Tag Archives: Donald Trump
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REWIND: Six open letters to the newsmakers of the week
The road to sedition: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), autocrat Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. In my defense, last week when I wrote about having a glimmer of optimism about 2021 I did specifically…
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Everyone involved in the assault on the Capitol and sedition must face charges
“Trump Inciter in Chief 2021: What the hell do you have to lose?” Illustration courtesy of Chuck Todd; www.chucktodd.net. As you’re all probably aware, on Wednesday a large group of pro-fascist insurgents breached, occupied and ransacked the United States Capitol while both the House and Senate were in session.…
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Daniel J. Willis: The worst of 2020 in music, and everything else
Editor Daniel J. Willis’ reaction to just about everything this year. Here’s his 2020 in review. The last couple years I’ve done a column of the Worst of the Year in Music. This is not a normal year. It’s been so bad that the worst of music is, at…
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Insert Foot: How music can heal moving forward
Insert Foot calling for healing after the presidential election. When I went from writing about news to music, I had no idea what I was about to experience. And that was strange. I understood how much music meant to me and my crowd. Almost every memory for us was…
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RIFF editors: Joe Biden has won, but there’s work left to do
President Donald Trump, pictured here attacking the very concept of democracy at the White House on Nov. 6, 2020. Courtesy: Evan Vucci/Associated Press/Twitter. It’s been some week. We have to talk about the presidential election. As of this writing, former Vice President Joe Biden has won but nobody in…
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Insert Foot: Sorting Sunday’s senseless splendor of stupidity
Insert Foot and the Cave of Solitude. Photo: Alberto Loyo/Shutterstock. So, the plan is to write in Kanye West’s name when we all vote in November … right, you guys? Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Guys? Why not? How is Kanye West not a viable candidate for president in 2020–the year…
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Insert Foot: President Trump and the art of not getting art, or irony
Insert Foot Vs. Donald Trump. It’s just another Scrambled Sunday, when ideas for making an omelet frequently become trying to salvage messy eggs from a burned skillet. Another of my go-to phrases over the years has been “Irony can be so ironic.” I don’t remember where it came from;…
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Music industry planning ‘Black Out Tuesday’ shutdown as protest
View this post on Instagram Say my name. A post shared by Warner Music (@warnermusic) on May 29, 2020 at 9:46am PDT As anger over the police in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis spilled out onto streets nationwide, the resolve of music industry workers—from artists to publicists,…
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REWIND: Five presidential campaign songs that the candidate really didn’t think through
ORLANDO, FL- JANUARY 29: Former Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani speaks with his wife, Judith Giuliani, during a post-primary campaign rally in Orlando in 2008. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. With the first primary debates complete, the Presidential campaign season is officially underway. This means a lot of things: Incessant…
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Editorial: RIFF stands with journalists against Trump’s attacks
We’re writing this editorial in solidarity with more than 250 news organizations around the world. As of this writing President Donald Trump and his administration have not attacked music journalists, but we don’t expect that to last. Trump has attacked national and regional newspapers, online news outlets, cable news…
