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

#StandWithUkraine, Activism, Art, Elections, Featured, JTMP, Justice, Music, Politics, Protest, Right Wing Extremism, Ukraine, Video, Voting, Women

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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RS: Watch Beyonce’s Powerful Speech at Clinton Rally

Elections, Featured, Music, Voting, Women

“There was a time when a woman’s opinion did not matter. If you were black, white, Mexican, Asian, Muslim, educated, poor or rich; if you were a woman, it did not matter,” Beyoncé said. “Less than 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote. Look how far we’ve come from having no…

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RapUp: Beyonce and Dixie Chicks CMA Performance Removed From Site After Too Many Racist Comments

Activism, Black Lives Matter, Equality, Featured, JTMP, Music, Right Wing Extremism, Women

CMA Also Scrubs Their Performance From Social Media Sites NOV 5, 2016 – CMA is getting criticized for scrubbing their website and social media platforms after receiving too many racist comments from their viewers. Obviously there viewership consist of racists on large numbers, a “basket of deplorable”. Statements often used the n-word, and one viewer…

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Pussy Riot Release Song in Response to Trump’s “Grab Them by the Pussy”

Activism, Elections, Featured, JTMP, Video, Voting, Women

“Straight Outta Vagina” Video is Their “Answer to Trump” OCT 28, 2016 – Activist musician collective Pussy Riot has released a response to Donald Trump saying when he meets beautiful women he “grabs them by the pussy”. In an interview with The Guardian, band member Nadya Tolokonnikova said, “This song could be considered an answer to…

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Reformists Win Big in Iran Elections

Elections, Freedom In Iran, JTMP, Voting, Women

FEB 29, 2016 – Iranian women and progressive voters swept reformists into office in their recent elections, giving a boost to moderate President Hassan Rouhani, and many say is a response of approval to the recent nuclear deal between Iran and the United States. Read a a good piece about the Iranian election by Ramin Mostaghim and Shashank…

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NY Times: Beyonce in ‘Formation’: Entertainer, Activist or Both?

Black Lives Matter, Equality, Freedom of Speech, JTMP, Justice, Music, Politics, Protest, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, Women

Feb 15, 2016 – Three writers and music critics for the NY Times, Jon Caramanica Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, have a good piece up about the current dust up and controversy of Beyonce’s recent Super Bowl halftime show where there were African-Americans in “uniform” and marching in “Formation” to speak out about police killing kids in inner…

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Mike Huckabee Using “Religious Assembly” Defense in “Eye of the Tiger” Case

Elections, JTMP, Music, Politics, Women

Song Owner Suing Huckabee for Royalties JAN 14, 2016 – Mike Huckabee got in legal trouble when he used the song “Eye of the Tiger” made famous in the film “Rocky III” at the “Kim Davis Rally” last year, for afterwards the owner to the song’s rights, Rude Music, filed suit against him for using…

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Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” Creating Controversy

Activism, Art, Black Lives Matter, Featured, Freedom of Speech, JTMP, Justice, Peace, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Women

Chicago Rapper “Chance the Rapper” Attacks Film With Tweets DEC 9, 2015 – Spike Lee’s new movie “Chi-Raq” about gun violence in America, based on the old Greek play Lysistrata where the women hold back sex to try and end the Peloponnesian War, is creating quite a buzz and even a feud between the director Spike…

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MTV: Afghan Teen Escapes Forced Marriage By Making Rap Video

Activism, Art, Featured, Justice, Music, Video, Women

The Strongheart Group Gets Her to America Safely After Seeing Viral Video OCT 26, 2015 – Sonita Alizadeh, an Afghan teen that was locked into a forced marriage, made a rap-music video that went viral and caught the attention of the non-profit organization The Strongheart Group that likes to help young people in extremely challenging backgrounds, and…

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Australian Indigenous Singer Deborah Cheetham Turns Down Offer to Sing National Anthem

Activism, Environment, Featured, Freedom of Speech, JTMP, Justice, Music, Politics, Protest, Women

Cheetham Wanted to Change Lyrics Drastically to Reflect Respect for Earth and Diversity OCT 20, 2015 – The Australian news outlet Adelaide Now is reporting that a well-known aboriginal Australian opera singer turned down an offer to sing Australian’s national anthem “Advance Australia Fair” at the big AFL Grand Final sports event, for Cheetham being both…