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Tenthrow , to Texas in Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas
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Yet still not a drop in Dallas

nostalgicgamerz , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

Wow BMI actually doing something…useful??

faintedheart , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

How the fuck an immigrant became a republican? His name looks like an Indian. If republican people have absolute power these kind of people won’t even be able to touch their foot in the USA.

odium ,

Because his net worth is over a billion.

Bananigans ,

Brahmins gonna Brahmin.

erin ,

You can’t run for president if you’re not a natural-born US citizen. His name doesn’t mean he was born elsewhere. If the idea is that he’s a second or more generation immigrant, so is everyone that isn’t a First Nations citizen.

But yeah, anyone part of a group the Republican party hates (POC, LGBTQ+, working class, etc) that supports the party has some bizarre cognitive dissonance going on.

traveler ,

Because he does not believe in anything he says, he’s just trying to bank on the votes of morons who believe in that bullshit. Look up for his history, he’s an expert on banking on idiots.

captainlezbian ,

Dude, he was born in Cincinnati. It’s not even weird for a Cincinnatian to have an Indian af name and immigrant parents. Unfortunately it’s also not weird for such Cincinnatians to be republicans.

PowerCrazy ,

How the fuck people like you so out and racist?

NuPNuA , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

The very act of political candidates coming out on stage to populat music like wrestlers seems bizarre enough to my non-American brain. The fact that they don’t seem to realise they need permission to use licensed works when they’re trying to run a country is even more bizarre.

TheAndrewBrown ,

I don’t know about this case, but in the past, the candidate had purchased a block of rights from a record company so they had the rights to use it but something about the way those contracts work allows the original artist to forbid them from using it even after purchasing. I’m not an expert by any means though.

thetreesaysbark ,

I wouldn’t be surprised if they do know, and this is all just free “look at me! I’m being told what to do by the man!” publicity.

NuPNuA ,

Lol, imagine telling my 13 year old self listening to The Slim Shady LP that Eminem would be considered part of the establishment one day 😆

OceanSoap , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

Hmm, I don’t know how this could possibly be taken seriously in a court, otherwise any video out there of anyone singing a song would be included in some sort of infringement.

adespoton ,

ASCAP doesn’t cover political campaigns. Also, most campaigns don’t want to be seen performing an artist’s work against their direct wishes; it doesn’t tend to look good.

Dawn ,
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Cover songs have always been a copyright violation, it’s just that musicians don’t go after them cause they will almost always look like the asshole for doing so, and the companies normally dont because the amount of money they would be able to get out of the lawsuit wouldn’t normally be worth it.

Clent ,

There is a ton of licensing that is occurring behind the scenes.

Typically, the venue pays for it but other arrangements are possible including explicit permission from the copyright holder.

Obligatory: fuck copyright law. Stupid idea that dates back to when owning people was still cool. Society operated just fine without for hundreds of thousands of years. No one should be allowed to own culture.

babyphatman ,

While technically cover songs are copyright infringement, anyone can cover a song as long as they obtain a mechanical license and follow some guidelines.

I think copyright should be abolished and replaced by a tax that pays artists, writers, journalists, and musicians. This will eliminate the middleman copyright legal industry and allow for far more creativity.

StarkillerX42 , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

Welp, I guess they’ll have to go back to Ted Nugent on loop

Riccosuave ,
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He isn’t white, so I don’t think Ted Nugent wants him using his music either if you catch my drift.

Alexstarfire ,

That’s what I said. Tad Nugent.

nkat2112 OP , to Politics in Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs
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I’m lovin’ it.

adespoton ,

I’m pretty sure McD’s would join the suits if any campaigner ever tried to use that one….

nightmareofahorse ,

I do like the idea of some hardline republicans buying Big Macs just to burn them

Waldowal , to Politics in Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case
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This is great, but is also going to result in alot of tinfoil hat wearers claiming: “The Dems and Hunter Biden’s laptop got to him! They threatened him and his family and forced him to testify against Trump!”

mriguy ,

They’ll say that regardless. You can’t try to manage their crazy by trying to placate them. First of all, it won’t work, because they can’t be satisfied, and second, then they’ll just move on to something more crazy that you’ll have to accommodate.

Poob ,

“But?”

Who cares? They already do this

paddirn , to Politics in Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case

Trump getting brought down by archivists and IT managers is one of the funniest things about this whole thing. Revenge of the Nerds.

WarmSoda , to Politics in Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case

I was just thinking, this guy is 77. I hope his kids were in on this too. You just know one of them is going to try some shit in the future if they aren’t given a reason not to.

fiat_lux ,

Jared Kushner saw his father go to jail in 2005. He just made sure that his father got a pardon in 2020.

I think the goal is to "win" enough power/money that consequences don't apply, like his buddy Mohammed bin Salman.

nkat2112 OP , to Politics in Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case
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MAGAs shivving each other:

The court document filed on Tuesday says Mr Taveras changed lawyers after special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the case, notified him he was being investigated for perjury.

And further below:

“Immediately after receiving new counsel, Trump Employee 4 retracted his prior false testimony and provided information that implicated Nauta, [Carlos] De Oliveira, and Trump in efforts to delete security camera footage, as set forth in the superseding indictment,” the court filing says.

This is so special! This is HILARIOUS! Somebody help me, I’m dying. LMAO

remotelove , to Texas in Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas

All is good! Cruz and Abbot have plenty of thoughts and prayers for the people of TX.

jordanlund , to Politics in Georgia Rico case: John Eastman surrenders to authorities
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Was kind of hoping they’d get everyone at once, but I’ll take it!

Rapidcreek , to Politics in Georgia Rico case: John Eastman surrenders to authorities

I’ll add the obligatory he had his Kodak Moment

nkat2112 OP , to Politics in Georgia Rico case: John Eastman surrenders to authorities
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The RICOing has begun. It’s so sweet!

And RICO author, Ghouliani, getting RICOed is leopardic.

bloopernova , (edited )
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Terms of enRICOment

Trying to think of more, give me a bit, lol

AmeRICO Psycho

To Kill a RICObird

SerRICO

The Maltese RICO

Mystic RICO

Dial R for RICO

nkat2112 OP ,
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You are brilliant! I love all of these titles! LOLOL

Thank you so much!

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