The Bad Penny (beta)

Occasionally in our On Tyranny series, we deviate from our normal routing of interviewing musicians on the topics of Trump’s tyrannical regime and the ghastly horrors spewing from it like the 1989’s Exxon Valdez oil spill. We do so in order to demonstrate that the tireless efforts of protestors – the textbook definition of unsung heroes – are succeeding tremendously in their efforts to force the corporate media to increase coverage of the resistance’s war against fascism.

Another way the mainstream (let’s be generous and call them unaware) is finding it very difficult to block out or deny Trump’s reign of terror is when famous people join the resistance by proudly speaking out in public, threats of retaliation from Donald “I am your retribution” by damned.

With that in mind, we found it imperative to publish our third post about Bad Bunny, even if he isn’t returning our phone calls. How rude, especially considering that Bad Bunny copped his moniker from our The Bad Penny! And yet how seismically important it was for the Puerto Rican rapper to cancel plans to tour the U.S. due to safety concerns.

Bad Bunny publicly said he did so out of fears that Kristi Noem (who doesn’t even deserved to be referred to with her government title) would sic lawless, marauding, masked and cowardly thugs from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) onto attendees at his concerts.

All of us could, should and must learn from the courageous and uncompromising example that Bad Bunny demonstrated during his historic half-time performance at the Super Bowl, the most-watched TV event every year.

With Lady Gaga in tow, Bad Bunny and the groundswell of support demanding the NFL abide by their plan to let him perform were victorious.

The entire incident also forced commercial television stations to report on the intensity of the opposition to Dear Leader, which they often try to avoid doing at all costs. And not unlike Europe’s eventual reaction to Trump’s disastrous, shameful and embarrassing behavior at DAVOS in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago, we are seeing more examples that standing up to bullies and not capitulating is the most effective weapon against bullies.

As activists like to say, “We are everywhere.” And, on side note, ain’t it nice to finally start off a week with some good news?

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On Tyranny began in March 2025. The series currently encompasses about 100 interviews with courageous musicians from all music genres who may be risking their careers to speak out against the Trump/bro-ligarchy’s sickening attempts to kill off what’s left of democracy in the U.S.

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