Covers: Ol’ 55

“Ol’ 55” is a Tom Waits song released in 1973. The Eagles smoothed it out for their 1974 version.

Covers: Go Where You Wanna Go

“Go Where You Wanna Go” was written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas and recorded by them in 1965. The Fifth Dimension had a successful single with it in 1967. To me, the records are very similar.

Racism has cost the US economy $16 billion since 2000

$16,000,000,000,000.

That's how much the U.S. economy has lost since 2000 because of discrimination against African Americans in areas including education and access to business loans, according to a new Citigroup study.https://t.co/N8179s4cCz
— NPR (@NPR) September 23, 2020

"America could have been $16 trillion richer if not for inequities in education, housing, wages and business investment between Black and White Americans…"

Imagine what we could've done with that wealth. Our GDP in 2018 was $20.5 trillion.https://t.co/YRytCxVuVn
— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) September 24, 2020

Citigroup has figured out just how much money systemic racism in the United States has cost the country: $16 trillion over the past 20 years. https://t.co/UQnW55KxOj
— Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) September 24, 2020

Trump lies when he says protesters are throwing tuna cans

Ridiculous and pathetic. Trump just makes stuff up and the media spreads his lies.

Trump insists protesters are now throwing Bumble Bee tuna cans, in the midst of pandemic tuna shortage https://t.co/gCcTrWxuAh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 23, 2020

Eat em. Don't throw em.
— Bumble Bee Seafoods (@BumbleBeeFoods) September 23, 2020

antifa sent me on a run and i guess i screwed up and they’re all laughing at me pic.twitter.com/ACjv9pc0DD
— my pal andy (@andylevy) September 24, 2020

"They go out & buy tuna fish & soup, you know that, right? Goya, I hope. Good guy. Because they throw it. It's the perfect weight. Tuna fish, they can really rip it & it hits you. It's true … You can throw that sucker, you can put a curve on it." — Trump on protesters pic.twitter.com/FVkDLv1hdD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 23, 2020

Trump: They have like 30 cans of soup. They have like 25 cans of tuna. They get caught. I’m bringing this home to my family… pic.twitter.com/765NrNytPb
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 23, 2020

What is wrong with him? https://t.co/ksgiDKZc5P
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 24, 2020

A Biden presidency is predicted to mean more jobs

Moody's Analytics forecasts a Biden presidency would mean 7 million more jobs than a 2nd
Trump term https://t.co/AB0siR9Yuj
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) September 26, 2020

A victory for Joe Biden, a Democratic takeover of the Senate and a defense of the party's House majority in the November elections would be the best outcome for the U.S. economy, according to an analysis by Moody's Analytics. https://t.co/7cBppE080G
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 26, 2020

GOLDMAN SACHS: "A Biden win, especially in a "blue wave", would likely mean greater fiscal stimulus, more cyclical upside, less trade policy risk, and a weaker USD/stronger EM FX. Earlier vaccine availability would have directionally similar effects, in our view."
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) September 30, 2020

Census update 10/5/20

Two Huge Questions Loom as 2020 Census Winds Down | New York Times https://t.co/Z0rPMOTgY4 via @nytimes
— Todd Gardner (@PopGeog) October 12, 2020

NEW: Court blocks Census counting from ending on Monday, and orders it to continue until October 31.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) October 2, 2020

NEW: Census Bureau staff have briefed the commerce secretary on producing estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population "on more than one occasion" since Trump issued executive order on citizenship data in July 2019, according to an internal documenthttps://t.co/spHPxx5uzW pic.twitter.com/wcFxZOspea
— Hansi Lo Wang • 2️⃣6️⃣? DAYS (@hansilowang) October 5, 2020

A federal judge accuses the Trump administration of violating a court order that would give the Census Bureau more time for its 10-year nationwide count. https://t.co/8M96uebJzY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 30, 2020

NEW: Emails show career officials at the Census Bureau tried to warn the Trump admin that cutting the #2020Census schedule short would lead to "fatal data quality flaws that are unacceptable" and risked the perception of "politically-manipulated results."https://t.co/gp2TIWDR82
— Hansi Lo Wang • 3️⃣5️⃣? DAYS (@hansilowang) September 21, 2020

A pandemic and politics are interfering with the 2020 census. Here's why that's a big deal https://t.co/fs2iWhy6Ug pic.twitter.com/D2Sfp0UaUj
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 16, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge chastised government attorneys Monday for failing to produce documents that showed how the U.S. Census Bureau made its decision to cut short by a month the head count of every U.S. resident.https://t.co/uLaPnXmGjw
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 15, 2020

Only about 66% of households have so far self-responded to the census, with only a few weeks remaining to compile data that illustrates the racial makeup of America and helps determine the distribution of $1.5T in federal aid, Census Bureau says. https://t.co/GsrLgSYlZW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 14, 2020

“The Trump administration has, time & again, used its executive power to try to keep & maintain political power.”

Bravo to @nytopinion for calling out Trump’s relentless politicization of the 2020 Census for what it is: a lawless attempt to grab power. https://t.co/4R7t4SjajS
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) September 13, 2020

Covers: I Heard it Through the Grapevine

“I Heard it Through the Grapevine” is such a great song it was a big hit twice – in 1967 for Gladys Knight & the Pips and in 1968 for Marvin Gaye (which was a #1). You may also remember the Creedence Clearwater Revival version and the California Raisins commercial. The first recording was actually by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1966 but was not released as a single.

The Isolated Vocals of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”. Incredible… pic.twitter.com/qqFvlwTmEU
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 16, 2020

Buddy Miles is the lead singer

Barr has made DOJ political

He’s working for Trump, not the country. I hope he is investigated when he is gone.

Not since John N. Mitchell steered the Nixon re-election effort from the fifth floor of the Justice Department has an attorney general wielded the power of the office to so bluntly serve a presidential campaign https://t.co/Na3KKm9mNF @ktbenner
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) September 26, 2020

It takes courage for a DOJ prosecutor to publicly call out AG Barr. Respect to Jamie Herbert, for speaking truth. “The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political interests of Donald J. Trump. This is a dangerous abuse of power.” https://t.co/XNxiEEYBgu
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 26, 2020

More career folks speaking out against Barr https://t.co/H36rR5TqUv
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 25, 2020

Could AG Barr use the levers of government to help Trump steal the election? Let me count the ways. My thoughts in ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ https://t.co/A3NFJ2wGgs
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) September 22, 2020

Barr might be the most dangerous man in America: How William P. Barr can help Donald Trump win the election – The Washington Post ⁦@BarbMcQuade⁩ #DisbarBarr https://t.co/tJHaZPEYz1
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) September 22, 2020

Under William Barr, the Department of Justice has become a rogue agency. https://t.co/T2fKivkVHc
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 22, 2020

Analysis: William Barr’s habit of misleading https://t.co/T02ltylpVg
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2020

William Barr has gone too far before, but never this far, @RuthMarcus writes https://t.co/pdDlHQ7iRr
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 17, 2020

Yes he ishttps://t.co/dp2HLM238p
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) September 17, 2020

It’s truly educational just how intent on not listening some people actually are https://t.co/FgSdOcdrDD
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) September 17, 2020

Bill Barr is the ultimate fixer Donald Trump has always wantedhttps://t.co/qvzSLEeiYu pic.twitter.com/tLzWFg9W9t
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 17, 2020

Important thread. Barr is a subversive and dangerous individual, solidly within authoritarian tradition, including his association with Opus Dei (friends & policy managers for Franco & Pinochet) https://t.co/yj11inONT2
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) September 17, 2020

Stop calling Bill Barr crazy and delusional. This is a serious conceptual error. He is a deliberate propagandist who is methodically helping Trump actively weaponize the government in numerous corrupt ways, all serving the end of keeping him in power:https://t.co/PFeV9lujwJ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 17, 2020

!!! Attorney General William Barr slammed the hundreds of Justice Department prosecutors working beneath him on Tuesday, equating them to preschoolers, in a defense of his own politically tuned decision making in the Trump administration. https://t.co/JvZngoxhx1
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 17, 2020

Hey, remember when I warned you in my recent @TheAtlantic piece about Trump and Barr trying to turn the FBI into a private police force and DHS into the interior ministry – so we have to vote out the GOP entirely? Yeah, that. https://t.co/XrhS4gTDtq
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 17, 2020

Barr Says ‘Black Lives Matter’ Doesn’t Care About Black Lives https://t.co/f15BMgJjws
— Kevin Whitelaw (@KevinWhitelaw1) September 17, 2020

Read everything Barr was saying to the DOJ prosecutors. Then remember that last week, one of Durhams top deputies resigned in protest of Barr trying to rush the Durham report for politician purposes. We are seeing Barr’s rage filled reaction that his corruption got delayed.
— Kurt "Mask Up, Vote Early" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 17, 2020

Q: What do you make of (the press), is it different in kind from what we've had in the past?

Barr: I mean, well, they're more ignorant than we've had in the past. … They don't care that they are not telling the truth because they don't believe truth is a meaningful concept.
— Sadie Gurman (@sgurman) September 17, 2020

He's attacking Michael Dreeben, who was a career, not political, member of the solicitor general's office and who served both Democratic and Republican administrations for decades. What a disgrace. https://t.co/fmtxwaZL6r
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 17, 2020

CNN is reporting that Attorney General Bill Barr said in a speech that coronavirus closures are the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties’ other than slavery in US history.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 17, 2020

Barr is attacking Michael Dreeben, detailed from the Solicitor General’s office to Mueller. Not an Obama person, the career deputy for the SG who handled criminal appeals in SCOTUS. I worked with him for well over a decade, pre-Obama, & couldn’t tell you what his politics are. https://t.co/RldjrJ5ux5
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 17, 2020

Just a stunning quote from an attorney general. https://t.co/wnlGehX12H
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) September 17, 2020

Barr accuses career Justice Dept. prosecutors of 'headhunting' in politically charged defense of his actions as attorney general https://t.co/j53w2Fhsx8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 17, 2020

Covers: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine

“It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” was originally released by Ike and Tina Turner in 1961. Ike’s spoken part was actually recorded by Mickey Baker of Mickey and Sylvia. A 1960 version by Mickey and Sylvia wasn’t released until 1990. The cover version I know best is an instrumental version by Ry Cooder (with David Lindley also on guitar) from 1978,

Covers: Temptation

“Temptation” was published in 1933 and was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. It was first performed by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film Going Hollywood. The cover I know best is the 1961 Everly Brothers version which was #1 in the UK but only #27 in the US.