A “missing” drunk man joined his own search party

A “missing” drunk man joined his own search party and helped look for himself for hours https://t.co/KVyidtr4MO
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 29, 2021

Covers: Clay Pigeons

I had never heard of Blaze Foley until I read this Instagram post yesterday.

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Vaccine mandates work

It’s too bad the media focuses on the small amount of people who are willing to lose their jobs instead of getting vaccinated.

99% of United Airline workers complied with its vaccine mandate. https://t.co/OwdhuBhbTK
— Robert Rutledge (@rerutled) September 29, 2021

Less than 1% refused — great success @United in getting the workforce vaccinated — a massive jump in the vaccination rate due to a vaccine requirement. https://t.co/gLmICQqIve
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) September 28, 2021

I would have chosen a different headline–how about:

"More than 99 percent of the system’s roughly 35,000 employees have followed the mandatory vaccination program."

Vaccine requirements work. They are routine in healthcare settings for other preventable diseases. https://t.co/IVkLlmS65M
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) September 28, 2021

Despite claims by the Massachusetts State Police union that “dozens of troopers” have submitted their resignations due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, a State Police spokesman only one trooper has definitively said he will retire because of the mandate. https://t.co/X7vUs41MJc
— John FitzGerald (@TheTweetOfJohn) September 28, 2021

I guess “34,825 healthcare workers comply with vaccine mandate and keep their jobs” isn’t as exciting of a headline

Mandates work. https://t.co/M75NsHAwTW
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) September 28, 2021

The Trump cult will never accept the Arizona results

Their phony audit showed Biden won but they won’t ever give up. They won’t accept the truth.

Opinion by Greg Sargent: The Arizona “audit” did its job perfectly. A new poll confirms it. https://t.co/zs4LtlCzwe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2021

In the wake of the Arizona audit's humiliating defeat, its most devoted fans have turned on the audit's organizers, accusing them of being part of the deep state. https://t.co/ydzIyyKyut
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 29, 2021

.⁦@danbalz⁩ on the “but our voters want it” defense >

“Those doubts exist largely bc he has told the falsehood over and over,others around him have done the same,and many others in the party have not stood up to him, preferring to look the other way https://t.co/wLEw7haseI
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 26, 2021

Yes, the Arizona "audit" imploded on Trump. But people are missing a big part of the story: Its "findings" continue to push the lie that the 2020 outcome was dubious, and Republicans are gearing up to use this to fake-justify voter suppression. My latest:https://t.co/yParsuFUVM
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 24, 2021

Coming soon: after failed “audit,” AZ GOP Chair Kelli Ward told us she wants a “full canvass” of the 2020 prez election for Maricopa County AND the entire state of Arizona pic.twitter.com/KcEOxj1uq5
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) September 26, 2021

Staggering. He straight up lies to their faces and they cheer. https://t.co/mwmR8OQjie
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 26, 2021

As one does… https://t.co/cVwndaIc2M
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 24, 2021

And these claims are now being amplified by right-wing media outlets/personalities who have been eager to sow doubt about the results of the election. https://t.co/kc5F8oszcc
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 24, 2021

The news media has effectively endorsed the GOP's misinformation campaign to overturn the election by unquestioningly adopting the right-wing language "audit" and "review," granting legitimacy in describing the racist and fraudulent effort to discredit nonwhite votes for Biden pic.twitter.com/7xctmG1pen
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) September 24, 2021

Trump, in November: “If we can audit the total votes cast, we will easily win Arizona.”

Trump, in July: “When the real numbers are released, people will be shocked…[the margin will be] extraordinarily big and highly determinative.”

Trump now: https://t.co/mxLAUlakfG
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 24, 2021

NEW: Here’s round two of our #FactCheck on several of the claims Cyber Ninjas identified as the most serious in their report: 🧵
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) September 24, 2021

Feature not a bug of this sham "audit" process: "Election experts pointed to the corrosive effect of the decision to stage a partisan review of the election results, w/ copycat versions in other states and further eroding trust in democratic institutions." https://t.co/raGjc5bruw
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 24, 2021

This statement has been deleted from Trump’s website. What will he now say about the “highly respected auditors” who spent months going over Arizona’s ballots only to conclude Biden’s victory was actually slightly larger than the official result? https://t.co/9P6jXIDNfz
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) September 24, 2021

Election subversion could be real and dangerous

My new one in @washingtonpost on whether Democrats in Congress should try to go it alone on fighting election subversion risk. https://t.co/vR05mxZVpF
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) September 29, 2021

Chilling, but telling, to see all this in one place. Voter suppression is only half the story. Subversion efforts accelerating too in red states. https://t.co/FdxaJHwP1E
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 29, 2021

Commander Cody RIP

George Frayne, leader of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, died on September 26th. They did booze and drug-infused country and were most popular in he 1970s. The biggest hit was a cover of “Hot Rod Lincoln” which I posted about already.

The Commander, Commander Cody has left spaceship earth but he left a treasure chest of music art and a POV that changed the face of music for sure. He made AATW possible in so many ways and I/we owe him a debt of gratitude for all the love and inspiration he gave us. Continued ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/qP2SDZN7zC
— Ray Benson (@raybensonaatw) September 27, 2021

Rest in peace, Commander Cody (born George Frayne) of his Lost Planet Airmen, who died of cancer this morning. I saw them open for Hot Tuna many nights at the old Academy of Music in NYC. Always a great, joyful, raucous, swinging time. [📸Chesher Cat] https://t.co/h8FQXQ0ucv pic.twitter.com/IRQOFjcz5j
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) September 27, 2021

Commander Cody played a key role at the start of Kinky’s music career, connecting him with Vanguard Records which led to the release of his debut album “Sold American” in 1973. R.I.P 🙏 – George Frayne a.k.a. country rock maverick Commander Cody dead at 77 https://t.co/NgZXujfeZS
— Kinky Friedman (@FriedmanKinky) September 27, 2021

George Frayne, aka Commander Cody has left the planet. Bigger than life, a force of nature, a pal for 55 years, throwing my lot in with George, and our fellow Airmen, forever changed my life. He had a heart just as big as his bluster, and took me under his wing when I was a pic.twitter.com/1LgmjgwnUi
— Bill Kirchen (@BillKirchen) September 27, 2021

Commander Cody, 1944-2021

Gonzo country-rocker, western swing revivalist, and boogie-woogie pianist George Frayne was infamous as Commander Cody; leader of His Lost Planet Airmen and best known for their Top Ten hit "Hot Rod Lincoln." https://t.co/w5Dd4vXrMv pic.twitter.com/OIKipqN2nT
— AllMusic (@allmusic) September 27, 2021

Commander Cody interview by Ed Ward, Rolling Stone 1970. "This band wants to do for country music what Butterfield did for the blues."
https://t.co/PopFGGYaix via @RollingStone
— Michael Simmons (@the1stmunz) September 27, 2021

Update on companies who donate to the Sedition Caucus

Over $10 million donated to members who chose not to certify the results of the 2020 election. https://t.co/x7g7m3X8bH
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 25, 2021

You can’t have it both ways GM: either keep your word and refuse to fund seditionists, or don’t and be recognized as willing to discard democracy for profit. https://t.co/wbgOq8c8se
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 22, 2021

From @TheBulwark: Meet the companies that broke their promise to stop funding members of the sedition caucus. https://t.co/ipEbsY3ROr
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 29, 2021

Republicans kill police reform

I believe that they didn’t really want it and now they misrepresent what happened. Pathetic.

Two major policing organizations are disputing Republican Sen. Tim Scott's account of how negotiations over a policing overhaul plan broke down last week https://t.co/i5fUoA00mz
— CNN (@CNN) September 29, 2021

Congress doesn’t have the power to “defund the police,” which more reporters should have pushed back on when Tim Scott claimed it. The only enforcement mechanism it has is to potentially withhold grant funding – which is why Tim Scott proposed doing just that in his original bill https://t.co/YfoYaBhQuT
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) September 28, 2021

Police groups say ‘defunding the police’ was not proposed in reform talks, counter to GOP senator’s claim https://t.co/B7uCoghovy
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) September 29, 2021

Three times in this interview, @SenatorTimScott defines conditional grants to police departments — offering to *give* them money if they comply with rules such as banning chokeholds — as "defunding" police.

The phrase "defund police" has lost all meaning. https://t.co/DTrW7U6tVn
— Will Saletan (@saletan) September 27, 2021

You'll be surprised to learn that the bill did not reduce police funding but did tie the same amount of funding to a few rules. https://t.co/y34bYLDLtF
— The Bearded Crank (@beardedcrank) September 25, 2021

Take a look at the Black Film Archive

The Black Film Archive is a new site about Black Films from 1915-1979 that are streaming. It’s excellent and very comprehensive.

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1430908272790446081?s=11

https://twitter.com/newblackman/status/1442152481975197700?s=11

https://twitter.com/LukeEpplin/status/1442272634574618627?s=20

https://twitter.com/LegsFrank/status/1440710556994863123?s=20

https://twitter.com/nixonron/status/1439556707902951431?s=11

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1449408091095769090?s=20

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1494046980162691072?s=11

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1631352100851441676?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1563210321598173189?s=11&t=0KbPpbARNFDj-6HLtpUeWw

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1588616693496045570?s=43&t=NcIT_TRDOizRAirqHgFwaA

https://twitter.com/mayascade/status/1592169237506068480?s=20&t=BHjUMG-3GAL0wTAmDQwvkA

Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971

https://twitter.com/letterboxd/status/1624804384159809537?s=43&t=CnNPxXPLYwPSmFjr-vCCpg

“My Old Man” by Steve Goodman

Goodman was a great songwriter and performer. I was fortunate to see him in concert several times.

Behind The Song: “My Old Man” by Steve Goodman via ⁦@AmerSongwriter⁩ ⁦@PaulSZollo⁩ ⁦@OmnivoreRecords⁩ https://t.co/o9qcqmTtUG
— Cary Baker/conqueroo (@Conqueroo1) September 28, 2021