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[byron @crawwash55]

@Miggysbat @tigers Why were you sure the Tigers wouldn't pay Skub?

[#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper]

Back To the Scene of the Crime, Melania’s COS Is Player In Classified Docs Case https://t.co/0dwR4ZgBr7

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Who did this? 😂

[Krafty @brotherkrafty]

Hapiest of birthday wishes to Saint Bobby.
✌🏼🇺🇸

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

.@lemieuxdavid joins us from the office to introduce this Wednesday’s 50th Anniversary Watch Party of ‘The Grateful Dead Movie & Bonus Performances’ - all remastered in HD.

Watch his full introduction and set your reminders! The fun begins 5pm PT / 8pm ET on Wednesday on the Grateful Dead @YouTube channel: https://t.co/TvK9n75uKD

[byron @crawwash55]

@moeperiod Still rocking all the tunes from this album

[moe. @moeperiod]

On this day in 1996, we unleashed No Doy, our 4th album and first major label release. Which tracks are you still spinning after all these years? 🎧 https://t.co/GJTx42xV7z

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

#DemsDeliver16MillionJobs

🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Origins of Purple Rain,

Purple Rain' was originally written as a country song, and was intended to be a collaboration with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks.

According to Nicks, she received a 10-minute instrumental version of the song from Prince, with a request to write the lyrics, but she felt overwhelmed by the task.

She later said: "I listened to it and I just got scared. I called him back and said, 'I can't do it. I wish I could. It's too much for me.'"

Prince then asked his backing band to try the song: "I want to try something before we go home. It's mellow."

According to Lisa Coleman, Prince changed the song dramatically after Wendy Melvoin started playing the guitar to accompany the song: "He was excited to hear it voiced differently. It took it out of that country feeling.

"Then we all started playing it a bit harder and taking it more seriously. We played it for six hours straight and by the end of that day we had it mostly written and arranged."

Prince's explanation on the meaning of 'Purple Rain':

"When there's blood in the sky – red and blue = purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain."

After recording the song, Prince phoned Journey member Jonathan Cain, to ask him to listen to it.

Prince was concerned that it might be too similar to Journey's 'Faithfully', a song composed by Cain which had recently been in the US charts.

However, Cain reassured Prince by saying that the songs only shared the same four chords.

"I thought it was an amazing tune," Cain said. "I told him, 'Man, I'm just super-flattered that you even called. It shows you're that classy of a guy. Good luck with the song. I know it's gonna be a hit.'"

Ladies and gentlemen,
Prince performing a special and an absolute classic song, Purple Rain, live at Paisley Park, in 1999.

Credits for the background information: @SmoothRadio

[Distill Social @DistillSocial]

We’ve attended many Trump rallies. Tonight’s was different.

As independent media, we’ve attended many Trump/MAGA rallies over the years. Typically, these events are predictable—energized, but generally orderly. We approach attendees, offer interviews, and often have pleasant, even insightful, conversations. Sometimes people decline, and we move on. We rarely feel unsafe or threatened.

But tonight’s rally at Macomb Community College was different.

We arrived later than usual, knowing Trump would be arriving late himself. The crowd outside was rowdier than usual, and something felt off. People were visibly drunk and high—generally not atmosphere we’ve come to expect. We were even offered drugs, something we had never experienced before.

Things took a darker turn when one of our team members was sexually harassed by a man who grabbed her and tried to forcibly kiss her. This crossed a line we couldn’t ignore. The energy had shifted. Feeling unsafe, we made the decision to leave early, along with hundreds of others who, like us, saw Trump start his speech and then headed for the exits.

This experience was a stark contrast to the rallies we’ve covered in the past, where we’ve always felt we could do our job without fear. Tonight was different, and if this is a sign of what’s to come, it’s deeply concerning. We’ll continue to cover these events because it’s our job, but what happened tonight in Macomb County was not acceptable. When you cultivate a culture that marginalizes women, subjugates them and when your rhetoric shows a clear disrespect we can’t be too surprised that supporters would act this way.
We still processing the events of the night and we are home safe now. Thank you for listening

[Jim Rome @jimrome]

Wednesday:
12:40p ET Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz)
2:20p Tony Finau (@tonyfinaugolf)
📻: @InfSportsNet
📡: Sirius XM 158
📱: @X
📺:@SamsungTVPlus, @PrimeVideo, @LGUS, @plex + @wfplustv
https://t.co/gYzluK8YL6

[On the Media @onthemedia]

Show’s up! Insight from @macollvie, @LilyMasonPhD, @MattDallek, & @js_kaplan. Give it a listen 🎧

https://t.co/t4nzIDFSmi

[Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter]

Good guidance & great @onthemedia discussion on polling with @pewresearch's Courtney Kennedy https://t.co/gUOIrgEJ75

Also see @AAPOR's Transparency Initiative (& list of member organizations): https://t.co/2gqVVfY3kV

[byron @crawwash55]

@jennyinexile who knew Rod Sterling was from Binghamton

[Bob Joseph @BinghamtonNow]

ROD SERLING'S BACK: The creator of "The Twilight Zone" television series has returned to Recreation Park, a few blocks from his childhood home in Binghamton, New York.

[Christine Brennan @cbrennansports]

With the NFL in full swing and the hometown Colts playing right now in Green Bay, there’s still a packed-to-the-rafters crowd for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. We have never seen anything like this in women’s sports.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Trump will be remembered in history for giving the internet such an amazing gift…

It will be an even bigger gift to Harris and America in general though.

https://t.co/dIKbLNRKmq

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

9. Roselle, guide dog of Michael Hingson who is blind by birth, led him and a group of people from 78th floor of North Tower on 9/11. Roselle, who was even afraid of thunder led them more than 1463 steps down to safety

[norah~ small but mighty 🔥 @TheNorahEffect]

As usual, John Stewart is 100% spot on.

[byron @crawwash55]

Johnson: Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate: He took the bait and choked on the dog https://t.co/bY6voYqqpo

[2024 Democratic National Convention @DemConvention]

We’re not done yet.