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Diane Aurelia Burton

@daburton.bsky.social

490 followers 160 following 810 posts

Applied Sociologist w. public policy emphasis; spent 10 yrs of my life assuring that low-level-radioactive-waste disposal in Nebraska would be safe (there's no LLRW disposal site in Neb); Air Force brat; progressive critical thinker; boomer; Ethnic Mormon

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 22h

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20h

The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down

From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.

www.inquirer.com

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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 18h

🎁Gift Article: It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
@willbunch.bsky.social | Columnist 2 hours ago share.inquirer.com/TQcHNV

It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 20h

#MichaeldeAdder

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

The current work stoppage in the House is really unusual for a non-midterm year. It isn't about the shutdown; the House cast votes in October 2013 despite one. And it started earlier — about when Grijalva won her election. www.pbump.net/o/remember-t...

Remember the House?

There is a certain rhythm to the way in which the House of Representatives conducts its business. The House begins each year with a few weeks of voting before cutting out for an extended Easter break....

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 2d

#MichaeldeAdder
Neighbours
[From hell]

Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 2d

#SteveBrodner
Man of Stink

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Dream for America @dreamforamerica.bsky.social · 3d

GAVIN NEWSOM: "They're rewriting history, censoring historical facts. All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black -- period, full stop. This is not about left or right, it's about daylight and darkness."

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite poets since the mid-60s

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting @gregolear.bsky.social on Shelley's 'England in 1819' inter alia:

"An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King;
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring;
Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know..."

open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

Sunday Pages: "Ode to the West Wind"

A poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 3d

#AnnTelnaes
Another monument to Trump's megalomania
After demolishing the East Wing for his oversized Vegas showroom, Trump now wants to extend his reach in the city.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Switzerland, the famously neutral country, is spending hundreds of millions overhauling its vast network of personal shelters and civil protection sites in light of the “changing global security situation.”

Switzerland is spending millions revamping its vast network of bunkers

Citing “the changing global security situation,” the famously neutral country is embarking on a major revamp of personal shelters and civil protection sites.

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 4d

James Carville, I’m an old man and I’m one scared dude!
I’m an old woman and I’m one scared broad!!

Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 4d

How much asbestos was released into the DC air during the hasty demolition of the East Wing?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

TRUMP: Could you say that louder please?

Q: Yes. Yesterday that there a vote in the Knesset in Israel on annexing the West Bank. Do you see that as a challenge to your peace efforts?

TRUMP: Will you answer that please? Because I cannot understand a word she's saying. Where are you from?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

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#AnnTelnaes
Commander in Thief
Ethical conflicts were never a priority for Trump and his ilk.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 6d

White Evangelicals continue to retreat from the center to embrace more radical positions.

PRRI president and founder @robertpjones.bsky.social unpacks the report revealing this finding and more, in his latest interview.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-is-the-only-option-for-white

Fascism is the Only Option for White Christian Nationalists: Robert P. Jones on the latest PRRI Survey

"Today, it is actually hard as a pollster to write a question on immigration that is too harsh, or too cruel for evangel

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6d

Fascism is the Only Option for White Christian Nationalists: Robert P. Jones on the latest PRRI Survey.. fascinating open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Fascism is the Only Option for White Christian Nationalists: Robert P. Jones on the latest PRRI Survey

"Today, it is actually hard as a pollster to write a question on immigration that is too harsh, or too cruel for evangelicals to support."

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 7d

An amazingly precedent slide!

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#AnnTelnaes
Trump’s recent childish stunt should get more attention than just the bathroom humor.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

here is a clip of the East Wing of the White House being demolished for Trump's ballroom just now

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Diane Aurelia Burton @daburton.bsky.social · 7d

#MichaeldeAdder

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

It looks even worse by video 😢

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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