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That was until Emmanuel angrily sauntered into the picture in early July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7118102996201917739\" data-video-id=\"7118102996201917739\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> Not a day goes by that Emanuel doesn’t try my life \u003ca title=\"emu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emusoftiktok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emusoftiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emusoftiktok\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"farmlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/farmlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#farmlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Knuckle Bump Farms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7118102977310690091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – Knuckle Bump Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video quickly garnered millions of views and Emmanuel fans demanded more ornery emu content. Blake happily obliged, providing another clip of the big bird behaving badly. “Emmanuel, don’t do it!” quickly became a universal symbol of the entire world’s work-related frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7118391540732710190\" data-video-id=\"7118391540732710190\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> Another day, another Emmanuel don’t do it🤦🏼♀️its impossible to educate under these hostile work conditions \u003ca title=\"emu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanueltheemu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanueltheemu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanueltheemu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"farmlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/farmlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#farmlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"choas\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/choas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#choas\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Knuckle Bump Farms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7118391475100044075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – Knuckle Bump Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the inevitable. A request to see what happened when Emmanuel \u003cem>did\u003c/em> do it. Again, Blake happily obliged with a TikTok of Emmanuel angrily knocking Blake’s cell phone to the ground and pecking at it. “Do you feel fulfilled now?” Blake asks him. “Did it give you a rush?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7118525659487620398\" data-video-id=\"7118525659487620398\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> Reply to @pdtheog is this what you wanted? Bc I have cow shit stuck in my phone speaker now😩 \u003ca title=\"emu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanuel\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanuel\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emusoftiktok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emusoftiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emusoftiktok\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"farmlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/farmlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#farmlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Knuckle Bump Farms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7118525653288291118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – Knuckle Bump Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major key in the appeal of the Emmanuel videos is the juxtaposition of his beady-eyed determination and Blake’s exasperated pleas for peace and sanity. This is also something she does with the other animals on the farm, as seen on TikTok. (“Ferdinand, I don’t need it out of you. This is exactly why we moved your mom to the big pasture: because she never shut her mouth.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7118404457943092522\" data-video-id=\"7118404457943092522\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> I am tired of the verbal abuse I endure at the hooves of these cows \u003ca title=\"cowsoftiktok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cowsoftiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#cowsoftiktok\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"farmlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/farmlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#farmlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"moo\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/moo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#moo\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"stopbullying\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/stopbullying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stopbullying\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Knuckle Bump Farms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7118404444919728939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – Knuckle Bump Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, after someone made a supercut of Blake’s videos, the cult of Emmanuel spread to Instagram and Twitter, helped in large part by celebrity fans. Including Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RealLyndaCarter/status/1548697854234984451\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comedian Patton Oswalt posted several of Blake’s videos over the weekend. A favorite: one where she thanks the internet for supporting her and Emmanuel, then promptly gets her cell phone knocked into the dirt for her trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1548718744498671616\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was on Sunday when we finally found out Emmanuel’s “government name”: Emmanuel Todd Lopez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7121505700672458026\" data-video-id=\"7121505700672458026\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> He knew I meant business when I whipped out his government name 😩🤣 \u003ca title=\"emmanueltheemu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanueltheemu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanueltheemu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanueldontdoit\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanueldontdoit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanueldontdoit\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanuel\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanuel\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"animalsagainsteducation\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/animalsagainsteducation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#animalsagainsteducation\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Knuckle Bump Farms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7121505683312282411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – Knuckle Bump Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the internet was very excited about this important development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mspears96/status/1548902042604896256\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/riverag3000/status/1548833955062747136\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/genwilliams/status/1548853201235058691\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No word yet on how the other emus at Knuckle Bump Farms—Regina and Ellen—are reacting to their friend’s newfound stardom. Emmanuel, at least, appears to be taking it in stride…\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms/video/7121796555685809450\" data-video-id=\"7121796555685809450\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@knucklebumpfarms\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@knucklebumpfarms\u003c/a> People let me tell you bout my best friend 🤠 \u003ca title=\"emmanuel\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanuel\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanueldontdoit\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanueldontdoit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanueldontdoit\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emmanueltheemu\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emmanueltheemu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#emmanueltheemu\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"bestfriend\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bestfriend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bestfriend\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Best friend by Harry Nilsson - PeterVigilante\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Best-friend-by-Harry-Nilsson-6726196654770375430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ Best friend by Harry Nilsson – PeterVigilante\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Then a figure from the past returns and threatens their relationship; voices are raised, tables are turned and nothing will ever be the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might make \u003cem>Both Sides of the Blade\u003c/em> sound like standard soap-opera material, especially coming from Claire Denis, the director of daringly elliptical art films like \u003cem>Beau Travail\u003c/em> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/04/05/709455760/high-life-is-a-stunning-space-odyssey-with-a-baby-on-board\">\u003cem>High Life\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. But nothing about the movie, which Denis and Christine Angot adapted from Angot’s novel, feels trite or predictable. It’s a jolt of a movie, full of hot-blooded sensuality one moment but then oddly cool and studied the next, almost as if it were deconstructing itself as it went along. 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But Sara can’t hide her anxiety or her excitement at the prospect of seeing François again, and when they finally meet, long-repressed memories and desires come surging back. Inevitably Sara will succumb to those desires, but the movie, set to a haunting score by the English band \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/462907640/tindersticks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tindersticks\u003c/a>, wrings enormous tension from the buildup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEqBhstjP0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The title of \u003cem>Both Sides of the Blade\u003c/em> evokes the age-old question of whether a person can love two people at the same time. And Binoche, so good at revealing complex, contradictory emotions, shows us a woman torn between a partner she adores and an ex she can’t forget. 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Denis is a master of form, and she uses extreme closeups and jagged edits to suggest that something has broken between these two, possibly for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13914231']But even as she pulls her characters close, Denis sometimes steps back and examines them from a more critical perspective. As a radio host, Sara interviews a lot of writers and artists, often about racial and political issues that she doesn’t engage with much outside work. Jean’s son is a Black biracial youth who’s struggling to figure out his future, and there’s an awkward but moving scene in which he and his father talk about race and discrimination. 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His lawyer cited pending cases: a second federal trial in Illinois, slated to begin Aug. 15, and separate criminal charges in Minnesota. The charges include child pornography and obstruction of justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kelly’s conviction\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13903808/r-kelly-found-guilty-of-racketeering-and-sex-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last year, Kelly was found guilty\u003c/a> of charges including sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering, bribery and sex trafficking. The jury found the government proved Kelly was at the head of a criminal conspiracy to recruit and coerce girls, boys and women into sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the weekslong trial, multiple victims established a pattern where they would see Kelly at a show or out in public, and an associate of Kelly would hand them a phone number to call. From there they would be ensnared in a system of sexual and psychological abuse. Kelly forced his victims to perform sexual acts for his gratification (which he often filmed). He set up strict rules dictating where his victims were allowed to go and who they were allowed to speak to. And he forced to them to write letters or video tape themselves claiming they were doing everything of their own free will.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Accusers spoke about how he hurt them\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Before the judge announced Kelly’s sentence, seven women made their own statements to and about him and about the abuse they suffered. At no point did Kelly look at his accusers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13848980']A woman identified in court as Angela said, “We will be able to live again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said, “I am a representation of every woman, boy, child, man that you have ever afflicted with your deplorable, inexplicable acts, and with that I leave you with yourself, Robert Sylvester Kelly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another woman, known in court as Jane Doe 2, described enduring depression and stress related to Kelly’s abuse. She paused in her comments to demand his attention when Kelly whispered to his attorney. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I don’t want to interrupt his conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A man identified as Charles, the father of another woman, said in a resigned tone, “So many people love you and they hate us.” He noted that Kelly hadn’t expressed remorse. Charles urged Kelly to confess and to ask for God’s forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kelly’s defense lawyer promises an appeal\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Obviously he’s devastated,” Kelly’s lawyer Jennifer Bonjean said outside the courthouse. “Thirty years in prison is like a life sentence for him, but at the same time we knew the government was asking for 25 years. We were prepared for what the judge might impose and we are now prepared to fight this appeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Victims were heard\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the sentencing hearing, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said the case meant the “voices of mostly Black and brown women and children … were heard and believed, and for [them,] justice was finally achieved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sentencing comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11/683936629/r-kelly-allegations-an-abridged-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decades of allegations\u003c/a> against the multi-platinum singer. In 2008, he stood trial in his hometown of Chicago for child pornography. He was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/91480976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquitted \u003c/a>of all charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13901400']From there, Kelly continued to live his life of superstardom, performing across the world and selling out venues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13848278/making-surviving-r-kelly-a-conversation-with-executive-producer-dream-hampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> TV docuseries \u003cem>Surviving R. 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Parenthood.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rage Against The Machine \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CfNgfa5r4qQ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledged nearly half a million dollars\u003c/a> to abortion services in Illinois and Wisconsin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jelousyliv/status/1540767329537196032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dedicated a performance of “F*** You” during their set at Glastonbury\u003c/a> to the five Supreme Court Justices who voted in the Court’s majority:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jelousyliv/status/1540767329537196032\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“All these irrelevant, old motherf******, trying to tell us what to do with our bodies,” Phoebe Bridgers \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1540419643923390466?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said during her Glastonbury set\u003c/a>, to raucous cheers from the audience.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Latto, the singer behind hit single “Big Energy,” used her acceptance speech at the BET awards \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnjnSVJw2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to share a tearful nod to abortion rights\u003c/a>: “It’s giving pro-choice, it’s never giving a man policing my body.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Raveena, who wrote “\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/0z6aLSVOKcrq5UuCjzEw5z?si=ca83b5076d7345aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time Flies\u003c/a>” about an abortion she had in her twenties, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/raveena_aurora/status/1540478721194336258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared\u003c/a> that she’d had an ectopic pregnancy scare the same week as the ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The truth is that my heart breaks looking out into this audience, because I see so many people who deserve to have incredible lives, who deserve healthcare that they need,” said Halsey \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/stephxvg/status/1541343623094030337?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at a performance in Arizona on June 26\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter Reina Del Cid \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1540934353269710849?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote a haunting, spare take on “the Star-Spangled Banner\u003c/a>:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BurrdDoh/status/1540793095964483585\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1540382753677627393?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Swift quote-tweeted Michelle Obama\u003c/a>‘s statement on the Supreme Court decision, adding that she was “absolutely terrified” about the ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Janelle Monae took a beat to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/itsKenBarbie/status/1541214582877966336?s=20&t=FExDxryxGBcGIo1XeHsVFg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flip off the Supreme Court\u003c/a> at the BET Awards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/foreverrwinter/status/1541137429398261763?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“F*** the Supreme Court,” said Lorde\u003c/a> during her own Glastonbury set.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/1540443554102779904?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mariah Carey reflected\u003c/a> on the decision’s impact on future generations on Twitter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/1540411883408220160?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charli XCX encouraged\u003c/a> people across the world to act to protect abortion access.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Pink/status/1540816633039466496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P!nk took to Twitter\u003c/a> to tell her fans that if they didn’t believe in her values, she didn’t want them supporting her.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfMSrAAlliB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Shires opened up\u003c/a> about the decision to talk about her abortion, saying, “I feel like the God that I believe in gave me the brain and the thinking and the knowledge to know what I should be able to do with my body.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/breland/status/1540506460144242693?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breland emphasized the need\u003c/a> for everyone to speak up for abortion access, and said this was only the beginning of a “hymn of oppression and control.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/breland/status/1540506460144242693\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Brandi Carlile added a note of hope to her protest, according to \u003cem>Variety\u003c/em>, expressing faith in the majority of American people and encouraging her fans to \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2022/music/concert-reviews/brandi-carlile-greek-theatre-tour-concert-review-1235303657/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">let their emotions out\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/blkfootwhtfoot/status/1540446350109810689?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes\u003c/a> tied abortion rights in with police brutality and capitalism, saying: “Anger on top of anger on top of anger. This system has failed us again.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/1540358578548121601?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Twitter, Jason Isbell\u003c/a> suggested gerrymandering shaped the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision, adding, “This is not what the people want.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sadler Vaden, a solo artist who also plays guitar in Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, tweeted in support of bodily autonomy, adding that it was a “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SadlerVaden/status/1540358240332140545?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sad day for our country.\u003c/a>“\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lukas Nelson \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfRtZR3FG-4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quickly penned a heartfelt ballad\u003c/a> about the consequences lack of abortion access will have.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Country artist and Apple Radio host Rissi Palmer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RissiPalmer/status/1540358254189957123?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offered a heartfelt and harrowing account of a miscarriage\u003c/a> to illustrate the variety of pregnancy experiences affected by the SCOTUS ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RissiPalmer/status/1540358254189957123\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Lauren_Jenkins/status/1541177895196008448?s=20&t=OhVii4uiraMv0SDrxFLaHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lauren Jenkins wondered\u003c/a> where the voices of mainstream country artists were in the moment.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MyMichaelaAnne/status/1540341383223033857?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michaela Anne speculated\u003c/a> about the possible effects of the Jan. 6 hearings on the integrity of the Supreme Court Justices that Donald Trump appointed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Country singer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KaitlinButts/status/1540354397615669252?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaitlin Butts referenced the emotional end\u003c/a> of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJWxDKyk3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billie Eilish song\u003c/a> to express her feelings about the decision.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In line with decades of pro-choice activism, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PearlJam/status/1540341481973719040?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pearl Jam encouraged fans to support organizations\u003c/a> focused on providing and supporting abortion access.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On stage at Glastonbury, Megan Thee Stallion said her home state of Texas was “really embarrassing me right now” and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1541076372487020544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led the crowd in chanting\u003c/a> “my body, my motherf****** choice”:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1541076372487020544\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Chicago artist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NnamdisWorld/status/1540400061862932481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NNAMDÏ shared on Twitter\u003c/a> that he was “never surprised but continuously disappointed” and recommended community-driven ways to support abortion access.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMW5C3qaYL/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cat Power shared screenshots\u003c/a> of reactions to the decision and information about a protest on Instagram, adding “We will NOT abandon people who need abortions right now we will do the opposite.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bon Iver’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/blobtower/status/1540358042100944896?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Vernon shared his frustration\u003c/a> on Twitter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a lengthy Instagram caption, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMab67rxNw/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack White criticized the two-party system\u003c/a> and Trump’s actions that led to the overturn of Roe v. Wade.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Green Day frontman \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/armstr0ngtyler/status/1540687191919280129?s=20&t=4FKUOWIfitVBkMSM6_QNJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billie Joe Armstron’s spontaneous onstage response to the ruling\u003c/a> was to threaten that he would revoke his American citizenship.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/armstr0ngtyler/status/1540687191919280129?s=20&t=4FKUOWIfitVBkMSM6_QNJQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Paramore singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMhh7Tptd2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayley Williams shared sadness and anger\u003c/a> on Instagram, and pointed fans towards the ACLU and Planned Parenthood.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kristinhersh/status/1540367939160907776?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristen Hersh shared a 2015 video\u003c/a> of her performing “Hysterical Bending,” which she describes as a “song about childbirth”:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhRFqOZHS4\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HFTRR/status/1540372528928935937?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurray For The Riff Raff encouraged fans\u003c/a> to share information about abortion access organizations, and linked to the New Orleans Abortion Fund.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maggie Rogers wrote: “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/maggierogers/status/1540355104817270784?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abortion is healthcare\u003c/a>. bodily autonomy is a human right.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The pop duo \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SylvanEsso/status/1540342470273368066?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sylvan Esso tweeted\u003c/a> that “we are full of rage,” adding that the band would “play this festival tonight and go directly to dc to protest.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rock songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MAITAmusic/status/1540366230179090432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MAITA was succinct about her frustrations\u003c/a>, tweeting simply: “abort the supreme court.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paulacolemusic/status/1540341228994265091?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paula Cole declared\u003c/a> that the ruling “has officially ratified gender apartheid.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kathy Valentine, bassist and guitarist from \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Kathy_Valentine/status/1540353723175682049?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Go-Go’s posted\u003c/a>: “It breaks my heart to think of all the intelligent, creative, innovative minds and careers of women” limited by the ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Public Enemy’s always outspoken frontman Chuck D called the decision “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MrChuckD/status/1540365236279996417?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F a s c i s m\u003c/a>.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>While accepting the Best Female R&B/Pop Artist award at the BET Awards, Jazmine Sullivan asked men to stand up for women’s rights. “This is not just a women’s issue,” she said. “This is everybody’s issue.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4g2CHBt3_Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>According to the \u003cem>Guardian\u003c/em>, Kendrick Lamar concluded his electrifying Glastonbury performance with an improvised reworking of the song “Savior,” intoning, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/27/kendrick-lamar-at-glastonbury-2022-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Godspeed for women’s rights / They judge you, they judge Christ\u003c/a>.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/aliciakeys/status/1540382914550108160?s=20&t=-VEj5WsA9qvmYdDV6GQgXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alicia Keys retweeted former President Obama’s tweet\u003c/a>, adding that the decision “is about more than abortion, it’s about who has power over you.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Puerto Rican superstar \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepShontelBrown/status/1540010611001663489?s=20&t=-VEj5WsA9qvmYdDV6GQgXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Bunny retweed Ohio representative Shontel Brown\u003c/a>, who expressed frustration at the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on gun control and abortion rights.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jose272011/status/1541151851047014403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosalía retweeted an image\u003c/a> of a sign invoking her “Motomami” nickname and reading “fight for your rights”:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jose272011/status/1541151851047014403\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HeladoNegro/status/1540712024711348224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helado Negro shared a link\u003c/a> to donate to abortion funds across the country.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Acclaimed jazz pianist \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/vijayiyer/status/1540341441997639682?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vijay Iyer retweeted\u003c/a> part of Justice Thomas’ opinion, calling it “Cruel and deranged.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Nashville band Bully shared abortion resources \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Bully/status/1541487042529574912?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as a backdrop to its set\u003c/a> at Nashville Pride on Sunday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Covering Vic Chesnutt’s song “Blight,” the revered jam band Widespread Panic \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theaudiovore/status/1541486827084947457?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added the lyric\u003c/a>, “Stand by your woman, because a woman’s body is her f****** own.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rap group Earthgang expressed frustration at the Supreme Court’s decision from the stage at a concert, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfMe2P-FbjI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sharing a video\u003c/a> on Instagram.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1541174465442115585?s=20&t=1UNutvPDyLA6ZlLzlYA0EA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eminem shared his anger\u003c/a> with the decision as a father of three, and shared abortion resources in Michigan.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The always-online superstar \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cher/status/1540388351655542784?s=20&t=xdv48Q5_XRubvqfr5b59Ug\">Cher warned\u003c/a> that Americans should “BE VERY AFRAID‼”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>After posting a comment about how the decision affects family members beyond women, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Carole_King/status/1540738793526857728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carole King posed with a handmade sign: “Don’t despair, organize and vote.”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the wake of the ruling, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cyndilauper/status/1540498541990248448?s=20&t=0Bh4fjF0OpRogFp2kYyDmg\">Cindi Lauper released\u003c/a> a new version of her 1993 song “Sally’s Pigeons,” about a girl who dies after a back-alley abortion:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-vceY9H68\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jazz singer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ddbprods/status/1541174827737677824?t=N8onXm7q2g0cPHaiA1KDEg&s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dee Dee Bridgewater vowed\u003c/a> to “never stop fighting for women’s rights.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Days after releasing an album including the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMp4mgZbhA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby, I Had an Abortion\u003c/a>,” Petrol Girls singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kerrang.com/abortion-bans-are-an-all-out-war-on-women-and-anyone-with-a-uterus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ren Aldridge published an editorial\u003c/a> on the subject in British music magazine \u003cem>Kerrang!.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a series of tweets, Mountain Goats leader \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mountain_goats/status/1540338888501350402?s=20&t=IIjNiJisfBD7LMPjGiwzYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Darnielle decried “centrists”\u003c/a> for allowing the right-to-choose to slip into peril.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/drivebytruckers/status/1540666762836037632?s=20&t=IIjNiJisfBD7LMPjGiwzYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drive-By Truckers’ Twitter feed\u003c/a> was full of warnings about America’s “slide into fascism.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HayleyKiyoko/status/1540358393403125760?s=20&t=Ls_mvlz3kCixVLbh1j9ZvA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayley Kiyoko declared\u003c/a> herself “sick to my stomach” and called for her fans to fight back.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Check on your friends,” pop superstar \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/1540466638138605568?s=20&t=h56BX4tCtspGu0e7bEc4aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry Styles wrote in a sympathetic note\u003c/a> to fans on “a truly dark day for America.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Among other comments, Questlove speculated that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2022/06/21/1106327376/beyonce-break-my-soul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beyoncé’s latest anthem, “BREAK MY SOUL,”\u003c/a> might prove more necessary after the ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maren Morris kept her response \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MarenMorris/status/1540405458254569473?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short and sweet\u003c/a>:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MarenMorris/status/1540405458254569473\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2022 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Musicians were among those who immediately spoke up, and their reactions were overwhelmingly against the court’s decision. Many took to Twitter and Instagram. Others spoke up from the highly visible stages of Glastonbury \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915299/stars-use-bet-awards-stage-to-criticize-roe-v-wade-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and the BET Awards\u003c/a>, which became pulpits for people demanding respect for individuals’ freedoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few musicians quickly penned songs in response to the rulings, or rewrote Americana chestnuts—including “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Several stars and music industry groups, including Lizzo and Rage Against the Machine, pledged significant profits from upcoming tours to support abortion-rights advocacy groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here is a list of musicians’ reactions and actions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lizzo, matched by Live Nation, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1540473013543391232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledged a million dollars\u003c/a> to Planned Parenthood.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rage Against The Machine \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CfNgfa5r4qQ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledged nearly half a million dollars\u003c/a> to abortion services in Illinois and Wisconsin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jelousyliv/status/1540767329537196032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dedicated a performance of “F*** You” during their set at Glastonbury\u003c/a> to the five Supreme Court Justices who voted in the Court’s majority:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“All these irrelevant, old motherf******, trying to tell us what to do with our bodies,” Phoebe Bridgers \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1540419643923390466?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said during her Glastonbury set\u003c/a>, to raucous cheers from the audience.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Latto, the singer behind hit single “Big Energy,” used her acceptance speech at the BET awards \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnjnSVJw2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to share a tearful nod to abortion rights\u003c/a>: “It’s giving pro-choice, it’s never giving a man policing my body.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Raveena, who wrote “\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/0z6aLSVOKcrq5UuCjzEw5z?si=ca83b5076d7345aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time Flies\u003c/a>” about an abortion she had in her twenties, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/raveena_aurora/status/1540478721194336258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared\u003c/a> that she’d had an ectopic pregnancy scare the same week as the ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The truth is that my heart breaks looking out into this audience, because I see so many people who deserve to have incredible lives, who deserve healthcare that they need,” said Halsey \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/stephxvg/status/1541343623094030337?s=20&t=Ti-f6UChkf4mWa5QaYAbJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at a performance in Arizona on June 26\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Singer-songwriter Reina Del Cid \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1540934353269710849?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote a haunting, spare take on “the Star-Spangled Banner\u003c/a>:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Brandi Carlile added a note of hope to her protest, according to \u003cem>Variety\u003c/em>, expressing faith in the majority of American people and encouraging her fans to \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2022/music/concert-reviews/brandi-carlile-greek-theatre-tour-concert-review-1235303657/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">let their emotions out\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/blkfootwhtfoot/status/1540446350109810689?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes\u003c/a> tied abortion rights in with police brutality and capitalism, saying: “Anger on top of anger on top of anger. This system has failed us again.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/1540358578548121601?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Twitter, Jason Isbell\u003c/a> suggested gerrymandering shaped the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision, adding, “This is not what the people want.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sadler Vaden, a solo artist who also plays guitar in Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, tweeted in support of bodily autonomy, adding that it was a “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SadlerVaden/status/1540358240332140545?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sad day for our country.\u003c/a>“\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lukas Nelson \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfRtZR3FG-4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quickly penned a heartfelt ballad\u003c/a> about the consequences lack of abortion access will have.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Country artist and Apple Radio host Rissi Palmer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RissiPalmer/status/1540358254189957123?s=20&t=DhQDxG39wR-6GYHEcm2viw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offered a heartfelt and harrowing account of a miscarriage\u003c/a> to illustrate the variety of pregnancy experiences affected by the SCOTUS ruling.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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