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

Misleading CNN tweet

The article says the move is “likely to be widely popular” but your tweet only focuses on the negative side.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 7, 2022

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

Articles on GOP election deniers

"Most of the election deniers nominated are likely to win: Of the nearly 300 on the ballot, 174 are running for safely Republican seats. Another 51 will appear on the ballot in tightly contested races." https://t.co/1uzyYhwncH
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 6, 2022

With over half of GOP candidates in thrall to Trump's lies, here's an essential @PostOpinions editorial offering concrete solutions to the crisis:

*More training/security for poll workers
*Insulate elections officials from political pressure
*Revise ECAhttps://t.co/GHszUWrHAN
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 6, 2022

New CNN polls of likely voters in two key SoS races in which the GOP candidate is an election denier.

Nevada: Jim Marchant (R) 46%, Cisco Aguilar (D) 43%.

Arizona: Mark Finchem (R) 49%, Adrian Fontes (D) 45%.https://t.co/amPmcijn15
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) October 6, 2022

One election denier has already won in New York: ABC News projects that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has won the GOP primary in New York’s 11th District. Malliotakis was among a group of Rs who voted not to certify some of the results of the 2020 election. https://t.co/MSjZiBCHWp
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 24, 2022

Today’s depressing @nytimes piece about 2/3 of the current GOP candidates believing or pretending to believe in the Big Lie reminded me of this, in my 2017 book Fantasyland. I remember wondering then if “the Fantasy Party” was too hyperbolic. If only. https://t.co/NuNg09yWVf pic.twitter.com/uRBQirzSgD
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) October 14, 2022

Hundreds of Republicans on the November ballot have cast doubt on the 2020 election, a New York Times analysis found. Most are still doing it. Many will win. https://t.co/Gwc1Frb6BF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2022

Covers: Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” is a traditional Jamaican song. Harry Belafonte’s 1956 version is the best known recording. It’s also famous for its appearance in Beetlejuice.

very sloppy but amusing

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Another group of Satchel Paige photos

Lou Brock visits with Satchel Paige. pic.twitter.com/3WTVJXkPfz
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) October 4, 2022

Satchel Paige mental strength was unmatched pic.twitter.com/pqZdeXskU5
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 3, 2022

No one cooler than satchel pic.twitter.com/Rh6QwG9DXx
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) September 30, 2022

Satchel Paige pic.twitter.com/QKHRH49VDp
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) September 12, 2022

Today In 1965: At age 59, Satchel Paige signs a contract to pitch for the Kansas City A's! It's seen as a publicity stunt – but two weeks later he hurls 3 scoreless innings vs. the Boston Red Sox in what will be his last major league appearance! #MLB #Athletics #Baseball #History pic.twitter.com/MNGyU3rfWe
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) September 10, 2022

Satchel Paige chats with teammates and manager Rogers Hornsby before a 1952 game. pic.twitter.com/r21a1CfyTy
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 5, 2022

Satchel and catfish pic.twitter.com/28TYrlqSvX
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 10, 2022

Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson pic.twitter.com/YEu0HTWiRm
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) October 10, 2022

Saw this posted on a FB group and needed to share it. Dusty Baker, Cool Papa Bell, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige and Ralph Garr. That's a lot of Wow. Who wouldn't want to have lunch with Dusty Baker and hear his stories?BTW 3 of these guys started in the Negro Leagues. pic.twitter.com/fwRmcGzuCV
— The Other Boys Of Summer (@NegroLeagueFilm) October 17, 2022

This photo of Satchel Paige looks like it was taken yesterday pic.twitter.com/pP1xgffyVF
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 17, 2022

Love this one of Satchel Paige. #NegroLeagues pic.twitter.com/GJMIVzk6Cm
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 22, 2022

Old timers game at Yankee Stadium. Satchel Paige pitching, Phil Rizutto playing SS behind him pic.twitter.com/D0jiHJTz2T
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) November 2, 2022

Crime has been declining but that’s not what people think

70% of Americans think crime is worse than it was the year before. Year-over-year property crime declined in 27 of the 30 years studied, & violent crime in 23 of 30. Crime has been declining since 1990, & Americans almost always think it is getting worse. https://t.co/WFKDsnjDIV
— cℓaudia stєℓℓ✰r ‏ ✂️ (@ClaudiaStellar) October 1, 2022

Let's review:
-Dems are suddenly on the defensive over "crime"
-Crime isn't actually up
-It's coming from increased Fox coverage

Politics is shaped directly by media signals. Democrats are responding to those signals, Republicans are producing them. Who would you rather be? https://t.co/JLr1XEKB7P
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) October 7, 2022

About 5 million people (1.5% of US residents) are arrested & booked into jails each year. When over 11k were released from federal prisons to mitigate Covid spread, 17 committed new crimes. That’s a ~90% lower crime rate than among the general population.https://t.co/Lln7oms5uT
— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) October 2, 2022

NATIONAL POLL: Inflation, crime, elections & voting, jobs, and immigration are the issues most Americans want the federal government to address.
Less than half approve of @POTUS Biden’s handling of these issues. https://t.co/YXPw36T85D pic.twitter.com/8cEdDNw38V
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) October 3, 2022

After massive #crime spike on Trump's watch "overall violent crimes dropped 1% in 2021" in Biden's first year. https://t.co/0gjWGxfJgr @POTUS
— Jim Kessler (@ThirdWayKessler) October 5, 2022

It’s amazing how well the GOP’s messaging on crime has worked despite it flying in the face of the most easily accessible data ever pic.twitter.com/HvTx4ewGsi
— 🥦👠TheSpanishFlu🌪🌽 (@_fat_ugly_rat_) October 8, 2022

John Prine and Steve Goodman sing Hank Williams

If this was at the Academy of Music, then I saw it. (See the comments on YouTube.) If it wasn’t, I saw them do something very similar. Prine and Goodman each performed solo acoustic sets and then did the Williams songs as an encore. I distinctly remember them doing “Setting the Woods on Fire” because it’s not as well known as the other songs. I saw Prine and Goodman several times and they were great.