“I’m into Something Good” was made popular by Herman’s Hermits in 1964. The original version by Earl-Jean was also from 1964. The song was written by the husband and wife team Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Goffin got Earl-Jean pregnant!
from Wikipedia: Carole King has said that in writing the song she was inspired by Brian Wilson: “I make no bones about it, that song was influenced by Brian’s music”.[5]
After four years of silence and a settlement with Fox News, Seth Rich's parents are ready to talk about the harm conspiracy theories do
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 15, 2022
My interview, from NPR’s @MorningEdition https://t.co/2Zz89BSLMP
New: Two prominent Seth Rich conspiracy theorists have retracted and apologized for false statements as part of a lawsuit settlement. https://t.co/aSmdEd9DNB
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 14, 2021
If we are still extinguishing a four-year-old baseless conspiracy theory, how long will it take to extinguish Trump’s election lie? https://t.co/Y3if2DlYQx
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 14, 2021
Ed Butowsky, the wealthy conservative who was involved in Fox News's fallacious story on murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich, is apologizing to Rich's brother Aaron for suggesting he stole Democratic emails. The retraction is presumably part of an upcoming legal settlement. pic.twitter.com/YNt6TjD4cV
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 13, 2021
Welcome news for Seth Rich's family & anyone who values truth and decency.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 14, 2021
Ed Butowsky sued me for $60M for reporting on his role in a discredited Fox News story about Rich. He sued other journos too. He agreed to dismiss those cases late last year. NPR stood by its reporting. https://t.co/hPzh1HnAES
Update: Butowsky appears to have deleted his Seth Rich retraction, after initially burying it under a bunch of retweeted cute animal videos.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 13, 2021
Fox insisted the settlement with the family of Seth Rich had to be kept secret for a month — until after the Nov. 3 election, writes @benyt. "Why did Fox care about keeping the Rich settlement secret for the final month of the Trump re-election campaign?" https://t.co/dHcEZnyPYd
— John Schwartz (@jswatz) January 18, 2021
update 4/17/21
For those outside DC, there is such a thing called “burrowing,” where an outgoing Prez places political appointees in career positions, making it very difficult for that employee to be removed by the next admin. Trump tried to burrow Ellis the day before he left office. https://t.co/or4jhQ74Ww
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) April 18, 2021
He’s doing everything he can to make things hard for Biden.
Pelosi gets involved in Michael Ellis hiring. She sent a letter to the sec def and spoke to him this am. pic.twitter.com/trYBQXE4Aa
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 18, 2021
In a move that is raising eyebrows, Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist, has been named general counsel at the NSA. @LMartinezABC breaks down the concerns, the practice of ‘burrowing’ and its longterm implications. LISTEN: https://t.co/OCNTZFdcey pic.twitter.com/com8Bflrad
— Start Here – The Daily Podcast from ABC News (@StartHereABC) January 18, 2021
More on Ellis at NSA. Trump met with Pentagon Acting chief Miller on Friday, ahead of order to install him by Saturday. W/@EricSchmittNYT & @nytmike https://t.co/riBKIRH8LW
— Julian E. Barnes (@julianbarnes) January 17, 2021
Cannot agree more. The individual case is important but the ground rules even more so. President has broad discretion to ensure the country is being safeguarded and not undermined by a stunt like this. It's wrong. Remove him on day one, figure out the technicalities later. https://t.co/hzcvzyMhIg
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2021
At this point, no one should extend this selection process the benefit of the doubt. By all indication, the Trump admin is violating civil service rules and politicizing an apolitical role. If Ellis is installed tonight, Biden should remove him on Day One. https://t.co/fiiXJC3qK0
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 17, 2021
New: NSA spox says it is putting Michael Ellis in the role of NSA general counsel: "Mr. Ellis accepted his final job offer yesterday afternoon. NSA is moving forward with his employment."
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) January 17, 2021
Backstory on the standoff over Ellis' hiring here: https://t.co/Xwc2Fg6tlW
Under pressure from Trump White House, Acting Secretary of Defense has ordered NSA to “immediately” install Republican party ex-operative (and Devin Nunes ex-aide) as NSA general counsel, reports Washington Post.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 17, 2021
With less than four days to go of Trump’s Presidency? Why?
One additional bizarre feature of this story is why Miller is involved at all. The NSA General Counsel is selected and hired by the DOD General Counsel, not the Secretary of Defense. https://t.co/I1e8fHyiD8
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 17, 2021
I wrote about the problems with Ellis's selection when it was first announced after the election and cautioned that the new administration should investigate thoroughly and then decide how to proceed. After this, they should not wait a single day. https://t.co/cYWeOxnHgG
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 17, 2021
Ellis can appeal adverse personal action to the Merits System Protection Board or can avail himself of other remedies he is entitled to pursue. But Nakasone and the men and women of NSA need and deserve a president prepared to take a stand against such egregious wrongdoing.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 17, 2021
4. I have been thinking and concerned about Ellis in positions of power for a long time.
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 17, 2021
I wrote this in March 2020.👇
"Michael Ellis, a White House lawyer accused of serious ethical misconduct in the Ukraine scandal …"https://t.co/ivU3ZKTGrT
Let’s not pretend to believe Republicans when they pretend to be outraged that Biden fired him. https://t.co/3mcgAihy8m
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 17, 2021
Polls show he has many supporters even after the riot he incited. They still think he won the election.
Republicans on future of GOP via ABC/Washington Post poll:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 17, 2021
60% follow Trump's leadership
33% lead party in different direction
NEW: Interviews with 40+ Republicans found Trumpism is ingrained in the party at state and local levels, leading to steadfast support post-Capitol riot and offering a vision of what the next generation of the GOP in Washington will look like.
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) January 14, 2021
w/@llerer https://t.co/gWxottirb8
Republicans across the U.S. are siding with President Trump over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — big time — according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll. https://t.co/jqkhRlfE6O pic.twitter.com/CgnV3xLttp
— Axios (@axios) January 14, 2021
Just awful.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 17, 2021
A new CNN poll finds that 75% of Republicans, and 85% of those who approve of Trump, believe Biden didn't legitimately win enough votes to win the presidency:https://t.co/qatpn19z2f
The extent of the Big Lie's hold on Republicans is becoming depressingly clear: https://t.co/reCFweaEK6
New NPR/PBS/Marist poll on trust in 2020 election results:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 16, 2021
Biden voters:
97% accurate
2% not accurate
Trump voters:
12% accurate
86% not accurate
80% of Trump voters over 50 years old incorrectly believe Trump “definitely” won the election; 67% of Trump voters who are college grads hold that view; and 82% of Trump voters without college degrees falsely think he won, per Pew survey
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 15, 2021
Republican Party leaves with far lower marks than Trump himself, per this WSJ-NBC poll. https://t.co/DPCShb2Weq
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 17, 2021
New CNN polling just landed: Trump ends his presidency with 34% approval, "down from 42% in a pre-election poll and one point below his previous low point in CNN's polling." https://t.co/YIf1HmfVdn
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 17, 2021
Something is screwy in Poll World again. Just-released NBC News survey has Trump’s job approval at 43%—pretty much the norm for Trump, as though nothing has happened. But @pewresearch poll has Trump at 29% job approval, his lowest ever.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) January 17, 2021
Two-thirds of Americans now say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a double-digit jump since last month, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll finds. https://t.co/mkt7A1NHZM
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 17, 2021
CNN Poll: Republican Party favorability dips as most want party to move on from Donald Trump https://t.co/m95EeuMrm1 pic.twitter.com/3MjDGKUb40
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 17, 2021
ABC/Washington Post poll:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 17, 2021
66% Trump acted irresponsibly after election
62% no evidence of voter fraud
60% disapprove of Trump job
59% Trump is below average POTUS
57% Trump bears responsibility for attack
56% remove and disqualify Trump
54% charge Trump for inciting riot
What have I been telling you, for years? This is not about the "forgotten towns" and the "forgotten men" and "globalization anxiety." It's middle class white people who resent a culture that doesn't share their lumpenized values, including racism. https://t.co/NpX0cIpT36
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 15, 2021
new Pew Research poll on how Americans view President Trump’s job performance five days before he leaves office:
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 15, 2021
whites w/no college degree
44% approve
52% disapprove
everyone else
19% approve
79% disapprove
Trump is leaving the White House with the lowest job approval of his presidency — 29%, per @pewresearch poll. The share of his own supporters who describe his conduct since the election as poor has doubled over the past two months, from 10% to 20% https://t.co/XJKuEvy0Io
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 15, 2021
52% of Americans in new @ABC News/WaPo poll say Republican leaders who supported Pres. Trump’s effort to overturn the election “went too far”—a position held by just 16% of Republicans. https://t.co/52Ns87P5ki
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 15, 2021
He lied about the election being fixed. He incited an attack that left five dead at the U.S Capitol. He got impeached. Twice. But polling indicates Republicans still have his back — and views — by vast majorities. https://t.co/DO9CsdiPEU
— Axios (@axios) January 14, 2021
Horrifying that inciting an insurrectionist mob to storm the US Capitol only moved Trump approval down to the mid-30s. The political penalties for encouraging extremism and attacking democratic norms are dangerously weak. https://t.co/W1Sq2Qen1X
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 13, 2021
Hope this is the last or next to last one
Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president. Nearly half came in his final year. https://t.co/rMLcsUTJdK
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) January 23, 2021
It was hard, but I’ve picked the 15 most notable lies of Donald Trump’s staggeringly dishonest presidency: https://t.co/vzYC1Cajoe
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2021
OFF THE RAILS: Trump’s refusal to believe the election results was premeditated. He had heard about the “red mirage” — the likelihood that early vote counts would tip more Republican than the final tallies — and he decided to exploit it.https://t.co/dYGgWmDQqZ
— Axios (@axios) January 16, 2021
"Lying has worked out very well for Donald Trump: He does not ever seem to have paid any sort of price for his lies.[But] once he became president his lies ceased to be private lies and became public lies, with consequences for both America and the world."https://t.co/E6fY0uwIDl
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 13, 2021
I am right now doing a line-by-line analysis of the speech for inclusion in our Trump claims database and this is totally false. It was designed to rile up a mob, with likely 90+ falsehoods and misleading statements and constant references to "fight" –> https://t.co/HQCqiXdioY
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 12, 2021
Trump last night released a 14-minute Facebook video full of lies about the election, and, like his tweets on the subject, it’s too bonkers, repetitive and irrelevant to bother fact checking at this point.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 23, 2020
Trump is averaging more than 50 false or misleading claims a day #FactChat https://t.co/bnU5azcyRn
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 22, 2020
When we next update the database, Trump will have falsely claimed more than 400 times that he created the best economy in U.S. history (or world history). It wasn't true before the coronavirus and still not true now. But he can't let go of it. https://t.co/GwBIbheEk0
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 18, 2020
In Brooklyn this weekend, @radiofreebk erected a 50-foot-long mural featuring every claim listed in our database of Trump's false or misleading claims, color-coded by subject. The database is also the source of our best-selling book, "Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth" pic.twitter.com/ey70JZ3Feh
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 4, 2020
From a personal standpoint, I'm fine with this. Just four more days of maintaining the Trump false/misleading claims database. I had figured it would be a torrent of falsehoods at the end. Instead, it's been a whimper of silence.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 17, 2021
“Twistin’ the Night Away” is a great Sam Cooke song released in 1962. The much more passionate 1963 live version from the Harlem Square Club wasn’t released until the 1980s. The most popular cover is Rod Stewart’s version on his excellent 1973 album Never A Dull Moment.
“The KKK Took My Baby Away” is a 1981 Ramones song that was covered by the Drive-By Truckers on their latest album.
They were a big part of the mob that attacked the Capitol
This point is so important. People who have been conned are afraid of admitting it because it makes them feel foolish. Plus they get a social payoff from the feeling of belonging in the group. Leaving is thus both isolating and shameful. https://t.co/Suad8ok1OH
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 17, 2021
The day after a QAnon believer made it to Washington, D.C., last week, he texted a frightening forecast of what could come with Joe Biden’s inauguration: “I predict that within the next 12 days, many in our country will die" https://t.co/8d21ePbCQ8
— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2021
New: How QAnon consumed Trump’s party, radicalized "digital soldiers" and helped spark the Capitol siege. The insurrection was a Q fantasy made real; believers say it's just the start https://t.co/5bQ6Bwz8cC
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 13, 2021
This happened AFTER the storming of the Capitol. https://t.co/wmS6KhEJje
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 11, 2021
It's still stunning that this Q insanity is a thing that we have to know about, and I can't imagine trying to explain the stupid thing and the stupid people who fell into that radicalism to folks who aren't Very Online. https://t.co/1j8ECLVY73
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 11, 2021
Reminder: President Trump has repeatedly refused to condemn QAnon.
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) January 10, 2021
“I know nothing about it,” he told @SavannahGuthrie in October. “I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard.” https://t.co/RtB3eCGaia
General Flynn and Sidney Powell’s Twitter accounts have been permanently suspended as part of Twitter’s crackdown on QAnon accounts and accounts that engage in coordinated harmful activity. pic.twitter.com/TptbGsAKvX
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 8, 2021
Is the "QAnon Shaman" from the MAGA Capitol riot covered in Neo-Nazi imagery? https://t.co/MWGdkJerZc pic.twitter.com/QUSLQNtziV
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 8, 2021
Ron Watkins, who runs the site where Q from QAnon posts and whom many believe may be Q himself, is now also banned from Twitter.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 8, 2021
He spent the last month targeting private citizens with claims of election fraud. He lives in Japan and runs 8kun, a site born in the Philippines.
Now would seem to be a good time for lots of people who have resisted it to emphasize how much of a deadly threat QAnon is.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 8, 2021
It's featured in virtually of all of this, as we're seeing with our own eyes over and over again
The terrifying story of how QAnon infiltrated moms' groups https://t.co/BsLqONK3ax
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 5, 2021
Remember how it was controversial a few months ago that Trump had invited Greene to the White House for his RNC speech? Now look. Classic normalization of once controversial/outrageous behavior by Trump as we all just look on. She’s an extremist who has said crazy bigoted things. https://t.co/4obdsMtxbZ
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 5, 2021
New from me and @oneunderscore__ and @janestreet. Trump's expert rehash of QAnon and 4chan conspiracy theories in his call with Brad Raffensperger shows just how far down the far right fringe rabbit hole the President has fallen. https://t.co/xLOdunNGDB
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) January 4, 2021
The Department of Defense's inspector general announced yesterday it will review the Trump administration's decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. https://t.co/Re0NAImAhR
— Axios (@axios) February 20, 2021
NEW: Sources confirm that the decision to move Space Command to Alabama was an override by President Trump and is linked to his current impeachment.
— Andrew McMillan (@AndyMackReports) January 13, 2021
The source told us Trump wants Alabama's Sens/Reps on his side after the US Capitol riot.
EXCLUSIVE: The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants that President Trump requested to alter the census numbers used for reallocating congressional seats & Electoral College votes among the states, @NPR has learnedhttps://t.co/0XoC1gDwTa
— Hansi Lo Wang (@hansilowang) January 13, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration attorney says numbers used for divvying up congressional seats won't be ready until February.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 4, 2021
Census Will Miss Deadline For Apportionment Data, Potentially Scuttling GOP Power Grab | By Mike Schneider https://t.co/zf4IfvsBDe
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) December 31, 2020
The Trump admin violates federal law today as Commerce fails to deliver census results to POTUS on time.
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) December 31, 2020
But WORSE is that Trump will then rush to try violating the Constitution by apportioning House seats by 1/20 while excluding undocumented immigrants. https://t.co/0Pw0wBm3sX
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan https://t.co/3W273Z2fB5
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) December 31, 2020
New: Commerce Dept IG says Census Bureau cut corners with quality control, calling into question results for “more than 500,000” households.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 30, 2020
IG cited compressed time schedule after Trump admin truncated 2020 census in apparent effort to exclude some undocumented immigrants
An important point that kinda got lost in the post-election craziness: the likelihood the Census won't have apportionment counts ready until at least Jan. 26 negates any opportunity for the Trump admin to alter data (remove undocumented residents, etc.) https://t.co/RmxB8Hixfg
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 16, 2020
Opinion: The 2020 Census has faced unprecedented challenges. The deadline must be moved. https://t.co/taeQfBdfg3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 1, 2020
Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the challenge to President Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count – a move that would have a tremendous impact on reapportionment and federal funding. #SCOTUS
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) November 30, 2020
A Census Bureau advisory panel issues recommendations on differential privacy, quality metrics and other important topics related to the 2020 census https://t.co/oL0JAsgi1z
— All Things Census (@allthingscensus) March 20, 2021
Sad!