The Link Between Bad Bunny and Pete Seeger

Popular entertainers can deliver symbolic blows in dangerous times.

Pete Seeger holds a guitar and stands at an array of microphones as he sings. People stand behind him listening and a man at left holds up a microphone. October 6, 2025, 12:01 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Bad Bunny is the latest entertainer to endure a conservative backlash in the United States. This past weekend the 2026 Superbowl headliner mocked MAGA critics while hosting “Saturday Night Live.”

Meanwhile, last month, ABC temporarily suspended late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel after political pressure. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr had sent a threatening message in response to a remark that Kimmel had made about U.S. President

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