Politics
Ariel Pink Dropped by Label After Attending Pro-Trump Rally at White House
Mexican Summer was set to release Odditties Sodomies Vol. 1, Sit n’ Spin, Odditties Sodomies Vol. 3, and Scared Famous/FF>> later this month, marking the final installments of its “Ariel Archives” series. Billboard has reached out to both Mexican Summer and Pink’s reps for comment. On Wednesday, documentary filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer posted a now-private Instagram picture of her with Pink and John Maus lounging on a hotel bed with the caption, “the day we almost died but instead had a great time.” She also posted a video of Maus watching crowds at the U.S. Capitol, where a crowd of Trump supporters violently stormed the building. Pink clarified on Twitter that he was not a part of the mob because “I don’t and ne...
Donald Trump Permanently Suspended From Twitter
Donald Trump no longer has access to his beloved Twitter. As of Friday at 6:20 p.m. ET, his account has been permanently suspended. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement. “Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open. However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other thi...
Laura Branigan Manager Calls Video of Trump Family Blasting ‘Gloria’ Before Right Wing D.C. Riots ‘Absolutely Appalling’
In the clip, Don Jr.’s girlfriend, former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle, is seen dancing gleefully to Branigan’s No. 2 1982 hit “Gloria,” as Trump, daughter Ivanka and his inner circle check out footage of the crowd amassed for his speech. Don Jr. appears to be wearing the exact same suit and shirt he wore to the rally, where “Gloria” was pumped out to the mostly unmasked crowd as it has been at a number of previous Trump rallies. A spokesperson for the White House had not returned a request to verify the contents of the video at press time . In a second tweet, Golik wrote, “It’s very sad & upsetting to see Laura’s beautiful memory & legacy have any association w/ Pres. Trump & such a dark day in US history. Neithe...
Ariel Pink Defends His Decision to ‘Peacefully’ Attend Pro-Trump Rally at White House
He continued arguing past 2 a.m. that people attending such large gatherings during the ongoing pandemic “deserve whats coming to them” if they fail to socially distance themselves and wear face masks, while making a snide remark about the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. “Proof that I stormed Congress. yeah I don’t see it,” he replied to one user’s comments about his sighting. “Are u suggesting the congress building has a bed and breakfast we somehow got access to.” Pink joked about being “canceled” on his own Twitter account and drew comparisons to a panopticon, a circular prison where the cells are conveniently arranged for a centrally positioned guard to surveil every prisoner. “Welcome to the panoptigan...
Jamiroquai Singer Confirms He Is Not the Horned, Shirtless Capitol Stormer
QAnon Trump supporter Jake Angeli (photo by AFP) / Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay (photo by Fabio Venni) Yesterday afternoon, a swath of Trump supporters tore through the Capitol during an hours-long siege. One of the rioters, a shirtless QAnon supporter with a pair of horns on his head, started trending on social media when Twitter users noted he looked like Jay Kay, the lead singer of Jamiroquai. Now, the goofy disco-funk artist has taken to social media to confirm that it wasn’t him. The Trump supporter has since been identified as Jake Angeli, a 32-year-old QAnon conspiracy theorist who regularly attends far-right rallies in Arizona. According to an interview with The Arizona Republic, he wears a fur bonnet, paints his face, and walks around shirtless to attract attention. He believes the ...
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Sought by Police for Storming the U.S. Capitol
Earlier today photos emerged of Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer storming the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. Now, the veteran metal musician is among the persons of interest sought for “unrest-related offenses” by the Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police unveiled a Powerpoint presentation of dozens of people who are wanted for unlawful entry of the U.S. Capitol Grounds. A photo of Schaffer, which has already run on several major news outlets, was among the pictures included. Schaffer can be seen at the front of a mob, with an Oath Keepers hat and his finger pointed while yelling at someone out of the frame. The guitarist, who formed Iced Earth in 1984, has been outspoken about his political beliefs in the past. In the past, he questioned whether H...
After Twitter Suspended His Account, Facebook Is Indefinitely Banning Donald Trump From Posting
Source: SOPA Images / Getty After all of the racist and outright crazy sh*t that he has said on Twitter that many have warned would eventually lead to yesterday’s bootleg coup, social media companies have said enough. With only 14 days remaining in his nightmare term, Donald Trump, who has been pushing the norms to the limit, has finally done something that both Democrats and a sizeable number of Republicans can agree was absolutely crazy. After urging a mob of his loyal pro-Trump terrorists to storm the U.S. Capitol Building putting the lives of Congress members, Capitol Police, and his own Vice President in danger, Twitter took the unprecedented act to suspend the inciter-in-chief’s account after he continued to spew false information breaking Twitters Rules. In violation of those rules,...
PDP sets agenda for Lagos governor in 2021
The Lagos State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has advised Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to strive hard to provide satisfactory dividends of democracy to residents of the state in 2021. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, while assessing Sanwo-Olu’s performance in 2020. “As a constructive opposition party, the year 2020 was not satisfactory in terms of dividends of democracy to Lagos residents. “Most of the local council chairmen performed below average, Sanwo-Olu should look into that because the chairmen are putting too much pain on the people due to their abdication of duties. “We are indeed very anxious to take over government as an opposition party in Lagos,” Gani said. According to him, the party shared wi...
Demi Lovato Weighs In on Washington Siege: ‘I’m Angry, Embarrassed and Ashamed’
Like millions of Americans watching on at home, Demi Lovato was horrified by images of the siege on the Capitol. And like many others who vented their frustrations on social media, the pop star wants the nightmare to end, now. Turning to Twitter, Lovato joined the chorus of calls for president Trump’s impeachment, and vowed to convert her misery into new music. “My heart is broken,” she writes on Twitter. “It makes me to sad to believe how naive I was to think this couldn’t possibly happen, and yet it did. Here we are. For everyone in my comments saying “where’s d7” or wanting me to sing instead of speaking up about what needs to change in this country…” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins wit...
DJ at Trump’s MAGA Rally Trolls Crowd With “My Heart Will Go On” From Titanic
The DJ at Donald Trump’s farewell MAGA rally was either an utter genius or a complete imbecile. While Trump’s cronies desperately cycled on-stage in Washington D.C.’s Ellipse to protest Trump’s obvious election loss, the person on the ones and twos slyly soundtracked the event with famous songs about defeat. As Uproxx points out, the DJ at Trump’s Save America Rally selected a funeral mix that included Celine Dion’s Titanic theme “My Heart Will Go On”, the iconic score for a movie about a historic disaster; Linkin Park’s “In The End”, a song about trying “so hard” but losing it all anyways; and Elton John’s “Funeral for a Friend”, a song that John wrote while imagining his own funeral. The DJ also played Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage”, Linkin Park’s “I Tried So Hard”, and John’s “Ca...
Rev. Raphael Warnock Becomes Georgia’s 1st Black U.S. Senator, Ossoff Appears To Have Won As Well
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Georgia became the epicenter of U.S. politics on Tuesday (Jan. 5) as a pair of runoff elections would help determine which political party would control the U.S. Senate and Congress for at least the next two years. Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Sen. David Perdue to become the state’s first Black senator and all signs point to Jon Ossoff becoming the state’s first Jewish senator. On the heels of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris defeating President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, the balance of control of the U.S. Congress hinged on the critical Georgia races, which would give the Democratic Party full control of both chambers. Warnock, who is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, is also the f...
Edo election: Court annuls Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Gani Audu’s APC candidacy
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, has nullified the candidacy of the Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the State, Mr. Gani Audu. The court presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor, by extension, also nullified the candidacy of the party’s governorship candidate for the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Audu is a former member of the State House of Assembly. The Plaintiff, Sunday Kadiri, from Ogbona ward, in Etsako West Local Government Area of the State, had asked the court to disqualify Audu from participating in the election on account of having given false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to aid his qualification for the election. Kadiri further prayed the ...
