Jeff Daniels broke out the acoustic guitar on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House yesterday to perform an original protest song that was inspired by the “No Kings” protests against Donald Trump. In introducing the track, Daniels said, “This is a song I wrote called ‘Crazy World,’ which is how I cope.” …
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Robert De Niro, noted critic of Donald Trump, praised the “No Kings” protests over the weekend, saying it’s important people “don’t let up” because the president “does not want to leave the White House.” The actor appeared on MSNBC’s The Weekend on Sunday and took the opportunity to speak out …
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Kenny Loggins slammed President Donald Trump for sharing an apparently AI-generated video of him dumping shit on “No Kings” protesters, soundtracked to Loggins’ classic Top Gun song, “Danger Zone.” “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone,’” Loggins said in a statement. “Nobody asked me for my …
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Nearly 7 million people attended the “No Kings” anti-authoritarian protests over the weekend, which took place in more than 2,700 cities across all 50 states (naturally, President Donald Trump and the right had a lot to say about it). In downtown Los Angeles, among those protesting was actor Pedro Pascal. …
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WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Washington, D.C., and cities across the nation on Saturday, to protest what they characterize as the increasingly authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. “We’re here representing normal people — regular, peaceful Americans — who are against what this administration is …
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One of the first things you’ll see upon entering the ornate terminal at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station are gaggles of National Guard troops loitering about, clad in full tactical camo. Most look bored, a hand slung casually over the rifle they’re now authorized to carry, a suspicious eye on the …
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America’s pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Trump administration — which has sent armed troops to occupy the nation’s capital and is threatening to do the same in large cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Popular resistance in …
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In the run-up to Donald Trump’s military “birthday parade,” the event organizers offered $750 to use a famous ballad for Trump’s Army celebration. As the tank-heavy parade rolled into Washington, D.C., the hit 1960s song, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” boomed in our nation’s capital, providing part of the …
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The “No Kings” protests were historic. Millions of American activists turned out to protest President Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses, on his birthday, Saturday, June 14, when the president threw himself a massively expensive, poorly attended military parade in Washington, D.C., replete with tanks and helicopters. (The parade was ostensibly also …
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Have you ever been caught up in a human stampede? You’d remember it. But let’s back up to calmer times. Even social unrest has an internal clock. It is the eighth day of protests in downtown Los Angeles since Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began grabbing immigrants from …
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