Uncle Sam playing #Trump’s pre-rally theme tune as protesters prepare to march to the #RNCConvention
Despite #Biden’s plea to dial down polarizing rhetoric demonstrates I spoke to are using terms like fascist and “life and death” to describe Trump and what is at stake in this election.
But an important nuance: #SCOTUS three minority liberals added an addendum complaining that the conservative majority effectively shut the door on how the federal govt might strike a candidate off the ballot in future via Congress. We
V grateful to @gwtweets for connecting me to @pschiffberman and his great clarity & wisdom for this explainer on an unprecedented test of the #14thAmendment, #originalism & the Supreme Court’s reputation: america.cgtn.com/2024/02/06/…
Any assignment that sends you down a De la Soul rabbit hole is a good day.
Daryl Hall & John Oates are one of pop's famous duos. But they're now locked in an acrimonious legal battle that's providing a rare insight into lucrative music publishing. @owefair and @PeterStolz81 report:
Owen Fairclough retweeted
The #SpeakerOfTheHouse crisis was partly triggered by growing opposition to helping #Ukraine and the revival of historic isolationism.
@owefair and @plester21 report:
Important to point out that @McPBen was the canary in the coalmine for this at least 5 yrs ago when he dived into the Bassin de la Villette in his budgie smugglers.
Olympic triathletes tested swimming in the Seine in Paris on Wednesday, 10 days after heavy rainfall caused the water quality to dip below minimum health standards and forced the cancellation of another open water competition. reut.rs/3YzuCLH
Memorial for #DzhoyZuckerman. excruciating partly because the boulevard dimensions & seeming tranquility of this long section of 3rd St NW is the reason I let my young kids ride to school on the road to encourage their cycling autonomy. Now I have to explain this…
…though clearly this is nothing compared to what his family are going through. #bikedc
Tempted to put this at the more esoteric end of the discarded books you find in DC playgrounds file.
This was such a classy event @dcpl were serving real espresso outside the news conference for the exhibition launch.
So many reasons to look back on this as an epic line up but one was being able to drink out of an actual glass at a show.
🔥TONIGHT
At Quarry House Tavern:
8:30pm - Doors
9:00pm - Power Washer
9:45pm - Sensor Ghost
10:30pm - @stuckchi
Tickets available here: link.dice.fm/stuck_6_15_23
Heartfelt thanks to Michele Casto at @dcpl Punk Archive (every city really should have one by law), Tom Berard and @930Club for giving us their time for this.
Tonight #foofighters inaugurate a recreation of the original and venerated @930Club that inspired frontman Dave Grohl and helped put Washington DC's 1980s punk movement on the map. @owefair & @peterstolz81 report:
Dave Grohl reminiscing about the “dirty 30” was memorable, but my takeaway from today was @930club original co-founder Dody DiSanto calling for a mandatory phone check-in - more of that, please.
First look: inside @930Club’s #Atlantis: a homage to its early incarnation where #foofighters Dave Grohl came of age and tonight inaugurates this new venue.
Morgy Ramone of @korineband and Cody Han of @_cdghost, Metro Gallery, Baltimore. Both stunning in their own right and their label @bornlosersrecs is creating something special up in Philly.
Catching up on #justinpearson expulsion speech after ten days unplugged and making a mental note to tell my kids where and what and why etc when I heard it. Oratory: youtu.be/fp0YYNTo3ns