Covers: You Can’t Sit Down

“You Can’t Sit Down” has been recorded as an instrumental and with vocals. It wasn’t a hit for them but make sure to listen to Booker T & the M.G.’s

Covers: If I Can Dream

“If I Can Dream” is best known as a 1968 Elvis Presley record. It’s in a current television commercial.

Covers: Up on Cripple Creek

“Up on Cripple Creek” is one of The Band’s best-known songs.

“Up On Cripple Creek,” which was the fifth song on The Band’s eponymous second album, was released as a single by Capitol on this day in 1969. Here's the story behind the song👇https://t.co/xm9tIgxDhY
— uDiscover Music (@uDiscoverMusic) November 29, 2022

US traffic deaths

Traffic fatalities have been falling in rich nations around the world — but not in the U.S. This American exception became even starker during the pandemic, when travel declined but deaths still went up. https://t.co/gYieqLQLSF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 28, 2022

We document the appearance of a new race gap in traffic deaths that emerged after 2014. In fact, this was the first time that the rate of traffic deaths for Black Americans exceeded that of White Americans since at least the early 1970s. Our paper tries to unravel this mystery.👇 https://t.co/jTluzYirqn pic.twitter.com/3DqDqLKfAU
— Aaron Chalfin (@AaronChalfin) November 28, 2022

Just like with guns, ways to reduce traffic deaths are well established–we just need the political will. We need to convince people that safety is not the enemy of freedom. Safety from unnecessary, violent death IS freedom. pic.twitter.com/q6iflG1DX1
— Lian is on Mastodon at @lian@sfba.social (@LianChikako) November 27, 2022

A few Republicans are criticizing Trump for meeting with Fuentes

Better late than never

Most Republicans are still quiet.

Thune says Trump’s meeting with Fuentes was “a bad idea on every level,” adds whoever is advising Trump should have been fired
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) November 28, 2022

asked by Jake Tapper about Trump having dinner with a Nazi, Rep. James Comer quickly brings up Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/4kqrvEJCqo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 28, 2022

CNN's Don Lemon wouldn't stop until he got Trump's former Deputy Asst. Sec. of State to admit that Trump should not have had dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes. pic.twitter.com/c2rJq0cT5i
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 28, 2022

Sen Susan Collins to @sahilkapur and me:

“I condemn white supremacy and anti-semitism. The president should never have had a meal or even a meeting with Nick Fuentes.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 28, 2022

News: @Mike_Pence tells me former president trump should apologize for dinner with anti-semites
— Leland Vittert (@LelandVittert) November 28, 2022

More on wealthy political donors (mostly to Republicans)

New from the @thedailybeast's @SollenbergerRC: Tax returns reveal a "dark money" nonprofit tied to billionaire GOP donor Richard Uihlein that posts voter rolls & amplifies disproven fraud claims raised over $20.5 million in the year after the 2020 election https://t.co/x20Djjlvnd
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) November 28, 2022

DonorsTrust—one of the biggest conservative dark money organizations in the nation— took in more than $1 billion last year.

The identities of the donors? They're kept a secret.https://t.co/xrJhkqnbYE
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 21, 2022

Barnes lost by 27K votes; was outspent by outside groups by $27 million.
$29 million of that spending came from one group, funded by three billionaires that Johnson personally created a massive tax break for.
No reporting of this race is complete without these basic facts. https://t.co/vftt0roDjj
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) November 10, 2022

Republican billionaires held an advantage in giving to 2022 election campaigns.

Data compiled by @OpenSecretsDC found seven of the top 10 donors to federal elections are Republicans who have given around a quarter of a billion dollars to GOP causes.https://t.co/jhSUW0ZSNo pic.twitter.com/Ll6OBqJQmk
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) November 7, 2022

George Soros with $7B apparently controls the global elites against regular salt of the earth folks like Elon with $200B, Kochs with $120B, Adelsons with $30B, and Murdochs with $20B
— Deva Hazarika (@devahaz) November 6, 2022

Bigelow is also the top donor to the Republican Governors Association this year, on top of spending in Nevada and other states pic.twitter.com/Qn5j79zhRN
— Ben Wieder (@benbwieder) November 6, 2022

You can find a similar story in Wisconsin, or Oregon, where one or two irked billionaires decides they don't like the people in power and put their thumb on the scales. It's the Citizens United vision of democracy, the best that money can buy. https://t.co/anb0wuqV4n
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) November 6, 2022

Ronald S. Lauder, a billionaire cosmetics heir, is among the richest men in New York. He has also become the most prolific state political donor in memory this fall, pumping at least $11 million into efforts to elect Lee Zeldin, a Republican, as governor. https://t.co/yV1SDZhKJl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2022

Health insurance coverage compared to political views by state

Yes, red states have fewer people covered. Some have even turned down Medicaid expansion even though the fderal government would pay for most of it,

This picture is a pretty good litmus test for politics pic.twitter.com/jm9PCq5f9t
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 26, 2022

Florida seniors have the worst medical debt in the US. Back when Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, it allowed states to expand Medicaid. Florida is one of 11 states that have not allowed that even as the federal government would pay 90% of the costs https://t.co/59Ljstj2NX
— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) November 29, 2022

Most protesters with guns are Republicans

The Times is cowardly for not saying it in the tweet or headline.

It’s mostly Republicans protesting with guns. Too bad the tweet doesn’t say it. Read the article. https://t.co/fKVp2bFys7
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) November 26, 2022

surprise! https://t.co/pQbRpu6lNw
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 26, 2022

Very few Republicans have criticized Trump for meeting with Fuentes

I guess they’re cool with anti-semitism. The GOP is a haven for bigots.

Your article is about 3 people who have criticized Trump. The great majority of Republicans have said nothing.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) November 27, 2022

Days later, we are still waiting to hear Republican leaders denounce ex-President's choice of dinner guests and renounce anti-Semitism.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 27, 2022

Having tracked Fuentes for years, let me note this as a reporter: he is well-known inside the GOP. People can pretend otherwise but professionals who work in the party are highly aware of how his white supremacy and anti-Semitism influences some voters, esp on fringe platforms.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 26, 2022

Looking for a single returning or new GOP House member who has condemned Trump for the Fuentes/Ye meeting. Anyone? Rank and file and leadership of course welcome. The wall to wall silence from the incoming majority is speaking volumes.
— Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) November 27, 2022

I believe Gov. Hutchinson is the FIRST current GOP officeholder to slam Trump for the West/Fuentes meeting — and he leaves office in January. https://t.co/VhaugzFk60
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) November 27, 2022

Republican lawmakers have largely remained silent in the wake of Trump's dinner with antisemitic rapper Ye and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, reviving a tactic they frequently relied on during his presidency. https://t.co/JEruHGyRMq
— Axios (@axios) November 27, 2022

The Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles

I saw it in 1981.

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Capitol Records Tower, Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1963 pic.twitter.com/ec2voxL0Pe
— Flashbak.com (@aflashbak) December 27, 2020

Dick Dale at the Capitol Records Tower in 1962.

Photo: Michael Ochs Archives pic.twitter.com/jZJroDvsdE
— Vintage Los Angeles (@alisonmartino) September 27, 2022

Capitol Records Tower illuminated for the ⁦@RamsNFL⁩ #SuperBowl #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/jiAUHg8vvF
— Pamela Chelin (@PamelaChelin) February 14, 2022

The blinking light at the top of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles has been sending out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code since 1956 pic.twitter.com/fCpYF4a7KQ
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) March 10, 2024

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