Joe Biden’s Campaign Plans ‘Star Trek’-Themed Fundraiser

By Ted Johnson

Cast members from five different Star Trek series, including George Takei, Patrick Stewart and Kate Mulgrew, will take part next week in a fundraiser for Joe Biden, just the latest way that his campaign has tapped pop culture for campaign cash.

The virtual event also will include Alison Pill, Anthony Rapp, Brent Spiner, Evan Evagora, Gates McFadden, Isa Briones, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Del Arco, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Sonequa Martin-Green, Wil Wheaton and Wilson Cruz.

Andrew Yang, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg and Stacey Abrams also will participate.

https://deadline.com/2020/10/joe-biden-star-trek-patrick-stewart-1234592696/

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Twitter bans posts wishing for Trump death. The Squad wonders where that policy was for them

By Donie O'Sullivan and Alaa Elassar, CNN

(CNN)The four progressive Democratic congresswomen known as "The Squad" expressed surprise on Friday night when Twitter posted about its policy against wishing harm or death to someone in light of President Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis.

Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have all spoken out about the threats they receive on social media and say Twitter isn't doing enough about it.

Responding to media reporting Friday about people wishing death to the President, a verified account run by Twitter's spokespeople tweeted, "tweets that wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against *anyone* are not allowed and will need to be removed."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/politics/twitter-trump-policy-ban-the-squad-politics-trnd/index.html