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ELLIE DIXON
"GREEN GRASS"
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Ellie Dixon - Green Grass (Official Music Video)
Ellie Dixon

youtube.com/watch?v=aqDJJ9pNUZ

This low-tech but highly entertaining video presents what appears to be Ellie Dixon's most popular song. I went looking for cover versions of "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys: - a terrifically overlooked song whose writers, using the stage name, David and Jonathan, had a big hit with the Beatles song, "Michelle." The Gary Lewis record remains tremendously overlooked but at least I found this great Ellie Dixon video. Dixon shows more than a little acting ability.

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#2020smusic #beatles #britishmusic #elliedixon #garylewis #garylewisandtheplayboys #greengrass #michelle #michellesong #musicnews #singersongwriter #ukmusic

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This week, at the Democratic National Convention, the speeches of #Michelle #Obama and the Second Gentleman #Doug #Emhoff (and maybe #Lil #Jon’s, if you want to call that a speech) stood out.

But there was one speech, in particular, that struck me: 🔥The sermon-like words of Sen. #Raphael #Warnock (D-Ga.).

Warnock has served as senior pastor at Atlanta’s historic #Ebenezer #Baptist #Church for nearly 20 years.
His election on January 5, 2021 was one of two pivotal, and highly covered, Senate races in Georgia.

That made him a national figure, of sorts. But not exactly a household name. If you don’t know Warnock well, it’s worth remembering he is a pastor who invokes his Christianity as a foundation of his politics.

⭐️He clearly brings that power to the secular pulpit in his speech on the first night of the DNC, telling of the need to heal a nation that has long been broken.

#Michelle #Obama might have done a bit of call-and-response.

But it is hard to imagine anyone else pulling off calling Donald Trump a “#plague,” as Warnock does, with such heft.
motherjones.com/politics/2024/

Mother JonesRaphael Warnock told the DNC to "keep the faith." He restored mine in the process.The senator from George made space for hope -- and righteous cynicism.

Despite the fact that Kamala Harris has become the party’s presumptive nominee,
officially gaining enough support to snag the nomination next month,
the Trump team was 👉still unwilling to move forward with the next debate while Harris lacked support from one specific person.

“There is a strong sense by many in the ❗️Democrat party❗
—namely
❤️Barack Hussein Obama❤️
—that Kamala Harris is a
🔥Marxist fraud 🔥who cannot beat 🤣President Trump, 🤣
and they are still holding out for someone ‘better,’”
said Cheung.

Harris responded in a post on X by resharing a report about
👉Trump backing out of the debates.

❓“What happened to ‘any time, any place’?” she wrote.

But Trump’s scheme to sidestep debating his new opponent fell flat by Friday morning,
when Harris shared a video of her speaking to Obama and his wife, #Michelle, on the phone.

💥“We called to say Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” 💥said the former president.

✅Harris thanked them both for their friendship and their support, and promised,

⭐️“We’re going to have some fun with this too, aren’t we?”
newrepublic.com/post/184293/tr

The New Republic · Trump’s Pathetic Excuse Why He Can’t Debate Kamala Just DisappearedDonald Trump blamed his backing out on Barack Obama.

#Finnish #professor #MarkoMaunula believes that #Biden will hand over his candidacy to younger people in a near future.

yle.fi/a/74-20100461

Sure @potus ego has taken a turn from the whole, as he has done a great job and still want to fight for making things even better.

An interesting couple to run would be #Kamala #Harris and #Michelle #Obama but for sure we won't see this happen

Yle Uutiset · Biden luopuu pian presidenttikisasta, uskoo professori – kulisseissa käy jo kamppailu uudesta ehdokkaastaYhdysvaltain historian professori Marko Maunula uskoo presidentti Joe Bidenin jättäytyvän pois presidenttikisasta, ehkä jo viikonlopun aikana.

If #Biden would step down as the #Democrats presidential candidate, would we see #Kamala2024 or would it even be #Obama2024

#Michelle would be a strong candidate and I would think she has a good chance against the #fascist #DiaperDon but she has earlier said that she don't want it.
75% of the Democrats seems to think she would be the best option forward while 25% thinks Biden should continue.
It seems that she would at this point beat #tinyhands with 11%-units.

Source: yle.fi/a/74-20097768

Yle Uutiset · Mielipidemittaus nosti yllättäen Michelle Obaman Trumpin kukistajaksi – näistä nimistä kuhistaan nyt Bidenin korvaajinaJoe Bidenin huonosti sujuneen vaaliväittelyn jälkeen moni demokraatti uskoo, että ehdokasta on vaihdettava.