Hollywood Reporter on Angelyne

Very strange story

I never heard of her until I read this tweet yesterday

Fascinating footnote to a footnote: Angelyne, a kind of cult figure in Los Angeles whose semi-fame was a result of posting billboards of herself in suggestive poses around L.A. in the mid-1980s, got 30,172 votes for governor in California recall election last week. More… pic.twitter.com/TQyHXbIRUf
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 19, 2021

Who’s Angelyne? Well, that’s a fascinating rabbit hole to jump down, as @garymbaum did in @thr in 2017: https://t.co/2smtI9FJIl
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/jlisajay/status/1496645778944643073?s=11

Emmy Rossum stars as the mysterious billboard icon Angelyne. Don’t miss the new @peacockTV limited series, streaming now.
— Peacock (@peacock) May 17, 2022

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Republican irresponsibility on the debt ceiling

This is disgraceful. They’re willing to damage the country to make Biden look bad,. They voted to increased the debt ceiling when Trump was president and ran up the deficit.

Remember, the current debt limit involves only *past* spending, not future spending or the current budget. Of $29T in current debt, $8T dates from Trump admin including tax cuts and early Covid relief. #TheFacts pic.twitter.com/izyvMI9XUQ
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 22, 2021

Senate Republicans say they will vote to allow a debt default, leaving Democrats scrambling for plan to avert economic crisis @pkcapitol https://t.co/JHXq5Z6MDB
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) September 18, 2021

Let's be clear: Mitch McConnell is saying Senate Republicans will vote to default on US debts, debts they voted to incur under a Republican President.

A default would trigger a financial crisis that could cost huge numbers of jobs and wreck the US economy. He's voting for that. https://t.co/ewNyWDVLmi
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) September 17, 2021

The White House warns states of potentially dire effects if the government defaults https://t.co/tN3At4uY0s
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 17, 2021

The White House warned on Friday that a failure by the U.S. Congress to extend the debt limit could plunge the economy into a recession and could lead to cuts in critical state services. https://t.co/UPwrPFJQxe
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) September 17, 2021

"The left trying to move Senator McConnell with shame or pressure is like trying to move Mount Everest with a light breeze" – @ahrferrier .. https://t.co/kwZzroO8sY
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 16, 2021

“Well, we raised the debt ceiling because America can't default.

I mean—that would be a disaster.”

—Senator Mitch McConnell, 2019 pic.twitter.com/N8gbKWUzR7
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) September 13, 2021

NEW — Biden and the White House want the debt ceiling to be part of the CR, which requires 60 votes, according to sources with knowledge of the adm’s thinking. They believe McConnell will blink https://t.co/N0qUy01vti

via @lbarronlopez and @ccadelago
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 9, 2021

He won’t

Just wanted to remind you that Republicans added $7 trillion to the national debt under the former guy, which is most of the debt now requiring a higher debt ceiling.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 21, 2021

Facebook is overrun by right wing garbage

Facebook overrun by COVID vaccine lies even as it denied fueling hesitancy, report says

Did 901 people die of COVID-19 in a single day in Florida?
USA TODAY's @baylisswagner looked into how data interpretation went very wrong for 10,000+ Facebook users. https://t.co/D49AuMkwyV
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 10, 2021

Last month, WaPo reported that Facebook was allowing prominent Republicans to raise money by associating migrants with the surge of coronavirus infections in the US.

The claim had been rejected by doctors and fact-checkers at the time.https://t.co/yEEti2JIZn
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) September 17, 2021

I wrote about the Facebook circle of life:
– Build problematic systems
– Research their flaws and find serious problems
– Bury the findings to avoid bad press
– Get even worse press when the findings are leaked
– Change nothing https://t.co/UUxw7qYG08
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) September 16, 2021

Another devastating story about Facebook. You think you know the worst of it, but there’s always more. https://t.co/YubMs2uVl3
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 17, 2021

Can't stress how wild the ivermectin Facebook groups have become. So many people insisting to each other to never go to an ER, in part because they might not get ivermectin, but sometimes because they fear nurses are killing them on purpose "for the insurance money."
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 13, 2021

Unreal: "One potential solution remains off the table: holding high-profile users to the same standards as everyone else." https://t.co/VMWWNjbfmZ
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) September 13, 2021

"It's important to overcome the message that Facebook has been trying to project that we really can't tell whether social media use has anything to do with political divisiveness and partisan hatred. That just doesn't match up with facts.” https://t.co/RV2hnOahf6
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 13, 2021

From today’s @ReliableSources – broadcast exclusive: new NYU study shows that Misinformation from partisan news sources gets 6x more clicks than real news on Facebook. 68% of engagement from far-right sources comes from misinfo – 36% from far-left sources. https://t.co/wW4MCOsw5X
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) September 5, 2021

Misinformation on Facebook got six times more clicks than factual news during the 2020 election, study says

I'll say this once again: @Facebook could end the anti-vax death cult in this nation tomorrow. It's not hard.

They know who the sources of this poison are, and could shut them down with a few clicks and save countless lives.

But they won't.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 2, 2021

Two-thirds of all Facebook users who join extremist groups are guided to them by Facebook itself https://t.co/xWUa7V1J20
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 30, 2021

The wealthiest 1% avoid $163 billion in taxes

I’m sure Republicans will try to block this. They’re not big on enforcing laws if it affects their rich donors.

It's time we crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats who get away with not paying what they owe. I'm pushing for increased IRS investment in the reconciliation bill to boost enforcement and bring in billions so we can invest in American families.https://t.co/MOQXNCjz79
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 8, 2021

Richest Americans fail to pay $163 billion in taxes, Treasury estimates https://t.co/41iJX00cCK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 8, 2021

Alternative headline: U.S. taxpayers are paying $163 billion a year to fund billionaires' space races and fuel their super yachts. https://t.co/oGtWfn1SMx
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) September 8, 2021

well put

I’ll bet $163 billion is way less@than the actual number. https://t.co/1xD4bztGxS
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) September 8, 2021

Covers: Down in Mexico

“Down in Mexico” is a great 1956 Coasters song. A 1973 version was used in the film Death Proof that is one of two films in Grindhouse (2007).

Salt Box news 09/08/20

This should be it for a while

Sometimes I hate that there’s a salt box for everything. Michael K Williams as Omar, brilliantly done by @mightypigeon_art #saltboxart #baltimoresaltbox pic.twitter.com/PjW2VZgVp6
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) September 7, 2021

The video isn’t updated (you know bc there’s real news to report) but salt box as ring box was on the news! https://t.co/xd8lXfWwmQ
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) September 4, 2021

Woke to an email letting me know that someone proposed with a salt box and she said YES! Melting my cold icy heart. #saltboxlove #baltimoresaltbox #saltboxart pic.twitter.com/zqZYjzfvw4
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) September 3, 2021

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New Salt Box Alert 🚨 A rare summer salt box to celebrate Salt Box Summer at @CharmCityMead Find this box and you may find a little gift inside. #saltboxart #baltimore #saltboxsummer pic.twitter.com/4iRWJtH19P
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) June 12, 2021

Now at Towson Wine, The Wine Source and Frazier’s! pic.twitter.com/uaAw6aXmzX
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) June 4, 2021

Extremely exciting news in Salt Box land! 🚨 Some of you may know that a goal of mine is to have a beer label inspired by my art. Well, dreams coming true over here! I’m excited to announce that @charmcitymead is releasing Salt Box Summer a refreshing mead cider mix! pic.twitter.com/Za7GiXLqkz
— Juliet Ames (@thebrokenplate) June 3, 2021

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More on Florida’s terrible Covid policies

83% of Florida Republicans still approve of DeSantis. I guess they’re ok with all of the deaths and hospitalizations. They’re willing to die to prevent Biden from looking good by ending the pandemic,

Florida (right) now accounting for about 21 percent of all reported U.S. (left) covid deaths: pic.twitter.com/iVPKOhCE61
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 6, 2021

Florida has 6% of country’s population and 25% of country’s daily COVID-19 deaths. @RemoveRon
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) September 6, 2021

In Florida, new COVID-19 cases have dipped among adults but not for people under 20 https://t.co/LU2hrsMYNF
— Larry Cooper (@coopah) September 4, 2021

“FIFTEEN staff members in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District have died from COVID-19 in the past TEN days.”

[emphasis mine because I am yelling]https://t.co/FeCyBJUHAI
— Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD (@LaSeletzky) September 4, 2021

A woman died of Covid, and as her family was planning the funeral, her mother was also struck down. An aunt took over arrangements for the double funeral, only to die of Covid herself 2 weeks afterward.

244 die in Florida over Covid every day on average. https://t.co/STiBipkpwM
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) September 4, 2021

A Floridian is dying every 4 minutes from COVID-19
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) September 4, 2021

What has gone so terribly wrong in Florida? pic.twitter.com/2J2itvWXUA
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) September 4, 2021

This week saw even some “conservative [Florida] counties that backed … Trump … defying DeSantis and instituting their own [school mask] mandates.” 1/ #FlaPol #DeathSantis ⁦@RonDeSantisFL⁩ 1/ https://t.co/HF1sPYkxTo
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) September 4, 2021

COVID continues to rage in Florida and @GovRonDeSantis is on the casehttps://t.co/fsmFdjE9zu pic.twitter.com/maUiHEq4g4
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 4, 2021

https://t.co/whZ3bE9RqH
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) September 3, 2021

Florida withholds funds from two school districts requiring masks — despite court decision against state ban on mandates https://t.co/2sxcLb2zGK
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 31, 2021

⚠️BREAKING—Pediatric #COVID19 hospitalizations surging in Florida, now ~4x previous levels. New analysis from our team of HHS hospitalization data shows that as pediatric hospitalizations surge, adult hospitalizations are slowing, but remain at record high. Figure by @wkdragon88 pic.twitter.com/tg8xBVbh6U
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 2, 2021

Florida changed its COVID-19 death data just as surge began | Miami Herald https://t.co/BktOrHLhD6
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 31, 2021

An average of 11 people in FL have died of covid every single hour for the past two weeks. https://t.co/nwI6oJtWJ2
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 30, 2021

“@GovRonDeSantis is willing to subject his constituents to this life and death gauntlet… He’s willing to watch the deaths mount and morgues fill past capacity for his own personal and political gain.” — LP co-founder @ReedGalen https://t.co/D9nw8vDYg0
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 29, 2021

Horror in Florida:

14 portable refrigerated morgues are headed to Central Florida to help beleaguered hospitals store bodies.

"The number of deaths right now is unprecedented."

COVID is unquestionably the "precipitating event."https://t.co/rqGOzf9eOe
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 29, 2021

A radiation oncologist in Florida says his hospital is so overwhelmed with COVID patients that he was forced to turn away a cancer patient who needed to be transferred there — something he has never had to do in 60 years of treating patients.
https://t.co/oJca71OjVK
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) August 28, 2021

The uneducated and unvaccinated led by the unethical and the uncaring…and it leads to a lonely, miserable death.

COVID unit at Tallahassee hospital: The curtain between life, death https://t.co/6cidIo5qCR
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 28, 2021

The unexpected and unwelcome coronavirus surge now unfolding in the United States has hit hardest in states that were slow to embrace vaccines.

So what's going on in Florida? https://t.co/rUDYzFphgg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 28, 2021

Covers: Diving Duck Blues

Sleepy John Estes recorded “Diving Duck Blues” in 1929.

Covers: Everybody Oughta Make a Change

“Everybody Oughta Make a Change”; this is my third post today of songs by the great Sleepy John Estes. His version was released in 1939.

Fake vaccine cards

Why pay for a fake vaccine card when you can get the vaccine for free? The Trump cult would rather die than let Biden look good by ending the pandemic.

An Instagram user who went by “AntiVaxMomma” sold hundreds of fake covid vaccine cards, prosecutors say https://t.co/EtFSnapZyM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2021

24-year-old Chloe Mrozak from Illinois was arrested after allegedly using this fake #COVID19 vaccine card to enter Hawaii and avoid travel restrictions — it says “Maderna” instead of “Moderna” @KITV4 pic.twitter.com/1EWp3eG3OR
— Tom George (@TheTomGeorge) September 1, 2021

Miami Beach couple arrested in Hawaii after allegedly using fake vaccination cards for themselves and their two children #BecauseMiami: https://t.co/obyJ3JZMO4 pic.twitter.com/TCnXsS21vh
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) August 19, 2021

It’s insane how the people buying fake vaccination cards are literally the same people who complain about undocumented immigrants using fake documents.
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) August 9, 2021

Here's why officials are urging the public against making, selling or encouraging fake Covid-19 vaccination printouts
• Legal consequences could be steep
• Fakers could lose their job or be thrown off campus
• It could endanger themselves and others https://t.co/KeK5LAtDd9
— CNN (@CNN) May 8, 2021

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So, there's no real way to verify a vaccine card.

Pro-Trump, QAnon, and anti-vaxx forums figured this out, then came up with a guide on how to make hi-res fakes.

Some even remind people keep the handwriting messy, emulating a tired nurse.https://t.co/G9y2IBJwQU pic.twitter.com/pISuSDH0JR
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 29, 2021

A research firm has continued to monitor the dark web for fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine cards and recently noticed an increase in the number of vendors. https://t.co/MlERoE0EuG
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 10, 2021