Springsteen's slobbering, uncritical interview with Obama

+ Not much chance of this one being coöpted like “Born in the USA” was by Lee Atwater and the Reaganites…

And, yes, I know it’s been harder and harder to take Springsteen the half-billionaire seriously after his slobbering, uncritical interview with Obama, the deporter-in-chief, the man who set Tom Homan loose on immigrant families and droned American citizens without even a warrant to arrest them, never mind kill them. Springsteen is a Democrat. The meaning of being a Democrat is to forgive anything a fellow Democrat does, except defend Palestinians. Bernie Sanders is just as bad in this respect. Even worse, because he claims to be an Independent Socialist and not a member of the Democratic Party. But in this case, it’s about the song, not the singer. Spread it. Use it. Blast it. 

+ Rand Paul skewering his old rival from 2016, Marco Rubio, during a Senate hearing on Venezuela: “So I would ask you, if a foreign country bombed our air defense missiles, captured and removed our president and blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?”

+ This week, Neil Young pulled all of his music off of Amazon and gifted his entire catalog for free to Greenlanders. Regarding Amazon, Young said: “The president’s international policies and his support of ICE make it impossible for me to ignore [Bezos’] actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use Amazon. There are many ways to avoid Amazon and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places.”

+ In a separate letter to the people of Greenland, Young wrote: 

As a gesture of kindness and respect, we stand with you, along with a majority of Americans.

I would like to offer a free one-year subscription to all Greenland residents. I hope my Music and Music Films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.

It is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality.

This is an offer of Peace and Love. All the music I have made during the last 62 years is yours to hear.

You can renew it for free if you are in Greenland. We do hope other organizations will follow in the spirit of our example.

Love,

Neil

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/30/roaming-charges-bored-of-peace/