Covers: Doctor, My Eyes

“Doctor, My Eyes” is a 1972 Jackson Browne song recently covered by musicians in Playing for Change. The Jackson Five covered it. I do

More tweets on the Trump mob

Keep convicting them.

This can never happen again!

BREAKING | 59-year-old Lisa Marie Eisenhart and her 32-year-old son Eric Gavelek Munchel, who became known as “Zip-Tie Guy,” were sentenced on Friday to a combined 7.25 years in federal prison for their role in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. https://t.co/x1InqxbQGo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 8, 2023

A New Jersey dating coach for men—who donned a Donald Trump-themed Christmas sweater as he breached the Capitol—is going to be wearing prison garb for the next four years. https://t.co/oExrR7XE3E
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 8, 2023

Before trial, USA offered Proud Boys plea deals, revealed yesterday. They passed. Result:
Offer | Sentence after trial
Tarrio 9-11 yrs| 22 yrs
Nordean 6-8 yrs | 18 yrs
Biggs 6-8 yrs | 17 yrs
Rehl 6-7 yrs | 15 yrs
Pezzola 4-5 yrs | 10 yrs
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— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) September 7, 2023

"Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III, was captured on video inside the Senate chamber during the attack on the U.S. Capitol and has been charged with three federal offenses, according to a federal criminal complaint” https://t.co/YpImvsJosm
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) February 16, 2021

The FBI is searching for a growing number of Jan. 6 fugitives. https://t.co/60asN923YD
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 4, 2023

Unassisted triple plays – the rarest event in baseball

The unassisted triple play is the rarest event in baseball. There have only been 15 of them. The last one was in 2009.

… Because Jeff Francoeur would line into an unassisted triple play to end the game.

Eric Bruntlett was only the second player in MLB history to turn a game-ending unassisted triple play

AND

no MLB player has turned one since then (8/23/2009) pic.twitter.com/qzXrM6R1XV
— Min Sub (Mitchell) (@MinSub4) September 8, 2023

Covers: Banana Republics

“Banana Republics” is a Steve Goodman song that was covered by Jimmy Buffett.

More tweets on the brutal year for climate change

Nearly all of the world’s population experienced higher temperatures because of climate change this summer, according to an analysis of 202 countries and territories. https://t.co/O8i9zvucKm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 8, 2023

During this summer of dangerous, record-shattering heat almost no one on Earth escaped climate change-fueled temperatures, a new analysis has found https://t.co/VOfRA6XI0p
— CNN (@CNN) September 7, 2023

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more intense in many places because of climate change. Scientists say this will continue whilst humans keep releasing greenhouse gases. Here are four ways climate change is linked to extreme weather. https://t.co/8cFQanlWjJ
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) September 7, 2023

When you hear disinformation about climate change, which you will, remember *average temperatures*:

– The global average temperature this summer was 16.77 degrees Celsius (62.19F) according to Copernicus, 0.66 degrees Celsius above 1990-2020 average.
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— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 7, 2023

DeSantis on Biden linking climate change with severe storms: "Why are you trying to politicize the weather?" pic.twitter.com/dTtt0TrQzq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 6, 2023

As an Italian, this is the last straw. Now I’m motivated. Heatflation: due to heat in Spain they’ve lost half this crop this year. “Worldwide, olive oil now costs $8,600 per metric ton, more than twice as much as it did a year ago” https://t.co/ReZLIFiuxd
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) September 4, 2023

Ohio will use an unconstitutional map for elections

Disgusting behavior by Republicans

"The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits challenging the state’s congressional map — which was ruled unconstitutional last year as favoring Republicans — clearing the way for the map to be used for next year’s elections." https://t.co/p9yWnA29ch
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) September 7, 2023

New Editor Commentary: As Ohio gears up for another round of Statehouse redistricting, Republican politicians' gerrymandering games never really ended — they were just paused to run out the clock on a full, fair, public, and good faith process.https://t.co/hdtReMuNiz
— David DeWitt (@DC_DeWitt) September 7, 2023

#BREAKING: The OH Supreme Court has granted the dismissal of two lawsuits challenging Ohio's congressional map. https://t.co/1US4qLYZWk
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) September 7, 2023

This is actually a win for Democrats, as Republicans won’t get a chance to more aggressively re-gerrymander Ohio’s lines before 2024. Per Ohio’s rules, however, the lines will need to be redrawn by 2026. https://t.co/UOBcAdxg6Z
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 7, 2023

Covers: I Can’t Stand the Rain

“I Can’t Stand the Rain” (1973) is probably the best-known song by the great Ann Peebles who also co-wrote it.

It was sampled on Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” (1997)

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Tweet on most RBI in one game

Most RBI in a game pic.twitter.com/kJdCazsqK4
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) September 3, 2023

Tweets on two bad New York Times headlines

This is a hell of a way to say DeSantis won’t meet with Biden. Do you see any wording in the headline or the lede that states clearly that it’s DeSantis who is refusing to meet with Biden? pic.twitter.com/Xea18TvLSf
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) September 2, 2023

The headline for a New York Times editorial says “partisan politics” is blocking funds to fight AIDS overseas. The editorial itself specifically blames Republicans “eager to politicize a once-bipartisan issue.” But NYT writes a cowardly headline to avoid annoying Republicans. pic.twitter.com/0hTfK5PTAK
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 1, 2023

"Why doesn't the public know about positive economic news?" asks the news media whose job is making the public aware of economic news. https://t.co/TziUHAOUgS
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 2, 2023

The New York Times has a serious headline problem. In my latest column for @CourierNewsroom, I cite more than a dozen examples of how Times headlines try to sand down the sharp edges of right-wing extremism. 🧵1/6 https://t.co/ICNZsis4Dg
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 5, 2023

Most US political violence is by the right wing

Forty-seven percent of Republicans believe that the left is responsible for most political violence, when in reality it runs almost 19-to-1 in the opposite direction. https://t.co/DOpwDnDacO
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 31, 2023

A recent study indicates that more Trump supporters think it's O.K. to use violence to restore him to power. That's why @FrankFigliuzzi1 says Trump and other officials who support him need to stop the incendiary rhetoric. https://t.co/mwIG5Z2qzU
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 13, 2023

Of 14 fatal political violence attacks in the US since the Capitol riot in which the perpetrator or suspect had a clear partisan leaning, 13 were right-wing assailants. One was on the left https://t.co/caFH7myilf by @nedmparker1 @byPeterEisler via @specialreports pic.twitter.com/cHSLlQsrN6
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 10, 2023

After rising in the late 60s-mid ‘70s, U.S. political violence became rare by 1980. It climbed again in 2016. Most of the recent deadly outbursts tracked by @Reuters came from the right https://t.co/6HxF56HwcY by @nedmparker1 @byPeterEisler via @specialreports pic.twitter.com/fzdiSHN6by
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 9, 2023

There is a direct and alarming connection between Trump’s political rise and the increase in political violence and threats of such violence in America.

Trump has galvanized an army of vigilantes who are casting a fearsome shadow over the 2024 election. https://t.co/k1aR0Blfg3 pic.twitter.com/cXYi1KsONn
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 22, 2024