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The NFL Used Bad Bunny to Divide America to Boost Ratings
Sahsha. Stoene Dot Com ^ | 9 Feb 2026 | Sasha Stone

Posted on 02/09/2026 2:41:18 PM PST by Rummyfan

Rinse, repeat

It was obvious, at least to me, why Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and Green Day were headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. Each of them had loud anti-ICE messages heading into the Super Bowl weekend. All of their clips went viral.

Lady Gaga and her usual blithering nonsense virtue signaled over in Japan.

Green Day, a band that is no longer relevant and is sponsored by Spotify, had its usual anti-Trump screeching that then went viral, telling ICE to quit their job and calling out Kristi Noem, JD Vance, etc. I don’t believe this clip is from the Super Bowl, though the title is clickbait.

And Bad Bunny made an appearance at the Grammys, with ICE OUT. He got a standing ovation for it.

And all of them were dropping into the middle of a flaming culture war between the Left and the Right that has almost become a hot war over illegal immigration. What did they think would happen? Well, they already knew. It would be a ratings bonanza with each side playing their part in our virtual Civil War, and play their part they did.

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1 posted on 02/09/2026 2:41:18 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Totally cut me out. I watched in & out to know when Turning Point’s half-time show was. I think the Patriots won.


2 posted on 02/09/2026 2:44:01 PM PST by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: Rummyfan

Ratings is what it’s all about.


3 posted on 02/09/2026 2:46:01 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: stevio

I turned it off just before halftime

I actually don’t know who won


4 posted on 02/09/2026 2:46:24 PM PST by stanne
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To: Rummyfan

The NFL hired Rabid Rabbit to FURTHER divide America. They began the division a few years ago when they began performing “The Black National Anthem”.


5 posted on 02/09/2026 2:46:57 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Rummyfan

Why would the NFL and NBC want to boost rating?

Is there some vague correlation between ratings and the price of current and future Super Bowl ad rates.


6 posted on 02/09/2026 2:47:20 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: Rummyfan
Perhaps.

But it appears to me that they're into virtue signaling.

7 posted on 02/09/2026 2:47:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Rummyfan

Kid Rock had other ideas


8 posted on 02/09/2026 2:47:40 PM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: Rummyfan

It didn’t boost ratings.


9 posted on 02/09/2026 2:48:37 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Rummyfan

The NFL math: One minute of Clydesdales, a Bald Eagle and Freebird = 30 minutes of young homosexual Hispanic girlie men.


10 posted on 02/09/2026 2:50:38 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: AppyPappy

No it didn’t. Make no mistake, advertisers care about money alone in the end. The bean counters will be running the numbers and they will embrace the halftime “style” that had more eyes.


11 posted on 02/09/2026 2:52:03 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Rummyfan

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime lyrics:
(not safe for work)

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/safaera-safaera.html


12 posted on 02/09/2026 2:54:06 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: AppyPappy

Was trying to find a link showing that. Couldn’t. You maybe have better skills/luck?


13 posted on 02/09/2026 2:55:26 PM PST by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Rummyfan

Whatever moron hired that scum should be fired, then run out of town!


14 posted on 02/09/2026 2:55:57 PM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Highest Authority

The team owners collectively hired Roger Goodell. I don’t think you can fire them.


15 posted on 02/09/2026 3:04:27 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: AppyPappy
It didn’t boost ratings.

The official numbers aren't out yet but early estimations between broadcast and streaming were that 128 million watched yesterday's halftime show, down from 133 million the previous year with Kendrick Lamar (in a telecast that featured both President Trump and Taylor Swift in attendance, neither of whom were at yesterday's game).

4-6 million switched over to the TPUSA show with Kid Rock.

16 posted on 02/09/2026 3:04:52 PM PST by Drew68
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“….The Patriots won.”

Can I come live in your world? Because it’s awful sad in my version of New England today.


17 posted on 02/09/2026 3:07:37 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Rummyfan

Didn’t work with me. Then again I’ve never been a football fan.


18 posted on 02/09/2026 3:08:54 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: cymbeline

All publicity is good publicity.


19 posted on 02/09/2026 3:09:39 PM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Won’t work with me. I HATE football, only watched at daughter’s house with a friend because they both like it. Best reason, Katy makes great dinners.

Football-watching friend who moved from Spokane to upstate New York called during the “show” he thought was as awful as we did. I guess people will always watch football, but they’ll go do something else during halftime show. Something more fun like doing dishes or putting a load of laundry in,

And yes, cleaning the catbox.


20 posted on 02/09/2026 3:09:53 PM PST by Veto! ((Trump is Superman})
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