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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

(26) Sing Sing Sing – Carnegie Hall 1938 – YouTube

The legendary Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall version of Sing Sing Sing. Featuring Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Harry James and more!

13:06 minutes of joy!!!

Songs I Like (72) | beetleypete

This song has been featured on my blog before, but is always worth a second outing. The 2006 song from Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini is currently on the shortlist to be played at my funeral. The title, ‘Last Request’ is suitable, and I really like the song too.

Slow down, lie down
Remember it’s just you and me
Don’t sell out, bow out
Remember how this used to be…

Source: Songs I Like (72) | beetleypete

Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting – Mother Jones

On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a lengthy diatribe about Democrats being the real “threat to democracy.”

In his tweet, Musk claimed that Democrats are flying “asylum seekers” to swing states (this is not happening), fast-tracking them for citizenship (asylum seekers are not fast-tracked), and ensuring said noncitizens can vote (noncitizens cannot vote). (In the tweet, Musk also lists Ohio as an example of a swing state; it is not.)

In short: Almost every claim in Musk’s rant is factually incorrect.

As we previously stated, Republicans’ “Big Lie” this time has been that Democrats are stealing the election by pushing noncitizens to the ballot box. Trump backed the claim in the presidential debate earlier this month when asked about whether he acknowledges that he lost in 2020. “A lot of these illegal immigrants coming in, they’re trying to get them to vote,” the former president said. “And that’s why they’re allowing them to come into our country.”

But, as my colleague Isabela Dias reported, this is not accurate. There are not masses of noncitizens registered to vote. In fact, as she wrote, “a study by the Brennan Center for Justice found that in the 2016 election, election officials in 42 jurisdictions overseeing the tabulation of 23.5 million votes only referred about 30 cases of ‘suspected noncitizen voting’ for investigation or prosecution—or 0.0001 percent of votes.”

Musk’s logic, though, goes beyond the idea of noncitizens voting. He claims 1 in 20 “illegals” will become citizens per year, resulting in two million new legal voters for Democrats in four years. “America then becomes a one-party state and Democracy is over,” the billionaire wrote. “The only ‘elections’ will be the Democratic Party primaries.”

Source: Let’s Break Down All the Lies in Elon Musk’s False Tweet About Noncitizens Voting – Mother Jones