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(70,635 posts) Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:10 AM Jun 2022

Jack WHITE's Wiki page is awesome. BETTER yet his BLAST at SCotUS & Drumpf!

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jack-white-blasts-trump-abortions-182957879.html

Jack White Blasts Trump for “All the Abortions You Secretly Paid For” After Roe v. Wade Overturned

.... White complained that the two-party system “allows the chance for one of the parties to promote a professional wrestler of a ‘politician’ with absolutely no experience in govt., who cares only about his own ego, who uses Christianity (of which he isn’t one) to propel his career at the expense of those Christians (and the rest of us all), who uses patriotism as a dog whistle for racism and fear etc., and all of this goes unchecked because the OTHER party doesn’t have enough of a majority to keep this person from slowly destroying any progress we’ve made in this county.”

He continued, “Now these three judges, completely disinterested and unaffected by the what the actual majority wants and needs, have just taken the country back to the 1970’s to start all over again fighting for women’s rights.” ....

He ended by calling out Trump’s hypocrisy: “Well Trump, you took the country backwards 50 years. I hope your dad is smiling and waving down on you from heaven, while his other hand holds a record of all the abortions you secretly paid for behind closed doors.” Check out the full statement below.

Plenty of other actors, artists, and musicians have also weighed in on the Supreme Court ruling, including Taylor Swift. Meanwhile, Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are among the companies who’ve offered to reimburse employees for travel expenses if they seek an abortion in a state where it’s legal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_White

John Anthony White

(né Gillis; born July 9, 1975), commonly known as Jack White III is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo the White Stripes. White has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". David Fricke's 2010 list ranked him at number 17.[1][2] ....

White has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s.[6] Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[129] David Fricke's 2011 list ranked him at number 17.[130] He has won twelve Grammy Awards, with 33 nominations,[131] and three solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. Interviewers note the wide breadth of the music styles and eras he draws from for inspiration.[132] In May 2015, the Music City Walk of Fame announced that it would be honoring White (along with Loretta Lynn) with a medallion at its re-opening in Nashville.[133] On February 8, 2017, White was the honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy during the annual Grammy Week celebration for his commitment "to working diligently to ensure that the quality and integrity of recorded music are captured and preserved".[134] ....

n October 2016, upon learning that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had used the White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army" in video campaign materials, White denounced the presidential candidate[152] and began selling shirts reading "Icky Trump"—a play on the White Stripes song "Icky Thump"—through the Third Man Records website.[153] He publicly endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and performed a six-song set at a Sanders event at Cass Technical High School on October 27, 2019. At the rally, White stated that he believes that "Sanders is telling the truth, and I really do trust him". He was drawn in by Sanders' view that the Electoral College should be abolished, also stating at the rally that "I have this silly notion that the person who gets the most votes should be elected" and "[the Electoral College] is the reason we're in the mess we're in now".[154] ....

In July 2016, White joined Nashville's 45-member Gender Equality Council.[178] ....

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