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highplainsdem

(60,147 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:35 PM Saturday

Musicians are stepping up to oppose the wannabe dictator and his soulless flunkies, enablers and supporters [View all]

I'm proud of those musicians.

They deserve our applause and support.

In just the last couple of days:

Neil Young Scorches Donald Trump In New Editorial: ‘It’s ICE Cold Here in America’
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-donald-trump-editorial-ice-1235496906/

Dave Matthews: I Don’t Want My Taxes Dollars Paying for “Masked Thugs” in ICE
https://consequence.net/2026/01/dave-matthews-ice-masked-thugs/

Duran Duran Pays Tribute to Renee Good After Fatal ICE Shooting in Minnesota
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duran-duran-renee-good-minnesota-ice-shooting-tribute-1236152613/

And their music is real, too. Human, not AI.

There's also a flood of AI-slop fake music that purports to be anti-Trump. While some of it might be generated by people who are sincere but misguided, thinking their using AI tools owned by allies of Trump will somehow help us against him, a lot of the YouTube accounts offering this AI garbage are likely either individual cynics who could easily have pro-Trump channels as well, or content farms that might be in other countries (these AI slop producers often are). Those people are just seeing what clickbait AI videos gullible people will fall for. Their AI slop is all over YouTube and makes it harder for real artists to get noticed. Please don't support AI slop. You're harming real artists whose work was stolen to train the AI.

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