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Josh Hawley Stayed True To His Tainted Brand By Casting The Senate’s Only ‘No’ Vote Against An Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill, And No One Is Surprised

Insurrection cheerleader Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) made headlines earlier this month as one of six Senators (including Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Rand Paul, Roger Marshall, and Tommy Tuberville) who initially opposed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. Fast forward to Thursday, and Hawley turned out to be the only one of the bunch who actually voted against the bill, which is aimed toward halting the year(-plus)-long wave of violence against Asian-Americans that correlates to when former President Trump recklessly began referring to COVID-19 as the “China Virus” and “Kung-Flu.”

Even Marco Rubio, who is staunchly anti-China when it comes to policy, tried to distance himself from the issue following the recent Atlanta Spa Shootings while tweeting: “The increase in violence against Asian-Americans is alarming, vile & un-American.” This week’s vote arrives after the bill was amended to replace language about “COVID-19 hate crimes” with “hate crimes” [with direct reference to the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community]. Yet Hawley remained the lone holdout in a vote that ended 94-1 with nearly unanimous bipartisan endorsement.

Via Axios, here are some bill specifics:

The Senate voted 94-1 on Thursday to pass legislation that aims to improve anti-Asian hate crime tracking and identification… The bill will train law enforcement to better identify anti-Asian racism and appoint an official in the Justice Department to review and expedite COVID-19-related hate crime reports, among other measures.

Given Hawley’s infamous raised-fist salute to the MAGA insurrectionists, and the fact that he’s so incenidary that General Russell Honore called him a “little piece of sh*t,” and Hallmark took a stand against him, no one is really too surprised that, if there was a lone holdout to this bill, it had to be Josh Hawley.

The responses flew in fast with “Josh Hawley, on-brand. (And that brand is ‘a**hole’)” rising to the top of the pile, and so much more.

(Via Axios & The Recount)

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Greta Thunberg powerfully calls out Congress for inaction on climate change

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 18, gave a blistering critique to a House of Representatives panel on Thursday, focusing on the country’s fossil fuel subsidies.

Thunberg appeared virtually at the two-day Earth Day summit where the Biden Administration announced its pledge to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Thunberg has become an international climate icon after delivering impassioned speeches to the United Nations and inspiring the largest climate change protest in history in 2019.


The activist began her statement by casting aside any attempt to educate the panel on why addressing climate change is an important issue because it’s settled science and the ramifications are clear. “I’m not even going to explain why we need to make real, drastic changes and dramatically lower our emissions in line with overall, currently best-available science,” she said.


Greta Thunberg Testfies Before Congress On Earth Day, Says US Is “The Biggest Emitter In History”

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She pointed out that the U.S. government is speaking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to the environment. On the one hand, the U.S. has rejoined the Paris Agreement, and made a dramatic new pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

On the other hand, it also subsidizes fossil fuel companies — arguably the largest contributors to climate change — tens of billions of dollars every year.

“It is the year 2021. The fact that we are still having this discussion, and even more that we are still subsidizing fossil fuels, directly or indirectly, using taxpayer money is a disgrace,” Thunberg told the committee.

The U.S. government has subsidized gas, coal, and oil for decades, a report by Greenpeace found that the direct subsidies amount to around $20 billion a year. A recent report by Forbes found that in 2020, the fossil fuel industry received $30 billion in subsidies and direct pandemic relief.

Matthew Kotchen, economist from Yale University, said that if fossil fuel companies in the United States were made to pay for the real environmental and health costs of their products, it would set them back around $62 billion a year.

“Fossil fuel companies benefit in a big way because prices currently do not reflect the environmental and social costs associated with the production and consumption of fossil fuels,” Kotchen said.

“A change would really affect their bottom lines, and this study estimates how much,” he continued.

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Thunberg reiterated the fact that the U.S.’s actions aren’t aligning with the overall goals of the Paris Agreement. “The gap between what we are doing and what actually needs to be done in order to stay below the 1.5-degree celsius target is widening by the second,” she said.

One of the main goals of the Paris Agreement is to prevent the planet from warming an additional 1.5 degrees celsius. According to NASA, should the Earth warm an additional 1.5 degrees Celsius, it will experience droughts, heatwaves, water-stress, extreme precipitation, loss of biological species, and biome shifts.

She ended her statement with a warning.

“So, either you do this or you are going to have to start explaining to your children and the most affected people why you are surrendering on the 1.5-degree target,” Thunberg said. “Giving up without even trying.”

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Travis Scott Is ‘Glad’ To See ‘We Finally Got Justice’ For George Floyd

This Tuesday, Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for killing George Floyd last May. The conviction happened nearly a year after Floyd’s death, but seeing as 98.3 percent of murders by police from 2013-2020 resulted in no charges, many were glad to finally see Chauvin behind bars. Along with many other celebrities, Travis Scott was among those grateful for the sentencing.

Scott recently sat down for an interview with AP to discuss his thoughts surrounding the trial. Along with feeling “glad” that Floyd was able to get justice, Scott says he hopes the world can eventually “get to a more balanced” place:

“I mean, we felt that we finally got justice toward some sh*t that was just very disgusting. For it to take so long to finally catch something like a verdict like this for the things that happen every day—even during the week of his trial, you’re seeing still it’s continuing—I’m glad that it’s justice for the Floyd family. Now that we can try to work forward to even just try to stop it, in a mass picture, you get what I’m saying? Trying to get to the next step where we can halt this attack, whether it’s from the police or any walking person and just try to get to a more balanced spot in the world. Because this sh*t, it’s just crazy.”

Along with Scott, other musicians who shared reactions to Chauvin’s conviction include Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Questlove, Mariah Carey, Common, and many more.

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Travel Host Jack Steward Talks National Parks And His New ‘Road Trips With Meaning’ Project

Jack Steward loves US National Parks. Ever since he was a kid, he’s been enraptured by the adventures they offer up and the transformative experiences they’ve given him. It’s a passion that he’s turned into a career — first as a host for Rock The Park on ABC (currently airing on YouTube) and now as one half of “Road Trips With Meaning,” a #vanlife tour led in collaboration with podcaster Mike Schibel’s Travel With Meaning initiative.

With 2021 National Park Week in full swing, we talked to Steward about the parks he loves best, the hidden gems of the National Park System, and what to expect from the first “Road Trips with Meaning” tours. Check our interview below.

Let’s start by talking about Rock the Park — which aired on ABC, won a Daytime Emmy, and is now streaming on YouTube — how did you get your start in travel and how did that show come about?

I was fortunate to have parents who love to travel, who did so together before I was born, and then really prioritized travel, and showing us new places when we were kids. And so I was lucky enough to get to take trips to Ireland, Costa Rica, and all over the country. And they especially loved National Parks and nature. So when I was, I want to say seven years old, my parents took me out to see Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons for the first time. I just remember seeing the mountains — we actually drove into Jackson Hole at night, so I woke up the next day, the next morning, in our condo and looking out the window — and just being struck with what I now know is this overwhelming sense of awe and wonder. And it was on from there.

I was transformed by the power of travel and seeing new places. It sent me on a path to go to school out in Montana, out in the mountains, where I was working on storytelling, photojournalism… stuff like that. And that turned into doing so for a television show that I created called Rock The Park. Basically, that’s been my mission ever since, is to show people places, and show them how they can go out and have adventures of their own, and really be transformed by stepping out of their comfort zones.

This is running for National Park Week, talk about your love for America’s National Parks. Why is zeroing in on nationally managed wild spaces so important to you?

I love national parks because they’re otherworldly. When you step into a national park, you’re easily overtaken by the beauty of where you’re at. And I think they’re very conducive to not only having fun going on adventures but creating memories with the people you’re visiting them with. The memories I have with my parents and my brother and sister growing up, going to these places, I’ll cherish them forever.

Then that translated into creating amazing memories with my friends and now my girlfriend. I think when you go to these places, you bond with them, and you bond with the people you’re with.

Aside from that, there are so many beautiful places in this country. I think it’s important for people to know that these National Parks are here, and you can have incredible experiences that will give you a thrill, or terrify you, or make you feel small or connected or inspired. They really offer the whole package. So right now, while travel is still difficult — at least when it comes to getting out internationally — these places are here, and they’re a great way to be able to travel and do so safely, and social distance.

The very nature of a National Park is being socially distant. So I think it’s the right time to celebrate them.

What are some of your favorite National Parks? What are some National Parks that you wish got a little more shine?

I definitely pick my favorites based on the memories and feelings that I have in these places. So what I love, other people might not love as much. Right now, my favorite park is Death Valley — right here in California. It’s gorgeous, but it’s also just so vast and expansive and mind-boggling. I love that. But then also I love Glacier National Park, up in Montana. I love Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park…

I also love Zion National Park! I think any park that really delivers you an experience of just being so humbled by the scenery, that’s something that I really connect with.

There are hidden gems all over the place that a lot of people don’t know about. Some of those are right here, even in California, like the Mojave National Preserve, which is sandwiched in between Death Valley and Joshua Tree. Mojave Preserve is definitely one of the more beautiful National Park Units that I’ve seen.

Also, up in Alaska, there are so many National Park Units. We went to one called Aniakchak National Monument, and — oh my gosh! I mean, the scenery there was not only as good as any other park but there were places in this park that we don’t even know if human beings have stood yet. So I guess I would say the ones that should get a little more traffic, hopefully, are… well, that’s the good news. They’re everywhere.

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National Parks have felt very cloistered in the past. Dominated by people who grew up in outdoor communities and knew how to game the reservation system. Now that’s starting to evolve. The conversation around who utilizes America’s “best idea” is shifting and reservations have become more egalitarian. People from the city are getting curious and there are some cool accessibility movements happening.

What are things that you hope that people who start looking into National Parks as a means of travel — especially this summer, coming out of the pandemic — consider as they go visit these places?

I love that we’re talking about diversifying the visitors to National Parks and wild places and I think there are a lot of ways that we can help to do that. One is education. And I think what we do with Rock The Park is a great way to educate people — because you don’t know what you’re missing until you’re exposed to it. Being able to show people that there are these places out there, and show them how they can experience them safely and responsibly, is a way to get new people out into the parks who might not have been raised going to them.

But I also think we need opportunities and to help people have these experiences in nature in a way that’s safe and responsible. So guided experiences, like what I’m doing with Travel With Meaning, is a great way to be able to help people learn about the outdoors, how they can experience the outdoors on their own, and teach them to be able to do that themselves.

So why don’t you talk a little bit about that initiative… You’ve teamed up with Mike Schibelwhose podcast we love and used to run his game show, called “Where Is This?”, on our IG — to take travelers out to Joshua Tree in vans, right? Talk about this trip and how you guys are planning it. What was the thought process is behind it?

Mike and I created this idea of taking people on “road trips with meaning,” essentially as a means to get people out, to experience the beauty of nature, the healing power of nature, but also just the fun of being in National Parks. When we were talking about it, we wanted it to absolutely have an emphasis on adventure, of helping people push out of their comfort zones, but at the same time doing so in their personal lives and journies, as well.

What these trips are going to do is really give people a comfortable way to experience nature and America’s National Parks while learning about themselves, learning how to connect deeper with their communities, with strangers, and with themselves.

We were affected by the pandemic, like everyone, so we wanted to find a way to create a sense of community, safely. And one of the ways we’ve been able to do that is by taking people out in a van life caravan, where you get to have your own vehicle, you get to have your own space that’s sanitized, but then you can also come together safely, socially distance around the fire pit every night, and talk and meet new people, and grow and connect that way.

And so that’s what road Trips With Meaning are all about. They’re just about getting out, learning something new about nature, about yourself, and connecting with other people along the way.

What do you know about the itinerary, or what can you say about what you guys are doing, what adventures you’re embarking on?

So the first trip we’re doing is to Joshua Tree National Park, and we wanted to give people an overview of what Joshua Tree is all about. We’re going to be hiking to an oasis, which is incredibly beautiful and fascinating. You’re just hiking through the dry desert, then you come up over a hill, and you see this area that is filled with lush vegetation and palm trees, actually the only native palm trees to California.

Then we’re also going to take people into this labyrinth of rocks and almost cave-like formations, where you’re really put to the test of not just scrambling over rocks, but having to squeeze through some tight spaces, one of which is called The Birth Canal, which really, really challenges people who have a fear of tight spaces. So that is definitely one of the more fun, in my view, adventures that we embark upon.

But also we take you through various different ecosystems in the park, from the desert to the mountains, and everything in between. Then every single night, we will be having really healthy, hearty, gourmet meals together, and diving into discovery programs that are really designed to bring us all together. And those range from either talking about happiness and how to obtain happiness or finding stability in times of change, which is really relevant right now, or cultivating a sense of vulnerability.

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Wow. Those are heady topics. And it seems perfect for people who are coming out of the pandemic in a transformative headspace. Especially people who are in a self-discovery mode after a year cooped up. What would you say to young travelers as the pandemic starts to wind down, as they start to feel a little more comfortable, as things start to open up, what message do you have for them?

I know that’s vague but… I’d invite you to share why you feel like travel has meaning, go wherever you’d like with it.

To me, the power of travel is to really feel a sense of freedom to connect with yourself and learn more about who you are, while also learning more about the world and the people around you. And so I think as we’ve taken time to put a hold on that and to stay home, I think everyone is itching to get back out and to really sink their teeth into life again.

I think my main message to people is: “Get out and really travel with an open mind and an intention. Learn something about nature and about someone else.” When I travel, the goal is to get out and to learn more about people who are different from me, in the hopes of understanding and being able to empathize deeper with different people. And I hope other people do the same.

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Adrianne Lenker Will Finally Tour Behind Her 2020 Albums This Fall

Adrianne Lenker had a strong 2020. When the pandemic hit, she retreated to a cabin in Massachusetts and emerged with a pair of new albums, Songs and Instrumentals. The former was hailed as one of the year’s stronger releases, but due to the coronavirus, she was mostly limited to performing its songs during pre-taped late-night television appearances. Now that progress seems to be happening in terms of the pandemic and the viability of live entertainment, though, Lenker is planning the finally tour behind Songs and Instrumentals.

Today, she announced a handful of tour dates. The dates span a couple weeks in November and begin with a stop in Burlington, Vermont before hitting up cities in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and other states. The trek wraps up with two shows in Minneapolis.

Lenker previously said of recording both albums, “I had a handful of songs that I was planning on recording, but by the time [engineer Phil Weinrobe] arrived I was on a whole new level of heartsick and the songs were flying through my ears. I was basically lying in the dirt half the time. We went with the flow. A lot of the focus was on getting nourishment from our meals. We cooked directly on the woodstove, and we went on walks to the creek every day to bathe. […] I’m grateful that this music has come into existence. These songs have helped me heal. I hope that at least in some small way this music can be a friend to you.”

Find Lenker’s upcoming tour dates below.

11/05 — Burlington, VT @ First Unitarian Church
11/06 — Woodstock, NY @ Colony
11/10 — Cambridge , MA @ The Sinclair
11/12 — Arden, DE @ Gild Hall
11/13 — Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/14 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls
11/15 — Columbus, OH @ Athenaeum
11/17 — Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk- Chumley Theater
11/18 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/19 — Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11/21 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center (2 shows)

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A Simple Question: Should We Give The 2021 Best Picture Oscar To The 2018 Comedy ‘Game Night’?

The Oscars are going to be weird this year. They’re going to be weird in a few ways, too, beyond the way that, say, the Emmys or the Grammys were weird. Part of it is the thing where movies are meant to be seen — ideally, at first — on huge screens in theaters and theaters have been more or less closed for a year now. Part of it is how many of the big nominees — Minari, Nomadland — are the types of Oscar-y movies that people might want to watch in addition to a bunch of other lighter, sillier, explodier movies, but most of those movies have been shelved until theaters can open again, leaving people with the choice of “do I watch an assuredly good movie that might require an emotional lift I cannot offer during a pandemic or do I just rewatch some cool comforting stuff I’ve seen 15 times already?” It’s not an ideal situation for any of us.

Which brings me to my point: Should we consider, for this year only, giving the 2021 Best Picture Oscar to the 2018 ensemble comedy Game Night? It’s a fair question, one I ask for many legitimate reasons that I will think of eventually and not just because I watched Game Night for like 15th time this week and needed an excuse to write about it. I mean, if things are going to be weird already, do we just rip off the Band-Aid and go full nutso? Do we give an Oscar to a movie that debuted three full years ago and featured Rachel McAdams bonking multiple people in the head with a fire extinguisher? Let’s break down the case for and case against this idea before we reach a verdict. The important thing is that we all go into this with an open mind.

The Case For Giving The 2021 Best Picture Oscar To The 2018 Ensemble Comedy Game Night

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Game Night rules. It is loaded with jokes and people you like and has a fun premise about boring adults playing board games together that keeps spiraling and spiraling into weirder territory until you reach the point where Jason Bateman is speeding down a runway in a Corvette Stingray in an attempt to stop an international criminal in an airplane and you’re watching it all happen and thinking “Yes, okay, I understand how we got to this point.” It’s a hell of a trick to pull off, especially if you, like me, have seen enough action/comedy-type movies that you can usually see twists coming.

Start with the cast. What a collection of hitters. You’ve got Bateman going full Bateman. You’ve got Rachel McAdams doing comedy in a way that makes you wonder why she ever does drama, even though she’s pretty good at that, too. You’ve got Sharon Horgan from Catastrophe and Billy Magnussen from everything, with Magnussen playing the sweetest dimwit you’ve ever seen. You’ve got Kylie Bunbury and Lamorne Morris as a feuding couple and if you have never seen Lamorne Morris from New Girl do a Denzel Washington impression, you are in for a treat. You’ve got Kyle Chandler and Michael C. Hall as different kinds of scumbags, which is something I would elaborate on if I was not already this far into a discussion about the cast without mentioning Jesse Plemons. Jesse Plemons absolutely steals this entire movie as the creepy divorced cop who lives next door and wants nothing more than to be invited to the couples game night. Look at a king do work.

This is not even his best scene in the movie. There are a bunch of great ones. This is just the best one I can show you without spoiling any of the dozen or so twists that play out afterward and make the whole thing so enjoyable. And it’s still so good. The delivery on “How can that be profitable for Frito Lay?” alone should make this movie worthy of Oscar consideration. And that’s before we even get to the part where McAdams attempts to clean a bullet wound with Chardonnay, or where everyone — again, a group of couples in their 30s and 40s who started the night with snacks and Scrabble on the itinerary — goes on a brief undercover mission at a billionaire’s secret fight club to steal a Faberge egg, or where Billy Magnussen attempts to bribe a character played by Chelsea Peretti — also in Game Night, as is Jeffrey Wright, which is another point in this movie’s favor — with one of the funnier bits of payoff-related physical comedy you’ll ever see. Game Night is so good. You should watch Game Night if you haven’t, and you should watch it again if you have.

But this, so far, is the case for why we should have given Game Night the Best Picture Oscar in the year it was eligible, not 2021. Things get trickier from here on out. It will be much simpler to address in bullet points. Here is why we should give this very good movie from 2018 the Best Picture Oscar in 2021

  • It would be funny
  • I would like it
  • It is important to right past wrongs whenever possible
  • This year’s Best Picture contenders should have an opportunity to compete in a year that isn’t tarnished with an asterisk by some snobs
  • I would like to see everyone’s faces when a movie that wasn’t even nominated and currently airs on TBS like five times a year wins Best Picture
  • It would keep Hollywood on its toes
  • It would make next year’s Oscars a must-watch because anything could happen
  • It would give the Oscars a lot of next-day publicity in a year when I think most people are not even aware they are airing on Sunday
  • It would probably get tons of people to watch Game Night and then everyone will get the references I make to it
  • I would look so smart if it happens
  • I would never stop laughing
  • I think those last two might fall under the “I would like it” bullet point from earlier
  • Whatever
  • Game Night rules

Case closed.

The Case Against Giving The 2021 Best Picture Oscar To The 2018 Ensemble Comedy Game Night

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I don’t know. I guess it would set a bad precedent. And it wouldn’t be fair to the films that are nominated because, like, they’ve been through enough already with trying to promote and get people to see their movies in the middle of a pandemic. And it would probably make 8-year-old Minari star Alan Kim sad, which would stink, because I love that guy. If I’m being very honest here, this last thing is the most troubling issue for me. It might be enough to tank the entire other side of this argument.

Unless…

VERDICT

We should give the 2021 Best Picture Oscar to Game Night but also give 8-year-old Minari star Alan Kim an Oscar, too. For anything. Give him the Oscar for Best Dude Around. There we go. Win-win. Problem solved.

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Mila Kunis’ ‘Four Good Days’ Transformation Is Even More Striking In A New Clip

Mila Kunis’ latest role is a huge departure from what we’ve previously seen her in, starting with the dramatically different look she’s taken on for Four Good Days. The latest clip from that drug drama. In the clip shared on Thursday, Kunis visits her character’s mother, pounding on a security-laden door and wondering why her key didn’t work.

“We changed the locks last year after you and Eric stole the guitars,” her mother, played by Glenn Close, said. She added “if you loved us” she wouldn’t come back to the house until she was off drugs. Kunis says she is, though her character’s mother asks an important question: “Are you done or are you out of drugs?”

The answer is unclear, with Kunis rambling about how long she hasn’t seen Eric, and “big realizations” she’s had about things her mother has said to her since she was young. Stephen Root looms behind the door as well, creeping in to hear what she has to say.

Presumably, this is the start of the movie’s plot: a four-day period where a mother and daughter work through a fraught history and try to find hope for the future. But Close isn’t as receptive as Kunis would like. “I’ve heard this speech for ten years,” she says, telling her to come back when she’s clean.

It’s another look at just how committed Kunis is to the part here, a frenetic and shaky conversation through a doorway while she chews on her fingers and hopes for another chance. We’ll have to wait and see what happens and if she does get clean when Four Good Days hits theaters on April 30.

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Meghan McCain Is Siding With Police Over The Ma’Kiah Bryant Shooting: ‘I Just Disagree In This Situation’

While discussing the police shooting of Ma’Kiah Bryant in Columbus, Ohio that happened within minutes of the Derek Chauvin verdict, The View‘s Meghan McCain has defended the officer’s actions. Citing CNN’s Don Lemon, who also argued that the shooting was justified, McCain did her best to articulate that this situation is obviously different than the circumstances in the Chauvin case, but she also deferred to her conservative views on “respecting authority,” which includes deference to law enforcement and the military. While leaning on the footage that appears to show the 16-year-old Bryant getting ready to stab another girl, McCain launched into her defense of the officer involved and also questioned where was Bryant’s foster parents during the fight. Via The Wrap:

“I don’t know enough about police protocol, but I do know had she been able to successfully stab the girl she possibly could’ve hit an artery, she possibly could’ve killed the girl herself. I thought many things, too… I thought, where are the parents in this situation? Where was the parent to try to de-escalate the situation or the foster parent at the time, in the beginning?”

Despite defending this particular shooting, McCain made it a point to highlight that there is obviously a race problem in law enforcement. “Working on this show and experiencing what I’ve experienced over the past few years, no one without two brain cells in their head can understand that police tend to treat African Americans and people of color a different way than they do white people,” McCain said. “And it’s just a fact we’re all trying to reconcile and come to terms with.”

McCain then wrapped things up by stating that she’s even more cynical when it comes to believing accusations of wrong-doing because of… #MeToo? “This one is harder for me, and if there’s one thing I learned from the MeToo movement, it’s that I’m going to take everything by case by case by case situation and I don’t think that everything is always comparable.”

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Fivio Foreign Was Reportedly Arrested For Carrying An Unregistered Firearm After Literally Running From Police

Fivio Foreign has reportedly been arrested in Fort Lee, New Jersey, according to The Daily Voice. Fivio — real name Maxie Lee Ryles III — had reportedly left his car running in a no-parking zone. According to Fort Lee police, when an officer approached him asking for his driver’s license, he simply walked away, ignoring all attempts to flag him down. Unfortunately, when he began running, the arresting officer said a loaded .25-caliber handgun with a defaced serial number fell out of his waistband.

The officer called for backup and Fivio was taken into custody and booked at the Bergen County Jail for weapons possession, having a defaced firearm, and resisting arrest. The initial officer who made contact was reportedly taken to a local hospital for a “minor wound.”

This makes Fivio’s second trip to County in six months. In October, he was arrested for assault after his pregnant girlfriend accused him of punching her in the back of the head and hitting her with a glass bottle. Fivio denied the allegations, claiming she “set him up.”

Fivio has had a quiet 2021 musically, only releasing one single, “Self Made,” and guesting on fellow New Yorker Lil Tjay’s March single “Headshot” with Chicago rapper Polo G.

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Dax Delivers A Celebratory ‘Uproxx Sessions’ Performance Of ‘Dear God’

YouTube star Dax celebrates a milestone on this week’s Uproxx Sessions, as the music video for his deeply personal song “Dear God” crosses over 1 million likes on YouTube. It also has over 35 million views since October 2019. The song, framed as a prayer of sorts from an artist questioning his faith, ponders questions about religion, spirituality, and social issues as they relate to the existence of a benevolent higher power who seems not to mind too much when bad things happen to good people.

Dax also commemorates his second appearance on Uproxx Sessions, returning after performing his socially relevant song “Black Lives Matter” in August of 2020. He’s also a year removed from his 2020 project I’ll Say It For You, released in March.

Watch Dax’s celebratory performance of “Dear God” above.

UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.

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