American Folk Blues Festivals 1963 1966 The British Tours

The American Folk Blues Festival toured in Europe in the 1960s.

The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. #blueshistory #blues #bluesmusic https://t.co/7VVAGO49Wy pic.twitter.com/cFM5dg7Ohl
— bluesharp (@bluezharp) August 20, 2022

Covers: American Tune

“American Tune” is a 1973 Paul Simon song. It was just performed by Rhiannon Giddens with Simon on guitar.

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Mastriano is terrible

He’s the GOP candidate for governor of PA.

Anti-Semitism is not “small government” https://t.co/ZbyykM8RyG
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) July 27, 2022

Mastriano Campaign Engages in Explicit Anti-Semitism

"Jews and other non-Christians are "not conservative" because it is "an explicitly Christian movement" and because the US "is a Christian country," said Andrew Torba, Gab CEO and Mastriano consultant.https://t.co/zy8lxjJ6p6
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) July 26, 2022

I'm biased, obviously, but also, I'm sorry, this is just inarguably truehttps://t.co/cE0JCfXlh1
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2022

Gab CEO and Doug Mastriano backer on Jews:
"We're not bending the knee to the 2% anymore. The 98% of the rest of us — you know, 70, 75% of which are Christians, self-identifying Christians…We are taking back our culture. We're taking back our country." https://t.co/YxZHQ0Td6K
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 27, 2022

Covers: Do You Want to Know a Secret

“Do You Want to Know a Secret” is a 1963 Beatles song. It was sung by George Harrison and written by Lennon-McCartney. Billy J. Kramer covered it in 1963. Then there’s the Chipmunks version.

Climate tweets update 7/26/22

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) takes issue with the term climate crisis.

“The American people are facing a number of crises right now and it’s not the climate,” he says. pic.twitter.com/uOlPc2dkRL
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 26, 2022

Republicans' Environmental Worry Varies by Age; Older Republicans Least Likely to Say Global Warming Effects Have Begun (Megan Brenan, Gallup) Details: https://t.co/y5cfMPNnba pic.twitter.com/MsKpkFzlT9
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 26, 2022

According to a late-January poll by Pew, 51% of Democrats said they didn’t believe the U.S. and other countries would make enough of an effort to combat climate change, and among liberal Democrats alone, that share ticked up to 60%. https://t.co/yq0qLLlPSo
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 25, 2022

Climate change is now so serious on glaciers it’s interfering with scientists’ ability to measure it. That’s a pretty strong clue. Republicans: “meh.” https://t.co/2oc6KH5Okb
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 25, 2022

A BBC story about "The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change" includes this description of how easy it was to get journalists to help. https://t.co/T9Fl1tYnUe via @wblau pic.twitter.com/yPxE5jrIt7
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 24, 2022

Banks need more backing from the public sector to manage risks from climate-related projects while such contracts should provide returns, said a panel of market participants https://t.co/DomXhjAHU0
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) July 24, 2022

Climate change is creating a growing class of displaced Americans, and the federal government is struggling to decide how to help them. https://t.co/wKh3GTxMmr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2022

In Opinion

"The threat posed by climate change to Americans’ lives and livelihoods is urgent and severe, and it requires significantly more commitment from those who are elected to protect them," writes the Times editorial board. https://t.co/CQ5XOA7h1D
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2022

Heat waves are breaking records, disrupting life, and killing many across the world. Climate change is here, but is that a shared reality for Americans? (@CliffAYoung Sarah Feldman @Ipsosus) Details: https://t.co/LPfJB9svNa pic.twitter.com/smgm8e84E4
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 22, 2022

Deloitte: The cost of climate inaction will cost the global economy $178 trillion by 2070. That's trillion with a t. https://t.co/64cYiGCqQq
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) July 21, 2022

A searchable map shows estimated job and public health benefits that come with transitioning away from fossil fuels and fighting global warming https://t.co/4BINs1RW61
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) July 21, 2022

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax was best known for his field recordings of American music and musicians from all over the world.

Alan Lomax was an archivist who knew the power of art.

His recordings launched Lead Belly, Muddy Waters & Robert Johnson's careers. He collaborated w/ Zora Neale Hurston & Sister Rosetta Thorpe, earning the nickname "Human Tape Recorder."

Rest easy Alan. Your work lives on. pic.twitter.com/9nsiWliqpu
— Appalshop (@Appalshop) July 20, 2022

The Lomax Digital Archive

Alan Lomax Archive on YouTube

Thanks to work of Alan Lomax, who headed the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, the songs of iconic folk musician Woody Guthrie were preserved to be used by future generations of folk musicians. https://t.co/IqDDkhsbCd

Thanks to work of Alan Lomax, who…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) July 19, 2022

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Tweets on the potential for political violence

I worry mostly about the MAGA cult members.

What?! One-third of Americans say it’s time to take up arms against our government? I know EXACTLY who is inspiring the treason curious. 🧵 (1/ )https://t.co/fM74YSQjHk
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 25, 2022

On the campaign trail, many Republicans talk of violence https://t.co/1w18zrJHAd
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) July 24, 2022

"There is a historical parallel between the red MAGA hat-wearing extremists who commit wanton acts of political violence in the service of an authoritarian thug, and the brownshirt militias of Nazi Germany," writes @WajahatAli. https://t.co/3MloLPV2PD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 16, 2022

Missouri Republican has released the most shockingly violent political ads of the year https://t.co/OaeUfPva0u
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2022

Trump would politicize the civil service

This is just one of the bad things that would happen and another anti-government Republican may do it if it’s them instead of Trump. I am a retired federal employee (almost 38 years) and can tell you that non-political appointees (which is all but a few thousand) do their job regardless of who is president. Unlike Trump and his gang, civil servants respect the Hatch Act and don’t let politics affect their job. Trump has damaged IRS, the Secret Service, and the Post Office. I think he (or another Republican) would harm the whole government (and the services it provides to the public).

Biden undid the harm Trump caused at the end by eliminating Schedule F but it could come back in the future. There are a series of articles on Axios.

Trump is headlining Turning Point’s student action summit in Tampa tonight. According to excerpts shared ahead his speech he will talk about “draining the swamp” by reimposing “Schedule F,” as reported by @jonathanvswan: pic.twitter.com/JDtk6teThB
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) July 23, 2022

In other words, break the law, because you haven’t suffered any consequences for doing it up until now, so you might as well get right to the criming when you’re back in office https://t.co/a4CmroNVr0
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 23, 2022

.@jonathanvswan @axios reports: "President Biden struck back, rescinding the Schedule F executive order on his third day in office"https://t.co/6wluKzlsZA
Here's @BrianDeeseNEC 1/22/2021: "Eliminating so-called Schedule F-which has threatened the protections of career employees" pic.twitter.com/8lH85EWRju
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) July 23, 2022

Combination of a conservative establishment interested in shape of govt + Trump’s desire for vengeance + some of the folks around him wanting assurance of jobs adds to all this > https://t.co/kcHCc6bGx1
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 23, 2022

There are a lot of lessons to learn from Trump’s assault on our democracy and governance norms, Rep. @GerryConnolly writes in a guest opinion.

"Protecting our civil service needs to be top among them." https://t.co/PxloxlXjCi
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 31, 2022

Some new details on what Heritage is doing to recruit for the next Republican admin — and how those efforts dovetail w Trump's. w @maggieNYT https://t.co/ZWL1tyJm96
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) April 20, 2023

This is a crucial point that we report on in the piece. The repeal of civil service protections makes it more likely that Trump and his allies can get away with corrupting the rulemaking process in order to deliver spoils to his cronies, which he has *publicly* said he will do: https://t.co/lyYeYPQhEk pic.twitter.com/jSiEpqdho7
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 12, 2024

Covers: One Way or Another

“One Way or Another” is a Blondie song from 1978. One Direction covered it in 2013.

“I was actually stalked by a nut job, so it came out of a not-so-friendly personal event.” https://t.co/1EF4rhyPyJ
— American Songwriter (@AmerSongwriter) July 22, 2022

The Museum of Failure

“The Museum of Failure^[1] is a museum that features a collection of failed products and services”

There's a "Museum of Failure" in Sweden which highlights 150+ failed products. It's meant to show that innovation requires risk-taking and failure.

Here are 10 gems you may not remember:
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) July 21, 2022

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