Italian laughs, tariff eyeing movies and ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ + this day in history w/shots given incorrectly and our song of the day by Tom MacDonald on your #MorningMonarchy for May 9, 2025.
Notes/Links:
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Category: Transgender military personnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transgender_military_personnel
Corporal Klinger Finally Discharged From Army After Trans Military Ban
https://babylonbee.com/news/corporal-klinger-finally-discharged-from-army-after-trans-military-ban
Sean Penn Compares Trump to a Spouse Murderer: ‘He Might Destroy the World’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/05/04/sean-penn-compares-trump-to-a-spouse-murderer-he-might-destroy-the-world/
Madonna says Sean Penn never hit her, as she offers evidence for her ex-husband; Singer offers testimony in Penn’s defamation lawsuit against Empire co-creator Lee Daniels (Dec. 18, 2015)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/18/madonna-says-sean-penn-never-hit-her-as-she-offers-evidence-for-her-ex-husband
‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Michael Pitt Arrested for Sexual Abuse
https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/06/boardwalk-empire-star-michael-pitt-arrested/
Diddy’s Radio Spins Down 86% From 2024 as Sex Trafficking Trial Begins; While the start of last year was a peak time for radio DJs to play songs from Puff Daddy, P. Diddy and Diddy, the first four months of this year were starkly different.
https://archive.is/cLnRe
Why Shedeur Sanders Getting Chosen For the Fifth Draft Round is Just More NFL Racism at Work; Sanders was passed over three rounds in the NFL draft in favor of QBs who aren’t nearly as good as he is.
https://www.theroot.com/why-shedeur-sanders-getting-passed-over-in-the-draft-is-1851777997
Video: .@KennedyNation calls out Halle Berry for showing off her “mud flaps” at the Met Gala, White Lotus star Lisa for wearing Rosa Parks on her crotch, and other women who dressed like “cartoonish pimps.”
https://fixupx.com/bubblebathgirl/status/1920088994395648297
‘Genocide masked in couture’: Backlash against Kamala Harris at Met Gala 2025; New York City’s star-studded event was criticised for taking place during Israel’s war on Gaza
https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/genocide-masked-couture-backlash-kamala-harris-at-met-gala-2025
Anna Nicole Smith’s Daughter Wears Mom’s Vintage Gown Ahead of Kentucky Derby
https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/03/anna-nicole-smith-daughter-dannielynn-birkhead-wear-mom-vintage-gown-kentucky-derby/
Michelle Trachtenberg: A Mysterious Life Surrounded by the Occult Elite
https://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/michelle-trachtenberg-a-mysterious-life-surrounded-by-the-occult-elite/
And this place isn’t just for gals any more. It’s also for vain, effeminate men.
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/simpsons_vain_effeminate_men.gif
The Weeknd has officially changed his stage name; The GRAMMY award-winning singer now goes by his birth name, Abel Tesfaye, on social media.
https://www.thefader.com/2023/05/15/the-weeknd-name-change
Beloved hard rock band (Scorpions) forced to cancel tour dates as singer battles bout of bronchitis
https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2025/05/beloved-hard-rock-band-forced-to-cancel-tour-dates-as-singer-battles-bout-of-bronchitis.html
Surviving Members of ‘80s Rock Band (Soundgarden) Plan to Release Final Album With Late Frontman
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/surviving-members-80s-rock-band-054502332.html
‘Sopranos’ Star Charley Scalies Dead at 84
https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/04/sopranos-actor-charley-scalies-dead-dies/
Ruth Buzzi, ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’ Star, Dead at 88
https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/02/ruth-buzzi-dead-rowan-and-martin-laugh-in/
Ruth Buzzi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Buzzi
Video: Comedian Ruth Buzzi dies at 88 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRv4GyBIaTw
Rowan & Martin Laugh-In Theme song (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4PQ9Da1kDo
Video: Cassette tapes see surprising sales surge (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcRVG1_J2wU
Video: Trump Administration Considers Pulling CBS Broadcasting License (Audio)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-considers-pulling-cbs-broadcasting-license/vi-AA1EcDpQ
Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.; Declaring foreign film production a national security threat, the president said he had asked his top trade official to start the process of imposing a tax on Hollywood.
https://archive.is/65cl8
Video: Trump says he’ll slap 100% tariff on all movies produced overseas (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMzAJOtsRx8
Mike Doughty – “Let’s Go to the Motherfucking Movies” (Audio)
‘Stellar Motel’
Snack Bar / Megaforce Records – September 16, 2014
*Mike Doughty – “Let’s Go to the Motherfucking Movies” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQblC0gZtw // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Motel // I interviewed him on this tour! He did NOT play this at the thing i hosted him at tho lol.*
#DeepFocus: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ @ 7PM MT on MNRCHY TV
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1365144061962354828
#DeepFocus: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ 1947 **Approved** 1h 27m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_Shanghai // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040525/
#DeepFocus/Video: Noir Alley: The Lady From Shanghai (1947) intro 20200628 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suuU38R5E
Iggy Pop – “Candy” (w/Kate Pierson // Audio)
‘Brick By Brick’
Virgin – June 1990
*Iggy Pop – “Candy” (w/Kate Pierson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLOjmY–TA // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_(Iggy_Pop_song) // https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iggy-pop/1993/robert-f-kennedy-memorial-stadium-washington-dc-2bc6d4da.html // “Candy” is a song from Iggy Pop’s ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. A duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52’s, it was the album’s second [third!] single [September 17, 1990]. It became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop’s career, as he reached the top 40 in the United States for the first and only time. I got this tape before it was on Beavis lol I swear, it was from the BMG Music Club.*
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2016 – It was a concert of a lifetime — and surely risked a few lives along the way (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2016 ♬ Saul Williams & Bloc Party
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160509pumpupthavolume/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: ‘Little Libraries’ Are Popping Up All Over America + Medizinisches Marihuana & SignAloud Gloves
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw018-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw018-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2017 – FCC head’s Vast Wasteland speech
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2017 ♬ Quannum MCs & BDAY BOY Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170509pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2018 – Half of All New Federal Vaccine Cases Allege Injury From Shots Given Incorrectly
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2018 ♬ Robert Ellis & Calexico
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180509pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2019 – Oregon House passes bill to eliminate religious, philosophical vaccine exemptions
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2019 ♬ Combichrist & Die Antwoord
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190509pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2022 – Video: Today in NYC hundreds of pro-abortion folks showed up to counter clinic harassers. You can see the horrifying truth of what anti-abortion extremists really think when one says “your body is mine”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2022 ♬ Pink Mountaintops & The Backdoor Society
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220509pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2023 – Frustrated Patient in China Destroys a Reception Robot
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2023 ♬ Boymouth & Burial
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230509pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2024 – Double masker enemy of bodily autonomy Steve Albini dies of a heart attack in his studio
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240509morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 9, 2024 ♬ Ezra Collective & Skies of Venus
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240509pumpupthavolume/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #May9 w/Arcade Fire, Sleep Token, The Amazons, John Carpenter, Spacey Jane, The Kooks, Peter Murphy, Counting Crows, The Head And The Heart, Mclusky, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Joe Goddard, I’m With Her & PinkPantheress + Reissues and comps Planet Mu 30, Jackie DeShannon, Jesse Ed Davis & more! ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250509_NewMusicFriday.png // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20250509
Tom MacDonald – “Can’t Cancel All Of Us” (Audio)
‘Proud To Be A Problem’
Tom MacDonald – 2025
*Tom MacDonald – “Can’t Cancel All Of Us” https://youtu.be/NgC8OUdO4mA // https://hangovergangofficial.com // The lead track of ‘Proud To Be A Problem,’ the just-released album by Tom MacDonald, available now via the artist.*