Dave Butler
@dbut53.bsky.social
Amateur musician, professional discontent <https://dbut.net>. Son of a writing teacher <https://dbut.net/dad/> and a Renaissance woman <https://dbut.net/mom/>.
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It's crazy that so many folks are jumping on board with a "peace plan" that consists of threatening Hamas if the hostages aren't released, with no firm constraints on Israel from resuming attacks if they ARE released, and no future but a colony run by Trump with Palestinians working service jobs.
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's crazy that so many folks are jumping on board with a "peace plan" that consists of threatening Hamas if the hostages aren't released, with no firm constraints on Israel from resuming attacks if they ARE released, and no future but a colony run by Trump with Palestinians working service jobs.
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Millions of Americans marched against the US invading Iraq under the false pretence of weapons of mass destruction.
How many Americans will march against the US invading itself under the false pretence of domestic terrorism?
How many Americans will march against the US invading itself under the false pretence of domestic terrorism?
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Millions of Americans marched against the US invading Iraq under the false pretence of weapons of mass destruction.
How many Americans will march against the US invading itself under the false pretence of domestic terrorism?
How many Americans will march against the US invading itself under the false pretence of domestic terrorism?
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Iceland: Israel’s actions in Gaza cruel, inhumane and illegal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iceland-israels-actions-gaza-cruel-inhumane-and-illegal
Iceland: Israel’s actions in Gaza cruel, inhumane and illegal
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iceland’s foreign minister, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, on Saturday said that Israel’s actions in Gaza are “cruel, inhumane and illegal”. </p>
<p>Speaking at the UN General Assembly, she said, “We are witnessing now crimes against humanity and war crimes in broad daylight; what appears before us is systematic ethnic cleansing.” </p>
<p>“This needs to end. We need an immediate ceasefire, full humanitarian access, and the unconditional release of all hostages.”</p>
<p>Gunnarsdottir added that “nothing” justifies the collective punishment, starvation and forced displacement of Palestinians.</p>
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September 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Iceland: Israel’s actions in Gaza cruel, inhumane and illegal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iceland-israels-actions-gaza-cruel-inhumane-and-illegal
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MagaMike you are a fake Christian, and you’ll be gone like a turkey through the corn….you represent the poorest state in the nation, and you’re destroying your own people, you bootlicking coward!
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
MagaMike you are a fake Christian, and you’ll be gone like a turkey through the corn….you represent the poorest state in the nation, and you’re destroying your own people, you bootlicking coward!
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Israel wakes up to ‘very sad, difficult morning,’ Herzog says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-wakes-very-sad-difficult-morning-herzog-says
Israel wakes up to ‘very sad, difficult morning,’ Herzog says
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday that his country has witnessed a “very sad and difficult morning” as at least eight people were killed in Iranian missile strikes.</p>
<p>On a post on X, Herzog denounced what he described as “criminal Iranian attacks”, and said that he would pray for the wounded to recover and for the Israelis who are still missing to be found.</p>
<p>Israeli media outlets said dozens of people were reported missing after an Iranian strike targeted Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.</p>
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June 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Israel wakes up to ‘very sad, difficult morning,’ Herzog says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-wakes-very-sad-difficult-morning-herzog-says
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Are they seriously doubling down after being reversed for suborning perjury?: "Oklahoma plans to retry Richard Glossip for murder but will not seek death penalty, top prosecutor says": www.cbsnews.com/news/richard...
Oklahoma plans to retry Richard Glossip for murder but will not seek death penalty, top prosecutor says
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his office will seek a sentence of life in prison for Richard Glossip.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Are they seriously doubling down after being reversed for suborning perjury?: "Oklahoma plans to retry Richard Glossip for murder but will not seek death penalty, top prosecutor says": www.cbsnews.com/news/richard...
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New Milford approves $7.6 million compensation for two men wrongfully convicted based on Dr. Henry Lee's perjured testimony about "blood" on a towel: www.ctpost.com/newmilford/a...
New Milford approves payoff of $7.6M wrongful murder conviction case using multiple funding sources
The town of New Milford will pay a $7,659,000 wrongful conviction settlement to Ralph "Ricky" Birch using funds from the town's unassigned funds and the landfill settlement, among other sources.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New Milford approves $7.6 million compensation for two men wrongfully convicted based on Dr. Henry Lee's perjured testimony about "blood" on a towel: www.ctpost.com/newmilford/a...
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
May 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Good morning beautiful souls! School's out so the summer reading club will start Monday at my library and I'm the lead this year. Maybe some #GoodTrouble in my future 😎 Happy Friday!
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May 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Good morning beautiful souls! School's out so the summer reading club will start Monday at my library and I'm the lead this year. Maybe some #GoodTrouble in my future 😎 Happy Friday!
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Tell Your #Pennsylvania Legislators: If Transit Stops, We All Stop. www.congressweb.com/ppta/2?frame...
Tell Your Legislators: If Transit Stops, We All Stop.
Tell your lawmakers: PA can’t afford to stall out.
If we want to grow, compete, and deliver for our communities – transit has to stay on track.
Add Your Voice
Transit keeps Pennsylvania moving...
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May 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tell Your #Pennsylvania Legislators: If Transit Stops, We All Stop. www.congressweb.com/ppta/2?frame...
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I’m so dang stubborn about this—on and off social media—about the United States not allowing individual states—like Alabama and Louisiana, so far—to gas-torture human beings to death. I know. Sue me.
Among all the other problems being posted about on social media, I keep coming back to how it’s so odd more people aren’t talking about Alabama’s penchant for gassing human beings to death—with the next gassing-torture execution set for June 10.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I’m so dang stubborn about this—on and off social media—about the United States not allowing individual states—like Alabama and Louisiana, so far—to gas-torture human beings to death. I know. Sue me.
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Ahmad Gatlin's attempted murder conviction reversed after evidence shows his cell phone was connected to the Wi-Fi at his girlfriend's apartment 7 miles away at the time of the crime: www.knoxnews.com/story/news/c...
Cell phone evidence in a shooting near Austin-East leads to new trial
Ahmad Gatlin was convicted as a teenager of two counts of attempted murder in a shooting outside Austin-East and sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ahmad Gatlin's attempted murder conviction reversed after evidence shows his cell phone was connected to the Wi-Fi at his girlfriend's apartment 7 miles away at the time of the crime: www.knoxnews.com/story/news/c...
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🛑 Ex*cutions are still happening in America — right now.
In our names. With our tax dollars.
In our names. With our tax dollars.
May 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🛑 Ex*cutions are still happening in America — right now.
In our names. With our tax dollars.
In our names. With our tax dollars.
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Absolutely shameful. As an asylum-seeker, we were accountable for his safety as he went through our process. Without due process, he was disappeared to another country. If DHS is following legal, standard due process & law, they should have NO issue with confirming with a “partner” about a prisoner.
Garcia to Noem: "Can you commit to just letting his mother know mother to mother if Andry is alive? He was given an asylum appointment by the United States government."
(Noem wouldn't commit to it.)
(Noem wouldn't commit to it.)
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Absolutely shameful. As an asylum-seeker, we were accountable for his safety as he went through our process. Without due process, he was disappeared to another country. If DHS is following legal, standard due process & law, they should have NO issue with confirming with a “partner” about a prisoner.
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From the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Some Knesset members openly favor starvation and denial of medical assistance to Gazans.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
From the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Some Knesset members openly favor starvation and denial of medical assistance to Gazans.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
The Trump administration fired one of the most respected, celebrated, and qualified librarians in America.
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
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Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
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Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
What Were the Real Reasons that Trump Fired the Librarian of Congress?
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Trump administration fired one of the most respected, celebrated, and qualified librarians in America.
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
The real reasons she was fired are genuinely terrifying.
action.everylibrary.org/haydenaicong...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
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“My daughter #Allison was not a radical. She was a feeling, caring person who was against war in Vietnam, Cambodia, Israel or any other place. She was not a member of a radical group, but rather acted as an individual, who felt deeply.”
– #ArthurKrause May 1970 @kelleyswords.bsky.social #KentState
– #ArthurKrause May 1970 @kelleyswords.bsky.social #KentState
March 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“My daughter #Allison was not a radical. She was a feeling, caring person who was against war in Vietnam, Cambodia, Israel or any other place. She was not a member of a radical group, but rather acted as an individual, who felt deeply.”
– #ArthurKrause May 1970 @kelleyswords.bsky.social #KentState
– #ArthurKrause May 1970 @kelleyswords.bsky.social #KentState
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Eight years ago this coming May 2025, I made my demand for the protection of #Protesters in the U.S. My sister #Allison was shot dead by the Ohio National Guard when she protested the #Vietnam war, May 4, 1970. READ bit.ly/2oUcH4Q ☮️
Honor Thy Protesters. Protect Protest in America!
May 2, 2017 by Laurel Krause As protest season opens across America, citizen concern for the safety and protection of protesters comes to the fore. Like so many Americans raised in the Sixties, I e…
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March 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Eight years ago this coming May 2025, I made my demand for the protection of #Protesters in the U.S. My sister #Allison was shot dead by the Ohio National Guard when she protested the #Vietnam war, May 4, 1970. READ bit.ly/2oUcH4Q ☮️
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April 23, 2025 is #Allison's 74th birthday. I wrote this letter to my older sister Allison on her 70th. mendocoastcurrent.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/o... bit.ly/3sMu2Zm ☮️
On Your 70th, Happy Birthday Allison
April 23, 2021 Dear Allison, Even though you’re not with us, I am writing to wish you a happy 70th birthday. This is my bittersweet wish from your little sister who still looks up to you. Five deca…
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April 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
April 23, 2025 is #Allison's 74th birthday. I wrote this letter to my older sister Allison on her 70th. mendocoastcurrent.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/o... bit.ly/3sMu2Zm ☮️
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One of Mom’s favquotes: “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law." ~ Edward R. Murrow #Protest bit.ly/4cStQRb 🌺☮️💟
April 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
One of Mom’s favquotes: “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law." ~ Edward R. Murrow #Protest bit.ly/4cStQRb 🌺☮️💟
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For the 55th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 #KentState massacre, my alterego "Flowers" visits the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, #Vietnam.
Please read, subscribe, like and follow me on Substack, thank you! bit.ly/3GCeAMa ☮️ 🌺
Please read, subscribe, like and follow me on Substack, thank you! bit.ly/3GCeAMa ☮️ 🌺
Visiting Vietnam's War Remnants Museum with Flowers
Despite U.S. Student Protests in 1970, It Still Took Five More Years to Bring Peace in Vietnam
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May 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For the 55th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 #KentState massacre, my alterego "Flowers" visits the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, #Vietnam.
Please read, subscribe, like and follow me on Substack, thank you! bit.ly/3GCeAMa ☮️ 🌺
Please read, subscribe, like and follow me on Substack, thank you! bit.ly/3GCeAMa ☮️ 🌺
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Today on the 55th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 Kent State massacre, we pay homage to #Allison Krause at her spot in the #KentState University parking lot where students protested against President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia in the American war in Vietnam. bit.ly/2oUcH4Q #StudentProtesters ☮️
May 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today on the 55th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 Kent State massacre, we pay homage to #Allison Krause at her spot in the #KentState University parking lot where students protested against President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia in the American war in Vietnam. bit.ly/2oUcH4Q #StudentProtesters ☮️