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Big money so worried about the people getting a fair shake from the Reconciliation Bill, they are throwing every old trope at the wall to see what sticks. People need to know the bill is designed to REDUCE inflation, not grow it.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/opinion/biden-manchin-infrastructure-trillions.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/joe-manchin-dangerous-myth-government-benefits-work/
A quick look at today's stories that matter with links.
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Democrats unveil their new voting rights act
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A recall wasted
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Peril the book
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Clearing up the 3.5 T Reconciliation
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The 5th anti-vax DJ signs-off forever in 6 weeks.
Sources:
https://wapo.st/3AflD5t
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/14/1035915598/doctors-covid-misinformation-medical-license
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-5-biggest-bombshells-in-the-woodward-costa-book
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fifth-conservative-anti-vax-radio-host-dies-of-covid-within-six-weeks
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/infrastructure-summer-joe-manchins-symphony-of-disingenuousness/
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-14-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/newsom-governor-california-recall.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkQVUaBybIRp8howKdgv2Kz7sii2X4KzLQQj9GzuoSGY6B8gLXaKFqY9913yieQJUJFo4Tc8FI770VOV1xGU7vq4GYmZ8BLmJs9NvjVz06gNfHB7w0tGK0NTH8ee0glfjg5UOLbmTsXfDa2HYxNU0y98seAFKp3HADw6jEEeBniJIpjbp6WMcMFXpXbzKKvvLrFxx1JN2BCxnf4QM2UOlYMirByZ_es_lTNVUPVi-VCS938m0-69tDOdMIP6aZLxYoesH2gb95GXXfRbi2Fh2YNuRDDMWfSTfC∣=url-share
Judging by the numbers the right wing media hate machine is a lucrative business if you can consistently bring the hate. The problem is finding sponsors to fund it. Companies that provide real products and services are few, but there's plenty of nutritional supplement and miracle cure concerns ready and willing to pay the bill.
Find other podcasts at: https://brrpodcast.libsyn.com
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/opinion/covid-misinformation-supplements.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/opinion/government-corruption.html
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/arizona-man-dies-after-self-medicating-with-chloroquine-to-treat-coronavirus/
https://newrepublic.com/article/163466/ivermectin-culture-war-covid-vaccine
In the second and final podcast on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act you'll learn what's in the bill and how it corrects 3 bad Supreme Court decisions.
Sources:
https://www.vox.com/2021/8/18/22629304/supreme-court-voting-rights-john-lewis-act-nancy-pelosi-terri-sewell-brnovich-shelby-county
https://www.vox.com/22575435/voting-rights-supreme-court-john-roberts-shelby-county-constitution-brnovich-elena-kagan
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/10301
H.R. 4, The John Lewis Voting Rights Act, has been sent to the Senate. Will it be filibustered to death or will death come to the filibuster? This podcast covers the background why the new and improved H.R. 4 is ready for what the Supreme Court will try to throw at it.
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-28-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
https://www.vox.com/2021/8/18/22629304/supreme-court-voting-rights-john-lewis-act-nancy-pelosi-terri-sewell-brnovich-shelby-county
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/what-would-the-john-lewis-voting-rights-act-actually-do.html
For this podcast I invited Substack's Letters From An American blogger Penelope Simpson to share her thoughts and ask the hard questions rational Americans have about dealing with Covid flat out deniers and skeptics. It's some compelling content.
I want to hear from you too, ideally someone from every state even if you are still unvaccinated. All that is required is to be respectful and verifiably fact based.
Just send a recording (it doesn't have to be professional, you can use your phone) to bluerootsradio@protonmail.com. Or you can go to the BlueRootsRadio website where you will find contact links and buttons. Feel free to write to ask questions if you need help getting started.
Biden was right. Let the piling on begin, just be mindful of what you've said and done yourself. Are climate change deniers facing extinction?
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-16-2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/opinion/climate-change-republicans-economy.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Joe Biden was right, the time has come to leave Afghanistan. There was never going to be a right time and it should have been done long ago but no one had the courage to admit it. It's what the American people want.
Sources:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/after-sunday-its-even-more-clear-biden-was-right
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1427018983379640323
Lindell's downfall, Amy "Commie" Barrett upholds vaccine mandates, Apple employees are upset and the plot thickens on what Trump did before Jan 6th.
Sources:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dominion-keeps-up-defamation-lawsuits-filing-against-oann-newsmax-and-patrick-byrne
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/12/spectacular-implosion-mike-lindell/
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/us/politics/20data.html?searchResultPosition=7
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/judge-rules-dominion-case-can-proceed-against-trump-allies-n1276632
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apple-employees-privacy-child-abuse-b1901907.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-covid-vaccine-mandate-indiana/2021/08/12/a2dcc2d2-fbac-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/more-alarming-details-emerge-about-the-extent-of-the-coup-campaign-at-doj
Progressives are in the driver's seat, and it's for real this time. 7min 20secs
Sources:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/house-progressives-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-child-tax-credit-biden-congress-agenda-left.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/house-progressives-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-child-tax-credit-biden-congress-agenda-left.html
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/go-manchin-joe-manchin
More insurrectionists are breaking the GOP Loyalty Test as the Jan. 6th commission is given a major gift. (Runtime 5 mins 45 secs)
Sources:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-questions-why-prosecutors-arent-more-aggressive-with-jan-6-insurrectionists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/trump-doj-revelations-jan-6-investigation/
The GOP's Loyalty Test for their base has spawned a wave of vaccine avoiders, not to mention the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol. Denying reality became a tool to combat the environmental movement's work to stop global warming/climate change. Denial now is being used to obstruct COVID vaccinations, masks, social distancing and Biden's Presidential Election victory and it's descending the party into The Deep.
Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/climate-denial-covid-denial.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Hopelessness is not a plan but it is often expressed in the more progressive leftwing media, which is sad because at the same time, these same writers are pushing the boundaries of political discourse on the left. It's good that they demand bold change, it's good that they want it now but it's bad that when it doesn't come to pass they throw in the towel and make readers want to slip into a hot bath with a sharp object.
What's missing is admitting that while big change can come rapidly, it doesn't happen very often and it's almost always achieved when Democrats have veto proof majorities. It's understandable, I used to feel that way too.
Instead of beating up on Democratic members of Congress, more energy should be directed at states where Democrats could have been elected but weren't. Now that's a plan.
Sources:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/biden-is-having-his-cake-and-eating-it-too
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/senate-infrastructure-bill-bipartisan.html
For sure, there is no shortage of news pro and con about COVID-19 anti-vaxxers. It makes for controversial and emotional stories the cable news networks and mainstream media love because it generates clicks and views. If you didn't know better, you'd think anti-vaxxers where a majority of the unvaccinated Americans. They're not. Who makes up the majority of the unvaccinated and why they've waited is the topic of this podcast.
Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/covid-vaccine-us-antivaxx-jab-b1896231.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/covid-delta-vaccines-unvaccinated.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
How much bad news can one man stand? While reality for him only exists on TV, our thankfully ex-president has been dealt two more shots to the body. First a couple of lawyers who tried to overturn the election with arguments made from vapors are going to have to pay for their sins, big time. Second, the Second Coming of the orangutan in chief has been postponed again. Mr. Pillow is having to admit it's gonna be a long, cold, lonely summer in Mar-a-lago.
Sources:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal-judge-slaps-two-lawyers-with-sanctions-over-big-lie-lawsuit
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mypillow-guy-mike-lindell-punts-timeline-for-trump-retaking-power-as-august-conspiracy-theories-get-wackier
Covidiot deniers have become the new pandemic. The time has come to pull the plug on catering to the false notion about people's freedoms being infringed regarding masks and vaccines. Freedom is a new code word for people who have been largely marginalized by GOP policies but have been convinced by the GOP the boogeyman is the Democratic Party. It's not about "freedom", freedom is just a convenient code word that can't really be challenged but serves as a good cover for sticking it to the election stealing liberals.
Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/opinion/Covid-Florida-vaccines.html?
News days like today can be a bit stressful for some, OK for everyone who believes in democracy. It can be difficult to be hopeful when you are bombarded with news that goes from bad to worse. For some it's so overwhelming they are ready to roll up in a ball in the corner with their security blanket, but I'm here to tell you avoidance is rarely a good strategy.
This podcast covers a certain trust fund baby to a TV dinner dynasty and conservative billionaires bankrolling the attempt to undermine the integrity of our elections.
The late Senator John McCain liked to joke "It's always darkest before it goes pitch black", but he was joking. While it may not feel to you were on the cusp of a new dawn doesn't mean it isn't so.
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-2-2021
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-big-money-behind-the-big-lie
This week on BlueRootsRadio Podcast: 2021-04-18
- Anand Giridharadas on the New Progressive era
- The mouth from Ohio is told to "shut up"
- Can Substack save local news?
- Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper fired from Rolling Stone
Sources:
https://the.ink/p/newprogressiveera
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jordan-fauci-waters-house-hearing-coronavirus
https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/4/15/22384314/substack-local-news-newsletters
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mick-jagger-anti-vaxxers_n_607674a8e4b0e554e818a364?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
https://youtu.be/MN9YLLQl7gE
https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/new-useful-idiots-interview-with
The Declaration of Independence tells us "all men are created equal" but the Southern Democrats of the 1800's who are now today's Republican Party, believe we are not all equals and the business of government should be left to a few who know better than the rest of us.
Abraham Lincoln didn't agree with their assessment and said instead it's the government's job to protect equality of access to resources and equality before the law for everyone. Lincoln stressed That when everyone has a voice in deciding how the country should be run only then will the best outcomes come to pass.
This podcast connects the attempts of today's Republican Party to restrict voting to those in the 1800's, 1960's to limit the vote to a minority of people unable to accept we're all equal under the law.
Sources:
- https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-7-2021
- https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-8-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
See if you can tell in 30 seconds which of these sites is real and which is a single interest hate group?
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Pediatricians
Unless you're a professional fact checker you probably couldn't tell in just 30 seconds but after hearing this podcast you will be able to do just that.
This podcast covers the S.I.F.T method of verifying sources, finding better ones and tracing content back to its original source.
Here's some helpful links:
Some short tutorials on the S.I.F.T. process:
https://lib.lavc.edu/information-evaluation/siftmethod
Background on neutralizing fake news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/fake-news-media-attention.html
This week the Senate has two huge jobs, hold an impeachment trial and pass life saving disaster relief for Americans suffering from coronavirus and its effects on the economic, social and health being unfairly born by the working/middle class.
The Democrats are demanding Trump be held accountable for trying to overturn a free and fair election and working to pass Biden's relief package while Republicans are left trying to ignore a violent and murderous attack on the Capitol while refusing to vote for any immediate aid claiming more time is needed to determine the necessity.
Trump's self-defense is exactly that, a defense only about him that blames the insurgents who failed to give him an illegal win while ripping the GOP into one pro-business side and one that is an openly pro-fascist faction.
Sources:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24/text
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202117
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/rand-paul-test-vote-impeachment-trial-constitutionality/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/08/us/trump-defense-impeachment-trial.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/08/us/house-managers-trump-impeachment-trial.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24/text
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/judge-orders-release-of-auburn-area-proud-boy-facing-charges-tied-to-capitol-siege-prosecutors-to-seek-appeal/
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/politics/georgia-secretary-of-state-trump-investigation/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/briefing/myanmar-coup-mcconnell-evan-rachel-wood-marylin-manson.html
Media outlets major and minor are wasting valuable print space and airtime by filling the void left by the social media denied former President with the even dumber ramblings of a wrong headed right wing big mouthed dimwit.
Meanwhile Biden is marching forward, law suits are taking down some evil players and real progress is peeking over the near horizon. That's what this podcast is about.
Sources:
https://itep.org/states-are-finally-going-bold-with-progressive-tax-efforts/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-fires-more-of-trumps-labor-appointees_n_601ac57ec5b6f41348c5ee86
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/04/mckinsey-opioid-settlement-purdue/
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/mitt-romney-child-allowance-covid-stimulus.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/
https://twitter.com/mmcassella/status/1357720524512583685
https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/larry-summers-churlish-payback-to-biden/e
House GOP(minority) leader Qevin McQarthy is accusing Biden of not being bipartisan or trying for unity because he has to get the focus off the QAnon faction taking over the business friendly QOP, er GOP. Meanwhile Biden is full steam ahead.
In Music History News we remember the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show.
Sources:
My opinion
https://calendar.songfacts.com/february/4/
Once you accept the fact that the problems we are now facing cannot be solved looking back 10 or 12 years to the last Great Recession, the easier it is to see the real clear path forward. Biden gets it. He's treating it like the disaster it is.
On this date in 1959 the newly born ear of Rock 'n Roll was dealt a triple disaster with a plane crash due to a snow storm in Iowa.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-zeynep-tufecki.html
https://calendar.songfacts.com/february/3/
Not even 2 weeks into Biden's first term we've been bombarded with government and most of it is really good. But few have had time to scrutinize all these actions, so we take a look at some of the less meaty ones.
In music history it's Del McCoury's 82 birthday and in 1972 on the date Neil Young released, in his words, the middle of the road "Harvest" Album.
Sources:
https://prospect.org/first100/biden-executive-actions-scratch-the-surface-day-one-agenda/
https://calendar.songfacts.com/february/1/
We end our look at 4 new progressive members to Congress with Mondaire Jones of NY's 17th district. Jones, who worked in Obama's DoJ, made waves last summer when he successfully sued the former President and current Postmaster General.
Jone's penchant for democracy reforms and universal voting will be a major focus along with representing his constituency.
Currently Jones and Rep. Ted Lieu are working to get Rudy Giuliani license to practice law removed by the NY Bar.
In music history, today marks the anniversary of Bob Dylan's 1961 visit to Woody Guthrie.
Sources:
https://prospect.org/politics/class-of-2020-newest-squad-members/
https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-jones-call-giuliani-be-disbarred
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Torres
https://sarbanes.house.gov/issues/hr-1-the-for-the-people-act
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/28/
It's so reassuring when folks in Congress are placed on committees where they have real expertise, as opposed to being a recipient of a political favor.
Jamaal Bowman must've prepared one heck of a lesson plan before entering Congress that he will be using on the Education and Labor, Science Space and Technology and Transportation and Infrastructure committees.
Bowman unseated 16 term do nothing Democrat Eliot Engel in just one more example of the people picking a progressive over a senior establishment old school and out of step Democratic dinosaur.
Sources
Subject
https://prospect.org/politics/class-of-2020-newest-squad-members/
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/28/
Her history of activism is perhaps the most robust in today's Congress. She's a grassroots organizer who is still connected to her roots and thus she knows how to bring people together to get things done. There's much to be learned from this new member of Congress.
In Music History today marks the 7th anniversary of Billy Joel being invited to play once a month in NYC's famed Madison Square Gardens.
Sources:
https://prospect.org/politics/class-of-2020-newest-squad-members/
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/27/
While overall Democrats fared poorly in the 2020 House elections, progressives had successes running on movement politics. Today we look at Marie Newman of Illinois, a 56 y/o ally of movement politics who unseated conservative incumbent Dan Lipinski.
In Music History News we look at the 1970 release of Simon and Garfunkel's last album as a duo.
Sources:
https://prospect.org/politics/class-of-2020-newest-squad-members/
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/26/
Everyone I speak to regularly is saying something about being relieved, relaxed, less stressed or even happy. It really helps us focus more on dealing with a deadly pandemic which almost seems tame compared to the WWE theatrics of the loser of the 2020 election. In this podcast I layout the plan for the rest of the week & share some music history news.
Source:
Music History Calendar
A look at four notable events from the first partial week of the Biden administration
- Analyzing the mob that stormed the Capitol
- A return to White House action and transparency
- Watching the GOP splinter in two
- The only way forward for Democrats
- Remember Aretha's first trip to Muscle Shoals
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-23-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-inauguration-democrats.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republican-split/2021/01/23/d7dc253e-5cbc-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recode-daily/id1479107698?i=1000506169867
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/24/
As we approach the end of the first partial week with President Joe Biden many of the fears of not rising to the massive challenge have been silenced. Biden came out of the gate ready to take the Executive scalpel to many Executive Actions and Regulation monstrosities of the prior administration and showing the door to some of the most controversial and dangerous appointees made by his predecessor.
To say his plate is full is quite the understatement but Biden appears ready to attack on all fronts whether it's Covid, the Senate or the alternate reality detractors.
In Music History News, today is the anniversary of the iconic Rolling Stone cover taken in 1981 which was to become our last memory of the leader of the group known as The Beatles.
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-21-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-republicans-stimulus.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/20/biden-fires-nlrb-peter-robb/
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/22/
Americans were given a well deserved reminder during yesterday's inauguration ceremony by our youngest Poet Laureate Amanda Gormon. "..there's alway light, if only we're brave enough to see it". Every line in the poem was a reminder that when you replace hope with fear, you're agreeing to accept the shade of undemocratic leaders.
Speaking of undemocratic leaders, the day after the 45th President was removed from Social Media, disinformation dropped 73%. This and other news is in today's podcast.
Sources:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
https://news.yahoo.com/online-misinformation-us-election-fell-102307689.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/tech/parler-back-online/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/technology/proud-boys-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/21/
Inauguration Day! A time for celebration but reality has to cut the party short. Soon we will find out if Biden and the Democrats are going go boldly or try a 3rd Obama terms of appeasement to Republican, corporations and banks. In Music History we remember Jimmy Buffet's contribution made on this date in 1977.
Sources:
David Sirota
Music History Calendar
A little history explaining how the Jan 6th attack on our democracy is as old as the country itself.
Another musical history look at previous inauguration performers.
Sources:
Letters from an American
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16-2021
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18-2021
Music History Calendar
The only change in America's racism problem since Reagan signed MLK Day into law is now it has been mainlined by the outgoing President, but thanks to BLM people have started to listen.
Joe Biden's Covid-19 plan is outlined detailing all the critical things lacking in the plan it is replacing.
Sources:
Has American finally heard Marting Luther King Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-posts-view/?itid=sf_opinions_subnav
Biden’s Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/biden-covid-19-plan.html
Music History Calendar https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/18/
The Sun 2016 Inauguration performers https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2587438/donald-trump-inauguration-music-performers/
Everything about T****'s final days point to ending miserably in a bunker. The end of his term is a cascading disaster, I point out some of the best ones.
Kara Swisher's latest NYT opinion pieces takes Big Tech to the woodshed and in music history we look at Paul McCartney's 1980 high flying adventure to Tokyo.
Don't forget this podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts.
Sources:
Letters from an American
Kara Swisher @ NYT
Music History Calendar
Note: This podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts
Thursday night Biden spoke for 25 minutes laying out his plan to get serious about Covid-19 testing and vaccinations and that his economic focus will not be the rich.
Tommy Tuberville again shows off that a Senator doesn't need to know anything about government or the Constitution.
Sources:
Letters From An American
Music History Calendar
Still waiting to hear from Apple Podcasts but the podcast is now on Amazon.
For someone who has banked everything on his name as brand, T**** has involuntarily changed his last name to mud. He's now as toxic as famed self Zoom fondler Jeffrey Toobin.
Evidence of a coordinated planned attack on the Capitol is coming in at an accelerated rate making the likelihood of a Senate impeachment conviction be much less far fetched than just 2 days ago.
In tech, millions are switching to end to end encryption apps and on this date in 1967 we celebrate the prelude to the "Summer of Love".
Sources today:
Letters from an American
New York Times
Music History Calendar
Welcome to the first issue of BlueRootsRadio Podcast, a quick look (500 words or less) of some items of interest for lovers of music, news, tech and culture.
Sources for today:
Letters From An American: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-12-2021?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
The Daily Poster: https://www.dailyposter.com/p/republicans-loved-metal-detectors?r=9kpps&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
Music History Calendar: https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/13/