Scaypgrayce

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Former factory rat, bartender, disc jockey, journalist, Senate staffer. Movies, music, theater, politics, vintage cars, baseball, and irony. Mallacht mo chait ort. Blog sometimes at scaypgrayce.wordpress.com

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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

Happy Birthday, Sir Richard! m.youtube.com/watch?v=VpU-...

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (1971 7" Single)m.youtube.com https://www.discogs.com/release/5252683-Ringo-Starr-It-Dont-Come-Easy"It Don't Come Easy" is a song by English rock musician Ringo Starr that was released as...

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social on how the media is failing the American people by essentially ignoring the biggest story in our present moment.

‘We have never been here as a country’: Historian Heather Cox Richardson puts Trump immunity ruling into perspective | CNNedition.cnn.com Christiane Amanpour speaks to author and historian Heather Cox Richardson about the challenges facing American democracy in this election year.

July 4th, 1976. The Clash open for The Sex Pistols at The Black Swan in Sheffield while The Ramones make their debut at The Roundhouse in London. Whoa.

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I'm calling on Arthur Gregg Sulzberger to step down as publisher of The New York Times. his recent performance proves he isn't up to the task

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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here

God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

SOME body gets it: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

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they're just out there picking names from the NYT directory at random, demanding a "biden old" article by the end of the day

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Important new polling reinforces that Biden's soft support from younger voters is in part a manifestation of an older skepticism and generational frustration. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The deep, generational skepticism that’s influencing the 2024 racewww.washingtonpost.com Young Americans aren’t overly pessimistic about the future — but they do perceive how the system is stacked against them.

Knock me over w/a feather . . . .

Full opinion from the Oklahoma Supreme Court holding that the state's approval of an explicitly religious Catholic charter school violates the separation of church and state under the state and federal Constitutions (via @mjsdc.bsky.social) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

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yo, I wrote a thing: "wingnuts are in full panic mode over Thursday’s debate" — hubris, laziness and dementia is a toxic cocktail of disaster. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

wingnuts are in full panic mode over Thursday’s debatebit.ly hubris, laziness and dementia is a toxic cocktail of disaster

Well, now . . .

Breaking News: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled the military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, a decision that could split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government.

Middle East Crisis: Israel’s Supreme Court Says Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Be Drafted Into Militarywww.nytimes.com The justices said there was no legal basis for the longstanding exemption from military service. The decision threatens to shake Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government.

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Long read on the hard, vital and caring work of public library staff - ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books www.theguardian.com/news/article...

‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than bookswww.theguardian.com The long read: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities

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As RBG wrote at the time: “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet”

Eleven years ago, SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act in #ShelbyCounty, arguing that "things have changed" since the 1960s. Today, we know that things have changed since this ruling: namely, that the turnout gap exploded in formerly-covered places 1/n www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The redoubtable Marcy Wheeler w/an update/summary on the documents case: www.emptywheel.net/2024/06/25/t...

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I wrote a thing: "a weekend’s worth of fucknuttery from the rotting brain of Donald J. Trump" — what kind of psycho dreams up forcing migrants to fight? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

a weekend’s worth of fucknuttery from the rotting brain of Donald J. Trumpbit.ly what kind of psycho dreams up forcing migrants to fight

If the subject of the national debt comes up in your conversations, here’s a handy guide: www.crfb.org/papers/trump...

Trump and Biden: The National Debt | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budgetwww.crfb.org The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by Presidents Trump and Biden during their ti

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Today in there’s nothing new under the sun: In 1903 a white hotel worker became a right wing celebrity for being fired after refusing to make booker t washington’s bed because he was black and a bunch of people around the country raised thousands of dollars on her behalf

Sixty years ago today, three civil rights workers - James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner - were murdered near Philadelphia, MS, during Freedom Summer. They were helping Black residents register to vote. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders...

55 years ago today . . . m.youtube.com/watch?v=W-s0...

St. Stephen (2013 Remaster)m.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner Records St. Stephen (2013 Remaster) · Grateful Dead Aoxomoxoa ℗ 1969 Warner Records Inc. Engineer: Betty Cantor Arranger, Producer: Bill Kreutzmann Drums, Percussion: Bill Kreutzmann Engineer: Bob Matthews Arranger, Producer: Bob Weir Guitar, Vocals: Bob Weir Lead Vocals: Bob Weir Producer: Bobby Mitchell Unknown: Dan Healy Producer: David Hassinger Guitar, Mandolin: David Nelson Unknown: Debbie Eisenberg Arranger, Producer: Jerry Garcia Guitar, Vocals: Jerry Garcia Lead Vocals: Jerry Garcia Engineer: Leo De Gar Kulka Unknown: Marma-Duke Arranger, Producer: Mickey Hart Drums, Percussion: Mickey Hart Unknown: Mouse Unknown: Owsley Stanley Banjo, Dobro: Pete Grant Steel Guitar: Pete Grant Arranger, Producer: Phil Lesh Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh Harpsichord, Piano, Timpani, Trumpet, Vocals: Phil Lesh Arranger, Producer: Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan Harmonica, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals: Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan Unknown: Ron Wickersham Arranger, Producer: Tom Constanten Keyboards, Piano: Tom Constanten Producer: Tom Donahue Unknown: WENDY Writer: Jerry Garcia Writer: Phil Lesh Writer: Robert Hunter Auto-generated by YouTube.

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WRONG DONALD

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Nevada federal court dismisses GOP voter suppression lawsuit: Pro-democracy groups have filed motions to intervene in and dismiss this case. On June 18, granted the state’s motion to dismiss and dismissed the case. www.democracydocket.com/cases/nevada...

🚨Voting Rights Victory in Nevadawww.democracydocket.com Learn more about the latest voting rights victory in Republican National Committee v. Aguilar

Damn. Now Donald Sutherland. Brilliant actor. Why don’t the awful people die?

Happy Juneteenth. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/...

I, Too by Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundationwww.poetryfoundation.org I, too, sing America.

And many more, Sir Paul! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftjh...

PAUL MAcCARTNEY....BIRTHDAYm.youtube.com

Good Morning. Tea by Bird & Blend; tiramisu courtesy of Filomena’s.