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One More Sign that Trump is (Burnt) Toast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
MICHAEL MOORE<\/a> OCT 13, 2024 (michaelmoore@substack.com)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Last night on Saturday Night Live, there was that rare moment when a performer chose to give voice to the 200 million or so of us Americans who, for over two years, have been in a rage that the Supreme Leader in America (aka, the \u201cSupreme Court,\u201d that group of 5 or 6 religious right-wing nutters who rule over what women can and cannot do with their bodies in this country), overturned Roe v. Wade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great Stevie Nicks, in her own rage over this injustice, sang for the first time live on national television her new song about those who have committed this atrocity against women. It\u2019s called \u201cThe Lighthouse\u201d \u2014 and my jaw dropped as she belted out one fiercely brutal lyric after another aimed squarely at the Court, at Trump, at MAGA Nation \u2014 and imploring all women to take a stand, to fight back now, it\u2019s not too late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The audience at the end exploded with cheers and applause, so much so it felt like the roof was going to fly off the top of 30 Rock. It was a moment to behold and a reminder that DJT, the \u201cJustices\u201d, the Republicans, the Bishops and misogynists everywhere are just 23 days away from having their bigoted, hateful asses handed to them on a golden platter we still call \u201cDemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the night of June 24, 2022, I sat with friends commiserating over how a specific group of citizens were singled out to have their long-standing human rights REMOVED from them en masse. <\/em>Millions upon millions were told, should you get pregnant, the Government will force you, for a full nine months, to bring that fertilized egg to term and birth that fetus against your will if necessary. <\/em>It was not only heartbreaking that day two years ago, it was literally breathtaking <\/em>in its scope and reach and cruelty wherein the minority gender (men, 49%) were once again ordering the majority gender (women, 51%) what they could and could not do. That system of government is called \u201capartheid\u201d (see \u201cNelson Mandela,\u201d see \u201cLikud Party\u201d), and what we now had confirmed by the Supreme Court was that the fascist principle of Gender Apartheid was still the law of the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevie Nicks, now a ferocious 76, said \u201cI wrote this song after Roe v. Wade was overturned. It seemed like overnight, people were saying, \u2018What can we, as a collective force, do about this\u2019\u2026 This may be the most important thing I ever do. To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters \u2014 and the men that love them. This is an anthem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That it is. I often wonder how things slip through the cracks and make it on network television, a system owned by a few multinational conglomerates whose interests don\u2019t often line up with mine. I think they let me on for two reasons: 1) I make them money, and that is their primary reason for existence; and 2) Though some of them may disagree with me politically, they are not worried that those millions who see or read my works will ever seriously get off the couch and do anything about it. They are certain that the populace has been sufficiently distracted, dumbed down, or stupefyingly numbed to the horrors they must survive in their daily lives. The wealthy help us get by with opioids, with fear of foreclosure or abject hunger, always just one or two paychecks away from being tossed out onto the curb and that will be that. They\u2019re convinced that you simply don\u2019t have the time or energy or wits to fight them, let alone beat them. They are safe<\/em>. They have spaceships! Here \u2014 watch another episode of The Real Housewives of Boise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course what they don\u2019t know is I\u2019m convinced they are wrong, that you will indeed claim the rights you were endowed with: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It\u2019s self-evident, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was with a sudden sense of trepidation when, 40 minutes later as the SNL host was welcoming Stevie Nicks back to perform a second song, the show\u2019s live feed suddenly went dead \u2014 literally just 3 seconds before Stevie was to start singing. The network put up a card on the screen for a full minute, then they began running a number of minutes of commercials, then they threw on a previously-taped skit and then a short film they clearly weren\u2019t planning to show. Yup, I thought, somebody pulled the plug on Stevie. That call of hers in the previous song crossed the line. We don\u2019t need another S\u00ecnead O\u2019Connor moment! But within 9 minutes or so there she was, back on the air live, singing one of her classic hits. All was well in land! After all, there was more shit to sell! Let\u2019s remember why we are here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is her performance of \u201cThe Lighthouse\u201d from last night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s heed her call. Here are the groups working to pass ballot propositions supporting women\u2019s reproductive rights on November 5th. Do something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISSOURI: Vote<\/strong> YES on<\/strong> Amendment 3 (*to end the abortion ban)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n