It is pretty clear that everyone involved with Epstein is very pro Israel, so it might be that Israel has some kind of evidence aka all the files themselves and basically owns everyone.
I am a scuba diver and I've been out to St John a few times for scuba trips. Epstein island is basically right there. There's actually great scuba diving in that whole area. A couple years ago I was on a boat / diving trip driving around and passed his Island. As we drove by, the Dive Master said as soon as Epstein was arrested like two days later he was driving by at night for a night dive, and they saw flashlights going all through the house. Probably his buddies on a contingency plan collecting all the worst of the worst evidence in case he died or got arrested.
I used to dive off St. James a lot and everyone knew that he was having young girls there for years before he got caught. You canât keep that shit secret from caterers.
I've long said Trump thought he bought the honey pot when he had Epstein killed in prison his first term, but found out quickly Epstein was the honey and not the pot. The pot owned the honey and now they own Trump et al.
In a statement provided to the Mirror US Sports, Kraft expressed sympathy for Palestinians who are suffering "real" losses while even calling for a sit-down conversation with Macklemore.Â
...okay, that's also what Macklemore said. So what exactly did he say that involves "Jewish hate"?
Also seems pretty pathetic to call for a "sit down conversation" after you blocked an entire tour and then called all the other stadium owners to demand they block him as well.
You're open to a 'sit down conversation', as long as you first silence him?
He also specified that criticism of Israel is not criticism of our Jewish brothers and sisters, and promoted a message of peace and unity across the board. It was a very well-articulated, professional and kind speech tbh. I haven't seen the dude in the public eye in a long time, but this was a nice thing to see from him.
It shouldn't be controversial. Take all the people that scream anti-semitism at this and describe to them a Muslim state that is doing all the things that Israel is doing and I'm sure they would be outraged and be calling for intervention.
Jew here. I am appalled at what's going on and given what happened to our people 80 years ago, it's bewildering to see a people get wiped out by the nation that was created from the ashes of this tragedy. It's beyond belief like how does Isreal not see the mirror?
Itâs the message of peace and unity articulated in such an intelligent, compassionate and genuine way that is the real problem. Thatâs what got Bob Marley nearly assassinated during the Cold War, they even tried to get his music classified as sedition. Macklemore is no Bob ok but the intention and similarities canât be ignored. Wouldnât be surprised if this got him on the CIA watch list just like Bob was.
That's exactly it. Kanye provides not just a fundraising opportunity for Israeli pacs, but also a clear and present danger that can be pointed to for why moving to and investing in Israel is the only safe thing. Macklemore saying Free Palestine just exposes Ed Sheeran's 12-year-old fanbase to things like empathy and understanding, and people like Robert Kraft can't have that.
Sometimes things really are complicated. But in this case? Yeah I agree with you. Itâs not complicated at all, you stand up for whatâs right no matter what it costs you.
speaking as a patriot fan, this is exactly who he is. he'll ruthlessly acquire all leverage and then pull this "i'm just a sweet old man wanting to find common ground that works for everybody" act. he's a shark. made a a whole ass documentary series burning Belichick and then claimed not to know how it would be cut - as the executive producer. guy has a team of lawyers to make sure he's always at advantage, even got a judge to destroy evidence of him getting a handy from a sex trafficker immigrant in a massage parlor, but somehow he was also bamboozled like everybody else? full of shit. apparently his son is even worse so that's great.
Macklemore checkmated him by going to the media and giving a sincere statement. Now Kraft has to pretend to care about Palestinians after going to the extreme length of banning a singer for voicing his opinion on Palestinians.
I'm not even sure why it ever got to this. Macklemore has been a vocal supporter of Palestine for years. So the fact that simply saying "free palestine" has blown up into this mess makes no sense. He wrote a protest song in support of the student protests way back when the current saga of the Israel/Palestine kicked off.
It's a classic "grumpy, checked out old man finally notices a thing he doesn't like and massively overreacts". Kraft probably didn't even know who Macklemore was until someone sent him a video
Billionaires are operating with impunity in a way we've never seen before. Yes they've always had their hand on the puppet strings, but they were more comfortable doing it behind the scenes. With Trump in office, as long as you're in with him you are untouchable. So doing something like banning an artist because you want to normal. What's more surprising is he felt the need to release a statement about it. It's not going to hurt his bottom line. It wasn't necessary for him to say anything, except maybe ego reasons.
Itâs the same with a lot of guys in power. Take all the game pieces and then act surprised when no one wants to play. Hell, itâs just like Israel. âWe forced you all into a smaller and smaller area while killing your women and children, why donât you want to just talk?â
To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you,â he told the crowd.
âMy message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine, I say free Lebanon, I say free Cuba, I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free.
I guess that's hate speech, now. Words no longer have meaning.
I think they take umbrage with him calling it a genocide, but I donât see them calling out the actions of Israel only Hamas or people who dare to speak out in defense of Palestinians.
Who pays young women to jerk him off when getting massages.
Edit: apologies. To me, 40 is still relatively young, especially compared to a man decades older than them, but I understand why my vocabulary choice was confusing. But thatâs also why I used the word women.
For the uninformed, Kraft got busted a few years back in an undercover sting getting a rub and tug at an Asian massage parlor. Shockingly (/s) he skated with a slap on the wrist because his high-priced lawyer got him off on a technicality instead of doing time being charged with felony solicitation of prostitution and facing fines, probation, and possibly jail time like any normal person would.
When this went down you had Epstein recommending lawyers to Kraft. In one text/email exchange in the Epstein files it references (without any details) another issue that Kraft had in the past.
Itâs redacted enough to be unclear but Bannon and a redacted PR /crisis management person strategising by drawing parallels between the Epstein scandal and Kraftâs scandal.
The plan being to transform the narrative of pedophaelia into the tamer narrative of prostitution.
> "Gillette Stadium has a longstanding commitment to providing a welcoming environment for all guests and ensuring that events held at our venue do not provide a platform for hate speech," Kraft said in a statement.
Note: Morgan Wallen played at Gillette Stadium on August 22 & 23, 2025.
Youâre mixing up two stories but yes, Wallen was videotaped using the N-word on a public street outside his home. He was also arrested I believe for throwing chairs off a rooftop bar in a drunken rage in Nashville.
Don't forget his most recent activities of taking a security guard's phone (cant find that video) and throwing it across the stage or flipping over the piano because of technical difficulties
I saw Hayley a little over a week ago and someone at the top of their lungs shouted âFUCK MORGAN WALLENâ right before âEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party.â It was very satisfying.
Ahhhh how was it? I wanted to go, but I saw her for ego death so I didnt have the money to spend. I made this poster. She saw it during a song and smiled and it made me so happyđ
If saying that youâre against genocide is alienating for some people, maybe we shouldnât be looking to those same people for cues on how to talk about Gaza or Palestine. Maybe those people donât deserve to have billionaires defend their precious feelings.
It's not like this is a new or unexpected stance from Macklemore, either. He literally released a song called "Hinds Hall" calling out Israel and the US for the stance on Palestine two years ago.
He released a sequel and another song about it called Fucked Up since then as well, and he has been talking about it in like all of his media and concerts for years now. Itâs⌠deeply consistent with who he is lol
If I had Ed Sheeran's money and this happened to me I'd say, "Cool," then hold my concert on the roof of a parking garage instead and open with a fuckboy acoustic guitar cover of Testify by RATM. You can't buy publicity like this, and instead he just looks like a spineless boot licker.
Trying to enlighten myself. What did Macklemore say that was antisemitic?
From the article:
âTo all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you,â he told the crowdâŚ
My message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine, I say free Lebanon, I say free Cuba, I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all freeâ
There must be something he said thatâs more controversial. I canât find it. That statement is pretty vanilla among the left and no one else is getting banned.
Itâs impossible to have any real conversation with people that take this stance. They shut down any discourse because hearing âfree Palestineâ hurts their feefees and makes them feel âscaredâ or threatened because theyâre projecting. They have a Godwin for every argument. Israel is an ethnostate when its convenient for them but also conveniently doesnât represent or equal Jewish people whenever itâs convenient for the argument.
The words âFree Palestineâ are not antisemitic. They are not an endorsement of Hamas. It is a plea for the country with nuclear weapons to chill out. It is also not antisemitic to point out that Israel has nuclear weapons.
Patriots get dicked down by the Seahawks repeatedly
Macklemore is from Seattle, where the Seahawks are from
Kraft bans him
I figured it out guys
Edit: I should add that the pats Just lost again to the Seahawks this past Wednesday in primetime in embarrassing fashion, and Macklemore is banned a couple days later. This is my new headcannon
There it is. He immediately uses the "criticism of Israel is antisemitism" card, even though Macklemore specifically called that very defense out. All Kraft did was prove Macklemore's point.
Are there enough ads on the article? The thing is almost unreadable.
Here's the quote (which I had to find somewhere else btw):
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Gillette Stadium has a longstanding commitment to providing a welcoming environment for all guests and ensuring that events held at our venue do not provide a platform for hate speech. Based on Macklemoreâs recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeranâs shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community, we determined that his participation in the September 25th and 26th concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line,
This decision is not about diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians or denying anyone the right to advocate on their behalf. Their pain and loss are real. But that advocacy should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas, a United States and globally (including Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, and Japan) designated terrorist organization whose horrific actions have caused immeasurable suffering for Palestinians and Israelis alike. I agree with Macklemore. Too many lives have been lost and there has been too much suffering, but only sharing selective information and ignoring the actions of Hamas is not honest and only advances more divisiveness and hate. Over many decades, I have directed resources to Palestine and created athletic and entrepreneurial opportunities for Palestinians who I admire and respect. Standing with the Palestinian people and standing against Hamas, antisemitism and hate should not be mutually exclusive.
Much of my time and attention for the last decade has been focused on the fight against antisemitism and hate of all kinds, and I feel a responsibility to stand up when I believe that line has been crossed. I have tremendous respect for Ed and his music, particularly his unique ability to bring people together and spread joy, and I have always been proud to welcome him and his fans to Gillette Stadium.
I would welcome the opportunity to sit down with Macklemore and discuss the facts, because ultimately our goal is the same â peace for all people, an end to suffering, and an end to all hate.
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I don't understand why Kraft would marshal like-minded individuals to ban Macklemore from their venues. I thought organizing collective economic action to advance a political objective was evil -- that's what the opponents of BDS have been telling me for years.
Unless... golly, you don't think maybe they were just full of shit, do you?
Wild that any part of Macklemore's comments could be taken as hate speech or hateful in any way, shape, or form, tbh. I mean, unless you work for or support ICE.
"To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you. My message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine, I say free Lebanon, I say free Cuba, I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free."
Theyâre upset that everyone is calling it a genocide, and hiding behind the antisemitism shield like the cowards they are. Being critical of the actions of Israel has nothing to do with the religion, but theyâre the ones blurring the lines not him.
He owns a team called the âPatriotsâ and he looooooves to bounce on it for another country. The irony would be hilarious if the reality wasnât grim.
Macklemore gave a short speech about Palestine on Sept. 4.
âTo all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you,â he told the crowd.
âMy message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine, I say free Lebanon, I say free Cuba, I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free.â
Yeah I can see how this could be considered hate speech by some.
Yet I am sure Robert Kraft is ok with Ye, who sells merch with swastikas, said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler, and tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" since Ye performed in a few NFL stadiums.
The funny thing is, this has just been even more publicity for Macklemore and his Free Palestine statement. His popularity has risen as a result and Pink's has fallen as it should for criticising him. Supporting genocide is an instant cancellation. It just shows how corrupt the world is though when saying genocide is wrong gets you cancelled.
Its because they were afraid p!nk wouldn't bring her cirque de soliei shows to their venue. She wants to not be involved but pink if you didn't say shit, the billionaires would have turned the other cheek. This goes back to you my dear
but Jewish hate of criticism of the Israeli govt is why he's being banned. So damn tired of them conflating criticism of the govt and it's policies as hate against their race/religion. Just show how they have no excuse for their actions only deflections of the criticisms.
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The same Robert Kraft whose good buddy Epstein lent him his lawyers after he got implicated in sex trafficking? That Robert Kraft?