Mothra is 60 today

We all celebrating Mothra today? Alright let’s gooooo! Happy 60th anniversary to the Queen!!! 👑 pic.twitter.com/6B1Y3mC8rQ
— Monster Island Buddies (@MonsterIslandB) July 30, 2021

Various Japanese posters for Mothra (1961). pic.twitter.com/Gw9uftCeYf
— Gargantucast – ガルガントゥカスト (@gargantucast) July 30, 2021

Eiji Tsuburaya standing next to the massive Mothra Larva suit used in Mothra (1961). pic.twitter.com/diTExqq5Nk
— Gargantucast – ガルガントゥカスト (@gargantucast) July 30, 2021

Mothra forgot to put away her cigarette before the take.

(From Ebirah Horror of the Deep, timecode is 1:22:47 on the Criterion blu ray) pic.twitter.com/g2ZUjU5iz4
— ZaGorudan (@ZaGorudan) July 30, 2021

New reports show that Trump’s efforts to overturn the election were worse than we knew

🚨 New York Times: “President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt… so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results.” https://t.co/SLqqFb38xk
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 30, 2021

It’s becoming clearer why AG Barr resigned in December. With this reporting about Trump’s daily calls to Rosen, DOJ’s decision that executive privilege does not protect conversations about election fraud takes on added significance. Issue the subpoena! https://t.co/JcpYv4R4Z9
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) July 30, 2021

Former President Trump called acting AG Rosen almost daily to pressure the DOJ to investigate false claims of voter fraud last year, the Washington Post reports.https://t.co/1AxN301M9K
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 30, 2021

Here are Richard Donoghue's damning (for Trump) notes on the 12/27/20 call. Donoghue was a Trump administration political appointee then serving as a top aide to Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, https://t.co/GvXW1Qrf90
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) July 30, 2021

Covers: Badge

“Badge” written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison and is on Cream’s 1969 album Goodbye. Fanny covered it in 1970.

Covers: Pressure Drop

“Pressure Drop” is a great 1969 Maytals song that was covered by artists like the Clash and Robert Palmer.

The public supports Roe v. Wade while Republicans want to overturn it

Once again, Republicans are going against what the people want. They’re hypocrites. They’re big on states rights except for things like abortion where they want to prevent states from allowing it.

Nearly 230 Republican members of Congress call on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade https://t.co/AgrK90BuIT
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 29, 2021

Most Americans want to see the Supreme Court uphold Roe v. Wade, polling shows https://t.co/LUjipszend
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 18, 2021

National Chicken Wing Day – 7/29/21

Celebrate National Chicken Wing Day With These Deals and Freebies https://t.co/VDmtL3Dmkt pic.twitter.com/2k2ntdQjV3
— Lifehacker (@lifehacker) July 28, 2021

Chicken Wing Day deals

How to score free 7-Eleven wings on National Chicken Wing Day https://t.co/28WsBsgFSY pic.twitter.com/VmSbDjgDmf
— The Takeout (@thetakeout) July 27, 2021

😍GOOD MORNING! Unique holiday trifecta today—National Chicken Wing Day, Chili Dog Day, Lasagna Day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner! #phillies pic.twitter.com/tyi3c9heIk
— Larry Shenk (@ShenkLarry) July 29, 2021

Republicans may win the House majority through gerrymandering

"Republicans could pick up anywhere from six to 13 seats in the House of Representatives—enough to retake the House in 2022—through its control of the redistricting process in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas alone" https://t.co/WZ3v3SlW5U
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) July 29, 2021

"Some 70 percent of the seats that flipped in 2018 were drawn by courts or commissions…Democrats owe their current slender five-seat majority in the US House entirely to state court decisions that overturned GOP maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina." https://t.co/POb4C0XAoE
— Lee Drutman (@leedrutman) July 26, 2021

Or, in plain language: Democrats are significantly more popular than Republicans and will likely win millions more votes, but could nonetheless lose the House in 2022 because Republicans have used gerrymandering to effectively rig elections in their favor. https://t.co/gATpZW9EjF
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 27, 2021

Vaccine polls 7/29/21

New YouGov polling data makes clear that most of those who reject vaccines also reject masks and aren't worried about the virus. https://t.co/UMGvD1GWrO pic.twitter.com/vCMWqXlrg7
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 29, 2021

Breaking the Not Yet Vaccinated into two groups is a little over-simple (it's more than two things) but still really clarifying.

1) "Wait and see"—in light blue—leans non-white and under 30.

2) "Definitely not"—in dark green—leans rural, Republican, evangelical, 30-50. pic.twitter.com/rRgpni6e1W
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 28, 2021

JUST NOW: 65% of white Republicans who have yet to get the vaccine, say they DEFINITELY WON'T get one. Huge partisan divide here.@ForecasterEnten with the big reveal!pic.twitter.com/IqPrRcwNAZ
— John Berman (@JohnBerman) July 29, 2021

"Researchers found that vaccine resistance among people who get their info from Facebook was second only to Newsmax viewers…” https://t.co/vL9TIp1pNH
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 28, 2021

Florida’s bad COVID situation

DeSantis is taking the wrong approach.

This is a graph of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Florida in the last 30 days. https://t.co/bvztAsRVT3 pic.twitter.com/86SK8D8fPa
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) July 29, 2021

Just look at these two charts — it says everything you need to know about @GovRonDeSantis leadership in the #Florida #COVID19 crisis. A sudden, mindboggling surge in hospital admissions and, close behind, deaths.
We have #vaccines : EVERY ICU case and death is now preventable. pic.twitter.com/MHhS9U8ZbD
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 27, 2021

Florida's daily Covid-19 cases have tripled over the last two weeks @leylasantiago reports pic.twitter.com/sWfZvNx7gS
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 26, 2021

NEW: Two states – Florida and Arkansas – Every one of their counties is now listed as having "high" levels of community transmission, according to data from the CDC.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 26, 2021

24 hours later, DeSantis was back to slamming mask-wearing — this time, for children. https://t.co/YbSiVUP0jf
— The Recount (@therecount) July 25, 2021

Over the last few months, Ron DeSantis has used his Twitter account to criticize Joe Biden and the CDC, mock Dr. Fauci, and even make restaurant recommendations, but he can’t be bothered to encourage his followers to get vaccinated. Tells you all you need to know.
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) July 24, 2021

States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge (from @AP) https://t.co/l6bVRd73JU
— Larry O. Dean (@larryodean) July 24, 2021

Our Editorial Board is above the masthead today with a plea for Floridians to get vaccinated https://t.co/b03lUYtTLN pic.twitter.com/ck9dG3oreI
— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) July 24, 2021

I doubt Congress will make Trump testify

He won’t do it voluntarily and they won’t make him. If he does testify, he’ll just lie. He acts like he’s above the law and so far he has been. He must be held accountable.

He won’t show and Congress won’t do anything. They won’t arrest or fine him even though they should.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 27, 2021