BREAKING: Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their hit “Ramblin’ Man,” has died at 80. apnews.com/article/dickey…

The Practical Perils of Overclassification thebulwark.com/p/practical-pe… via The Bulwark > #bospoli #dcpoli #secrecy #transparency #classifieddocuments

Kennedy family to endorse Biden in show of force against RFK Jr. axios.com/2024/04/18/ken… via Axios > #ospoli #papoli #Kennedy24 Joe Biden #Election0224

In conversation with VF, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin reflects on her whirlwind marriage, the tumult of the ’60s, and the through line of chronicling America’s giants. vntyfr.com/hhPy3T8

David Frum:  on why Biden should not debate Trump 

“President Biden’s spokesperson should answer like this: “The Constitution is not debatable. The president does not participate in forums with a person under criminal indictment for his attempt to overthrow the Constitution.”…

'When the Tide Rolls In' - Amelia Coburn youtu.be/0fRU22Z0tyM?si…

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades apnews.com/article/venezu… via The Associated Press

Link is in comments. James DiEugenio discusses his latest book, w 4 co-authors, THE JFK ASSASSINATION CHOKEHOLDS That Inescapably Prove There was a Conspiracy, and RFK’s 1963 letter to Kremlin, paraphrasing: “We know my brother was killed by a domestic conspiracy...'

Dusty Springfield
'I Only Wanna Be With You'
(1963)
Happy heavenly birthday to singer #DustySpringfield , born on April 16th, 1939.
🎉🎂🥂🎉
#RIP 🙏❤️🕊
#RockOn 🎙🎶

Eddie Cochran 🎩🪄 C'mon Everybody

Remembering Eddie Cochran on the date he left us.

April 17th, 1960 #RIP

#EddieCochran

Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87 nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/… via The New York Times

President Biden in Scranton, PA: 'Scranton values or Mar-a-Lago values, these are the competing visions for our economy.'

These words, “the city upon a hill,” delivered more than three centuries before, are how John Kennedy’s farewell to Massachusetts would be remembered in history, writes Doris Kearns Goodwin. trib.al/FcSx7Up

John Newman is a legend and an expert on all things related to Oswald and the CIA. He was the executive assistant to the director of NSA and also worked in military intelligence.

Looking forward to listening to this one! (Shout out to my co-author Paul Bleau too.)

The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower.

#OTD 1829 Sergeant Major Edgar A. Perry (better known today by his real name, 'Edgar Allan Poe') was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army.

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Love in a Void
Something Else 1979

Harvard again requiring standardized test scores for those seeking admission apnews.com/article/harvar…

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