Hollywood gets political. Trump takes on Jay-Z, and we'll bring you the latest on immigration.

Plus, I have some talk about the Federalist paper and many other thoughts on various items sundry.

Ben Shapiro Show.

Oh, the Grammys, where all of Hollywood apparently wants Donald Trump reelected really, really, really badly,

because they're just going to shove in their face how annoying and political they are in every conceivable way.

Don't worry, we'll get to every aspect of this bloviating horror show in just a second.

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So we're in that time of year when we have an awards show every other week.

And no one's actually watching these awards shows. So the ratings last night at the Grammy stunk, according to Deadline Hollywood, back in New York City. For the first time since George W. Bush's first term and drenched in the politics of the Donald Trump era, last night's Grammy Awards was rocking with multiple wins for a very non-political Bruno Mars and a very, very political Kendrick Lamar. It was a three and a half hour long CBS show. Okay, guys, if it's longer than it would take to read the Bible twice, your show is

too long. Okay, they also had an audiobook audition cameo by Hillary Clinton, as you will see in just a

second, but the ratings stunk. No one wanted to watch

this. Why? Because it turns out that watching a bunch of celebrities reward each other and pat

each other on the back and then ruffle each other's hair and talk about how brave they are and how

wonderful they are is super duper irritating for everyone involved. With the 12.721 in metered market ratings, the recording

Academy's big hoot and Annie was also way down from the early numbers for the February 13, 2017,

59th annual show. So that's a 20% decline from last year to this year, because no one cares.

No one cares. Here's the truth. There are certain artists that a lot of people listen to, but they don't have the same sort of broad cultural appeal that they used to. And I'm talking about even the biggest stars. Like they're like Kendrick Lamar. I'm sure there are a lot of youngsters who like the Kendrick Lamar. No one over the age of 35 listens to Kendrick Lamar. Like there's no cross-cultural appeal to a lot of these folks.

There's a giant age gap when it comes to the artists who were being awarded last night,

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