There was another assassination attempt on the world’s most hated man, yesterday. Ryan Wesley Routh, a gun nut, a recruiter of mercenaries to fight in Ukraine, with a long history of felony arrests and convictions on gun charges, had an AK-47. How’d he get it?
We’re 346 days into the US-supported Israeli genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. It appears that Ukraine will be given the go-ahead to fire American long-range missiles on Russian cities. Putin threatens to respond with nukes. Buckle up!
The entire Haitian population is being criminalized. And with the election less than eight weeks away, it’s raining cats and dogs and Laura Loomer too. Loomer’s overt racism, including her claim that Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascendency to the Oval Office would make the White House “smell like curry.”
Who would have imagined that the 2024 presidential election could swing on a Trump debate lie about immigrants eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio, or the former president getting it on with a MAGA groupie?
On second thought…yes of course.
Weekend Quotables
Elon Musk
“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” — HuffPost
Sen. BernieSanders
You go to the hospital in Canada, you don’t pay a nickel. Ali Velshi's father recently had heart surgery in Canada. The only thing he paid for? Parking. — X
Amnesty International
“Given the ongoing, unresolved concerns about the fairness of Leonard Peltier’s trial and legal process, that he has spent nearly 50 years in prison, his age, the recent denial of parole and compassionate release, and ongoing and chronic health issues, we are asking you to commute Leonard Peltier’s sentence and release him. This is not only timely but a necessary measure in the interests of both justice and mercy.” — Letter to Pres. Biden
Dua Lipa quoted on 60 Minutes
“Burning children alive can never be justified. The whole world is mobilizing to stop the Israeli genocide. Please show your solidarity with Gaza.” — 60 Minutes
D.T.
“Their [Harris/Walz] rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country – both from the inside and out.” — Fox News
Bruce Zuchowski, a local sheriff in Portage County, Ohio
“Write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!” a post on Bruce Zuchowski’s Facebook page reads. — Fox 8
Hitting Left Music
If you missed the Hitting Left Music show on Friday, you can listen to it here.
Playlist
1. Morning in America by Durand Jones & The Indications
2. Move on Up by Curtis Mayfield
3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken by Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt
4. Joe Hill sung by Paul Robeson to Australian unionists. YouTube video.
Paul Robeson sings "Joe Hill" for the workers at the Sydney Opera House
5. My Mother the War by 10,000 Maniacs
6. Clampdown by Bruce Springsteen (and Tom Morello) Live at Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh.
7. Union Sundown by Bob Dylan
8. Union Burying Ground by Woody Guthrie.
9. My Sisters and Brothers by Jerry Garcia Band (Live)
10. Dump the Bosses by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips
King Harvest by The Band
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues
Some Dem needs to quick write and introduce the Protect the Life of Donald Trump gun control bill just to see how the Rs vote on it.