Covers: I’m Ready (Willie Dixon song)

“I’m Ready” was recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954 (and again in 1969, 1971 and 1978 ). None of the later versions compare to the stripped-down original version. Bob Dylan played it 24 times on his 1978 tour (which I saw in Baltimore).

Covers: I’m Ready (Fats Domino song)

“I’m Ready” was late in the run of Fats Domino hits when it was released in 1959. As a college English major, I am always amused by his boast “Don’t send me no letters cause I can’t read”. Imagine bragging about that! It’s a very concise record – about two minutes long.

The Band covered it in 1973 on the covers album Moondog Matinee with Levon Helm singing.

The Fats Domino version is used in Gremlins 2 – see the clip below.

Domino re-recorded it in 1968.

Covers: Stuck in the Middle with You

“Stuck in the Middle with You” was a hit for Stealers Wheel in 1973. It was used in the film Reservoir Dogs. Grace Potter covered it.

Covers: Woodchopper’s Ball

“Woodchopper’s Ball” was originally recorded by Woody Herman in 1939. I know it from the 1968 version by Ten Years After from their album Undead. I saw them in 1969 at the Spectrum in Philadephia less than two months before they played at Woodstock. Their performance of “I’m Going Home” is one of the highlights of the film.

Senate Republicans won’t make candidates report foreign help

They know Trump has and will benefit from help from Russia and probably other countries. Reporting foreign election help should be mandatory. Trump thanked Blackburn for blocking it. I can’t see any reason why it shouldn’t be mandatory.

Senate strips a provision from an intelligence bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help https://t.co/ftTLX5DMlN pic.twitter.com/s1fQblgbzb
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 5, 2020

I know I keep saying that Rand Paul And Tom Cotton are the worst senators in the senate but that’s really not fair to former image consultant Marsha Blackburn. https://t.co/zy6bxHhUHa
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 3, 2020

Trump welcomed Russia’s election help in 2016. He tried to coerce Ukraine’s help in 2019. And he begged China for it this year.

Requiring campaigns to disclose foreign offers of campaign assistance is common sense, even if not in the Senate.

Americans decide American elections. https://t.co/se4N50G6CG
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 1, 2020

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TWEET YOU WILL SEE TODAY.

PLEASE DO NOT LET IT GET LOST UNDER 100 OTHER EVIL THINGS TRUMP DOES TODAY.

THIS IS A DISASTER FOR NOVEMBER AND BEYOND.

A FUCKING DISASTER. https://t.co/VYDvUZ4nx4
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 30, 2020

Doctors on coronavirus risks

This is thorough and excellent.

How Fauci, 5 other health specialists deal with covid-19 risks in their everyday lives https://t.co/Y498R0WXiB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 5, 2020

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Rush Limbaugh is a liar

Rush is a liar.
Trump gave him a fancy medal.
They both share responsibility for the death of Americans. https://t.co/VmFzxWJom5
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 4, 2020

“I have never downplayed the seriousness of it. I have never downplayed the severity of it.” Rush Limbaugh, 6/29.

“It’s the common cold, folks.” Rush Limbaugh, 2/24.https://t.co/HQFEwutX5W https://t.co/jEhWW7phkJ
— David A. Bell (@DavidAvromBell) July 4, 2020

Trump tries to discredit intelligence instead of holding Russia accountable

He is helping Putin, not the US. He said he wasn’t briefed but he at least got written material. Sad!

Trump remains silent on Putin despite uproar over alleged Russian bounty payments https://t.co/7Celdq0Yp2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020

Anyone who persists in thinking that Trump is crazy or unable to control himself might recall that on one issue he has never misspoken: Putin. Not one criticism, ever. https://t.co/xZ8ZGXnaY7
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) July 1, 2020

How could it be that nobody told Trump about the alleged Russian bounties?

The idea that Trump's briefer, a career government bureaucrat, decided to keep him out of the loop isn't credible, say current and former officials.https://t.co/Pmbt1Xuj9F
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2020

‘Like yelling squirrel': White House goes after media over Russia bounty story https://t.co/DfvfpGuMHT
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) July 4, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: An analytics shop overseen by Trump's DNI, John Ratcliffe has taken another look at the intel supporting the CIA's assessment that Russia paid bounties for killings of US soldiers in Afghanistan, producing a memo that seeks to highlight doubts. https://t.co/4NFRjVkeDH
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) July 3, 2020

Trump would do anything for Putin. No wonder he’s ignoring the Russian bounties, writes Michael @McFaul https://t.co/wQEeOukoKH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 3, 2020

After all the ways they’ve debased themselves, what’s a little treason thrown into the mix?

Senate Republicans defend Trump’s response on Russian bounties https://t.co/biulQlmNwM
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 1, 2020

Donald Trump now says he doesn’t believe our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia is paying bounties to Taliban who kill U.S. troops. Why not? Because . . . wait for it:

Because Putin TOLD him Russia isn’t doing that. Shades of Helsinki. Can this really be happening?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 2, 2020

Another confirmation of this story https://t.co/8l7ofl9n2f
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 2, 2020

BREAKING: The New York Times has identified an Afghan contractor, Rahmatullah Azizi, who delivered Russian cash from the GRU to the Taliban to target American troops. https://t.co/ZXEZqT6Rua
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 2, 2020

White House does not plan any immediate response over intelligence reports on Russian bounties targeting U.S. troops https://t.co/GbJuaNXuOx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2020

So in other words, they'll do the exact same thing they've been doing for months: nothing. https://t.co/R9LAjgrKz2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 1, 2020

So the story has gone from the president didn't know anything about this, to there is an ongoing "investigation," to not all intel agencies agree, to it's a made up hoax. Got it. https://t.co/38dWiFZois
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 1, 2020

Analysis: Trump suggests Russia’s denials may trump U.S. intelligence — again https://t.co/lPRtIDaeQ3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

New: The WH is zeroing in on Trump’s intel briefer as the reason why Trump wasn’t told orally about Russia bounty intel (despite it being in PDB). Former officials, though, say “using the excuse that the briefer didn't tell him is just that: an excuse.” https://t.co/c8laP9J3jc
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 1, 2020

Analysis: The only people dismissing the Russia bounties intel: The Taliban, Russia and Trump https://t.co/hbWx8PitRX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

Trump's not only denying that he was told, he's denying Russia paid bounties to kill American soldiers. Trump is siding with Putin against the American soldiers Putin wants to murder. And the Trump death cult will go right along with him. They don't mind sacrificing our soldiers. https://t.co/9rzGTN9tsN
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 1, 2020

This is as blunt a statement as I've ever seen a retired general officer make. https://t.co/4STayYaC5w
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 1, 2020

Opinion | Why Does Trump Put Russia First? – The New York Times https://t.co/kX7BwX6Hvz
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) July 1, 2020

"What you're hearing from the White House podium is not attacks on Russia but attacks on the media," @JDiamond1 says on @TheLeadCNN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Data intercepts showed GRU-to-Taliban $ transfers & a key intermediary fled to Russia, bolstering earlier detainee accounts about a Russian bounty op. Trump WH omitted in its briefing to GOP lawmakers as it downplayed intel as murky/contested. https://t.co/bmMd4V7Fjt
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) June 30, 2020

Further cooperation with Russia, particularly on counterterrorism, "was a nonstop request" by the Trump admin to CIA & broader IC, said @Mpolymer, a former agency official who retired in 2019. "The effort as had always been the case was futile." https://t.co/eN4B93y02G
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020

Beginning of trail was intercept of bank data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account. 2 officials confirm Trump was briefed. In a different time, we'd be talking impeachment.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 30, 2020

Anyone claiming these things about the PDB is either profoundly ignorant or is knowingly lying to you.

The core PDB, even for presidents who *did* read it voraciously, rarely even reached 20 pages.

And for 55 years, *every* POTUS (possibly excepting of Nixon) has read it. https://t.co/eSKFz0y8Rj
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) June 30, 2020

Republicans once again face questions about why Trump isn’t tougher on Russia https://t.co/wcoLupj0Mt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 30, 2020

He has devoted extensive time to denying that he shuffled weakly down a ramp.

He has devoted extensive concern to whether he should call Joe Biden “Sleepy” or “Creepy.”

He has devoted *zero* effort to expressing concern that Russia paid to have American service members killed. https://t.co/bFoS5yCND5
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 30, 2020

Earlier today, the White House claimed that this was new intelligence that they were still investigating. https://t.co/TNLuif98y0
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 30, 2020

Per AP, Bolton briefed Trump in March 2019 about the Russian bounties.
In assessing whether the bounties resulted in killings, officials are focused in particular on an attack on an American convoy that occurred in April 2019. https://t.co/do4e58hsij
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020

Another mislabeled right wing picture

They are using a picture from Hong Kong, not the US. Sad!

This is a photo of HONG KONG from 2019. https://t.co/pYHs0XyJmM
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 4, 2020