Tag: cancel culture

J6 Committee, DOJ’s Targeting of Trump Attorneys Aimed at Destroying MAGA, Threatens Democracy: Lawyers

The House Jan. 6 Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other bodies around the country are targeting lawyers who defend those involved in the events surrounding Jan. 6, according to experts and attorneys, who describe such moves as an unprecedented attack on democracy. Conservative attorneys have faced ethics charges, been threatened with criminal charges,…


Spotify CEO Says Streaming Giant Won’t Ban Kanye West Music After Social Media Comments

Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has vowed not to remove Kanye West from the music streaming platform following backlash over comments he made on social media that have been called offensive and antisemitic. In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Ek acknowledged that the comments made by West, whose legal name is Ye, were “just awful” but that the…


Justice Alito: Leak of Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Made Conservative Justices ‘Targets for Assassination’

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak earlier this year of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made conservative justices “targets for assassination” and changed the atmosphere at the court. Alito’s comments came during a moderated conversation at the Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital on Oct. 25. At the end of the…


Studio Shelves Completed Documentary About Kanye West

A film studio has shelved a documentary about rapper Kanye West after he made a number of recent remarks in interviews and on social media that were accused of being anti-semitic. Executives from MRC Entertainment said it was shelving a completed documentary about West, saying the company “cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.” In…


Whattya Say, Ye?

Kanye West, or “Ye,” has been making many headlines lately and now has indicated he wants to buy social media company Parler. While he has been accused of antisemitic remarks, he appears to be misunderstood and wants to be able to speak without censorship, so he may be purchasing Parler. – BUY Jan 6 DVD:…


19 States to Investigate Banks for ESG-Style Commitment to United Nations Alliance

The war between states and banks over environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and similar practices has reached the doorstep of the United Nations–19 state attorneys general have launched investigations of major financial institutions’ commitment to the U.N.-convened “Net-Zero Banking Alliance.” The alliance’s website states that its members control roughly 40 percent of the world’s…


National Committee for Religious Freedom Claims Chase Bank Ignores Requests to Explain Account Shutdown

A nonprofit dedicated to promoting religious freedom has had its Chase Bank account shutdown, but no reason has been given why, the nonprofit’s founder and executive director have said. Sam Brownback, founder of the National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF) and a former governor of Kansas, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Ambassador at Large for International…


Religious Freedom Nonprofit Claims Chase Bank Ignores Requests to Explain Account Shutdown

A nonprofit dedicated to promoting religious freedom has had its Chase Bank account shutdown, but no reason has been given why, the nonprofit’s founder and executive director have said. Sam Brownback, founder of the National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF) and a former governor of Kansas, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Ambassador at Large for International…


‘Democrats Can Be Buzzkills’: Barack Obama Comments on Cancel Culture

Former President Barack Obama has taken aim at the increasing rise in so-called “cancel culture” and branded some Democratic lawmakers “buzzkills.” Obama, 61, made the comments in an interview on the “Pod Save America” podcast on Friday just weeks before the midterm elections on Nov. 8 and shortly after his own half-brother Malik Obama endorsed the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, Doug…


Canceling the Cancelers at Yale Law School

Commentary Last month at the Sixth Annual Kentucky Chapters Conference of the Federalist Society, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (disclosure: my former boss) issued a call to arms. Ho, who earlier this year ruffled feathers at Georgetown University Law Center by using the occasion of his…