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It seems to be taking shape now and the recent immigration actions by the Trump administration are a part of what’s going on, and that is driving people into the net they are setting for them. This will be used, along with voter ID, to push people into Real ID. Eventually, unless the people resist …

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Oliver Anthony didn’t hold back when he played at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee back in February of 2024… and it evidently cost him his management company. Life has been a whirlwind for the Virginia native ever since he released his debut single, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” back in 2023. The video of his in-the-woods performance was originally uploaded to YouTube and quickly went viral, racking up millions upon millions of views before Anthony was even able to release the song on streaming platforms. Now, a couple of years and over 300 million streams later, Oliver Anthony is still making his way through the music industry, proving wrong those that said he’d have just 15 minutes of fame following his viral hit. And it was actually the success of “Rich Men North of Richmond” that have given the artist the flexibility to do as he wishes when it comes to his music. How? Well does an $800,000 royalty check thanks to the song answer your question? And that was just the first one… Though an almost $1 million check right off the bat is pretty nice, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows in the weeks and months after he rose to fame seemingly overnight. While on The Joe Rogan Experience, Anthony spoke about his two-night run of concerts at the Ryman Auditorium back in 2024… and how something he said on stage ended up costing him a lot of his Music City connections: “I had people in Nashville quit working with me because I talked about (politics) when I was at the Ryman. We had this chick who plays the fiddle and does flat dancing and stuff named Hillary Klug, who lives in Nashville. We had her come to the Ryman to do the show with us and it was on a last minute thing and I’m about to introduce her and I tell the crowd, ‘Hey, I’ve got Hillary about to come out… but don’t worry, it’s not that Hillary.'” But that wasn’t the thing that led to Oliver Anthony’s management company dropping him. The “I Want To Go Home” singer apparently piggybacked off that jab at Hillary Clinton by getting a little bit deeper into politics. He says that someone in the crowd that night shouted something, which sparked him to go into a rant that crossed the line in the eyes of those who he was working with: “Somebody said something in the crowd, and I don’t know, I just interact and I just say what comes to mind. I don’t care about all that stuff and what people might think. I just try to say what I feel. But I was like, ‘Isn’t it crazy that somebody like Hillary, who not that long ago, I can remember vividly being completely against the idea of having two people of the same gender be married?'” Anthony explains that he made another comment about people like Hillary being okay with kids becoming transgender, and related it to politics, in his mind, being all theatrics and focused on what will sell. Even Joe Rogan was a little surprised that the singer-songwriter went there during his performance at the Mother Church, asking: “You said this at the Ryman?” Hey… saying something that shocks Joe Rogan is pretty impressive. Oliver Anthony isn’t feeling remorseful about it though. He went on to confirm that he did say those things while on stage, and that it led to many people he was working with (specifically in Nashville) almost immediately cutting ties with him as an artist: “I said that at the Ryman, and I had my management company that I was using drop me, and a bunch of other people (dropped me) without even telling me. They just emailed my attorney and said they couldn’t work with me anymore. They were that mad about that.” Fortunately, it seems like any bit of controversy that came from his Hillary Clinton comments was water off a duck’s back for Oliver Anthony. And obviously, he’s still doing just fine. His new single “Scornful Woman” is getting a ton of praise, and he’s got a new album on the way. Seems like he didn’t ever really need that management company anyways… he can handle things just fine on his own. You can hear more details in the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience: And check out the new single, “Scornful Woman,” below: The post Oliver Anthony Dropped A Hillary Clinton Joke At The Ryman That Immediately Got Him Dropped By His Management Company first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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First of all, all dogs are good boys and sweet girls. Let's just start there. But if you want to get kind of scientific about it, the folks at Protect My Paws were ready for the assignment. Turning to Instagram (as all good scientific studies should), they analyzed 87,886 posts and made charts to show the results of which breeds were the best behaved and which, well, were not."We counted the posts that mentioned a breed along with a popular behavior hashtag (#gooddog, #cleverdog, #cleverpuppy, #baddog, #naughtypuppy, #cheekydog, #muddydog). And then we balanced the positive hashtags against the naughty ones and looked at where they were geotagged."First, the good news: according to their findings, the "best behaved dog" is the Korean Jindo dog. This means that, following the Instagram data, this breed had the most positive-related hashtags. - YouTube, HappyDogTV_Official www.youtube.com But there's more! They also figured out where the best-behaved (and naughtiest) breeds lived geographically. "Ukraine is the land of good boys," they report, "with 96.72 good boy behavior." Also, nearly all states in the US report more good boy hashtags than naughty. ("Kansas and North Carolina are the only states who vote ‘naughty dog’–and only by a small margin.")Now for the naughty. According to this study, the naughtiest dog breed is (drum roll please) the Japanese Spitz, with 86.67 hashtags or mentions noting unruly behavior. For those who haven't heard of this breed, they are tiny little white marshmallow fluff-balls who are cousins to the Pomeranians. They note these pooches' "lack of respect for your personal space with a mischievous sense of humor, and you can expect to be clambered over, interrupted, snuzzled, and maliciously cuddled."They seem to be tiny little adorable Velcro-dogs. - Soyabean YouTube channel www.youtube.com According to 2puppies.com, as cute as these little babies are, problems might arise with their suspicion of strangers. They relay, "Despite its small size, it can show aggression towards intruders. The dog chooses only one person in the family to obey without question."Furthermore, while they seem to be little cuddle bugs, "These animals cannot tolerate the loneliness. If left alone for too long, your Spitz can destroy the interior and scratch on the doors without interruption for hours." See on Instagram Also on the list, according to their naughty hashtags, are the following breeds in order: the wirehaired Vizsla, the Shichon, the Mudi, the Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel meets poodle), the Chug (chihuahua meets pug), the Shichon, the Poochon, the Welsh terrier, the Keeshond, and the English springer Spaniel. (I will say as someone who watched their beagle attempt to chew the blinds clear off the rod, I was shocked they didn't make the list!) A beagle sits on a table. Photo by Anna Kumpan on Unsplash The map they share also shows the country with the most misbehaved dog breeds by the research's account. South Africa is number one on this unfortunate list, followed by Slovakia, Singapore, Australia, and the UK. The data is collected by posts showing their dogs being silly little house destroyers.But dog-lovers, before you breathe a sigh of relief that your dog didn't make the list, there's a slightly newer report out from just this year. The folks at Country Living cite a report made by Many Pets, an insurance company, who sifted through thousands of claims and insights from their customers to come up with the list of dog breed.Their list is quite different, with one exception. The, as they call it, most mischievous dog breeds are:Labrador Cockapoo French Bulldog German Shepherd Cocker Spaniel A cockapoo puppy sits in a field. Photo by Hugo Kruip on Unsplash If you cross reference those lists, only one breed makes both and it's… the Cockapoo. So if you've got one of these adorable pups, hide your favorite shoes. Otherwise, you should be fine.