David McAvoy
@davidmcavoy.bsky.social
Resident of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Progressive Democrat that grew up on dirt roads in the Arkansas Delta. Chairman of the Democratic Party of Craighead County, Arkansas. Opinions are my own. Currently using BlueSky as my place to vent about the world.
After the Reichstag Fire in 1933, Hitler demanded and got the enabling act that ultimately ended democracy in Germany and made him a dictator. That is exactly what Trump is going for here with his call for Congress to give him more power. We need to he heeding those really loud alarms.
August 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After the Reichstag Fire in 1933, Hitler demanded and got the enabling act that ultimately ended democracy in Germany and made him a dictator. That is exactly what Trump is going for here with his call for Congress to give him more power. We need to he heeding those really loud alarms.
Authoritarians like yes men. That’s true for Putin, Xi, Trump, and all the rest. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
He Was a Key Aide to Putin. Then He Balked at the Ukraine War.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Authoritarians like yes men. That’s true for Putin, Xi, Trump, and all the rest. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
This is bad. TLDR: climate change killing off the tiny things the whales feed on risks disrupting the entire planetary ecosystem and that will affect us too.
God can we please get people-both in power and in general-to stop being so ignorant about this.
www.ladbible.com/news/science...
God can we please get people-both in power and in general-to stop being so ignorant about this.
www.ladbible.com/news/science...
Blue whales are going silent in a terrifying warning for humanity
Scientists have shared their concern as the famous songs of blue whales are reportedly going silent.
www.ladbible.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is bad. TLDR: climate change killing off the tiny things the whales feed on risks disrupting the entire planetary ecosystem and that will affect us too.
God can we please get people-both in power and in general-to stop being so ignorant about this.
www.ladbible.com/news/science...
God can we please get people-both in power and in general-to stop being so ignorant about this.
www.ladbible.com/news/science...
The Pope is right. We either abolish nuclear weapons or one day they will abolish humanity.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Pope Leo criticises nuclear deterrence on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Wednesday criticised the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic b...
www.yahoo.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Pope is right. We either abolish nuclear weapons or one day they will abolish humanity.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Wonder how much the next occupant in the White House will be able to get us back by melting down all that tacky gold crap and selling off the Saudi plane. Enough to pay to restore the rose garden at least?
August 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Wonder how much the next occupant in the White House will be able to get us back by melting down all that tacky gold crap and selling off the Saudi plane. Enough to pay to restore the rose garden at least?
So first off, I don’t see this as “clarification”, it looks more like a waffle and a non answer. In fairness, maybe he doesn’t mean it that way. But that’s how it comes across to me.
www.out.com/news/pete-bu...
www.out.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg clarifies recent comments around ‘fairness’ of transgender kids’ participation in sports
“I see this issue being used to divide,” the former transportation secretary told Aaron Parnas.
www.out.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So first off, I don’t see this as “clarification”, it looks more like a waffle and a non answer. In fairness, maybe he doesn’t mean it that way. But that’s how it comes across to me.
www.out.com/news/pete-bu...
www.out.com/news/pete-bu...
Another big reason to both limit our dependence on AI and push for Global Zero (the abolishment of nuclear weapons). www.wired.com/story/nuclea...
Nuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is Inevitable
Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.
www.wired.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another big reason to both limit our dependence on AI and push for Global Zero (the abolishment of nuclear weapons). www.wired.com/story/nuclea...
Seconded. Let’s tear that tacky ballroom down like they did the Berlin Wall.
When we get a real president, I want Jackie’s rose garden restored. I want the Kennedy Center name put back. I want that $200M gold-plated ego chamber demolished. And I want the Saudi jet dropped in the water outside Mar-a-Lardo and turned into a nonstop immigrant welcome tour.
August 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Seconded. Let’s tear that tacky ballroom down like they did the Berlin Wall.
Ryan Walters-the Republican Ed Superintendent in OK-went on a religious crusade against public schools & books, got caught with porn on a state computer, alleged it was a plot by his fellow GOP Gov, & now there’s evidence that he shared porn with legislators. www.fox23.com/news/local/f...
FOX23 obtains email confirming State Superintendent shared pornographic images with legislators
He ended with, "do you think this material is appropriate in Oklahoma classrooms and in schools?
www.fox23.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ryan Walters-the Republican Ed Superintendent in OK-went on a religious crusade against public schools & books, got caught with porn on a state computer, alleged it was a plot by his fellow GOP Gov, & now there’s evidence that he shared porn with legislators. www.fox23.com/news/local/f...
You’d think this would just be good sense.
No member of Congress or spouse should be allowed to trade individual stocks.
This job is about service – not lining your pockets.
This job is about service – not lining your pockets.
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You’d think this would just be good sense.
Sat down with a farmer I’m friends with today and he told me the story of someone he knew that was a big Trump fan taking the Trump sticker off their truck over the Epstein stuff. Shared for anyone who needs a little speck of hope in these bad times.
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sat down with a farmer I’m friends with today and he told me the story of someone he knew that was a big Trump fan taking the Trump sticker off their truck over the Epstein stuff. Shared for anyone who needs a little speck of hope in these bad times.
Memo to any Dem running for President in 2028: Healing the nation isn’t going to take a President extending an olive branch and trying to put the abuses of this administration behind us. That’s a recipe for making the future worse.
Healing the nation is going to take justice and accountability.
Healing the nation is going to take justice and accountability.
August 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Memo to any Dem running for President in 2028: Healing the nation isn’t going to take a President extending an olive branch and trying to put the abuses of this administration behind us. That’s a recipe for making the future worse.
Healing the nation is going to take justice and accountability.
Healing the nation is going to take justice and accountability.
I want Dems like Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, and Ruben Gallego to stop picking on trans women to try and get ahead. That the swimmer that made a career bellyaching about trans athletes tied for fifth with one and the four women ahead of them were cis should speak volumes.
August 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I want Dems like Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, and Ruben Gallego to stop picking on trans women to try and get ahead. That the swimmer that made a career bellyaching about trans athletes tied for fifth with one and the four women ahead of them were cis should speak volumes.
Is there anything he won’t destroy? talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...
President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden
The iconic White House Rose Garden is now more of a rose...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Is there anything he won’t destroy? talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...
The Democratic Party doesn’t need to abandon anyone to win again nor should we. Growing our tent does not mean shrinking it in certain quarters, it means communicating better and delivering real results across the board.
June 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Democratic Party doesn’t need to abandon anyone to win again nor should we. Growing our tent does not mean shrinking it in certain quarters, it means communicating better and delivering real results across the board.
Best moment from today’s protest: Trump supporter stops his truck to curse at some college age protestors. The kids immediately stand up and start saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Dude got quiet and sat in his truck clearly not knowing what to do then drove off.
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Best moment from today’s protest: Trump supporter stops his truck to curse at some college age protestors. The kids immediately stand up and start saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Dude got quiet and sat in his truck clearly not knowing what to do then drove off.
No Kings; Jonesboro, Arkansas.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
No Kings; Jonesboro, Arkansas.
This is just one example of the kind of big, ambitious things I dream of seeing Americans do again. youtu.be/jPbCjH45uwI?...
America’s ambitious plan to restore the Wild West
YouTube video by Planet Wild
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June 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is just one example of the kind of big, ambitious things I dream of seeing Americans do again. youtu.be/jPbCjH45uwI?...
The times we’re living in seems like a good time to reflect on the precedent set at Nuremberg-just following orders is not a defense.
June 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The times we’re living in seems like a good time to reflect on the precedent set at Nuremberg-just following orders is not a defense.
Somehow if feels like someone finally cut through the miasma we’ve been living under. Like @booker.senate.gov may have snapped us out of the daze we’ve been in since November & brought us back to reality. Maybe that’s overly optimistic, but I choose to hope this is a beginning & act accordingly.
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Somehow if feels like someone finally cut through the miasma we’ve been living under. Like @booker.senate.gov may have snapped us out of the daze we’ve been in since November & brought us back to reality. Maybe that’s overly optimistic, but I choose to hope this is a beginning & act accordingly.
The anti-vax movement did this. www.kait8.com/2025/02/26/f...
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.
www.kait8.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The anti-vax movement did this. www.kait8.com/2025/02/26/f...
We will absolutely get through this moment in our history and make better days come after. It will be hard and painful; it will get worse before it gets better; but this country will get through it and come out stronger and better so long as we persist.
February 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We will absolutely get through this moment in our history and make better days come after. It will be hard and painful; it will get worse before it gets better; but this country will get through it and come out stronger and better so long as we persist.
This pains me to see. We fought so hard to protect this wonderful right our state constitution guarantees us in 2020. Now Republicans in this state are stripping that right away to protect their power.
Arkansans’ ability to participate in the democratic process came into focus during the fifth week of the 2025 legislative session. Catch up on all the action with this week's Session Snapshot. #arpx #arleg
SESSION SNAPSHOT: Direct democracy takes center stage at Arkansas Capitol • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansans’ ability to participate in the democratic process came into focus during the fifth week of the 2025 legislative session.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This pains me to see. We fought so hard to protect this wonderful right our state constitution guarantees us in 2020. Now Republicans in this state are stripping that right away to protect their power.
This is also part of why conservation-even for the creatures we find unpleasant-is important.
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
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globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is also part of why conservation-even for the creatures we find unpleasant-is important.
Tonight it was my great honor to be elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Craighead County. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and we are facing dire, unprecedented times in America, but make no mistake-we will get through this and we will turn things around for the better.
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tonight it was my great honor to be elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Craighead County. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and we are facing dire, unprecedented times in America, but make no mistake-we will get through this and we will turn things around for the better.