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Peace,
emaycee
Friday, June 30, 2023
Funny, the GOP is full of mediocre white dudes
Without #AffirmativeAction how will mediocre white dudes pass off their failures on women and minorities?
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) June 29, 2023
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For fuck's sake, this is a fucking GOVERNOR
Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC)
— James Aymann (@AymannJames) June 26, 2023
“I look forward to the day that Democrats are so rare, we have to hunt them with dogs.”
Chairwoman Christale Spain (D-SC)
“The majority of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina are Black and our governor is saying out loud he can’t wait to hunt… pic.twitter.com/xAETqxtCrX
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Also: Trump is really stupid
Dude is on tape:
— Andrea R MD (@AndreaR9Md) June 27, 2023
Telling the Russians why he fired Comey
Trying to extort Zelenskyy for dirt on Biden
Talking about how he downplayed the pandemic
Pressuring the Gov and SoS of GA to overturn the election
Giving away classified info
THE DUDE IS ON TAPE
What more do you need?
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Rolling Meadows
Two-tiered Justice:
— 〠Billy D Starchild (@BillyDStarchild) June 26, 2023
12 ppl in NC were arrested after voting while on probation, believing they were eligible to vote. Indicted, some took a plea deal.
Mark Meadows and wife lied on forms, illegally voted in NC. Not arrested.
He went on to try to disqualify 11,780 votes in GA. pic.twitter.com/g7upQdzZn9
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
It's always on liberal's shoulders to save America--so we'll do it again
We, the paranoid and bad-faith actors of the organized right, have done everything we can to whip as many Americans as possible into a variety of panics, and now it’s on you, libs, to figure out how to talk them down. https://t.co/buMnlZXOiT
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 24, 2023
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For far too many, a sense of self-awareness is sorely lacking
In the last 24 hours, we have Lance Armstrong lecturing people about sports fairness, Meghan McCain lecturing people about nepotism, GOP lecturing people about law and order, white evangelical leaders praising/worshiping Trump…we live in a world where many lack mirrors.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) June 25, 2023
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We need to know EVERYONE Trump showed the documents to
CNN has the audio of Trump showing the documents to the Pence writers.
— digby (@digby56) June 27, 2023
It's worse than we thought.
"This was done by the military and given to me."
The reactions from the staffer and the writers makes it clear that he was showing them something shocking.
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GOP heroes: Hitler, Mao, Stalin
In case you think @Moms4Liberty quoted Hitler by mistake, here’s Ryan Helfenbein @ the Faith & Freedom Coalition Gala: “If you don't control education, you can’t control the future. Stalin knew that. Mao knew it. Hitler knew it. We have to get that back for conservative values.” pic.twitter.com/MZGPS8vfym
— Andrew Wortman 🟧 (@AmoneyResists) June 25, 2023
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Because Biden has balls
Putin was never in hiding during the Trump Administration. That's the tweet. 🤷 pic.twitter.com/4uWd7JJ56F
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) June 24, 2023
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The stupid from GOP candidates knows no bounds
Very serious, well thought out counter-drug proposals from DeSantis here.
— Brian Finucane (@BCFinucane) June 26, 2023
Invade Mexico.
Blockade Mexican ports.
These measures will definitely stop the fentanyl epidemic and I can't imagine any possible downsides.https://t.co/s2BQ2HUDwa pic.twitter.com/4nEL4xtHxF
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Putin's stooge
We will never forget who owns you, you traitorous sack of s**t. pic.twitter.com/aJhtVodqc8
— Marlene Robertson (@marlene4719) June 24, 2023
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They're literally psychopaths
I think about billionaires a lot (kinda my job?) so let me say this:
— Mo Weeks (@mo87mo87) June 24, 2023
Most every billionaire on the planet would happily kill you for an extra few points on their investment. This isn't theoretical, it literally happens. They literally make decisions they know will kill people.
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The GOP is Putin's party
If you’re rooting for Putin you’re what’s wrong in America.
— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) June 24, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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Pay to play
Shady and corrupt is the new Supreme Court slogan.https://t.co/hnWJyL9Lvo
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) June 25, 2023
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The GOP vision: Back to the dark ages!
Life is generally easy for most children who don't have bills to pay.
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) June 24, 2023
But some of us grew up hungry, homeless and unable to see a doctor when we were sick. Some of us grew up scared.
YOUR party wants to take everyone back to my childhood.
And we're not going to let you. https://t.co/aNvoSLsGjT
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I do not like that at all
Never forget which political party in America is hell-bent on taking away women’s rights … if you don’t think elections matter, ask yourself if you’re ok with MAGA Republicans deciding what kind of medical care you are allowed to receive.
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) June 23, 2023
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Monday, June 26, 2023
The right to live your life
As we close in on a year since was Roe was overturned, please remember: Every abortion denied is a tragedy.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) June 23, 2023
You don’t have to go into sepsis to be forever harmed by an abortion ban. You don’t need to be raped to have control of your body stolen from you.https://t.co/z5F5zwIAF7 pic.twitter.com/Yoap1iHiGo
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That's the sound of snowflakes
The GOP’s lies are NOT random.
— Rep. Steven Woodrow (@WoodrowForCO) June 23, 2023
They are all designed to help Rs avoid accountability and blame. They use denialism, whataboutism, false equivalency, conspiracy theories, projection & perpetual victimhood—all to mask their culpability.
It’s high time the rest of us caught on.
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A succinct--and correct--evaluation of the GOP
The radicalization of tens of millions Americans into theocratic fascist ideology is not “organic” — nor is it “politics.”
— Jim Stewartson, Anti-disinfo activist 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 (@jimstewartson) June 23, 2023
They are casualties of full-scale psychological warfare conducted by American traitors in conjunction with enemy foreign nation-states. 🧵
Republicans = Traitors
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Russian apologists are pathetic
Acting in good faith as they butchered civilians?
— Abigail Spanberger (@SpanbergerVA07) June 23, 2023
Acting in good faith as they kidnapped children?
Acting in good faith as they raped children in front of their parents? 1/https://t.co/E8lE5a0pGA
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Sunday, June 25, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, CDXLII--Hall and Oates: Everytime You Go Away
Regular readers (both of you) will remember that I am a big fan of blue-eyed soul (Boz Scaggs, early Rod Stewart, Greg Allman, Van Morrison before he turned into a covidiot), and this week's featured tune is as exquisite of an example of a blue-eyed soul song as one will find. Quintessential, in a word....
I wrote about Hall and Oates in Jukebox XXI (eight--eight!--years ago), and while my first posts didn't do an artist bio, per se, I think I covered enough of their highlights that another one would be superfluous. However, I would be remiss if I didn't note that Hall and Oates have had two tours since that post, and have started writing songs for a new album, though its recording and release remain in flux.
Fun Fact: Hall and Oates hate to be called "Hall and Oates." The band's official name is Daryl Hall & John Oates, as they consider themselves to be two separate artists and not a conventional duo. You'll note how much I give a shit as I repeatedly refer to them as "Hall and Oates."
"Everytime You Go Away" was released on their commercial breakthrough album Voices in 1980. Hall and Oates never released (oh, they should have!) it as a single, but British crooner Paul Young took it to #1 in America and #4 in his native U.K. in 1985 (while Young's version is serviceable, it doesn't hold a candle to Hall and Oates' original). The album hit #17 on the Billboard 200, though (just to show you the tricks the mind plays) I would have sworn it was a #1 album based on its ubiquity.
While I have listened to "Everytime You Go Away" numerous times through the years, because of time and tide it had been a while since I last heard it...but I was surprised, as I closed my eyes and sang along as I did my half-assed research for this post, that I remembered every lyric and all the nuances of Hall's vocals. Opening with an extended guitar solo from John Oates that echoes the yearning in Hall's vocals to come, the song details a love on the brink and the longing and heartache that come with separation. Hall's vocals are a master class in soul serenading as he musters all the love and loneliness that the relationship has wrought. And the song's close--the back and forth between the backing vocals and Hall's lovelorn scatting--my God, it's like dancing euphorically through Shangri-La. It's been forty-three years since I first heard it, and it still sounds just as fresh, just as infectious, as ever. A classic.
Lyric Sheet: "Babe, if we can't solve any problems/Why do we lose so many tears/Whoa, so you go again/When the leading man appears..."
Enjoy:
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DEMOCRATS do big things!
I-95 is reopened.
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) June 23, 2023
Over the past 12 days, the eyes of the country have been on Pennsylvania.
We showed them what our grit and determination can accomplish, and we showed them good government in action.
This serves as an example to everyone: Pennsylvania can do big things.
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Fight fire with fire--red states are shitholes
The Trump people are pointing out that Florida cities are equally problematic. But the Democrats won't do that.
— digby (@digby56) June 23, 2023
Is it wise to allow these Red state miscreants to continue to insult those of us who live in Blue states when they live in these glass houses?
I'm tired of it. https://t.co/uTcSjIBWrT
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Disgraceful--they died to fighting to keep people enslaved
NEW: Mississippi Sen. Kathy Chism is calling for the state to bring back its old Confederate-themed state flag.
— Ashton Pittman 🏳️🌈 (@ashtonpittman) June 23, 2023
"A lot of our people fought and died under that flag," the Union County Republican said at a political rally.https://t.co/TaPDI3ctXs
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An amoral and traitorous cult
Today’s Republican party is not anything close to what passes for a normal or traditional political party. It is an amoral and traitorous cult. And those who know these actions and inactions are utterly wrong are too cowardly to do anything about it, except go along.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) June 22, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Speaking of two tiers of justice...
Hunter Biden bought a handgun illegally. Republicans want him to go to prison.
— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) June 21, 2023
Kyle Rittenhouse took an assault rifle— illegally, as a minor— crossed state lines, and murdered two people. Republicans want to make him their Party mascot.
I think I see a pattern here.
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Let's let a nation turn its disgusted eyes to the Trump family corruption
The moldy old Hunter hype fizzles. Shall we turn our eyes to the Trump Family mega deal in the Middle East that's unfolding before our eyes as Trump runs for president while under indictment for stealing national security secrets?
— digby (@digby56) June 21, 2023
Hmmmm???https://t.co/v2VnymzTw3
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The gift that just keeps on giving--Thanks GOP!
Because of – abortion rights – gun violence – climate change – no future with Republicans – we can expect to see young voters turn out in record numbers – and vote Democrat in 2024! – Thanks https://t.co/d5WVkv8gxQ pic.twitter.com/U1jzxa3AGr
— James Aymann (@AymannJames) June 21, 2023
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Reason #8267 to NEVER trust cops
KENTUCKY: “2 purported KKK members allegedly terrorized a pro-LGBTQ rally in Kentucky, one pulled a handgun on protesters — police did not arrest them... Corbin PD posted it referred the incident to the FBI. As of Thursday, the post was deleted.” https://t.co/QqobJ9tRMK
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 21, 2023
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Friday, June 23, 2023
The Wall Street Journal: The Fox News of newspapers
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has long seemed to have a source inside the Supreme Court. Unrelatedly, Sam Alito knew exactly who would publish his angry screed prebutting a ProPublica story that hasn’t even run yet. https://t.co/eBrhGbz2id
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 21, 2023
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Journalism is COMPLETELY broken in America
In today's edition of Journalism is Broken, we bring you Axios pic.twitter.com/d1eAvXeYEu
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 21, 2023
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And they're price gouging us, to boot
1/ Being a CPA I have to occasionally remind people that corporations received a 40% PERMANENT tax cut under Trump. Forty effing percent! I can't believe we're not in the streets with torches and pitchforks over this. Why is this not a major issue? I don't get it.
— Gary Andover (@andover_gary) June 19, 2023
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Billionaires: America's shit stains
Billionaires support Robert F. Kennedy Jr to undermine Biden
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) June 18, 2023
They support Trump to avoid paying taxes
They support Manchin and the GOP to prevent regulations
They support the Federalist Society to hijack the Supreme Court
America is a fully owned subsidiary of billionaires
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Thursday, June 22, 2023
A-fucking-men
Getting formally censured by this crop of House Republicans is probably the highest honor for being a leader of character and moral clarity. Take a bow, Adam Schiff.
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) June 21, 2023
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GOP Justices for sale
Alito's excuse here (the private jet seat would have gone unused otherwise) is for the ages. But you start to see the bigger picture which is that Leonard Leo basically pairs each new Justice w a billionaire sponsor family when they arrive. https://t.co/LZoHk3pV1I
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 21, 2023
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No shit the GOP loves RFK, Jr.--he's a complete fucking idiot
RFK Jr. pushed a conspiracy theory that “the quarantine” was used as cover to install 5G cell phone networks and claimed digital currency “is the beginning of slavery.” pic.twitter.com/6TfBAVvsAn
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 19, 2023
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So many assholes, so little time
Very cool to watch all these millionaires and billionaires push an anti-vax line that has killed tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of working people.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 18, 2023
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The GOP: America's true welfare queens
This fact makes GOP heads explode: Every single Trump state, including FL & TX, is a welfare state subsidized by taxpayers in blue states. Every red state receives more federal $ than they contribute. Every one. All of them. Rely on majority Dem taxpayers for their state spending
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) June 17, 2023
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Stupidest fucking tweet ever
Looking objectively at the Dem field, @RobertKennedyJr is a MUCH better general election candidate than Biden.#RFKJr has high net favorables, independent and cross-party appeal, and would trounce any Republican.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) June 17, 2023
The establishment claim that Biden is more electable is absurd.
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Still turning a blind eye to their perversion
Uhm.... sure. Let's all listen to the institution that actually did turn a blind eye to pedophilia and sexual abuse for centuries. They have a lot to tell us about morality. https://t.co/l9WYwMNOHM
— digby (@digby56) June 17, 2023
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Trump makes the village idiot look like Einstein
How do so many people still think Trump is a genius? And I wish I were talking about GOP. The number of Democrats who think Trump is like Nixon with a carefully compiled dossier on everyone is wild. Trump is the laziest person in America. Stop crediting him with intellect. pic.twitter.com/a1ipnqMrW7
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) June 15, 2023
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Manna for thought
Why is it so hard for people to understand that the Bible is simply a BOOK written by MEN, and revised over and over again by MEN, thousands of years ago? It's just a BOOK. It doesn't matter what it says. It doesn't matter how it's interpreted. It's just a fucking BOOK.
— Michelle (@Michell33650674) June 17, 2023
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The GOP: no moral backbone
New: Asa Hutchinson has asked the RNC to amend its loyalty pledge so candidates won’t have to promise to potentially support a convicted felon. In a call today, RNC officials said absolutely not. https://t.co/9mSD6pyFug
— Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) June 15, 2023
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Could the GOP possibly give a shit less about the American people?
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that will nullify local laws mandating water breaks for construction workers — despite Texas being first in work-related heat exposure deaths. Unions expect the number of deaths to go up if mandated water breaks go away. https://t.co/oM0meXiw3a
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 17, 2023
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Trump's fucked up Presidency has not been acknowledged nearly enough
It's not the Trump prosecution that makes the United States look like a banana republic. It was the Trump presidency that made the United States look like a banana republic.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 11, 2023
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Monday, June 19, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDXLI--Cracker: Low
Of this week's tune, I only have three words for my intro: jangly fucking guitars!
Cracker formed in Redlands, California in 1990 when Dave Lowery joined with childhood friend Johnny Hickman after his original band, Camper Van Beethoven, had disbanded. Within a year the band had a recording contract and released its first album in 1992 to critical and (some) commercial success. The next year the band released its second, and most commercially successful, album. They continued touring and recording through the nineties, though in 1999 Camper Van Beethoven reunited and Lowery has since performed alternately with both bands. Both Lowery and Hickman have released solo albums. For their career, Cracker has released nine studio albums, three compilations, an EP, five live albums, and eighteen singles. They still tour regularly, with Lowery and Hickman the only constants, though the band hasn't released any new music since 2014.
"Low" was the first single released from their 1993 album Kerosene Hat. The single would peak at #59 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album hit #59 on the Billboard 200. They would be the highest charting single and LP the band would have.
Fun Fact: After the band formed Lowery and Hickman moved to Richmond, Virginia where they rented an old house that's only source of heat was kerosene heaters. Whenever they ran out of kerosene, Lowery would put on his winter coat and an old wool hat to make the cold, cold, trek to a nearby gas station to buy some more. Thus it became his "kerosene hat," and hence the name of their second album.
To be perfectly honest, I don't know fuck-all what this week's song is about. I get that it has something to do with a woman, that's somewhat good ("like being stoned") and (maybe) somewhat bad ("like being low"), but I wouldn't swear to it. No matter--it's got plenty of exciting jangly guitars, plenty of offbeat lyrics, and plenty of inspired vocals from Lowery. As I was doing my half-assed research, a number of commenters on the song considered it a quintessential song from the nineties...and I think that's a pretty fair assessment. But despite its connection to that era, it still sounds remarkably fresh--a great tune is a great tune regardless of when it was released, and "Low" is one great tune.
Lyric Sheet: "Blue, blue is the sun/A brown, brown is the sky/A green, green are her eyes/A million miles, a million miles..."
Enjoy:
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The scope of GOP stupidity is mind boggling
republicans say there are tapes of President Biden doing something bad. They don’t know where they are, but trust them, they’re a thing. Oh & they have whistleblowers. They don’t know where they are & some of them supposedly died, but trust them, they’re a thing. Sounds legit! 😂
— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) June 15, 2023
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It's never too early to start taking out the rich
Every Western democracy and everyone here on Twitter needs to see this tweet, and consider what it means, who Elon has become.
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) June 14, 2023
This is no own-the-libs shit. It's a direct call for the ending of American democracy by force, a violent coup against a sitting American President. https://t.co/dJdvdsLl00
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If it weren't for bad news, they'd have no news at all
I'm so sick of this BS. MSNBC just promoted its next segment like this:
— digby (@digby56) June 14, 2023
Gas prices are down. Egg prices are down. But are household bills down as well?
What do you suppose the casual viewer takes away from that?
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The twilight zone
A former President of the US now faces a total of 71 felony counts (and counting) and courts are bracing for violence based on his track record. Worth noting these surreal but undeniable facts.
— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) June 13, 2023
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Sunday, June 18, 2023
Grift away
reminder as Republicans push specious allegations against Joe Biden that Trump *literally had a corruption center down the street from the White House* under the guise of a hotel and they were completely unbothered
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 14, 2023
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Textbook fascism
Right now, conservatives are hell-bent on accomplishing two things: they want to deny you the knowledge that there are any other ways to live beyond the ones they demand; and they want to forbid the knowledge of the atrocities committed by their ideological forebears.
— 🕷Dante Atkins🕷 (@DanteAtkins) June 14, 2023
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It's really this simple
Trump didn't get charged with illegal possession over the 197 docs he gave back to the archives when asked. That matches up with how Biden, Pence, etc. were treated. Give back voluntarily = no rap.
— Walter Olson (@walterolson) June 13, 2023
Trump is facing charges because he chose to lie to the feds and hide documents.
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Stupidity is not the way forward
Walensky: I’d be happy to have our staff educate your staff
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 13, 2023
Greene: I don’t want my staff educated… pic.twitter.com/DxtHW2ILh0
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Saturday, June 17, 2023
Sycophants sinking to a new low
It's come to this... https://t.co/JIyhVl3les
— digby (@digby56) June 13, 2023
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Only the GOP could think that starving children is a good campaign issue
Part of the Republican platform for 2024 is to ban all free meals for students.
— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) June 15, 2023
Pro-Life policy is not only forced birth for little girls, but hunger for all our kids.
That is the Republican Way!#FreshStrong#VoteBlue2024 https://t.co/sb7sc4fYYy
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In which the GOP takes a stat from 2019 and blames Biden
Who was president in 2019 again? https://t.co/y0Z4VKXSkg pic.twitter.com/1puANmRcm9
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) June 14, 2023
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Nothing but redneck noise
here's Maria Bartiromo and Rep. Buddy Carter searching for reasons to criticize Biden over new data showing inflation at its lowest reading in well over 2 years pic.twitter.com/pTca2M5Wdh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2023
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Friday, June 16, 2023
Morons appealing to morons
Charlie Kirk: "I'm going through my refrigerator and I'm starting to ask the question: Was this ketchup bottle woke? Is this mustard? I mean, literally." pic.twitter.com/ncSHJR12v3
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 13, 2023
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Easy as 1, 2, 3 the GOP is going to fuck over you and me
There are literally only 3 things you can count on the GOP always wanting to do:
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) June 13, 2023
(1) cut taxes for rich people
(2) give money to big corporations
(3) cut benefits for everyone else
New GOP Bills Would Hand Richest 1% Over $28 Billion in Tax Cuts Next Yearhttps://t.co/Urm5Y1htQ7
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It's like the Manson cult, only MAGA is stupider
We hear a lot about the "woke mind virus". But if there's any "mind virus" out there it's the one that has tens of millions of adults threatening guerrilla warfare over a 70-something codger doing some kind of Benny Hill cat and mouse game over bankers boxes at his beach hotel.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 12, 2023
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Trump is a dumpster fire in a shit storm
We’ve had 46 U.S. Presidents, and they’ve been indicted on a total of 71 felony counts. Here’s how it breaks down:
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) June 10, 2023
1-44: 0
45: 71
46: 0
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
On my way to where the air is sweet...
On our Street, we celebrate inclusion, belonging, and freedom of authentic self-expression. Happy #PrideMonth to all the people in our neighborhoods! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🤍🤎🖤 pic.twitter.com/4ErE22oCh4
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 12, 2023
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Reason # 9,726 to NEVER trust a cop
Georgia law enforcement officers with federal and state indicted felon. pic.twitter.com/Pu7jdBRxi5
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 10, 2023
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American lives be damned as long as Trump gets paid
"He kept intelligence documents because those secrets could be used in a transaction...He may not have known how and when he would cash in this currency, but there can be little doubt that he was determined to retain the ability to do just that."https://t.co/B8k4BWuiwD
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 11, 2023
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Oh, the hypocrisy!
Just so you know, Republicans believe that if you commit a crime you cannot be tried for it if you are a candidate for president because it will spell the end of the Republic. (Unless your name is Hillary Clinton, of course, in which case you should be locked up.)
— digby (@digby56) June 10, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene is stupid on steroids
Shhhh. Don't show her the "How A Bill Becomes A Law" cartoon. She'll be crushed. https://t.co/8UOj2qERAV
— digby (@digby56) June 12, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
For the GOP, it's all about the white supremacy
Two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance in Orlando right now, marching with signs featuring Gov DeSantis’s face, swastikas, the n-word and homophobic slurs.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 10, 2023
This is the 2023 Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/ISh5dkDGYe
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emaycee
There is no cure
We’re six years into this.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 10, 2023
People have to stop wondering “when will the MAGA base wake up and give up on Trump?”
It. Will. Not. Happen.
It’s now part of their fundamental identity. The question now isn’t waiting on them to snap out of it but mitigating the damage.
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emaycee
Even more Americans killed by Trump's idiocy
Oct 2021, NYT reported unusually high number of foreign citizens serving as U.S. gov. informants had been killed, arrested, or compromised by rival intelligence agencies.
— Jane (@JaneVoter2018) June 9, 2023
The docs recovered from Mar-a-Lago contain info pertinent to human intelligence.https://t.co/ZOypB5TPYH. pic.twitter.com/OMshLZ9r5w
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emaycee
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDXL--Lou Reed: The Blue Mask (Album)
When I was fifteen I discovered, thanks to WLS 89 AM out of Chicago, the joys of top forty music. Thanks to his being on the cover of Time and Newsweek (they are magazines, for you young 'uns that may have never heard of them) in the same week when I was sixteen, I discovered Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, which remains my favorite album to this day. I started college when I was seventeen, and thanks to fellow students and a helping heaping of glory days Rolling Stone began to broaden my horizons when it came to rock and roll. When I was twenty-two, thanks to a) a rave review in Rolling Stone, and b) a customer who returned a copy with a "scratch" (customerspeak for "it sucked"), I discovered Lou Reed's The Blue Mask, and it forever changed the way I looked at music. In fact, I couldn't possibly overstate how much it influenced (and still does) my musical listening--I came to believe that a rock and roll album or song could be as much of a work of art as Dali's The Persistence of Memory or Shakespeare's Hamlet or Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It changed the way I looked at Born to Run, Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, and Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes, which were LPs I already knew, and would influence albums I would discover in the intervening years like The Who's Who's Next and Tommy, Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story, John Mellencamp's Scarecrow, Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, and a holy host of others (to borrow a phrase). And the cherry on top was that it made me a Lou Reed fan for life--after months of listening to The Blue Mask I checked out his hits package Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980, which was chock full of incredible songs, and from there it became an acorn snowballing down a mountain.
Which helps to explain why this will be the fourth time I've featured Lou Reed (Volume XXXVIII: "Street Hassle," Volume CLVIII: "Coney Island Baby (Live)," and Volume CLXXVIII: "Heroin" from his Velvet Underground beginning), and also for the fourth time I'll not be attempting a paragraph bio of a musician whose career does not lend itself to a paragraph. As noted above, this year's birthday week ("Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?") album is The Blue Mask, a work of staggering genius (again, to borrow a phrase) that peaked at #159 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard 200 and sold considerably less than the 500,000 copies it would have needed to make a gold record.
And away we go...
My House--In which Reed and his wife use a Ouija board to conjure the spirit of American poet Delmore Schwartz (also a teacher of Reed's when he attended Syracuse University) and find he's haunting their home--and your first hint that this is not going to be just any old album. Interesting to me because Schwartz's story "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" is one of my favorite short stories (although I know precious little of his other work). Favorite Line: "And to top it all off a spirit of pure poetry/Is living in this stone and wood house with me..."
Women--An interesting cut as it's a paean to how much Reed loves women, but his history shows a) he experimented with homosexuality, b) dated an androgynous woman for a while, and c) was rumored to have problems with abusive behavior toward women. Better late than never one supposes (though I have to admit, dear reader, that I most assuredly share Reed's love of women). Also need to mention the guitar play between Reed and guitarist Robert Quine--because a) it's fantastic the entire album, and b) it's mentioned in literally every fucking review of the album (deservedly so). Favorite Line: "They're a blessing to the eyes, a balm to the soul/What a nightmare to have no women in the world..."
Underneath the Bottle--It's well known that Reed struggled with alcohol and drug addiction through his early years, and while Reed says this song isn't autobiographical (and I have no reason to doubt him) one supposes he's at least writing of what he knows. It will occur over and over again on the record, but here's where I can insert how fantastic Reed's vocals were on this album--layered perfectly to fit with each song. Maybe his best vocals ever. Favorite Line: "It's the same old story/Of a man and his search for glory/And he found it there, underneath the bottle..."
The Gun--A stark character study of someone we've all become far too familiar with in the forty years since Reed released this album: a psychotic with a gun. Amazing how little gun violence has changed--you'd think by now we'd know better. A brilliant piece of work. Favorite Line: "I want, ah, you to be sure to see this/I wouldn't want you to miss a second/Watch your wife..."
The Blue Mask--Man, there's no way I could possibly do justice to this one. A brilliant diatribe on torture, pain, and internal demons. Sheer fucking genius. Repeat: sheer fucking genius. Favorite Line: "They stood over the soldier/In the midst of the squalor/There was war in his body/And it caused his brain to holler..."
Average Guy--Wherein Reed follows up an utter masterpiece with a tongue-in-cheek look at...himself. Yup, Reed honestly says he woke up one morning and realized he was actually just a pretty average guy (word of warning: it'll happen to you, too). Music makes brothers of us all. Favorite Line: "Average looks, average taste/Average height, an average waist/Average in everything I do/My temperature is 98.2..."
The Heroine--Another paean to how heroic women are (especially in terms of how much men need them), this time in the form of an abridged myth. Probably an underrated song on the album--there's a gentleness to it that truly makes it a cut above. Favorite Line: "And the baby's in his box, he thinks the door is locked/The sea is in a state, the baby learns to wait/For the heroine, oh oh the heroine..."
Waves of Fear--Whereby musically, vocally, and lyrically Reed captures the frenzy and terror of withdrawal from drugs and alcohol. While again it may not be autobiographical, Reed sings of what he knows. Anger, panic, and chaos, all with killer guitars and exploding drums. Favorite Line: "Crazy with sweat, spittle on my jaw/What's that funny noise, what's that on the floor/Waves of fear, pulsing with death..."
The Day John Kennedy Died--This one is actually autobiographical, as Reed, an unabashed admirer of JFK, recalls the day Kennedy was killed in Dallas. A eulogy for the hope that also died that day, and for a generation scarred by the death of a genuine hero. A beautiful ode. Favorite Line: "I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate/I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied/And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died..."
Heavenly Arms--My favorite song on the album, a love song to his wife. Just like he did with "Coney Island Baby," just like he did at the end of "Street Hassle," Lou Reed is once again telling us that it's love that will see you through, and yes, it can happen to you. Hell, if the tortured poet can find love and happiness, can we all? [Side note: Reed may have captured happiness, but the marriage eventually failed (though he would find love again). C'est la vie!] Favorite Line: "In a world full of hate, love should never wait/Heavenly arms reach out to me..."
It had been many years since I last heard The Blue Mask, and I had forgotten just how great of an album it was. A stunning, once in a lifetime work, from a stunning, once in a lifetime artist.
Enjoy:
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emaycee
The Saudi Arabia connection is beyond fishy
"I think the DOJ should be, if they're not already, [be] looking at the unholy relationships that exist between Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and Jared Kushner," he explained. https://t.co/7fY2lJG3r9
— McSpocky™ (@mcspocky) June 10, 2023
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emaycee
Why, indeed?
“Why isn’t Trump covered as a radical and insurrectionist who has waged a multi-year campaign against American democracy? Why isn’t he covered like Farrakhan, the Blind Sheikh, the Unabomber, or any other person who attacked America and killed Americans?”https://t.co/4mwNAFngnp
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 27, 2023
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emaycee
Trump fucked around, and now he's finding out
The horrible precedent isn't that Trump was indicted. The horrible precedent is that we had a president who repeatedly broke the law.
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) June 9, 2023
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emaycee
Fuck Up First
Trump was the FIRST President to be indicted
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) June 8, 2023
FIRST to be indicted 2x
FIRST to be found liable for sexual abuse
FIRST to terrorize our Capitol
FIRST to spread the Big Lie
FIRST to be impeached 2x
FIRST to hop in bed with 9/11 funders
THIS is what America First really means
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emaycee
Monday, June 12, 2023
Some idiot got paid to write this embarrassingly bad take
WSJ editorial board: "The greatest irony of the age of Trump is that for all his violating of democratic norms, his frenzied opponents have done and are doing their own considerable damage to democracy." https://t.co/Ib4TRgdHNV
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 10, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Things that make you go hmmm...
The chances that Saudi Arabia, Russia and/or China don’t have copies of classified documents is about zero. They had spies all over Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower; Trump loved kissing up to Putin; and Jared didn’t get his $2 billion for nothing.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) June 9, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Maybe not so elite? Doesn't take much to see Trump is a fucking idiot
It never occurs to the elite wingnuts that Trump might actually be the corrupt imbecile he appears to be.
— digby (@digby56) June 9, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
The real budget buster: defense spending
It's infuriating a) how much "defense" spending dominates the federal budget & workforce, b) how much of that spending is channeled to private contractors, with zero scrutiny & mountains of graft, and c) how little attention any of this gets in US political discourse. https://t.co/EHXj1AZhhE
— David Roberts (@drvolts) June 8, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Sunday, June 11, 2023
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