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If Alito lied, will somebody do something
about it? Roberts? Schumer? Anyone?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 29, 2024

The 2024 election will be ugly

a few warning signs

A GOP member of Fulton County's elections board is refusing to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, in a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize certification of November’s general election results. #gapol
https://t.co/jwyhy8lFx5
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) May 28, 2024

Miami-Dade County canceled approximately 438,000 vote-by-mail requests, so if you want to vote by mail, you must renew your request. We'll tell you how to do it, what the deadlines are and how safe the process is. https://t.co/BynRZYLW6t
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) May 28, 2024

Texas GOP calls for an amendment to ensure Republicans always win statewide elections by requiring candidates to win a majority of counties.

Texas has 254 counties. Half of Texans live in just 7 of them.

Trump won 232 of counties, but 58% of Texans live in the 22 counties Biden https://t.co/SQ7EX5xD6z
— Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social (@PoliticsWolf) May 26, 2024

Great quote from Catch-22

This sure sounds like our world today.

I am reminded of Joseph Heller, Catch-22 pic.twitter.com/CU5lFoSr66
— Irish Literary Times (@IrishLitTimes) May 28, 2024

The media isn’t covering what people are interested in

That’s why their ratings are down. TV networks in DC and New York are interested in politics more than what affects people on a daily basis. They are rich enough that they can handle inflation much better than average people.

Voters don't care but the media is obsessed with Trump. I despise him and stopped watching cable news because of your addiction to Trump. Maybe your ratings would be better if you listened to the public and focused on immigration, the economy, etc.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 29, 2024

Tweets on the decline of coal

The G7 has agreed to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in a climate policy breakthrough. The US declined to comment on the agreement.https://t.co/rVnZENyIt4
— CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2024

The rise and fall of king coal: in 2023, advanced economies got as much energy from coal as they did in 1906. pic.twitter.com/kRIhCv0O01
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) March 1, 2024

Good morning with good news: US coal generation fell 28% during first half of 2023, compared to first 6 months of 2022! Coal generated just 15% of US electricity for January to June 2023. It is dying rapidly now. First coal. Then gas!https://t.co/J3B3zUmw8E pic.twitter.com/ow4csaC6UO
— John Raymond Hanger  (@johnrhanger) August 25, 2023

Wind and solar power overtakes coal for the first time ever in the US https://t.co/Qm3TIwtpXM
A glimmer of good news.
— Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) June 27, 2023

A big deal: The coal miners' union just ratcheted up pressure on Manchin to support BBB. This is a seminal moment: The divergence in interests between workers and mine owners who oppose BBB has been exposed. Manchin must choose one or the other. My latest:https://t.co/4t5SzfQqTr
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 10, 2022

23 states, multiple coal companies ask Supreme Court to halt Biden rule to restrict pollution https://t.co/2BtUDv4exH
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 20, 2024

Republican states are pro=pollution it appears

News from exactly 112 years ago. pic.twitter.com/sVqFurRPqr
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) August 14, 2024

The Stop Making Sense Blu-ray is terrific

A24 has released their re-release of Stop Making Sense (1984) on Blu-ray and 4K. I have the Blu-ray and it’s outstanding. It comes in a case with a long booklet. The film, which I had never seen, is an excellent document on the 1983 Talking Heads concert tour. (I saw them in 1982.) The entire film focuses on the show. The music and performances are great. The photography enables the viewer to see what a good time the musicians had.

Stop Making Sense merchandise from A24

I have the t-shirt of art from Ghana based on Stop Making Sense

Now shipping 📀 Stop Making Sense Deluxe Collector's Edition Blu-ray & 4K featuring an extended cut of the film with never-before-seen footage plus a 64-page interior booklet, 25 min making-of doc and so much more. https://t.co/RFTVAIT63Z pic.twitter.com/NajwJ7gltu
— A24 (@A24) May 8, 2024

Smokey Bear art by Rudolph Wendelin

For decades, Rudy Wendelin lent his artistic talent to my campaign. Not only did he create some of my most iconic posters, but he also designed my instantly recognizable outfit. pic.twitter.com/RItvdbDwdD
— Smokey Bear (@smokey_bear) May 24, 2024

I've been lucky to be illustrated by so many wonderful artists over the years but one of my favorites is Rudy Wendelin who drew himself into this image. I'd love to see your Smokey artwork too – tweet me. pic.twitter.com/IvjRU8fM8A
— Smokey Bear (@smokey_bear) June 24, 2018

🐼Illustration of Smokey Bear welcoming Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling to the National Zoo (Artwork by Rudolph Wendelin, 1972) pic.twitter.com/wdQ6FGLNnf
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) April 16, 2019

I saw this exhibit at the Reading (PA) Public Museum in 2019:

Smokey Bear and the Art of Rudy Wendelin

Here’s a gallery of pictures I took

Louisiana Republicans criminalize the abortion pill

Terrible extremists

Less than two years out from Dobbs, Louisiana criminalizes the abortion pill—teeing up the surveillance, arrest, and prosecution of individuals who share or possess a medication that's approved by the FDA. https://t.co/DP1YhPflK1
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 23, 2024

This Louisiana bill also creates a registry, on which every single person who is prescribed abortion medication will be listed – truly state monitoring of pregnancies.

Donald Trump did this. https://t.co/DytQ0V04YD
— Lauren Hitt (@LaurenHitt) May 23, 2024

Louisiana is poised to legally reclassify abortion care medication as a dangerous controlled substance punishable with jail time if obtained without a prescription.

Story: https://t.co/6JHAtvu3sr pic.twitter.com/Ofax00x18X
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 23, 2024

Supreme Court Republicans support racial gerrymandering

Disgusting

They might as well be employees of the Republican party.

I figured the Supreme Court's Alexander would be bad. But it's so much worse than I expected. Alito loaded his majority opinion with traps to make it nearly impossible for any plaintiff to prove racial gerrymandering in court. A full-on gutting of the equal protection clause. https://t.co/KxnZVh14TC
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 23, 2024

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.

The Court also makes it harder to fight against future racial gerrymandering. More to come: https://t.co/jjfns4cvii pic.twitter.com/ZdpiQUcpun
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) May 23, 2024

Justice Kagan dissenting in the South Carolina gerrymandering case:

"The majority's attempt to explain its contrary result fails at every turn. The majority picks and chooses evidence to its liking; ignores or minimizes less convenient proof; disdains the panel's judgments about…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 23, 2024

Breaking: Supreme Court 6-3 decision by Alito (!) upholds South Carolina congressional district that lower court called "stark racial gerrymander"

Another example of how undemocratic SCOTUS making political system less democratic & rigging it for GOPhttps://t.co/Az2EEONbCc
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 23, 2024

Justice Thomas' opinion in Alexander calls on the Supreme Court to overturn the entire line of redistricting precedents, including Baker v. Carr, that established the principle of "one person, one vote." He argues that federal courts never have authority to redraw districts.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 23, 2024