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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Democrats are the true Freedom Caucus
GOP: Dems want to control your life!
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) March 25, 2024
Also GOP: you can’t get an abortion, your kids can’t use the internet, you can’t use IVF, gay people shouldn’t marry, you can’t retire until you’re 69, and we are coming after birth control
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Biden = Presidential/Trump = Pathetic
Left: President Biden today, focused on lowering health care costs and stopping Trump’s plans to rip away health care from millions of Americans
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 26, 2024
Right: Trump today, hawking $60 Bibles that he’s making royalties off of, claiming that other Bibles aren’t “endorsed” by him pic.twitter.com/EWg3Bu2440
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Please, GOP, play this card to the hilt until November
Trump press secretary brags about Trump ending Roe v. Wade, calling it a “win,” and then says Trump will work to pass a national abortion ban if reelected pic.twitter.com/ULcaokxfbo
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 26, 2024
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Trump first
It's Republicans that walked away from the most significant border deal in a generation with reforms you specifically asked for—
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) March 27, 2024
Because Donald Trump told you to.
But sure, keep tweeting like you care about the border. https://t.co/squtFUjYeo
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDLXXXI--Aerosmith: Dream On
It may be a week late, but at least it's on a Friday Saturday....
Not So Great Moments in Dorkville: Back in the day, every now and again our parents would go out for the evening, and when they did we'd have the whole house to ourselves. So me, my brother, and a friend of my brother's would listen to 45's and pretend we were a band and play our air instruments as we listened (I told you it was Dorkville...). Needless to say, this week's tune was one of the better numbers in our repertoire....
A brief history of Aerosmith: Band forms, has local success, becomes national success, gets fucked up on drugs and loses a couple of members, gets straight and all members come back, against all odds has massive comeback, gets old together and keeps playing rock and roll. And while they've had their differences during the years, since they started in 1970 all five of the original members are still in the band--doesn't happen often in rock and roll. Through the years the band has accumulated five
Grammys and sold over 150 million records. They were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and in 2013 lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry were elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. For their career, Aerosmith has released fifteen studio albums, with two hitting #1, and five others peaking in the top ten. They've also released seventy-two singles, with seven of those reaching the top ten. The band has been plagued with numerous health issues in their later years, but they did on embark on a farewell tour last September.
Grammys and sold over 150 million records. They were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and in 2013 lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry were elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. For their career, Aerosmith has released fifteen studio albums, with two hitting #1, and five others peaking in the top ten. They've also released seventy-two singles, with seven of those reaching the top ten. The band has been plagued with numerous health issues in their later years, but they did on embark on a farewell tour last September.
"Dream On" was the first single Aerosmith ever released, from their ever so cleverly named debut album, Aerosmith. The single would reach #59 (with a bullet!), though the album would not chart. After the success of their more playfully named 1975 album, Toys in the Attic, "Dream On" was re-released and would hit #6 (again with a bullet!), and the album would hit #21.
For a band that--at least in its early days--built a reputation as badass hard rockers, "Dream On" is a surprisingly optimistic exhortation to keep on dreaming until your dreams come true. Written by Tyler, the song opens with some eastern influenced guitar from Joe Perry before segueing into Tyler's musing vocals, and his call to sing with him (which, for whatever odd reason, I love its spirit of brotherhood). The song is very anthemic--I could imagine back in the day it was probably quite the showstopper for their live shows. Although I'd never call myself a big Aerosmith follower, I've heard enough of their catalog to say that while they've had a number of good songs, I don't think they've ever had one that was better than this one. And it closes with a gong! The aspirations of youth come true....
Lyric Sheet: "I know nobody knows/Where it comes and where it goes/I know it's everybody's sin/You got to lose to know how to win..."
Enjoy:
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Give me a break, indeed
The House Republican budget would raise the retirement age, cut Medicare, take health care from millions, and hand out tax cuts to the wealthy.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 25, 2024
And 80% of their colleagues signed on.
Give me a break.
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Other than the GOP and its dodos, most Michiganders aren't this fucking stupid
Hey Einstein, your state is hosting the Sweet 16. Could it be a team bus? If it is, will you resign for your spectacular stupidity? https://t.co/CRPyDDSOPJ
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 28, 2024
Republicans = Nazis
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C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-E G-R-E-E-D
Just in case you were confused about why the price of everything keeps going up and mistakenly concluded it was inflation https://t.co/EiSRvRtpsy
— I Smoked Ronna Romney McGoebbels (@BlackKnight10k) March 28, 2024
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That's what perverted friends are for
If it wasn’t for sex trafficking pedophiles, Donald Trump wouldn’t have any friends at all. pic.twitter.com/8HT2VIMPeP
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) March 26, 2024
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Friday, March 29, 2024
Be healed
A woke mind isn’t a virus, it’s the cure.
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) March 23, 2024
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America has a massive justice problem
Psaki: Trump is not the victim of a two-tiered system of justice in this country, he has been a beneficiary. There's one system for the powerful and wealthy and well- connected like Trump and there's an entirely other system for everyone else. pic.twitter.com/9GUY9AR1Jo
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 26, 2024
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Goodbye and good riddance
Out of respect for Joe Lieberman's family, the early runs of our obituary will downplay his killing of the Obamacare public option, warmongering in Iraq, championing of Betsy DeVos, lobbying for China's ZTE, and co-chairmanship of No Labels.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 28, 2024
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GOP hypocrisy, ad infinitum
Republicans: "The border is the greatest national security crisis in history."
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 25, 2024
Also Republicans: "Who cares what country Donald Trump gets his bond money from?"
Republicans = Nazis
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
If the GOP tells you they're against an abortion ban, they're lying
Don’t. Believe. Republicans. https://t.co/nDCM18hQ86
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 27, 2024
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No redeeming qualities whatsoever
This Is MAGA.
— M-A.Stay’Legit™️🇨🇦 (@BagdMilkSoWhat) March 27, 2024
Deplorable Was Always Too Kind A Word. pic.twitter.com/VASetjceMh
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The stupidest fucking people in the world
MAGAs are saying Pete Buttigieg is somehow responsible for a giant cargo ship slamming into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore because they are the stupidest fucking people in the world. pic.twitter.com/cv6lgHAYeU
— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) March 26, 2024
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Domestic terrorists
Christine Blasey Ford's family went into hiding because of the death threats.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 23, 2024
I don't recall *any* witness who spoke at the Joe Biden impeachment hearings or Special Counsel Robert Hur having to go into hiding because of death threats.
Only Trump’s deranged, angry fans do that.
Republicans = Nazis
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Doing my part to help
It would be a shame, it really would, if Trump’s new nickname Don Poorleone doesn’t stick.
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) March 24, 2024
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And why they wrote the U.S. Constitution
Trump's America is what our founders fought to escape.
— scha·den·freu·de (@BlisterPearl) March 23, 2024
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Mayf
Like a toilet selling turds
Donald Trump is selling Bibles?
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) March 26, 2024
The living embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins is selling Bibles?
God Bless the USA Bibles?
During Holy Week?
Jesus wept.
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People have the power
🇭🇺 Big demonstrations have just started in Budapest, Hungary demanding the removal of Viktor Orban from power in this European country pic.twitter.com/ajTbI2qKpL
— Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) March 26, 2024
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Speaking words of wisdom
It’s time to vacate Marjorie Taylor Greene and extreme MAGA Republicans in November.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) March 23, 2024
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Apparently, "America First" is complete and utter bullshit
BREAKING: Donald Trump is insisting he can use foreign money to pay his bond debts. Retweet so all Americans know Donald Trump is bought and paid for by foreign governments. pic.twitter.com/3xPE7FYyGO
— Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) March 25, 2024
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You have to wonder why...
The biggest story in politics right now is getting no attention at all: Trump’s handlers have taken him off the campaign trail entirely (zero public events on his calendar). It’s only March, and Trump is already too senile to remain on the campaign trail. They’re hiding him.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) March 22, 2024
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Republican Healthcare Plan: You get sick, you die
Obamacare/AffordableHealthcareAct is so much better than the Republican plan of everyone getting sick, going broke, and dying.#VoteBlue2024
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) March 23, 2024
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Monday, March 25, 2024
For the people
Everyone should be able to access the health care they need regardless of who they are, where they live, or how much they earn.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 23, 2024
That is why we will continue using every tool to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. pic.twitter.com/FRNUs4J9Mc
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The GOP is chock full of Russian assets
Rudi Giuliani knew.
— Scorched Earth Dem (@progavalanche) March 23, 2024
Sean Hannity, John Solomon & the gang at Faux knew.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) knew.
Rep Pete Sessions (R - TX) knew.
They knew they were part of a Russian disinformation campaign & had no problem with that.#DemCast #DemVoice1 #wtpBLUEpic.twitter.com/OlpeI0Z019
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Conning the least of their brothers
If you’re shocked at Trump financially manipulating and abusing the poor and elderly to fund his lavish lifestyle, multiple lawsuits, and lawyers, you’ve never paid attention to White Evangelical Preachers doing the same exact thing every given Sunday.
— Sgt Joker (@TheSGTJoker) March 22, 2024
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That's depravity
Liz Cheney on Donald Trump: “While the attack was happening, he was handed a note. The note said…a civilian had been shot…He put it on the table in front of him, and he continued to watch the attack…That’s depravity. And that person can never be near the Oval Office again.” pic.twitter.com/EkPovscO0O
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) March 19, 2024
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
Look incompetent? The GOP is incompetent
Fox host: We are seeing yet another tantrum by Republicans. We look incompetent pic.twitter.com/j0qCJPIvKf
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 22, 2024
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Another example of just how bad our media is
Ronna McDaniel was balls deep in the coup plot. She flew to swing states to encourage Republican state legislators and Republican election officials to submit fraudulent electors to steal the election from Joe Biden. If I was an @NBCNews employee I’d be pissed. https://t.co/w16O6kQr5g
— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) March 22, 2024
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Another example of just how sick MAGA is
"We're gonna deport a lot of people, 10 million people and growing - anchor babies, their parents, their grandparents. We're gonna put kids in cages. It's gonna be glorious." @JasonSCampbell
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) March 22, 2024
- Mike Davis, The Article III Project. Ex-Gorsuch clerk. (2023)
pic.twitter.com/9C8dCMIQqW
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The GOP will let you work until you die
80% of Republicans in Congress in 100% of the leadership are part of this.
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) March 21, 2024
"Republican Study Committee Budget Includes Social Security Benefit Cuts"https://t.co/KKzU9XD7fr
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
Don't let voters forget just how bad Trump was
Left: Trump just now posting, “ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?”
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 18, 2024
Right: Trump’s America four years ago, filled with unemployment lines, food lines, empty shelves, supply shortages, disease, and death pic.twitter.com/sfWANSy7gS
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They take their party over America every time
GOP Rep. Perry tells Republicans to vote against border security because it would give Democrats something to “run on” if it passes pic.twitter.com/K6aRbFGPUU
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 22, 2024
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Could it be Trump's in trouble with the GOP?
NBC News exit poll: Ohio *Republican* primary voters
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 19, 2024
11% said they'd vote for Biden in November
Another 8% said they will not vote for either candidate in November@NBCNews
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Choose America or a dictator
These are Domestic Terrorists; not Hostages. Trump is a Traitor; not a Patriot. The election is about Democracy; not Inflation. You will choose a Democrat or an Insurrectionist.
— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) March 18, 2024
Voters will reveal who they are, either choosing the Republic or a Dictator.pic.twitter.com/vcF6gaGljB
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Friday, March 22, 2024
The paper tiger
Trump is ‘unable to post bond’ for $464 million…
— Jeras Ikehorn (@JerasIkehorn) March 18, 2024
What happened, I thought he was a billionaire! 😆🤣😂
Lying sack of orange shit.
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Justice is here
Don’t let the cumulative effect of small delays bring you down. Trump faces 88 felonies, is over a billion in debt, he’s bleeding money: his own & the GOPs, he lost in 2018/20/22. Every day will be worse until he dies. He isn’t escaping Justice. Justice is here. ⚖️ ❤️
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 17, 2024
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Our media is so pathetic
"Stifled" is a weird way to say murdered https://t.co/8fM087knF4
— I Smoked The RNC (@BlackKnight10k) March 17, 2024
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The difference between zero indictments and ninety-one
Biden campaign raised $53M in February.
— Captain Obvious™️ (@TheFungi669) March 17, 2024
Trump campaign spent $53M in legal fees.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDLXXX--Graham Parker: Temporary Beauty
Better late than never, or so they say....
This week's tune came along at a time when I was still early in my musical journey, and it was the first single after this week's artist had released an album that was a bit of a disappointment after the classic album he'd released before that. I was still naive enough to believe that critical success would one day lead to glory...but for Graham Parker it never really did. No matter--he's provided me (and many others, I'm sure) with plenty of glorious listening....
I wrote about Graham Parker way back in Volume XXVI (that was 454 posts ago!), and while I wasn't writing bio paragraphs per se back then, I wrote enough of one for Parker to not write another. I would like to note that Parker released an album just last year (his twenty-fifth), and much like Squeeze that I wrote about a few posts back, feel like it's a damn shame that he hasn't been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A great--and underrated in my humble opinion--talent.
"Temporary Beauty" was the first single from an album that was not another grey area, Another Grey Area. The single did not chart in America but hit #50 on the U.K. Singles Chart. The album reached #42 in his native U.K., and #50 here in the United States.
Fun Fact: This week's album was the last of Parker's studio albums to chart in the U.K., but his next five would chart in America. A bit odd as smaller British acts (as in not the Beatles or the Stones) tend to be bigger in their homeland for longer periods than they are here.
"Temporary Beauty" is one of my favorite songs by Graham Parker, and it was one of those songs that I knew the first time I heard it that it would be a favorite for years to come. Very few people write put down songs better than Parker, though I think the lyrics in the chorus for this one takes a little of the edge off and shows Parker in a more empathetic light. Parker juxtaposes the catty commentary of the stanzas with a catchy chorus that is to die for. As always, his vocals carry the day, and like Mick Jagger, he is able to convey so much (especially anger and disgust) through them. There's nothing temporary about this one...and it's a beauty.
Lyric Sheet: "The world is full of little people like you/They have to read a book to learn what to do/They hang around in second hand stores for clothes/And every kind of pressure steps on their toes..."
Enjoy:
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President Harris has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Republicans love to attack VP Harris - because an accomplished brilliant truth-telling woman of color who stands up for all women & would make an extraordinary president - scares the shit outta them. pic.twitter.com/oWtsw11Qr3
— anyone_want_chips (@anyonewantchips) March 17, 2024
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A fucking psychopath
Mark Esper on the threat of a second term:
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) March 14, 2024
“He wanted to deploy active-duty troops on the street of Washington, D.C., and suggested actually that we shoot Americans in the street. That's kind of more of what you'll see.”pic.twitter.com/OdKVTAnL72
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Strange times make for strange bedfellows
If you had told me four years ago that Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Chris Christie and Adam Kinzinger wouldn’t be supporting the Republican nominee for President I would’ve never believed you.
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) March 15, 2024
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A total failure
As a parent, your responsibilities include feeding, clothing, educating, providing shelter for, & loving your child.
— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) March 15, 2024
But, your #1 responsibility is to keep your child safe. If you fail at that, nothing else matters.
Refusing to vaccinate your child makes you a total failure. pic.twitter.com/0ysvNZbLhV
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Choose the America you want
The audience at a Joe Biden speech applauds hope, unity, humanity and inclusion.
— Special K 🇺🇸✌🏻🖕🏼✌🏻🇺🇸 (@amethyst7223) March 17, 2024
The audience at a Donald Trump speech applauds anger, hate, cruelty and division.
Choose the America you want.
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Selling out his country
Now that we’ve publicly embarrassed Fani Willis over a $4,000 vacation can we turn our attention to Clarence Thomas’s much more extravagant vacations, free tuition for a relative , free home for mom, and a forgiven loan on a $400,000 RV?
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 15, 2024
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Under pressure, Trump was a colossal failure
Four years ago today, as Americans lost their jobs and died in hospitals, Trump went on national TV to praise himself: I’d rate my response a 10 out of 10 pic.twitter.com/M1uonozYSi
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 16, 2024
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It's a tell--he knows he can't win
Donald Trump: "If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country." pic.twitter.com/aGDc5oCKtn
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) March 16, 2024
Republicans = Nazis
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Follow the money
Right now, I’m less concerned about who owns TikTok than I am about who owns the Supreme Court.
— KD 📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 (@kdnerak33) March 15, 2024
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Never trust a racist
Trump’s message to black voters: “What do you have to lose?”
— Captain Obvious™️ (@TheFungi669) March 15, 2024
The Central Park 5: “Our lives.”
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The stench of a loser
Only FOUR of Trump’s 44 former Cabinet officials have endorsed him.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 15, 2024
His VP won’t endorse him.
It’s insane for any president to even have anything close to 44 Cabinet officials in one term.
He incompetent, insane, unfit, & his own former officials know that better than anyone.
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A monstrosity
The Republican Party has devolved into a MAGA cult infested with fascists, morons, bigots, racists, incels, Nazis, money hoarders, flat earthers, antivaxxers, losers, zealots, insurrectionists, oligarchs, and traitors.
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) March 13, 2024
We must defeat these mutants at the ballot box.
Vote Blue.
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Monday, March 18, 2024
Democrats are playing chess, the GOP tic-tac-toe
Republicans just spent four hours broadcasting wall-to-wall, live TV coverage of Trump’s many criminal indictments and reminding everyone Biden was cleared.
— Jim Messina (@Messina2012) March 12, 2024
Brilliant as usual.
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The Presidential election this year shouldn't even be close
.@chrislhayes: Four years later after Trump, the country is safer, more prosperous, more energy independent. There are more people working, making higher wages, starting new businesses. Remarkable economic performance and growth in this Biden era, that's the record for Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/QVw7KdRklx
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 13, 2024
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Rigged for the rich
35 major corporations paid their execs MORE than what they paid in federal income taxes between 2018 and 2022.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 13, 2024
Each of the companies generated billions of dollars in profit over the same period.
When I say the system is rigged for the rich, this is what I mean.
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Repulsive
completely reprehensible that Republicans smeared Biden for not remembering when his son died when that's clearly a lie pic.twitter.com/tp5SO0qZGC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 12, 2024
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Sunday, March 17, 2024
We are facing down fascism
Rep. Ilhan Omar on CNN on if she'll vote for President Biden in November: "Of course. Democracy is on the line. We are facing down fascism." pic.twitter.com/FPa5ZtN2EF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 13, 2024
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Goddamn right they're on the line
"I think freedom is on the line," @PeteButtigieg tells @NicolleDWallace. "Obviously women's freedom...the freedom of families like mine to exist right now is on the line." pic.twitter.com/WzJQRIFeHt
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2024
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The GOP's self-evident truths
Declaration of Independence: "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 12, 2024
Republicans: "Forced birth, imposed religion, and working until you die."
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Pardons for traitors from a traitor should be a non-starter
Any candidate who says they will pardon Jan. 6 defendants is not qualified to be President.
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) May 25, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Don't ever let me go...
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| RIP, Eric Carmen, 1949-2024 |
Eric Carmen, who had a number of hits both with his original band and solo, passed away earlier this week, and while I'd be exaggerating if I said that I was a huge fan of his, I was saddened by his death, especially since it seemed to go a little under the radar (nobody even wrote a post on Daily Kos, and someone always writes a death post for a musician who passes). Such is the fickle nature of life, I suppose.
Still, it's saying something that his greatest musical accomplishment, the song "Go All the Way" which was released in 1972 when he was in the Raspberries (I wrote about it in Vol. CDLIX last October), is a song that more than fifty years later is still being raved about (and not just by music dorks like me). I'd think that's a legacy that any musician would cherish, and I hope that Mr. Carmen did and had some appreciation for how much many millions of us loved the song.
As a soundtrack for his journey to Rock and Roll Heaven, I'd like to feature another song of his that I liked, 1977's "She Did It." It's a nice pop ditty from my formative musical years (lyrics here for my three readers that care...). Enjoy, and rest in rock and roll peace, Eric Carmen:
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This is how you grow the economy
BREAKING: President Biden's 2025 budget raises trillions by making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share
— Americans For Tax Fairness (@4TaxFairness) March 11, 2024
—25% minimum tax on billionaires
—Raise corporate tax rate
—Close tax loopholes for corporations
THIS is how you grow the economy and boost the middle class. pic.twitter.com/cr8a8DFrfy
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Trump will cut the social safety net--Biden will strengthen it
President Biden: Trump said this morning cuts to Social Security and Medicare are on the table again. I will never allow that to happen. If Republicans try to cut Social Security or Medicare, I will stop them pic.twitter.com/6QGhH3qvuJ
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 11, 2024
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The border that needs to be secured
FYI: The border that needs to be secured is the one that separates the church and state.
— Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 (@PopularLiberal) March 12, 2024
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Men Are Groping? A-OK!
Nancy Mace “advocates” for rape victims but supports rapist Trump
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 11, 2024
Katie Britt “cares” about sex trafficking but worships a sexual predator
Boebert is a “Christian” but kowtows to a criminal
Stefanik took an oath but obeys an insurrectionist
MAGA women sold us out FOR A RAPIST
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, March 15, 2024
Biden is a human being, Trump is a human shit ass
This tells you everything you need to know about these two individuals. pic.twitter.com/ebZ1ornWaQ
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 10, 2024
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
The Handmaiden of Fascism
Instead of saying Katie Britt LIED, the New York Times said she “misled”
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 10, 2024
Instead of exposing Russian-GOP collusion, the NYT buried it on page 16
Instead of focusing on Trump’s 91 criminal charges, they’re focusing on Biden’s age
A complicit press is the Handmaiden of Fascism
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
So Trump still has classified info he can sell?
BREAKING - Trump moved docs from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster in 2022, according to another Trump employee who confirms what has long been reported - including this video from spring 2022:
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) March 12, 2024
pic.twitter.com/eUxW1sESVV
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Because this happens every day in America
Trump: Suburban housewives don’t want illegal immigrants knocking on their door and saying I’m going to use your kitchen pic.twitter.com/bDP5ojKZbL
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 9, 2024
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDLXXIX--Simon and Garfunkel: America
Thank God this isn't a job--with this many tardies I'd be fired by now....
Surprisingly enough, considering I'm 479 posts into Friday Night Jukebox, this is the first time I've written about Simon and Garfunkel--though I did do a post about a solo Paul Simon effort. Much like this week's tune, the earlier Simon tune was about, of all things on an American political blog, America. And I suppose there's a certain symmetry to twice posting an artist's musings on the American experience....
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel met in grade school in Queens, New York City, in 1953, and by 1956 they were performing as Tom and Jerry (and had a minor hit in 1957). They would break up and reunite several times before realizing folk music was breaking big in 1963 and reformed as Simon and Garfunkel. Their first album was a dud and they broke up again (it would be a theme); a couple of years after "The Sound of Silence" from that debut album was remixed and became a #1 hit. They regrouped, and over the course of the next five years won seven Grammys and eventually sold over one hundred million records. They broke up in 1970 and over the next fifty some odd years would record together occasionally and tour together often until 2009 when their differences became too great to continue. In the end, they were elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and were listed at #40 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." Not too bad for a band that released five--five, that's it--studio albums in their career.
"America" originally appeared on their fourth album, 1968's Bookends. The song was not released as a single until 1972, and then as a promo for their Greatest Hits album. It peaked at #97 (with a bullet! though it wasn't much of one considering its chart peak...). The album was one of two #1 hit LPs the duo enjoyed during their career.
Fun Fact #1: The song is more or less autobiographical, as it chronicles a five-day bus trip Simon took with then girlfriend Kathy Chitty.
Fun Fact #2: The song is also one of the few hit rock songs to not have lyrics that rhyme.
Widely considered one of Paul Simon's best lyrical efforts and Simon and Garfunkel's better songs, "America" is the story of not so carefree young lovers traversing across America in a not so carefree time. Simon's lyrics captures both the exuberance and angst of youth...and the exuberance and angst of America. Simon's vocals are melancholy yet hopeful, and Garfunkel's harmonies conjure the beauty that can be the American experience. Though Simon and Garfunkel had plenty of magical moments in their song catalog, there's an air of greatness in this one that seems to grow with each successive listen. A masterpiece of folk rock.
Lyric Sheet: "Kathy, I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh/Michigan seems like a dream to me now/It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw/I've gone to look for America..."
Enjoy:
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
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