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The Dems knew it was going to pass, so some of them put up some token resistance.

Spotify update for 16-Jul-2026 for all albums, EPs and songs (including features) with more than 1 million plays. Total for Pure Heroine (extended) – 5,820,588,177 Total for Melodrama – 3,388,631,789 Total for Solar Power – 672,633,988 Total for Virgin – 566,955,003 Total for other songs – 575,894,338 Total for Lorde – 11,024,703,295 Total for Lorde as featured artist – 702,368,313 GRAND TOTAL – 11,727,071,608 Significant updates: "Ribs" has passed the 1.1 billion plays milestone, "Supercut" has passed 500 million plays and "Girl so confusing featuring lorde" (Charli XCX) has passed 300 million plays.

Not only that, but Israel armed Argentina during the Falklands War. Declassified UKHow Israel secretly armed Argentina during the Falklands warDeclassified files reveal how Tel Aviv deceived Britain while it supplied Argentina's anti-Semitic dictatorship with weapons during the 1980s.https://www.fiassociation.com/news/argentina-military-support-from-israel-in-1982/

That is probably part of it. The combination of becoming a billionaire and dating Travis, and her new proximity to the whole sports media scene which is full of conservative males, means that her circle of friends has changed. Her friends and acquaintances now includes more Trump supporters, right wing financial and media people, government contractors (including ICE, most likely DoD and others) and well known Zionists such as the "very pro-Israel" Adam Sandler who has criticised artists who boycott Israel. She isn't going to do anything or say anything to offend these friends, who are also friends of Travis, and she isn't going to let anything reduce the value of her investments and business plans, not even fans who are simply excited to share some recent info on their favourite artist.

He is predicted to remain "alive" until August 3rd or soon after. FortuneMitch McConnell's Senate seat could sit empty for months—...If McConnell's seat becomes vacant after Aug. 3, Kentucky's 2024 succession law leaves no time for a special election—meaning it would stay empty until January.

I'm not sure if this is a joke or something, but James is New Zealand born Chinese and his sister Katherine was probably the first person to interview Lorde after the Love Club EP was released. James is better known for his photography these days.

Such a strange comment. Lorde is one of the few white pop stars to have had an Asian boyfriend, and yet somehow you seem to think that 1) she would even know what products Jennie would be promoting in her set, and 2) any criticism of a product promoted by a kpop artist is racism. Just in case you didn't know, I'm pretty sure the "girl who did coke often" you are referring to is Asian on her mothers side of the family. But I guess you don't stan those Asians do you?

Some of the excuses I've seen. "Hey guys, he's there because Travis had a black friend" "He's not an ICE agent, he's just the executive chair of Amentum Services who has a $450 million contract to manage an ICE concentration camp" "He's really just a guy doing his job, kinda like someone who does electrical repairs at the county prison" More on the prison in question: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dafk_63AvV0/ Link to longer version posted by @lostcause earlier. https://www.jezebel.com/taylor-swifts-dream-msg-wedding-had-a-nightmare-guest-an-ice-contractor It appears that the main reason for the change of contractor was taxpayer waste, financial risks and a lack of transparency. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2026/06/mullin-says-ice-no-longer-using-navy-contract-for-detention-services/

Most artists are booked for festivals about a year in advance. How many people knew the Meta AI glasses would be part of the promo package for the Mad Cool festival in Madrid a year ago?

Album tracks over 100 million isn't a particularly high bar these days, but multiple album tracks above 100 million shows your music has genuine organic popularity that didn't require record label radio payola, TTH, or streaming farm shenanigans.

She looks really good here. Someone on twitter said those photos were taken from just outside or near the front of Electric Lady studio. Hope she has been recording and not getting distracted by other events from the last week. Jim-E and Kacy split up in 2023 and you'll notice that Kacy Hill's album from 2024 had just one Jim-e Stack co-write, and none of the singles from 2023 were made with him either. Nothing to do with Lorde.

Does Jack have the next one lined up already? December 2017, Jack splits up with Lena Dunham. January 2018, Jack seen dinning with Carlotta Kohl in NYC. But we already knew Carlotta Kohl from the album cover of a Jack Antonoff produced album released in 2017, when she was working as Annie Clark's research assistant during the recording of Masseduction. March 2021, Jack and Carlotta Kohl go to the Grammy Awards together, actual breakup date unknown. August 2021, Jack and Margaret Qualley seen together in public, and according to Rainey Qualley (her sister, who is a recording artist), Jack and Margaret Qualley met at Electric Lady studios about a month earlier. May 2022, Jack and Margaret Qualley engaged and August 2023, married. July 2026, news of their separation goes public.

Oh, he's there to improve things? Kinda like the way the Jared Kushner and the Trump Board of Peace are going to bulldoze Gaza and turn it into a tourist destination for the super rich, where the people of Gaza will have to give up any aspirations for political freedom, so they can be waiters and maids for wealthy tourists? They're all doing it to improve things for the people of Gaza? Perhaps with their experience with concentration camps, Amentum Holdings can get a contract there too?

It all makes sense now, the way she didn't complain about the Trump Administration using her music, while others did. https://time.com/7338216/trump-white-house-social-media-music-artists-copyright-sabrina-carpenter/ Maybe you're not going to criticise ICE, MAGA and ZIonists, when so many of them are friends of the family and they're invited to your wedding.

A lot of people posted in that thread and criticised Beyonce and Jay-z after they were photographed at that charity dinner, sharing a table with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. But in fairness to Beyonce, there is a slight difference. Taylor had months to choose wedding guests, while Beyonce might not have known about the other guests and seating arrangement until the last minute. OT - my fave is very likely to have a low profile wedding with a small number of guests, so I'd be shocked and disappointed to see anyone from ICE attending.

The Grammys do not care about acclaim. It would nice to see her get some recognition, but acclaim isn't going be a major factor.

War on Iraq vs War on Iran, one letter difference.

Of course Adam Sandler is MAGA.

Some people are actually acting surprised that Hillary Clinton is praising President Donald Trump's Gaza plan. I'm not sure how deluded you'd have to be to think that Hillary was a progressive on Palestine, or anything else. She voted for war on Iraq, she was Secretary of State when she pushed for the bombing of Libya. She has been a stanch Zionist for many years, a major recipient on AIPAC millions and she would have make all the same calls on supporting the genocide in Gaza if she had of been president instead of Joe Biden. The American ProspectHillary Clinton and Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza - The...Why would the former Democratic presidential nominee endorse one of Trump's more grotesque ventures?

Hillary Clinton was advocating for this sort of censorship about 6 months ago. Bill Clinton was friends with Jeffery Epstein, while Hillary Clinton claimed not to know him, even though Ghislaine Maxwell was a guest at their daughter's wedding. Yet somehow we are mean to believe that this Zionist and friend of Jeffery Epstein is the person we should trust when it comes to protecting children.

The very first documented complaints against Jeffrey Epstein were filed with law enforcement in 1996 by Maria Farmer. They didn't need an age ID system to protect children, they just needed to use the information they had and start making arrests. But you might not need to confirm your ID on every platform. There is other legislation being introduced in several states and countries that will require operating system providers to store the Date Of Birth of the user (or users in multi-user systems): Biometric Update | Biometrics News, Companies and ExplainersUS bill would mandate operating system-level age verifica...Companies would be required to create a system through which app developers can access the information necessary to verify a user's age. Under HR 8250, they won't need to ask you for your age, that information can all be transferred in the background. Imagine that most internet users are between ages 10 and 80, so a range of 70 years. Then consider the number of unique DOB dates, 70*365 or a little more than 25,000 unique dates. This is a rough approximation, but close enough to see how unique the DOB data is. In small town of less than 25,000 people, your DOB might be unique. If someone with your DOB says something bad, it makes it easier to narrow them down to a small number of people. Arresting people for things they say online, like the student in Florida that made a joke about Netanyahu, might be something we see more often. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/state/2026/04/23/florida-student-arrest-for-netanyahu-joke-sparks-free-speech-debate/89737431007/ Just the fear that you might get into trouble for saying something controversial will help silence political dissent. No surprise to see a AIPAC funded Democrat behind a government surveillance bill. https://www.congress.gov/member/josh-gottheimer/G000583

It appears that the Swifties discovered the Halsey review after Olivia did her interview with Fantano. Then they started tweeting about it, when they didn't really care about the review that much before. Then Fantano responded to some of them and Halsey got involved a couple of days later. Halsey probably should have said nothing, because responding to a bad review makes her look bad. But when the Swifies now say "Fantano continues to troll Halsey", this is exactly what they wanted to happen. In their eyes, the real enemy is Olivia Rodrigo. But two things can be try at the same time, Fantano also needs to decide if he wants to be a serious music critic or an internet troll.

I've love to see her do some of these in her live shows, like a stripped down Hammer with just vocals, e-piano and bass guitar, and the CLEAR BLUE BR 280125 version.

Sky Ferreira will be getting ready to release Masochism.

She will be eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2031, so perhaps she will release a course-correction rock album before 2031 to ensure she gets in. She is likely to get induced in her first eligible year anyway, but I don't think she will want to take any chances. Until then, she can keep doing TTPD or TLOAS type albums and her fans will keep buying. But there are only a small number of women that made it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first eligibility year and Taylor isn't going to allow herself to be one of the ones who missed out. To the best of my knowledge, Madonna might be the only "pop" female to get inducted in her first year.