Author/historian (Duke Ellington's America, Who's In The Money?) musician/songwriter, Yankee in London, Sr Lecturer Fighting fascists. Flying in Sky, same name

London, but on the move
Joined January 2015
If you're voting mostly because of economic affordability issues in the upcoming midterm elections, don't vote for Republicans. And you shouldn't have voted for them in the last 40 years. FACTS:
Since 1981, Democratic presidents have overseen the creation of 3 times as many private-sector jobs as their Republican counterparts. Excluding Reagan, the net private-sector job growth of the past 3 GOP presidents is zero.
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Whatever about “deeper truths,” or @JoniMitchell getting a Grammy. Who cares? But this is one of Joni’s 5 best albums, and rarely gets the recognition it deserves. She’s not young anymore in 1994, but her wisdom, voice, melody and compassion are more devastating than ever.
“Mitchell's words are honed by a life dedicated to the notion that songs, like all great art, can illuminate deeper truths.” John Milward, Rolling Stone, 1994. Diving deep into ‘Turbulent Indigo,’ on its 32nd anniversary today. Chalk full of twists and turns, this album would earn Joni the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album in 1996.
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Serious. 🎞️
Sergio Leone, Robert De Niro and Federico Fellini.
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Glad mixtape nicki isn't alive to see this.
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If we had a legacy media that gave a damn about racism, or even just basic consistency, this would be a huge story and Trump would be asked endlessly about his racism and smears and every Republican candidate would be asked to condemn and disavow. Zeteo.com/subscribe
Trump calls Abdul El-Sayed a “Jihadist Member of the Muslim Brotherhood” ahead of his trip to Michigan
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"that guitar player is scary good!"
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Young and Hispanic voters gave Trump most of his THIN edge in 2024. They've ditched him now that they've seen his true identity ⬇️ (not sure how they missed it before). Will such electoral trends hold 11 more days? If so, House & the Senate will no longer be Trump's lapdog pals.
As turnout in Texas nears 3 million votes, Hispanic turnout is now exceeding presidential levels. More Hispanics have voted than did at this point in the 2024 presidential election. What's driving this huge increase? Young voters.
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The Really New Testament, October 2026:
The midterms are looking less like an election and more like a test of decency.
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Trump’s so-called big beautiful bill stripped away health care from 10-12 million so far, with other policies of his taking more away or making it too expensive for millions more. This is on purpose: the billions saved will mostly fund tax cuts for the richest. Vote accordingly.
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No one gets under Trump's skin more than this smart funny gent ⬇️
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama
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"Russia carried out a massive attack on Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv w/missiles hours after Putin said he would resume trilateral negotiations after talks w/US envoy/idiot Steve Witkoff....Moscow [killed] at least 2 people, wounding 22, including 4 children🤮" theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
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.@nytimes: one of the worst polluting, most dangerous plants for humans in USA is 700 feet from a school, also near many homes. Here’s how Trump and an appointee gutted all clean-air & environmental regulations for it. He hates us, loves corporations. nytimes.com/video/climate/10…
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Insight from @DavidFrum on Nixon Vs Trump’s corruption at 5:40⬇️: “One of the things that irks me, that you hear: Trump’s is the most corrupt administration in American history. That’s strictly true, but what is the runner-up? There is no runner-up.” youtube.com/watch?v=06vXegBU…
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This may be controversial, but this prize is like Scorsese’s Oscar: the Mercurys neglected to award Raye's much superior debut LP, so they gave it to her this year. Like Scorsese finally got his Oscar for The Departed, when he shoulda got it for Goodfellas Raging, Alice etc.
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"@AndyBurnham has been urged by one of his most senior ex-advisers to tax internet sales more heavily than in-store purchases to help 'level the playing field' for struggling high streets." Such action hopefully can help stop more shops closing across UK. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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How much you want to bet Trump’s Iran War plans never included the potential damage that could be caused by Iran’s famous violent proxies? (@nytimes)
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At $500k a pop, Obama would have to give a speech every night for the next twelve years to match the $2.2 billion in openly corrupt income Trump pulled in in 2025 alone.
Makes speeches for 500k a pop. Hasn’t eaten dinner that costs less than $250 in years. Has never been in a Cheesecake Factory. Undefeated at condescending to regular folks. Will always be known for a presidency that ushered in the Trump era to begin with.
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.@AbdulElSayed is so kick-ass, I was giggling on my couch watching this:
A future senator that actually knows his job ! Wonder if his opponent would know these answers
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Sen @Ossoff efficiently tells you how the U.S. economy is rigged for the rich in just 96 seconds. Only @TheDemocrats will help average Americans reverse these cruel pernicious widespread policies:
OSSOFF: If you’re late with your rent, the machinery of late fees and eviction is very efficient. But when you tell your landlord about the black mold in your daughter’s bedroom, nobody comes for four months. And then, when you’ve got to take her to the hospital for her asthma attack, you get a $3,000 bill for the ambulance. Life was already hard enough before Donald Trump lied us into war, before his tariffs made everything more expensive, and before he doubled your health insurance premiums and slashed Medicaid. It costs more today than ever before in American history to fill up your truck, to stock your fridge, to power your home, to go to the doctor. Meanwhile, and you’ve seen it, the president and the first family line their pockets to the tune of billions of dollars. The time has come to wield the power granted to us by our Constitution and rebuke this obscenity.
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It's true that, about once a month, Hasan Piker says something really stupid. But most of the time, he is saying a lot of smart stuff⬇️
Hasan Piker: “Trans people are 1% of the population. They shouldn’t be talked about endlessly. Muslims are 1% of the population. They shouldn’t be talked about endlessly. It’s not a Guatemalan migrant that made your housing more expensive. It’s your landlord, it’s hedge funds buying out all of these homes and rising up their prices. A transgender person is not the reason your energy costs are skyrocketing. It’s the wars we’re waging, the data centers sucking up the energy needs. This is just the truth”
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