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Republicans are already working on a plan to overturn Roe v. Wade

Two thirds of Americans don’t want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade but Republicans are working on it anyway

 

Covers: Take Me Home, Country Roads

The original version of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was recorded by John Denver in 1971.

A really creative cover by reggae artist Toots & the Maytals was released in 197e as “Country Road”

Toots substituted “West Jamaica”  for “West Virginia.

John Denver

Toots & the Maytals

Most immigrants are legal

This article shows that most immigrants to the US are legal.

It states: “Border crossings don’t even account for a majority of the people joining the unauthorized population in a given year. In fiscal 2016, for instance, the Department of Homeland Security estimated 628,799 people who had previously entered the country legally overstayed their visa that year. Other groups, such as the Center for Migration Studies, have similarly estimated that visa overstays account for about two-thirds of the total number of people joining the undocumented population in any given year.
“The number attempting to get across the Southern border is probably the lowest it’s been since at least the 1970s,” said Robert Warren, a demographer with the Center for Migration Studies. “I’m surprised the [Trump] administration hasn’t really focused on overstays. That’s where the action is.””

Republican manipulate the tax law to their benefit in Nevada

From the article linked to in the tweet below: “The Treasury Department last week reversed itself after lobbying by Nevada Republicans and agreed to let a previously ineligible county reap huge benefits from the new tax law.”

 

Covers: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)

“Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)” was written by “Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis and Max Fidler. It was originally recorded in December 1952 by the bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs, and later released by Joe & Rose Lee Maphis in 1953 as a single.”

Covers include versions by the Flying Burrito Brothers (recorded in 1969 but released later), Dwight Yoakam (2013) and John Prine and Amanda Shires (2016).

I saw Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, and Steve Earle perform it together as the final song on their LSD tour show on June 19, 2018.  It was more country and less rock than Yoakam’s solo version.

Flatt and Scruggs

Joe & Rose Lee Maphis

Flying Burrito Brothers

Dwight Yoakam

John Prine featuring Amanda Shires

Rehearsal during the LSD tour

 

Fact checks on Trump’s policy of separating families at the border

Dallas Morning News fact check

Washington Post fact check

 

New York Times fact check

Trump continues to blame Democrats