Politics - Latest News https://consequence.net/tag/politics/ Music, Film, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground Wed, 14 Dec 2022 03:25:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://consequence.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-correct-blue.jpg?quality=80&w=32 Politics - Latest News https://consequence.net/tag/politics/ 32 32 Cyndi Lauper Performs “True Colors” As Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act: Watch https://consequence.net/2022/12/cyndi-lauper-sam-smith-white-house-respect-for-marriage-act-watch/ https://consequence.net/2022/12/cyndi-lauper-sam-smith-white-house-respect-for-marriage-act-watch/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2022 03:25:21 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1260572 Sam Smith also sang "Stay With Me" during the ceremony at the White House.

Cyndi Lauper Performs “True Colors” As Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act: Watch
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President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, protecting same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law. To celebrate the move, Cyndi Lauper and Sam Smith appeared at the White House signing ceremony to perform “True Colors” and “Stay With Me,” respectively. “This time, love wins,” Lauper said…

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Cyndi Lauper Performs “True Colors” As Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act: Watch
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Amazon Won’t Take Down Antisemitic Film Shared by Kyrie Irving, CEO Says https://consequence.net/2022/12/amazon-wont-remove-antisemitic-film/ https://consequence.net/2022/12/amazon-wont-remove-antisemitic-film/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:10:42 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1257610 Irving was suspended from the Brooklyn Nets for supporting the film, which Amazon CEO Andy Jassy doesn't think "espouses hate."

Amazon Won’t Take Down Antisemitic Film Shared by Kyrie Irving, CEO Says
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has confirmed that Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America — the antisemitic book and accompanying film recently promoted by Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — will remain for sale on the platform, Deadline reports. Speaking at the New York Times DealBook conference this week, Jassy said…

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Amazon Won’t Take Down Antisemitic Film Shared by Kyrie Irving, CEO Says
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Ex-Mumford & Sons Banjoist Joins Tucker Carlson to Decry Music Industry’s “Progressive Echo Chamber” https://consequence.net/2022/12/ex-mumford-sons-banjoist-tucker-carlson/ https://consequence.net/2022/12/ex-mumford-sons-banjoist-tucker-carlson/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:45:50 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1257506 Winston Marshall left the band so he could share his right-wing views without affecting his bandmates.

Ex-Mumford & Sons Banjoist Joins Tucker Carlson to Decry Music Industry’s “Progressive Echo Chamber”
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Earlier this year, after drawing ire for supporting a right-wing book about the “threats” of the Antifa movement, Mumford & Sons banjoist Winston Marshall left the band so that he could express his political beliefs without affecting his bandmates. At the time, he said not to call him a conservative, but…

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Ex-Mumford & Sons Banjoist Joins Tucker Carlson to Decry Music Industry’s “Progressive Echo Chamber”
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Kanye West Storms Off Podcast After Being Challenged Over Antisemitic Views https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-podcast-antisemitic-views/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-podcast-antisemitic-views/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:12:32 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1256843 West and his posse of white nationalists, Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes, appeared on Tim Pool's Timcast.

Kanye West Storms Off Podcast After Being Challenged Over Antisemitic Views
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Kanye West walked off the set of a live podcast taping on Monday after being challenged over his antisemitic views. West and his posse of white nationalists, Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes, appeared on Tim Pool’s Timcast podcast. Pool actually began the interview by asking West about his recent dinner…

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Kanye West Storms Off Podcast After Being Challenged Over Antisemitic Views
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73-Year-Old Gene Simmons Admits He’s an “Ageist” When It Comes to President Biden https://consequence.net/2022/11/gene-simmons-ageist-biden-presidency/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/gene-simmons-ageist-biden-presidency/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:17:04 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1256661 The KISS bassist-singer questioned the 80-year-old US president's "ability to communicate."

73-Year-Old Gene Simmons Admits He’s an “Ageist” When It Comes to President Biden
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Gene Simmons, the 73-year-old bassist-singer of KISS, admits that he’s an “ageist” when it comes to his evaluating President Biden’s first term in the Oval Office. The veteran rocker said as much while guesting on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast. The conversation started with Simmons telling Maher that he was…

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73-Year-Old Gene Simmons Admits He’s an “Ageist” When It Comes to President Biden
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Donald Trump Calls Kanye West “Seriously Troubled,” Labels Rapper’s 2024 Presidential Bid “Total Waste of Time” https://consequence.net/2022/11/donald-trump-kanye-west-seriously-troubled-2024/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/donald-trump-kanye-west-seriously-troubled-2024/#respond Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:29:59 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1256489 The former president also claimed to not know West's white nationalist guest, Nick Fuentes.

Donald Trump Calls Kanye West “Seriously Troubled,” Labels Rapper’s 2024 Presidential Bid “Total Waste of Time”
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Donald Trump confirmed details about his controversial meeting at Mar-A-Lago earlier this week with Kanye West and his far-right extremist guests, calling the rapper “a seriously troubled man” whose 2024 presidential campaign “can’t win.” In a statement shared on Saturday night via Truth Social, the disgraced former president posted, “So…

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Donald Trump Calls Kanye West “Seriously Troubled,” Labels Rapper’s 2024 Presidential Bid “Total Waste of Time”
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Kanye West Pals Up with Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Travels to Meet Trump at Mar-A-Lago https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-trump/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-trump/#respond Fri, 25 Nov 2022 04:49:17 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1256387 "I walked in with intelligence," West said of his visit with Fuentes.

Kanye West Pals Up with Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Travels to Meet Trump at Mar-A-Lago
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Just when you thought Kanye West’s far-right heel turn couldn’t get any more disturbing, the former rap legend is now associating himself with white nationalist and Holocaust denier, Nick Fuentes. In fact, the two recently traveled together to Mar-A-Lago to meet with Donald Trump. The 24-year-old Fuentes has emerged as…

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Kanye West Pals Up with Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Travels to Meet Trump at Mar-A-Lago
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Kanye West Enlists Alt-Right Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to Work on 2024 Presidential Campaign https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-milo-yiannopoulos-2024-presidential-campaign/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/kanye-west-milo-yiannopoulos-2024-presidential-campaign/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 02:41:35 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1255751 Yiannopoulos is known for his hateful stances on Islam, feminism, and the LGBTQ+ community, and past associations with neo-Nazi and antisemitic figures.

Kanye West Enlists Alt-Right Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to Work on 2024 Presidential Campaign
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Kanye West has apparently forged a relationship with alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos ahead of a planned 2024 run for president. Over the weekend, West introduced Yiannopoulos to paparazzi as someone “who is working on the campaign.” When asked if he was indeed running for president, West responded, “Yes… It’s simple….…

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Kanye West Enlists Alt-Right Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to Work on 2024 Presidential Campaign
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Tom Petty Estate Hits Kari Lake with Cease and Desist Over “I Won’t Back Down” Usage https://consequence.net/2022/11/tom-petty-kari-lake-cease-and-desist-i-wont-back-down/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/tom-petty-kari-lake-cease-and-desist-i-wont-back-down/#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:30:37 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1255629 Lake, a 2020 election truther, used the song to imply she would not concede the Arizona gubernatorial race.

Tom Petty Estate Hits Kari Lake with Cease and Desist Over “I Won’t Back Down” Usage
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Tom Petty’s estate has sent a cease and desist notice to failed Arizona gubenortial candidate Kari Lake over her use of Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down.” The Republican candidate — who was endorsed by Donald Trump and spouted misinformation about the 2020 election throughout her campaign — lost her gubernatorial…

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Tom Petty Estate Hits Kari Lake with Cease and Desist Over “I Won’t Back Down” Usage
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Sean Penn Gifts Volodymyr Zelensky One of His Oscar Trophies https://consequence.net/2022/11/sean-penn-volodymyr-zelensky-oscar-tropy/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/sean-penn-volodymyr-zelensky-oscar-tropy/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:18:45 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1253436 The actor and activist presented the statuette as a symbol of his solidarity with Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.

Sean Penn Gifts Volodymyr Zelensky One of His Oscar Trophies
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Sean Penn has been spending a lot of time in Ukraine lately, and he’s marked his fondness of country by gifting one of his two Oscar trophies to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Deadline reports. “It’s just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this is here then I’ll feel better and strong…

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Sean Penn Gifts Volodymyr Zelensky One of His Oscar Trophies
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Kid Rock Calls Oprah a “Fraud” for John Fetterman Endorsement Against Dr. Oz https://consequence.net/2022/11/kid-rock-oprah-dr-oz-fraud/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/kid-rock-oprah-dr-oz-fraud/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 03:44:38 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1252760 It's just the latest instance of the vocally conservative artist targeting the iconic talk show host.

Kid Rock Calls Oprah a “Fraud” for John Fetterman Endorsement Against Dr. Oz
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Kid Rock called Oprah Winfrey “a fraud” for her endorsement of Democratic candidate John Fetterman against Republic opponent and her former frequent talk-show guest, Dr. Mehmet Oz, in the election for the open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Oprah threw her support to Fetterman during the host’s “A Virtual Voting…

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Kid Rock Calls Oprah a “Fraud” for John Fetterman Endorsement Against Dr. Oz
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Joe Rogan Admits to Having “No Proof” That Schools Are Giving Furries Litter Boxes: “I Fed Into That” https://consequence.net/2022/11/joe-rogan-furries-litter-boxes/ https://consequence.net/2022/11/joe-rogan-furries-litter-boxes/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2022 13:50:13 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1252283 Rogan said the phenomenon was happening in an earlier episode of his podcast, but then admitted he "fed into" the conservative myth.

Joe Rogan Admits to Having “No Proof” That Schools Are Giving Furries Litter Boxes: “I Fed Into That”
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In a surprise to no one, Joe Rogan recently spread misinformation on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast. In perhaps a surprise to some, however, he owned up to it, admitting that he had “no proof” when he said that American high schools were installing litter boxes in bathrooms for students who…

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Joe Rogan Admits to Having “No Proof” That Schools Are Giving Furries Litter Boxes: “I Fed Into That”
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Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Falls Apart After Super-Theft of Funding https://consequence.net/2022/10/anti-woke-superhero-movie-theft-funding/ https://consequence.net/2022/10/anti-woke-superhero-movie-theft-funding/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:53:06 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1249028 An attempt to adapt an anti-woke comic book into an anti-woke superhero movie turned out to be an anti-good idea.

Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Falls Apart After Super-Theft of Funding
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An attempt to adapt an anti-woke comic book into an anti-woke superhero movie turned out to be an anti-good idea, The Daily Beast reports, as $1 million in crowd-funded financing has been stolen by a scammer. In a video to investors, Theodore Beale, better known as the extremist right wing blogger…

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Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Falls Apart After Super-Theft of Funding
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Kacey Musgraves Brings Out Beto O’Rourke for a Beer During ACL Performance: Watch https://consequence.net/2022/10/kacey-musgraves-beto-orourke-beer-acl-watch/ https://consequence.net/2022/10/kacey-musgraves-beto-orourke-beer-acl-watch/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 02:12:42 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1248362 The Texas gubernatorial candidate's campaign was the toast of Musgraves' ACL set.

Kacey Musgraves Brings Out Beto O’Rourke for a Beer During ACL Performance: Watch
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Kacey Musgraves gave cheers to Beto O’Rourke’s ongoing Texas gubernatorial campaign during her headlining set at weekend two of Austin City Limits 2022 with a beer delivered by the candidate himself. According to the Houston Chronicle, Musgraves queued the Democratic candidate mid-set by saying, “Honestly, I could use a drink.…

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Kacey Musgraves Brings Out Beto O’Rourke for a Beer During ACL Performance: Watch
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Kanye West Spouts Antisemitic Comments in Unaired Tucker Carlson Interview Clips https://consequence.net/2022/10/kanye-west-antisemitism-unearthed-tucker-carlson-clips/ https://consequence.net/2022/10/kanye-west-antisemitism-unearthed-tucker-carlson-clips/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:56:05 +0000 https://consequence.net/?p=1247199 West also suggested that actors had been "placed into my house to sexualize my kids," and said working at Louis Vuitton gave Virgil Abloh cancer.

Kanye West Spouts Antisemitic Comments in Unaired Tucker Carlson Interview Clips
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Kanye West recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Tucker Carlson, but apparently the two-part conversation included much more beyond the pro-life, White Lives Matter talking points that the Fox News pundit chose to air. Vice’s Motherboard has obtained clips that Carlson edited out of the original Ye broadcast…

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Kanye West Spouts Antisemitic Comments in Unaired Tucker Carlson Interview Clips
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