America’s low life expectancy

This should loom much larger in American politics than it does. https://t.co/92djCTYsaQ pic.twitter.com/o7RcYwwDiq
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 26, 2022

Nobody is under any obligation to read what I write, but the number of people on here who take time out of their busy day to complaint about things I’ve written that they haven’t actually read blows my mind.

Get a better hobby!https://t.co/92djCTYsaQ
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 26, 2022

for the last 40 years of healthcare and life expectancy, the united states—alone among advanced democracies—has been on the wrong track@ourworldindata pic.twitter.com/UZFabrdFDZ
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 14, 2022

This is totally wrong, in the United States immigrant life expectancy exceeds native-born life expectancy (I think because immigrants don't fully adopt American dietary habits) — if we limited to natives, US underperformance would be even more extreme. https://t.co/gLX3dfcvFi
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 26, 2022

The Band – The Authorized Video Biography

The Band: The Authorized Video Biography is available on YouTube in five parts.

Other films featuring the Band are The Last Waltz and Once Were Brothers

Great list by Richard Brody of films from Hollywood directors

Many of these are available on Blu-ray and DVD.

List time: streaming the golden-age Hollywood classics and, along the way, discussing the experience of learning to love them, even with asterisks:https://t.co/zirds8Bh8z
— Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) July 23, 2022

More on gerrymandering in Utah

#NEW: UT lawmakers have filed a motion to stay the case challenging Utah's congressional map pending the outcome of Moore v. Harper. https://t.co/ixhOsJpU9b pic.twitter.com/RDMJddUxMR
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) July 24, 2022

Utah’s new map has four solidly Republican districts and no Democratic, or even swing, districts. In this state, the Republican primary is all that matters. https://t.co/V02LeLHP28 pic.twitter.com/mEaIvPjUoB
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 29, 2022

A group of Utah voters argue that the Utah Legislature violated the state constitution by gerrymandering the congressional map to benefit Republicans and repealing voter-approved redistricting reforms that aimed to reduce gerrymandering.
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) July 25, 2022

#NEW: Lawyers for the state of Utah are asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the state's congressional map. https://t.co/axu1e1lypT
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) May 8, 2022

Tweets and Instagram posts on Edward Hopper

of all painters Hopper is the most mysterious: some strange fascination with the very banality of American life held him fast. his human figures are dreamlike & seem lifeless. on the wall, up close, his paintings are much more engaging than their reproductions. https://t.co/9da5pQ0t1w
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) July 24, 2022

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Why Edward Hopper is (probably) the greatest ever American artist: pic.twitter.com/QNPQvBw8pz
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) June 20, 2023

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A funny remake of the famous Hopper pictures

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— Barbara Hershey🌺 (@BarbaraHershey8) August 11, 2024

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Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax was best known for his field recordings of American music and musicians from all over the world.

Alan Lomax was an archivist who knew the power of art.

His recordings launched Lead Belly, Muddy Waters & Robert Johnson's careers. He collaborated w/ Zora Neale Hurston & Sister Rosetta Thorpe, earning the nickname "Human Tape Recorder."

Rest easy Alan. Your work lives on. pic.twitter.com/9nsiWliqpu
— Appalshop (@Appalshop) July 20, 2022

The Lomax Digital Archive

Alan Lomax Archive on YouTube

Thanks to work of Alan Lomax, who headed the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, the songs of iconic folk musician Woody Guthrie were preserved to be used by future generations of folk musicians. https://t.co/IqDDkhsbCd

Thanks to work of Alan Lomax, who…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) July 19, 2022

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Misleading tweets on Florida and Georgia checks to some residents

Biden should get most of the credit, not DeSantis. This is very misleading.

Brian Kemp in Georgia just did something similar. Once again, a tweet failed to say it used federal money.

someone in the Florida media FINALLY notes that the money ron desantis is handing out and taking credit for is actually from Joe Biden. https://t.co/16UHWDnUQN
— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) February 22, 2023

Your tweet should say they are getting checks paid for mostly with federal money. You mention this in your article – at the end: Florida’s payments, however, are largely thanks to the federal American Rescue Plan, the Tallahassee Democrat reported…"
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 25, 2022

Florida’s DeSantis relies on federal relief funds he opposed

Your tweet should say that it’s mostly paid for with federal money. Your article does. Give Biden and Congress credit.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 27, 2022

CNET did it again:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that 59,000 families will receive one-time payments of $450 per child to help offset the cost of inflation.https://t.co/SN7fhc8qBD
— CNET (@CNET) July 31, 2022

Your tweet should point out that this is federal money. Your article states that.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 15, 2022

How much of the money he is using to subsidize tax cuts is from federal money?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 20, 2022

DeSantis has been a critic of Biden on nearly every policy front. But he sure does like the president's wallet.

Over the past two years, DeSantis’ admin received billions in federal relief cash, which the governor has used to fund his top priorities.https://t.co/pmzBGQpz2e
— POLITICO (@politico) October 3, 2022

Tweets on the potential for political violence

I worry mostly about the MAGA cult members.

What?! One-third of Americans say it’s time to take up arms against our government? I know EXACTLY who is inspiring the treason curious. 🧵 (1/ )https://t.co/fM74YSQjHk
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 25, 2022

On the campaign trail, many Republicans talk of violence https://t.co/1w18zrJHAd
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) July 24, 2022

"There is a historical parallel between the red MAGA hat-wearing extremists who commit wanton acts of political violence in the service of an authoritarian thug, and the brownshirt militias of Nazi Germany," writes @WajahatAli. https://t.co/3MloLPV2PD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 16, 2022

Missouri Republican has released the most shockingly violent political ads of the year https://t.co/OaeUfPva0u
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2022

Trump would politicize the civil service

This is just one of the bad things that would happen and another anti-government Republican may do it if it’s them instead of Trump. I am a retired federal employee (almost 38 years) and can tell you that non-political appointees (which is all but a few thousand) do their job regardless of who is president. Unlike Trump and his gang, civil servants respect the Hatch Act and don’t let politics affect their job. Trump has damaged IRS, the Secret Service, and the Post Office. I think he (or another Republican) would harm the whole government (and the services it provides to the public).

Biden undid the harm Trump caused at the end by eliminating Schedule F but it could come back in the future. There are a series of articles on Axios.

Trump is headlining Turning Point’s student action summit in Tampa tonight. According to excerpts shared ahead his speech he will talk about “draining the swamp” by reimposing “Schedule F,” as reported by @jonathanvswan: pic.twitter.com/JDtk6teThB
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) July 23, 2022

In other words, break the law, because you haven’t suffered any consequences for doing it up until now, so you might as well get right to the criming when you’re back in office https://t.co/a4CmroNVr0
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 23, 2022

.@jonathanvswan @axios reports: "President Biden struck back, rescinding the Schedule F executive order on his third day in office"https://t.co/6wluKzlsZA
Here's @BrianDeeseNEC 1/22/2021: "Eliminating so-called Schedule F-which has threatened the protections of career employees" pic.twitter.com/8lH85EWRju
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) July 23, 2022

Combination of a conservative establishment interested in shape of govt + Trump’s desire for vengeance + some of the folks around him wanting assurance of jobs adds to all this > https://t.co/kcHCc6bGx1
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 23, 2022

There are a lot of lessons to learn from Trump’s assault on our democracy and governance norms, Rep. @GerryConnolly writes in a guest opinion.

"Protecting our civil service needs to be top among them." https://t.co/PxloxlXjCi
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 31, 2022

Some new details on what Heritage is doing to recruit for the next Republican admin — and how those efforts dovetail w Trump's. w @maggieNYT https://t.co/ZWL1tyJm96
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) April 20, 2023

This is a crucial point that we report on in the piece. The repeal of civil service protections makes it more likely that Trump and his allies can get away with corrupting the rulemaking process in order to deliver spoils to his cronies, which he has *publicly* said he will do: https://t.co/lyYeYPQhEk pic.twitter.com/jSiEpqdho7
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 12, 2024

Minor league baseball salaries are still low but there was a suit settlement

Minor league players are paid much less than the major league players, often earning under $15,000 a season — which is less than most jobs in America, according to U.S. Census Bureau, and only a few grand over the poverty line. https://t.co/7Sqn4GiY04
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 21, 2022

BREAKING: Major League Baseball will pay $185 million to settle the federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players who sought pay for minimum-wage and overtime violations by teams, pending a judge approving the settlement, according to a document filed in court today.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 15, 2022

Our statement on today’s landmark settlement in Senne v. MLB: pic.twitter.com/qpLxM9aBGi
— Advocates for Minor Leaguers (@MiLBAdvocates) July 15, 2022

I made $11,000 last year https://t.co/dBqqY5ekbR
— Eric Cole (@criceole8) July 19, 2022