I saw a show on the History Channel on Sunday that included the history of Mr. Potato Head, a popular toy from my childhood. Modern kids probably know him best from the Toy Story films.

More on the GOP lie about litter boxes in schools

How can they believe this crap?

Here's a thread of the 20 politicians who've falsely claimed this year that schools are accommodating who kids identify as cats, putting litter boxes on campus for them
— Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) October 14, 2022

WATCH: False rumors claiming schools are making accommodations for students who identify as cats are gaining momentum as a GOP talking point.@oneunderscore__ explains what's actually going on for @MSNBC. pic.twitter.com/sxXQpo3j4H
— NBC News Tech (@NBCNewsTech) October 14, 2022

there are no litter buckets in classrooms except in one case where they are there to account for one of the predictable consequences of a society saturated in easily obtained guns. https://t.co/3Vsi55Sc7E pic.twitter.com/M21b1hUAZJ
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 14, 2022

Nuclear war was a big concern in the 1960s

Putin’s threat to use nuclear war reminded me of how much we were concerned about it when I was young. Concerns about nuclear war were exacerbated by the Cuban Missle Crisis. We had drills at school where we hid under desks. With hindsight, I realize we would have probably been fried anyway. People built fallout shelters to hide underground with provisions to live. The Atomic Cafe is a good documentary on the period.

It was prominent in movies such as Fail-Safe (also a popular and gripping novel) and Dr. Strangelove which featured someone riding a bomb. Science fiction and horror films had monsters created through nuclear war.

The Nuclear Monsters That Terrorized the 1950s

List of films about nuclear issues

How to survive fallout, September 1961: pic.twitter.com/hmehvKZx9A
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 18, 2022

Fallout shelter for your family, 1950s: pic.twitter.com/3RAnwxqAU1
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 18, 2022

Underground bunker on Nantucket to which JFK, as President, might have been quickly taken from Hyannis Port in case of nuclear war: pic.twitter.com/kQiKOjPf6W
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 18, 2022

Cold War Civil Defense: pic.twitter.com/IsKYeyc2bo
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 18, 2022

Children in the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis: pic.twitter.com/ZGJ88WkIjg
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 21, 2022

In Cold War 1957, a Redstone missile model was installed in Grand Central Terminal, New York, by US Army and Chrysler to awe New Yorkers, which it did: pic.twitter.com/djNjJVTZDA
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 21, 2022

Incredible Justin Tucker statistics

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker won another game with a field goal as time expired. He could be the best NFL kicker ever..

Justin Tucker of the @Ravens now has 7 career game-winning field goals with no time left in the 4th quarter in the regular season.

That's the most by any kicker in NFL history.

Tonight was the 4th of those where his team was trailing at the time, also the most ever.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 10, 2022

Using @NextGenStats ball tracking data, Justin Tucker's game winning field goal crossed the upright with a y-coordinate (width of field) of 26.52.

The exact middle of the field is y= 26.67

That is, if the uprights were half a yard wide, the kick would have still been good
— Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) October 10, 2022

Baltimore @Ravens #RavensFlock star Justin Tucker @jtuck9 is widely considered the NFL’s best kicker, with a track record to prove it. @hodakotb talked one-on-one with Tucker to uncover his secrets to success. https://t.co/gsUO2gMtaI
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 10, 2022

I undersold the Justin Tucker streak. He's now made 75 straight field goals in second half and overtime, including 61 straight in the fourth quarter and OT.
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) October 10, 2022

GOP governor’s hypocrisy on the American Rescue Plan

Republicans are doing this too for the Infrastructure bill.

Right on cue, Gov Mike DeWine announces $1.7M to 13 first responder agencies in Ohio "to help support the wellness needs of law enforcement officers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics & EMTs"
Part of $11M to 58 agencies from Biden's American Rescue Plan – that DeWine opposed
— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) October 7, 2022

Republicans have increased their tolerance of immoral elected officals

Trump has corrupted them. They’re fine with Herschel Walker too. There’s no bottom for the GOP.

Elected official who acts immorally in their personal life can still behave ethically/fulfill duties in public life:

YES —

White Evangelicals
2011: 30%
2016: 72%
2020: 68%

Republicans
2011: 36%
2016: 70%
2020: 71%

Democrats
2011: 49%
2016: 61%
2020: 47%

Source: PRRI pic.twitter.com/yFrY5zpeAF
— Duke Kwon (@dukekwondc) October 7, 2022

Republican hypocrisy on infrastructure

Biden names names of Republicans who voted against infrastructure and then asked for money. The President said, "I was surprised to see so many socialists in the Republican caucus." pic.twitter.com/CLz94aCGNb
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 7, 2022

Iowa GOP Governor Kim Reynolds is taking credit for projects made possible by @POTUS’s American Rescue Plan — which SHE OPPOSED. https://t.co/9TQq2cz3rf
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) October 7, 2022

NEW – dozens of Republicans who last year voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, calling it "socialist," "radical spending," spent the past few months quietly lobbying the administration for money out of that bill to come home to them https://t.co/bDkW4P4QIU
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 7, 2022

🧵THREAD: These are just some of the Republicans who publicly opposed Democrats’ historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — but are now asking for infrastructure money from @POTUS’s bill:
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) October 10, 2022

Senators Cotton and Boozman both voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Here they are celebrating its investments in Arkansas. pic.twitter.com/50m4B1wf82
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 15, 2023

POV: You voted against President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law but are taking credit for it. https://t.co/Zou5eAx0Nn
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 23, 2024

Press Sec. @K_JeanPierre calls out Republicans for taking credit for infrastructure investments that they voted against: You might have seen a tweet from a Republican Congressman in Minnesota… pic.twitter.com/Hv3niO67ZD
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 24, 2024

Embarrassing John O’Hara incident

In the annals of humiliating things that have happened to drunk writers, this John O'Hara night on the town in the 1940s has to rank high. pic.twitter.com/P9noVUxDbY
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) October 6, 2022

O’Hara is in the Princeton Cemetery

Covers: Beautiful Delilah

“Beautiful Delilah” (1958) is a lesser-known Chuck Berry song and it was still covered by the Kinks and the Rolling Stones. Berry wrote and recorded so many great songs.