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Michelle Obama to Lead Celebrity Elites at L.A. Democracy Summit

Michelle Obama can see malign forces challenging democracy everywhere so she has joined a host of celebrities in tackling it. To that end she will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit in June, adding to her previous efforts to push for legislation to advance the federal takeover of elections, eliminating voter ID laws.

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All the Celebrities Behind Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote Initiative

Michelle Obama has described her When We All Vote initiative as a non-partisan effort to boost voter registration among all Americans. But the project, which is also aggressively pushing voting by mail, is backed by a slew of left-wing Hollywood and sports celebrities whose past public statements have been anything but non-partisan.

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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Team Up with Michelle Obama for Left’s Push for Vote By Mail

Former first lady Michelle Obama made a big push for vote by mail during a virtual voter registration drive on Monday that included appearances by a giddy Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who recently recovered from COVID-19. While the online event was billed as a non-partisan effort, it was dominated by former Obama administration faces, including former special White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.

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Actress Rita Wilson Raps to ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ in Coronavirus Isolation Video

Actress Rita Wilson, the wife of Tom Hanks, has been spending her time in coronavirus isolation reading, singing, and playing Gin Rummy. In her latest effort to stop herself from going stir crazy as she recovers from COVID-19, the actress posted an Instagram video in which she raps along to the 1992 single “Hip Hop Hooray.”

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