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Stephen last night:
and Jimmy, like Stephen, has Pope content.
Heather Cox Richardson:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was at the Vatican today to ease tensions. The visit did not go particularly well. While Rubio gave Pope Leo a crystal football with the seal of the State Department, Pope Leo gave Rubio a pen made from the symbol of peace: olive wood. The Vatican’s statement did not suggest the men found much common ground….
As we predicted:
Tennessee Approves New Map Aimed at Flipping the Last Democratic Seat
After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.
Meanwhile, around 8,000 bodies are still believed buried in the Gaza rubble. There's one working excavator for bodies and no DNA testing available in the territory, reports NPR's Anas Baba.
Music Picks
Just dropped today, “Home to Us”: Couple guys named Ringo and Paul from album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” coming on May 29. Is that home on Abbey Road?
and also new, '“You Never Know,” from Neil Diamond off another Rick Rubin-produced album out today.
And these giants (or dinosaurs?) still stalk the earth, here’s the second single off the upcoming Stones album:
From Tunes to Toons
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Photo Finish
“Just Water Under the Bridge,” Paris.
Great stuff, as usual. At my age, I like to have closed captions on when watching videos with Mick singing.
Still depressed!