Dark money pushing Kavanaugh nomination, and savaging people who testify...
Series of Tweets from Mike Farb, discussing the dark money campaign to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. One more ugly piece of an ugly puzzle. Farb is one of the geniuses behind...
View ArticleSecond thoughts in Eatonville, Washington
We passed this garage on the way to Mt. Ranier National Park, on a day in August when smoke from global-warming aggravated fires in British Columbia almost obscured one of America’s biggest, mist...
View ArticleWhy should you bother to vote?
These people need you to vote, so they can change America for the better. They’re all women? So what? “Women Rising.” Description: International production company Park Pictures and award-winning...
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke: Texas doesn’t need a wall
From his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Beto explains how he got the name Beto more than 30 years ago in El Paso, and why Texas does not need a wall against Mexico:
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View ArticleWillie Nelson’s new song, “Vote ’em Out!”
Willie says we should vote for Beto, to change things. Willie: “Take it home with you, spread it around.” Willie Nelson’s live premiere of Vote ‘Em Out performed 9/29/18 at the rally for Beto O’Rourke....
View ArticleNew Beto ad features Willie Nelson, appropriately, “On the Road Again”
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for the U.S. Senate features travel prominently. Beto’s started out with a listening tour of all 254 Texas counties — something no other politician I can find has...
View ArticleElection day encore: VOTE, then enjoy the art
I hope you’ve voted already. If not, go vote. Then come back and contemplate U.S. art about voting, and what it tells us about us. Interesting contrasts, at least. I love the “County Election” painting...
View ArticleBeto’s convention speech
Beto O’Rourke, to the Texas State Democratic Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. Sound feed came from a microphone on the camera, and not from the arena sound system — so it’s rather crummy. But I’m not...
View ArticleApril 4, 1841: William Henry Harrison became first President to die in office
William Henry Harrison died on April 4, 1841, 31 days after his inauguration as president of the United States. Perhaps during the cold and rainy inauguration in which Harrison delivered the longest...
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