The people arrested in Seattle were not Black Lives Matters protesters

Let’s talk about the dangerous right wing people. Don’t blame BLM. Their protests have almost always been peaceful/

Let me repeat this for those inventing the idea of “Black Lives Matter riots.” BLM doesn’t “riot.” They march against police violence. And note that those caught setting fires, assaulting and shooting people are consistently of the RIGHT, not the left. https://t.co/3qSk5Ym7l7
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 29, 2020

FBI says no evidence to support Trump’s claim of mail vote fraud

Just another Trump lie

JUST IN: The FBI says it has to date not seen a "coordinated national voter fraud effort during a major election." The announcement contradicts the president's warnings. https://t.co/2FmP80uv8N
— ABC News (@ABC) August 26, 2020

There's No Evidence Supporting Trump's Mail Ballot Warnings, FBI Says https://t.co/qQZm0BWHkR
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) August 26, 2020

FBI official says there is no evidence of coordinated mail-in voting fraud effort https://t.co/ypGA9uPa9I pic.twitter.com/0HOVzNeJvg
— The Hill (@thehill) August 26, 2020

Trump administration ignores right-wing terrorists

They’re Trump supporters so he doesn’t mind.

Miles Taylor, after the White House's National Counterterrorism Strategy just had two paragraphs on domestic terror:

“They said, ‘We’ll come up with a separate domestic terrorism strategy.' Bullshit. They never did. It just got lost.”https://t.co/WUwJNY1SZt
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) August 26, 2020

Analysis: Miles Taylor’s very serious allegations against Trump, explained https://t.co/jgmR1UcEyb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 26, 2020

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism. He ignored them. https://t.co/t1tV1Dboos
— POLITICO (@politico) August 26, 2020

Drop boxes are safe

Trump lies about them. I plan to place my ballot in one. This is just typical Republican voter suppression.

Half the country's voters can use a drop box: Heres the list of states that have them https://t.co/yDs8L2aaN0 pic.twitter.com/fJautdQsl4
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 25, 2020

For the record: drop boxes are a secure, efficient way for voters to return their ballots on time & ensure they are counted. Period.

And: the primary reason we need drop boxes is due to the increasing inefficiency & unreliability of @USPS.

Don't like 'em? Fully fund the @USPS. https://t.co/8Ok3VMxgPC
— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) August 23, 2020

Another big win for the @prioritiesUSA voting rights team & @marceelias. We are not done yet. Stay tuned. https://t.co/tmiw2mWxRf
— Guy Cecil (@guycecil) August 25, 2020

They want each county to be limited to a single dropbox, at the county board of elections. One dropbox for all ~1.1M voters in Philadelphia, one for all 900K voters in Allegheny. https://t.co/yRufITmxCt
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) August 9, 2020

Recently I dropped my wife’s primary ballot off in a dropbox in front of the Bergen County, NJ municipal building. There were security officers there. The dropbox was clean, but I didn’t have to touch it because there was a narrow, clearly marked slot to put the ballot in! https://t.co/rrRlHEGQ8X
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 23, 2020

Ohio Democratic Party sues Secretary of State Frank LaRose over ballot dropbox limitationshttps://t.co/Gav1OzPQua
— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) August 25, 2020

Send em out by October 20 (the latest but not guaranteed to arrive by Nov 4) OR drop them off in-person at an approved drop box! https://t.co/oskyRBv6CY
— Sarah Whittle 🥚 (@rudeunicorns) August 24, 2020

THREAD

We believe there is nothing in Ohio statute limiting drop boxes to one per county, so we filed suit in court today to prove it.

But I want to take a moment to highlight the pernicious impact of only one drop box per county for voters who rely on public transit.

1/ https://t.co/s2BFOZWVMh
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) August 25, 2020

Covers: Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)

“Help Me” was originally recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963. I know it best from the 1974 cover by Van Morrison.

Rich people own most of US stocks

Trump brags about the stock market but most people don’t benefit from it. Trump wants to cut taxes on capital gains which would benefit the wealthy.

To repeat:

The top 10% of earners own 87% of all U.S. stocks. https://t.co/JizWy97mho
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) August 24, 2020

Your reminder that the richest 1 percent own half of the stock market, and the richest 10 percent own almost all (92 percent) of it.

So when Trump brags about the stock market, he's not talking about the economy that 90 percent of Americans inhabit.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 24, 2020

One really encouraging thing about the past few days is that nobody seems to care about the stock market hitting new highs. Good judgment! The stock market is not the economy. Still, is there a puzzle here? Less than you might imagine 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 19, 2020

1) Almost half of Americans don’t own stocks
2) 10% of Americans own 86% of all stocks
3) The stock market is not the economy
4) The deficit is exploding
5) 1 in 6 Americans can’t find work
6) 84 days until we beat you https://t.co/8yM2JNAa1l
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) August 11, 2020

Deere sales are down 25%. Yet it's making a $2.25 billion profit this year by doing mass job cuts.

Companies everywhere are doing this, which is how the stock market booms amid lower revenues.

Remember which companies valued profits over humanshttps://t.co/vP1tlQfGC5
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) August 24, 2020

Covers: Wheels

“Wheels” is a Flying Burrito Brothers song from 1969 written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman. There are many covers including versions by Emmylou Harris who recorded with Parsons.

Anodyne – Uncle Tupelo

This is a great album. To bad it was the last album by Uncle Tupelo. The band members then formed Son Volt and Wilco.

Very astute comment (as always) from The Paranoid Style. Follow them on Twitter.

Don’t mind me, just gonna drop this Anodyne oral history rightchere https://t.co/CEpOhL3tx5
— Jim Beaugez (@JimBeaugez) August 23, 2020

The final show

Anodyne at 30: Uncle Tupelo’s Long Cut to the Heart of Alt-Country

Covers: Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone

“Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” was recorded by Charley Pride and was a number one country hit in 1970. I know it from Doug Sahm’s 1973 version.

Is it safe to reopen schools?

Trump is pushing for schools to reopen with classroom learning but it is not a good idea in many places. Some schools that opened had to close.

When can schools safely reopen? The answer is part science, part guesswork. https://t.co/IzihZvRPWB
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 20, 2020

At least 15 states reporting Covid cases at colleges and universities

Almost 2,000 K-12 students in Mississippi have been quarantined in the state due to possible exposure to Covid-19, according to the state's department of health https://t.co/6Dmux66UPT pic.twitter.com/VTJVpKZQkM
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 19, 2020

Dear @realDonaldTrump

You are ACTIVELY refusing to listen to REAL MEDICAL EXPERTS and are doing EVERYTHING in your power to guarantee the DEATH OF MORE US CITIZENS.https://t.co/m8XYI6vsCE
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 19, 2020

Last week, Mississippi had COVID outbreaks in schools in roughly half the counties in the state.

This week, the state health director says there are now outbreaks in schools in 71 out of the state’s 82 counties.

This really isn’t working. https://t.co/6EqoULHAFV
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 18, 2020

NEW: Coronavirus outbreaks in schools are mounting — but it is impossible to track all the cases.

The CDC isn't collecting any data on the virus in schools.

And least 9 states won't release any school outbreak data to the public.

w/@BenjySarlin: https://t.co/s1Vz6Xx88q
— Suzy Khimm (@SuzyKhimm) August 17, 2020

Which U.S. counties can safely open schools this fall? Times Opinion looked at the data to find out. https://t.co/bazribchFH
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) August 14, 2020

97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction https://t.co/Z8OQePagmW
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 8, 2020

"This is just another way we're flying blind in this epidemic."

— Laurie Garrett on coronavirus spreading in schools but the federal govt not keeping count. https://t.co/zL2Ybt7r7h
— MSNBC Live with Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanMSNBC) August 20, 2020

No. Just no. If schools are going to reopen (now or in a few weeks or a few months), leaving teachers in the classroom who should be in quarantine will needlessly expose students and other staff. This is reckless, inhumane, and wrong. A pic.twitter.com/lp4duDLOPZ
— Elisa Cardnell (@ElisaCardnell) August 20, 2020

👀👀👀, more from Syracuse: "The students who gathered on the Quad last night may have done damage enough to shut down campus." https://t.co/zWnOOff6pB
— Chris Quintana (@CQuintanaDC) August 20, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — NC State University announces that all undergraduate courses will move to online instruction Monday amid virus pandemic.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 20, 2020