The Isolated Politics Blurt Thread I: A New Beginning

ll74 · Sep 2, 2024

Interesting experiment

https://twitter.com/x/status/1830500268200374432

butters · Sep 2, 2024

$515,492 raised on moment where a group surrounded an American flag to prevent it being taken down again by protestors on campus has been designated for a huge Labor Day party. In the process, it's made those who took action appear as far-righters and major supporters of trump... not all those there are happy about this misuse of the money, preferring it had gone towards more humanitarian causes than a huge binge party benefitting no-one but a bunch of less altruistic students.

In interviews, several members of the U.N.C. chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity, said they were disappointed that the money raised on their behalf was paying for a party. They said they would rather that a significant portion of the money go to a charity that supports Jewish organizations or relief efforts in Gaza.

The “rager,” they said, felt callous given that it grew out of a painful moment for both Jews and Palestinians — all as the war in the Middle East continued.

“The use of our actions to promote a narrative that we were some right-wing, MAGA heroes has been a gross misrepresentation and a disservice to many of those who were actually there,” said Oliver Levine, a junior at the university and the president of its Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=eb6f61ffa307442784bb86c66beebdad&ei=147

butters · Sep 2, 2024

Brooke Shields: Union boss

The storied Actors’ Equity Association union, representing 51,000 stage actors and managers from Broadway to San Francisco

It may seem surprising that the model and actress would step up to take on such a demanding unpaid position. Indeed, Shields won the union’s highest office in May, beating out two more seasoned union activists. But she says she plans to use her celebrity to put money into actors’ pockets, saying that the position “was something that I could give my energy to more than anything,” especially as her two daughters left home for college last month.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...&cvid=eb6f61ffa307442784bb86c66beebdad&ei=314