“Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell was about the famous 1969 music festival. Mitchell didn’t actually attend the festival (though the song is from the perspective of someone who was there). There were three versions from 1970: Mitchell’s folk version, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s rock version and a country-rock version by Matthews Southern Comfort.
Covers: Blowin’ in the Wind
Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” was released in 1963. The most popular cover is the 1963 version by Peter, Paul and Mary. I don’t think it’s bad but I think the way Dylan sings is part of his message. There’s a live electric 1974 version by Dylan and the Band which is slow but loud, an unusual combination. One thing I admire about Dylan is that he doesn’t treat his songs as museum pieces.
There are many cover versions including one by Stevie Wonder from 1966.
Update on the dangerous Boogaloo movement
Texas Boogaloo Boy Admits In Court He Traveled to Minneapolis After George Floyd Died, Fired 13 Shots In Police Precinct Building to Sow Chaos – 10/11/21 https://t.co/sQCoIorgQp
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) October 11, 2021
Far-Right Boogaloo Boi Admits Posing As BLM Activist While Shooting At Police Station During Floyd Protest – https://t.co/cUyZ0mY4nj pic.twitter.com/wG0oV0SZDy
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) October 1, 2021
NEW: For over a year, members of the “Boogaloo” movement planned for insurrectionary violence in a private chat. Thousands of messages were released by the nonprofit media collective Unicorn Riot, revealing the makings of the far-right Boogaloo scene. https://t.co/UCsFhds8lh
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 29, 2020
Figliuzzi: How new Boogaloo Bois indictments shattered Trump's pro-police facade #boogaloobois @MSNBC https://t.co/rq0ZV2Yy1k
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) October 26, 2020
Wonder what would police have done if they stopped three Black men with assault rifles, marijuana, and tactical gear? https://t.co/yd8c6kQNKt
— Slate (@Slate) October 25, 2020
Charges: A Boogaloo Bois fired on Minneapolis’ Third Precinct with an AK-47-style gun and screamed “Justice for Floyd” as he ran away, in part of a coordinated attack by the far-right anti-government group during unrest over the death of George Floyd. https://t.co/j7YMiS4HKG
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) October 23, 2020
Shortly after that attack on the Minneapolis police precinct, Attorney General Bill Barr said: "In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized, and driven by anarchistic and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics." https://t.co/Qaj2skXZKl
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) October 23, 2020
The disparity underscored complaints of unequal treatment for protesters in Virginia https://t.co/ipZTvVZbi0
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 17, 2020
A 29-year-old member of the Boogaloo Bois was arrested in Ohio for threatening to kill government officials. Police say he had homemade machine guns and had stockpiled silencers and bomb-making materials, and had a rifle-mounted grenade launcher. https://t.co/knAGf6JCT8
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 2, 2022
Coronavirus research update 10/28/20
science-related articles
Members of the disability community have been saying for months that Covid is going to make so many more people chronically ill.
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) October 28, 2020
The science is showing that it’s happening. https://t.co/wSfWUOl355
The graphics in this article are excellent— this is a huge part of communications that has been missing. If you want to understand how layered interventions reduce #covid19 spread— why masks are indispensable but not always “enough” — read this.https://t.co/r1KfeKHW5J
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) October 28, 2020
New study: 63% of people hospitalized for Covid had heart damage after recovering.
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) October 26, 2020
How much does a hotel’s ventilation system matter right now? We asked the experts. https://t.co/ZUPxE1ANST
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 26, 2020
U.S.-based foreign policy experts surveyed give China high marks for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with 61% saying China did a good job compared with only 31% of the American public saying the same. https://t.co/U6aRk1Cxbg pic.twitter.com/aw8uSbEEfW
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 23, 2020
Your periodic reminder that lots of time, energy and money is spent on sanitizing surfaces, which does little to stop the chiefly respiratory spread of COVID-19.https://t.co/c2fl0ImPo1 via @wired
— Greta Kaul (@gretakaul) October 21, 2020
The CDC expanded its definition of who is considered a “close contact” of an individual infected with the coronavirus in a report released today. https://t.co/bVLE93BJoo
— Axios (@axios) October 21, 2020
CDC redefines close contact to include cumulative exposure @drsanjaygupta reports pic.twitter.com/E1s99CX5yy
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) October 21, 2020
NEW: CDC updates guidance that greatly expands the pool of people considered at risk for covid-19 by updating the definition of who is a "close contact" of an infected individual. Mask-wearing even more important. @bylenasun https://t.co/ygl09njDOZ
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 21, 2020
‘Brain fog’ is the latest COVID-19 symptom doctors are worried about https://t.co/gy6IsdRCKZ via @DeseretNews
— Herb Scribner (@HerbScribner) October 20, 2020
“One recent study of 100 recovered adults found that 78 of them showed signs of heart damage. We have no idea whether this damage will cut years from their lives or affect their quality of life.”https://t.co/9zXPW8E1KC
— Tony Ramirez (@hildyjohns) October 19, 2020
A glimmer of hope for Covid-19 survivors: early results of a few small studies show lung damage caused by the virus may be able to be reversed in some patients. https://t.co/c7nXDXU5nk
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2020
What is evident, 10 months into this pandemic, is that men show comparatively weaker immune responses to coronavirus infections, which may account for their greater mortality, via @bbguarihttps://t.co/hJvlXCA1gR
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 18, 2020
Most patients hospitalized with Covid-19 have neurological symptoms, a new study suggests https://t.co/gkqoJ0o7fH
— CNN (@CNN) October 12, 2020
The vast majority of Americans are still vulnerable to Covid infection and we don't yet know if or how long a vaccine will be effective. This pandemic is far from over. https://t.co/tOgX3VGJrI
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) October 1, 2020
Trump administration favors authoritarian Turkish leader
Conflict of interest, too.
The president was discussing an active criminal case with the authoritarian leader of a nation in which Mr. Trump does business; he reported receiving at least $2.6 million in net income from operations in Turkey from 2015 through 2018 With @BenWeiserNYT https://t.co/RhLEe4463n
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 29, 2020
Facebook charged Biden more than Trump for ads
"The Markup analyzed every known Trump and Biden ad purchased between July 1, 2020, and Oct. 13, 2020, and found that Facebook has charged the presidential nominees wildly varying prices for their ads…" https://t.co/stYRqfj6E9
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 29, 2020
Bad QAnon conspiracy theories are getting more attention
Half of Trump supporters — whether they'd heard of QAnon or not — said they believe the core tenets of the conspiracy. https://t.co/VXbDQUqFaI
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) October 22, 2020
“When the specific allegations of QAnon were put to voters, fully half (50%) of Trump supporters said they think Democrats are involved in elite child sex-trafficking rings, while another third (33%) aren’t sure." Only 17% don't believe the theory. https://t.co/W7iHUhHKdi
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) October 22, 2020
QAnon is supposed to be all about protecting kids. Its primary enabler appears to have hosted child porn domains. https://t.co/N2eEMWqOdC
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 29, 2020
Republican @BurgessOwens suggested that QAnon — which the FBI has labeled as a potential domestic terrorist threat — is worth examining further because the "left" has labeled it as a conspiracy and "there’s something they’re trying to keep us away from.”https://t.co/PrGcvtB05O
— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) October 28, 2020
The signaling to QAnon is becoming less subtle. https://t.co/mdD8oVZTAN
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 28, 2020
"COVID and QAnon will be Trump’s enduring legacy—a mass poisoning of the American body and mind."
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 26, 2020
Do read this powerful piece by @amandacarpenter.https://t.co/VJbOgv0Q26
He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help. https://t.co/y11eFgF9oP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2020
As I was interviewing two QAnon supporters in New Mexico at a pro-Trump demonstration, a volunteer who said she was with the Trump campaign — and wore a Trump credential — came up and told me she was instructed by the campaign to stand next to me and monitor my interview.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 24, 2020
From the president on down, the closing pitch to voters is to signal acceptance of a conspiracy theory that the FBI considers dangerous https://t.co/rVSoA5fc7w
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 24, 2020
NEW: The NRCC cut a $5k check to Marjorie Taylor Greene in late September, solidifying its ties to the Q supporting candidate https://t.co/SVwM73BOJK
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 24, 2020
Facebook paused efforts to redirect QAnon searches to fact-checks after a glitch showed people information about the conspiracy theory even when they weren't looking for it https://t.co/NEAi1oXTnB
— Business Insider Tech (@SAI) October 22, 2020
“Pastel QAnon" uses softer language, aesthetically-pleasing imagery to spread the group’s paranoid worldview in the typically apolitical online world of yoga devotees, wellness and nutrition coaches and "mommy bloggers" https://t.co/lj2GpwNZPF pic.twitter.com/A6xDKLpDNo
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 21, 2020
Only 17% of Trump supporters don't believe QAnon conspiracy theory: Poll
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) October 21, 2020
https://t.co/8nuxSKWLcA
Spent the past two weekends with QAnon believers in Arizona and California.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 19, 2020
It's crazy but it's serious and it's dangerous. https://t.co/ogvAdH8tRB
its important to see qanon for what it is: not just a baseless conspiracy theory but a vague belief set meant to delegtimize small d democratic institutions and big d Democrats as an equal partner in democracy
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) October 19, 2020
https://t.co/TTbfzAZ4NX
QAnon believer in LA: “Pizza is a code word for child pornography.”
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 19, 2020
I hate to find out what pasta is a code word for. https://t.co/YJwRdzRWfL
TikTok is expanding its ban on QAnon to include all content that advances the conspiracy theory, following a previous enforcement that targeted specific hashtags. https://t.co/be84MYtwqo
— NPR (@NPR) October 19, 2020
QAnon is attracting cops https://t.co/Wg9Q96eJt1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 11, 2020
Also at today’s Trump rally in Carson City— a lot of Q adherents! pic.twitter.com/QzOvz4PE1o
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) October 19, 2020
What happened when a guy named Kevin took on QAnon believer Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th District Congressional race… https://t.co/czdMFsEdOF
— Stephanie McCrummen (@mccrummenWaPo) October 18, 2020
Kevin Bushey is a diehard QAnon adherent, a "pastor" of the home church that studies Q drops like the Bible, and is a candidate for state office in Maine. And he's openly talking about shooting his enemies if Republicans lose the election. https://t.co/yXkqKgkN42
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) October 16, 2020
The @GOP really has to decide whether it wants to be the party of whacko conspiracy theories, anti-Semites and white supremacists.https://t.co/pVDk8jLNdB
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 17, 2020
QAnon supporters behind canceled fundraiser give Trump $1,000,000 https://t.co/69bfTlaPtb pic.twitter.com/upOSNFBShP
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 16, 2020
The Trump administration has no respect for the Hatch Act
There’s no line between the campaign and the administration.
Ivanka Trump
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 19, 2021
Jared Kushner
Kayleigh McEnany
Larry Kudlow
Marc Short
Dan Brouliette
Andrew Giuliani
These former Trump admin officials (and more!) still need to face consequences for apparent violations of the Hatch Acthttps://t.co/8bywJPy1SB
Donald Trump's ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, violated the Hatch Act when she urged Americans to donate to Trump's campaign using her official Twitter account.
— POLITICO (@politico) February 19, 2021
Now, President Biden must decide what to do about it. https://t.co/T9aOY7tdGW
We need a better way to explain the Hatch Act, so here: It prevents taxpayer-funded government workers from working as campaign operatives on your dime. Please message accordingly.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 29, 2020
Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity at work. It is an abuse of taxpayer funds to use public buildings for politics. It is illegal to invite subordinates to political events because it pressures them to support a particular candidate. https://t.co/LeeGPzfDLy
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) August 28, 2020
Trump tests limits as Cabinet members fan out to key stateshttps://t.co/R0graXVqmU
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 29, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany has suddenly been appearing from the Trump campaign HQ on TV as both a White House press secretary and a campaign senior adviser, encapsulating the ignoring of the Hatch Act and total blurring of lines in the administration https://t.co/JMZ2azIRvF
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 29, 2020
Ivanka Trump appears to have violated the Hatch Act a staggering 30 TIMES on Twitter alone since this was published two weeks ago.https://t.co/X7btvrQClE
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 28, 2020
BREAKING: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was just ordered to reimburse the government after violating the Hatch Act following a complaint by CREW https://t.co/mRVyqjNQQt
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 8, 2020
Trump and his team have made a mockery of our ethics laws and turned the federal government into his own partisan campaign arm. I have a new 22-page report on the lawlessness of the most corrupt administration in US history. Here’s what I found:https://t.co/Fbx6iwdayt
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 29, 2020
BREAKING: We just filed a complaint calling for the termination of Peter Navarro following his repeated violations of the Hatch Act https://t.co/J8YBAjshXl
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 5, 2020
So… let me get this straight … these Trumpists stole a quarter BILLION dollars from the CDC and other agencies that was meant for actually fighting the virus and are giving it to Caputo’s BUSINESS PARTNERS to make feel-good “corona yay!” celebrity ads? https://t.co/eD5x20osbt
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) September 26, 2020
To summarize this $300 million gov’t ad campaign:
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 26, 2020
—Conceived by Trump appointee.
—Featuring Trump-friendly celebrities.
—Reinforces Trump messaging.
—Paid for with diverted CDC funds, w/o CDC input.
—Subcontractor is business partner of Trump appointee. https://t.co/6on4C2258B
Democrats say the letter violates the law against using government resources to campaign. It’s just the latest example of President Trump using his office to boost his reelection hopes. https://t.co/uPznEoTZ2C
— ProPublica (@propublica) September 26, 2020
The Office of the Special Counsel has started investigating Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for potentially violating the Hatch Act, after she slammed Joe Biden in a Fox News interview and her agency promoted it through official channelshttps://t.co/kF7WLUkbvb
— POLITICO (@politico) September 21, 2020
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf’s violation of the Hatch Act was one of many that occurred during the conventions. But his violation included a naturalization ceremony broadcasted without the participants’ consent, making it among one of the worst.https://t.co/iJt9xlfC2L
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 8, 2020
There were so many potential Hatch Act violations at the RNC that they are hard to count. Hatch Act violations are investigated and enforced by the Office of Special Counsel. @CongressmanRaja and I requested an investigation of this weeks events: pic.twitter.com/mdDjbSqYNq
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) August 28, 2020
It is a violation of federal law.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 28, 2020
Every single Federal employee who helped set that up and or carry it out violated the Hatch Act.
If Trump directed them to do this, so did he. https://t.co/A1i04VCNZH
When I was in charge of the Hatch Act in the White House, I walked into the office of a senior staffer who loved the Grateful Dead.
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 28, 2020
They had an autographed an Obama campaign sign for him & he had hung it up.
I made him take it down: politics in the federal workplace are illegal https://t.co/ii7EWdjy8E
Just two weeks ago, the #2 GOP Senator John Thune said anything done “on federal property would seem to be problematic.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 28, 2020
Such opposition went silent very quickly. https://t.co/Eh3TEmkmme
https://twitter.com/aaronblake/status/1299345841497550849?s=11
This isn’t theoretical or vague. Trump stole your tax dollars to put on a campaign event. Every staffer involved starting with @MarkMeadows should be prosecuted. It’s criminal. https://t.co/L0RE1MhzWS
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) August 28, 2020
President Trump plans to accept his party’s nomination for president from the White House on Thursday. It’s expected to be the last of several violations of the Hatch Act over the course of the RNC.https://t.co/yXlMhRtsYK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 26, 2020
At least 13 Trump officials illegally campaigned while in office, federal investigation finds. https://t.co/OMNWpVJrih
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) November 9, 2021
I humbly suggest that the Hatch Act's reliance on the good faith of presidents and administration officials did not do much to bind Donald Trump. https://t.co/SVutjQwz6h
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 9, 2021
Many career government employees, like me, took the Hatch Act very seriously. We didn't use taxpayer dollars to support a political party. Going undisciplined for multiple violations after being warned b/c the POTUS you worked for didn't care would have been unthinkable. https://t.co/onJLEaqX60
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 18, 2022
Covers: Stand By Me
“Stand By Me” has been recorded over 400 times. The original version is from 1961 by Ben E. King. Among the covers is a 1975 version by John Lennon. There’s a new version to benefit musicians.
60 years since it was first recorded! Proud to be part of #StandByMe2020. It’s out now, and all proceeds will be donated to @HelpMusiciansUK in this time of intense need for the music industry. Thank you @WhisperingBob for asking me to join! Listen here: https://t.co/guYZSeXPw7 pic.twitter.com/7RvhF1M7Uf
— Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) October 28, 2020
“There was something very special about receiving Mark Knopfler’s raw guitar files”: How Whispering Bob's Allstars recorded Stand By Me for charity in lockdown https://t.co/uiPvaSgU3U
— MusicRadar (@MusicRadar) October 21, 2020
‘Whispering Bob’s’ All-Star ‘Stand By Me’ Lands US Deal With Big Machine 🙌 https://t.co/iXlAQRftPL
— uDiscover Music (@uDiscoverMusic) October 28, 2020
The Rock Bottom Remainders was a group of authors who played old rock songs. They revised the lyrics for “Stand By Me” to suit the pandemic.
Covers: I Take What I Want
“I Take What I Want” was originally recorded by Sam and Dave in 1965. There’s a great cover version by Ann Peebles from 1972. Both versions were recorded in Memphis.
Sad! 