Covers: Let’s Make a Better World

The song was written by Earl King. I don’t know when he first recorded it. Dr. John covered it in 1974.

Covers: I’m So Glad

“I’m So Glad” was recorded by Skip James in 1931. The best known cover version was by Cream. They recorded it on Fresh Cream (1966) and a much longer live version is on Goodbye (1969).

Covers: Revolution

The Beatles recorded the slow version of “Revolution” (Revolution 1) followed by a faster one that was the B side of “Hey Jude” in 1968. What I didn’t know was there was a third version for a music video. It has the backing track of the single version but with different vocals. I was shocked when I heard it because it sounds so familiar and then veers off.

.@TheBeatles released their legendary protest song 'Revolution' as a B-side on this date in 1968: https://t.co/qOMCzjncBn
— UltimateClassicRock (@UltClassicRock) August 26, 2022

Covers: Magnet and Steel

“Magnet and Steel” was a hit for Walter Egan in 1978.

Matthew Sweet covered it backed by Lindsey Buckingham who had produced and sang background vocals on the original version.

Covers: Politician

Politician was on Cream‘s 1968 album Wheels of Fire. They released a live version in 1969 on Goodbye.

The cover I know best is by Los Lobos recorded live at Wolftrap in 1992.

Biden’s plan for reopening schools

The media is not giving Biden’s proposals enough attention.

Joe Biden outlines his "roadmap" for reopening schools safely amid the pandemic https://t.co/7Bfeuh16Ga pic.twitter.com/0Ftz8p7s9j
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 17, 2020

Trump’s racist comment about the suburbs

He’s being more obvious in his racism to rile up his base.

Seeking to shore up his standing in the suburbs, President Trump turned to issues of fair housing and zoning.

He attacked a rule meant to combat segregation and claimed Washington Democrats want to assume control of local zoning decisions. https://t.co/69fTv7UVkd
— CNN (@CNN) July 17, 2020

barely veiled and *very dated* racial code, too: many of the suburbs that have rejected Trump are not the overwhelmingly white, city-hating communities they might have been in the 1980shttps://t.co/DPwkaC0VK3
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) July 16, 2020

This is what every block-busting racist real estate agent said to white homeowners to encourage white flight from cities in the 60s and 70s. This is the racism that contributed to the entrenched, devastating segregation of our cities. And it is vile beyond words. https://t.co/C0FGJBzqTs
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 16, 2020

Trump, again speaking in barely veiled racial code, again ridiculously accuses Democrats of trying to "abolish our beautiful and successful suburbs." He says, "Your home will go down in value and crime rates will rapidly rise."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 16, 2020

Only because they're worried about the election, of course. https://t.co/0vvmTwNSWP
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 8, 2020

NEW: President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tensions as a reelection weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white resentment and aiming to drive his supporters to the polls https://t.co/hLomBNTHPD
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 8, 2020

"Master bedrooms" in our homes. "Blacklists" and "whitelists" in computing. The idiom "sold down the river" in our everyday speech.

Some of these terms are directly rooted in the nation's history with slavery. Others evoke racist ideas about Black people. https://t.co/XJDsdP17xM
— CNN (@CNN) July 6, 2020

Even Mississippi has abandoned the Confederate flag, but Trump explicitly defends it, playing to a smaller and smaller slice of the nation. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ https://t.co/4G40iuNCBB
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 6, 2020

Trump’s disgusting plug of Goya

The head of Goya praised Trump which made many people say they would boycott Goya. Trump and his daughter Ivanka have now posed with Goya products. That’s unethical. Sad!

Ivanka Trump’s official endorsement of Goya products on social media was an apparent violation of federal ethics rules and standards of conduct.

This isn't about beans. It's about a family running the government who thinks it's above the law. https://t.co/zWVYsX7CvW
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 1, 2020

"What we are seeing now is a complete overturning of these ethical and legal norms": As Trump pitches commercial products from the Oval Office and makes campaign speeches in the Rose Garden, lines between politics and governing blur ⁦@michaelcrowley⁩ https://t.co/3jrl58T9NZ
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 17, 2020

New piece by me in the Washington Post discussing Ivanka Trump's violation of the standards of conduct.https://t.co/wXYTeLwyoG
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 16, 2020

Never thought we would have to analyze the ethics of promoting canned beans but here we are pic.twitter.com/ObESP21FhI
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 15, 2020

How long until Trump sells advertising space in the White House? https://t.co/uL7IHiGWX8
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 15, 2020

Ivanka Trump may have violated an ethics rule when she endorsed Goya black beans https://t.co/QQ6bR13EeE pic.twitter.com/pcL3GSXwgz
— CNN (@CNN) July 15, 2020

Only 30% trust what Trump is saying about the coronavirus

from the first article linked to below:

“New polling from Quinnipiac University found that only 30% of America’s registered voters say they trust the information that President Trump is providing about the coronavirus….Conversely, 67% of registered voters do not trust Trump’s Covid-19 claims. “

Since people don’t trust Trump, the media should give much less coverage to his lies and more to scientists . Trump says very little worth listening to. It’s just lies and racism.

New poll reaffirms that most Americans don't trust President Trump, but they do trust Dr. Fauci | Analysis https://t.co/0TnpbBzhso pic.twitter.com/HwkGUZxLQQ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 16, 2020

There are signs President Trump's base is leaving him on the coronavirus | Analysis https://t.co/5RC2rPj5vh pic.twitter.com/hbQJ5ZTQTr
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 17, 2020

Republicans already think Fauci's doing a worse job with the pandemic than Trump, making the doctor a useful scapegoat. https://t.co/262SijWNKM pic.twitter.com/B13CXBEHag
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 16, 2020

Or course, Republicans trust Trump over Fauci

Americans’ views of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic have deteriorated significantly — 38 percent approve, 60 percent disapprove, and 52 percent “strongly” disapprove, per new WaPo-ABC poll https://t.co/SP7ACuTOCr
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 17, 2020

Trump’s authoritarian move in Portland

This is scary.

"Why in the hell is this not a bigger story? You’d have to be out of your mind or comatose since the Fall of 2016 not to suspect that this could be a dry run for the kind of general urban mobilization" https://t.co/NLCCQ6eJv1
— Lidia Yuknavitch (@LidiaYuknavitch) July 17, 2020

This behavior from unidentified federal officers is chilling. Without identification, there can be no accountability when something goes wrong, and there is no way for citizens to tell the difference between real and fake law enforcement. https://t.co/mzK4VmtvzN
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 17, 2020

I wrote a deep dive on the Portland paradox: Progressive City, Brutal Police https://t.co/I3NA1VdEsF
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) July 17, 2020

The Trump team take on what’s been happening in Portland is a decidedly fascist document, excoriating state and local officials and advancing the conceit that everyone encountered by federal law enforcement is a “violent anarchist.” https://t.co/0QClSp8a1k
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 17, 2020

This political theater from President Trump has nothing to do with public safety. The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government. https://t.co/PdlZkmW0mQ
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) July 16, 2020

Usually when we see people in unmarked cars forcibly grab someone off the street we call it kidnapping — what is happening now in Portland should concern everyone in the US.

These actions are flat-out unconstitutional and will not go unanswered. https://t.co/1zS6u05GOK
— ACLU (@ACLU) July 17, 2020

🚨 This is not good at all. Secret police on our streets.https://t.co/7xz8SWQtwj
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) July 17, 2020