#CoSoMusic #CoSoJazz
As #Jazz Appreciation month draws to a close here's one of my favorites from#CharlesMingus Better Get It in Your Soul
https://youtu.be/J0FcKOfRgvE

The difference between us and them is simple:

We protect you.

They sell you.

#CoSoTips

#politics What would four more years bring?

And there is the lawsuit by SmartMatic against NewsMax, scheduled for September.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/media/smartmatic-lawsuit-newsmax-trial-date/index.html

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This is really really well written and beautifully explained.

The Kristi Noem incident (including the goat) from a working livestock rancher.

#Politics #CoSoPolitics #Noem

Check out this thread at Thread Reader App. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1784997897211142156.html

The face of modern American policing.

Keep dragging our childhood fears into the present and see what happens.

The fact that we are this inept when dealing with an idiot who couldn't complete a coup, should make us weep for the day a smart person makes the same attempt.

#Politics

#politics Long before we reach this constitutional crisis, Speaker Johnson and others in the Republican House leadership must pledge to certify the results of the November elections. They should be asked by the media to make this commitment. If they won’t, Americans need to know — and know why.” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-important-litmus-test-of

The real trump trial happens in November, when the only jury that really matters can hold him accountable.

#vote #voteblue

this seems bad

A significant increase in oil tanker traffic is in store for the Salish Sea with the completion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in British Columbia.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/was-border-waters-on-the-cusp-of-a-major-rise-in-oil-tanker-traffic/

It was bad when “Lust For Life” was used in a cruise ship commercial, but this is next level whoring. Fucking sellouts.

Punk icons Iggy Pop and Siouxsie Sioux have re-recorded The Passenger for an ice cream advert

https://www.loudersound.com/news/iggy-pop-siouxsie-sioux-ice-cream-advert

A tale of two economies (at least).

Affluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts

#Capital #America
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-economy-wealth-rates-federal-reserve-cuts-9290216e89cbd7a3a0d2be66041aeaf8

"It is a shame we cannot find more funding for cancer research and that this work will be impacted by partisan efforts to slash spending."

Republicans killed curing cancer.

That isn’t a typo. They didn’t want a “Biden win” — as if cancer only hurts Democrats. This USED to be bipartisan.

What is so awful about CURES? Why is the Republican Party so horrid?

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/congress-is-killing-bidens-cancer-moonshot-00154718

Court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery 🎁
https://wapo.st/44p06XJ

🖕🖕🖕-ity 🖕 you!
#news

Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/29/florida-childrens-health-insurance-program-ron-desantis

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Call me an elitist, but the smell of a sweaty rear end is extremely unpleasant.