Chargers answered every time the Raiders scored. It was definitely an entertaining game to say the least. Rivers threw three touchdown passes and orchestrated the winning drive to seal San Diego’s victory. He went 22-for-34 throwing a total of 313 yards.

Carr accomplished something his older brother David never did and that’s throw four touchdown passes in one game. He tied the game in the second quarter, Carr connected with James Jones for the 6-yard touchdown. Maybe the burial of the football last week, the loss in London, the bye week and a new head coach were all motivational factors for this team to turn things around.

“It’s very frustrating when you play a team like that,” LB Sio Moore said. “If anybody watched that game, you know we had that game won. They’re not better than us period. We have to close games out when it gets to that point, it doesn’t matter where the ball is. Come fourth quarter it’s not a situation where it should be that crucial and if it is we know what to do.”

“It didn’t work out the way we wanted it to today,” said DE Justin Tuck. “But you always want to have the opportunity to stop an offense and preserve a win. Obviously, we’re not in the game for moral victories. We’re proud of the effort we had and things like that, but we’ve got to find a way to get off the field or at least hold them to a field goal or something.”

Sebastian Janikowski attempted a 53-yard field goal in the final minutes of the half but missed wide left. The Chargers came out of the half strong, Rivers threw a few bullets to move his offense down field but the Raiders defense held them. Nick Novak’s 54-yard field goal attempt was negated by a penalty and Oakland scored on Carr’s third touchdown, a 47-yard touchdown pass to Butler to extend their lead 21-14.

This is the first time the Raiders lead in the third quarter since Thanksgiving of last year. Carr finished the day going 18-for-34 for 282 yards. Rivers who was just as good if not better, connected with Malcolm Floyd for a 44-yard pass to setup a 2-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Gates tying the game 21-21. Oakland responded with a 6-yard touchdown pass in the fourth and lead 28-21 with 10 minutes left in the game.

“That’s the best team in the league according to most of you,” Sparano said. “I have all the confidence in the world they’ll play hard next week. We need to win these kind of football games. That’s how we turn this thing around.”

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Poll Shows Support for Policies That Help Families Afford Child Care

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — New national polling shows persistent voter concern about the affordability and availability of child care for working parents, alongside broad support across key demographic groups for federal child care policies that help families afford care.

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New national polling shows persistent voter concern about the affordability and availability of child care for working parents, alongside broad support across key demographic groups for federal child care policies that help families afford care.

The national survey was conducted by UpOne Insight on behalf of the First Five Years Fund from January 13–18, 2026.

Key findings include:

• Parents need help: 80% of voters say the ability of working parents to find and afford child care is either in a state of crisis or a major problem.

• This is an affordability issue: 82% believe federal child care funding will help lower costs for working families — including 69% of Republicans, 84% of Independents, and 94% of Democrats.

• And there continues to be strong support (62%) for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), a federal program that makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of families to afford safe, quality care for their children while parents work or go to school, including a majority of Republicans, 63% of Independents and 72% of Democrats.

• Support for funding child care programs remains strong: 75% believe child care funding should be increased or kept at current levels — including 75% of Republicans, 85% of Independents, and 97% of Democrats.

• 74% say funding for child care is an important and good use of tax dollars, including a majority of Republicans, three-quarters of Independents, and nine in ten Democrats.

FFYF Executive Director Sarah Rittling said, “Voters across the country are sending a clear message: federal child care and early learning programs work. These investments help parents stay in the workforce, strengthen families, and support healthy child development. They have also long had strong bipartisan support in Congress. At a time when affordability is top of mind for families, continued federal funding is essential to ensure child care remains accessible and within reach.”

First Five Years Fund works to protect, prioritize, and build bipartisan support for quality child care and early learning programs at the federal level. Reliable, affordable, and high-quality early learning and child care can be transformative, not only enhancing a child’s prospects for a brighter future but also bolstering working parents and fostering economic stability nationwide.

We work with Congress and the Administration to identify federal solutions that work for families with young children, as well as states and communities. We work with policymakers to identify ways to increase access to affordable, high-quality child care and early learning programs for children. And we collaborate with advocacy groups to help align best practices with the best possible policies. http://www.ffyf.org

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Trump’s MAGA Allies are Creating Executive Order Plan to Steal the 2026 Midterms

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The document that could lead to an executive order proposes using the claim that China interfered with the 2020 elections as grounds to “declare a national emergency.” The move would be an unprecedented step that would grant Trump new authority over the voting systems in the U.S.

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A group of MAGA pro-Trump activists, who say they are working in coordination with the White House, are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that would claim without evidence that China interfered with the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential to President Joe Biden by over 7 million votes. Since Trump lost to Biden in 2020, he has repeatedly claimed that the election was “stolen” without evidence. The report of a group of “Trump allies” preparing an executive order to give Trump power over elections was first reported by The Washington Post.

The lies around the right-wing campaign that pushed falsehoods that the 2020 election was stolen was trafficked through right-wing media, particularly Fox News. Fox News was then sued for defamation for the claims by Dominion Voting Systems. Fox lost the case and had to settle for the largest defamation amount on record of $787.5 million in April 2023.

The document that could lead to an executive order proposes using the claim that China interfered with the 2020 elections as grounds to “declare a national emergency.” The move would be an unprecedented step that would grant Trump new authority over the voting systems in the U.S.

The story in The Washington Post arrives as Trump increasingly signals that he may take actions that would alter the result of the 2026 midterms. The Republicans are widely expected to lose as their approval ratings plummet as a result of a failing economy under Trump. Over 50 members of Congress have announced they will retire this year and not return in 2027.

The Trump Department of Justice, which now has a large image of Trump on the side of it, “sued five new states Thursday [Feb. 26, 2026] demanding access to their unredacted voter rolls — escalating a campaign that has been rejected by multiple federal courts and faces resistance from Republican-led states as well,” according to Democracy Docket, a group that works to protect voting rights.

Trump claimed back in late 2020, the last year of his first term, that he had the authority to issue an executive order related to mail-in voting for the 2020 elections — which he would then lose. But the Constitution states that control of elections lies with the states. As the GOP works to place hurdles in front of voting, Democrats worked to make voting easier.

In March 2021, President Biden signed an executive order calling on federal agencies to expand voting access as part of the Biden Administration’s effort “to promote and defend the right to vote for all Americans who are legally entitled to participate in elections.”

Trump’s focus is clearly on altering the November 2026 midterm elections. Trump’s polling numbers and the elections and special elections that have taken place around the U.S. over the last year clearly indicate that Republicans are about to be hit by a blue wave of Democratic victories.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent investigative journalist and the founder of Black Virginia News. She is a political analyst who appears on #RolandMartinUnfiltered and hosts the show LAUREN LIVE on YouTube @LaurenVictoriaBurke. She can be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke