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Celebrities control the White House: Russell Simmons
nypost.com ^ | 11/8/15 | Stacy Brown

Posted on 11/08/2015 6:10:12 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda

Celebrities control the White House: Russell Simmons

Justin Bieber is the most powerful man in America.

That’s according to music mogul Russell Simmons, who says a tweet by the Canadian pop star sparked a phone call “within two hours” by the US attorney general and compelled President Obama to act on prison-sentencing reform.

In 2013, Simmons was behind a celebrity-driven campaign to overhaul the “War on Drugs” enforcement model that condemned small-time, nonviolent drug offenders to long prison sentences.

A letter was drafted — signed by hundreds of faith and civic leaders, plus A-listers like Cameron Diaz and Scarlett Johansson — asking Obama to review drug cases for clemency and to pass a law allowing judges to toss aside mandatory drug sentences if deemed unfair.

“Brad Pitt signed it, the NAACP . . . the Urban League, Rev. Sharpton, Rev. Jackson,” Simmons recalled.

And while the White House agreed philosophically, it was moving slowly on the issue and didn’t want the letter made public, Simmons told The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: obama
Our President who recently called the Republican candidates wimps, immediately buckles to his knees for Justin Bieber.
1 posted on 11/08/2015 6:10:12 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Communist celebrities control the White House


2 posted on 11/08/2015 6:13:46 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better and safer America)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
...Scarlett Johansson asking Obama to review drug cases for clemency and to pass a law allowing judges to toss aside mandatory drug sentences if deemed unfair.

And that, in a nutshell tells us why we're screwed having people take these mouth-breathers seriously.

3 posted on 11/08/2015 6:18:30 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That’s because some nude photos of the Bieb surfaced and the President couldn’t help himself.


4 posted on 11/08/2015 6:19:16 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

People do not realize how powerful Russel Simmons is in Hollywood. He “owns” the black popular culture.

I could understand Obama kissing his ass, but Bieber’s? That is just too ridiculous to imagine. Bieber is not even American.


5 posted on 11/08/2015 6:19:55 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
"Bieber is not even American."

Neither is Zero.

6 posted on 11/08/2015 6:25:10 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I believe you are correct in your assessment of BHO.

Sometimes, I even wonder if he’s the anti-Christ.


7 posted on 11/08/2015 6:31:13 AM PST by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
A letter was drafted and signed by hundreds of faith and civic leaders, plus A-listers like Cameron Diaz

Ahh yes, Cameron Diaz, the Professor of political science who said on Oprah "If George Bush is elected, rape will be legal and stuff".

8 posted on 11/08/2015 6:36:33 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

AND Beiber’s “followers” are not exactly voters.

The more I think about this story, the more it sounds like Simmons is deflecting his “influence” onto others. It best not to be seems as the power behind the throne.


9 posted on 11/08/2015 6:38:54 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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10 posted on 11/08/2015 7:00:57 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: basil

http://september2015.com/antichrist-revealed-rosh-hashanah-2014/

“Sometimes I even wonder if he’s the anti-Christ.” Apparently others think so.


11 posted on 11/08/2015 7:58:44 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That explains why the White House has become the Dumbest place on Earth


12 posted on 11/08/2015 8:15:18 AM PST by butlerweave
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