Folk Singer Who Cancelled Kennedy Center Show to Perform Live From Home

Kristy Lee sings "Message from Kate" / Clear Wave Recording Studio

Alabama folk singer Kristy Lee, perhaps in a wake-up call to artists still scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Center, announced on Monday that she was canceling her January 14 performance, citing concerns for institutional integrity. In an Instagram post, she said that instead, she would perform live online on Facebook from home on the same day.

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Powerful words from Kristy Lee:"...the legal threats that's being talked about by the Kennedy Center isn't really about contracts or damages it's about control".... "when an institution answers concious with retaliation instead of reflection, that tells you exactly what it's become, that doesn't sit right with me."

Being a new fan of Kristy Lee, I took a deep dive into her music and surfaced tears streaming, with "A message from Kate" I'm not sure who she wrote it for in 2017, but her decision to publish it now is spurred by her desire to live brave. Enjoy.

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Watch the 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Segment Censored by Bari Weiss

Department of Homeland Security Security Kristi Noem toured the prison shortly after the detainees arrived and posed in front of prisoners to thank the Salvadorian government for taking "our terrorists," leading viewers to assume that the men with MS tattoos were the Venezuelans the US had sent to CECOT. They were not.

Though Weiss moved to halt the original planned Sunday broadcast, users of the Canadian Global TV app were reportedly able to see a copy of the segment, and shared it widely online.

Who is Bari Weiss, the anti-trans, queer Trump ally who was recently appointed editor-in-chief at CBS?