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Saturday, May 31, 2025
From experience, it isn't a particularly attractive lifestyle
“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Yeah, weird. Maybe because the model of “sacrificing 8 hours of your life every day just to make ends meet” isn’t a particularly attractive lifestyle?
— Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) May 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Bullshit detector in overdrive
But Trump promised us that China paid the tariff, so why would he tell American companies to eat it?π
— Jessica Riedl (@jessicabriedl.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Trump sure has plenty of pervert friends
Trump's team has spent more than $10 million having images of him with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs bleached from the internet. It would be such a shame if this made the round.
— ♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ (@pamrichmond1.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Heckuva job, Trumpie
Grocery price inflation has surged to 4.1%, the highest point since February last year, according to latest data. Prices are rising fastest in markets such as chocolate confectionery, suncare, and butters and spreads. share.newsbreak.com/dal28tk2?s=i16
— Liz (or Lizzie) Kim κΉνμ± π« (@zen4ever2us.bsky.social) May 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Friday, May 30, 2025
Bullshit detector going off the charts
Bold statement coming from the most incompetent administration we’ve ever seen.
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) May 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Journalistic courage
GOOD FOR SCOTT PELLEY OF CBS NEWS. “Our sacred rule of law is under attack,” Pelley began his message. “Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack, and insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses and into our private thoughts.”
— Lisa Guerrero (@lisaguerrero.bsky.social) May 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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A clearance table at Macy's
the only question when you see his pardons is “how much did they pay” because everyone knows the white house is basically just a clearance table at macys now
— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Donald Trump
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Taco Trump
Donald Trump is RAGING over his new title, 'TACO TRUMP.' This new name stands for 'Trump Always Chickening Out.' He earned this name for constantly backing down from his tariff demands. Read how this is affecting his fragile ego: dailycast.news/flip-flop-do...
— Dailycast Newstalk Radio (@dailycast.news) May 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Know the truth
Republicans are spreading lies about the Medicaid work requirements in their budget bill. Here are the facts: -The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working -Work requirements do not increase employment -Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does Know the truth.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This is Donald Trump's America
"A rapist and a murderer share a giggle."
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The definition of corruption
Chris Murphy: "Why did Trump choose these 3 countries to go for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the 3 countries willing to pay him off ... this is the definition of corruption."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Bullshit detector reading one hundred
So, according to Jake Tapper, Joe Biden was so infirm, so cognitively vacant, so frail and feeble, so incompetent that he was utterly unfit to serve & yet, at the very same time, he was able to hide all of that from the press, including the likes of Jake fucking Tapper? Are you fucking kidding me?
— JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) May 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Following Hitler's playbook
It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Trump has Ukranian blood on his hands
Good thing for Putin he has such a good friend in WH to run cover for him while he continues to bomb civilians.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Unpatriotic 101: Golf > U.S. Military
Trump told West Point cadets at their graduation that he wouldn't be able to shake their hands, a tradition among US presidents, because he had urgent matters to deal with on China and Russia. This was him "dealing" with China and Russia moments later. He went golfing.
— Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) May 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A slap in the face to those who served and died
Trump spent more time at his golf club yesterday than he did at Arlington National Cemetery
— PatriotTakes πΊπΈ (@patriottakes.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Remain relentless
Rep. Al Green making a great point about impeachment, invoking a quote attributed to Gandhi: First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win. Things may look impossible. But if we remain relentless, we will ensure that the rule of law will prevail. Have courage.
— Citizens' Impeachment (@citizensimpeachment.com) May 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The media's complicity may well be its death knell
There is such a lack of integrity within the media. Where are those brave journalists, speaking out, daily, about the utter corruption? So many cowards. Everywhere. Conforming. Bending the knee. All for a dollar.
— Mr. Spock π (@spockresists.bsky.social) May 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Making More American Plane Crashes
It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The Trump kiss of death continues
BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history. “We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Monday, May 26, 2025
Want a good economy? Vote for the Democratic Party
When will voters ever learn that the GOP is not the fiscally responsible party?
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Here comes those record breaking rates of inflation
Walmart CFO John David Rainey: "We've not seen a period where you've had prices go up this high, this quickly. We're well equipped and experienced in dealing with price increases that are going up 2 or 3 percent, but not 30 percent."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Is there anybody Trump doesn't fuck over?
200 people spent millions on Trump’s memecoin and were rewarded with this dinner www.wired.com/story/a-heli...
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Because Trump is driven by greed and sadism
What this government is doing makes no sense at all to me. They seem to driven only by greed and sadism.
— A. Whitney Brown (@awhitneybrown.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Sunday, May 25, 2025
One Big Ugly Bill #4: GOP Cowardice
Hayes: Every provision in this program is cruel and they know it. That's why none of them spoke on it in committee. That's why they have no response. That's why they don't hold town halls. That's why they don't answer questions. All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote yes
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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One Big Ugly Bill #3: Consequences for the GOP
AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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One Big Ugly Bill #2: Democrats standing up
Jeffries: We will stand up today, stand up tomorrow, stand up this week, stand up next week, stand up this month, stand up next month, stand up this year, stand up next year, stand up at all times until we end this national nightmare and restore the American dream for every single person
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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One Big Ugly Bill #1: GOP thievery
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
The New Yorker gets it--greed is not good
Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The art of the fuck-up
Evidently he was persuaded by the opportunity to profit, and launched $TRUMP days before his inauguration. The value skyrocketed and then plummeted, causing investors to lose billions.
— CREW (@citizensforethics.org) May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Nothing is safe with the Trump administration
Democrats introduced rules to stop data brokers from selling your sensitive information. Trump is overturning them, throwing your privacy out the window and allowing your data — Social Security number, phone number, credit history — to be shopped around. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...
— Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@jayapal.house.gov) May 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Lying Trump using fake photos--who'd have ever guessed?
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1956...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Friday, May 23, 2025
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXLI--Prince: Let's Go Crazy
Dr. Everything'll-Be-All-Right wanted this one to be on time....
Here's a shock--my introduction to this week's tune was when the soundtrack to Purple Rain was released, as both the album and the movie were highly anticipated. The album turned out to be a masterpiece, and the movie, for those not familiar, was actually downright entertaining and one of the better movies about music and musicians that I've seen....
Hard to believe I'm more than ten years into this gig and still haven't featured a Prince song. Yikes--that's almost dereliction of duty (and probably would be were I getting paid to do this....). So...Prince. Writing a paragraph bio seems a little impossible as his career has been nothing short of phenomenal. A few highlights: over one hundred and fifty million albums sold, seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe. Critically acclaimed, a true innovator, genius level musically, ultimate performer (twenty-nine tours in his career), one of the greatest guitarists ever, starred in five movies, and his songwriting may be the most prolific in rock and roll history (it's estimated he wrote between five hundred and a thousand songs). And he played baseball, football, and basketball in high school. What didn't he do, for God's sake? He released forty-three studio albums (four #1's and seventeen top tens), thirteen EPs, five live albums, and nine compilations. He also released 117 singles (which don't even include digital downloads or promotional singles) of which five hit #1 and seventeen reached the top ten. Sadly, Prince died of an accidental overdose in 2016. His legacy ranks with the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bob Marley as one of the true greats/geniuses of rock and roll.
"Let's Go Crazy" was the second single released from Prince's 1984 career changing album Purple Rain. The single would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also hit #1 on the Billboard 200, as well as Australia, Canada, Denmark, and Zimbabwe (so many cool kids in Zimbabwe!). It was ranked # 8 in Rolling Stone's most recent list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
Fun Fact: Prince is one of only three artists to simultaneously have the number one film, single, and album. The other two? Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Pretty elite company....
Had Prince opened "Let's Go Crazy" with his sermon and then the rest of the song had proved to be just meh, it would probably still be a great song. The intro is one of the greatest starts to a song I've ever heard--and it's mostly spoken word with a funereal organ in the background. That the rest of the song takes it from there to another level is just more proof of the genius that was Prince. Prince has said the song is about fighting the devil (the de-elevator is supposed to be Satan) and letting your and God's love shine through--works for me. Prince fills the song with his energy and a joie de vivre that makes you just want to go, well, uh, crazy. Dynamite work from the band with explosive percussion and swirling synthesizers and screeching guitars. Prince closes it up with a scorching guitar solo that soars into a whirling crescendo. A master work from a master artist at the height of his talents.
Lyric Sheet: "Maybe it's 'cause/We're all gonna die/And when we do (When we do)/What it all for? (What's it all for?)/You better live now/'Fore the grim reaper come knocking on your door..."
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The GOP doesn't have Christian values and never has
Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country! It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@repjasmine.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Profiles in gutlessness
Why is ICE wearing masks? What are they hiding? The Mayor of Newark was arrested at an ICE facility—when elected officials showed up, masked agents roughed them up, including an 80-year-old congresswoman. Why?!
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) May 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Trump letting his racist flag fly
President Trump argued with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa over Trump's false claims of mass killings of Afrikaners during an Oval Office meeting on Wednesday. Ramaphosa sought to explain the reality in his nation, pushing back on Trump's amplification of fringe theories.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The GOP has always had trouble with math
AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXL--Del Amitri: Always the Last to Know
But I can't be late, 'cause then I guess I just won't get paid [as if!]....
My introduction to this week's tune was one late, lonely night while watching MTV shortly after the song was released. I was still with Camelot Music and, as always, was listening for anything that might be the next big hit. While this song wasn't it, it certainly had a nice little run for a nice little band....
Before I did my half-assed research this week, I had absolutely no idea that Del Amitri hailed from Scotland (Glasgow to be exact), thinking that they were an American band, as we egotistical Yanks are wont to do. They got their start in 1980 and paid their dues for a few years before releasing their debut album in 1985. The band would go on to a modicum of success in the U.K., selling over six million records and having four of their albums hit the top six on the U.K. charts by 2002. The band went on a lengthy hiatus after that, before reuniting in 2013. They've remained together in a few different incarnations ever since. For their career, Del Amitri has released seven studio albums (five of which hit the top ten in the U.K.), and twenty-one singles (fifteen of which landed in the top forty in England, with three of those cracking the top forty here in the U.S.). The band recorded their latest studio album in 2021 and toured the U.K. just last year.
Fun Fact: The band's name came from lead singer Justin Currie, who'd seen a movie directed by a man named Dmitri and suggested that for its name. Over time it was either misheard or bastardized into Del Amitri, which has no meaning.
"Always the Last to Know" was the first single from their rather transformationally named 1992 album, Change Everything. The single would reach #30 (with a bullet!) in the U.S., and #13 in the U.K., while the album would soar to #2 in Great Britain, and peak at a whopping #178 in America (which is one more #178 charted album than I have, by the way).
Like many people, I like a good story about vengeance...and "Always the Last to Know" is a good story about vengeance. Our hero starts out bemoaning that he's always the last to know that his ex-girlfriend is happy, sad, was cheating on him, etc., etc., until the very end when he wonders if she's happy now or if her new boyfriend is cheating on her just like...our hero did. Man, talk about twisting that knife a bit after having stuck it in--boom, boom, pow (to steal a phrase). Lead singer Currie delivers an impassioned vocal without getting whiny--he presents our hero as just a guy looking for a trustworthy soul mate. The band is solid behind him, with some driving drums and some keyed-up guitars bouncing their wall of sound around. Look, this one isn't going to make anyone forget "Let It Be," but it's a nice little single from a nice little band out of Glasgow, and sometimes that's more than enough for rock and roll.
Lyric Sheet: "But now you're living up behind the hill/And though we share the same city and feel the same sun/When your winter comes/I'll be the last to know..."
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Go for it--guaranteed Dems take House and Senate in 2026
President of the White People in the Red States of America says 'big bill' should only help GOP states: 'Don't want to benefit Dem governors' www.rawstory.com/trump-democr...
— Al GDad1x7 (@gdad1x7.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Once a greedy piece of shit, always a greedy piece of shit
R Filipkowski Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) summed up Trump’s Middle East trip on CBS: "Trump's visit to the Middle East...He essentially gave away the crown jewels of American AI & semiconductor technology 2 the Gulf in exchange 4 it looks like a $2B investment in Trump family stablecoin venture."
— animal-lover1.bsky.social (@animal-lover1.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Buckle up, shit's about to get real
The Trump administration just gave the judiciary the finger - they allegedly deported people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order restricting removals to other countries, attorneys for the migrants said in court documents. apnews.com/article/depo...
— Leiaπ»πΊπ¦ (@theswprincess.bsky.social) May 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This is Trump's America
Fascism is when you charge an elected Black Congresswoman for her 'crime' of conducting oversight of an ICE facility as her job requires—but pay $5M in reparations to the family of a white supremacist insurrectionist for getting killed while trying to violently overthrow the Govt. This is America.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) May 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Compare and contrast
Guess which is going wind up killing more Americans.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) May 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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MAGA stupidity continues to astound
Cousin Eddie has cracked the case.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Big Beautiful Bill...for rich people
Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trump flails, Europe prevails
UK and Europe target Russia with major sanctions after Putin-Trump call
— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) May 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
The power of your vote
Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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You have to be a special kind of stupid to get on an airplane these days
The FAA halted the work of an outside panel of experts scrutinizing its management of air traffic control, a previously unreported move made after a fatal airliner crash near Washington raised questions about the agency’s abilities to keep the skies safe.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) May 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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All in favor of "fuck this guy we are DONE" raise your hands
I am a sweet naive baby but this time around, IF we have a 2028 election, I feel like the strategy isn’t this Newsom/Whitmer “I disagree with the president on many issues but we worked together to get things done for my state” but more of a Bernie/AOC/Walz vibe of “fuck this guy we are DONE.”
— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) May 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hmmm, where have we seen this before?
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) May 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Monday, May 19, 2025
The tackiest President ever
The Trump Admin is considering doing a game show where immigrants compete for citizenship—because in their America, basic human rights are entertainment. This isn’t a game. It’s people’s lives. It’s cruelty as spectacle. It’s vile. The Apprentice: Fascism Edition.
— Olivia of Troye (@oliviaoftroye.com) May 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The world is rejecting Trump
Congratulations to Nicusor Dan, President-Elect of Romania! He defeated a far right candidate that aligned with Trump and some GOP Congressmembers. An earlier presidential election was cancelled because of Russia’s election interference. This result is also a setback for Russia.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Stupid is as stupid does
Holy shit!!!!!!!!! This letter was prepared by none other than the US Secretary of (Mis) Education.
— Jay_McGill94 (@jay-mcgill94.bsky.social) May 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Further proof that God does not exist
Our beloved President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The cancer is Stage 4. It has metastasized to the bone. Prostate cancer experts say that while President Biden’s diagnosis is serious and the cancer has spread to the bones, it can be treated and…
— Stephanie Kennedy (@wordswithsteph.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
An embarrassing setback for the GOP
BREAKING: The GOP-led House Budget Committee just voted to reject Trump's big budget bill — an embarrassing setback for Republicans. Five conservative hardliners joined all Democrats in voting against the bill.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Spare us your fake outrage
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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Wal-Mart's gonna tell Trump to fuck off
Unless the government intends on nationalizing Walmart, the company should simply say they’ll fulfill their fiduciary duty to shareholders. π€‘ @thedailybeast.bsky.social $WMT www.thedailybeast.com/panicked-tru...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Good for thee, but not for me...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps going on TV and insisting it’s safe to fly in and out of Newark Airport, despite a recent string of frightening outages and workforce shortages. But Duffy now admits he changed a flight booked for his wife so she wouldn’t have to travel through Newark. ✈️
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Tulsi helps Donnie in the fight for fascism
Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth. Not much “intelligence” going on here… www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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State-owned property
Reading the story about the woman in Georgia who is brain dead and on a vent but not allowed to die with dignity because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead. Even in death, our bodies are not our own. State-owned property.
— Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The only American Kristi Noem cares about is Kristi Noem
Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one. All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Air Force Sloppy Seconds
From Air Force One to Air Force Sloppy Seconds. Thanks, Qatar!
— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Friday, May 16, 2025
Too funny--Trump got suckered by Qatar!
And the Qatari royal family has been unsuccessfully trying to sell it for five years.
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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More aircraft magic from President Plane Crash
(Denver Post) - Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7. @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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emaycee
Not right in the head
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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emaycee
Our trust of the Trump administration should be at zero
Duffy changed his wife's flight to make sure she avoided Newark Airport. Then went on a podcast yesterday and told everyone it's safe to fly from there. These people are as evil as they are incompetent.
— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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emaycee
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DCCCIX--The Go-Go's: We Got the Beat
When it's late in the evening....
My darling daughter probably doesn't know it, but her first concert was actually this week's featured artist. You see, her mother was about seven months pregnant with her when someone I worked with at Camelot Music got a number of us managers free tickets to see them. Their debut album had just been released and as we liked it, we made the trek from Decatur, IL to St. Louis and saw them at some little club (couldn't begin to remember it, though it may have been Mississippi Nights). I remember nothing about the show, either, other than my then wife and myself got home at some ungodly hour (likely two or three in the morning), and how amazed I was at her strength to keep going despite being that far along with our daughter....
The Go-Go's got their start in Los Angeles in 1978, and though they've broken up/took a hiatus a number of times since then, have made themselves a tremendous career. Their debut album was released in 1981 and was such a hit that it has literally carried them through the next forty-seven years. Over that time, they have been nominated for a Grammy, sold over seven million records, been inducted into the Women's Songwriting Hall of Fame, and have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (much deserved). The band has overcome some hardships: lead guitarist Charlotte Caffey was addicted to heroin for a number of years, drummer Gina Schock had open heart surgery in 1984 at the band's peak, and they have had a number of major disagreements over M-O-N-E-Y through the years. They've all had solo careers, though only lead singer Belinda Carlisle had any success. I wrote about Jane Wiedlin in Vol. CDLXXXVI, and bassist Kathy Valentine rounded out the group. For their career, the Go-Go's released four albums (two of which hit the top ten), three compilations, and sixteen singles (four reached the top twenty). The Go-Go's continue to perform at one off shows and were at Coachella just last month.
Fun Fact: The Go-Go's are the only all-female band who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to have had a number one album on the Billboard 200. You'd hope there should have been more, but we're 0 for 2 on female Presidential candidates so not as surprising as one might think....
"We Got the Beat" was the second single released (technically first, because a different version was released in the U.K. earlier, but I'm splitting hairs) from their debut album, the rather playfully entitled Beauty and the Beat. The single peaked at #2 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album was their aforementioned #1 hit.
Every now and again as I relisten to my weekly tune, I am taken aback at how great a song actually is, and this week's tune was one of those relistens. From the very get go, Gina Schock's drumming drives the song into another dimension, and continues unabated until it's conclusion. Valentine's bass is a world of wonder as it beats a path to beauty, and Caffey's guitar propels the song's (it, amazingly enough, almost sounds like a bass guitar) groove. Carlisle's vocals are inspired (especially love her "Jump back!" during the acapella break), and it all rounds into a classic piece of pop pie. I would be remiss, as well, if I didn't give a big shout out to Caffey for writing it--it was a take-off on Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go" and, man-oh-man, does it take off. Just a stunning, stunning song, and in and of itself, would be enough to merit their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inclusion. One of those never ceases to amaze rock and roll moments....
Lyric Sheet: "Go-go music really makes us dance/Doing the pony puts us in a trance/Do the watusi just give us a chance/That's when we fall in line..."
Enjoy:
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