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Putin’s Thug “Chaika” in Pussy Riot Video Met With Russian Lawyer at Trump Jr. Meeting

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President Trump And Trump Jr.’s Claim Lawyer At Meeting Was “Not a Government Lawyer” Turns Out To Be False July 14, 2017 – JTMP has learned that claims by the President and his son that the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskya, who was at the Trump Jr. meeting, was just a “Russian lawyer” and “not a government lawyer”…

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RawStory: Trump supporters are having a white-hot meltdown over Moby’s latest music video

Activism, Art, Elections, Featured, JTMP, Music

June 22, 2017 – Moby released his “In This Cold Place” music video recently where President Cheeto ‘transforms’ into a missile-firing swastika Transformer robot, and the conservative right is totally freaking out, and claims it corrupts our youth, encourages violence towards the President, and is ‘anti-American’. Seems to me Moby is doing a great job,…

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Todd Rundgren: “If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show”

Activism, Art, Elections, Featured, JTMP, Music, Voting

Musician tell Trump supporters: “I don’t understand your frickin’ values.” May 17, 2017 – One of my favorite artists, who once did all the instruments on one album, Todd Rundgren, said in a statement that if you are a Trump supporter, “Don’t come to my show.” The avant grade artist was interviewed by Variety, and…

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VOX: The History of American Protest Music

Elections, Featured, Freedom of Speech, JTMP, Music, Politics, Protest, Voting

From “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar – How Protest Music evolved From Civil War Refrains to Viral Trump Videos APR 24, 2017 – Bridgett Henwood of VOX has a good piece up about the history of American protest music, from “Free America” of the American Revolutionary War to a Tribe Called Quest protesting the 2016…

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SXSW-bound Italian band Soviet Soviet denied entry to U.S., jailed and deported

Elections, JTMP, Music

From KIRO7.com: “SEATTLE – Italian rock band Soviet Soviet was scheduled to perform next week at the South by Southwest Music Festival, but according to a statement from the band posted on Facebook, they were forced to cancel their festival appearances and a few other promotional appearances when they were denied entry to the United…

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MSN: Moby Claims To Know Donald Trump Is Being ‘Blackmailed’ By Russian Government

#StandWithUkraine, Elections, Featured, Freedom of Speech, Nuclear Proliferation, Right Wing Extremism, Ukraine, Voting, War

“The Russian dossier on Trump is real. 100% real” says musician-activist Moby. FEB 15, 2017 – Musician-activist Moby spent the weekend with friends of his that work in DC, and he says the got the lowdown dirt on the President, and that the Russian connection between the White House and the Kremlin is “100% real”…

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RS: Trump’s Overturned Travel Ban Is Still Causing Chaos for Musicians

Elections, Featured, Music

“Though the short-sighted executive order was blocked, it has enacted a chilling effect whose end result is unknown” Richard Gehr on RS writes about Trump’s idiotic, and illegal, travel ban order. One musician told him, “No agent’s going to say, ‘I’m going to take on a Syrian artist for next fall.’” Read the full article…

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RS: Roger Waters Begins Trump Resistance in ‘Pigs’ Live Video

Art, Elections, Featured, Music

JAN 23, 2017 – Roger Waters comes charging out of the gate to lead an “Anti-Trump Resistance” and fight President Trump’s policies and agenda. Rolling Stone has a good piece up featuring a video performance of him doing his masterpiece “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” in Mexico City heavily laying into Trump and his policies. Animals was…

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Music.Mic: The music of the inauguration speaks volumes about the values of Trump’s America

Elections, Music

“In Trump’s America, the inauguration seemed to suggest, entertainment is something necessarily divorced from politics.” JAN 23, 2017 – Music.Mic has a good piece up about the musicians and bands that played at Trump’s inauguration on Saturday, and how it reflects and “speaks volumes” about a Trump administration and their values. Check out the article…

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UPROXX: Green Day’s ‘Troubled Times’ Video Is A Searing Anti-Trump Protest For MLK Jr. Day

Elections, Music, Politics

“To continue with the anti-Trump stance, as well as to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Green Day have released a new lyric video for Revolution Radiocut “Troubled Times.” Of the new video, Armstrong said in a press release ‘Today we celebrate love and compassion more than ever.’” Read more on UpRoxx below, and watch Green…