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I smell big sweaty orange fear.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 13h ago

Kinda makes you hopeful for America in a dire time. At least today.

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

Pat Thomas author@patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 13h ago

Listening to "Revolver" twice today on its 60th b'day, I have sympathy for the reviewer. It's VERY different from previous Beatles LPs & pretty much everything on the market. George Martin's production too--so clear, warm, immediate. George Harrison renovates electric guitar. And of course the songs

One 1966 (misguided) Beatles Revolver review.

Before my wonderful partner and I found each other a couple years ago, I experienced this a few times, or more frequently, worse treatment--waiting extra time to get a table, unhappy looks, restaurant sites not allowing you to reserve for one, etc.

Harvey G. Cohen @cultrhack.bsky.social · 15h ago

Economist Joseph E Steiglitz takes Trump to the woodshed on his new even dumber tariffs after Supreme Court slapped down his previous ones. Trump claims he’s punishing “forced labor” worldwide, yet he ignores China and U.S.’ own extensive use of forced labor. 🙄 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump’s hypocritical new tariffs are a chance for the world to fight back | Joseph Stiglitz

The president’s pretext of stopping forced labour is only a ruse – he is trying to grab a share of global trade for the US

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Steve Kornacki called this 8 hrs ago, MSM just caught up. I know some of my followers disagree, but I think most of @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's stands on issues are where the Democrats need to go. Listen to him, he is NOT a radical. And he's a skilled communicator, which we need--Stevens wasn't.

Harvey G. Cohen@cultrhack.bsky.social · 2d ago

With actions this week at DOJ & Judiciary Committee, GOP happily signed on for approving corruption, crime, massive tax cheating, violence against America & rewarding it, keeping its perpetrators from punishment. The Democrats have to find a way to communicate this to millions.

On X today, Senator Adam Schiff ⬇️ established the B.S. behind the now-Attorney General Todd Blanche’s dubious deal on Trump’s corrupt anti-weaponization fund, which is NOT dead, nor is Trump’s plot to save $100M+ on his taxes and his family's audits for his quite possible tax crimes and violations.

Harvey G. Cohen@cultrhack.bsky.social · yesterday

When I read new tales about Tony Bourdain, I still get really sad. Eight years later.

On the eve of the release of a new film about Tony Bourdain’s early career, a writer goes back to Provincetown, “where living a marginal existence was easy,” to interview witnesses and find how a wild culinary legend was born in the 1970s. Great pics. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/d...

On the eve of the release of a new film about Tony Bourdain’s early career, a writer goes back to Provincetown, “where living a marginal existence was easy,” to interview witnesses and find how a wild culinary legend was born in the 1970s. Great pics. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/d...

Anthony Bourdain’s Wild Summers Still Echo in Provincetown (Gift Article)

As a new film evokes his coming-of-age in this bohemian Cape Cod town, Pete Wells goes looking for the people and restaurants that shaped him.

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Harvey G. Cohen@cultrhack.bsky.social · yesterday

Have to admit, got rather excited when Billy Joel discussed the musical structure of one of my fave songs of his, “Summer, Highland Falls,” from his underrated 1975 “Turnstiles” LP. And “Honesty” at 12:00. Also, gotta love hearing so much of Billy's NYC accent. Kudos also to Rick Beato.

I’ve never seen a Billy Joel interview like this, where he speaks so intimately and emotionally of his love of classical music since he was a kid, and how it has influenced his songwriting. Could watch him chat about music theory all night... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Be...

I’ve never seen a Billy Joel interview like this, where he speaks so intimately and emotionally of his love of classical music since he was a kid, and how it has influenced his songwriting. Could watch him chat about music theory all night... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Be...

The Billy Joel Interview

YouTube video by Rick Beato

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Especially appreciated the cover story on Jack White in the September @uncutmagazine.bsky.social, where they interview various musicians on his records in the last quarter-century to find out how he works in the studio, how he writes, gets inspired...such a one-off...

It’s too complicated for me to explain, but @lawofruby.bsky.social in the first 2:30 of this video⬇️does a great job explaining why Trump’s anti-weaponization fund, created to pay off violent convicted felons who attacked the Capitol on Jan 6, is amazingly, NOT dead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIG...

How dead is the 'anti-weaponization' fund actually?

YouTube video by MS NOW

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The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us · 2d ago

Wrong. Chicken. Cornyn could've grown a spine, voted against Blanche for Attorney General--if he & Tillis had done this because they were LIED to that the weaponization fund was killed, that would've sent a strong message. What's Cornyn got to lose? Trump supported a candidate that primaried him🙄.

The GOP's official party-wide slogan marching into the midterms: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

“The Art Of The Deal,” my ass. (@WashingtonPost.com)

The term “Civil War” came about decades after the war, as Southerners were trying to rehabilitate their (correct) image as traitors, “rebranding rebellion.” This article argues convincingly that Trump is now trying to do the same thing with his Jan. 6 rebellion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | It Wasn’t a Civil War. It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. (Gift Article)

To face our history, we must be honest about it.

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Gotta love those mid-60s mod singles, mixing up danceable pop with a jazzy feel. Here’s a one-hit wonder (and what a hit!!) Hipster Image from Sheffield, produced by Alan Price from the Animals. Why the heck didn’t some exec give these gents another shot?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSnD...

HIPSTER IMAGE - MAKE HER MINE

YouTube video by MODMARKT64

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I’ve spotlighted @michaelsteele.bsky.social’s commentary for years, but I especially appreciate when he uses Yiddish accurately ⬇️ to insult the @FCC Chair for threatening licenses of TV networks that did not air Trump’s recent lie-infested speech on voting fraud. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xib...

'A putz': Michael Steele slams Trump FCC Commissioner's latest ABC attack

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Harvey G. Cohen@cultrhack.bsky.social · 2d ago

To place even more poignance onto this story, one of the schools that had its voting site taken away, North Carolina A&T, was very near where the first sit-in took place in 1960, when black students bravely refused to tolerate cruel Jim Crow segregation--a civil rights landmark.

GOP North Carolina officials approved eliminating two early voting sites on college campuses that hosted 12,000 voters in 2024, including one at HBCU North Carolina A&T State Univ, another ugly unpatriotic GOP attempt over the years to freeze out young & black voters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRt...

GOP North Carolina officials approved eliminating two early voting sites on college campuses that hosted 12,000 voters in 2024, including one at HBCU North Carolina A&T State Univ, another ugly unpatriotic GOP attempt over the years to freeze out young & black voters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRt...

'Modern-day poll tax': NC A&T students FIGHT GOP voting restrictions

YouTube video by MS NOW

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On X today, Senator Adam Schiff ⬇️ established the B.S. behind the now-Attorney General Todd Blanche’s dubious deal on Trump’s corrupt anti-weaponization fund, which is NOT dead, nor is Trump’s plot to save $100M+ on his taxes and his family's audits for his quite possible tax crimes and violations.