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1. NEWS: We can't mend this American mess if we don't try to fix the press. So I'm launching a newsletter, Press Run. A proudly progressive dissection of the press in the age of Trump, Press Run promises fearless media commentary; https://t.co/yuoVEz3pSF
President Biden needs to level with the American people about the fact that his “infrastructure” package is a $2.25 trillion liberal wish list with only about 25% being spent on traditional infrastructure like roads, bridges, tunnels and rails. Be honest with us Mr. President. https://t.co/du32oGCAsA
Candidate Biden suggested he would be a moderate, transitional president. Nearly three months in, President Biden has blazed a different path, aiming to be a transformational president – using his narrow majority to ram through the biggest expansion of government since LBJ. https://t.co/XgkLse7IRu
His state: 5th in poverty, w/ opioid crisis, weak broadband, polluted H2O, a dire need for jobs
Joe Manchin should be an evangelist for the Biden agenda, not hung up on delusions about filibuster, bipartisanship
WV is starting to notice. My new column https://t.co/QCCEKazkxw
fun fact: the GOP controls Fla. Gov., Fla House. Fla. Senate.
Fla is currently facing a $3B budget shortfall.
NYT couldn't find space for that in profile of DeSantis political "competence"
Honestly what is the point of having @GovChristie on @ThisWeekABC to holler "liar" because he doesn't like the definition of infrastructure? Is this promoting intelligent discussion?
fact: Fla. this week posted the most new daily Covid cases (8K) since early Feb.
fact: this is the second page-one piece the NYT has run in three weeks abt how Florida has defied the Covid odds and how GOP Gov. is benefiting.
behold your #LiberalMediahttps://t.co/tn0t634YK3
Gov. Ron DeSantis' his brand of libertarianism — or “competent Trumpism,” as one ally called it — is on the ascent, and he has positioned himself as the head of “the free state of Florida” and as a political heir to former President Donald J. Trump. https://t.co/AAlkr0XBN5
yknow what else ranked low in terms of voter ‘priorities’ in January poll? “dealing with immigration”
that’s hasn’t stopped CNN from running wall-to-wall immigration coverage for the last month
Trump's rant to the RNC on Saturday underlines how dangerous he remains without a real reckoning. He's the leader of a domestic terrorism movement. And that's not my take—it's the consensus of a bipartisan group of national security experts https://t.co/9NZBV17G5J@juliettekayyem
amidst the constant cultural tumult of 1972, America was in a mellow mood!
3. "First Time I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
2. "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
1. "A Horse With No Name" - America
hands down, my favorite music guilty pleasure is listening to old broadcasts of Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" on the weekends, via SiriusXM '70s channel.
currently airing, the countdown from the week April 8, 1972. (MJ's "Rockin' Robbin" coming in at No. 5!)