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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,539 posts)
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 03:35 PM Monday

When the Stage Becomes a Crime Scene

Guest article by Michael Cohen

I’ve seen a lot of stupid things in politics. I’ve been part of more than a few. But my Substack subscribers, this one takes the cake: There are now actual calls; from inside the Oval Office, for the prosecution of Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, my long time friend Reverend Al Sharpton and others. Why? Because they showed up at campaign events for Kamala Harris. Not with envelopes of cash or classified documents in their pockets; but with microphones, livestreams, and a whole lot of name recognition.

Let me be clear: President Trump didn’t wake up one morning, flip on CBS Mornings, and suddenly decide Beyoncé was a national security threat. No, this nonsense is being pushed and fed to him by the gaggle of enablers, sycophants, and dollar store Rasputins whispering in his ear 24/7. These are people who believe that prosecuting pop stars for campaign events is a good use of government resources. These are the same people who, if they saw Taylor Swift blink twice on Instagram, would launch a congressional inquiry, screaming, “it’s a morse code to the Russians.”

Now look, I’ve worked for Donald. I know the playbook. This isn’t about legality. It’s about distraction, projection, and weaponized spectacle. You toss out a wild accusation; something so absurd, so headline grabbing, that it drowns out actual scandals. Like the Epstein file. Think of it as the political version of lighting a trash can on fire so no one notices your house is in foreclosure.

So here we are, parsing through Truth Social posts that scream in all caps, “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT!” as if that’s even what happened. Spoiler alert: it’s not. What happened is that the Harris campaign; like every modern campaign, paid production costs. Beyoncé’s company was hired to put on an event. Oprah helped organize a livestream. Reverend Al’s organization partnered on outreach. These weren’t hush-money payments. They were logistics. You know, staging, lights, sound; stuff that requires people who actually know what they’re doing. Trust me, I’ve been to Trump’s “rallies.” They could’ve used some of that Queen B polish.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/when-the-stage-becomes-a-crime-scene

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SWBTATTReg

(25,527 posts)
1. Maybe, just maybe one day, democrats will utter such statements that are probably far more truthful regarding
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 04:00 PM
Monday

tRUMP's and others of his ilk's actions in response to idiotic claims by the GOP re. democratic actions. Every time the idiotic GOP utters a mistruth, immediately counter w/ prepared in advance democratic truths re. the GOP thugs and their actions. And, this is all governed by our first amendment right too, so we don't need the legislators doing it, we just need a top notch group of trusted democratic people, who steadfastly hold the line on tRUMP misdoings/misstatements, etc.

tanyev

(47,287 posts)
2. Maybe Trump "didn't wake up one morning...and suddenly decide Beyonce was a national security threat",
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 05:44 PM
Monday

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but you can bet his resentment has been festering for YEARS that no A-list
celebrities want to have anything to do with him. This was not a hard sell for the sycophants that fed it to him.

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