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also anti-elitism? those ppl on the coasts do not know/respect real americans in flyover/rural

see eco-hypocrite gore house pvt plane BS

aha, always important to journalism, eg gossip col/tabloid, but social media amplifies? kanye trump pal

can also create celeb from scratch eg youtube stars candace owen _?

720 update: automatic socmed boost to viral make them targets of conspiracy nuts eg oprah and hillary duff pedophile Qanon, or just influencers on the make

trump is a celebrity, reality TV show(CELEBRITY Apprentice)

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some kimmel pushback penn to fcc: suck less

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On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump posted a lengthy diatribe against rockstar Bruce Springsteen, calling the singer “boring,” accusing him of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” and disparaging his appearance before urging MAGA to “boycott his overpriced concerts, which suck.”

Security expert and Atlantic contributor Tom Nichols had a frank assessment of the president’s post, tweeting, “The President of the United States is an emotionally unstable man with obvious cognitive issues. We are in the middle of a war, he tanked an important speech to the nation, and this is what he's worried about.”

While Trump has attacked Springsteen before, this particular post seems to be in response to statements the singer made onstage Tuesday night during the kickoff of his latest tour.

“While working Americans struggle,” said the Boss, “our president and his family enrich themselves by billions of dollars trading on the people’s office in corruption unmatched in American history.”

He went on to assert that Trump is “destroying the American idea and our reputation around the world,” and that the U.S. is “no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave” but a “reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation. That is this administration’s and this president’s legacy.”

Trump was, unsurprisingly, not happy about Springsteen’s assessment, saying the “Born in the USA” singer “looks like a dried up prune.”

As Nichols pointed out, Trump’s response came the morning after his national address on the war against Iran, which has caused gas prices to skyrocket and disrupted the global economy with no end in sight. The president’s fixation on Springsteen has prompted many to question his priorities.

“We are on the brink of World War III and a global recession, and Trump woke up thinking about Bruce Springsteen,” posted a popular America First account, the owner of which is a two-time Trump voter. “You can’t make this up.”

For his part, Springsteen had something to say about the conflict: “I want to begin tonight with a prayer for our men and women in service overseas. We are here in celebration and defense of our American ideals. The America I love that's been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration. We ask you to join with us in choosing hope over fear, unity over division, and peace over war.”

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After the Trump administration successfully pressured ABC to kick Jimmy Kimmel off the air last week, hundreds of artists signed an open letter Monday denouncing the government’s campaign to “pressure” entertainers and journalists into silence.

The letter, organized by the ACLU, was signed by numerous household names, including Jason Bateman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana DeBose, Jane Fonda, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Regina King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Diego Luna, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Natalie Portman, Olivia Rodrigo, Martin Short, and Ramy Youssef.

“Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation for Kimmel’s remarks. This is a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation,” the letter says. “This is unconstitutional and un-American. The government is threatening private companies and individuals that the president disagrees with. We can’t let this threat to our freedom of speech go unanswered.”

Kimmel’s suspension came hours after the Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, threatened to revoke the broadcast license of ABC Newsaffiliates unless the network pulled the comedian’s late-night show off the air following comments he made criticizing the President Donald Trump’s reaction to the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Major entertainment unions have condemned Kimmel’s suspension, including SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, which organized demonstrations in Times Square and outside ABC’s parent company Disney over the weekend that drew hundreds of protesters, while some actors have pledged to stop working with Disney until Kimmel is reinstated.

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In subsequent days, Trump continued to issue threats to the media, suggesting that he would seek to strip the broadcasting licenses of networks that give him “bad press,” saying, “They’re not allowed to do that.”

The letter says that “In an attempt to silence its critics, our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers across the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was built upon, and our Constitution guarantees.”

Members of the Trump administration, including JD Vance, have also promoted a wide-ranging campaign to have private citizens reported to their employers over critical comments they made about Kirk following his assassination.

Students for Trump National Chair Ryan Fournier created a database with tens of thousands of social media accounts and has boasted of having gotten dozens of people fired over their posts, many of which simply state disagreement with Kirk even without endorsing his assassination.

“We know this moment is bigger than us and our industry. Teachers, government employees, law firms, researchers, universities, students, and so many more are also facing direct attacks on their freedom of expression,” the letter says. “Regardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country. We also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power—because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.”

Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, described these blacklisting efforts as the dawn of “a modern McCarthy era” with Americans “facing exactly the type of heavy-handed government censorship our Constitution rightfully forbids.”

Noting that former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) “was ultimately disgraced and neutralized once Americans mobilized and stood up to him,” Romero said that “we must do the same today because, together, our voices are louder and, together, we will fight to be heard.”

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'Very dangerous': Actress Angelina Jolie says she doesn't 'recognize' America

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Journalist Gabriel Sherman, who wrote the film “The Apprentice,” tells the New York Times that the Hollywood entertainment industry may be too weak to battle an autocrat willing to use the levers of government against it.

“Hollywood is no longer protected by its glamour and profit margins,” said Sherman. “It’s still reeling from the collapse of traditional business models — box office, cable fees, advertising — and the aftereffects of pandemic shutdowns and writer and actor strikes. Entertainment companies, up against tech behemoths with endless resources and an algorithmic sensibility, are desperate to consolidate. They have shed tens of thousands of jobs under pressure to make money-losing streaming businesses profitable. And that’s before A.I. makes these upheavals seem quaint. In this weakened state, the entertainment industry simply can’t afford to fight.”

These are no longer the days of powerful organizations with imperious public relations departments, said Sherman, who watched his well-reviewed “The Apprentice” project fall off the radar after Trump campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, called it “malicious defamation” and Trump threatened to sue the producers and any company that released it.

“Going into the festival, my producers had lined up screenings with every major studio and streamer. There was tremendous interest from buyers. When Mr. Trump’s campaign attacked the film, the radio went silent,” said Sherman. “Every major Hollywood studio and streamer passed.”

Eventually, independent distributor Briarcliff Entertainment bought the film, which went on to receive two Oscar nominations. But Sherman said Trump’s pressure campaigns are delivering their intended effect.

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“Hollywood is paralyzed creatively. In meetings, studio executives say they don’t want projects that are political or could be perceived as anti-Trump. They seem genuinely afraid of an audience that they no longer understand and that may not share their progressive values,” said Sherman. “… The decision by Disney, ABC’s owner, to pull the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air ‘indefinitely’ for comments he made after Charlie Kirk’s assassination feels like a dark turn.”

Before Kimmel, Sherman said CBS’s owner, Paramount, settled Trump’s “bogus lawsuit” against “60 Minutes” and canceled Stephen Colbert. And Trump is now demanding NBC drop late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.

Will Hollywood draw a line? Sherman is skeptical.

“One talent manager texted me that Mr. Kimmel’s ouster could be when Hollywood is finally galvanized to push back,” recalled Sherman, “The manager then cited Hollywood’s “truth to power” filMs, like “All the President’s Men,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” and “Spotlight.”

But those films were released during a time of healthy box office sales in a culture that hadn’t gone fully berserk with social media, Sherman warned.

“Today’s Hollywood faces a bleaker reality,” he said. “We all do.”

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Mark Ruffalo
Jimmy Kimmel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Glenn Close
Marisa Tomei
Kerry Washington
Ayo Edebiri
Sarah Silverman
Natasha Rothwell
Susan Sarandon

Other entertainers who attended protests on Saturday included Ilana Glazer (who spoke immediately before Ruffalo), Susan Sarandon, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, [Ayo Edebiri] aa the bear, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, AnnaSophia Robb, and Emily Osment.

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Like Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro and Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen was among the celebrities who endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign and was disappointed when she narrowly lost to now-President Donald Trump.

The Boss isn't shy about attacking Trump during his concerts, and Trump is angrily railing against him.

Trump insulting celebrities is nothing new. But Rolling Stone's Asawin Suebsaeng, during an appearance on The New Republic's podcast posted on May 21, laid out some reasons why Trump's recent attacks on Springsteen and other celebrities are taking an increasingly dangerously "authoritarian" turn.

Trump, Suebsaeng emphasized during the interview, is going way beyond disagreeing with Springsteen politically — he is calling for a criminal investigation of him.

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Suebsaeng told New Republic podcast host Greg Sargent, "All Bruce Springsteen did was exercise his American constitutional right to free speech. He was doing it abroad while on tour — but all Donald Trump was reacting to there was Bruce Springsteen using constitutionally protected free speech to say: I don't like Donald Trump or what he is currently doing to the country…. And Donald Trump's reaction to that was to essentially issue a fatwa against Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, and Beyoncé Knowles."

Sargent noted Suebsaeng's use the word "fatwa," pointing out that "it’s almost as if he's a radical cleric or something issuing a command to a whole army of followers out there." And Suebsaeng responded that Trump is leading an "authoritarian movement" that has a lot of supporters in the U.S.

Suebsaeng told Sargent, "Bruce Springsteen said something that pissed him off just a little bit. So he is someone who (Trump) has to threaten with a major federal investigation — a criminal investigation — and he is a head on which Donald Trump needs to bring the massive weight of the entire federal apparatus to crack down. It is a crusade that Donald Trump has been launching against the First Amendment and free expression in this country since at least his 2016 campaign. And it has only gotten worse since he became president the first time — and much, much, much worse and more bloodthirsty and more authoritarian since he’s become president the second time."

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More than half a year has passed since Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the United States' 2024 presidential election, yet he continues to hold a grudge against celebrities who supported the former vice president — including Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé and U2 leader Bono.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, "HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE?WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN? ISN'T THAT ILLEGAL? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ, OPRAH, AND BONO? I am calling for a major investigation."

Trump's obsession with these celebrities is receiving a lot of reactions on X, formerly Twitter.

X user Stefana Uzunova wrote, "I am wondering why President Trump even bothers to respond to Mr. Springsteen. Mr. Springsteen has not had a hit song in ages. He is trying to remain relevant by criticizing major politicians."

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But many other posts were critical of Trump, not the celebrities who supported Harris.

Democratic Wins Media posted video of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performing Springsteen's "My City of Ruins" as an expression of solidarity with The Boss and a statement against Trump.

Democratic Wins Media commented, "This is awesome. America is waking up."

Attorney Tracey Gallagher posted, "I was thinking your next rant was going to be Obama, but now it's Harris and Springsteen."

Author Oli London tweeted, "Trump slams Bruce Springsteen AGAIN, after the rocker went on another tirade against the President."

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Full List of Celebrities Endorsing Donald Trump: Kid Rock, Mel Gibson and More

Published Oct 30, 2024 NEWSWEEK

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris: 'We All Saw It In The Blank Space'

By Joe Edwards

While Vice President Kamala Harris leads in endorsements from a range of entertainment figures, former President Donald Trump continues to also secure the backing of celebrities in Hollywood and beyond as Election Day draws closer.

Celebrities endorsing Trump: Who is on the list?

Elon Musk

Musk

Elon Musk speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. Musk is a vocal supporter of the... More Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been vocal about his support for Trump's 2024 campaign. Musk, who donated over $75 million to a Trump-aligned PAC, has made appearances at multiple rallies this year.

At a recent event in Pennsylvania, Musk told rallygoers, "This is no ordinary election. President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution."

Zachary Levi

Levi

Zachary Levi attends the Los Angeles Special Screening of Columbia Pictures "Harold And The Purple Crayon" at Culver Theater on July 21, 2024 in Culver City, California. Levi backed Trump after Kennedy Jr. left the... More Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Actor Zachary Levi, known for his roles in Shazam! and Chuck, surprised many when he endorsed Trump after his initial candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left the race.

During a Trump rally in Michigan, Levi stated, "We're here to make sure that we are going to take back this country. President Trump is the man that can get us there."

Lil Pump

Rap artist Lil Pump performs during Lil Pump's Exclusive Performance At VIP Room Saint Tropez on August 18, 2024 in Saint Tropez, France. n August 18, 2024 in St Tropez, France. Lil Pump previously appeared... More Foc Kan/WireImage

Rapper Lil Pump, a notable Trump supporter since the 2020 election, has continued his public endorsement of Trump in the 2024 race.

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Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan rips his shirt as he speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Former WWE star Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) joined Trump on stage during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Known for his iconic entrances, Hogan made a patriotic display by waving an American flag while his theme song "Real American" played.

Hogan also made an appearance at July's Republican National Convention.

Harrison Butker

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a conservative Catholic, endorsed Trump in October on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle. "I think Donald Trump is the most pro-life president," Butker said.

His advocacy for anti-abortion policies aligns with Trump's recent campaign promises on issues important to his conservative base.

Dana White

Dana White speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. White has maintained a public alliance with Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

UFC President Dana White has maintained a public alliance with Trump, appearing at the RNC in July to voice his support.

Lil Wayne

Rapper Lil Wayne, who received a presidential pardon from Trump in 2021, has voiced his appreciation and continued support for Trump.

"I want to thank President Trump for recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art, and my community," Wayne said on X (then Twitter) the day after President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Kodak Black

Like Lil Wayne, rapper Kodak Black was pardoned by Trump in 2021 and has since endorsed Trump for 2024. At a September concert, Kodak encouraged his fans to "vote for Trump."

Jim Caviezel

Known for toles in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, and 2023's Sound of Freedom, Jim Caviezel has also backed Trump.

During an appearance on Steve Bannon's The War Room in May, the 55-year-old compared Trump to the biblical figure King David. He believes the real estate magnate has been "selected by God," describing him as "pretty great."

"Donald Trump, people talk about how private he is about his faith," he told Bannon. "He's getting it done for our Lord and savior."

Joe Exotic

Convicted Tiger King star Joe Exotic officially suspended his own presidential run in August to endorse Trump.

"He has been my man for years," he wrote on X. "Harris will get us all killed if Biden doesn't sooner."

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson arrives at the UK Premiere of 'Daddy's Home 2' at Vue West End on November 16, 2017 in London, England. When asked by a cameraman in a clip shared by TMZ if he... More John Phillips/Getty Images

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson has made strong statements in his endorsement of Trump. "She's got the IQ of a fence post," he said at an airport in reference to Harris.

When asked by a cameraman in a clip shared by TMZ if he would vote for Trump, Gibson replied, "That's a pretty a good guess."

Dr. Phil

Dr Phil

Dr. Phil McGraw speaks at a campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. The television personality has described Trump... More Angela Wiess/AFP via Getty Images

Television personality Phil McGraw endorsed Trump publicly at the Madison Square Garden rally, saying that the former president was "tough as an old boot."

Danica Patrick

Former race car driver and model Danica Patrick speaks during a Turning Point Action 'United for Change' campaign rally for Trump at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. Patrick... More Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Former race car driver Danica Patrick publicly announced that she cast her first-ever vote for Trump.

"I made a rule for myself that if I didn't vote I could not have an opinion about the outcome, because I didn't earn that right," she wrote on Instagram. "Not this time. I voted for @realdonaldtrump and I can't wait to have him make America great again!"

Rob Schneider

Comedian Rob Schneider, a longtime critic of "cancel culture," reiterated his support for Trump on October 28.

"I PROUDLY SUPPORT DONALD J TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT," he wrote.

Brett Favre

Former NFL player Brett Favre speaks onstage during day 3 of SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 31, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Favre recently campaigned with Trump in Wisconsin. Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre recently campaigned with Trump in Wisconsin.

He also appeared in a Trump campaign ad, where he said: "We need a strong leader, and I believe Donald Trump is the right choice to protect our families and restore world peace."

Dennis Quaid

Actor Dennis Quaid, known for his roles in The Parent Trap and A Dog's Purpose, endorsed Trump at a California rally in October.

Quaid, who recently played former President Ronald Reagan in an eponymously titled biopic, called Trump his "favorite president of the 21st century" during a rally in California earlier in October.

James Woods

Actor James Woods has also publicly backed Trump, using his social media profile to voice his support.

Although he originally backed Carly Fiorina in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Woods has since become a loyal devotee of the former president.

On Twitter in 2017, Woods called Trump "a man who is willing to work for free to make his beloved country a better place."

As promised during the campaign, Trump did not take a salary during his time in office. Instead, he donated his presidential salary, which was $400,000 annually, to various federal agencies and initiatives each quarter. However, Trump's financial interests outside his presidential salary did generate revenue during his time in office. Reports indicated that his hotels and resorts, particularly the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., often hosted diplomats, political events, and others seeking access, which brought scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest and the financial gains his business experienced due to his position. And in 2021, The Washington Post reported that was no record the former president donated his salary in the last six months of his term. He also still gets a presidential pension of more than $220,000 a year.

In 2019, Woods described the entrepreneur-turned-politician as "the voice of the American people," slamming news outlets that criticized Trump.

Jason Aldean

Country music singer Jason Aldean delivers remarks at a Turning Point PAC campaign rally for Trump at the Gas South Arena on October 23, 2024 in Duluth, Georgia. Aldean also dedicated his song “Try That... More Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Country musician Jason Aldean paid homage to Trump at a concert, dedicating his song "Try That in a Small Town" to him.

"President Trump's a friend of mine so I want to send this next song out to him," he told the Nashville crowd in July following the assassination attempt on the former president.

Jon Voight

Jon Voight attends the "Megalopolis" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France. Father of actress of Angelina Jolie, he endorsed Trump in... More Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight has repeatedly called on Americans to support Trump.

Father of actress of Angelina Jolie, he endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.

In August 2023, the Oscar winner described the property tycoon as "a man who wants to save America," believing that Biden's government has divided the country and thrust citizens into a "civil war."

Kelsey Grammer

Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has publicly supported Trump since 2016.

Later that year, Grammer backed Trump's decision to withdraw from the G-20 climate agreement, in which 20 of the world's largest economies work together to fight global warming. The actor voted for Trump again in 2020 and told a BBC journalist that he intends to vote for the former president again in the 2024 general election.

Kevin Sorbo

Actor Kevin Sorbo, known for his role in Hercules, has been an outspoken supporter, recently selling pro-Trump merchandise online.

Sorbo appears to be endorsing Trump once again in the 2024 general election, posting to X in September 2023: "MAGAnomics: cheaper gas, cheaper groceries, cheaper cost of living. No wonder the left doesn't like it."

Michael Rapaport

During a November 2023 episode of his I Am Rapaport podcast, the actor said he would vote for Trump if Biden didn't get the Israel-Hamas "situation under control."

"If it comes to pig d* Donald Trump and smokin' Joe Biden, I'm sorry, I am sorry, voting for pig d* Donald Trump is on the table," the True Romance star said.

"I'll still call him slob d* Donald Trump, pig d* Donald Trump and all that, but we need to get this whole f situation under control."

Kid Rock

Kid Rock & Trump

Donald Trump smiles alongside Kid Rock as they attend the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington event at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kid Rock has appeared alongside Trump at several... More Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Kid Rock has appeared alongside Trump at several of his rallies.

One of the Republican's biggest supporters, the musician encouraged people to vote for Trump after the former president said he won't tax tips if elected.

"A vote for Trump is a vote for no tax on tips," he wrote in June.

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid, brother of fellow Trump supporter Dennis Quaid, remains a loyal Trump supporter, having voted for the Republican since his first campaign.

The 73-year-old actor also championed Trump's claims of election fraud, asking his X followers in 2021: "I just don't see Americans rolling over for this election fraud. Do you?"

Trump retweeted the message, thanking Quaid for "working hard to clean up the stench of the 2020 Election Hoax!"

Last year, the Golden Globe winner reiterated his love for the billionaire on social media, writing: "I don't like politics. I like Trump."

Roseanne Barr

The comedian has been a long-time supporter of Trump, telling the Hollywood Reporter: "We would be so lucky if Trump won."

In 2023, her devotion to Trump has not wavered. During a recent appearance on right-wing streaming channel Real America's Voice, the 71-year-old described a meeting with the reality star.

"I lost control of myself," she told host Gina Loudon. The pair shared a hug, before Barr told Trump: "We know that you're the only one with balls."

Ted Nugent

Guitarist Ted Nugent, known for his right-wing political views, said in a 2020 interview that Trump was "sent here by God" to "drain the toxic swamp."

In 2023, Nugent performed at a campaign rally for the former president in Waco, Texas.

Ye/Kanye West

Kanye and Trump

Kanye West embraces Trump in the White House's Oval Office, Washington DC, October 11, 2018. West wears a red baseball cap that reads 'Make America Great Again,' Trump's campaign slogan. Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images

Ye—who legally changed his name from Kanye West in 2021—and Trump had a brief friendship in 2022.

Appearing on Tim Pool's Timcast podcast that year, Ye said he'd continue to support the former president, despite Trump being "known for lying"—although the Grammy winner didn't specify what Trump was lying about.

Where Is Donald Trump Today?

Trump is doing two rallies in major swing states today, with one in North Carolina and one in Wisconsin later in the day. Combined, these states have 26 Electoral College votes, which could be the difference in November.

Vance is in Pennsylvania, also a swing state, following in Trump's footsteps.

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aha satan uses trickery, propaganda to persuade/ corrupt ensnare with magic witchcrAFT

// liberal pinko profs, pedo groomers

Candace Owens: “Hollywood is, in fact, being controlled by some sort of a demonic cult with an intention to corrupt our souls”

06/13/24

CANDACE OWENS (HOST): Here is my conclusion after having read that book and just paying attention to what is happening in my very, very real belief that Hollywood is completely being used as a form of psychological entrapment, as a form of psychological -- mass psychological brainwashing. I believe the media is a form of black magic - that people actually sat down experts and they experimented to see how people would react to certain things. Right?

That they can create a celebrity virtually overnight, make people want to be like that celebrity, that they can induce people to love someone instantly or to hate somebody instantly. I'm someone that they induce people to hate immediately before they ever even heard what I had to say. They understand that headlines work. So if you say something enough times, people will believe it to be true.

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Now, suddenly the the music is so dark, it is so demonic that it has led me to believe that Hollywood is, in fact, being controlled by some sort of a demonic cult with an intention to corrupt our souls. And in particular, there definitely seems to be some sort of a deranged focus on Black people, giving us the worst filth. It's all filth, but it's almost like the worst filth that you can corrupt a soul with is reserved for Black people.

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- Prompted by a quote from actor Rob Schneider, Donald Trump Jr. argued that “we don't have a choice” and that the GOP will have to prosecute Trump critics as retribution. *Triggered*, [5/30/24]

- On his radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity lashed out at Judge Juan Merchan. *The Sean Hannity Show*, [5/30/24]

- Fox News guest Brett Tolman: “I really blame the judge.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [5/30/24]

- A Newsmax host made clear that Trump jurors can never go anywhere without being harassed. Newsmax, [5/30/24]

- Fox News reporter Shannon Bream hyped criticism of the judge’s jury instructions. Fox News, *Special Report*, [5/30/24]

- Laura Ingraham speculated that two attorneys on the jury steered the rest of the jury’s deliberations. Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [5/30/24]

- A Fox News guest called Trump’s conviction a result of a “show trial” and said it shows why presidents “need immunity from criminal prosecution to do their jobs.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [5/30/24]

- Newsmax guest Joseph di Genova warned jurors to be “very careful.” Newsmax, *Rob Schmitt Tonight*, [5/30/24]

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coastal elite = hollywood celeb eco-hypocite gore pvt jet

coastal US elite --> davos global elite pvt jets?

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on August 16, Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the single biggest climate package in history, into law. With its historic investments in clean energy, the IRA is widely considered a surprise win for Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections, despite major fossil fuel concessions in the bill that will expand drilling and ultimately harm vulnerable communities.

While some oil and gas companies went so far as to publicly celebrate the legislation, Republicans and right-wing media mobilized against it.Now, in an attempt to distract from the realization of one of President Joe Biden’s key campaign promises, right-wing media are capitalizing on a tried and true tactic — trying to discredit the climate movement, and government climate action as a whole, by vilifying certain wealthy advocates for their personal consumption habits.

On August 15, FoxNews.com published emails suggesting that theLeonardo DiCaprio Foundation may have helped fund state and local lawsuits against oil and gas companies that seek to hold them accountable for climate change impacts, which occurred as a result of the industry lying about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. This should come as no surprise, given that DiCaprio has long been an advocate for climate action and a donor to climate-related causes.

In 2017, his foundation awarded $20 million in grants to 100 environmental organizations, a small fraction of which went to the Collective Action Fund for Accountability, Resilience and Adaptation. The fund “supports precedent-setting legal actions to hold major corporations accountable for costs associated with the effects on climate of their pollutants,” and was associated with the Resource Legacy Fund, an environmental conservation and grant-making 501(c)(3) organization. Fox alleges that the emails prove the money went through the fund to support Sher Edling, the law firm representing the cities and local governments suing big oil. It’s unclear how much DiCaprio donated to Resource Legacy Fund, but Fox labeled it a “dark money” group in the August 15 piece, suggesting that both DiCaprio and the law firm were unethically forcing taxpayers to cover lawsuits, which would force an industry Fox constantly champions to pay up for decades of deception. The Washington Examiner, Daily Caller, and New York Post all picked up the story.

Fox attempts to tie big oil lawsuits to liberal elitism

Fox News picked up the story, contrasting DiCaprio’s activism, which they framed as deceptive, with his carbon-intensive lifestyle. On Hannity, host Sean Hannity claimed the lawsuits further justified right-wing media’s fixation on DiCaprio: “The climate litigation and Dicaprio's arrangements specifically raises a whole host of legal and ethical concerns, but hypocrisy and bad optics are nothing new for this climate activist.”

On Outnumbered, co-host Kayleigh McEnany recalled DiCaprio’s “apocalyptic quote” from his 2016 Oscars speech on the urgency of climate action while discussing the lawsuits. "He doesn't act” as if climate change is an existential threat, McEnany said, “It has not kept him from traveling across the world ongas-guzzling private jets.”

Jesse Watters Primetime featured Brian Claypool, a lawyer and frequent guest, who told correspondent Christina Coleman that it was “ironic that Leonardo DiCaprio and his foundation is funding a law firm to sue big oil companies for alleged deception when he him very self is deceiving the public on where these charitable contributions are going.”

During the August 16 episode of The Five, co-host Dana Perino even suggested DiCaprio's donation was “behind the collusion and price gouging of increasing gas prices on Americans,” because oil companies pass on the costs of hiring a legal team to consumers. (Meanwhile, these companies have seen record-breaking profits.)

In general, climate activists on the left have not been shy to criticize the use of private jets by the rich. After the release of DiCaprio’s climate change-themed movie Don’t Look Up, climate journalist Molly Taft wrote in Earther:

"Whenever DiCaprio is in the news for his climate charity work, a right-wing outlet always smugly runs a piece about his private jet use. While these critiques are in bad faith, they do point out their own inconvenient truth that DiCaprio is part of the sliver of rich people who could actually make a real carbon dent if they changed up their lifestyles or gave away more of their money … The actions DiCaprio is promoting as part of Don’t Look Up fail to properly confront power. Celebrity activism is inherently a strange, slippery slope."

Right-wing media appoints climate spokespeople and projects fossil fuel corruption onto the climate movement

It is naive to think that those elevating the story are really concerned about taxpayers, especially when extreme weather driven by climate change costs taxpayers billions every year. Similar lawsuits against oil companies have been moving through courts for years now, and many are currently pending, embroiled in disagreements over whether there is state or federal jurisdiction. According to PBS, “some recent federal court decisions show support for state jurisdiction” in similar climate suits. On August 17, a federal appeals court panel said that two of these two lawsuits belong in state courts, which is considered a win for plaintiffs. One of the plaintiffs is being represented by the law firm Sher Edling.

The same people attacking the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation have brazenly supported fossil fuel industry corruption. According to Daily Kos, Chris Horner, the person who gave FoxNews.com the emails, “is better known forgetting paid by fossil fuel companies to target climate scientists with baseless or frivolous and harassing or vexatious FOIA lawsuits demanding they release their emails in an attempt to rerun the Climategate disinfo playbook.”

Michael Krauss, a George Mason University law professor who Fox quoted extensively in the piece on DiCaprio, has previously gone after Steven Donziger, a human rights lawyer who was confined to one thousand days of house arrest after winning a $9.5 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company deliberately contaminated the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest and poisoned the Indigenous communities that live there. Krauss called Chevron, which spilled 16 billion gallons of toxic wastewater and 17 million gallons of crude oil into open, unlined pits, “courageous” for its “persistence” in “defending itself against Donziger,” after it launched a massive smear campaign against him. Notably, George Mason University accepted an estimated $50 million from Koch foundations between 2005 and 2015.

Leonardo DiCaprio is not and has never been an accurate representation of who is the most concerned about climate change, and it is deeply misleading to portray him as such. Nonetheless, Fox keeps attempting to appoint politicians like John Kerry and wealthy celebrities like Prince Harry, Thom Yorke, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, as the face of the climate movement, obscuring the role of the activists on the ground who have worked tirelessly to pass legislation like the IRA and the millions of people around the world harmed by climate change and environmental injustice.

According to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from June, Black and Hispanic Americans and women are among the groups most likely to be “strongly concerned about the impact of climate change on them personally and about how their personal choices affect the climate.”

When things don’t go your way, blame far-left infiltration or a teenager

Right-wing media’s fixation on “dark money” and celebrity activism is not new. When Republicans face scrutiny, they try to paint Democrats as beholden to radical, hypocritical elites who are out of touch with real Americans. On August 16, FoxNews.com also published an article attempting to frame Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry's office as radical because some officials who work there have previously worked for other large environmental organizations.

Additionally, the article quotes Myron Ebell, who calls large green groups and those affiliated with them the “climate aristocracy.” Ebell, a noted climate denier who led Trump’s EPA transition team, is the director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Energy and Environment. Chris Horner was also a CEI fellow, and the organization has filed briefs and launched campaigns defending the oil companies being targeted by the lawsuits discussed above, and has also received funding from the industry.

Fox's attacks on John Kerry shows how specious the network’s argument against climate action really is

02/05/21

In 160 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Fox networks mentioned the Green New Deal 564 times

08/08/22

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, right-wing media is pinning the blame on Greta Thunberg and climate activists

03/08/22

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Tempers flare as Robert DeNiro clashes with Trump supporter outside hush money trial

David Edwards Raw Story

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June 2020

Rogues - True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

New Yorker Magazine staff writer Patrick Radden Keefelooked at crime and corruption and his preoccupation with the subject through a collection of his New Yorker essays. The Free Library of Philadelphia hosted this event

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521134-1/roges-true-stories-grifters-killers-rebels-crooks

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YOU PROFILED MARK BURNETT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IN SOME WAYS WE HAD DONALD TRUMP AS A PRESIDENT. HE WAS THE MASTERMIND OF THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE. YOU DO NOT GET TO HIM BUT YOU GET SO MANY WONDERFUL DETAILS ABOUT HIM. THE GOOD NEWS IS MANY PEOPLE ON THE APPRENTICE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU. I WANT TO READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY TO ME. THIS IS HOLY MOLY!

A WEEKLY SERIES OF BUSINESS CHALLENGES, TRUMP WAS FREQUENTLY UNPREPARED FOR THE SESSIONS. WITH LITTLE GRASP OF WHO HAD PERFORMED WELL, SOMETIMES A CANDIDATE DISTINGUISHED HERSELF ONLY TO GET FIRED ON A WHIM BY TRUMP. THE EDITORS WERE OBLIGED TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE EPISODE SCOURING HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF FOOTAGE TO EMPHASIZE THE FEW MOMENTS WHEN THE EXEMPLARY CANDIDATE MAY HAVE SLIPPED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSEMBLE AN ARTIFICIAL VERSION OF HISTORY IN WHICH TRUMP'S DECISION MADE SENSE. [LAUGHTER]

HERE IS ANOTHER THING. THE APPRENTICE PORTRAYED TRUMP AS A PLUTOCRAT WITH IMPECCABLE BUSINESS INSTINCT AND UNPARALLELED WEALTH, I TIGHTEN CLIMBING OUT OF HELICOPTERS OR INTO LIMOUSINES. WE KNOW HE WAS A FAKE, HE WENT THROUGH HOW MANY BANKRUPTCIES BUT WE MADE HIM OUT TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD. IT IS LIKE MAKING THE COURT JESTER THE KING. THAT IS THE CHEF'S KISS TO ME! WE SAW CHeaP FURNITURE IS, A CRUMBLING EMPIRE AT EVERY TURN, OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE IT SEEM OTHERWISE. HOW DID YOU COME TO THIS STORY ? Show Less Text

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THIS WAS MY EDITOR'S IDEA AGAIN. PEOPLE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS AND WHOSE NAMES I WOULD NEVER COME UP WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS. EVERYTHING IS HANDED TO THEM BY EDITORS. FOR ME IT IS ROUGHLY TWO OF MIND TO A MODEL OF THEIR -- TO ONE OF THEIRS.

MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT THE APPRENTICE WHAT THIS REALLY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN PUTTING HIM ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND AMPLIFYING HIS BRAND FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE, HE REALLY STILL THOUGHT ABOUT THE OPTICS OF REALITY TV.

WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY, THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE HE AND MELANIA COME DOWN THE ESCALATOR AT TRUMP TOWER, THAT ACTUAL SEQUENCE, THAT HAPPENED IN THE APPRENTICE. IT WAS AN OUTTAKE. ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS WHO WERE THERE THAT DAY WERE ACTUALLY EXTRAS WHO HAD BEEN HIRED TO COME AND CHEER IN THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD FOR REALITY TV.

he WOULD SAY in WH shoot me LIKE THEY SHOT ME ON THE APPRENTICE. MY EDITOR SAYS IT SEEMS SO INTERESTING. THIS GUY WHO WE HAVE ALL COME TO KNOW AND LOVE OR HATE, HE EMERGED FROM THE FORGE OF REALITY TV.

THE PERSON WHO DID THIS IS THIS TOTALLY UNLIKELY, ABSOLUTE HUSTLER. THIS GUY FROM EAST LONDON WHO WAS A BRITISH PARATROOPER, HE WAS GOING TO GO AND BE A MERCENARY IN SOUTH AMERICA. HE LEFT THE MILITARY AND HIS MOTHER HAD A VISION AND SAID SHE NOT ONE HIM TO DO ANYTHING INVOLVING DUNN'S -- I WANT HIM TO DO ANYTHING INVOLVING GUNS.HE WAS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, HE BECAME A MALE NANNY WEALTHY FAMILIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS THE PARATROOPER IT TURNED NANNY. -- PARATROOPER TURNED NANNY. [LAUGHTER] HE HAD A SHOW CALLED ECO-CHALLENGE AND HIS BIG BREAKTHROUGH WAS THAT THERE WAS A CRAZY SWEDISH EARLY PIONEER -- LITTLE KNOWN OUTSIDE OF SWEDEN, THIS SWEDISH SHOW CALLED EXPEDITION ROBINSON WHICH INVOLVED A BUNCH OF SWEDISH PEOPLE WHO WERE ON AN ISLAND AND HAD TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES WITH A BUNCH OF CAMERAS. BURNETT SAW IT AND HE LICENSED THE SHOW AND SAYS I WANT TO GIVE IT A NEW TITLE, SURVIVOR. FROM THERE HE DID THE APPRENTICE, HE AND TRUMP HAD THIS STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WHERE HE RECOGNIZED A CHARISMA THAT TRUMP HAD. HAD THIS AMAZING DYNAMIC. BURNETT ENDS UP IN THE SITUATION WHERE HE DID NOT WANT -- HE WOULD NOT TALK TO ME BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH TRUMP BECAUSE HE WAS CLEARLY SO SCARED. Show Less Text

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HE IS BORN AGAIN?

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HIS THIRD WIFE, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. I LITERALLY MARRIED AN ANGEL! HE IS BORN AGAIN. A FUN DIVE INTO HOLLYWOOD. TO ME THERE WAS A DEEPER THEME IN THAT PIECE WHICH IS AT A CERTAIN POINT EVERYTHING BECAME ENTERTAINMENT. THERE IS NO SUCH THING, POLITICS IS ENTERTAINMENT BY OTHER MEANS. HE WAS AT TH EMMY'S. Show Less Text

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HE CALLED OUT MARK BURNETT AND SAID IF HE GETS ELECTED IT IS MARK BURNETT'S FAULT. IF THERE IS A WALL, WE WILL THROW YOU OVER IT.BURNETT WENT ON TO RUN MGM. WHICH HE IS DOING TODAY. I THINK HE IS LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK....

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https://www.minotdailynews.com/opinion/national-columnists/2021/11/climate-democracy-dies-in-darkness/

tim graham

British leftist group calling itself the Center for Countering Digital Hate has issued a report on what it calls the “Toxic Ten,” which are so-called fringe websites spreading “climate change denial.” The ten include our group, the Media Research Center, as well as Breitbart, The Daily Wire, Townhall Media, Newsmax, The Washington Times and The Western Journal.

So, any challenge to Greenpeace climate-crackdown orthodoxy is now classified as “toxic” and “digital hate.”

Their solution? To press Facebook and Google to “stop monetizing” these conservative sites, stop allowing them to buy ads and to “comprehensively label” their climate reporting as misinformation. You don’t have to prove conservatives wrong. Just “comprehensively label” them as false.

Once again, the left wants to win debates by stopping any debate from happening. The founder of this “Digital Hate” squad is a man named Imran Ahmed, who previously co-authored the book “The New Serfdom: The Triumph of Conservative Ideas and How to Defeat Them,” with Angela Eagle, a Labour Party member of Parliament.

Ahmed can already count on jihad from the “objective media.”Their British socialist friends at The Guardian awarded their report with the headline “‘Super polluters’: the top 10 publishers denying the climate crisis on Facebook.”

Offering any criticism of climate panic (and climate policy) is “super polluting.” Does this sound like science, or does it sound like political hyperbole? Naturally, Ahmed told The Guardian, “big tech is once again on the wrong side of science, truth and human progress.”

The Washington Post also provided a pliant piece headlined “Breitbart has outsized influence over climate change denial on Facebook,report says.” Tech reporter Cat Zakrzewski warned, “The far-right news and commentary site is one of just 10 publishers responsible for nearly 70 percent of interactions with climate change denial content on Facebook.”

On Twitter, Zakrzewski gushed, “The nonprofit has been effective in drawing policymakers’ attention to falsehoods on social media, as it did with its ‘disinformation dozen’ report earlier this year.”

The Post reporter avoided any evidence of “falsehoods” by engaging with conservative articles. She blithely wrote that, “For years, Facebook has faced pressure to issue a broad ban on climate misinformation,” and that somehow doesn’t strike her as distasteful censorship.

My column on ClimateDepot founder Marc Morano’s book “Green Fraud” was pictured under the Daily Wire section of the report. The MRC section is illustrated with a Joseph Vazquez article on NewsBusters about … Marc Morano. He’s apparently Digital Hater No. 1.

In my Morano column, I noted that the climate panic lobby is never held accountable for failed predictions of doom from decades ago. In one PBS series called “Race to Save the Planet,” Meryl Streep claimed, “By the year 2000 — that’s less than 10 years away — the earth’s climate will be warmer than it’s been in over 100,000 years. If we don’t do something, there’ll be enormous calamities in a very short time.”

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republicans rush to mock Alec Baldwin in wake of tragic film set accident

Brett Bachman Salon

October 24, 2021

Less than 24 hours after a tragic New Mexico film set accident involving Alec Baldwin claimed the life of a cinematographer and injured the movie's director, Republicans were already making light of the incident...

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https://www.alternet.org/2020/10/qanon-satanic/

In front of a TV audience on Oct. 15, President Donald Trump declared that he knew “nothing about" QAnon, before correcting himself to say: “I do know they are very much against pedophilia."

What he didn't do was disavow what has been referred to as a “collective delusion." Part of that could be down to QAnon followers holding up Trump as some sort of savior – someone playing four-dimensional chess against shadowy political insiders and power players known as the “Deep State."

But that is only part of what Anons – followers of QAnon – believe. What Trump didn't mention is the atrocious claims that underlie this supposed chess match, and the demonic imagery and language that are used in the course of the conspiracy.

As a professor of religion who teaches courses on the cultural significance of monsters, I see many similarities between Anon claims and prior rumor panics that employed satanic rhetoric. Moreover, given the growing popularity of the QAnon conspiracy – and its encroachment into mainstream politics – I believe that ignoring this rhetoric risks harm to those targeted by the conspiracy.

Accusations of evil

The QAnon conspiracy theory started with an anonymous 4chan post in October 2017. The author, who later signed his or her posts as “Q", remains unknown. Since then Q has posted anonymous messages, known as Qdrops, on 8chan and now 8kun – on both online message and image boards.

The conspiracy claims that deep-state politicians and the “Hollywood elite" are involved in a large child abduction network that harvests the chemical compound adrenochrome — which is obtained from the oxidation of adrenaline — from sexually abused children subjected to satanic rituals.

Anons say that adrenochrome is consumed by some Democratic politicians and Hollywood elites for its psychedelic and anti-aging effects and is more potent when harvested from a frightened victim. Trump, they believe, is planning a day of reckoning that will see the arrest, conviction and even execution of dozens of current and former government officials for their involvement in child sex trafficking.

In analyzing the Qdrops, I have noted a discourse of evil woven throughout Q's nearly 5,000 messages. Peppering the Qdrops are claims like “many in our government worship Satan." According to Anons, Trump is engaged in a battle of cosmic significance between the “children of light" and the “children of darkness" and is working to dismantle pedophile networks that are abducting children for satanic rites.

Protesters at a rally in Minnesota. QAnon supporters believe the chemical compound adrenochrome is being harvested from abused children.[]

In using such language and imagery, Q does not portray perceived political adversaries as merely having a difference of opinion, but as being downright evil.

For example, in an Aug. 10, 2018, Qdrop titled “Many in Power Worship the Devil," Q states: “PURE EVIL. HOW MANY IN WASHINGTON AND THOSE AROUND THEWORLD (IN POWER) WORSHIP THE DEVIL?"

On Aug. 26, 2020, Q posted an image suggesting that the 2020 Democratic National Convention logo resembled a Satanic Baphomet pentagram, which incorporates a goat's head and a five-pointed star.Accompanying text asserts that one party – Republicans – discusses God while the other party – Democrats – discusses darkness.

Such dialogue rises beyond the level of us versus them. Instead, for Q and Anons it elevates the conspiracy to a matter of cosmic good versus monstrous evil.

This, I believe, is of grave concern. Presenting opponents as monstrously evil dehumanizes them. Through that process, Anons may see themselves as would-be monster-killers ready to use violence to remove the evil.

Remembering the past

This process of using the language of evil to dehumanize a perceived enemy is nothing new. It was seen in conspiracies such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The Protocols, a fictional document first published in Russia in the early 1900s, link a satanic Jewish cabal to the Antichrist.

Examining past rhetoric targeting Jews reveals how such a discourse lubricates the machinery of violence – Hitler called the Protocols “immensely instructive."

Jewish communities faced the blood libel — the idea that Jews kidnapped children for blood sacrifices — for centuries before it resurfaced in the Protocols. In the Middle Ages this was driven by afear of Jewish magicians kidnapping and stabbing children for evil rituals. The blood produced from these rites was rumored to be ritually consumed as drink or mixed into matzo. It was a demonic fantasy not based in any reality.

It is noteworthy that Anon claims about child abduction and blood consumption are linked to prominent Jewish figures such as billionaire philanthropist George Soros and the Rothschild family.

Joel Finkelstein, of the anti-hate watchdog the Network Contagion Research Institute has noted that the QAnon conspiracy is becoming increasingly anti-Semitic. Indeed, renowned genocide scholar Gregory Stanton warned in an article in September that QAnon's demonic fantasy was “a rebranded version of the Protocols" and noted that the conspiracy was gaining traction in neo-Nazi circles.

'Satanic Panic'

For those who remember the “satanic panic" of the 1980s, these Anon narratives will sound hauntingly familiar. The satanic panic was based on a series of rumors spread by concerned parents and authority figures, ranging from therapists to law enforcement agencies, convinced that a demonic cabal had infiltrated society to its highest levels. Organizations set up to counter this perceived threat, like Believe the Children, argued that children were most at risk in day care centers run by secret satanists. Prosecutors accepted, with apparent earnest seriousness, the claims being made about child sexual abuse, secret tunnels, and satanic rituals at theMcMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach,California. Similar sensational charges were brought against the Fells Acres Day School and the Wee Care Nursery School. Charges were eventually dropped or reversed in many of these cases.

As the unjust prosecutions demonstrate, the satanic panic damaged the reputations and livelihoods of innocent people.

QAnon is poised to cause similar disruptions in the lives of innocent people. Already there have been incidents including the apparent QAnon-inspired shooting of a mob boss and a live-streamed effort to “take out" Joe Biden. Anons are beginning to show a willingness to take matters into their own hands.

Why it matters now

It is tempting to dismiss QAnon as too small and fringe to lead to the violence associated with prior satanic panics. However, the emerging influence of Q is evident. It is seen not only in the growing number of supporters – QAnon Facebook pages alone boast 3 million followers – but also in Washington with a president who declines to disavow the conspiracy and a Republican QAnon supporter, Marjorie Taylor Greene, looking set to head to Congress in November.

The size of the QAnon community is difficult to estimate. It is, by no means, mainstream. But past experience has shown us that when a minority drapes its cause in a cosmic discourse of good versus evil, atrocities can follow.

Paul Thomas, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, Radford University

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Goop Lab on Netflix is a sleazy infomercial for her pseudoscience empire

The Conversation

Last week, Netflix dropped the trailer for Gwyneth Paltrow’s new show The Goop Lab.

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celebritiescan use their fame to influence their fans; they may be resigned to having to put up with paparazzi BS downside and use that to some positive good; danger of pop psych here, but mebbe even feel adulation is somewhat random and undeserved and thus for karmic reasons must be deployed for the good, un-SELF-ish. Artists also have a differnet point of view; art is having more sensitive antennae, also job is to communicate idea and emotions (ethos to motivate).

artists are seen as irrational flake who can't face reality (many capitalistic system) and so are easily dupes and tools of the enemy (blacklist mccarthy 50's)

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https://www.activistfacts.com/celebrities/

bermanfronts

7/17/2016

Far-right commentator Mike Cernovich is on a bus tour with Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward. He was recently one of the main trolls organizing against liberals like James Gunn, Michael Ian Black, Patton Oswalt, and Sarah Silverman, focusing largely on digging up old tweets and then gleefully portraying them out of context.

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https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/03/02/celebrity-science-collide-hollywood-anti-biotechnology-food-movement/

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If “Big Bang” star Mayim Bialik talks about Zika’s impact on the brain, we might be interested because she has a PhD in neurosurgery—she has genuine credentials. But science-educated stars are few and far between. For example, campaigns led by Robert Kennedy, Jr., reality TV star Jenny McCarthy and her former husband Jim Carrey and flip comments by Bill Maher have convinced a lot of credulous fans to forgo getting their kids vaccinated— the lowest vaccination rates in the country are in the swanky Hollywood suburban playgrounds. And that’s just one of many misguided celebrity-driven campaigns.

Celebrities may have any number of motives for injecting themselves into the middle of debates over controversial, scientific issues. Ego, for example. It’s a way to get publicity for themselves (McCarthy is more known now for her anti-vaccine activism than for her acting.) And as we know, stars are eager to follow the cause du jour. It is “science-as-fashion.”

While some people wisely ignore celebrity advice, their ill-informed and selectively ignorant comments can sway public opinion in destructive ways. That’s what’s happening in the ongoing debate over our food and farming systems. In the last few years, movies such as ‘Consumed’ and ‘GMO OMG’ have fueled misperceptions about genetic engineering. And celebrity chefs such as Tom Colicchio have joined the fray, partnering with other anti-GMO chefs in a Facebook page, Chefs Against GMOs, and making appeals in Washington and on TV shows. But Hollywood is where anti-GMO groups draw their most visible campaigners.

A slew of Hollywood celebrities, have lent their names to one anti-GMO or pro-labeling campaign or another, among them a fading generation of actors and musicians: Morgan Freeman, Paul McCartney, Dave Mathews, Danny DeVito, Woody Harrelson and Neil Young, to name just a few. But there are some younger faces who have lobbied hard against modern agriculture, mostly B-list actresses, with Gwyneth Paltrow the most prominent. They rail against GMOs in an effort to persuade consumers our food system is hopelessly broken, and that crop biotechnology is scary, unnatural and part of a corporate conspiracy to control the world’s food supply. It’s easily dismissible nonsense to those who know the consensus science, but their distortions have consequences outside of clickbait headlines.

Paltrow has emerged as the face of the anti-GMO movementover the last few years. It’s unclear exactly how or why she decided to take up this cause except that she has worked closely with one of the most powerful figures in the organic movement, Gary Hirshberg, founder of Stonyfield Organic, who also started Just Label It, which has campaigned for mandatory labels. Just Label it and the organic industry in general have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years to demonize conventional agriculture and mislead consumers into thinking organic food is healthier, safer and more nutritious than conventional food.

Although state-of-the-art meta studies conclude there are no meaningful differences, and some research shows organic farming is more stressful on the environment than farming using advanced technology including genetically engineered crops, organic companies peddle that narrative in hopes of driving consumers toward their pricier products. As the self-appointed priestess of all that is healthy and good in the world, Paltrow promotes organic food, which is by definition non-GMO.

Hirshberg has fueled and funded anti-GMO advocacy under the guise of promoting mandatory GMO labels. He has organized several anti-GMO groups, and has used celebrities like Paltrow to push his agenda. At his invitation, Paltrow was featured at a press conference on Capitol Hill in August 2015 to voice her support for mandatory GMO labeling. A bill the organic industry opposed had just passed in the House, and Paltrow wanted to use her powers of persuasion to stop the bill from advancing in the Senate:

I’m not here as an expert, I’m here as a mom who honestly believes I have the right to know what’s in the food I feed my family. And we don’t even know, the science is still inconclusive about GMOs, there are arguments they could possibly be harmful and there are arguments that they could be incredibly beneficial. But at this point, we just don’t know.

The presser echoed widely on social media, but most disturbingly, her comments were reported uncritically by major media sites, giving her credibility on an issue she did not deserve.

Here is where Paltrow is wrong. We do know that GMOs are safe. They hold tremendous potential and promise to alleviate global hunger now and into the future as food demands are expected to nearly double by 2050.Nearly every major independent scientific organization and governmental agency in the world, including most recently the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), have affirmed that genetically engineered crops and food are just as healthy and environmentally safe as other conventionally grown foods, including organic. American farmers have been using genetically modified seeds for 20 years and most of the corn, soy, cotton and sugarbeets grown are from those seeds. This has cut down on the use of pesticides (since some of those crops have been developed to include natural pesticides already used by organic farmers), which has reduced crop losses and increased yield, a huge boon to both farmers and consumers.

In its analysis of the GMO controversy, the NAS also noted several problems with mandatory labeling, such as higher costs to consumers and the probability that companies might eliminate genetically engineered ingredients in order to avoid labels. The report also outlined several crops that can only be achieved through genetic engineering that boost nutrients, withstand climate challenges and resist crop diseases. Promising new crops in the pipeline include nutritionally enhanced rice and bananas and disease-resistant cassava, a plant that hundreds of millions depend on every day. So, it’s galling for an ultra-rich celebrity to spread falsehoods about a technology that can feed and fortify the diets of hundreds of millions of poor people around the world.

That wasn’t the last we heard from Paltrow. In April 2016, she made a brief cameo in a video sponsored by Just Label It (with Hirshberg taking a star turn) entitled “GMO Transparency in the Real World.” A harried mother attempts to use her smart phone to scan a QR code on a can of soup to see if the soup contains GMOs (QR codes are anathema to the pro-GMO labeling crowd). As she stumbles to use her smart phone, and her kids smash a watermelon in the aisle, a fresh-faced Paltrow appears from the dairy aisle, asking the distraught mom if she has a scanner on her smart phone that she could use.

Paltrow isn’t the only actress to play the “I’m not an activist, I’m a mom” card. Around Mother’s Day 2015, several B-list mom-actresses appeared in a “Moms Against GMOs” video produced by another Hirshberg group to talk about GMOs, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, The Talk’s Sarah Gilbert, UnREAL’s Constance Zimmer, Once Upon a Time’s Ginnifer Goodwin, Furious 7s Jordana Brewster, The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels, Mariel Hemingway and Sharon Osbourne. They pledged to protect their “little ones” from the dangers of GMOs: “This Mother’s Day, give moms the right to know what’s in the food we feed our kids. Tell the FDA to require GMO labeling.”

These actresses are now part of a coordinated, calculated attack on American agriculture and an attempt to stop millions of farmers from using technological tools necessary for their livelihood and America’s food security. They are part of a destructive campaign to hurt American farmers and our overall agricultural and food system.

Since a bill requiring mandatory GMO labels passed Congress and was signed into law by President Obama in August 2016, the GMO labeling groups have been more forthcoming about their true motives. Anti-GMO activist and Institute for Responsible Technology founder Jeffrey Smith, who makes regular appearances on Dr. Oz and other celebrity-type shows, acknowledged their real agenda:

Labeling GMOs was never the end goal for us. It was a tactic. Labels make it easier for shoppers to make healthier non-GMO choices. When enough people avoid GMOs, food companies rush to eliminate them. Labeling can speed up that tipping point—but only if consumers are motivated to use labels to avoid GMOs.

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President-elect Donald Trump has spent much more time feuding with celebrities than campaigning with them, and almost no big names on his less impressive roster of endorsers gave to him, even the ones who are long-time Republican contributors, such as actors Chuck Norris and Jon Voight. (Since you asked: Trump’s Saturday Night Live near-doppelganger, Alec Baldwin, didn’t give to any presidential candidate; his only contribution of the 2016 cycle went to actress Melissa Gilbert, who ran for a House seat but dropped out for health reasons.)

As for new donors, actress (of Cluelessfame) and Fox News host Stacey Dash did endorse Trump, but chose to make her first donation to the Republican Party of California instead. Similarly, former reality TV star, talk show host and activist Rachel Campos-Duffy, another Trump endorser, gave her first contribution to the Republican Party of Wisconsin, the state that sends her husband Sean Duffy to Congress. Trump did a little better with the right-leaning world of professional sports than with Hollywood, receiving first-time contributions from a pair of athletes with ties to his home state: Buffalo Bills lineman Richie Incognito and former New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.

CELEBS:

ALEC BALDWIN

Ann Landers

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Barbra Streisand

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Bea Arthur

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Betty White

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Bill Maher

BILL MAHER

BOB BARKER

Candice Bergen

CANDICE BERGEN

CASEY KASEM

CHARLES MATTHAU

Chrissie Hynde

CHRISSIE HYNDE

Christopher Lee

CHRISTOPHER LEE

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