SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland urged lawmakers to move forward with an AI bill which seeks to provide historic protection against generative artificial intelligence.
“AI technology, left unregulated, poses an existential threat not only to SAG-AFTRA’s members, but to civil discourse, student health & welfare, democracy and national security,” he said during his testimony to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property about the No Fakes Act (read it here).
In addition to requiring informed consent for digital replicas, the bipartisan No Fakes Act — or the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act — offers historic federal IP protections against the misappropriation of voice and likeness performance in sound recordings and audiovisual works.
Artificial intelligence was a cornerstone of SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with the Hollywood studios last year and one of the sticking points that prompted the actors union to go on strike for 148 days. As a result,...
“AI technology, left unregulated, poses an existential threat not only to SAG-AFTRA’s members, but to civil discourse, student health & welfare, democracy and national security,” he said during his testimony to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property about the No Fakes Act (read it here).
In addition to requiring informed consent for digital replicas, the bipartisan No Fakes Act — or the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act — offers historic federal IP protections against the misappropriation of voice and likeness performance in sound recordings and audiovisual works.
Artificial intelligence was a cornerstone of SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with the Hollywood studios last year and one of the sticking points that prompted the actors union to go on strike for 148 days. As a result,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
FKA twigs has proactively taken AI into her own hands to develop a deepfake version of herself to handle fan interactions while she focuses on music, Rolling Stone reports.
“In the past year, I have developed my own deepfake version of myself that is not only trained in my personality but also can use my exact tone of voice to speak many languages,” FKA twigs shared in written testimony ahead of her appearance before Senate on Tuesday (April 30th).
Praising the technology as a “highly valuable” tool “when under the control of the artist,” the British musician continued, “I will be engaging my AI twigs later this year to extend my reach and handle my online social media interactions, whilst I continue to focus on my art from the comfort and solace of my studio.”
FKA twigs will be giving testimony about “AI twigs” during a hearing before the Senate...
“In the past year, I have developed my own deepfake version of myself that is not only trained in my personality but also can use my exact tone of voice to speak many languages,” FKA twigs shared in written testimony ahead of her appearance before Senate on Tuesday (April 30th).
Praising the technology as a “highly valuable” tool “when under the control of the artist,” the British musician continued, “I will be engaging my AI twigs later this year to extend my reach and handle my online social media interactions, whilst I continue to focus on my art from the comfort and solace of my studio.”
FKA twigs will be giving testimony about “AI twigs” during a hearing before the Senate...
- 4/30/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
More than 250 artists, including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Sia and Cyndi Lauper, signed a letter Thursday urging the Senate Commerce Committee to support a bill that would reform the ticketing system for live events.
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
- 4/25/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Biden Tells Netanyahu: U.S. Won’t Support Retaliatory Strike on Iran. But Some Republicans Want One.
President Joe Biden urged Israel not to launch a counter-strike against Iran, telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in one. Iran on Saturday launched drones and missiles to attack Israel — most of which were intercepted by forces from the U.S., Israel, and other countries in the region.
In a phone call with Netanyahu late Saturday, Biden told Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win,” according to a senior U.S. official who spoke with Axios. Biden further told Netanyahu that the U.
In a phone call with Netanyahu late Saturday, Biden told Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win,” according to a senior U.S. official who spoke with Axios. Biden further told Netanyahu that the U.
- 4/14/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
When a bunch of all-stars get together to record a song for a cause, the result can often be cringey. But “Tennessee Rise,” featuring the pulpit-ready voices of Brittany Howard, Allison Russell, Katie Pruitt, Amanda Shires, Fancy Hagood, Emmylou Harris, and more, hits all the marks.
The heavenly choir anthem was recorded to encourage Tennesseans to register and vote for Gloria Johnson, who is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. senator — and the state’s Darth Vader — Marsha Blackburn in the November election. Johnson is one of the lawmakers known as “The Tennessee Three,...
The heavenly choir anthem was recorded to encourage Tennesseans to register and vote for Gloria Johnson, who is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. senator — and the state’s Darth Vader — Marsha Blackburn in the November election. Johnson is one of the lawmakers known as “The Tennessee Three,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Lady Gaga unleashed a righteous invective against the ugly responses to her International Women’s Day post with trans actor/influencer Dylan Mulvaney. “I feel very protective in this moment, not only of Dylan, but of the trans community who continues to lead the way with their endless grace and inspiration in the face of constant degradation, intolerance, and physical, verbal, and mental violence,” Gaga said on Instagram. “I certainly do not speak for this community, but I have something to say.”
On Sunday, Mulvaney shared a photo of herself...
On Sunday, Mulvaney shared a photo of herself...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sinbad is thanking “fans and friends” for their enduring support following his first major appearance in more than three years.
The beloved comedian, now 67, suffered a stroke in November 2020 — and with the exception of a still image shared to his Instagram in 2022, had not been seen in public until last month.
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The beloved comedian, now 67, suffered a stroke in November 2020 — and with the exception of a still image shared to his Instagram in 2022, had not been seen in public until last month.
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- 3/5/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Even U.S. President Joe Biden is talking about pop star Taylor Swift. Frankly speaking, who isn’t. Biden made light of the conspiracy theory that he and Swift are working together. During an appearance on a late-night show, the President had a readily available answer to the question of whether or not the Blank Space singer will endorse him in 2024.
There have been conspiracies that Taylor Swift may endorse the current U.S. President Joe Biden in the upcoming elections. When asked about it during an interview, Biden did not hesitate once before answering.
Taylor Swift in the music video for Bejeweled
U.S. President Joe Biden On Whether or Not He and Taylor Swift Are Working Together
There is no doubt regarding the fact that Taylor Swift has a significant influence on millions of people, young and older people alike. So, if she were to actually endorse someone for the elections,...
There have been conspiracies that Taylor Swift may endorse the current U.S. President Joe Biden in the upcoming elections. When asked about it during an interview, Biden did not hesitate once before answering.
Taylor Swift in the music video for Bejeweled
U.S. President Joe Biden On Whether or Not He and Taylor Swift Are Working Together
There is no doubt regarding the fact that Taylor Swift has a significant influence on millions of people, young and older people alike. So, if she were to actually endorse someone for the elections,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
After the news of Toby Keith’s death broke overnight, reactions from the stars of the country music world and beyond followed, as some legendary figures and admirers of the late Nashville star began to share tributes online.
Keith “passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5, surrounded by his family,” read his official website’s announcement of his death; he was 62. The news came two years after the singer posted about his stomach cancer diagnosis on his official Instagram page.
His Instagram page is where many are directing their reactions and condolences following the news. “God Bless you and Family,” singer Randy Houser commented. “Hard to imagine an America without Toby Keith in it.”
Actor Stephen Baldwin commented, “Wow this announcement has totally taken my breath away. I’ve been praying for Toby and it is truly wonderful to know he is finally home praise Jesus” and Georgia-based singer-songwriter Channing Wilson wrote,...
Keith “passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5, surrounded by his family,” read his official website’s announcement of his death; he was 62. The news came two years after the singer posted about his stomach cancer diagnosis on his official Instagram page.
His Instagram page is where many are directing their reactions and condolences following the news. “God Bless you and Family,” singer Randy Houser commented. “Hard to imagine an America without Toby Keith in it.”
Actor Stephen Baldwin commented, “Wow this announcement has totally taken my breath away. I’ve been praying for Toby and it is truly wonderful to know he is finally home praise Jesus” and Georgia-based singer-songwriter Channing Wilson wrote,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino and other tech industry leaders faced a grilling from lawmakers today as they appeared for a landmark Senate hearing on the online exploitation of children.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-il) blamed the tech platforms at the outset for allowing the exploitation to proliferate, while dismissing the latest efforts the companies have taken to boost safety.
“They are responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” Durbin said, calling it a “crisis in America.”
“Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don’t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. You have a product that is killing people,” said the top Republican on the committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Sc), told Zuckerberg, as he sat at the witness table.
He called for the repeal of Section 230, the provision of a...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-il) blamed the tech platforms at the outset for allowing the exploitation to proliferate, while dismissing the latest efforts the companies have taken to boost safety.
“They are responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” Durbin said, calling it a “crisis in America.”
“Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don’t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. You have a product that is killing people,” said the top Republican on the committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Sc), told Zuckerberg, as he sat at the witness table.
He called for the repeal of Section 230, the provision of a...
- 1/31/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: There’s a reason that attacks on Taylor Swift continued throughout the day today: She’s a celebrity guaranteed to drive web traffic, particularly to right-wing media figures advancing ever more outlandish conspiracy theories. For much of today, social media focused on figures like Jack Posobiec and Benny Johnson, who benefit from the attention even if it’s to try to discredit them.
While a Swift endorsement of Joe Biden may very well hold enough sway to be of concern to Donald Trump’s campaign, the fixation on cooking up conspiracy theories about her has more to do with what draws attention in a hyper-competitive universe of voices on the right.
Erick Erickson, the conservative commentator, wrote on X/Twitter, “Let me explain what is actually going on with these hucksters, charlatans, and grifters on the right. They don’t believe it. They hope you might believe it. They...
While a Swift endorsement of Joe Biden may very well hold enough sway to be of concern to Donald Trump’s campaign, the fixation on cooking up conspiracy theories about her has more to do with what draws attention in a hyper-competitive universe of voices on the right.
Erick Erickson, the conservative commentator, wrote on X/Twitter, “Let me explain what is actually going on with these hucksters, charlatans, and grifters on the right. They don’t believe it. They hope you might believe it. They...
- 1/29/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When notorious pedophile and wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors, he left conspiracy theorists with a tangled web of lurid mysteries that would keep them busy for years to come. Suspicions that Epstein hadn’t really hanged himself soon gave way to claims of a vast coverup — the man supposedly murdered to prevent him from revealing the worst secrets of the global elite.
Now, four years later, far-right politicians and commentators are again fixated on Epstein’s personal connections,...
Now, four years later, far-right politicians and commentators are again fixated on Epstein’s personal connections,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Even as the issue of protecting performers from the misuse of artificial intelligence continues to vex the labor negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a second front has just opened.
On Oct. 12, four U.S. Senators presented a bipartisan “discussion draft” of legislation intended to protect actors, singers and others from having AI programs generate their likenesses and voices without their informed written consent. The “Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe” (No Fakes) Act would allow people, companies and platforms to be sued for producing or hosting so-called “digital replicas.”
The No Fakes Act is being sponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-tn), Chris Coons (D-de), Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Thom Tillis (R-nc). It represents the federal government’s first attempt to prevent the misappropriation of voice and likeness performances in audiovisual works and sound recordings. The rights created under this prospective legislation...
On Oct. 12, four U.S. Senators presented a bipartisan “discussion draft” of legislation intended to protect actors, singers and others from having AI programs generate their likenesses and voices without their informed written consent. The “Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe” (No Fakes) Act would allow people, companies and platforms to be sued for producing or hosting so-called “digital replicas.”
The No Fakes Act is being sponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-tn), Chris Coons (D-de), Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Thom Tillis (R-nc). It represents the federal government’s first attempt to prevent the misappropriation of voice and likeness performances in audiovisual works and sound recordings. The rights created under this prospective legislation...
- 10/26/2023
- by Douglas Mirell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This is Day 92 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
At the first actors to picket after Wednesday night’s breakdown of their talks with the studios and streamers, SAG-AFTRA members in New York City said that they were disappointed by the setback but “holding strong” to their demands.
Striking actors who gathered Thursday outside Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery offices also cheered the announcement of bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate to protect them from artificial intelligence.
Writers joining them on the picket line after ratifying their own contract this week urged the actors to stay strong.
“It’s tactics,” The Wire creator David Simon told Deadline, speaking of the studios’ decision to suspend the talks and criticize SAG-AFTRA for demanding a share of studio profits. “They say you can’t have something and you’ll never get something, and ‘DGA settled for this and you don’t understand our industry.
At the first actors to picket after Wednesday night’s breakdown of their talks with the studios and streamers, SAG-AFTRA members in New York City said that they were disappointed by the setback but “holding strong” to their demands.
Striking actors who gathered Thursday outside Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery offices also cheered the announcement of bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate to protect them from artificial intelligence.
Writers joining them on the picket line after ratifying their own contract this week urged the actors to stay strong.
“It’s tactics,” The Wire creator David Simon told Deadline, speaking of the studios’ decision to suspend the talks and criticize SAG-AFTRA for demanding a share of studio profits. “They say you can’t have something and you’ll never get something, and ‘DGA settled for this and you don’t understand our industry.
- 10/12/2023
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
ByteDance is buying up more real estate for TikTok employees in the United States. The Beijing-based parent company — which is currently the subject of a U.S. Senate inquiry — has purchased 143,000 square feet of real estate to add to its footprint in Culver City.
TikTok has already established a presence in Culver City. In 2020, the video app moved into five-floor office in the Los Angeles suburb.
Initially, that complex included 120,000 square feet of space, but it’s about to get a massive upgrade. As first reported by the brokerage Savills, ByteDance is adding 53,202 square feet to its existing lease. It’s also acquiring another 90,049 square feet of space at a separate Culver City address. That deal is a sublease agreement.
According to Savills, the deal was the fourth-largest office deal in Los Angeles during the third quarter. TikTok also operates out of several other U.S. offices, including spaces in Chicago,...
TikTok has already established a presence in Culver City. In 2020, the video app moved into five-floor office in the Los Angeles suburb.
Initially, that complex included 120,000 square feet of space, but it’s about to get a massive upgrade. As first reported by the brokerage Savills, ByteDance is adding 53,202 square feet to its existing lease. It’s also acquiring another 90,049 square feet of space at a separate Culver City address. That deal is a sublease agreement.
According to Savills, the deal was the fourth-largest office deal in Los Angeles during the third quarter. TikTok also operates out of several other U.S. offices, including spaces in Chicago,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
President Taylor Swift drove a record-smashing amount of traffic to Vote.org Tuesday (September 19th) on National Voter Registration Day. After she shared an Instagram story urging fans to participate in this fall’s off-year elections, the website saw more than 35,000 new voters register in one day, Axios reports.
“I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently,” Swift wrote in a text post on her Instagram story. “I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!”
To be exact, Vote.org says that 35,252 people newly registered to vote on Tuesday, marking a 23% jump from last year’s National Voter Registration Day and the largest annual increase since the 2020 general election year. There was also a 115% increase in 18-year-olds registering compared to last year.
“I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently,” Swift wrote in a text post on her Instagram story. “I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!”
To be exact, Vote.org says that 35,252 people newly registered to vote on Tuesday, marking a 23% jump from last year’s National Voter Registration Day and the largest annual increase since the 2020 general election year. There was also a 115% increase in 18-year-olds registering compared to last year.
- 9/21/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
For the second time in less than two months, YouTube is responding to a critical inquiry into its advertising practices. Senators Ed Markey (D-ma) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tn) have written a letter to the FTC asking for an investigation into YouTube’s ad placements on videos intended for children.
The latest to-do over children’s online safety started with a report from Adalytics. The ad data platform — which previously argued that the Google Video Partners program “misled” buyers — raised questions about the data collection that could be happening on kid-friendly content.
According to an Adalytics report, spots from major “adult” brands have run as pre-roll ads next to videos from CoComelon, Kids Diana Show, and other major family channels. When viewers clicked on those ads, cookies were added to their devices “for the purposes of ad targeting and tracking on the browsers of consumers watching YouTube videos that are clearly labeled as ‘for kids.
The latest to-do over children’s online safety started with a report from Adalytics. The ad data platform — which previously argued that the Google Video Partners program “misled” buyers — raised questions about the data collection that could be happening on kid-friendly content.
According to an Adalytics report, spots from major “adult” brands have run as pre-roll ads next to videos from CoComelon, Kids Diana Show, and other major family channels. When viewers clicked on those ads, cookies were added to their devices “for the purposes of ad targeting and tracking on the browsers of consumers watching YouTube videos that are clearly labeled as ‘for kids.
- 8/17/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Republicans are flip-flopping on who they want to investigate Hunter Biden.
Last September, Sen. Ted Cruz along with several other Republicans authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be given “special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the Hunter Biden investigation.” But now that Garland has appointed Weiss as special counsel in the investigation, Cruz is claiming that Weiss is a “wildly inappropriate” choice.
Cruz alleged that Weiss “was a U.S. Attorney hand-picked to lead this investigation who spent the last...
Last September, Sen. Ted Cruz along with several other Republicans authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be given “special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the Hunter Biden investigation.” But now that Garland has appointed Weiss as special counsel in the investigation, Cruz is claiming that Weiss is a “wildly inappropriate” choice.
Cruz alleged that Weiss “was a U.S. Attorney hand-picked to lead this investigation who spent the last...
- 8/13/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to two federal misdemeanor charges related to failing to pay his taxes, the Justice Department announced in a court filing on Tuesday.
The president’s son has reached an agreement to plead guilty on two counts of “willful failure to pay federal income tax.” Biden has also been charged with “possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.” He reached a pretrial diversion for the firearms charged, and it is likely to be dismissed if he meets certain conditions.
The president’s son has reached an agreement to plead guilty on two counts of “willful failure to pay federal income tax.” Biden has also been charged with “possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.” He reached a pretrial diversion for the firearms charged, and it is likely to be dismissed if he meets certain conditions.
- 6/20/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told lawmakers on Tuesday that the “right thing to do” is to make sure that content owners “get significant upside benefit” from artificial intelligence technology that has raised new concerns over copyright and compensation.
At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Altman was questioned by some lawmakers over the use of copyrighted material to train OpenAI’s ChatGPT to generate new works. The use of AI is an issue in the Writers Guild of America strike against the studios, but content creators in general have raised concerns over what the technology means for protection of their intellectual property.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tn) said that the music artists in her state “should be able to decide if their copyrighted songs and images are going to be used to train these models.” She cited OpenAI’s Jukebox, which generates music in “a variety of genres and artist styles.
At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Altman was questioned by some lawmakers over the use of copyrighted material to train OpenAI’s ChatGPT to generate new works. The use of AI is an issue in the Writers Guild of America strike against the studios, but content creators in general have raised concerns over what the technology means for protection of their intellectual property.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tn) said that the music artists in her state “should be able to decide if their copyrighted songs and images are going to be used to train these models.” She cited OpenAI’s Jukebox, which generates music in “a variety of genres and artist styles.
- 5/16/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Republicans in the Tennessee state house who voted Thursday to expel from the legislature two Black Democrats (while narrowly failing to do the same to a white colleague) were in the wrong, former Republican senator Scott Brown said Sunday on CNN State of the Union.
Brown, who represented Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013 and went on to serve as Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa during the Trump administration, urged the two sides to find “common ground” because “this is a very, very serious issue–what’s going on with gun violence around this country.
Brown, who represented Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013 and went on to serve as Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa during the Trump administration, urged the two sides to find “common ground” because “this is a very, very serious issue–what’s going on with gun violence around this country.
- 4/9/2023
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Joy Behar has no time for U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s thoughts and prayers after the shooting at Covenant School on Monday that killed three children, considering how much money the Tennessee lawmaker has taken from the NRA.
Monday’s shooting marked the 129th mass shooting in the U.S. so far this year, and on Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” the women were once again furious. As always, they advocated for stricter gun control measures, including deeper background checks and age restrictions.
Setting up the discussion, the hosts played a video of Maxwell Frost addressing his fellow congressmen, angrily telling them “It is likely that at this moment, the next mass shooter is planning their shooting. What will this chamber do about it?”
“Nothing. They’ll do nothing. They do nothing. It’s all about the money,” Behar said bluntly.
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‘The View’ Host Ana Navarro...
Monday’s shooting marked the 129th mass shooting in the U.S. so far this year, and on Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” the women were once again furious. As always, they advocated for stricter gun control measures, including deeper background checks and age restrictions.
Setting up the discussion, the hosts played a video of Maxwell Frost addressing his fellow congressmen, angrily telling them “It is likely that at this moment, the next mass shooter is planning their shooting. What will this chamber do about it?”
“Nothing. They’ll do nothing. They do nothing. It’s all about the money,” Behar said bluntly.
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‘The View’ Host Ana Navarro...
- 3/28/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
As host of the national country-music morning program The Bobby Bones Show, DJ Bobby Bones knows firsthand the deep-rooted connection between country music and gun culture. But that didn’t stop him from speaking out in favor of gun regulation after a school shooting in Nashville on Monday that left three 9-year-old students and three adult school staff members dead.
In an Instagram Story post on Monday, Bones wrote about the lack of nuance in the gun control debate and blamed politicians for dividing their constituents. “I am a proud gun owner,...
In an Instagram Story post on Monday, Bones wrote about the lack of nuance in the gun control debate and blamed politicians for dividing their constituents. “I am a proud gun owner,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The GOP has a well-established playbook for the aftermath of a school shooting: thoughts, prayers, and protecting the guns.
On Monday morning, authorities say a woman entered the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and shot and killed three students and three school staff members. The suspect, identified by officials as a 28-year-old former student of the school, was armed with two assault rifles and a handgun.
Republican lawmakers from both Tennessee and around the country offered their condolences for the victims and their families, but many of these same lawmakers...
On Monday morning, authorities say a woman entered the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and shot and killed three students and three school staff members. The suspect, identified by officials as a 28-year-old former student of the school, was armed with two assault rifles and a handgun.
Republican lawmakers from both Tennessee and around the country offered their condolences for the victims and their families, but many of these same lawmakers...
- 3/27/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rosanne Cash, Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow, and Margo Price were just some members of the Nashville music community calling out Tennessee politicians over the state’s gun laws following a mass shooting at a private Christian school on Monday morning that left seven dead, including the shooter.
Cash and Crow along with Nashville singer-songwriter Will Hoge, all responded to Republican state senator Marsha Blackburn’s tweet saying she and her husband Chuck were “heartbroken” over the tragedy.
Don’t even. You vote against every common sense gun control bill that comes across your desk,...
Cash and Crow along with Nashville singer-songwriter Will Hoge, all responded to Republican state senator Marsha Blackburn’s tweet saying she and her husband Chuck were “heartbroken” over the tragedy.
Don’t even. You vote against every common sense gun control bill that comes across your desk,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Maga movement still had Big Tech in its sights at Cpac 2023 — but they aren’t sure how or when to pull the trigger, or if the gun is even loaded.
The ultra-conservative conference has long been captured by Donald Trump, serving as a perennial opportunity for the president’s ramblings and personal quibbles to become urgent initiatives for his followers. Starting around 2019 and continuing through 2021 and 2022, after the Capitol riot and Trump’s blacklisting on all the major social media sites, one of those top directives was smashing tech...
The ultra-conservative conference has long been captured by Donald Trump, serving as a perennial opportunity for the president’s ramblings and personal quibbles to become urgent initiatives for his followers. Starting around 2019 and continuing through 2021 and 2022, after the Capitol riot and Trump’s blacklisting on all the major social media sites, one of those top directives was smashing tech...
- 3/6/2023
- by Tom McKay
- Rollingstone.com
The Conservative Political Action Conference is taking place this week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Cpac is the year’s most biggest gathering of conservative thought leaders, serving as a kind of Coachella for misinformation, bigotry, religious zealotry, and veneration of a twice-impeached president who lost the 2020 election. The 2023 edition will feature speeches from likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, and others, although big names like Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are skipping the conference,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) told reporters that she that she believes that the three-hour Senate hearing focusing on Ticketmaster’s business practices helped educate some members “so we can move forward on some consumer legislation when it comes to ticket prices.”
The criticism of Ticketmaster and parent Live Nation Entertainment came from both sides of the aisle, as lawmakers blasted the company not just for the Taylor Swift ticket debacle but for its market power in three sectors of live entertainment: ticketing, promotion and venues.
“You wouldn’t know sometimes who was speaking, a Democrat or Republican. They want to help consumers. There are concert fans that are in red states and blue states.” She said that by making the hearing public, “I think you are going to see some changes immediately — small changes, but some changes, it sounds like.” She also pointed to reports that the Justice Department is investigating the company.
The criticism of Ticketmaster and parent Live Nation Entertainment came from both sides of the aisle, as lawmakers blasted the company not just for the Taylor Swift ticket debacle but for its market power in three sectors of live entertainment: ticketing, promotion and venues.
“You wouldn’t know sometimes who was speaking, a Democrat or Republican. They want to help consumers. There are concert fans that are in red states and blue states.” She said that by making the hearing public, “I think you are going to see some changes immediately — small changes, but some changes, it sounds like.” She also pointed to reports that the Justice Department is investigating the company.
- 1/24/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A federal class action lawsuit has been filed against Ticketmaster and Live Nation following Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” ticketing debacle. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, alleges that the ticketing company violated federal antitrust laws and unfair competition laws, and that they misled consumers in the sale of tickets for Swift’s tour.
“Ticketmaster intentionally and purposefully misled millions of fans into believing it would prevent bots and scalpers from participating in the presales,” that lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, claims. “However, millions of fans were unable to purchase tickets during...
“Ticketmaster intentionally and purposefully misled millions of fans into believing it would prevent bots and scalpers from participating in the presales,” that lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, claims. “However, millions of fans were unable to purchase tickets during...
- 12/22/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
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After a brief hiatus, Saturday Night Live returned on Dec. 3 and dove right into the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff race between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock.
The cold open featured Kenan Thompson’s Herschel Walker, Mikey Day’s John Cornyn, Cecily Strong’s Marsha Blackburn and James Austin Johnson’s Mitch McConnell.
“Well, Herschel, the midterms wasn’t the red wave we hoped for, but we think you can win this Tuesday,” Day’s Cornyn said. “Yes. The priority now is to get out the vote because he got this big runoff coming up,” Strong’s Blackburn added.
“Oh, well, I’m good at those,” Thompson’s Walker replied. “My ex-wife said all I do is run off.”
Strong and Day explained to Thompson that they were talking about the Senate race, which is polling very close, with Warnock polling at 50.9 percent and Walker at 49.1 percent.
After a brief hiatus, Saturday Night Live returned on Dec. 3 and dove right into the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff race between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock.
The cold open featured Kenan Thompson’s Herschel Walker, Mikey Day’s John Cornyn, Cecily Strong’s Marsha Blackburn and James Austin Johnson’s Mitch McConnell.
“Well, Herschel, the midterms wasn’t the red wave we hoped for, but we think you can win this Tuesday,” Day’s Cornyn said. “Yes. The priority now is to get out the vote because he got this big runoff coming up,” Strong’s Blackburn added.
“Oh, well, I’m good at those,” Thompson’s Walker replied. “My ex-wife said all I do is run off.”
Strong and Day explained to Thompson that they were talking about the Senate race, which is polling very close, with Warnock polling at 50.9 percent and Walker at 49.1 percent.
- 12/4/2022
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Saturday Night Live‘s last episode before the Georgia Senate runoff began with concerned Republicans in Congress figuring out what to do with candidate Herschel Walker in order to boost their chances of capturing the Democratic-held seat.
The trio of James Austin Johnson as Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day as Sen. John Cornyn and Cecily Strong as Sen. Marsha Blackburn met for a discussion with Walker, played by Kenan Thompson, who promptly addressed the Kentucky senator as “Mitch McDonalds.”
“I’m sorry I’m late,” Thompson began. “I...
The trio of James Austin Johnson as Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day as Sen. John Cornyn and Cecily Strong as Sen. Marsha Blackburn met for a discussion with Walker, played by Kenan Thompson, who promptly addressed the Kentucky senator as “Mitch McDonalds.”
“I’m sorry I’m late,” Thompson began. “I...
- 12/4/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
“Saturday Night Live” opened the first new show in three weeks with a look at how the GOP is responding to Herschel Walker’s tight runoff Senate race in Georgia, with Kenan Thompson memorably reprising his role as the former NFL running back who keeps going from gaffe to gaffe.
The “SNL” cold open began with Mitch McConnell (James Austin Johnson), Marsha Blackburn (Cecily Strong) and John Cornyn (Mikey Day) sitting in a room at the Capitol, where Walker was summoned to discuss strategy. “Hey there Mr. McDonald’s, sorry I was late I was having too much fun in that free merry-go-round,” Thompson’s Walker said to Johnson’s McConnell, mistaking a revolving door for a ride.
The sketch then played out with Walker responding incorrectly to pretty much everything McConnell, Blackburn and Cornyn had to say.
When vote-by-mail was mentioned, Walker responded, “You gotta remember, they still gotta count votes by female.
The “SNL” cold open began with Mitch McConnell (James Austin Johnson), Marsha Blackburn (Cecily Strong) and John Cornyn (Mikey Day) sitting in a room at the Capitol, where Walker was summoned to discuss strategy. “Hey there Mr. McDonald’s, sorry I was late I was having too much fun in that free merry-go-round,” Thompson’s Walker said to Johnson’s McConnell, mistaking a revolving door for a ride.
The sketch then played out with Walker responding incorrectly to pretty much everything McConnell, Blackburn and Cornyn had to say.
When vote-by-mail was mentioned, Walker responded, “You gotta remember, they still gotta count votes by female.
- 12/4/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The Saturday Night Live cold open used Herschel Walker’s own slip ups and bizarre words against him to skewer his Senate bid, as the Republican Senate candidate in Georgia faces off against Democrat Raphael Warnock.
In real life, Walker’s post-Election Day runoff has been marked by his comments about vampires and werewolves, as well as a slip-up that was a bit Freudian given the allegations and revelations that have emerged since the football star entered the political arena.
In the skit, Walker (Kenan Thompson) is visiting the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (James Austin Johnson), as he and other colleagues are anxious for any kind of win after Republican hopes of retaking the majority were dashed in the most recent midterms. But the seasoned politicians have to contend with a candidate, Walker, who seems to be testing how much voters will accept when it comes to lack of qualifications.
In real life, Walker’s post-Election Day runoff has been marked by his comments about vampires and werewolves, as well as a slip-up that was a bit Freudian given the allegations and revelations that have emerged since the football star entered the political arena.
In the skit, Walker (Kenan Thompson) is visiting the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (James Austin Johnson), as he and other colleagues are anxious for any kind of win after Republican hopes of retaking the majority were dashed in the most recent midterms. But the seasoned politicians have to contend with a candidate, Walker, who seems to be testing how much voters will accept when it comes to lack of qualifications.
- 12/4/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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Members of Congress are now turning their gaze to the Federal Trade Commission, following the Taylor Swift ticketing debacle at Ticketmaster.
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday asking the agency how it plans to combat “the use and operation of bots in the online ticket marketplace.” Blackburn and Blumenthal sponsored the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was signed into law in 2016, and is meant to prohibit scalpers from using software to purchase high volumes of tickets, but has been rarely used, according to the Senators.
“While bots may not be the only reason for these problems, which Congress is evaluating, fighting bots is an important step in reducing consumer costs in the online ticketing industry,” the letter states.
The letter comes after Ticketmaster claimed that the site encountered...
Members of Congress are now turning their gaze to the Federal Trade Commission, following the Taylor Swift ticketing debacle at Ticketmaster.
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday asking the agency how it plans to combat “the use and operation of bots in the online ticket marketplace.” Blackburn and Blumenthal sponsored the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was signed into law in 2016, and is meant to prohibit scalpers from using software to purchase high volumes of tickets, but has been rarely used, according to the Senators.
“While bots may not be the only reason for these problems, which Congress is evaluating, fighting bots is an important step in reducing consumer costs in the online ticketing industry,” the letter states.
The letter comes after Ticketmaster claimed that the site encountered...
- 11/29/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the wake of the Taylor Swift “Eras Tour” ticketing debacle, two senators have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over how the agency has been enforcing a 2016 law meant to keep bots from scooping up tickets.
The letter, shared by Billboard, was addressed to FTC chair Lina Khan and sent by Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal and Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn (who hasn’t always had the nicest things to say about Swift, who endorsed her opponent in 2018). The pair highlighted not only the chaotic Swift sale,...
The letter, shared by Billboard, was addressed to FTC chair Lina Khan and sent by Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal and Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn (who hasn’t always had the nicest things to say about Swift, who endorsed her opponent in 2018). The pair highlighted not only the chaotic Swift sale,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Dylan Mulvaney, an actress who gained a huge following on TikTok when she began chronicling her gender transition in a series called “Days of Girlhood,” is responding to the mounting movement of rightwing vitriol against her, which has been spurned on by people like Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and even a fellow transgender woman, Caitlyn Jenner.
Mulvaney, who is best known as an actor for playing a role in The Book of Mormon, first gained this undue attention after she had a meeting with President Joe Biden to talk to him about trans rights issues for the news organization NowThis.
Blackburn shared a completely innocuous video by Mulvaney where she told a funny story about getting second looks in the mall while wearing shorts because her crotch “doesn’t look like other women’s crotches sometimes.”
Blackburn added the caption, “left-wing lunatics want to make this absurdity normal,” and then...
Mulvaney, who is best known as an actor for playing a role in The Book of Mormon, first gained this undue attention after she had a meeting with President Joe Biden to talk to him about trans rights issues for the news organization NowThis.
Blackburn shared a completely innocuous video by Mulvaney where she told a funny story about getting second looks in the mall while wearing shorts because her crotch “doesn’t look like other women’s crotches sometimes.”
Blackburn added the caption, “left-wing lunatics want to make this absurdity normal,” and then...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
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You can’t fault Peacock for its timing, dropping The Independent just a week before the all-important 2022 midterm elections. Nor can you quibble with the thriller’s grounding in our contemporary political reality, in which an inexperienced celebrity candidate can vault from long shot to frontrunner simply by offering a seemingly viable exit from America’s entrenched two-party stasis, with one side fueling the country’s rage while the other “sits on its hands and whines about it.” Whether election-fatigued audiences will have an appetite for this slick but superficial depiction of moral elasticity in politics and beleaguered truth in journalism remains an open question.
This first narrative feature from documentary director Amy Rice (HBO’s By the People: The Election of Barack Obama) is sturdy enough by the standards of most direct-to-streaming movie premieres. But that’s admittedly not a high bar to clear.
You can’t fault Peacock for its timing, dropping The Independent just a week before the all-important 2022 midterm elections. Nor can you quibble with the thriller’s grounding in our contemporary political reality, in which an inexperienced celebrity candidate can vault from long shot to frontrunner simply by offering a seemingly viable exit from America’s entrenched two-party stasis, with one side fueling the country’s rage while the other “sits on its hands and whines about it.” Whether election-fatigued audiences will have an appetite for this slick but superficial depiction of moral elasticity in politics and beleaguered truth in journalism remains an open question.
This first narrative feature from documentary director Amy Rice (HBO’s By the People: The Election of Barack Obama) is sturdy enough by the standards of most direct-to-streaming movie premieres. But that’s admittedly not a high bar to clear.
- 11/1/2022
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney wants Caitlyn Jenner to know the call is coming from inside the house. On Sunday night, Mulvaney dedicated Day 233 of her “Days of Girlhood” Tiktok series directly to Jenner after the Olympian recently echoed several transphobic and harmful remarks about Mulvaney and her appearance on social media. In the video, Mulvaney called herself and Jenner “two of the most privileged trans women in America at the moment” and asked Jenner to stop using her Republican-given platform to “publicly degrade” the trans community.
@dylanmulvaney
Day 233- a message to Caitlyn.
@dylanmulvaney
Day 233- a message to Caitlyn.
- 10/31/2022
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
The Republican Party is once again bereft of popular policy positions as the 2022 midterms near, which means their electoral strategy once again revolves around pushing the idea that Democrats are out to destroy America. Bill Clinton pointed this out on Sunday. “Republicans always close well. Why?” the former president told CNN. “Because they find some new way to scare the living daylights out of swing voters.”
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel took issue with Clinton’s comments during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, defending the GOP by...
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel took issue with Clinton’s comments during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, defending the GOP by...
- 9/20/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
When wrestler Mack Beggs stepped onto the mat to compete during his days as a high schooler in Texas, he not only faced the opponent in front of him, but often a raft of adversaries in the stands. They booed him and hurled invectives.
“I do think people hate me,” Mack says in the Emmy-nominated documentary Changing the Game. The reason? “There was a huge uproar and controversy with me being trans.”
Beggs found himself twisted into knots — not by another wrestler, but by a state imposing restrictions and regulations on the activities of trans athletes. Beggs wanted to compete against boys, but Texas refused and would only allow him to wrestle girls. When he did wrestle girls, crowds rained down abuse.
Beggs said he tried to tune that out and keep focused on the match.
“I was just like, why are you being malicious? I’m not going to feed into your negativity,...
“I do think people hate me,” Mack says in the Emmy-nominated documentary Changing the Game. The reason? “There was a huge uproar and controversy with me being trans.”
Beggs found himself twisted into knots — not by another wrestler, but by a state imposing restrictions and regulations on the activities of trans athletes. Beggs wanted to compete against boys, but Texas refused and would only allow him to wrestle girls. When he did wrestle girls, crowds rained down abuse.
Beggs said he tried to tune that out and keep focused on the match.
“I was just like, why are you being malicious? I’m not going to feed into your negativity,...
- 8/12/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth Meyers is certainly unhappy about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, but he’s also mad at right-wingers who are insisting that abortions haven’t actually been banned as a result. The late night host called it “the sh–tiest Jedi mind trick I’ve ever seen” on Tuesday night’s “Late Night.”
During his “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers went on an outright tear against the Supreme Court, calling it a “rogue” entity and “a corrupt and anti democratic institution.” But between lambasting the court for its recent decisions — and implied upcoming rulings — the late night host also scorched right-wing politicians and media personalities for their own responses.
“When they’re not lying and calling the left violent, they’re lying and calling the left hysterical because again, they’re aware that this could be bad for them politically,” Meyers said. “So they’re...
During his “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers went on an outright tear against the Supreme Court, calling it a “rogue” entity and “a corrupt and anti democratic institution.” But between lambasting the court for its recent decisions — and implied upcoming rulings — the late night host also scorched right-wing politicians and media personalities for their own responses.
“When they’re not lying and calling the left violent, they’re lying and calling the left hysterical because again, they’re aware that this could be bad for them politically,” Meyers said. “So they’re...
- 6/29/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Marsha Blackburn: Twitter Will Allow ‘Take a Knee’ But Not a ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Woman, Pro-Baby Message’
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-tn) weighed on Twitter's decision to censor her pro-life campaign ad as she launches a run for the Senate.
- 10/10/2017
- by Joseph A. Wulfsohn
- Mediaite - TV
Donald Trump is playing right into Hillary Clinton's hands by keeping the Alicia Machado story alive, political experts tell People. During Monday night's presidential debate, Clinton held up Trump's past criticism of the former Miss Universe's weight as proof of his sexism and disrespect toward women over the years. Trump breathed new bluster into the issue the following day when he appeared on Fox and Friends and once again shamed Machado for gaining "a massive amount of weight" after she won the Miss Universe contest in 1996. "It was a real problem," he insisted. Ironically, Trump wasn't even asked about Machado in the interview.
- 9/29/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump is playing right into Hillary Clinton's hands by keeping the Alicia Machado story alive, political experts tell People. During Monday night's presidential debate, Clinton held up Trump's past criticism of the former Miss Universe's weight as proof of his sexism and disrespect toward women over the years. Trump breathed new bluster into the issue the following day when he appeared on Fox and Friends and once again shamed Machado for gaining "a massive amount of weight" after she won the Miss Universe contest in 1996. "It was a real problem," he insisted. Ironically, Trump wasn't even asked about Machado in the interview.
- 9/29/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
As younger audiences’ list of TV, desktop, tablet, mobile, and social content options grow by the day, legacy and new media executives are bending backward and forward to earn their eyeballs.
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
- 1/29/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
The debate over the Republican House of Representatives has already included surreal moments involving rape pregnancies and masturbating fetuses, but a crackling exchange on MSNBC Live Monday morning yielded yet another Wtf moment. Toward the end of a segment on the proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, anchor Craig Melvin bluntly accused Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-tn) and her party of "pandering," which sent Blackburn into a shocked response in which she concluded that the anti-abortion-right's movement should be using Kermit Gosnell's attorney as its co-pilot.
- 6/19/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
As the Kermit Gosnell case — about the doctor who allegedly performed illegal, late-term abortions (cutting spinal cords of aborted babies) — gains increasing airtime, Morning Joe, too, tackled the topic on Monday. Discussing both the trial and the issue of abortion in the country, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-tn) asserted that the horrific Gosnell story will bring the argument in favor of ending federal funding for abortion back into the conversation.
- 4/15/2013
- by Meenal Vamburkar
- Mediaite - TV
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