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brief ill-fated attempt by alt rt to make her aryan goddess? did that drive her to be out progressive?

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TheBlaze's Allie Beth Stuckey says Taylor Swift and the Kelces “are all part of a psy-op” that helps Democrats

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September 16, 2024 5:04 pm

Sen. Josh Hawley received the Distinguished Christian Statesman Award from the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship.
Mark Meckler is alarmed by the growing antiseminism of the right, warning that we’re “moving toward some kind of far-right fascism.”
White nationalist C. Jay Engel wants to see “Taylor Swift arrested and executed.”
White nationalist Dalton Clodfelter asserts that “America was built by white people for white people”: “It was white men for white men.”
Speaking of white nationalists, lots of people have been confused how someone named Nick Fuentes could be a white nationalist, but that is understandable as Fuentes himself seems rather confused about it all.
Self-proclaimed “prophet” Joseph Z, who is reportedly poised to attend a meeting with Donald Trump, says that Vice President Kamala Harris is “a Jezebel trying to take over the country” who is “being puppeted by the wicked lizard overlords and their goblin masters.”
Finally, right-wing pastor Robert Henderson issued a decree against Harris, declaring that “the burning, searing, exposing heat of God now causes her campaign and her herself to wither away and become as nothing.”

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Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday to declare he hates Taylor Swift, five days after the global popstar endorsed his opponent, Kamala Harris.

"I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" the 2024 GOP nominee wrote.

Former US Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) replied: "Says the smallest man who ever lived."

Former right-wing operative Matthew Sheffield replied: Trump's brain is so broken that he's just now getting upset that Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris."

Politico's Kyle Cheney sarcastically replied: "The youth strategy."

The Viewco-host Ana Navarro-Cárdenas wrote: "Donald Trump has lost what little sanity he had left. Taylor Swift broke him."

Colorado Sun columnist Craig Silverman replied: "There is no way anybody (Trump) choosing to hit send on his 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!' post should have the power to press the button on our nuclear weapons."

Political analyst Bakari Swift commented: "This is dangerous. Trump knows his words matter and he does not care. He knows threats etc will come her way."

When Swift announced her endorsement for Harris on Tuesday via Instagram, she wrote: "I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos."

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Who’s gonna tell him': Vance mocked over ironic response to Taylor Swift endorsement

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Over 300K people clicked on Taylor Swift's voter registration link in less than 12 hours

Taylor Swift allegedly got Kanye West ‘kicked out’ of Super Bowl seats - Alternet.org

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Fox News panel tears into Taylor Swift for drinking a beer, having fun | Media Matters for America

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A 'far-right freakout' is having deadly consequences

In the Philadelphia suburbs of Bucks County, 32-year-old Justin Mohn is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting his own father, Michael Mohn, fatally and decapitating him. Justin's Mohn's motivations were reportedly political; in a video, he described his father as a "traitor to his country."

The far-right Mohn said, "America is rotting from the inside out as far left. Woke mobs rampage our once prosperous cities."

In an early February column, the Philadelphia Inquirer's Will Bunch describes the killing of Michael Mohn as an example of the "far-right freakout" that is plaguing the United States. Bunch ties a variety of things together — the Mohn killing, bizarre far-right conspiracy theories attacking pop superstar Taylor Swift, 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric — and warns that the U.S. is facing dangerous times politically.

"As horrific as Mohn's act of alleged patricide was," Bunch argues, "it could have been much worse. Fast work by law enforcement used the pings from Mohn's cell phone to track him down 100 miles away at the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard outpost, where this self-styled revolutionary, armed with a handgun, had breached the security fence and was roaming near the main office. We'll never know if the quick arrest of this murder suspect prevented yet another mass shooting by a young, alienated white man in a 21st-Century America that specializes in producing them."

Bunch notes that an "army of" far-right conspiracy theorists view the romance of Swift and her boyfriend, football star Travis Kelce (of the Kansas City Chiefs) as "proof that the world is somehow conspiring against them."

"But why is Taylor Swift the ideal vessel for this?" Bunch writes. "You don't need a doctorate in the fast-disappearing field of sociology to see how it's not just her success, but her sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves message that terrifies Dude-Bro Nation."

Bunch warns that as goofy as the far right's Swift/Kelce obsession is, it shouldn't be taken lightly.

"A MAGA-flavored backlash of massive resistance looks ridiculous when it's railing against Swift and the unfairness of the Billboard charts or the AFC championship game," Bunch writes. "But it's also this warped mindset that craves a Trump 'Red Caesar' dictatorship, to end their losing streak in the culture wars. And the occasional spasm of deadly violence, from a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, to a Black supermarket in Buffalo, NY, to a Levittown bathtub, is just the collateral damage…. In the end, the person who bears full responsibility for killing Michael Mohn is his son. But the people who stood behind Justin Mohn whispering all kinds of nonsense — for clicks or votes or whatever they need to prop up their own mediocrity — are splattered with the blood."

*Will Bunch's full Philadelphia Inquirer column is availableat this link.

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Some right-wing media figures are urging their fellow conservatives to back off from spreading conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift.

A sizable portion of right-wing media has recently become obsessed with the conspiracy theory that Swift and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce is a “psy-op” to influence NFL fans and the singer’s supporters to vote for President Joe Biden later this year. Others in right-wing media are now recognizing the absurdity of these claims and questioning why their colleagues are spreading them instead of focusing on issues that are important to voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

## Right-wing media have relentlessly attacked Swift for being a Biden supporter despite the fact that she has not publicly endorsed him

- As the race against Donald Trump heats up, Biden’s reelection campaign is eyeing a Taylor Swift endorsement. According to The New York Times, Swift “can move millions of supporters with an Instagram post or a mid-concert aside” and the Biden campaign is strategizing to get her endorsement (as she gave in 2020). The New York Times,[1/29/24]

- Swift has not endorsed Biden this year, yet some right-wing media personalities have pushed the conspiracy theory that she is a “psy-op” planted to gain votes for the president. Turning Point USA influencer Benny Johnson speculated that the fame of both Swift and Kelce has been “concocted” and that the Super Bowl will be “rigged for the Chiefs” in order to make them famous enough to sway the election. Failed GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Trump ally Laura Loomer, among others, have also supported this conspiracy theory. Media Matters, [2/1/24]

- :{Swift has been a right-wing target of sexist attacks and conspiracy theories for most of 2023.This is far from the first time that right-wing media have set their sights on Swift. The musician has been a target since 2018, when she endorsed Democrats Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives. Right-wing backlash against Swift resumed in 2023 amid her massively successful worldwide Eras tour, including misogynistic attacks and criticisms for her support of the LGBTQ community and her relationship with Kelce, who appeared in a Pfizer ad promoting the COVID-19 vaccine. USA Today, [10/8/18; Media Matters, 12/23/23, 12/7/23, 9/27/23]
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## Some right-wing media figures are now pushing back on their colleagues, declaring that conspiracy theories about Swift and Kelce are a waste of time and an election mistake

- Newsmax host Eric Bolling argued that “there's no proof that Taylor Swift and her media blitz is part of some government conspiracy.” However, Bolling did still find time to insult the pop star and her supporters, calling her a “useful idiot in political warfare” and her fans “lemmings who vote not based on issues, but on who their idol likes.” Newsmax, *Eric Bolling The Balance*, [1/31/24]

- Daily Wire host Michael Knowles argued that going to war against Swift is not a good idea for conservatives.“I know that she’s a lib,” Knowles said. “I just don’t think it’s smart for conservatives to make an enemy of her and an enemy of her fans. Her fans are, broadly speaking, pretty normal people. And we should be normal too.” The Daily Wire, *The Michael Knowles Show*, [1/31/24]

- The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh inquired: “How is obsessively attacking her [Swift] a smart or effective counter strategy?”He added, “So you get a bunch of Fox News boomers all upset about Taylor Swift, and then what? And then what? What's step two?” The Daily Wire, *The Matt Walsh Show*, [1/31/24]

- Turning Point USA contributor Alex Clark said that the MAGA meltdown over Swift will be remembered as “one of the biggest election mistakes.”Speaking to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, she argued, “I think looking back, this will be one of the biggest election mistakes conservatives will have made in hindsight is this entire ridiculous Twitter drama.” Salem Media Group, *The Charlie Kirk Show*, [1/31/24]

- Ben Shapiro called the theory “indicative of a deeper rot inside the Republican Party.” Shapiro later asked whether the right’s fearmongering over Swift is “super worthwhile” and said, “Guys, not everything you don’t like is a conspiracy.” The Daily Wire, *The Ben Shapiro Show*, [1/30/24]

- National Review urged the Swift psyop “freaks” to “go outside.” The article argued that right-wing Swift conspiracy theorists should “take a good look at what they’ve become, and follow the advice that is given to children when they start to get too squirrely: For goodness sake, go outside.” National Review, [1/31/24]

- The Federalist echoed the same sentiment, urging conspiracy theorists to “Stop Trying To Make ‘Taylor Swift Is A Psyop’ Happen.” The article concluded: “So let me just yet again implore you not to ascribe this much cultural, let alone political, power to a figure that hasn’t earned it or deserves it. She’s a pretty girl who writes catchy, if unremarkable, songs. Let that be enough.” The Federalist, [2/1/24]

- Another article for RedState called the conspiracy theories “quite a doozy” and “silly.”The article noted, “Over the past few days, some right-wing influencers began floating a new conspiracy theory involving the couple, and it’s quite a doozy. However, this odd obsession of some on the right has now gotten to the point where it has become, in a word, silly.” RedState, [1/31/24]

- Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis suggested that conservatives “stop complaining” about Swift and Kelce and instead “start actually making a difference on something that matters.” She posted on X: “This isn’t ‘a lot of people.’ It’s a few unserious ‘influencers’ who are mad that Kelce and Swift have more actual influence than they do. My suggestion: stop complaining about them and start actually making a difference on something that matters, like registering Republicans to vote.” Twitter/X, [1/30/24]

### Right-wing media figures are spreading conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl

02/01/24 12:31 PM EST

### Taylor Swift is Time magazine's “Person of the Year” — now right-wing media are hurling sexist insults and suggesting that she’s secretly a Democratic operative

12/07/23 1:58 PM EST

### Right-wing media use Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift to further their crusades against COVID vaccines and Bud Light

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The right is currently terrified that pop superstar Taylor Swift will endorse President Joe Biden and, in doing so, potentially motivate millions of young people to go to the polls in November.

MAGA broadcaster, “life coach,” and Trump campaign troll Brenden Dilley addressed the possibility that Swift may endorse Biden on his program yesterday, urging his fellow Trump cultists to hold their fire until Swift actually makes a decision.

Dilley urged Trump supporters to reach out to Swift and try to convince her to support Trump or at least remain neutral in the upcoming elections. But, Dilley said, should Swift reject their overtures and ultimately make “the wrong choice,” then it will be necessary for MAGA to “punish that bitch.”

“I’m gonna be straight up blunt with you,” Dilley said. “As long as Taylor Swift remains, we’ll call it a free agent, we will behave a certain way. The second she makes the wrong choice, it is absolutely incumbent upon us to punish that bitch for doing that.”

“Right now, there’s been no commitment, so for now, we are essentially courting [Swift],” he continued. “There are people that you are courting; once they make the wrong choice, you punish.”

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As Right Wing Watch explained earlier this month, Dilley is an overtly racist, unapologetically misogynistic, and gleefully amoral MAGA activist whose relentless attacks on Trump’s enemies has garnered him direct access to Trump and his campaign.

A key component of Dilley’s method of operation is simply lying, as Dilley himself acknowledged on multiple occasions, admitting that he doesn’t “give a fuck about being factual” and will “make shit up” if doing so helps Trump.

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“It doesn’t have to be true,” Dilley has said, “it just has to go viral.”

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Currently, Dilley and his “meme team” are deploying explicitly sexist attacks against former Gov. Nikki Haley, who is challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Should Swift make “the wrong choice” by endorsing Biden, we can fully expect to see these sorts of tactics, and much worse, deployed against her by Dilley, his “meme team,” and others in the MAGA movement.

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OAN host calls nude AI images of Taylor Swift "another psyop" | Media Matters for America

Fox News' Charlie Hurt gives credence to conspiracy theory that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are working with Joe Biden | Media Matters for America

Charlie Kirk: "I don't really watch movies because they're all CIA psychological operation programming" | Media Matters for America

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More evidence that anything can be turned into a conspiracy theory to manipulate MAGA activists: MAGA political operatives are ranting that the NFL has rigged this year’s Super Bowl to help pop music superstar Taylor Swift help President Biden win election.

The media’s infatuation with the relationship between Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce has generated no shortage of sexist and misogynist commentary from disgruntled men. The fact that Swift endorsed Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020 is apparently more than some of them can bear.

“I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall,” failed presidential candidate and shameless Trump booster Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted on Monday morning. Ramaswamy’s tweet amplified one from pizzagate conspiracy theory promoter Jack Posobiec, who mused about Swift’s relationship with the Soros family.

Right-wing video producer and Turning Point USA activist Benny Johnson tweeted Sunday night, “The NFL is rigged,” followed up with another tweet claiming, “Taylor Swift is an op. It’s all fake. You’re being played.”

Former congressional candidate and right-wing pundit Jack Lombardi tweeted a picture of Swift congratulating Kelce with a kiss after the Chiefs’ latest win, declaring, “I have never been more convinced that the Super Bowl is rigged,” claiming that the Chiefs’ journey to the Super Bown is “totally scripted” to position Swift and Kelce to endorse Biden after the Super Bowl win. Lombardi tweeted the same picture on Monday morning claiming, without any evidence of course, that the Swift-Kelce romance is “fake” and designed somehow to manipulate white suburban women into voting for Biden.

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis took the Swift speculation a bit further on her show Monday morning, raising the prospect that on the 2024 ticket. Ellis and her guest Auron MacIntyre joked about the possibility, with Ellis noting that Swift turns 35 this year, meeting that constitutional threshold for being president. “I would not put it past the Democrats who are using all of these social media influencers…They’re so completely just enamored with celebrity,” said Ellis, former lawyer for the reality-star president.

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Radical right-wing pastor Joshua Feuerstein reveals that he was personally recruited by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to run for the state legislature.

Ali Alexander warns that “Taylor Swift is a Masonic plot” to “degrade White people, taking them from wholesome country singer to jezebel slut childless skank, through an avatar.”

Following former President Donald Trump’s win in Iowa, Lance Wallnau lashed out at Christians who can’t see that “God frequently gives America better leadership than we deserve.” “Listen up, buttercup! God is giving you someone better than you deserve. The country doesn’t deserve Trump!”

MAGA pastor/Trump cultist Jackson Lahmeyer claims that everyone benefited when Trump was in office and rejoiced because “he is a righteous man”: “How can a New York playboy be a righteous man? He is a righteous man because he does what is right.”
In a now-deleted post, Anna Perez said that “if you don’t want me to be racist then stop giving me reasons to be.”

Finally, Michael Flynn declares that “the second coming of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong combined is Barack Obama.”

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During a Tuesday night, January 9 broadcast, Fox News host Jesse Watters promoted the far-right conspiracy theory that Taylor Swift is part of a "Pentagon psyop." And the U.S. Department of Defense is pushing back against that claim.

Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh, humorously referencing some of the billionaire pop singer's major hits, told Politico, "As for this conspiracy theory, we are going to shake it off…. But that does highlight that we still need Congress to approve our supplemental budget request as Swift-ly as possible so we can be out of the woods with potential fiscal concerns."

Watters wasn't the first person on the far right to push conspiracy theories involving Swift; others have included former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller and Jack Posobiec, who claimed that Taylor's "girlboss psyop has been fully activated."

Watters told Fox News viewers, "Have you ever wondered why or how she blew up like this? Well, around four years ago, the Pentagon psychological operations unit floated turning Taylor Swift into an asset during a NATO meeting. What kind of asset? A psy-op for combatting online misinformation."

The Hill's Nick Robertson notes that Watters, on his show, referenced Swift's alliance with Vote.org.

On X, formerly Twitter, Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey posted video of Watters' segment on Swift and posted, "Our partnership with @taylorswift13 is helping all Americans make their voices heard at the ballot box. Not a psy-op or a Pentagon asset. Just the biggest nonpartisan platform in America helping young people register & cast their vote."

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during a Tuesday night, October 9 broadcast, Fox News' Jesse Watters claimed that Taylor Swift is part of a "Pentagon psyop" conspiracy.

Watters told viewers, "Have you ever wondered why or how she blew up like this? Well, around four years ago, the Pentagon psychological operations unit floated turning Taylor Swift into an asset during a NATO meeting. What kind of asset? A psy-op for combatting online misinformation."

The Fox News host tried to make his case by citing a video that MAGA Republican and Donald Trump ally Jeffrey Clark reshared on X, formerly Twitter.

The Daily Beast's William Vaillancourt notes, "That video was an excerpt from the 2019 International Conference on Cyber Conflict, which was held in Estonia and organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCD COE). The speaker in the clip is Alicia Marie Bargar, a research engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who appears to simply mention Swift as an example of the power of influencers with large followings."

Watters and Clark aren't the only ones on the far right who have been promoting conspiracy theories involving Swift.

Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller, on December 6, 2023, tweeted, "What's happening with Taylor Swift is not organic."

Jack Posobiec claimed that Swift's "girlboss psyop has been fully activated."

Nonetheless, Watters acknowledged that he "obviously has no evidence" that Swift is "a front for a covert political agenda."

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Right-wing media have repeatedly launched wild attacks against Taylor Swift | Media Matters for America

Right-wing media spent 2023 lobbing sexist attacks at pop star Taylor Swift. According to them, Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year is a fake Christian, a Democratic agent, and possibly a witch. She’s also ruining football by dating an NFL player.

## Taylor Swift, named Time's Person of the Year for 2023, has long been the target of right-wing attacks

- Taylor Swift made frequent headlines throughout 2023 — for her “Eras'” worldwide concert tour and movie, for becoming Spotify’s most-streamed artist for the year, and for being named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Swift has sold over 200 million albums over the course of her career and earned 12 Grammy awards since her debut at 16. Forbes,[12/13/23; Time magazine, 12/6/23; Morning Consult, 3/14/23]

- Right-wing media frequently target Swift and her fans with misogynistic insults. They’ve accused Swift of fomenting societal decline because she's an unmarried pop star, and, more recently, attacked her for being Time’s Person of the Year. Business Insider, [11/9/23; The Nation, 10/17/23; Media Matters, 12/7/23]

- :{:{Conservative backlash against Swift increased after she endorsed a Democrat in the 2018 Tennessee Senate race and expressed support for LGBTQ rights at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift became more outspoken about her seemingly liberal political beliefs after fans criticized her for not leveraging her platform during the 2016 presidential election. USA Today, [9/12/19; 10/7/18]}:

- Right-wing media have also targeted Swift’s relationship with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, primarily for Kelce’s appearance in a Pfizer ad promoting the COVID-19 vaccine. Right-wing media pundits have also attacked Swift over her attendance at football games. Media Matters, [9/27/23, 10/3/23]

## Right-wing media criticized Swift for supporting the LGBTQ community

- Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro attacked Swift after she spoke out in support of the LGBTQ community at a Chicago concert during Pride Month. “You remember that time that Taylor Swift used to just be, like, a person who sang songs and without auto tune didn't sound amazing?" said Shapiro. “Well now she has decided that she's a political leader.” The Daily Wire, *The Ben Shapiro Show*, [6/5/23, accessed via YouTube]

- One America News' Alison Steinberg asked why “so many conservative Swifties overlook” Swift’s allyship with the “alphabet mafia” and supposedly liberal politics. Steinberg listed reasons why conservatives should ditch Swift – including that she is a “Christian while also being pro-choice,” that she openly supports President Joe Biden, and that she has “financial ties to the Soros family.” Guest Bryson Gray concluded, “This conservative support for Taylor Swift has to stop.” One America News, *In Focus*, [12/13/23]

- The Gateway Pundit attacked Swift for amplifying “anti-Christian and ‘pride’ themes” after she was named Time’s 2023 Person of the Year. The article added that “we should not begin by confusing that award with a moral endorsement. After all, Swift now shares that honor with the likes of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.” The Gateway Pundit, [12/8/23]

- The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles performed an in-depth analysis of Swift’s music video for the song Lavender Haze, criticizing the video for casting a transgender model and adding that “lavender insinuates weird gay stuff.” Knowles ended the video by encouraging viewers to send in more “weird trans pop songs.” The Daily Wire, *The Michael Knowles Show*, [4/30/23, accessed via YouTube]

## Right-wing media lobbed sexist attacks against Swift, demanding she “release a sex video,” and shaming her for past relationships

- On Barstool Sports’ Pardon My Take podcast, co-hosts Dan Katz and Eric Sollenberger said they would tolerate Swift’s presence at NFL games only if she and Travis Kelce “release a sex video” — among other sexist attacks. After Katz noted that the New York Jets completed an “octopus” — scoring a touchdown and then completing a 2-point conversion for a total of 8 points — host Sollenberger added, “That’s what they should call Taylor Swift’s vagina." Media Matters, [10/3/23]

- Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk asked podcast guests, “Does Taylor Swift have any eggs left?” During a nearly 25-minute attack on Swift, Kirk and podcast guests made comments about Swift’s reproductive capabilities, called Swift “ugly” and “bitter,” and said Swift’s “body count will have a museum and galleria dedicated to it at the end of her career." Meidas Touch, [12/9/23]

- Fox host Greg Gutfeld slut-shamed Swift for her dating history. “Taylor Swift’s Instagram account has helped register more than 35,000 new voters," he said. “It’s nice that she's still on good terms with all her ex-boyfriends." Fox News, *Gutfeld!*, [9/22/23]

- Daily Wire host Candace Owens has repeatedly attacked Swift, saying Swift “has the maturity of a 15-year-old girl” and demanding to know, “Why hasn’t any man stepped up to the plate to marry her?” In April, Owens called Swift “the ultimate mean girl.” In September, Owens criticized Swift’s relationships with her exes. In October, Owens speculated that men won’t marry Swift “because Taylor Swift has a lot of personalities” and “her behavior is really, really cringy." Salon, [10/4/23; The Daily Wire, accessed 9/29/23; The Daily Wire, The Candace Owens Podcast, 4/16/23]

- After Swift made her first appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game, several right-wing media figures resorted to criticizing her for her appearance. Mediaite collected tweets from right-wing pundits calling Swift “mid” and “homely” after she was spotted in a VIP box with Kelce’s mother. Mediaite, [9/26/23]

- NewsNation host Leland Vittert accused Swift of “punching down” after she called the men criticizing her for attending Kansas City Chiefs games “Dads, Brads, and Chads.” Vittert compared Swift’s response to Hillary Clinton's description of Trump supporters as “deplorables” in 2016. The Federalist culture editor Emily Jashinsky added, “This is something she should be careful not repeat in the future because men don't have a lot of places anymore where they're just for men." NewsNation, *On Balance with Leland Vittert*, [12/11/23]

- PragerU personality Aldo Buzzatoni said that “instead of telling young girls to be single, to break up with their boyfriends,” Swift should use her “influence over these young women” to “promote marriage” and “conservative values.” Buzzatoni continued, “I think the time spent doing that would be a lot better than like I said, promoting young girls to be single and breaking up with their boyfriends and bashing men.” One America News, *In Focus*, [11/17/23]

- In an article for The Federalist titled “Taylor Swift’s Popularity Is A Sign Of Societal Decline," Mark Hemingway claimed that Swift is famous for being “near constantly romantically aggrieved.” Hemingway also stated that he is “not sure [Swift’s] popularity is a testament to her talent” and compared her music to pornography, stating, “Bad pop songwriting is like pornography: You know it the moment you hear it.” The Federalist, [9/5/23]

## Right-wing media attacked Swift for her relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce, who appeared in a COVID-19 vaccine PSA

- On Fox News’ Primetime, cryptocurrency influencer Aubrey Strobel insinuated that Swift’s relationship with Kelce was part of “a long-game strategy to knock the Chiefs out of Super Bowl contention.” Strobel stated, “I do think there is something going on. She shows up. Taylor is very careful with her reputation. She doesn’t just go anywhere. She shows up in the box, with his mother, she’s jumping up and down, but I think we are missing something.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [9/28/23]

- Fox News contributor Joe Concha blasted Swift for reportedly swearing at a Chiefs game. “If I heard that and my son was dating a girl who has a mouth like a teamster, that's it,” he said. Swift reportedly chanted “let’s fucking go” in a private box. Twitter/X, [9/29/23; The Daily Mail, 9/29/23]

- OutKick host Clay Travis suggested Swift was to blame for the Kansas City Chiefs’ subpar performance. “Maybe Taylor Swift is seen as the Yoko Ono of the Kansas City Chiefs?” he said. OutKick, *OutKick The Show*, [12/11/23]

- After Swift first appeared at a Kansas City Chiefs game, Travis claimed Swift was “wasting [her] time” with Kelce if she wanted to get married. Travis stated, “If the purpose of dating is to get married, you are wasting your time with Travis Kelce. He is a dime a dozen. He's not that good-looking, his career is almost over — you can do better even if you want to date a tight end in the NFL.” OutKick, *OutKick the Show*, [9/26/23]

- Discussing Kelce’s ad for Pfizer on The Megyn Kelly Show, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk questioned, “What will break his heart first: his new relationship with Taylor Swift or the COVID shot? … They’re both in the business of breaking hearts.” Kirk added, “I find it rather repulsive, to be perfectly honest, that a supposedly alpha male person like Travis Kelce is pushing a vaccine toward a demographic that doesn’t need it.” Mediaite, [9/25/23]

- In response to a claim about the “Taylor Swift effect” helping Kelce’s jersey sales and social media followers skyrocket, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock posted, “No. That's the benefit of selling out to Big Pharma and Bud Light.” In another post, Whitlock questioned, “What professional athlete in the prime of his life and health would be out promoting the vaccine given all the data about the injuries and whatnot” and criticized Kelce’s relationship with “Taylor Swift, hardcore leftist [who] promotes abortion.” Twitter/X, [9/26/23; BlazeTV, Fearless, 9/26/26, accessed via Twitter/X 9/26/23]

- Far-right influencer and self-described “Alpha Male” Nick Adams wrote that Kelce had knelt for the anthem and done ads for Pfizer and Bud Light. He added: “Taylor Swift hates America. Taylor Swift hates President Trump. Taylor Swift loves communism. Maybe Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift would be good together.” Twitter/X, [9/25/23]

- OutKick host Charly Arnolt suggested Swift and Kelce were in a public relations relationship “to push woke products, also woke political agendas.” Before playing Kelce’s Pfizer ad, Arnolt said, “A lot of debate whether that’s a legitimate relationship. But they're using people like this, celebrities, to push woke products, also woke political agendas. It's clearly working.” OutKick, *OutKick the Morning*, [10/5/23]

## Right-wing media claimed Swift promotes witchcraft and Satanism

- In a social media post, Rumble host Stew Peters implied that Swift should be burned alive for witchcraft. While sharing a social media post from Swift which mentions “casting spells,” Peters stated: “Taylor Swift promotes witchcraft and encourages her fans to ‘cast spells.’ I’ve heard that Salem, Massachusetts has a remedy for witches." Twitter/X, [10/19/23]

- Also citing the “casting spells” social media post from Swift, former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor attacked Swift for “celebrating witchcraft” and “influencing innocent minds to be enticed with the dark side of spirituality.” Her post went on to state, “Let’s see how much Lucifer cares about you or your career. I promise. He doesn’t.” Twitter/X, [10/18/23]

- Stew Peters responded to Kandiss Taylor’s tweet, “George Soros might own Taylor Swift’s music, but the devil owns her soul.” Peters previously called Swift “demonic.” Twitter/X, [10/19/23, 11/19/23]

- One America News’ Steinberg said she was creeped out by Swift’s use of “kind of witchy” dances and Swifties' “take me to church” chants during the Eras tour: “I've heard in her Eras tour that one of her dances is kind of witchy — her and the dancers hold these yellow globes and are wearing these long hoods. The whole thing looks really creepy to me. And then, in addition to that, there is also apparently a trend among the Swifties where before one of her songs comes on, they all chant ‘Take me to church.’ Of course, these are all just sort of conspiracies, but I do find the whole situation rather fascinating and peculiar.” One America News, *In Focus*, [11/17/23]

- Steinberg also wondered aloud if a Harvard course on Taylor Swift’s pop culture power was an attempt to “instruct you on how to relinquish any morals and values you might have, and just indoctrinate you, and force you to become a full-blown satanist.” Steinberg stressed, “I’m a firm believer in that Hollywood celebrities are sort of hand-selected and once you reach a certain level you kind of have to be willing to sell your soul to Satan to achieve real success. … So I’m confused as to what this course is actually going to teach.” One America News, *In Focus*, [11/29/23]

## Right-wing media accused Swift of being a Democratic Party operative

- Former Trump adviser and right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon compared Swift to election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, suggesting that Swift is a “powerful political force” for the left. According to Bannon, “Taking Mike Lindell out of Walmart was a monumental piece of the history of this political movement. Just like today, announcing Taylor Swift is Time's Person of the Year ... is another major political statement, because she's a powerful political force on their side, like Mike Lindell's a political force on this side. A cultural figure.” Real America’s Voice, *War Room*, [12/6/23]

- Turning Point USA’s Kirk blamed Swift for anti-choice losses during the 2023 midterms, as “all the Swifties want is swift abortion.” Kirk added, “We act as if she is like Mother Mary or something. Newsflash, she ain't Mother Mary.” Real America's Voice, *The Charlie Kirk Show*, [11/8/23]

- OAN’s Steinberg said she believes Swift is “the perfect political weapon for the Democrat agenda.” “She's trendy. Everyone loves her. She comes off as super sweet, but in reality, her entire value set completely contradicts anything Christian or conservative,” Steinberg stated. “I think she's propped up as an idol for Gen-Z girls so the Democrats can possibly use her to win votes for Biden.” One America News, *In Focus*, [12/6/23]

- In a series of social media posts, anti-Muslim bigot Laura Loomer claimed that the 2024 election would be “MAGA vs Swifties.” In an earlier post, she alleged that the Democratic Party is “100% using Taylor Swift to try to get Democrats elected.” Twitter/X, [12/11/23, 12/6/23]

- Newsmax host Mark Kaye suggested Swift is a Democratic operative because she held voter registration drives at concerts. According to Kaye, “What better way to get a bunch of young girls to vote for Joe Biden than to convince Taylor Swift to be his spokesperson? That's why when she went out to her concert, she was more than happy to promote the ‘go out and register to vote’ mandate.” Kaye also said it’s “interesting that this pop sensation and this football star are getting together just before an election year to promote not just registering to vote, voting for Democrats, but also getting your COVID vaccine. Is it all just a coincidence, or is this pre-planned by the Democrat Party?” Newsmax, *The Mark Kaye Show*, [12/9/23]

- Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec accused Swift of being a “psyop” and “a statecraft asset for years” in a series of absurd social media posts and claimed “2024 will be the full payoff” for Democrats. In one post, Posobiec claimed that “conservatives who applaud Taylor Swift Time Mag award psyop” will be responsible for losing the country. Twitter/X, [12/6/23; 12/6/23; 12/6/23; 12/6/23]

- Dom Lucre, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who previously shared child sexual abuse imagery online, theorized that liberal financier George Soros was responsible for Swift being named Time's Person of the Year. In his full social media post, he claimed that her “music rights had been purchased by George Soros,” before insinuating a connection, adding that Times’ award “doesn’t come cheap.” Twitter/X, [12/6/23; Media Matters, 7/28/23]

- In a social media post, right-wing account End Wokeness speculated that Swift was an operative for “the regime.” The full post read, “Why is the regime pushing Taylor Swift so hard? Because she is a 2024 Get Out The Vote operation that will be activated soon.” Twitter/X, [12/6/23]

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Taylor Swift is Time magazine's “Person of the Year” — now right-wing media are hurling sexist insults and suggesting that she’s secretly a Democratic operative | Media Matters for America

Swift was recognized by Time magazine, right-wing media piled on the singer once again}:

- On December 6, Time announced Taylor Swift as the publication’s 2023 Person of the Year.Swift was chosen among a shortlist of the year’s major culture-driving figures such as Barbie, those prosecuting former President Donald Trump, and King Charles III. Time magazine, [12/6/23, 12/4/23]

- As a highly visible female celebrity, Swift has often been a target of ridicule by the right, often for sexist reasons. For example, a popular podcast from the Barstool Sports network decried Swift for attending NFL games in support of her boyfriend, football player Travis Kelce, and suggested that the couple should “release a sex video.” Media Matters, [10/3/23; Business Insider, 11/9/23; The Nation, 10/17/23]

- While Swift has released statements urging her fans to vote and backed LGBTQ and abortion rights, some critics have condemned Swift for her silence on other social causes.As The New Republic recently noted, “Swift is no stranger to conservative backlash, though there are countless celebrities who spend more effort specifically courting it. While political activism is part of her curated aesthetic, she hasn’t made any discernibly partisan political moves in quite a while.” Twitter/X, [6/24/22; The New Republic, 9/29/23]

## Conservative media figures suggested corporate media are using Swift to help Democrats win in 2024 and launched misogynistic attacks on Time’s choice to recognize her

- Former Trump adviser and right-wing radio host Steve Bannon compared Swift to election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, suggesting that Swift is a “powerful political force” for the left.According to Bannon, “Taking Mike Lindell out of Walmart was a monumental piece of the history of this political movement. Just like today, announcing Taylor Swift is Time's Person of the Year ... is another major political statement, because she's a powerful political force on their side, like Mike Lindell's a political force on this side. A cultural figure.” Media Matters, [12/6/23]

- An editorial in The Daily Caller lambasted Time for “no longer representing America” because of its Person of the Year pick.The piece argued that country singer Morgan Wallen, who infamously broke COVID protocols and used a racial slur, was more deserving of the title, undermining Swift’s accomplishments and arguing that “dating Travis Kelce is literally the only thing of note Swift has achieved in the last 12 months.” The Daily Caller, [12/6/23; The New York Times, 1/20/22]

- Far-right troll and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec launched an absurd series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) accusing Swift of being “a statecraft asset for years” and predicting that “2024 will be the full payoff” for Democrats. In another post, Posobiec lamented, “Ye tried to warn us about the Taylor Swift psyop and we didn’t listen.” Twitter/X, [12/6/23, 12/6/23]

- Anti-Muslim bigot and failed GOP congressional candidate Laura Loomer presented a theory that the Democratic Party is “100% using Taylor Swift to try to get Democrats elected.”Loomer claimed that Swift “doesn’t care if everyone else suffers under inflation and can’t feed their kids as long as she gets to go shopping and attend her vaccinated boyfriends’ football games.” Twitter/X, [12/6/23]

- Right-wing podcast host Joey Mannarino posted that corporate media and the “Deep State” are “only making Taylor Swift the Time Person of the Year to help Joe Biden get elected in 2024.”The post also suggested that Swift will “run the Biden campaign going into the final days of the election” and stated that the media are building Swift’s public profile so that “she’s taken seriously by someone other than thirteen year old girls.” Twitter/X, [12/6/23]

- Breitbart attacked Swift as a “Left-Wing Pop Sensation” sharing her “unsolicited views” on issues like abortion and LGBTQ rights. The article also condemned Swift for advocating for youth voting and promoting the nonpartisan group Vote.org for its work attempting to dismantle voting restrictions in states like Georgia and Texas. The piece concluded, “Swift has rushed headlong into the welcoming arms of left-wing politics and woke activism for years.” Breitbart.com, [12/6/23]

- The Federalist writer Evita Duffy criticized Swift for prioritizing her career and mocked her as a “cat lady” and “girlboss” with “a lot of failed relationships where she blames the man every time.” Duffy also said that Swift is used by the left “when they need to pull out a big card and get the youth vote to go and vote for whatever candidate the Democrats are pushing.” Real America’s Voice, *Human Events with Jack Posobiec*, [12/6/23]

- BlazeTV hosts Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere questioned why Time chose Swift instead of conservative “whistleblowers” who contributed to right-wing media narratives against presidential son Hunter Biden.BlazeTV, *The Glenn Beck Program*, [12/6/23]

- QAnon influencer Jordan Sather complained that Swift was named Time’s Person of the Year for “basically doing nothing” and predicted that she will be used as “a political pawn” and exploited alongside Kelce “for a political get-out-the-vote campaign.” Sather demeaned Swift as “weak-willed” and said that she “makes a wonderful useful idiot for the powers that be” to “pander to Gen Z” voters, concluding, “This is social engineering of our youth in action." Gab, [12/6/23]

- Pepe Lives Matter, another QAnon influencer, wrote, “Taylor Swift was named Time Person of the Year after she started dating Pfizer’s spokesperson in the most comically scripted relationship we’ve seen in years. There's no doubt in my mind that Swift is compromised by powerful forces.” The post continued, “We need to wake the next generation up to the occult forces colluding with their favorite celebrities.” Telegram, [12/6/23]

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### Steve Bannon compares MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to Taylor Swift

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### Clay Travis tells Taylor Swift to break up with Travis Kelce

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Hank Kunneman Removes Sermon Accusing Taylor Swift of 'Witchcraft'

mAGA pastor and self-proclaimed “prophet” Hank Kunneman took time out of his Sunday sermon this week to accuse musician Taylor Swift of engaging in “satanic rituals and witchcraft” while suggesting that there is some conspiracy behind her relationship with professional football player Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kunneman, who regularly uses his church services to spread conspiracy theories, misinformation, and lies about the 2020 election, seized on the ads Kelce has done to promote Pfizer’s COVID and flu vaccines, speculating that there must be some “connection” between Pfizer and the Kelce/Swift relationship.

“What’s up with this whole thing now with the Kansas City Chiefs and everybody is celebrating some lady, some girl that if you look at her concerts, she does satanic rituals and witchcraft,” Kunneman declared. “She just happens to be dating ‘Mr. Pfizer,’ the football player? You don’t think that there’s a connection somewhere?”

Interestingly, Kunneman’s sermon has been removed from his Facebook page, though it remains available on his One Voice platform.

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UC Berkeley’s Taylor Swift course will combine 'literature, economics, business and sociology' - Alternet.org

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How Barbie sped up the collapse of Trump’s macho-based hate movement

Thom Hartmann

August 28, 2023

This article was paid for by AlterNet subscribers.

Have you noticed Americans are beginning to reject hate?

Trump’s popularity — even among Republicans — is dropping like a stone, and parents are beginning to show up in large numbers at school board meetings to talk back to bigots and haters.

MSNBC and CNN are filled with Republicans who have rejected Trump and hate. Increasingly, pastors are speaking out against Trump and hate.

Trump called for huge protests at his arraignments, but only a handful of people showed up, and the Wall Street Journal is calling for Republican presidential candidates to organize themselves in a way that will prevent Trump from becoming the GOP’s nominee again.

As investigative reporter Jordan Green notes over at Raw Story:

“On Telegram accounts linked to the Proud Boys, posts about the Maui wildfires — typically suggesting sinister causes or accusing the Biden administration of neglect — appear to outnumber references to the Trump indictment roughly four to one.”

The New York Times reports that even in the weeks before Fani Willis’ Fulton County indictment:

“A majority of Americans, in four recent polls, said Mr. Trump’s criminal cases were warranted.”

And democracy expert David Pepper points out on his excellent Substack blog Pepperspectives:

“Recent polls on Trump are brutal, with more than 60% saying they won’t vote for him in a general election.

“Recent elections in Ohio and Wisconsin confirm that the far right’s toxic brew of extremist policies and attacks on democracy are also deeply unpopular. Absolute losers at the polls.”

Political candidates who base their campaigns on hate are failing, and ordinary cordial discourse among Americans with different political views is beginning to return.

The media has noticed the trend, but they think it’s caused entirely by Trump’s legal troubles. While that’s no doubt a very large factor, I believe there’s also another force at work here: the movie Barbie.

Seriously.

Last week Louise got together with some “girlfriends” — including a few Trump supporters — for a Barbie Party. A group of boomer women all hanging out wearing pink and talking smack about “the patriarchy.”

Before you scoff, consider this:

— The reason “shock therapy” (electro-convulsive therapy or ECT) fell out of favor in America wasn’t just because of the development of anti-depressive medications during that era: it was also because of the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

— Deer hunting collapsed as a sport in large part because of the Disney movie Bambi, and sociologists credit the film and it’s “Bambi Effect” with a rise in vegetarianism among boomers who were children when it came out (I sure still remember it, and my parents took me to see it during the film’s revival 66 years ago!).

— Teaching evolution and contrasting it with creationism in American classrooms became acceptable as the result of the movie Inherit The Wind about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

— The nationwide revival of the then-moribund Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s (leading to the Klan taking full political control of the State of Oregon that decade) was entirely attributable to D.W. Griffith’s movieBirth of a Nation.

— The movie Jaws caused a drop (that lasted for years) in people willing to swim in the ocean, as well as an increase in shark hunting that has caused some species to become endangered.

— The film Gone With The Wind, whitewashing the crimes of the Confederacy and the brutality of slavery, led to a revival in “Confederate Culture” that echoes across the South to this day.

Given this history, and the brilliant screenplay, acting, and production values of the movie Barbie, it would be naïve not to think it’s had an impact on American consciousness. The question is, how big is that impact?

A recent survey reported by The Hill found that fully 85 percent of conservatives who’d seen the movie Barbie said it increased their “awareness of the patriarchy at work.”

Fifty-seven percent of all viewers surveyed said the movie “improved their opinion of women in leadership.” The percentage of people surveyed who said that women were more effective leaders than men went from 19 percent before seeing the film to 29 percent after.

A movie ostensibly about a Mattel doll, it opens with a Barbie character proclaiming:

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“In Barbieland, corporations are not people, and money is not considered protected free speech!”

From there the plot becomes even more progressive. Ken goes from the matriarchal Barbieland to the “real world” and brings back the idea of patriarchy, a cultural contagion that destroys Barbieland nearly as completely as Trump tried to destroy democracy in America. (I promise not to give away any more of the movie.)

The analogies between the transformations of Barbieland and the collapse of Trump’s macho-based movement are startling; it’s hard to imagine the screenwriters weren’t either influenced directly by it or at least by the same social forces that brought it about.

And it’s hard to overestimate how widespread the impact of the movie has been. It’s grossed over a billion dollars, and fully 22 percent of people who saw it hadn’t been to a movie in years.

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Hopefully, this is the start of a trend like the one we saw during the latter Obama years.

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Between 2013 and 2014, hate in America experienced a significant decline: in an “Intelligence Report” released in March, 2015, the Southern Poverty Law Center said, as CNN reported, “the number of hate groups operating in the U.S. declined 17% between 2013 and 2014.” They were, SPLC reported, at their lowest levels since 2005.

But then Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Towerand, like Satan opening his mouth and unleashing the hounds of hell, poured out a plume of hatred, bigotry, and a call for violence that has saturated our nation for nearly eight long years.

There was an immediate jump in hate crimes, a trend that continued and increased steadily right up until this year. The Washington Post summarized the phenomenon succinctly in a 2019 headline:

“Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes”

It’s premature to proclaim the era of Trump-fueled racism and hate over, but the sense I’m getting from doing a national radio and TV call-in talk show for the past 20 years is that America has begun its much-needed healing.

Perhaps most surprising, people who had previously called in to promote Trump and “conservative values” are increasingly telling me and my listeners that they’ve seen the light and want to work together to make America a better place for all.

Beth Felker Jones writes for Christianity Today that she’s seeing it in her family and her church community, as the twin sensations of Barbie and Taylor Swift’s tour (and Swift’s open disavowal of hate) sweep the nation:

“Movie theaters are full of families and groups of friends, dressed in pink and laughing together; the country’s biggest stadiums are packed out with a tiny slice of those who would have come to see Swift perform, had more tickets been available.”

She notes how the pandemic and America’s political differences pulled us apart for years; now, she writes, things are changing for her kids and others:

“Now they’re hungry for togetherness. They’re hungry for large-scale shared cultural events and wearing dress-up clothes in public.”

Whether it’s Barbie or the Trump prosecutions that have brought about what feels like the early stages of a sea-change in the American zeitgeist — or the perfect storm of the combination of the two around the same time — I’ll take it.

America is better for both!

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has started another fire taking aim, yet again, at pop singer Taylor Swift. Speaking to the right-wing media outlet Breitbart, the Republican lawmaker "criticized the left for making country music "woke," according to Insider.

Blackburn also insisted entertainers like the "Shake it Off" singer would suffer in a Marxist, socialist-driven society. "If we have a socialistic government, if we have Marxism, you are going to be the first ones who will be cut off because the state would have to approve your music," she said.

"When you look at Marxist socialistic societies, they do not allow women to dress or sing or be on stage or to entertain or the type of music she would have," Blackburn said. "They don't allow protection of private intellectual property rights."

She added, "Taylor Swift came after me in my 2018 campaign, but Taylor Swift would be the first victim."

Blackburn's latest remarks follow Swift's criticism of the lawmaker. In an Instagram post shared in 2018, Swift noted Blackburn's voting record as she explained why she would not support her.

"As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn," Swift wrote at the time.

"Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values."

Back in 2020, Swift also took a subliminal jab at Blackburn during her Netflix documentary "Miss Americana." Sharing her reaction to Blackburn's Senate victory, Swift said, "She gets to be the first female senator in Tennessee, andshe's Trump in a wig."

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Simon Maloy read the book by Turning Point USA'sCharlie Kirk. Kirk, a staple on Fox News, is relevant largely because of friendships with the Trump family.

Reading the mess of a book, Maloy comes to the following conclusion: "This is why the Trump family loves Kirk; he and his book are pure expressions of Trumpist politics. He leans intensely on white grievance while mocking the plights of minorities (one chapter is titled 'Black Victimization Bunco'); he demands the in-group (conservative students) receive protection and status ('safe spaces,' unchallenged expression of any idea) while also demanding that protection and status be denied to out-groups (liberals, minorities); and he makes zero effort to reconcile these contradictions while substituting aggressive combativeness for substantive heft. It’s a simple trick: posture as an alpha tough guy, but when the slightest offense arises, performatively howl like a whipped dog."

Kirk's group is best known for the time that its members wore diapers.

Also: After Taylor Swift endorsed Democrats in Tennessee, Kirk endorsed a 4chan conspiracy theory that she may not have formed political opinions on her own.

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