Buffalo police get away with pushing a 75-year-old protestor to the ground

This certainly seems like the wrong decision.

Arbitrator rules that Buffalo police officers didn’t violate use-of-force guidelines when they pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground in June 2020. https://t.co/3gMoeaTUIN
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 11, 2022

In June 2020, Buffalo cops were caught on camera gratuitously pushing a 75-year-old protester to the ground, fracturing his skull. Two years later, let's check in on what's happened to those cops. It shows how our hierarchy of consequences for police misconduct is all screwed up.
— Sam Feldman 🌹 (@srfeld) April 10, 2022

Phony Snickers story

This follows the bizarre fake attacks on Dr, Seuss, Mr. Potato Head and M & Ms. Who makes this crap up?

.@JUNlPER's tweet about Snickers taking the "dick vein" out of their candy bars spawned a viral news cycle from right-wing media outlets.

We spoke to her all about it. https://t.co/DmxQycYWe1
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 28, 2022

it's impossible to stay on top of every big story going on in the world. this, regrettably, is one i missed until just now

Fact-check: "woke mob" did not remove the "dick vein" from Snickers barshttps://t.co/pKPzSlIB3d
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2022

Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter… THE VEINS REMAIN! pic.twitter.com/pzfkoYqvyD
— SNICKERS (@SNICKERS) April 19, 2022

speaking of Snickers:

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— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) December 10, 2022

MD governor Hogan is not a moderate

Sure, he accepted the 2020 election results but overall he is a conservative. Here is one of his attacks on Baltimore. He has been bad for the city and I’ll be glad when he is gone.

Hogan is terrible. The proposed Baltimore budget would increase police spending but that doesn’t fit in his rhetoric.https://t.co/zb9XiocGOw
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 21, 2022

Another fake right-wing video

I’m tired of the lies by the Trump cult. Look at the thread.

You might have seen a clip of President Joe Biden “shaking hands” with thin air. It never happened. Here’s the truth, as well as how misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments:
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 20, 2022

Covers: That’s All Right Mama

“That’s All Right Mama” was originally a 1946 record by Arthur Crudup. As “That’s All Right”, it was Elvis Presley’s first single in 1954. Crudup’s version was issued on CD in 1992 as part of a wave of old blues music on CD after the success of the Robert Johnson box set.

50 Years Ago: Elvis Songwriter Dies in Poverty, as He Predicted

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Covers: Blue Moon of Kentucky

“Blue Moon of Kentucky” was written by Bill Monroe who first performed it in 1945. Elvis Presley’s high-speed version was the B-side of his first single, “That’s All Right” (1954) which was also a cover. Check out the New Orleans jazz version by Tuba Skinny.

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Update on Florida gerrymandering

New: FL becomes the 41st state to adopt a congressional map (not counting NY, where Dems' gerrymander is on hold pending appeal). Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed into law a gerrymander that shuold stretch the state's 16R-11D breakdown to 20R-8D. Next stop: courts. pic.twitter.com/RaTYJG7MLV
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 22, 2022

“Democracy in Florida is not functioning. It’s not gone, the structure is there, the possibility of a return to representative government with checks and balances remains. But it’s not currently functioning.” https://t.co/GEigK9Nctc
— Sam Levine (@srl) April 23, 2022

NEW from @FiveThirtyEight: This is about as big of a Republican bias that Florida’s congressional map could have — and darn close to the most egregiously partisan map in the country. https://t.co/6dUM37S5VK
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 21, 2022

New: DeSantis-backed FL gerrymander that’s poised to stretch the state’s current 16R-11D breakdown to 20R-8D by eliminating North FL’s plurality Black #FL05 passes both chambers along party lines and heads to the governor for signature (h/t @MappingFL). pic.twitter.com/GSuVzPm3iF
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 21, 2022

The Florida state Senate has officially acceded to Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) demands and passed his proposed congressional map. Onto the House, where it's expected to pass tomorrow. https://t.co/67LxpoHIQU pic.twitter.com/E2KTHf9NNg
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) April 20, 2022

Members of Florida Black Legislative Caucus interrupt debate on DeSantis congressional map to hold a sit in on the House floor. pic.twitter.com/TtxzDguMkW
— Valerie Crowder (@valcrowder) April 21, 2022

JUST IN: Florida Republicans just turned off the Wi-Fi in the legislature and kicked out journalists without explanation as Florida Democrats stage a protest on the floor calling out Ron DeSantis for denying Black representation through gerrymandering.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 21, 2022

Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) proposed a new congressional map for Florida, the most consequential state yet to finish redistricting. Up and analyzed on 538: https://t.co/67LxpoHIQU pic.twitter.com/GxhYBX0aCX
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) April 14, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state's congressional boundaries that could help his party pick up four House seats https://t.co/5r0iWAcOkg
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 14, 2022

FWIW, the 20R-8D DeSantis gerrymander would dilute the votes of Black communities in St. Petersburg, Orlando and North FL to benefit Rs in ways that previous courts have struck down. We’ll see what the new, more conservative FL Supreme Court (and possibly SCOTUS) say. https://t.co/3fz5LZPuIG
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 13, 2022

If this 20R-8D FL map passes and withstands court challenges, it could net Republicans four additional seats, entirely wiping out Dems' national redistricting gains thus far. https://t.co/7MU6BaPrDM
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 13, 2022

Excellent column by Paul Waldman in the Washington Post

He’s right. Democrats don’t promote their ideas like they are popular. Republicans don’t care if they are popular or not. They just want to force their extremist ideas on all of us. Remember the 2000 election? Bush always acted like he had won. Gore didn’t.

Democrats are hostage to the myth of their ideas’ unpopularity, @paulwaldman1 writes https://t.co/hCOXmDCdrA
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 20, 2022

Covers: Dr. John’s Gumbo

Dr. John’s Gumbo is a covers album that was released in 1972. Dr. John and other former NBew Orleans musicians recorded it in Los Angeles. It introduced me to the music of Professor Longhair and Huey “Piano” Smith, among others. We weren’t hearing their stuff on rock stations or seeing it in local record stores.

It’s one of my favorite covers albums. Hard to believe it’s 50 years old today.

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The majority wants a mask mandate on transportation

A majority of people in the U.S. favored requiring people on planes, trains and buses to wear masks, according to a new poll that was conducted in all 50 states right before a federal judge struck down the mask mandate on planes and public transit.https://t.co/1Bb1exVIgA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2022

Oh hey, an actual poll:

"56% of Americans favor requiring people on planes, trains and public transportation to wear masks, compared with 24% opposed and 20% who say they’re neither in favor nor opposed." https://t.co/WjQueG0oxR
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) April 20, 2022

This is interesting, but in the United States the only poll that counts is a poll of Federalist Society members. https://t.co/sPqxIVQ4hJ
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 20, 2022

He’s right – the Trump cult doesn’t care about what most people think

Lots of these issue polls that purport to show continued support for various NPIs. So show me one (1) politician who has harmed his political position by lifting them. Issue polls are super unreliable, acquiescence bias all the way down. https://t.co/SuJQOLmN4e
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 20, 2022