This Kraft dude seems like a stand-up guy.

In 2019, Kraft was among 25 people facing first-degree misdemeanor charges for soliciting prostitution at a day spa. His attorney electronically entered a not-guilty plea, and later submitted a court filing where Kraft waived arraignment, pled not guilty to all charges and requested a jury trial.

In 2026, it was revealed that Kraft had kept a relationship with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and that Epstein had recommended Kraft use his lawyer to defeat the charges.

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Sheeran chose a side

if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

I wasn't about to read but that's a great excerpt, especially since I know just how much of a piece of shit Robert Kraft is and is good to know he's the real evil here.

I don't have a very high opinion of Ed Sheeran, but if anything I'm surprised a little by Macklemore's conviction here. It's not so much that Sheeran is a spineless coward (I mean, he kinda is but at least I see why), but that Macklemore is... kinda badass for speaking up. I had a meh opinion of him too but it's moved up a little.

Classy statement. Left unsaid but there for all to see, “my brother didn’t have my back”.

It’s endlessly surprising to see who among the already famous are going be on the right side of history. I love Macklemore now. And Dua, and the too-small group of other high profile artists who are speaking up even though there is a cost.

Sheeran has enough influence to change this, if he actually cared.

The fact that he hasn't shows that he doesn't. It's his tour, it's his decision.

I think Ed Sheeran is a big enough deal that the stadiums would lose out more than he would if he called their bluff, and they'd likely cave. They're not going to be able to book another artist for dates that soon that will sell comparable numbers of seats.

His typical apolitical stance

No such thing as neutrality, he's just taking the side of the oppressor.

they won't let you stay in the middle forever. it's not a safe pick they're trying to push everyone off the fence all the time it's a key element of extremism.