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demmiblue's JournalA Year After Dolores O'Riordan's Death, The Cranberries Unveil 'All Over Now'
The song has the stately, lovely feel of a Cranberries staple, weighed down and made somber by O'Riordan's repetition of the titular refrain: "It's all over now."
"All Over Now" and In the End were both in the works prior to O'Riordan's untimely passing. The band had started the recording process in 2017, cutting a demo with completed vocals by O'Riordan by the end of the year. Plans to complete the album were postponed after her death, but in a statement released on The Cranberries' website, the band explained the motivation behind finishing the album.
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"As time passed, we began to think about how we might best honour our close friend and bandmate," the band wrote. "This was a very painful process. We remembered how Dolores had been so energised by the prospect of making this record and getting back out on the road to play the songs live, and realised that the most meaningful thing to do was to finish the album we had started with her. We felt that this is what she would want. We spoke with Dolores' family and they agreed."
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/685484427/a-year-after-dolores-oriordan-s-death-the-cranberries-unveil-all-over-now
Exclusive: Trump plans shutdown compromise
Source: Axios
President Trump plans to use remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room on Saturday afternoon to propose a notable immigration compromise, according to sources familiar with the speech.
The offer is expected to include Trump's $5.7 billion demand for wall money in exchange for the BRIDGE Act -- which would extend protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) -- and also legislation to extend the legal status of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, according to a source with direct knowledge.
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Jared Kushner and Mike Pence have led the crafting of this deal and the negotiations with members, according to White House officials.
Even some top Republicans are skeptical Trump's overture will be enough to break the logjam.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-expected-immigration-compromise-speech-border-wall-a8713395-d085-4921-a0c8-699872dcd534.html
https://twitter.com/JuliaEAinsley/status/1086657109972914178
'It's like hell here': Australia bakes as record temperatures nudge 50C
It’s easy to see why: in the middle of the day it takes seconds to blister a dog’s paw or child’s foot. In Mildura, in northern Victoria, last week gardeners burned their hands when they picked up their tools, which had been left in the sun at 46C. Fish were dying in the rivers.
Almost every day last week a new heat record was broken in Australia. They spread out, unrelenting, across the country, with records broken for all kinds of reasons – as if the statistics were finding an infinite series of ways to say that it was hot.
The tiny town of Noona – population 14 – reached the highest minimum ever recorded overnight in Australia – 35.9C was the coldest it got, at 7am on Friday. It was 45C by noon.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/19/australia-swelters-as-relentless-hot-weather-smashes-records?CMP=twt_gu
Elizabeth Warren is stepping up her social media game:
https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1086297945660682247
Trump to meet with top North Korean official to discuss 'fully verified' denuclearization
Source: The Hill
President Trump will meet with a top North Korean official on Friday to discuss progress on Pyongyang’s “final, fully verified denuclearization,” the White House said.
Trump was scheduled to meet with North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol, who is spearheading negotiations with Washington on denuclearization, at 12:15 p.m. in the Oval Office.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/426033-trump-to-meet-with-top-north-korean-official-to-discuss-fully-verified
JUST IN: White House issues a directive to executive branch agencies that bars congressional...
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1086301009079603202
Casting for "All The President's Men II":
https://twitter.com/stpeteyontweety/status/1086273128450277377John Bolton...
I think it needs to be someone smarmier for Jared.
A boy and his cat ( 😭 )
https://twitter.com/AnimalPlanet/status/1085972398728511488Sen. Jeff Merkley: Hey, @AOC + @RepKatieHill - I found @SenateMajLdr!
https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/1086018760396414978
Well done, Senator!
I will always value Sen. Merkley for really bringing attention to family separation at the border. Social media badasses!
Trump cancels delegation's trip to Davos amid shutdown
Source: The Hill
The White House on Thursday scrapped the U.S. delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, citing the partial government shutdown.
The decision comes after President Trump upped the stakes in the shutdown standoff with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) by nixing her planned trip to Afghanistan.
“Out of consideration for the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay and to ensure his team can assist as needed, President Trump has canceled his Delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425942-trump-cancels-delegations-trip-to-davos-amid-shutdown?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true
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