Covers: Big Boss Man

“Big Boss Man” was recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1960. It was covered by Elvis Presley, B. B. King and the Grateful Dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VAheWZ8u8

Covers: Mama Tried

“Mama Tried” is a 1968 Merle Haggard song that was covered by the Grateful Dead in 1971.

One of country music's defining singles, "Mama Tried"–more willful than full of regret and built w/ pop potential–topped the country charts for 4 weeks in Sept 1968. To commemorate the anniversary, here's an excerpt from my Hag book, The Running Kind https://t.co/bHdjICsEXc
— The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard (@dlcantwell) September 21, 2022

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQr41eij5J8/?igsh=YWR2Z2Rhdzl2dnYz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CihmlT2jVjh/?igshid=MGMzMDdjNjc=

Climate update 4/28/21

It’s great to have a president who wants to do something about climate change.

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Biden committed the US to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and many Republicans were quick to blast the move.

But confronting the climate crisis wasn’t always a partisan issue. @JohnAvlon takes us through a brief history of climate denial in today’s #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/H77ooWjBkF
— New Day (@NewDay) April 23, 2021

"The stark dangers of a warming planet, coupled with the breakthroughs in low-cost, zero-carbon technologies, are convincing political and business leaders not to be left behind in the great global energy transformation" | Jeffrey Sachs for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/riRjn1SK8K
— CNN (@CNN) April 23, 2021

Biden plan on climate could be source of job creation for Black America via @AprilDRyan https://t.co/hdAWrEEcx6
— Jennifer Molina (@JenMolina46) April 23, 2021

With some business leaders on board, Biden’s climate agenda argument:

Pouring trillions of dollars into clean-energy technology, research and infrastructure will jet-pack a competitive U.S. economy into the future and create jobs, while saving the planet https://t.co/5vupCqJq97
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 23, 2021

Analysis: The warming of the planet is a function of a build-up of gases in the atmosphere. Here are the basics of how it works. https://t.co/PGqEvWNfsq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 22, 2021

Limiting pollution will require big, systemic changes — to power our homes and industry, grow our food, and move us around without fossil fuels. #EarthDay https://t.co/F5FTv0gqnt
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 22, 2021

Biden’s ambitious climate pledges come down to one main question: How much greener can he make the U.S. power grid?https://t.co/3dF3evcAOo
— POLITICO (@politico) April 22, 2021

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Perspective: Americans want climate solutions. Why won’t our politicians deliver? https://t.co/0XqTF2ZH1U
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 22, 2021

Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to surge dangerously this year as the global economy undergoes a huge recovery. https://t.co/L2eqosLXg6
— CNN (@CNN) April 21, 2021

⚡️ “The clock's running out on climate change. Some say it’s time for giant carbon vacuums”https://t.co/Z3XPF9ofHj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 19, 2021

“Black Americans are exposed to more pollution from every type of source, including industry, agriculture, all manner of vehicles, construction, residential sources and even emissions from restaurants.” From ⁦@HirokoTabuchi⁩ & ⁦@PopovichN⁩ https://t.co/BGZYI57nKc
— Christopher Flavelle (@cflav) April 28, 2021

Covers: Cold Rain and Snow

“Cold Rain and Snow” is well known as a cover by the Grateful Dead but it was published in 1917.

Covers: What’s New, Pussycat?

“What’s New, Pussycat?” is a film theme song from 1965. The original version was by Tom Jones.

Covers: Careless Love (traditional, not the film song)

“Careless Love” was made popular by Bessie Smith in 1925.. I know the Fats Domino version recorded in 1950.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMHRQsMZuA0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQgYK95Eco

The disgusting Arizona recount

There was no mass fraud in 2020 but Republicans keep trying to prove there was. This is disgraceful.

BREAKING 'We are very concerned that auditors are engaged in ongoing & imminent violations of
federal voting & election laws': Elections experts call on US Department of Justice to send election monitors to Arizona Senate Republicans' audit of 2020 vote. https://t.co/25wAli45rk pic.twitter.com/jbajmbizOb
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) April 29, 2021

As Trump seizes on Arizona ballot audit, election officials fear partisan vote counts could be the norm in future elections https://t.co/IgswbhH4LB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 29, 2021

We all know this isn't a recount. Democracies don't recount ballots 3 months after an election is certified, in secret, with no accountability for the methodology & with sketchy private funding. This is the start of a new big lie about voter fraud & the time to expose it is now. https://t.co/ZLFSO48pAb
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 27, 2021

GOP lawmakers in Arizona took possession of all ballots in its most populous county, and the machines that counted them, for an audit run by a consultancy with no election experience. Its owner has shared unfounded 2020 election conspiracy theories. https://t.co/HJ4bOX5rRJ
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) April 25, 2021

“We have Republican officials who are not willing to speak truth to their own constituents … here they are with our ballots. There are no city officials around, there are no state officials around,” Laurie Roberts says on the AZ election “audit.”https://t.co/Lo0FsYWJGA
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 24, 2021

Almost half a year after the election Donald Trump lost, the audit that Arizona Republicans promised has become a partisan snipe hunt. https://t.co/smQN1hHId4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 25, 2021

Today’s right-wing lie – the Kamala Harris book

From the people who brought you the lies about Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, and meat. They can’t win on real issues so they make stuff up.

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"a good example of how misinformation spreads on right-wing media, gets amplified by GOP leaders

"NY Post reported Harris’ book was included in 'welcome kits' for migrant children

"Fox repeated it

"Cotton/McDaniel ran w/it

"There was only one copy" https://t.co/7bUQYyfYlZ
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 27, 2021

A Long Beach spokesman tells me *no* books are put in migrant children's welcome packages at the shelter. Rather, an informal library will be set up with the donated books to let kids choose what they want to read. So…wrongness on top of wrongness. https://t.co/5439nFkhha
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 27, 2021

The New York Post appears to have taken down a second nonsense story about the Harris book, the one headlined "Psaki has no answers when asked about Harris' book being given to child migrants." That link also now redirects to their home page. https://t.co/1UxUQLIJzo
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 27, 2021

Between this and Burgergate, the biggest recent attacks on Biden & Harris have been literal fake news. https://t.co/hyYGwYSb3a
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) April 27, 2021

It's a huge country full of people doing dumb things every day, so you'd think they'd be able to find somewhere an anti-MAGA cultural outrage that doesn't rest on utter fiction? https://t.co/IpuK7bujWP
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 27, 2021

The question Fox threw at Psaki about this has aged as well as an Al Jolson mixtape https://t.co/nIlaMulhe3 pic.twitter.com/9NOCFTrMXp
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 27, 2021

How a photo and a Long Beach book drive led to a false story and attacks on Kamala Harris https://t.co/JWlvZhAUVu
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 28, 2021

The Foxconn deal was phony

The amount of jobs is much lower than originally announced.

Foxconn mostly abandons $10 billion Wisconsin project touted by Trump, slashing thousands of jobs https://t.co/vDrjWjDJch
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 21, 2021

https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1385696430350798856?s=20

It's hard to "fact check" claims about the future, but the Foxconn-Walker-Trump claims about the future of the Wisconsin plant always seemed very dubious, and indeed they were. @chrisidore: https://t.co/28G8ioFOn2
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 22, 2021

Foxconn mostly abandons $10 billion Wisconsin project touted by Trump, slashing thousands of jobs https://t.co/vDrjWjDJch
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 21, 2021

https://twitter.com/jonlemire/status/1788312271589978369?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

In 2018, Trump destroyed the entire village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County, Wisconsin with the Foxconn scam. He leveled people's farms and homes for what turned out to be another one of his grifts. Today, President Biden is doing for Racin County what Trump could not. pic.twitter.com/S3zRapWxYR
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) July 9, 2024

Biden creates opportunity, Trump lies about it: https://t.co/LXx9SfPMP8 pic.twitter.com/tMeqHihRCA
— Joseph Costello (@costellojoseph_) July 20, 2024

Majority supports Biden’s infrastructure plan

President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan finds majority support among the U.S. public, with several specific areas of investment viewed as worthwhile across party lines (@kabir_here CBS News) Details: https://t.co/4Kx4fmA3pd pic.twitter.com/8Zw5tueM0V
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) April 26, 2021

Polls suggest Biden infrastructure bill is relatively popular — but softly defined. A Dem strategist warns D’s not to be overconfident: “voters boundaries are always lurking, waiting to rise to the fore." 1/https://t.co/HUoIiN1BR4
— amy walter (@amyewalter) April 23, 2021

New Monmouth University poll just out:

– 68% support Biden infrastructure plan
– 65% support raising $400k+ taxes
– 64% support Biden families plan
– 64% support raising corporate tax
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2021

NATIONAL POLL: 2 in 3 support Biden spending plans.

$2 trillion #infrastructure proposal #AmericanJobsPlan
68% support
29% oppose

Upcoming plan to expand healthcare, childcare and other support. #AmericanFamiliesPlan
64% support
34% opposehttps://t.co/2FxTOLN7lo
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) April 26, 2021

NATIONAL POLL: What impact will @POTUS’s #infrastructure plan have on the country’s competitiveness in the global economy?
51% make US more competitive
12% make US less competitive
31% will have no impacthttps://t.co/2FxTOLN7lo
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) April 26, 2021

NATIONAL POLL: Which plan do Americans believe is more important for the country? #AmericanJobsPlan #AmericanFamiliesPlan

19% the infrastructure plan
21% the plan to extend healthcare
54% BOTH are equally importanthttps://t.co/2FxTOLN7lo
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) April 26, 2021

New WaPo-ABC News poll finds: 58% of Americans support raising the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, which Biden has proposed to fund infrastructure.https://t.co/4gZiAjh0QX
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) April 26, 2021