Republicans vote against debt limit raise to make Biden look bad

The Times states this. The other alerts are misleading.

Trump lies about the infrastructure bill

Trump lies about everything.

That road your house is on is FAKE!

Just ask Trumpers@benwerschkul @lisascherzer https://t.co/z02Dk01vKc via @Yahoo
— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) September 27, 2021

Florida Republicans looking at repealing other vaccine mandates

Terrible

Florida Republicans now looking at rescinding measles & mumps vaccine requirements, while continuing to spread disinformation that the Covid vaccine isn't "proven to work" https://t.co/H3V3DHpvBO
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 23, 2021

It Gets Worse In Florida As Republicans Want To Review Vaccine Mandates For Measles And Mumps. 🤦🏻‍♂️ We epidemiologists want to vomit. #vaccinate https://t.co/qPrglnogIf
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 23, 2021

John Prine (the album) is 50

This is a great album. Our college radio station was giving away albums and one of my friends took this one because John Denver had covered “Spanish Pipedream”. We didn’t know anything else about it. It’s full of great songs and showcases Prine’s ability to inhabit the lives of a variety of people including women and the elderly. My favorite song here is “Angel from Montgomery”. I have other posts on songs from this album that were covered.

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For the 50th anniversary of John Prine's extraordinary debut album, we take a detailed look at the making of the record. Featuring guests, Margo Price, Amanda Shires, Erin Osmon, Dave Prine, Bobby Wood and Gene Chrisman.
Listen here: https://t.co/4dGW9fiX4w pic.twitter.com/JSe9nXLubM
— Life of the Record (@LifeoftheRecord) September 23, 2021

from BRHQ — Join @nprmusic's Listening Party For @JohnPrineMusic's Debut Album on Sept 23rd! Ann Powers will host a live conversation with Bonnie, Fiona Prine, Jody Whelan and producer Jim Rooney about this monumental album. https://t.co/nGMb5VjQxF
— Bonnie Raitt (@TheBonnieRaitt) September 16, 2021

I love this @jdickerson tribute to Prine's studied minimalism: https://t.co/Q6r9YpALxF

And this @GMPaiella piece about Prine's sense of humor https://t.co/uQMXhWEWpk

And this @JasonIsbell piece about how Prine was confident enough to be vulnerable https://t.co/UMtNpt5bSW
— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) September 23, 2021

Music Covers: Peace Train

“Peace Train” (1971) by Cat Stevens has just been covered by several musicians (including him) as part of Playing for Change.

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