David Buckley
@99dbuckley.bsky.social
Lover of pugs. Blue through and through 🇺🇸
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A reminder in the new year of the choices I've made since the election.👇
All corners of public life are showing gradual signs of accommodating Trump. Some of the voices most critical of him three weeks ago have grown more measured. Others have gone silent. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Choices I’ve Made
From Marc | Since the election, media figures and outlets have followed suit — each moving gradually towards obedience to Trump and then suddenly.
www.democracydocket.com
January 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A reminder in the new year of the choices I've made since the election.👇
All corners of public life are showing gradual signs of accommodating Trump. Some of the voices most critical of him three weeks ago have grown more measured. Others have gone silent. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
Is it possible there’s a little too much Peyton Manning? I would argue yes.
December 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Is it possible there’s a little too much Peyton Manning? I would argue yes.
A little TL cleanse
December 4, 2024 at 5:26 PM
A little TL cleanse
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Analogous to “I apologize if you were offended.”
Just once I want someone to say, ‘I’m forced to resign because I screwed up and did a really dumb thing’; instead of, ‘I was planning to resign even before I did the really dumb thing that just happened.’
November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Analogous to “I apologize if you were offended.”
Given everything Trump has done for the power of the presidency, it sucks having an ethical, law-abiding president in place.
Remember when trump said that he never should’ve left the W.H.?
WELL…
WELL…
November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Given everything Trump has done for the power of the presidency, it sucks having an ethical, law-abiding president in place.
Bannon may end up holding the record for most presidential pardons.
Justice Dept plows ahead. In sentencing memo filed this weekend, “It is not hyperbole to call what happened on January 6 a crime of historic magnitude. As judges of this district have repeatedly and clearly stated, January 6 was an unprecedented disruption of the nation’s most sacred function”
November 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Bannon may end up holding the record for most presidential pardons.
Normalizing is a very slippery slope, the first step to complicity and surrender. We must make clear from the outset that Trump and his minions lie outside the American democratic tradition and - with our opposition - will become a temporary aberration in the national fabric.
Normalizing Trump is a bad idea.
Period.
Period.
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Normalizing is a very slippery slope, the first step to complicity and surrender. We must make clear from the outset that Trump and his minions lie outside the American democratic tradition and - with our opposition - will become a temporary aberration in the national fabric.
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The resistance is gathering 🦋
The fight is imminent 🇺🇸
Are you ready?
The fight is imminent 🇺🇸
Are you ready?
November 18, 2024 at 2:11 AM
The resistance is gathering 🦋
The fight is imminent 🇺🇸
Are you ready?
The fight is imminent 🇺🇸
Are you ready?
When you've lost the NY Post ... 😬
The New York Post editorial board on their meeting with RFK Jr:
“When it came to that topic his views were a head-scratching spaghetti of what we can only call warped conspiracy theories, and not just on vaccines…In fact, we came out thinking he’s nuts on a lot of fronts.”
“When it came to that topic his views were a head-scratching spaghetti of what we can only call warped conspiracy theories, and not just on vaccines…In fact, we came out thinking he’s nuts on a lot of fronts.”
November 16, 2024 at 8:58 PM
When you've lost the NY Post ... 😬
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The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 AM
The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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My name is Aaron Parnas. I’m 25 years old, and I am a proud Gen Z Democratic activist.
We suffered a tough loss last week, but now’s the time to band together, build community here, and fight back.
Repost this, give me a follow, and let’s build community here. I’ll follow back!
We suffered a tough loss last week, but now’s the time to band together, build community here, and fight back.
Repost this, give me a follow, and let’s build community here. I’ll follow back!
November 14, 2024 at 11:26 PM
My name is Aaron Parnas. I’m 25 years old, and I am a proud Gen Z Democratic activist.
We suffered a tough loss last week, but now’s the time to band together, build community here, and fight back.
Repost this, give me a follow, and let’s build community here. I’ll follow back!
We suffered a tough loss last week, but now’s the time to band together, build community here, and fight back.
Repost this, give me a follow, and let’s build community here. I’ll follow back!
It was a little chilly this morning, so Lily had to bundle up.
November 15, 2024 at 6:16 PM
It was a little chilly this morning, so Lily had to bundle up.
Amazing!
November 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Amazing!
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Don’t you dare forget who you are!!!
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Don’t you dare forget who you are!!!
Since everyone’s posting pictures of their pugs, here goes - Lily and Henry
November 15, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Since everyone’s posting pictures of their pugs, here goes - Lily and Henry
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I’m so ready to fight alongside all of you to flip the House and Senate in two years.
Are you with me? Smash the like and repost buttons if so!
Are you with me? Smash the like and repost buttons if so!
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I’m so ready to fight alongside all of you to flip the House and Senate in two years.
Are you with me? Smash the like and repost buttons if so!
Are you with me? Smash the like and repost buttons if so!
Good morning, Bluesky, I’m new here and wanted to say hello. Meet my kids Lily and Henry. Lily is 6 but will always be a puppy, and Henry is 16. We hang out in Arlington, Virginia. Happy to be here!
November 14, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Good morning, Bluesky, I’m new here and wanted to say hello. Meet my kids Lily and Henry. Lily is 6 but will always be a puppy, and Henry is 16. We hang out in Arlington, Virginia. Happy to be here!