James Buchanan
@potusjbuchanan.bsky.social
Refugee from the bird site. Bit of a smart aleck. Girldad. Married up in every way. Outdoorsman. Wealth management. Dodgers. UCLA. Appreciates cooking, nature, history, fly fishing, SoCal winters, AK summers, and a sly, well crafted innuendo.
How’s your day going?
I replied to a friend’s facebook story that included a picture of his new carbon fiber road bike with a fire-in-the-eyes emoji sticker only to realize the same Facebook story also contained a picture of his high school age daughter.
I replied to a friend’s facebook story that included a picture of his new carbon fiber road bike with a fire-in-the-eyes emoji sticker only to realize the same Facebook story also contained a picture of his high school age daughter.
September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How’s your day going?
I replied to a friend’s facebook story that included a picture of his new carbon fiber road bike with a fire-in-the-eyes emoji sticker only to realize the same Facebook story also contained a picture of his high school age daughter.
I replied to a friend’s facebook story that included a picture of his new carbon fiber road bike with a fire-in-the-eyes emoji sticker only to realize the same Facebook story also contained a picture of his high school age daughter.
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The life and death of Charlie Kirk and the response to it is the fastest case study of the difference between history and memory that I have ever seen develop.
September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The life and death of Charlie Kirk and the response to it is the fastest case study of the difference between history and memory that I have ever seen develop.
Pro tip: make sure you know the preexisting condition you’re planning on using to get your 2025 COVID vaccine. The nice lady caught me off guard and in a bit of a mood.
“Possible Brain worm” was not on her BINGO card.
“Possible Brain worm” was not on her BINGO card.
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Pro tip: make sure you know the preexisting condition you’re planning on using to get your 2025 COVID vaccine. The nice lady caught me off guard and in a bit of a mood.
“Possible Brain worm” was not on her BINGO card.
“Possible Brain worm” was not on her BINGO card.
This is not the way.
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is not the way.
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Historians agree.
They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance
They are destroying democracy
They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance
They are destroying democracy
"A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
www.npr.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Historians agree.
They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance
They are destroying democracy
They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance
They are destroying democracy
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Pretty sure companies aren't lining up to build manufacturing plants when they're subject to the daily whims of a 78 year-old man with zero scruples.
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pretty sure companies aren't lining up to build manufacturing plants when they're subject to the daily whims of a 78 year-old man with zero scruples.
The front garden came in nice this year.
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The front garden came in nice this year.
Pleased to report the kids from Pali high put on their Spring Show in borrowed space at Samo and crushed their production of Legally Blonde.
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Pleased to report the kids from Pali high put on their Spring Show in borrowed space at Samo and crushed their production of Legally Blonde.
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I just want to personally thank Pete Hegseth for proving my theory that when your entire personality is “minorities are incompetent,” it’s usually because you’re more incompetent than anyone could have imagined.
a man in a dodgers shirt is holding a glass of wine in front of a microphone
ALT: a man in a dodgers shirt is holding a glass of wine in front of a microphone
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I just want to personally thank Pete Hegseth for proving my theory that when your entire personality is “minorities are incompetent,” it’s usually because you’re more incompetent than anyone could have imagined.
What do I think the Dems need to win? To get themselves out of the wilderness? To ditch the brand of a whiny, victimhood embracing, identity politics reliant party that kills them with voters? They need a Teddy Roosevelt style progressive. Will they find and support one? Of course not.
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What do I think the Dems need to win? To get themselves out of the wilderness? To ditch the brand of a whiny, victimhood embracing, identity politics reliant party that kills them with voters? They need a Teddy Roosevelt style progressive. Will they find and support one? Of course not.
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This is how its done
With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on Judge Coughenour showing how every court should respond to the Trump administration’s sadistic and lawless rampage (including full audio of his extraordinary statement from the bench): slate.com/news-and-pol...
A Reagan Appointee Just Showed How All Judges Should Respond to Trump’s Lawless Rampage
"In this courtroom, and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow," the judge declared.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is how its done
A little self care in a challenging world.
February 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A little self care in a challenging world.
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If Congress was fulfilling its Article I purpose it would pass a bill tomorrow by a veto proof majority to shut down “DOGE”, instanter.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If Congress was fulfilling its Article I purpose it would pass a bill tomorrow by a veto proof majority to shut down “DOGE”, instanter.
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Way back in 2016,
@GOP
believed the truth: the economy is just a complex set of interactions between people, and govt should facilitate that. Tariffs are the opposite. It’s big govt.
And they say I changed. LOL
@GOP
believed the truth: the economy is just a complex set of interactions between people, and govt should facilitate that. Tariffs are the opposite. It’s big govt.
And they say I changed. LOL
February 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Way back in 2016,
@GOP
believed the truth: the economy is just a complex set of interactions between people, and govt should facilitate that. Tariffs are the opposite. It’s big govt.
And they say I changed. LOL
@GOP
believed the truth: the economy is just a complex set of interactions between people, and govt should facilitate that. Tariffs are the opposite. It’s big govt.
And they say I changed. LOL
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Green Day, Red Hot Chile Peppers, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, No Doubt, Pink, John Fogerty, Atlantis Morissette.
Yes please. #fireaid
Yes please. #fireaid
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Green Day, Red Hot Chile Peppers, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, No Doubt, Pink, John Fogerty, Atlantis Morissette.
Yes please. #fireaid
Yes please. #fireaid
Ahh yes, that time when Mrs. B headed off to the airport to go do lawyer things for the first Muslim ban and promised to keep a low profile. A good reminder of how quickly he tried to pull this same kind of crap during the first go around.
January 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ahh yes, that time when Mrs. B headed off to the airport to go do lawyer things for the first Muslim ban and promised to keep a low profile. A good reminder of how quickly he tried to pull this same kind of crap during the first go around.
How Mrs B thinks:
January 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
How Mrs B thinks:
After 265 days, we will gladly take a little rain.
January 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
After 265 days, we will gladly take a little rain.
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Nobody is going to regret a trade war with Colombia more than Don Jr.
Nobody.
Nobody.
January 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nobody is going to regret a trade war with Colombia more than Don Jr.
Nobody.
Nobody.
Drove down from the Palisades this morning. Very odd seeing the Santa Monica pier parking lots converted to a northbound checkpoint with multiple lanes of car, each with a letter on the windshield designating which neighborhood they’re allowed to enter. Cirque du Soleil was there just a month ago.
January 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Drove down from the Palisades this morning. Very odd seeing the Santa Monica pier parking lots converted to a northbound checkpoint with multiple lanes of car, each with a letter on the windshield designating which neighborhood they’re allowed to enter. Cirque du Soleil was there just a month ago.
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As well as misspelling the name of Colombia, Donald Trump is going to push our allies into the loving embrace of China.
But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did
But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
As well as misspelling the name of Colombia, Donald Trump is going to push our allies into the loving embrace of China.
But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did
But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did
We got A LOT of thank you notes to write.
Street parking outside the DTLA Sheraton: Bexar County TX, Dallas Fire Department, Carbondale CO, Security CO, Purgatory CO, Windsor CO, Texas Forrest Service (a bunch) San Juan County, Nacogdoches TX, Allen TX, Greenville TX.
Street parking outside the DTLA Sheraton: Bexar County TX, Dallas Fire Department, Carbondale CO, Security CO, Purgatory CO, Windsor CO, Texas Forrest Service (a bunch) San Juan County, Nacogdoches TX, Allen TX, Greenville TX.
January 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We got A LOT of thank you notes to write.
Street parking outside the DTLA Sheraton: Bexar County TX, Dallas Fire Department, Carbondale CO, Security CO, Purgatory CO, Windsor CO, Texas Forrest Service (a bunch) San Juan County, Nacogdoches TX, Allen TX, Greenville TX.
Street parking outside the DTLA Sheraton: Bexar County TX, Dallas Fire Department, Carbondale CO, Security CO, Purgatory CO, Windsor CO, Texas Forrest Service (a bunch) San Juan County, Nacogdoches TX, Allen TX, Greenville TX.
Here we go again. Castaic. About 45 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
January 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Here we go again. Castaic. About 45 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
A snap of a portion of the damage report from just one of the two L.A. fires. Link to full website: recovery.lacounty.gov/palisades-fi...
January 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
A snap of a portion of the damage report from just one of the two L.A. fires. Link to full website: recovery.lacounty.gov/palisades-fi...