Republicans have undermined trust in institutions

Not even 60% of Republicans trust Fox News!

This is why it will be hard to break through to them. They have no interest in listening to facts. I don’t say they have been misled. They have deliberately chosen to ignore sources of facts.

Under Trump, @Gop has focused on destroying faith in building blocks of civil society: education, law enforcement, press, financial institutions, business. It's the Autocracy Playbook: destroy institutions so only a strong man can save us. 1/2https://t.co/wleM9qB7pt
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) April 22, 2022

A good point from @jbouie: Chris Rufo's stated goal—articulated in a recent speech at Hillsdale, which I also watched—is to completely destroy trust in American institutions—including public education, for the purpose of enacting "universal school choice"https://t.co/fNPEJP6ZHC pic.twitter.com/kYQkGUbcJL
— Graham Vyse (@GrahamVyse) April 22, 2022

Interesting numbers on Newsweek, given the turn it’s taken recently. Seems like neither Republicans nor Democrats have caught up. https://t.co/3kumE0ZxzG
— Christian Schneider 🇺🇦 (@Schneider_CM) April 21, 2022

a lot of what people call "polarization" is just Republican pols and conservative media making their audience hate things they used to like or be neutral on https://t.co/Rvh4qDwARR
— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) April 21, 2022

Don’t buy a corduroy necktie

I am hardly a fashion expert but I’ll give you a tip: Don’t buy a corduroy necktie. Unlike smooth silk, corduroy is hard to tie and will make a knot as big as your fist.

I had two (blue and brown) in the 1970s to match sport jackets I had. The blue corduroy jacket was the first thing I ever bought with a credit card (at Hutzler’s in downtown Baltimore).

Did you know #Hutzlers had the first Victory Window in the nation? In 1942, the Howard Street window display advertised war bonds, selling over $2 million in its first year.

See the new Victory Window in our "Hutzler’s Experience" exhibition @MDHistory: https://t.co/3V2eScIIX2 pic.twitter.com/F7ffIOYAG1
— Maryland Center for History and Culture (@MDHistory) September 14, 2020

Around the holidays of the 1950's, the Hutzler's department store employed more than 1,500 staff members to accommodate the heavily-trafficked shopping season. Now, the historic building is home to an entirely different kind of traffic: digital. https://t.co/DAfdJB5hro
— Baltimore magazine (@Baltimoremag) December 9, 2019

Here I am in 1983 with my mother wearing my brown corduroy jacket from Hamburger’s.

Covers: Papa’s Got Your Bath Water On

“Papas Got Your Bath Water On” was originally recorded by the great Memphis Jug Band in 1930. It was written by Hattie Hart who also sings it. Tuba Skinny has covered it – several videos on YouTube.

Covers: Come to the Sunshine

“Come to the Sunshine” is a 1966 Van Dyke Parks record of a song he wrote in 1965. It was covered by Harpers Bizarre in 1967 with Parks on piano. Parks has recorded some complex and adventurous records and is worth your time to check out.

Republicans may win in redistricting because of red-state judges

The first tweet covers it:

Blue state judges aim for fairness

Red state judges aim to help Republicans

If FL’s GOP gerrymander is upheld and the NY’s Dem gerrymander is struck down (still dubious), Rs would be the modest yet clear winners of 2022 redistricting. And it would be b/c most blue states enforced anti-gerrymandering reforms while red states (esp. FL/OH/UT) defied them.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 22, 2022

New York's map may not stay struck down. But as of right now, between NY coming off the board and FL coming on it, Republicans stand to gain ~6 House seats in 2022 based on redistricting. Quite a comeback!
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) April 22, 2022

Some stories about Florida vs.Disney left out the potential tax hike

Here are two examples

You left this part out:https://t.co/7zVPLw2Gic
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022

You left this out: https://t.co/7zVPLw2Gic
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022

When you get into the mechanics of the thing where Florida punished Disney over politics by ending its special tax district, it turns out Disney was taxing itself far above county levels, and now local homeowners could be facing a 20-25% tax hike. https://t.co/VM7fn8tQyV
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 22, 2022

60% of Covid deaths since the vaccine became available could have been prevented

A new estimate is even higher:

Half the Americans who died with COVID since vaccines became available might have been saved by getting the shot. That's 319,000 preventable deaths.

States where the most lives could've been saved: West Virginia, Wyoming, Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma.https://t.co/hBprYz4ZTb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2022

One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to.

Nationally, nearly 319,000 deaths could have been prevented with vaccination, according a new estimate. https://t.co/88M9amVCVC
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 13, 2022

The human cost of anti-vaccine politicking is almost incomprehensible in scale. https://t.co/ZeJH8knvH6
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 21, 2022

Most adults in the U.S. have gotten a #COVID19 vaccine, but most of those who have died from the virus have been unvaccinated.

Our analysis estimates that vaccines could have prevented 234,000 deaths since June: https://t.co/MxPhJXH9wg pic.twitter.com/yoGvliuFLO
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) April 22, 2022

Who is still dying of COVID in 2022?

In 23 studied U.S. jurisdictions, among people who died of COVID in January:

78% were 65 & over
58% were unvaccinated
87% didn't have a booster shot

15% were under 65 & unvaccinated
Only 1.5% were under 65 & boostedhttps://t.co/0WN7zxmOQY pic.twitter.com/yJnDR8fyzB
— Emma Wager (@emmawage) April 21, 2022

Over 10 months, COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 1.5 million infections and about 20,000 deaths in California, a new study estimates https://t.co/xS0a9dabrU
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 22, 2022

McCarthy lied but the Trump cult will never know that

Do you think Republicans will care that McCarthy lied? They still love Trump. Telling the truth apparently isn’t important to the GOP.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 22, 2022

McCarthy is afraid of the Republican Trump cult base. He knew Trump was wrong. What a coward! https://t.co/QHxR8WNiJm
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022

Alternative Realities. https://t.co/SGLqzarnwe
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) April 22, 2022

Trump is the role model – they lie even when it’s on tapehttps://t.co/TOGQ3vaQx2
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 22, 2022

The McCarthy tape won't matter much. The Trump cult members will never hear it. People like me who already thought McCarthy was a liar and hypocrite just think this is just more proof. https://t.co/qjmnh5slO1
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 22, 2022

Trump is their God. https://t.co/cHOA9anOLJ pic.twitter.com/ujiO0bpicP
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org ☮️ (@froomkin) April 22, 2022

Another example of media addiction to Trump

Biden had a fundraiser yesterday. I saw tweets covering it. As far as I know, Haberman did not give it any advance coverage.

Do you give Democratic fundraisers free publicity too?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022

NBC story on DeSantis vs. Disney leaves out tax implications for Florida residents

This story is very irresponsible and incomplete.

You left this part out:https://t.co/7zVPLw2Gic
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022