#Adam B. Schiff

[fascinationstreetmp3]

other books from Daniel’s apartment i’ve been able to pick out are “ADVICE AND DISSENT: WHY AMERICA SUFFERS WHEN ECONOMICS AND POLITICS COLLIDE” by Alan S. Blinder (2018), Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff (2021) and Them: A Memoir of Parents by Francine du Plessix Gray (2005)

i really wish we could see all the books the set designers chose! i feel like the ones we can see/read more clearly might've been intentional choices but i wonder how intentional others are. were they just randomly picked as set dressing, or can they offer any insight into daniel? have some been left behind by someone else? an ex-wife/daughter/etc... (did anyone else ever live in this apartment too? or has it always been just him?)

i can make out a few by the tv:

Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman (1997)

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown (2006)

Attila: The Judgement by William Napier (2008)

In a Heartbeat by Rosalind Noonan (2010)

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal (2008)

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism by Jacques Dupuis (1997)

Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft, Judith Viscardi (2007)

The Yoga Book: A Practical Guide to Self-realization Through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga by Stephen Sturgess (1997)

A Pictorial History of the Talkies by Daniel Blum (1958)

(yes i already pointed that last one out but i wanted to include it in the list)

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Lightening the mood after Miami with another edition of my US number ones posts - the drivers from all series version. Please enjoy 😊😊

Sebastien Loeb (26th February 1974) - Barbara Streisand - The Way We Were

Tony Kanaan (31st December 1974) - Helen Reddy - Angie Baby

Juan Pablo Montoya (20th September 1975) - David Bowie - Fame

Mark Webber (27th August 1976) - Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Kimi Raikkonen (17th October 1979) - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

Jenson Button (19th January 1980) - Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Felipe Massa (25th April 1981) - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

Heikki Kovalainen (19th October 1981) - Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Andre Lotterer (19th November 1981) - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes

Pippa Mann (11th August 1983) - The Police - Every Breath You Take

Simon Pagenaud (18th May 1984) - Lionel Richie - Hello

Robert Kubica (7th December 1984) - Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Nico Rosberg (27th June 1985) - Bryan Adams - Heaven

Jerome D'Ambrosio (27th December 1985) - Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me

Rahel Frey (23rd February 1986) - Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

Kamui Kobayashi (13th September 1986) - Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Rene Rast (26th October 1986) - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

James Hinchcliffe (5th December 1986) - Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

Oliver Turvey (1st April 1987) - Club Nouveau - Let It Be

Sebastian Vettel (3rd July 1987) - Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Alexander Sims (15th March 1988) - Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Molly Taylor (6th May 1988) - Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Simona De Silvestro (1st September 1988) - George Michael - Monkey

Sarah Bovy (15th May 1989) - Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You

James Calado (13th June 1989) - Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings

Brendon Hartley (10th November 1989) - Roxette - Listen To Your Heart

Earl Bamber (9th July 1990) - New Kids On The Block - Step By Step

Cristina Gutierrez (24th July 1991) - EMF - Unbelievable

Abbie Eaton (2nd January 1992) - Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Timmy Hansen (21st May 1992) - Kris Kross - Jump

Daniel Abt (3rd December 1992) & Alice Powell (26th January 1993) - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Tatiana Calderon (10th March 1993) - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle - A Whole New World

Christine GZ (22nd July 1993) - SWV - Weak

Alex Lynn (17th September 1993) & Bubba Wallace (8th October 1993) - Mariah Carey - Dreamlover

Michelle Gatting (31st December 1993) - Mariah Carey - Hero

Naomi Schiff (18th May 1994) - Ace Of Base - The Sign

Jessica Hawkins (16th February 1995) & Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - TLC - Creep

Beitske Visser (10th March 1995) - Madonna - Take A Bow

Nicholas Latifi (29th June 1995) - Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

Jack Aitken (23rd September 1995) - Coolio ft L.V - Gangsta's Paradise

Oliver Askew (12th December 1996) - Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart

Louis Deletraz (22nd April 1997) - Puff Daddy ft Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Catie Munnings (15th November 1997) - Elton John - Candle In The Wind

Cem Bolukbasi (9th February 1998) - Janet Jackson - Together Again

Jamie Chadwick (20th May 1998) - Next - Too Close

Kevin Hansen (28th May 1998) - Mariah Carey - My All

Mick Schumacher (22nd March 1999) - Cher - Believe

Toni Breidinger (14th July 1999) - Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

Max Fewtrell (29th July 1999) - Will Smith ft Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee - Wild Wild West

Robert Shwartzman (16th September 1999) - Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos

Bent Viscaal (18th September 1999) - TLC - Unpretty

Felipe Drugovich (23rd May 2000) - Santana ft The Product G&B - Maria Maria

Marta Garcia (9th August 2000) - N'Sync - It's Gonna Be Me

Arthur Leclerc (14th October 2000) - Christina Aguilera - Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)

Sophia Florsch (1st December 2000) & Clement Novalak (23rd December 2000) - Destiny's Child - Independent Women Pt 1

Frederik Vesti (13th January 2002) - Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Luke Browning (31st January 2002) & Liam Lawson (11th February 2002) - Usher - U Got It Bad

Olli Caldwell (11th June 2002) - Ashanti - Foolish

Jack Doohan (20th January 2003) - Eminem - Lose Yourself

All added to this playlist

[eaudrey35]

Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of presidential race

@iamaffscandallover I hate to say this Abt ur Rep. Adam Schiff but these some low down dirty mofo's. Going to donors. Trying to force Biden out without a plan B C D E F n place. They r playing a stupid game and dangerous game. If they piss off the Democratic voters they might be out of job.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

A List of Works Influencing and Referenced by IWTV Season 1

Works Directly Referenced

Marriage in a Free Society by Edward Carpenter

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Cheri by Collete

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

La Nausee by Jean-Paul Sartre (credit to @demonicdomarmand )

Complete Poetry of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson*

Blue Book by Tom Anderson

The Book of Abramelin the Mage

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills credit to @speckled-jim

Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff credit to @spreckled-jim

America and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide by Alan S. Blinder credit to @speckled-jim

Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman credit to @speckled-jim

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown credit to @speckled-jim

Attila: the Judgement by William Napier credit to @speckled-jim

In A Heartbeat by Rosalind Noonan credit to @spreckled-jim

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal credit to @speckled-jim

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" by Jacques Dupuis credit to @speckled-jim

Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft & Judith Viscardi credit to @speckled-jim

Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats

The Circus Animal's Desertion by Yeats

The Second Coming by Yeats

Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky

Pelleas et Melisande by Claude Debussy

Epigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Graduate (1967)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

On the Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin

De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis by Michael Ranft (1728)

Emily Post’s Etiquette

Bach’s Minuet in G Major (arranged as vampire minuet in G major)

Artworks referenced (much credit in this section to @iwtvfanevents and to @nicodelenfent )

Fall of The Rebel Angels by Peter Bruegel The Elder (1562)

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)

Three Peaches on a Stone Plinth by Adriaen Coorte (1705)

Strawberries and Cream Raphaelle Peale, (1816) credit to @diasdelfeugo

Red Mullet and Eel by Edouard Manet (1864)

Starry Night by Edvard Munch (1893)

Self Portrait by Edvard Munch (1881)

Captain Percy Williams on a Favorite Irish Hunter by Samuel Sidney (1881)

Autumn at Arkville by Alexander H. Wyant 

Cumulus Clouds, East River by Robert Henri 

Mildred-O Hat by Robert Henri (Undated)

Ship in the Night James Gale Tyler (1870)

Bouquet in a Theater Box by Renoir (1871)

Berthe Morisot with a Fan by Édouard Manet (1872)

La Vierge D’aurore by Odilon Redon (1890) credit to @vampirepoem on twt

Still Life with Blue Vase and Mushrooms by Otto Sholderer (1891)

After the Bath: Woman Drying her Hair by Edgar Degas (1898)

Bust of a Woman with Her Left Hand on Her

Chin by Edgar Degas (1898) credit to @terrifique

Backstage at the Opera by Jean Beraud (1889)

Roman Bacchanal by Vasily Alexandrovich Kotarbiński (1898)

Dancers by Edgar Degas (1899)

Calling the Hounds Out of Cover by Haywood Hardy (1906)

Dolls by Witold Wojtkiewicz (1906) credit to @gyzeppelis on twt

Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907)

The Artist's Sister Melanie by Egon Schiele (1908)

Paddy Flannigan by George Bellows (1908)

Stag at Sharkey’s by George Bellows (1909)

The Lone Tenement by George Bellows (1909)

Ode to Flower After Anacreon by Auguste Renoir (1909) credit to @iwtvasart on twt

New York by George Bellows (1911)

Young Man kneeling before God the Father

Egon Schiele (1909)

Kneeling Girl with Spanish Skirt by Egon Schiele (1911)

Portrait of Erich Lederer by Egon Schiele (1912)

Krumau on the Molde by Egon Schiele (1912)

Weeping Nude by Edvard Munch (1913)

The Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows (1913)

Church in Stein on the Danube by Egon Schiele (1913)

Self Portrait in a Jerkin by Egon Schiele (1914)

The Kitten's Art Lesson by Henriette Ronner Knip credit to @terrifique

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon (1944)

New York by Vivian Maier (1953)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (Undated)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (1954)

Slave Auction by Jean-Michelle Basquiat (1982)

(Untitled) photo of St. Paul Loading Docks by Bradley Olson (2015)

Transformation by Ron Bechet (2021)

(Untitled) sculpture in the shape of vines by Sadie Sheldon

(Untitled) Ceramic Totems by Julie Silvers (Undated)

Mother Daughter by Rahmon Oluganna

Twins I by Raymon Oluganna

@iwtvfanevents made a post of unidentified works here.

Works Cited by the Writer’s Room as Influences

Bourbon Street: A History by Richard Campanella (as it hardly mentions Storyville I think interested parties would be better served by additional titles if they want a complete history of New Orleans)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (This was also adapted into an award winning opera)

poetry by Charles Simic (possibly A Wedding in Hell?)

poetry by Mark Strand (possibly Dark Harbour?)

Works IWTV may be in conversation with (This is the most open to criticism and additions)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, uncensored (There are two very different versions of this which exist today, as Harvard Press republished the unedited original with permission from the Wilde family.)

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Warsan Shire for Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier

Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (credit to @johnlockdynamic )

1984 by George Orwell (credit to @savage-garden-nights for picking this up)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Gone With the Wind film (1939)

Hannibal (2013)

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle Suzanne de Villenueve

Music used in Season 1 collected by @greedandenby here

*if collected or in translation most of the best editions today would not have been available to the characters pre-1940. It’s possible Louis is meant to have read them in their original French in some cases, but it would provide for a different experience. Lydia Davis’ Madame Bovary, for example, attempts to replicate this.

** I've tagged and linked relevant excerpts under quote series as I've been working my way through the list.

Season 2 here

Season 3 here

[contemplatingoutlander]

House Republicans censuring Adam Schiff says more about them than him

The Editorial Board of The Washington Post rightly calls out the House Republicans for weaponizing the House to punish one of Trump's enemies, after Trump threatened to primary the 20 Republicans who initially voted against censuring him.

Here are some excerpts from the editorial:

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) became on Wednesday just the third member of Congress to be censured in the past 40 years. The party-line vote reflected worse on the House Republicans who pushed it through than it did on Mr. Schiff. The resolution accuses the former House Intelligence Committee chairman of falsely claiming that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government. Mr. Schiff responded that Paul Manafort, as chairman of Mr. Trump’s campaign, provided internal campaign polling data to a Russian intelligence operative amid widespread Kremlin efforts to assist Mr. Trump. Experts can debate whether that technically constitutes collusion. But this semantic question is hardly the basis for a censure motion. Contrary to what many Trump supporters claim, the investigation by Robert S. Mueller III never exonerated Mr. Trump. Indeed, the special counsel’s report laid out significant evidence of obstruction of justice. It’s indisputable that Russia interfered in the 2016 election on Mr. Trump’s behalf. [...] After 20 Republicans voted last week with Democrats to table the censure resolution, Mr. Trump wrote on social media that he’d support primary challengers against them. (Mr. Schiff had spearheaded Mr. Trump’s first impeachment and played a leading role on the select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.) When the resolution came up again Wednesday, this time without a threat to fine Mr. Schiff $16 million, most of those Republicans capitulated. In so doing, they weakened the power of congressional censure as an official rebuke reserved for egregious conduct — and, in the process, made themselves appear to be the wrongdoers. [color emphasis added]

[kwebtv]

Jackie Ethel Joan: The Women of Camelot - NBC - March 4-5, 2001

Biographical Drama (2 episodes)

Running Time: 163 Minutes Total

Stars:

Jill Hennessy as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

Lauren Holly as Ethel Skakel Kennedy

Leslie Stefanson as Joan Bennett Kennedy

Daniel Hugh Kelly as John F. Kennedy

Robert Knepper as Robert F. Kennedy

Matt Letscher as Ted Kennedy

Harve Presnell as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Charmion King as Rose Kennedy

Wayne Best as George Smathers

Walker Boone as Steve Clark

Christopher Britton as Ted's Doctor

Catherine Bruce as Sister Mary Leo

Adam Cabral as John F. Kennedy Jr.

Thom Christopher as Aristotle Onassis

William Colgate as Richard Nixon

Beau Dunker as Ted Kennedy Jr.

David Eisner as Schiff

Greg Ellwand as Peter Wilson

Madison Fitzpatrick as Caroline Kennedy

Richard Fitzpatrick as Frank Peters

Linda Goranson as Lady Bird Johnson

Paul Thomas Gordon as Peter Lawford

Kate Hemblen as Joan's Nanny

Shannon Hile as Elaine Mitchell

Tom Howard as Lyndon B. Johnson

Jeno Huber as Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł

Jamie Johnston as Young Patrick Kennedy

Geoff Kahnert as Sargent Shriver

Ray Kahnert Bobby's Priest

Tamsin Kelsey as Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Anne L'Espérance as Cathy

Sarah Lafleur as Marilyn Monroe

Shawn Lawrence as Alex Carter

Gene Mack as Rosey Grier

Louisa Martin as Maude Shaw

Kaya McGregor as Pat Kennedy

Nicole Michaux as Jean Ann Smith

Julia Pagel as Kathleen Kennedy

Rosemary Pate as Kara

Karl Pruner as Clinton Hill

Matt Sadowski as Joseph P. Kennedy II

Jeffrey Smith as Jim Ketchum

Joy Tanner as Lee Bouvier

Bruce Vavrina as Roger Mudd

Jonathan Whittaker as Lem Billings

Brad Wietersen as Stephen Edward Smith

[ulkaralakbarova]

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Archibald Snatcher (voice): Ben Kingsley Eggs (voice): Isaac Hempstead-Wright Winnie Portley-Rind (voice): Elle Fanning Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice): Dee Bradley Baker Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice): Toni Collette Lord Portley-Rind (voice): Jared Harris Mr. Trout (voice): Nick Frost Mr. Pickles (voice): Richard Ayoade Mr. Gristle (voice): Tracy Morgan Herbert Trubshaw (voice): Simon Pegg Oil Can / Knickers (voice): Nika Futterman Fragile / Sweets (voice): Pat Fraley Clocks / Specs (voice): Fred Tatasciore Sir Langsdale (voice): Maurice LaMarche Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice): James Urbaniak Boulanger / Male Aristocrat (voice): Brian George Female Aristocrat (voice): Lori Tritel Shoe / Sparky (voice): Steve Blum Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice): Laraine Newman Background Boy (voice): Reckless Jack Baby Eggs (voice): Max Mitchell Film Crew: Screenplay: Irena Brignull Director: Graham Annable Adaptation: Anthony Stacchi Novel: Alan Snow Music: Dario Marianelli Animation: Travis Knight Screenplay: Adam Pava Animation: Stephen Bodin Animation: Malcolm Lamont Animation: Matias Liebrecht Animation: Brian Leif Hansen Animation: Payton Curtis Animation: Joon Soo Song Animation: Adam Lawthers Animation: Shane Prigmore Animation: Chris Tootell Animation: Kyle Williams Animation: Mike Hollenbeck Animation: Danail Kraev Animation: Kristien Vanden Bussche Animation: Adam Fisher Animation: Anthony Straus Animation: Sean Burns Animation: Mael Gourmelen Animation: David Vandervoort Animation: Dan MacKenzie Animation Supervisor: Brad Schiff Animation: Kevin Parry Adaptation: Phil Dale Producer: David Bleiman Ichioka Animation: Jon David Buffam Animation: Rachelle Lambden Animation: Gabe Sprenger Animation: Philippe Tardif Animation: Ian Whitlock Animation: Daniel Alderson Animation: Charles Greenfield Animation: Jason Stalman Casting: Mary Hidalgo Line Producer: Matthew Fried Sculptor: Toby Froud Visual Effects Coordinator: Jeremy Fenske Choreographer: Nicole Cuevas Visual Effects Coordinator: Claudia Amatulli Sculptor: Benjamin William Adams Set Designer: Emily Greene Additional Editing: Ralph Foster Visual Effects Editor: Todd Gilchrist Set Designer: Carl B. Hamilton Sculptor: Scott Foster Production Design: Paul Lasaine Production Coordinator: Jocelyn Pascall Editor: Edie Ichioka Art Direction: Curt Enderle Editorial Coordinator: Dave Davenport Art Department Coordinator: Zach Sheehan CG Supervisor: Rick Sevy Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford Music Editor: James Bellany Songs: Eric Idle Visual Effects Supervisor: Steve Emerson Costume Design: Deborah Cook Production Manager: Dan Pascall Additional Writing: Vera Brosgol Post Production Supervisor: David Dresher Editorial Manager: Trevor Cable Visual Effects Supervisor: Brian Van’t Hul Additional Editing: Christopher Murrie Director of Photography: John Ashlee Prat Set Designer: Polly Allen Robbins Visual Effects Producer: Annie Pomeranz Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ren Klyce ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Gaffer: James WilderHancock Modeling: Paul Mack Publicist: Maggie Begley Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Myers Production Design: Michel Breton Prop Designer: Alan Cook Animation: Paul Andrew Bailey Assistant Art Director: Phil Brotherton Executive In Charge Of Post Production: Ben Urquhart First Assistant Director: Samuel Wilson Layout: Daniel R. Casey Layout: Simon Dunsdon Orchestrator: Geoff Alexander Set Dresser: Duncan Gillis Third Assistant Director: David J. Epstein Animation: Anthony Elworthy Animation: Dan Ramsay Animation: Jan-Erik Maas CG Animator: Carolyn Vale Digital Compositors: Daniel Leatherdale Digital Compositors: James McPherson Foley Editor: Thom Brennan Production Illustrator: Ean McNamara Sound Effects Editor: David C. Hughes Finance: Erin Baldwin Finance: Jason Bryant CG Animator: Jeff Croke Con...

[vote-democrat-president-congress]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/11/19/donald-trump-insults-vulgarities-republicans/

Trump swooped into Iowa for his own event — where he lobbed insults, made crude references and casually tossed out baseless and false claims designed to belittle his opponents and critics in vicious terms. Children wandered around in shirts and hats with the letters “FJB,” an abbreviation for an obscene jab at President Biden that other merchandise spelled out: “F--- Biden.”

During his speech inside a high school gym in Fort Dodge, former president Trump called one GOP rival a “son of a b----,” referred to another as “birdbrain” and had the crowd shrieking with laughter at his comments on Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who he called “pencil neck” before asking, “How does he hold up that fat, ugly face?” He brought the house down while mocking Biden, at one point baselessly suggesting Biden is using drugs and can’t get offstage “by the time whatever it is he’s taken wears off.”

One of Trump’s introductory speakers from the Iowa state legislature declared anyone who kneels for the national anthem is a “disrespectful little s---,” quickly drawing a roaring response. And outside the packed venue, vulgar slogans about Biden and Vice President Harris were splashed across T-shirts: “Biden Loves Minors.” “Joe and the Ho Gotta Go!” One referred to Biden and Harris performing sexual acts.

Trump’s coarseness and cruelty have come to define the Republican Party since his rise to the presidency — and many GOP voters relish and emulate the approach, while others tolerate it. The split-screen on display in Iowa on Friday and Saturday highlighted one of the defining dynamics in the Republican race, in which Trump is the dominant polling leader overshadowing a roster of candidates running more traditional campaigns.

Offered the chance to support other presidential hopefuls who champion similar agenda to Trump in a less abrasive package, Republicans are for now sticking with the former president — underscoring how his personality and shattering of behavioral norms have long been a major part of his appeal. Conservative evangelicals influential in Iowa — the first state in the GOP nominating calendar — have previously set aside some distaste for Trump’s personal behavior as he took up their causes, including appointing antiabortion judges to the Supreme Court, and next year’s caucuses will test whether anything has shifted.

[tyhardaway]

“The leading candidates to replace her are Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) , Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and Katie Porter of Irvine.

Newsom said in an interview several weeks ago that he would pick a short-term caretaker, not one of the candidates running for Feinstein’s seat next year.”

–LAT

“That primary is just a matter of months away. I don’t want to tip the balance of that.”

–Gavs

What?! That’s the point of the appointment.

“… survey found that Newsom’s preference to appoint a short-term caretaker is out of step with public opinion. Asked what Newsom should do if Feinstein steps down, 51% of likely voters said the governor should appoint someone who is prepared to run for a full Senate term in the 2024 election.”

-LAT

Doy!

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

So much has occurred since Trump’s first impeachment in December 2019 that it is easy to forget the nation’s turmoil at that time. A president had done the unthinkable: he bullied and cajoled an ally to fabricate lies about his political opponent by threatening to withhold military aid Congress had approved. The brutish effort by Trump was equal parts bribery, extortion, and corruption. Nearly every fact needed to prove the crime was recorded on audio. Trump was unfit to continue in office and was a clear and present danger to the Constitution, the rule of law, and our national security.

         But Republicans balked at holding Trump accountable. To conceal the truth and create a smokescreen for acquittal, Senate Republicans irrationally contended that the trial in the Senate was limited to the evidence and witnesses called in the House impeachment proceeding. Republicans did not argue that Trump was innocent of the charges. Instead, they claimed that his conduct did not warrant removal from office and that we should “let the voters decide” if he should be re-elected. Susan Collins argued that Trump “had learned his lesson” and would reform his ways.

         At that fraught, unstable, maddening time in our history, it felt as though the nation was teetering on edge. Into this maelstrom walked Adam Schiff, one of the lead prosecutors in the Senate trial of Trump’s impeachment charges. As lead prosecutor, Adam Schiff spoke for the nation and restored a measure of sanity and reason. He contained the madness of the moment by putting into words the insane and bewildering situation that confronted a troubled country.

         Adam Schiff’s closing argument in the Senate trial will endure as one of the great speeches in our nation’s history. A link to a 3-minute excerpt is here and should be required watching for every American: Schiff: Trump will ‘do it again’ if not removed. Schiff said, in part,

Can we be confident that he will not continue to try to cheat in [this] very election? Can we be confident that Americans and not foreign powers will get to decide, and that the president will shun any further foreign interference in our Democratic affairs. The short, plain, sad, incontestable answer is no, you can’t. You can’t trust this president to do the right thing. Not for one minute, not for one election, not for the sake of our country. You just can’t. He will not change and you know it.

We must say enough — enough! He has betrayed our national security, and he will do so again. He has compromised our elections, and he will do so again. You will not change him. You cannot constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What’s right matters even less, and decency matters not at all.

         Schiff’s words were prophetic. The GOP’s lock-step refusal to convict Trump emboldened him. Eleven months later, Trump began plotting a coup and planning a violent insurrection. If Republicans had heeded Adam Schiff’s eloquent plea, we would have avoided the national tragedy of the January 6th insurrection.

         Because Schiff spoke the truth in such simple, powerful, incontestable terms, Republicans despise him. He is a constant reminder that they had a chance to stop Trump and retreated in fear. Adam Schiff offered to serve as their conscience, the voice of morality and decency in their heads that they ignored to their everlasting shame. And there is more: Schiff is a formidable adversary whose civil demeanor and calm exterior camouflage his tenacity and persistence.

         Because of Schiff’s role in prosecuting Trump and his effectiveness in exposing the depravity of Trump’s enablers, Kevin McCarthy blocked Adam Schiff from the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Schiff’s exclusion from the committee is a blow to our national security.

         The move was vindictive, venal, and petty. McCarthy promised MAGA extremists that he would block Schiff’s membership on the Intelligence Committee to garner support for McCarthy’s ego-driven quest to become Speaker. And it comes at the same time that McCarthy is placing Marjorie Taylor Greene on the committee that oversees Homeland Security. Greene has famously promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory of a Satan-worshipping, pedophile, blood-drinking cabal that runs the world. She also claims that “Jewish space lasers” funded by George Soros were responsible for massive forest fires in California in 2020. McCarthy has also appointed the “human fraud” George Santos to two committees even though Santos has admitted to pervasive lies on his resume and is credibly accused of campaign finance fraud.

         If McCarthy believes he can stop Adam Schiff from speaking the truth, he is sorely mistaken. But McCarthy’s vindictive behavior relating to a committee that has been above partisan politics for decades has rattled the moderates in the GOP caucus. See Newsweek, GOP Rep. Blasts ‘Corrosive’ Kevin McCarthy Kicking Democrats Off Committees. (GOP Rep. Don Bacon from Nebraska has said Kevin McCarthy’s decision to remove Democrats from some House committees was “corrosive.")

         If speaking unpleasant truths is grounds for exclusion from House committees, then supporting an insurrection surpasses that bar by orders of magnitude. When Democrats next control the House, it should exclude from committees every member who abetted Trump in his attempted coup.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[mariacallous]

Re The Ilhan Omar thing: I'm conflicted, on the one hand I do believe she is antisemitic, and as a Jew I don't want antisemites in Congress and if they make it to Congress I want them as disempowered as possible, like MTG. Also her on Foreign Affairs, given her support for the Maduro government, her BS on Ukraine, her closeness to Turkey, etc are all really bad and I don't want her on that committee of all the committees

on the other hand, I know that the Republican push is not about anything she's said or done, it's about A) letting MTG off the hook for what she said by painting the choice to kick her off committees as just a political thing that parties to do each other when they're in power, and thus undermining our Democracy more by making punishing members of Congress a political tit for tat game and B) her being a black Muslim woman who wears a hijab to work drives them fucking bonkers and thats the real 100% first and main reason they don't want her in Congress, she could be 100% pro-Israel and she'd still be on the list with Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff.

That's kind of where I'm at too, tbh - my not being one of her fans (and having lived near the area she represents and seeing the sentiment in her district is a part of that) is pretty well-established. I think she is deliberately provocative in a way that is unhelpful and distracting a lot of the time, and her inconsistency on things like sanctions and so forth (okay for Israel, not okay for Russia) is problematic.

But I also know that she has consistently been a progressive Democratic voice and vote, and the fundamental issue that the right has with her is that she is a black muslim woman who has been successful politically and in opposition to them.

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Part 6 of my 'motorsport number ones' post. This time it's the random bunch of drivers edition

Sebastien Loeb - (26th February 1974) - Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive

Juan Pablo Montoya - (20th September 1975) - Rod Stewart - Sailing

Mark Webber - (27th August 1976) - Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Jenson Button - (19th January 1980) - The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

Felipe Massa - (25th April 1981) - Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

Heikki Kovalainen - (19th October 1981) - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party

Pippa Mann - (11th August 1983) - KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up

Robert Kubica - (7th December 1984) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

Nico Rosberg - (27th June 1985) - Sister Sledge - Frankie

Jerome D'Ambrosio - (27th December 1985) - Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

James Hinchcliffe - (5th December 1986) - Europe - The Final Countdown

Oliver Turvey - (1st April 1987) - Ferry Aid - Let It Be

Sebastian Vettel - (3rd July 1987) - Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

Alexander Sims - (15th March 1988) - Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

Molly Taylor - (6th May 1988) - S'Express - Theme From S'Express

James Calado - (13th June 1989) - Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss

Daniel Ricciardo - (1st July 1989) - Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler - Back To Life

Simona De Silvestro - (1st September 1988) - Yazz & Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up

Brendon Hartley - (10th November 1989) - Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World

Cristina Gutierrez - (24th July 1991) - Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Abbie Eaton - (2nd January 1992) - Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

Reema Juffali - (18th January 1992) - Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl

Timmy Hansen - (21st May 1992) - K.W.S - Please Don't Go

Daniel Abt - (3rd December 1992) & Alice Powell - (26th January 1993) - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Christine GZ - (22nd July 1993) - Take That - Pray

Alex Lynn - (17th September 1993) - Culture Beat - Mr Vain

Bubba Wallace - (8th October 1993) - Take That & Lulu - Relight My Fire

Naomi Schiff - (18th May 1994) - Manchester United Football Squad - Come On You Reds

Jessica Hawkins - (16th February 1995) & Beitske Visser - (10th March 1995) - Celine Dion - Think Twice

Nicholas Latifi - (29th June 1995) - Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody

Jack Aitken - (23rd September 1995) - Simply Red - Fairground

Oliver Askew - (12th December 1996) - Boyzone - A Different Beat

Louis Deletraz - (22nd April 1997) - Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor

Catie Munnings - (15th November 1997) - Aqua - Barbie Girl

Cem Bolukbasi - (9th February 1998) - Aqua - Dr Jones

Jamie Chadwick - (20th May 1998) - All Saints - Under The Bridge

Kevin Hansen - (28th May 1998) - The Tamperer & Maya - Feel It

Mick Schumacher - (22nd March 1999) - B*witched - Blame It On The Weatherman

Max Fewtrell - (29th July 1999) - Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca

Robert Shwartzman - (16th September 1999) - Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza!

Bent Viscaal - (18th September 1999) - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Felipe Drugovich - (23rd May 2000) - Billie Piper - Day & Night

Marta Garcia - (9th August 2000) - Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

Liam Lawson - (11th February 2002) - Enrique Iglesias - Hero

Olli Caldwell - (11th June 2002) - Will Young - Light My Fire

Doriane Pin - (6th January 2004) - Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World

Bianca Bustamante - (19th January 2005) - Elvis Presley - One Night

All added to this playlist 😊

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Law & Order "Open Wounds" -- A Solid Episode; Great Performances from the Waterston's & Hugh Dancy. Hopes For Season 23.

Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen the 22nd (reboot 2nd) season finale of Law & Order, do not read anything other than the title if you don't want to be spoiled; otherwise on with the review.

"Open Wounds" (Writers: Rick Eid & Pamela Wechsler (teleplay), Gia Gordon & Ajani Jackson (story), and directed by Alexander Hall), is one of the few select episode since the reboot started that somewhat has that 'Law & Order feel' that we liked from the old days. The crime itself is related to a hot button issue that is the 2nd Amendment and the almost daily mass shootings in the United States; this episode had a moment or two that seemed kind of preachy but it wasn't over the top, one-sided and/or shoved to the viewers in my view, something that a lot of the other episodes seem to do.

The underlying stories are where the magic for this episode is; the return of Jack McCoy's daughter Rebecca (played by Sam's actual daughter Elizabeth) and we actually see a layer besides ambition in Sr. ADA Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy). Jack and his daughter - who is the defense attorney on this case - obviously were on different sides of the case and of differing opinions, which isn't helping their still-strained relationship. By the episode's end after her client is found guilty, Rebecca seems to still not be able to find forgiveness to her father; she literally left Jack standing at the curb as she hops in a taxi and takes off after telling Jack his grandson would be going to Columbia Law School.

Elizabeth Waterston brought her A game to this role and this will be the first episode since "The Right Thing" that we've seen Jack/Sam in any other capacity than "the DA with little to say." Since this reboot started Jack McCoy seems to be wound down to have something pithy to say about the case as he enters or exits are room/building and/or the occasional angst towards a decision Price has made. Sam Waterston's best showcase (and his 400th episode on mothership) in a while, he actually felt like the old Jack -- I really hope the writers continue to incorporate him into the stories more; if Sam is supposed to be portraying McCoy as the new Adam Schiff (Steven Hill), then Schiff had way more input/dialogue and presence on cases.

Meanwhile it'd be remiss not to mention that this episode also showcased Hugh Dancy's talent a bit more, it was refreshing to see him portray Price as something more than just an ambitious prosecutor who at times finds sympathy for the defense in spite of the law. During the cross examination of the defendant, he goes to pick up the weapon in evidence used in the homicide and he clearly begins to be visibly affected. Price saw the aftermath of a mass casualty event back in the episode "Camouflage" as well as in the crossover premiere "Gimme Shelter," he saw a witness gunned down and the guy bled out in his hands. It's this that I've been somewhat hoping for, for both the character and the actor. There is still a LOT more work to go with ADA Price that the writers need to do, but this is a step in the right direction. I hope they don't just drop all of this next season; mother ship is not SVU where the characters lead the story but these little bits and pieces help the stories and that's what made the original series so great.

The Finale get's a B grade from me.

Season 23 Hopes:

I said this in my franchise opinion post so I won't rehash all of that but in season 23 (3rd for this reboot), there definitely needs to be a change somewhere in the leadership in the writer's room - the timing would be perfect for Dick Wolf/NBC to rebuild it after the WGA Writer's Strike - if they hope for this series to remain on air for a while longer, because what is being delivered every week currently is not it. Where is the discussion? Where are the issues that we face today? Where is the banter between characters that doesn't feel forced or lean one-way or the other politically? And where are what these characters stand for? Particularly the ones we should be rooting for and can't seem to.

Where are the characters from the original run? Cutter, Rubirosa, Robinette, Carmichael, Green, Logan? Milena Govich and Elisabeth Rohm have both directed episodes but have yet to appear as the characters they once portrayed on screen. That would help this reboot to see some familiar faces other than some at the defense table.

On the other side of that; can the mothership characters participate in the crossovers SVU/OC seem to continue to do? Sam Waterston has yet to appear on SVU since the reboot return (aside from Gimmie Shelter); Peter Scanavino (ADA Carisi) has yet to interact on screen with Sam. Carisi is often said "his boss/the DA" but has not actually appeared on screen with him and vice versa. Peter could showcase Carisi on mother ship.

One can only hope.

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aight so here we go. as requested by popular demand:

the cryptid classical music list - pt. 1: what

just a quick warning: most of these will be pieces in the "contemporary classical" genre, which means there will most likely be a lot of dissonance. and also most of it is just weird.

also tumblr has an audio limit, so im splitting this into multiple different posts

alright lets get this list started.

Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No. 1

I - Preludio

II - Tocatta

III - Recitativo

IV - Cadenza

V - Rondo

VI - Postludio

And starting off strong, we have Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 1.

It's an interesting work because if you analyze the structure, it's very similar to a baroque-era concerto. The instrumentation is also very similar, consisting of two violin soloists, string orchestra, and harpsichord. The only difference is the addition of a prepared piano (which is a piano where stuff has been put between the strings in order to give it a different sound).

However, the piece itself is very modern. There are a few execptions, specifically the beginning of the Tocatta and various places throughout the Rondo.

This is a very eldritch-horror-esque piece due to its use of Ligeti-esque micro-polyphony. What Schnittke does is he takes each induvidual section of instruments and splits it up, similar to divisi. However, he subdivides it into 8 or 12 parts instead of a more normal two or three, leading to a very dissonant and unique sound.

Honestly, if you want to start listening to this, listen to the Rondo first; it's the most accessible movement in my opinion, but whatever order you take this in is up to you.

Performance provided:

Soloists: Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Grindenko

Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, cond. Heinrich Schiff

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Krzysztof Penderecki - St. Luke Passion

Part I:

O Crux ave

Et egressus

Deus meus

Domine, qui habitabit

Adhuc eo loquente

Ierusalem

Ut quid, Domine

Comprehendentes autem eum

Iudica me, Deus

Et viri, qui tenebant illum

Ierusalem

Misere me, Deus

Et surgens omnis

Part II:

Et in pulverem

Et baiulans sibi crucem

Popule meus

Ibi crucifixerunt eum

Crux fidelis

Dividentes mero

... in pulverem mortis

Et stabat populus

Unus autem

Stabant autem iuxta crucem

Stabat mater

Erat autem fere hora sexta

[Alla breve]

In pulverem mortis/In te, Domine, speravi

[side note: i was typing the above on my phone and it took like twenty minutes ::( ]

So. Penderecki's St. Luke Passion. Where do we begin?

The St. Luke Passion is an interesting one, because out of all the gospels Penderecki could have chosen, he picked the one that Bach never made into a passion. And the references don't stop there, whether it be the use of a baritone to represent Jesus, or the B-A-C-H (Bb-A-C-B) motif.

The work is totally atonal, and there are a lot of jumpscares. Like a lot. The music is also incredible, and its use of timbre is incredible. (listen to the "Et surgens omnis")

In addition, Penderecki makes great use of the choir, using them for vocal effects alongside singing (listen to the "Popule meus").

Performance provided:

Soloists: Izabella Klosińska (soprano), Adam Kruszewzki (baritone), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass), Krzysztof Kolberger (Narrator/"Evangelist")

Choir: Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Boys' Choir

Orchestra: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Antoni Wit

Link to Spotify Album

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George Crumb - Black Angels: 13 Images from the Dark Land

I - Departure

1 - Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects

2 - Sounds of Bones and Flutes

3 - Lost Bells

4 - Devil-music

5 - Danse Macabre

II - Absence

6 - Pavana Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen)

7 - Threnody II: Black Angels!

8 - Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura

9 - Lost Bells (Echo)

III - Return

10 - God-music

11 - Ancient Voices

12 - Ancient Voices (Echo)

13 - Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects

Okay, do you remember what I said at the top about the music getting weird? Well this is peak weird.

Black Angels is written for string quartet with a few interesting modifications. The score requires you to use electric instruments, which are a weird choice. In addition, the score calls for each player to also use a series of percussion instruments and their voice in addition to playing their instrument.

And there are the avant-garde aspects of this as well. Every modern playing technique in the book is used in this, such as playing on the wrong side of the fingerboard, applying large amounts of pressure to the bow, bowing behind the bridge, and plenty more.

I'm gonna be entirely honest: this music sparks a weird reaction. If I try to listen to it as background music, it makes me dissociate a solid 80% of the time. So apporach at your own risk.

Oh yeah, and also there are a lot of jumpscares.

Performace Provided:

Miró Quartet

Daniel Ching (vln), Sandy Yamamoto (vln), John Largess (vle), Joshua Gindele (vcl)

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Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5 in F# Major (Op. 53)

Okay, we're finally venturing back into more tonal territory. And we're coming back with my favourite lunatic composer of all time: Alexander Scriabin.

I'll talk about him a little bit later along the list cause I have a better piece to reference, but for now just know that he once tried to end the world with music. Anyways, back to the sonata.

The 5th Piano Sonata is in one movement and spans a lot of keys. It contains some really pretty moments, as well as some moments that make you feel a bit overwhelmed. It's also very hard. But nontheless, it's still an amazing piece, and much more accessible than his later works.

Performance Provided: Sviatoslav Richter (pfte)

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Alberto Ginastera - Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (Op. 25)

I - Allegro giusto

II - Molto moderato

III - Liberamente capriccioso - Vivace

i'm just gonna be entirely honest with this one: the whole piece slaps.

Alberto Ginastera was an Argentinean composer more commonly known for his Danzas Argentinas (Op. 2). But nonetheless, the Harp Concerto, the Piano Concerto No. 1 (we'll get to that one later), and the Piano Sonata No. 1 (not on this list) all slap.

Performance provided:

The Harp Concerto is probably the most accessible out of the three works I just mentioned, and that's because it goes hard. Because the harp can only be tuned to 7 different pitch classes at a time, and since they cant be tuned to double flats or sharps, it forces the music to be very tonal.

And this is they key to the work: the limitations of the harp are easily dealt with, and the harp doesn't feel overused.

Soloist: Nancy Allen (hrp)

Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de Mexico, cond. Enrique Bátiz

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And thats it for part 1! I didn't even know that there is an audio limit on Tumblr, so I've had to leave some works out of this one, but stay tuned!

[oknews]

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