Some Republicans apparently think that Trump just happens to them, like the weather. There's nothing they can do about it. Or the Democrats and "the media" are forcing them to nominate Trump, for a third time. But don't insult Republicans: They have agency. They have volition.
"There's a whole ecosystem that feeds the Fox machine, all of these other companies like OANN, and Newsmax, and the Daily Wire. All of them are building out conspiracy theories, building out disinformation narratives that help move this machine forward." – @catthekin on the pod.
@gina_goldberg@EricMGarcia I saw him play twice in 1 day about a year before he died. The evening show was him opening for The Who. The greatest musical day of my life
Another one of my favorite Willie stories:
One of the things that I like best about Willie is that he's always followed his own moral compass. That's why, in 1966, when his Willie Nelson Show package tour rolled across South Texas and Louisiana, he added African American country artist Charley Pride to the bill. Willie didn't care what people thought. He knew talent when he heard it. At Dewey Groom’s segregated Longhorn Ballroom, in Dallas, “Dewey didn’t want Charley on the bandstand,” Willie later recalled. “So I got up onstage and introduced Charley . . . I laid a big kiss on him, right on the mouth. Then he started singing, and they loved it.” The color barrier had been broken. Later that night, after a raucous guitar picking session in his motel room, Willie said “I wished I would’ve had a camera. Charley Pride and Dewey Groom had both passed out on the same bed.”
This is a photo of Willie and Charley Pride at Soap Creek Saloon in Austin back in 1975. It was taken by the great Scott Newton, who was nice enough to let me post it here. Scott's taken an INCREDIBLE assortment of photos of music stars etc.. who have passed through Austin. You can see them, and purchase them, at his website: https://t.co/OxM80qqeP3
Scott's not only a great photographer but a very interesting character with whom to have a conversation!
@lightning_poker@DougPolkVids Some of these dudes operate with no fear of being punched in the mouth, so they amp up the douchebaggery. It's become unbearable over the last few years
Denton ISD school board candidate Carolyn Rachaner requested the district to pull the Handmaid's Tale from shelves, said "whoever approved this book should be fired; I believe I will have to involve law enforcement; Trash it and order a mental health exam for the author"