David Beckett

Burlington Vermont since 1960. Friend to Jazz since 1983. Jazz Radio host for 3 decades. Dog butler. Cheerful skeptic. Brazilian music. VOTE!

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

The fervent wish to believe things which just ain’t so

…is responsible for much of the misery in the world.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

A Starter’s Guide to Bossa Nova

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

People are saying…

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain - The Atlantic https://t.co/EgKPtoCeel

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Here is some truth: Putin invaded Ukraine. NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. Since 1945, American leadership has ensured freedom and security for ourselves and millions of others around the world. Together with our allies, we defeated the Soviet Union—an empire so evil it had to build gulags and walls to keep its own people in. Destroying America’s alliances and abandoning the cause of freedom is morally and strategically indefensible. Putin will pocket Trump’s naive concessions and demand much more. Appeasement makes a wider war more likely, not less.

@realDonaldTrump, @JDVance, and @elonmusk have made clear who they are. Only fools—or Kremlin tools—would abandon NATO, side with Russia, and demand Ukraine surrender in the face of Putin’s brutal aggression.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: More than 20 civil service employees are resigning from Elon Musk’s DOGE, saying they refuse to “dismantle critical public services.” https://t.co/c1OUPUhxhg

[Be Believing @Be_Believing]

What a great video. I never saw this one before. 1960 Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra singing each other’s songs.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Rarely has so much ignorance and ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know you and @realDonaldTrump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, and destroying the security of America and her allies, but you would do well, @JDVance, to spend some time actually studying history. Start here with Ronald Reagan: “Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”

[Roy Rogers Happy Trails Music Shop  @RoyRogers_HTMS]

This song ROCKS HARD

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Senator Michael Bennet held Kennedy to the flame on his claim that Covid-19 was a “genetically engineered bioweapon that targets Black and White people but spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people” and that Lyme disease was constructed by the military.

https://t.co/zfL0KDU5Qz

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz…

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

IS THIS WOMAN A HERO?

Today, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde boldly called out Donald Trump for his hatred and bigotry at the National Prayer Service. Now, she is being attack by Red Hatters- some of whom are online threatening violence against her.

Your thoughts?

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Today, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde boldly called out Donald Trump for his hatred and bigotry at the National Cathedral Prayer Service. Now, the GOP is attacking her for speaking truth to power.

RETWEET if you stand with Bishop Budde against Trump!

[A @bluhue123]

Raise a ✋if you stand with Bishop Mariann Budde

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier | AP News https://t.co/5fVNjnZiHA

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

President Biden inherited a country rocked by a pandemic and an economic crisis and helped us recover from both, among many other achievements.

Much will be written about his legacy, but for now, let's start with: Thank you, Joe.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Anyone else notice that black women with Harvard degrees and 20 years of experience are called “DEI” hires but some random guy on Fox News is expertly qualified to run the Department of Defense?

It’s almost like Republicans are just racist.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

The Special Counsel’s 1/6 Report, made public last night, confirms the unavoidable facts of 1/6 yet again. DOJ’s exhaustive and independent investigation reached the same essential conclusions as the Select Committee. All this DOJ evidence must be preserved. But most important now, as the Senate considers confirming Trump’s Justice Department nominees: if those nominees cooperated with Trump’s deceit to overturn the 2020 election, they cannot now be entrusted with the responsibility to preserve the rule of law and protect our Republic. As our framers knew, our institutions only hold when those in office are not compromised by personal loyalty to a tyrant. So this question is now paramount for Republicans: Will you faithfully perform the duties the framers assigned to you and do what the Constitution requires? Or do you lack the courage?

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

If you’re near St Albans Vermont, and want to know what your iPhone camera can do - this is for you.

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

I did.
Just imagine the world we’d be living in today if they’d been elected. (!)

[💖Amelia Sees It All💖 @AmeliaHouchins]

Who else voted for both of these spectacular women? 💙

[David Beckett @DavidBeckettVT]

Does driving an electric car actually reduce the greenhouse gasses one emits, taking into account how the electricity is produced?

[Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot]

Not a movie. The world you live in.

Whether you realize it or not: Your reality, home, safety, and expectations for the future are all — today — overwhelmingly shaped by the lies and pollution of about 100 fossil fuel companies and their executives. #makepolluterspay