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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

UPDATE: Trump to sell $2.8 billion of giant 2000-pound bombs to 🇮🇱😕 (But sure keep canceling macklemore for saying this is bad) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s time to reform the Court. Today the GOP is trying to move a constitutional amendment to lock in a Supreme Court that has undermined our democracy, our freedoms, and our checks and balances. And who asked them to do this?

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 31/08/2026

In an interview with Amy Goodman, Jane Fonda recounts the moment Dolly Parton first sang her iconic song “9 to 5” on the set of the film by the same name.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Will wait for—what’s it called?—action / follow through. . . . Will not hold my breath on the meantime.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Talarico: When I get tough questions, I answer them. When Ken Paxton gets tough questions, he runs away, literally runs away from reporters, from voters, from anyone asking hard questions. If you've given an Epstein style sweetheart deal to a child predator, you should have to answer questions.

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Truth . . . a compromising relationship

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hakeem Jeffries is compromised. Replace him.

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Also add our dear Senator from the state of New Mexico to this list: bsky.app/profile/hein...

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lindsay Graham: a tool, even beyond the grave to come

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Sport Ponies 🐎🐴🍁 @sportponies.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is #JonathanRoss, the #ICEofficer who shot and #killed #RenéeGood in #Minneapolis. As of today, he has not been indicted. 😡😡😡

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2026

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This is how positive directions begin again . . .

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Péter Magyar victory speech: "We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others." He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Will be watching to see if the talk becomes walk . . .

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HLindalee🦋 @warriorgal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

EPSTEIN'S FILES WON'T GO AWAY

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

as someone who monitors right wing media, its under discussed right now but i can tell you conservatives are absolutely terrified of the way talarico is using religious messaging against them

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Meanwhile, 9 short months ago . . .

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is how systems fail survivors and shield the rich and powerful from accountability. Don’t come for me, if you don’t come with facts.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

@schumer.senate.gov you’re behavior on this matter is disgraceful . . . is this strongly worded enough for you to understand?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/01/2026

Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela? 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable. Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.

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Dax Wilphall @daxwilphall.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

She looks like she’s conveying a warning to this ‘dear’ young man.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I loved seeing an "Empty Is the Head That Wears the Crown" sign today at No Kings.

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