Basslines and Protest Signs Part 87: Republicans Like Cancel Culture Now?
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Big Bird getting vaccinated.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Big Bird getting vaccinated.
What’s the GOP’s problem with women? Plus, COVID-19’s impact on sports. And special guest Desiree Tims For Congress joins the show.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the rise of political punk in the US.
The Republican National Committee is seeking repayment of $1,946 spent by a party donor and vendor at a sex-themed Hollywood club that features topless dancers and bondage outfits.
Like Al Pacino in “The Godfather Part III,” just when eco warrior Al Gore thinks he’s pulled himself free of Washington, D.C.’s partisan politics, he gets pulled right back into the muck. Former Democratic Vice President Gore, one of the organizers behind the July 7 global-climate-crisis-awareness concert Live Earth , has run into opposition from Senate Republicans over his plans to have one of the eight worldwide shows take place in D.C. And, depending on who you believe, the objection to the concert is either a matter of simple parliamentary procedure or just politics as usual. Oklahoma Republican Senator James… Read more »
For Americans across the nation, this July 4th might not feel like one worth celebrating. In Trump’s first six months in office, he’s sent the military on U.S. citizens in Los Angeles. ICE arrests have broken innocent families apart, and in most cases, those being deported have no criminal record (or are actual American citizens). Countless pieces of legislation were introduced or passed that take direct aim at the LGBTQ+ community. Federal workers were laid off en masse, the genocide in Palestine rages on, and this is merely scratching the surface. Refer back, even further, to 2023 when SCOTUS overturned… Read more »
Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, has recorded a version of “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty, and it should never been allowed to happen.
Pride shines a light where light needs shining. It’s about awareness and, ultimately, acceptance and normalization. That’s why it is so important.
Bernie Sanders wants a four-day work week, meanwhile republicans want to make drag shows a felony. Controversial topics making headlines this week, including Tennessee Republicans voting to make drag shows felonies, the cancellation of the iconic comic strip Dilbert, accusations that Florida Governor DeSantis is a dangerous fascist, and Bernie Sanders’ advocacy for a four-day work week.
Republicans are blaming Biden for letting a suspected Chinese spy balloon cross into the US. It happened 3 times during the Trump administration. An earthquake rocks Turkey, and more.