JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT
We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.
Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?
Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?
We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.
We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.
At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.
How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?
With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.
The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.
If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.
We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.
IMPEACHED! 255 VOTES IN FAVOR. The Senate now must fulfill its constitutional duty to convene forthwith as an impeachment court once the Articles of Impeachment are transmitted.
In 2014, Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify over low pay, staying off for 3 years until 2017, she said
“I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that doesn’t fairly compensate artists.”
Fast forward to 2026, she’s its most-streamed artist ever.
My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music.
https://t.co/ZOi4zNuyTD
Taylor Swift's ‘Eras Tour’ concluded one year ago today.
It became the highest-grossing tour of all time with $2.07 BILLION and over 10 million attendees.
Alsooo many Filipino sexual euphemisms came from the agricultural lexicon. Say, "bayuhin" (ang palay), "araruhin", "tigang" (ang lupa), "pulot gata", etc. This is reflective of how agrarian lifeways shaped language in a conservative PH society
"Honey", the least streamed song from Taylor Swift's 'The Life Of A Showgirl' on release day, outstreams any debut by anyone not named Taylor Swift on Spotify.
It beat the global chart debut of its nearest competitor ("Seven" by JungKook) by 87 streams.
the tloas comments sound familiar? that’s because they are!
2014: how did she go from treacherous to shake it off?
2017: how did she go from style to gorgeous?
2019: how did she go from getaway car to yntcd?
2020: how did she go from cruel summer to tlgad?
2021: how did she go from august to nbnc?
2022: how did she go from champagne problems to karma?
2024: how did she go from wcs to so high school?
2025: how did she go from the black dog to cancelled?
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