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Jimmy Page Tells the Story of "Stairway to Heaven": How the Most Played Rock Song Came To Be http://www.openculture.com/2015/01/jimmy-page-tells-the-story-of-stairway-to-heaven.html 
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Amazing: The History of Rock Musically Told in 100 Guitar Riffs and 100 Bass Riffs http://www.openculture.com/2018/06/history-rock-100-guitar-riffs-100-bass-riffs.html  via @openculture
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Anthony Kennedy's Son Gave Donald Trump $1 Billion in Loans at Deutsche Bank. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/trump-anthony-kennedy-retirement.html https://twitter.com/RogueSNRadvisor/status/1012712462771052544
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Oxford’s Free Course "Critical Reasoning For Beginners" Will Teach You to Think Like a Philosopher http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/oxfords-critical-reasoning-for-beginners-will-teach-you-to-argue-like-a-philosopher.html 
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Some sobering facts from Jonathan Chait’s article "The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule.” The deck is stacked. /consent.html?redirect_uri=%2Fdaily%2Fintelligencer%2F2018%2F06%2Fanthony-kennedy-the-trump-court-and-minority-rule.html%3Fvia%3Dgdpr-consent&redirect_host=nymag.com&orig_qs=
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"Merely attaining parity in an evenly divided country requires Democrats to win at least ten seats in Republican-leaning states."
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"The Senate has an even more pronounced tilt, overrepresenting residents of small states, which tend to be white and rural. George W. Bush in 2000 and Trump in 2016 each won 30 states while losing the national vote.”
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Meanwhile, "The House has a massive Republican tilt, requiring Democrats to win the national vote by six or seven points in order to secure a likely majority.” Thanks to GOP gerrymandering
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And yet 4 of those justices will have been appointed by presidents who took office despite having fewer votes than their opponent.
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Democrats have won the national vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections, which, with the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, will have resulted in the appointment of 8 of the Supreme Court’s 9 justices.
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The first layoffs from Trump’s tariffs are here.

60 workers laid off at Mid-Continent Nail, America’s largest nail manufacturer, on June 15. The whole company could be out of business by Labor Day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/25/the-first-layoffs-from-trumps-tariffs-are-here/?utm_term=.077ddce89ec8 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011994162076573697
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Radiooooo: Discover the Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places http://www.openculture.com/2018/04/radiooooo-the-musical-time-machine.html 
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Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting Nighthawks Explained in a 7-Minute Video Introduction http://www.openculture.com/?p=1029441  via @openculture
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Ebook findl of the day: Pulitzer Prize-winner BARBARIAN DAYS by William Finnegan for $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00G3L6JMS/ref=nosim/themill0b2-20
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But of course. Glad to help :) https://twitter.com/RoArquette/status/1013188169184006145
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Moog urges you to write your representative. Here’s how you can take action: https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=66ca69d70dceab5be9897856d&id=a2684e1453 https://twitter.com/openculture/status/1013187769286316032
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Trump Tariffs Threaten Production of Moog Synthesizers in the US

"These tariffs will drastically increase the cost of building Moog instruments, forcing them to lay off American workers and move some, if not all, of their manufacturing overseas.” https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=66ca69d70dceab5be9897856d&id=a2684e1453
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Russian TV boasts about getting Trump elected.

“What trouble did we cause?” he asked. “We just elected Trump, that’s all.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-russia-election-putin-summit-president-tv-john-bolton-hacking-cyber-security-a8423791.html https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1012295859072126977
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Watch Genesis (from the Peter Gabriel Era) Perform in a Glorious, 1973 Restored Concert Film http://www.openculture.com/2014/11/watch-genesis-from-the-peter-gabriel-era-perform-in-a-glorious-1973-restored-concert-film.html 
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Fritz Lang Invents the Video Phone in Metropolis (1927) http://www.openculture.com/2015/06/fritz-lang-invents-the-video-phone-in-metropolis-1927.html 
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