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highplainsdem

(60,076 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:35 PM 11 hrs ago

Musicians are stepping up to oppose the wannabe dictator and his soulless flunkies, enablers and supporters

I'm proud of those musicians.

They deserve our applause and support.

In just the last couple of days:

Neil Young Scorches Donald Trump In New Editorial: ‘It’s ICE Cold Here in America’
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-donald-trump-editorial-ice-1235496906/

Dave Matthews: I Don’t Want My Taxes Dollars Paying for “Masked Thugs” in ICE
https://consequence.net/2026/01/dave-matthews-ice-masked-thugs/

Duran Duran Pays Tribute to Renee Good After Fatal ICE Shooting in Minnesota
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duran-duran-renee-good-minnesota-ice-shooting-tribute-1236152613/

And their music is real, too. Human, not AI.

There's also a flood of AI-slop fake music that purports to be anti-Trump. While some of it might be generated by people who are sincere but misguided, thinking their using AI tools owned by allies of Trump will somehow help us against him, a lot of the YouTube accounts offering this AI garbage are likely either individual cynics who could easily have pro-Trump channels as well, or content farms that might be in other countries (these AI slop producers often are). Those people are just seeing what clickbait AI videos gullible people will fall for. Their AI slop is all over YouTube and makes it harder for real artists to get noticed. Please don't support AI slop. You're harming real artists whose work was stolen to train the AI.

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Musicians are stepping up to oppose the wannabe dictator and his soulless flunkies, enablers and supporters (Original Post) highplainsdem 11 hrs ago OP
Also Billie Eilish: "ICE is a terrorist organization" Stargleamer 11 hrs ago #1
They have a huge podium and I am glad they use it for good and make it public. Boycott anything Trumpian. dutch777 11 hrs ago #2
I'm proud of them too, HPD! SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #3
So proud of Duran Duran DuranDuranDUme 9 hrs ago #4

Stargleamer

(2,616 posts)
1. Also Billie Eilish: "ICE is a terrorist organization"
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:47 PM
11 hrs ago

Raise your hand if you agree with Billie Eilish. 🖐️🖐️

“ICE is a terrorist organization”

Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T12:40:59.572Z

dutch777

(4,891 posts)
2. They have a huge podium and I am glad they use it for good and make it public. Boycott anything Trumpian.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:51 PM
11 hrs ago

They are plenty of places to perform that do not have Trump's name on them. Kid Rock can just take all the Trump related gigs.

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