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Music that doesn't suck
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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"It makes you question yourself: Is this what I voted for?” Mr. Ripka said. “It just doesn’t seem like these are decisions about the people who live and work here.” 🤬

Gift article 🎁

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Where the Waters Are Rough, a Fishing Town Confronts Trump’s Priorities
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Europeans need to stop flattering Trump and to start ignoring him. He is not going to be anyone's savior (except maybe Putin and Netanyahu's.)
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Music 🎶 for the moment
Music that doesn't suck
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What a screwed up excuse for a human being.
The woman was DACA, from 1998.
www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-lea...
Karoline Leavitt’s Family Member Captured by ICE Goons
America’s brutal immigration raids just got personal for Trump’s press secretary.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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They said it spent two hours at that patch of grass in the yard yesterday. While they were on the patio. 😲
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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
MTG is resigning???
Why is it whenever a Republican says something sane, they resign?
Is it because they can't stand caucusing with the crazies?
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
What to know about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation and falling out with Trump
The announcement by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that she’ll resign from Congress in January has sent shockwaves through Washington. It marks a dramatic break with Trump after a public falling ...
www.pbs.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Music That Doesn't Suck
Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist, was born on Nov. 23, 1954. #BruceHornsby

Bruce Hornsby and the Range - "The Way It Is" (Bruce Hornsby) (1986)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlRQ...
The Way It Is
YouTube video by Bruce Hornsby
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The American people made DOGE small enough to drown it in a bathtub.

"Some left because they had come to Washington only for Musk... Others told colleagues they were quitting out of exhaustion... disillusioned by the collapse of the political cover"

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sounds like a plan. 👍
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Sufi Qawwalli singer, known primarily in the west thru his Real World Records recordings, but massively popular in the East.
#WorldMusicThursday #genreRoulette #MusicChallenge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODxF...
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Richard Thompson was British folk-rock royalty, as a member of Fairport Convention & The Bunch.
His wife, Linda (credited as Linda Peters) did a duet with Sandy Denny of When Will I Be Loved on The Bunch's Rock On LP.
From Pour Down Like Silver
Music that doesn't suck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMus...
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Chris Cornell actually fell on black days.
He struggled with depression most of his life, & eventually committed suicide. Chris sang with a nearly 4 octave range, played guitar and was the primary lyricist for Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also founded Temple Of The Dog.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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George Martin said that Apocalypse was one of the best records ever made. I agree.
Music that doesn't suck #MutualMusic
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Great John Hiatt song. Also covered by Buddy Guy & Bonnie Raitt on Buddy's Feels Like Rain LP.
Music that doesn't suck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClpR...
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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#MutualMusic

Music that doesn't suck

youtu.be/_PVjcIO4MT4?...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (Miami Pop 1968)
YouTube video by JimiHendrixVEVO
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#MutualMusic

Music that doesn't suck

youtu.be/HivQqTtiHVw?...
David Bowie - Modern Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
music that doesn't suck
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Bob Dylan's Girl From The North Country was based on the version of Scarborough Fair that he learned in England from Martin Carthy. Paul Simon also learned the song from him.
Music That Doesn't Suck #MutualMusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjU...
Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair
YouTube video by haveabanana100
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I hear Erika's doing a NEW job interview now...
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM