John Buckley
@johnbuckley100.bsky.social
After a career in politics, senior corporate jobs, and writing novels on the side, I seem to have an aptitude for photography, sloth, and going down rabbit holes.
This.
The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This.
So, aside from Trump's desire to do away with the concept of official corruption, I'm sure he wanted to pardon a Democrat, to say his pardons aren't partisan.
He doesn't understand Democrats want their own scoundrels to go to jail.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
He doesn't understand Democrats want their own scoundrels to go to jail.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Plans to Pardon Democratic Lawmaker From Texas
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So, aside from Trump's desire to do away with the concept of official corruption, I'm sure he wanted to pardon a Democrat, to say his pardons aren't partisan.
He doesn't understand Democrats want their own scoundrels to go to jail.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
He doesn't understand Democrats want their own scoundrels to go to jail.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Any pro-Ukraine demonstrations in Lafayette Park shaping up for Zelensky's visit to the White House?
Hint, hint.
Hint, hint.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Any pro-Ukraine demonstrations in Lafayette Park shaping up for Zelensky's visit to the White House?
Hint, hint.
Hint, hint.
“If Ukraine is, indeed, forced to surrender to the specific terms of this “deal” by then, Thanksgiving will no longer be an American holiday. It will become a Russian holiday.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“If Ukraine is, indeed, forced to surrender to the specific terms of this “deal” by then, Thanksgiving will no longer be an American holiday. It will become a Russian holiday.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Only near the end comes this:
“Critics say Trump's project undercuts ideals America has long celebrated — as a refuge for immigrants, a land of opportunity for outsiders and a country that draws strength from its pluralism.”
Axios won’t condemn white supremacy.
www.axios.com/2025/08/24/t...
“Critics say Trump's project undercuts ideals America has long celebrated — as a refuge for immigrants, a land of opportunity for outsiders and a country that draws strength from its pluralism.”
Axios won’t condemn white supremacy.
www.axios.com/2025/08/24/t...
Inside Trump's American identity project
The U.S. government is enforcing a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American.
www.axios.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Only near the end comes this:
“Critics say Trump's project undercuts ideals America has long celebrated — as a refuge for immigrants, a land of opportunity for outsiders and a country that draws strength from its pluralism.”
Axios won’t condemn white supremacy.
www.axios.com/2025/08/24/t...
“Critics say Trump's project undercuts ideals America has long celebrated — as a refuge for immigrants, a land of opportunity for outsiders and a country that draws strength from its pluralism.”
Axios won’t condemn white supremacy.
www.axios.com/2025/08/24/t...
Woo hoo! Mike Lee just announced he's dropping the public lands portion of the Big Ugly Bill!
June 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Woo hoo! Mike Lee just announced he's dropping the public lands portion of the Big Ugly Bill!
This is from Wyoming’s right wing news source.
If you’re Senators Barrasso or Lummis, you might just be getting up this morning going, Damn, I chose the wrong side.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/26/h...
If you’re Senators Barrasso or Lummis, you might just be getting up this morning going, Damn, I chose the wrong side.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/26/h...
Hundreds Cheer At Public Lands Rally As Provenza Calls Sen. Mike Lee A 'Jackass'
Hundreds attended a rally Thursday evening in Cheyenne to protest Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell federal public land. State Rep. Karlee Provenza…
cowboystatedaily.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is from Wyoming’s right wing news source.
If you’re Senators Barrasso or Lummis, you might just be getting up this morning going, Damn, I chose the wrong side.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/26/h...
If you’re Senators Barrasso or Lummis, you might just be getting up this morning going, Damn, I chose the wrong side.
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/26/h...
More corruption by the minute…
The Chilean company is run by the man who rented Ivanka and Jared their Kalorama house in Trump 1 — at a below market rate.
What a good investment he made!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...
The Chilean company is run by the man who rented Ivanka and Jared their Kalorama house in Trump 1 — at a below market rate.
What a good investment he made!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...
Budget Bill Hands Public Land Near Iconic Minnesota Wilderness To Foreign Mining Company
The reconciliation bill overrides federal laws and regulations to benefit one Chilean company — Antofagasta PLC — that wants to mine near the Boundary Waters wilderness area.
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
More corruption by the minute…
The Chilean company is run by the man who rented Ivanka and Jared their Kalorama house in Trump 1 — at a below market rate.
What a good investment he made!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...
The Chilean company is run by the man who rented Ivanka and Jared their Kalorama house in Trump 1 — at a below market rate.
What a good investment he made!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...
So Republicans in the Senate are now turning to Medicare cuts to fund tax cuts for billionaires. It’s ok, they say, so long as it ferrets out “waste, fraud, and abuse.” See below. Oh, and will Rick Scott, who oversaw “largest Medicare fraud ever”, recuse?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud
He and his girlfriend pocketed more than $87 million in the scheme.
www.miamiherald.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So Republicans in the Senate are now turning to Medicare cuts to fund tax cuts for billionaires. It’s ok, they say, so long as it ferrets out “waste, fraud, and abuse.” See below. Oh, and will Rick Scott, who oversaw “largest Medicare fraud ever”, recuse?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Godwin’s Law is obsolete. Hitler let Germany be destroyed because the German people had proved themselves unworthy of his genius. Trump is letting the US/ global economies be destroyed to prove he’s right, and to prove he can. Both content to create Armageddon out of unwillingness to admit error.
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Godwin’s Law is obsolete. Hitler let Germany be destroyed because the German people had proved themselves unworthy of his genius. Trump is letting the US/ global economies be destroyed to prove he’s right, and to prove he can. Both content to create Armageddon out of unwillingness to admit error.
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Donald Trump has declared bankruptcy six times.
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Donald Trump has declared bankruptcy six times.
An economic Operation Barbarossa, with similar chance for success.
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
An economic Operation Barbarossa, with similar chance for success.
"There will be individuals who will be victims of fraud as a result of the changes, Dudek said, according to one attendee. He said in the past Social Security had been too "thoughtful" in considering beneficiaries before making changes."
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...
Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say
Current and former employees, and advocates for retirees, have said the changes being made would strain an already struggling system.
www.axios.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"There will be individuals who will be victims of fraud as a result of the changes, Dudek said, according to one attendee. He said in the past Social Security had been too "thoughtful" in considering beneficiaries before making changes."
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...
This is a test — of the Democratic leadership and major media.
Why is this story not blaring across major media this morning?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Why is this story not blaring across major media this morning?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Billionaire Trump Official Says Missing Social Security Checks Are No Big Deal
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested on a podcast that anyone who would complain about a missing Social Security check is a "fraudster."
www.rollingstone.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This is a test — of the Democratic leadership and major media.
Why is this story not blaring across major media this morning?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Why is this story not blaring across major media this morning?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Holy hell. The dismissiveness she shows to her constituents! Wyoming sacked Cheney for this witch?!
Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
March 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Holy hell. The dismissiveness she shows to her constituents! Wyoming sacked Cheney for this witch?!
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Must be a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in there.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
X down: Twitter not working amid major outage
X down: Twitter not working amid major outage
X has gone down in what appears to be a major and global outage.
www.independent.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Must be a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in there.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
Orange Manbaby blames UKRAINE for being invaded.
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Orange Manbaby blames UKRAINE for being invaded.
Think of how rapidly we have fallen: one month into Trump's term and "the democracies of the world" not only don't include us, but need to align in opposition to us.
February 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Think of how rapidly we have fallen: one month into Trump's term and "the democracies of the world" not only don't include us, but need to align in opposition to us.
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I don't see Trump demanding elections in Russia.
...ironically one year, almost to the day, after Alexei Navalny's murder.
...ironically one year, almost to the day, after Alexei Navalny's murder.
February 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I don't see Trump demanding elections in Russia.
...ironically one year, almost to the day, after Alexei Navalny's murder.
...ironically one year, almost to the day, after Alexei Navalny's murder.
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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.