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Rihanna Slams Trump For Playing One of Her Biggest Hits at His 'Tragic' Rally


Over the weekend, Rihanna became the latest celebrity to step into the heated political conversations online leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections. And, of course, she did it in classic RiRi form.

First, she came out on Twitter and Instagram in support of Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and a criminal justice reform amendment also on the ballot in Florida. “FLORIDA: You have the opportunity to make history this election. The US has only had four black Governors in its entire history, and we can help make #AndrewGillum the next one and Florida’s first,” she wrote. “If you’re tired of feeling like you don’t matter in the political process, know the most important thing you can do in supporting a candidate is finding someone who will take on critical issues such as: making minimum wage a livable wage, paying teachers what their worth, ensuring criminal justice reform, making healthcare a right, and repealing Stand Your Ground. That’s a platform we MUST support. Let’s #bringithome, Florida. Vote @andrewgillum. And VOTE YES on Amendment 4 to restore voting rights to folks who have already paid their debt to society. VOTE on November 6th!”

Then she came for President Donald Trump.

Journalist Phillip Rucker tweeted from a Trump rally that Rihanna’s “Please Don’t Stop the Music” was blasting on the speakers and Rihanna was having none of it. “Not for much longer…” she responded. “me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up philip!”

And the internet cheered.

Rihanna is the latest in a line of music stars who are not pleased that their music is being used at Trump rallies. Last week Pharrell Wiliams had his attorney Howard King send a cease and desist letter over the President’s use of “Happy” at a rally after the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

“On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged ‘nationalist,’ you played his song ‘Happy’ to a crowd at a political event in Indiana,” King wrote in the letter. “There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose.” Guns n’ Roses frontman Axl Rose also took to Twitter to express his displeasure at the use of their music at political events for Trump.

President Trump has yet to comment, but we’ll be watching to see if he dares to invoke the wrath of Rihanna fans.





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Amber Tamblyn Slams Rose McGowan for 'Shaming' Actresses Planning to Wear Black to the Golden Globes


Last Thursday various news outlets reported that the 2018 Golden Globes would be going dark, thanks to actresses who are reportedly planning to wear black in solidarity with sexual harassment victims. Although no stars (or their stylists) confirmed these reports, the rumors did not sit well with Rose McGowan, who took to Twitter over the weekend to criticize would-be protesters. “Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in a silent protest,” she wrote in a since-deleted Tweet, according to Vanity Fair. “YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.” (Marchesa is the fashion brand founded by Georgina Chapman, Harvey Weinstein’s wife.)

Now Amber Tamblyn is calling out McGowan’s call-out tweet, telling her friend in a public thread that these comments are inappropriate. “THREAD: Rose McGowan is a friend and while I support her kind of movement, I do not support any woman (or man) shaming or taunting the movements of other women who are trying to create change,” she wrote on Monday. “Telling us to all wear Marchesa? This is beneath you, Rose.”

“You don’t have to support and stand with us, but we stand and support you,” Tamblyn continued. “You may take below-the-belt shots at us but we will not take them at you in return. Our movement is big. And a black dress is just the beginning of the darkness that will be drained from every industry across the country by the time we’re done. That’s a promise.”

She concluded the thread with a hashtag referencing the workplace sexual assault and harassment reforms that will hopefully take place in light of the #MeToo movement. “And we stand together in this fight, shoulder to shoulder, weapon to weapon, woman to woman (and man), body to burned body,” she tweeted. “And our arms are open. And our hearts two fold. And our fire will be a universal scorch. Heed the mantra: #ChangeIsComing.”

Both McGowan and Tamblyn have been outspoken figureheads of the #MeToo movement. McGowan went public accusing Harvey Weinstein of rape, while Tamblyn, in an open letter, accused actor James Woods of trying to pick her and a friend up when she was 16.

Other prominent women in the #MeToo movement have since weighed in on Tamblyn’s thread. Asia Argento, whose harrowing account of her alleged sexual assault at the hands of Weinstein was detailed in Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker story, tweeted, “I wish you’d have written this thread addressing it directly to @rosemcgowan, or even better, called or texted her, since you are friends.” “Asia, I did. I spoke to her for over an hour,” Tamblyn replied.

McGowan’s Charmed costar Holly Marie Combs also addressed Tamblyn. “You just did to @rosemcgowan what you claim you don’t support her doing to others,” she tweeted. “Every activist for every cause the world over has different methods but share a common and more important message that should remain the same. And undiluted above all else.”

Related: #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on What Should Happen After the Hashtag





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Minnie Driver Slams Ex-Boyfriend Matt Damon Over Sexual Harassment Comment


Over the past week or so, Matt Damon has been on the press circuit promoting his new movie Downsizing, which actually looks pretty interesting. But I haven’t been able to think much about that because I’ve been too busy feeling annoyed every time he opens his mouth to speak about sexual harassment in Hollywood.

First let me just say that, generally speaking, Matt Damon seems like a pretty nice guy. But a lot of nice guys have some pretty terrible opinions when it comes to women’s issues, and he might just be one of them. Obviously, Damon’s big break (Good Will Hunting) came via Harvey Weinstein and Miramax, but that shouldn’t necessarily be held against him. I still love that movie deeply and have the Elliot Smith–laden soundtrack in heavy rotation. However, my favorable opinions of the actor are quickly taking a turn. And his ex-girlfriend Minnie Driver—who famously found out they were broken up via an interview on Oprah—agrees, as she took to Twitter to express her distaste for a recent interview the actor did with ABC News.

The main quote in question starts out fine and then veers into problematic territory. Damon said:

“I think we’re in this watershed moment. I think it’s great. I think
it’s wonderful that women are feeling empowered to tell their
stories, and it’s totally necessary…. I do believe that there’s a spectrum
of behavior, right? And we’re going to have to figure—you know,
there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt
and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need
to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they
shouldn’t be conflated, right? You know, we see somebody like
Al Franken, right?—I personally would have preferred if they
had an Ethics Committee investigation, you know what I
mean? It’s like at what point—you know, we’re so energized
to kind of get retribution, I think.

“And we live in this culture of outrage and injury, and, you know,
that we’re going to have to correct enough to kind of go, ‘Wait
a minute. None of us came here perfect.’ You know what I
mean?… The Louis C.K. thing, I don’t know all the details.
I don’t do deep dives on this,but I did see his statement, which
kind of, which [was] arresting to me. When he came out and
said, “I did this. I did these things. These women are all telling
the truth.” And I just remember thinking, ‘Well, that’s the sign
of somebody who—well, we can work with that’…”

Please, just stop. Don’t tell women that we need to self-correct our outrage when we’ve been the ones dealing with moments of harassment—both big and small—for all these years. Driver expressed exasperation over Damon’s initial comments and then further clarified her comments to the Guardian, saying, “I felt I desperately needed to say something. I’ve realised that most men, good men, the men that I love, there is a cutoff in their ability to understand. They simply cannot understand what abuse is like on a daily level. I honestly think that until we get on the same page, you can’t tell a woman about their abuse. A man cannot do that. No one can. It is so individual and so personal, it’s galling when a powerful man steps up and starts dictating the terms, whether he intends it or not.”

Alyssa Milano had some thoughts too.

But it wasn’t just one quote that has Damon in hot water. He has also said of a hypothetical colleague, “If it’s a colleague…I don’t know…I guess it depends on the situation and the allegation and how believable I think it is.” And of Harvey Weinstein: “I knew I wouldn’t want him married to anyone close to me. But that was the extent of what we knew, you know? And that wasn’t a surprise to anybody. So when you hear ‘Harvey this, Harvey that’—I mean, look at the guy. Of course he’s a womanizer…. I mean, I don’t hang out with him.”

Until Matt Damon figures out how to speak more thoughtfully about the issue, maybe it would be best if he just said nothing at all.





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Melania Trump’s Spokesperson Slams Ivana Trump’s Claim That She Is the First Lady


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In a recent interview with Good Morning America, President Donald Trump‘s ex-wife Ivana Trump sat down to discuss her new book, Raising Trump, out tomorrow. During the interview she made it clear that she’s still on good terms with the President. She even joked at one point that despite their divorce, she is the true First Lady of the United States.

The mother of Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump has been divorced from the president since 1992, yet she confirmed that she has a “direct number” to the White House and speaks to the President every few weeks. “I [don’t] really want to call him there, because Melania is there,” Ivana said during the interview. “And I don’t want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that, because I’m basically first Trump wife. OK? I’m First Lady.”

This did not go over well with the current FLOTUS and her staff. Melania Trump‘s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, responded to Ivana’s claim with this statement—and she did not hold back:

“Mrs. Trump has made the White House a home for Barron and the President. She loves living in Washington, D.C., and is honored by her role as First Lady of the United States. She plans to use her title and role to help children, not sell books. There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. Unfortunately only attention-seeking and self-serving noise.”

While Melania Trump’s statement suggests she and Ivana won’t be sitting down for a friendly brunch anytime soon, they’re still a whole lot more civilized than Trump himself. The President spent the weekend insulting retiring Tennessee Senator Bob Corker and attacking NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem.

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Obama Slams Trump's DACA Decision in Powerful Facebook Post: 'This Is About Basic Decency'


Barack Obama made it clear before he left office: If the Dreamers program ever came under attack, he’d have something to say about it. On Tuesday, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s orders to end DACA, the former commander in chief stayed true to his word.

On Tuesday afternoon, Obama shared a powerful Facebook post defending DACA (short for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a federal program he created in 2012 to protect undocumented immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children from deportation. The program also offers its beneficiaries, known as Dreamers, such basic necessities as driver’s licenses and work permits.

Though U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday called DACA an “open-ended circumvention of immigration laws,” Obama pointed out there’s more to it than that.

“This is about young people who grew up in America—kids who study in our schools, young adults who are starting careers, patriots who pledge allegiance to our flag,” he wrote. “These Dreamers are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper. They were brought to this country by their parents, sometimes even as infants. They may not know a country besides ours. They may not even know a language besides English. They often have no idea they’re undocumented until they apply for a job, or college, or a driver’s license.”

Trump’s call to end DACA jeopardizes the futures of around 800,000 people who benefit from the program. Obama didn’t mince his words, calling the decision “wrong,” “self-defeating,” and “cruel.”

“To target these young people is wrong—because they have done nothing wrong,” he wrote. “It is self-defeating —because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel. What if our kid’s science teacher, or our friendly neighbor turns out to be a Dreamer? Where are we supposed to send her? To a country she doesn’t know or remember, with a language she may not even speak?”

“Ultimately, this is about basic decency,” Obama continued. “This is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of America, or whether we treat them the way we’d want our own kids to be treated. It’s about who we are as a people—and who we want to be.”

Plenty of current and former lawmakers joined Obama in standing up for DACA, including Hillary Clinton, who tweeted that “we’ve got to fight with everything we’ve got” to defend the program.

“Subjecting Dreamers to mass deportation is part of the bigoted policies that are a cornerstone of @realDonaldTrump’s admin,” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D.–Mass.) tweeted.

You can read Obama’s full Facebook post here.



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