Mack Butterfield
@mack2114.bsky.social
Retired, liberal, married, atheist. Living blue in deep red Arkansas. Hobbies include golf, camping, travel, grandkids, and fantasy football. My DM’s turned off.Joined 12-03-2024. I absolutely despise Felon47.
Pinned
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
I hate Mike Johnson almost as much as I hate Donald Trump.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I hate Mike Johnson almost as much as I hate Donald Trump.
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Reposted by Mack Butterfield
You don’t compromise with hostage-takers. You don’t make deals with people who use mass starvation as a legislative tactic.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You don’t compromise with hostage-takers. You don’t make deals with people who use mass starvation as a legislative tactic.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
Trump said. “For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.”
And I am not happy with the felon.
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And I am not happy with the felon.
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Trump orders all air traffic controllers back to work after shutdown deal
Trump ordered all air traffic controllers back to work, after absences during the government shutdown led to thousands of flight disruptions.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trump said. “For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.”
And I am not happy with the felon.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
And I am not happy with the felon.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
You don’t compromise with hostage-takers. You don’t make deals with people who use mass starvation as a legislative tactic.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You don’t compromise with hostage-takers. You don’t make deals with people who use mass starvation as a legislative tactic.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
You’d have to be a fucking fool to trust Republicans on anything. They don’t compromise. They don’t bargain.
These cowards piss me off.
Release the Epstein files!
Ghislaine Maxwell getting pampered in prison as she seeks Trump commutation.
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Ghislaine Maxwell getting pampered in prison as she seeks Trump commutation.
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Ghislaine Maxwell is pampered in prison as she seeks Trump commutation, Raskin says
Rep. Jamie Raskin said Ghislaine Maxwell is getting special treatment in prison, including time with a puppy.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Release the Epstein files!
Ghislaine Maxwell getting pampered in prison as she seeks Trump commutation.
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Ghislaine Maxwell getting pampered in prison as she seeks Trump commutation.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The Supreme Court will decide whether mailed ballots must be received by Election Day and not just postmarked by then, agreeing to review the Republican Party’s so-far successful challenge to a Mississippi law that could affect similar rules in many other states.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Supreme Court to decide if GOP is right that mailed ballots must be received by Election Day
The Republican Party, and President Donald Trump, want to prevent states from counting mailed ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received later.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Supreme Court will decide whether mailed ballots must be received by Election Day and not just postmarked by then, agreeing to review the Republican Party’s so-far successful challenge to a Mississippi law that could affect similar rules in many other states.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Felon47 has pardoned scores of allies including his former personal attorney, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who faced charges and investigations alleging interference in the 2020 election.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others accused of election interference
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others accused of election interference
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others accused of election interference
President Trump has pardoned scores of allies, including Rudy Giuliani, who faced accusations of interference in the 2020 election.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Felon47 has pardoned scores of allies including his former personal attorney, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who faced charges and investigations alleging interference in the 2020 election.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others accused of election interference
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others accused of election interference
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The Supreme Court has decided not to revisit its landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, leaving undisturbed a decade old decision that some conservative justices oppose but that LGBTQ+ couples have relied on to legalize their relationships.
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to landmark same-sex marriage decision
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Supreme Court has decided not to revisit its landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, leaving undisturbed a decade old decision that some conservative justices oppose but that LGBTQ+ couples have relied on to legalize their relationships.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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This appears to be more of a surrender than a legit compromise.
Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
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Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
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Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
The Senate could vote as soon as Nov. 10 to approve the compromise bill to fund the government through Jan. 30. But House members must vote again, too.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This appears to be more of a surrender than a legit compromise.
Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Eight Democrats joined with Republicans in support of the negotiated deal that reverses federal layoffs, promises a vote in the future on expiring Obamacare subsidies, and fully reopens the government through Jan. 30.
I am not good with this at all.
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I am not good with this at all.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Lawmakers reach deal to end government shutdown: Live updates
A test vote on Sunday marked a turning point in the monthlong stalemate.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Eight Democrats joined with Republicans in support of the negotiated deal that reverses federal layoffs, promises a vote in the future on expiring Obamacare subsidies, and fully reopens the government through Jan. 30.
I am not good with this at all.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
I am not good with this at all.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Elections have consequences.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Elections have consequences.
Reposted by Mack Butterfield
In Finland, charging fees for school tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
In Finland, charging fees for school tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
"It's only going to get worse," Sean Duffy said. "I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle."
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Duffy warns air travel will be reduced to 'trickle,' thousands of flights canceled, delayed: Live updates
Thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled across the country as Americans face another day of travel uncertainty.
www.usatoday.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"It's only going to get worse," Sean Duffy said. "I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle."
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
In Finland, charging fees for school tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
In Finland, charging fees for school tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
That means rich families had to make sure the schools their children attended were good, which in turn prompted the wealthy to invest in public education.
Finland, take a bow.
Reposted by Mack Butterfield
The anti-woke president.
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The anti-woke president.
Reposted by Mack Butterfield
Republicans worship a guy who face-planted into dreamland during a press conference on dementia.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Republicans worship a guy who face-planted into dreamland during a press conference on dementia.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
Justice would have been way more delayed if she didn’t do what she did.
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Justice would have been way more delayed if she didn’t do what she did.
Reposted by Mack Butterfield
Dementia Don is missing more than a few spots. You would think someone on his staff would tell him how utterly ridiculous he looks.
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dementia Don is missing more than a few spots. You would think someone on his staff would tell him how utterly ridiculous he looks.
Exactly. Dementia Don and the entire Congress are on holiday during a time of crisis. No true political leaders would ever do that.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Exactly. Dementia Don and the entire Congress are on holiday during a time of crisis. No true political leaders would ever do that.
Republicans worship a guy who face-planted into dreamland during a press conference on dementia.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Republicans worship a guy who face-planted into dreamland during a press conference on dementia.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
When Dementia Don says he’s the anti-woke president, what he means — what he’s quite literally demonstrating with his collapsing ugly body — is that he is a man incapable of staying awake.
Even before Mamdani won the mayoralty, Trump suggested arresting Mamdani and stripping him of his citizenship if Mamdani didn't assist on federal immigration enforcement. Mamdani, born in Uganda, moved to the U.S. as a child and was raised in Manhattan. He became a naturalized citizen in 2018.
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Even before Mamdani won the mayoralty, Trump suggested arresting Mamdani and stripping him of his citizenship if Mamdani didn't assist on federal immigration enforcement. Mamdani, born in Uganda, moved to the U.S. as a child and was raised in Manhattan. He became a naturalized citizen in 2018.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said, without evidence, that the companies “are driving up the price of Beef, through Illicit Collusion, Price Fixing, and Price Manipulation.”
Last month, the major cattle groups blasted Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
Last month, the major cattle groups blasted Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
Trump accuses meatpackers of price-fixing as DOJ launches investigation
The industry has denied long-running allegations of collusion. Trump’s popularity has declined amid growing signs of a weakening economy.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In a Truth Social post, Trump said, without evidence, that the companies “are driving up the price of Beef, through Illicit Collusion, Price Fixing, and Price Manipulation.”
Last month, the major cattle groups blasted Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
Last month, the major cattle groups blasted Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...