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  Let's skip the specific issues that are the subject of what happened to Macklemore for a moment. The bottom line is his criticism (which was emotional without being scathing or derogatory) was enough to rally stadium owners to threaten to cancel a musical tour. As James Li said, this an interesting reaction considering Kanye West has not been confronted for his criticisms and speech. And as Foley/Johnstone point out, Macklemore being released highlights how the "causes" entertainers claim to champion have limits, and those limits are controlled by a class who have to gain from the things that are being criticized. Macklemore's (older) interview with Breakthrough News shows that the artist himself does not believe in fence-sitting when you know your power and are watching something that really moves your heart.  Much like our politics, our entertainers need to be independent of the machine that profits from our pain.  Oh, and just another reminder about Robert Kraft:...

 

 

 

 Katie Halper discusses with Josh Rushing, director of the documentary "Killing at Sea:"

 

 

 

 

 Why did the Global CFO of JBS sell 100% of his shares in late August ? Is it connected to the Trump Administration's deal with Brazil and Argentina ? Why does a sports betting company need Sydney Sweeney to do a provocative ad for them ?  Was the power outage in Gary, Indiana part of some kind of test? What happened to make Mr. T denounce the Netflix documentary about him ? Is Hollywood prepared to use AI actors if real actors choose not to be in certain projects, like this story about Paul Schrader and black actors ? 

 

 

 

 

 Nothing is happening in a vacuum:

 

 

  Prints can be purchased at his website .

 

 Get your heads out of the gutter:

 Via Jamie Ruffner:

 

  I had to make sure to say "documentary" because with the tone and the fact A24 is involved, it could have easily been a horror movie.

 

 

 Forbes has a 5-year-old timeline that is still relevant. AlterNet has an updated take .

  Bonus : Rad gave a longer interview to Glenn Greenwald:

 

 

 

  Huh. Well, according to this article : Presidents cannot do such a thing without congressional approval; It would cost over 1 trillion dollars;  The so-call "tariff revenues" wouldn't cover it. But not to bury the lead here: the POTUS told voters that he'll pay them if they keep his political party in power...the same political party whose actions (or inactions) have made a lot of voters either very frustrated or experiencing "buyer's remorse."  Keep in mind that Donald Trump has a history of not paying people , misusing charity money , and just generally being untrustworthy . Food recalls; higher gas prices and groceries; unresolved foreign wars and conflicts; using the office for personal financial gain; forcing colleges and museums to change or abandon their mission statements; promoting power-sucking, environmentally harmful, expensive, data centers; and more. There are plenty of reasons for voters to at the very least, provide government with a pr...

 

 

 

 

 

  Call it the, "Who Do You Believe, Me Or Your Lying Eyes?" Convention. President Trump is hoping that by expanding his alternate reality bubble to more Republicans across the country, turnout will get a boost. My guess is this "plan" will come with no real strategy for Republicans to follow, and electoral success will be determined on the state and local level. 

 

 One seems to be genuinely trying to build and organize in the spirit of America's early socialist/communist/Marxist groups. The other seems to be born of CIA-influence, focusing on identity more that the plights of labor. 

 

  Keeping in mind that... Despite appearance, the United States is operating along the tenants of the Policy Papers . The endgame is still regime change in Iran, destabilize Russia and isolate China. That said, the POTUS has always been more prone to following his own thoughts than any playbook. Question is, is he more likely to delegate such things to others as long as they make him look good, or will his ego and impatience derail and sabotage the process? Also, if what Larry Johnson says is accurate, this current White House may be isolated in their respected silos to coordinate properly. If too many Departments are more focused on personal gain than the (can't believe I'm saying this) collective good of the Administration, how much can actually be accomplished?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prism Reports: The Iran the Western Media doesn't want you to see . Scheerpost: 2026 is showing us how the Democratic establishment is "dealing with" the Populist Left in America . The Left Chapter: Attacking Communism with Marxist words ? Al-Jazeera: "Operation Economic Outcast" is failing . Truthout: Senator Fetterman moves closer to being "The Democratic Ally to the GOP" by supporting data centers .

 

 

 Apparently, conducting a war he started is stressing the President out, so on top of his regular golf trips, he needs the ballroom to be completed to make him happy:

"Crisis preparedness," huh?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The United States President believes that memes and AI is the solution to America's problems: The bread is stale and the circus is old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  To piggyback on what was said in the video, Americans are more concerned about what Hasan Piker has to say about the Democratic Party than the geopolitical, environmental and economical implications of what's going on West Asia (or Ukraine/Russia, for that matter). 

 

 

 

 Once again: Democrats won't save you!

 

 It's like Flint and East Palestine on replay: Was this a "test run" for other minority-dominated cities? Could the midterm elections be impacted by such occurrences? Time will tell...

 

 

  There's a reason that the Navy and Air Force have been preferred military options; it rhymes with "people think that 'boots on the ground' is a bad idea." Sadly, the number of proponents for that idea is growing smaller.  

 So Briahna Joy Gray has James Ray from the DSA on Bad Faith to talk about the various factions/shades of the DSA and how they are musing over issues like, "Should the DSA endorse AOC for President or VP?" The fact that the DSA -the group who's platform birthed the Force the Vote Movement- includes "moderates" ranging from the Kyle Kulinski/TYT "infiltrate the Democratic Party and change them from the inside" to those who are explicitly attacking people like Gray for the "audacity" of suggesting that the DSA use whatever political leverage they have to push their agenda, is very revealing and shocking. At least to the extant that Americans have been led to believe that the DSA is the closest thing America has to an organized socialist group. But truth be told, they have as many members who want to play the role of "capitalism managers" as the regular Democratic Party.  I understand that people like Professor Richard Wolff may believ...