Bucky Spires
@gigabuck.bsky.social
Democracy, infosec, writing, photography, horror, true crime, Vermont transplant
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Fuck this. Fuck everything about this. Trump has broken every constraint and revealed them as nonexistent or rotten. This is repulsive and, I swear to god, anyone who doesn’t stand against this doesn’t deserve an ounce of power or influence.
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fuck this. Fuck everything about this. Trump has broken every constraint and revealed them as nonexistent or rotten. This is repulsive and, I swear to god, anyone who doesn’t stand against this doesn’t deserve an ounce of power or influence.
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All in the last five weeks
A Democratic Mayor arrested.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
June 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
All in the last five weeks
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Just a reminder that these assholes have a glass jaw and that authoritarians act out of weakness rather than strength. We need to take this fight to them and not let up until we never see them again.
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
www.nbcnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just a reminder that these assholes have a glass jaw and that authoritarians act out of weakness rather than strength. We need to take this fight to them and not let up until we never see them again.
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When it comes to people with autism, particularly children, RFK Jr wants to make it easier for parents and quack doctors to "experiment" and force dangerous and unproven treatments on them.
And he wants to make it harder or outright illegal to counter disinformation that harms this industry.
And he wants to make it harder or outright illegal to counter disinformation that harms this industry.
i think people are missing the forest for the trees with this one. RFK Jr wants complete centralized knowledge of every American's health in order to exact control on what medications are allowed and in order to fabricate "evidence" for each and all of his nonsense theories.
Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?
Fuck ALL the way off.
Fuck ALL the way off.
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When it comes to people with autism, particularly children, RFK Jr wants to make it easier for parents and quack doctors to "experiment" and force dangerous and unproven treatments on them.
And he wants to make it harder or outright illegal to counter disinformation that harms this industry.
And he wants to make it harder or outright illegal to counter disinformation that harms this industry.
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Listen, pairing this with RFK talking about how people with autism don’t lead dignified lives or pay taxes, I have to tell you, the eugenic facets of the authoritarian movement and historic precedent really make a person start to wonder what roads we’re being forced down.
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Listen, pairing this with RFK talking about how people with autism don’t lead dignified lives or pay taxes, I have to tell you, the eugenic facets of the authoritarian movement and historic precedent really make a person start to wonder what roads we’re being forced down.
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Just finished a very necessary conversation with @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of the American crisis, and, most importantly, what it is that we must fight to preserve and protect.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
A Live Conversation With Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior and I discuss her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of America, and what we must fight for.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just finished a very necessary conversation with @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about her new book The Last American Road Trip, the state of the American crisis, and, most importantly, what it is that we must fight to preserve and protect.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-live-con...
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MAGA collaborators
March 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
MAGA collaborators
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1. There is no “left” outside of millions of people dying for some kind of leadership the Dems haven’t been willing to provide. 2. I don’t think the party’s leadership understands how they truly they’re destroying themselves 3. AOC is dead on and she is showing up in a way that cannot be understated
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
1. There is no “left” outside of millions of people dying for some kind of leadership the Dems haven’t been willing to provide. 2. I don’t think the party’s leadership understands how they truly they’re destroying themselves 3. AOC is dead on and she is showing up in a way that cannot be understated
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If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.
March 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.
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Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote no, risking a government shutdown? All the current and former government employees in my message groups.
Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote yes? Hill people, consultants and spineless Senate Dems who've never spent a day working in the executive branch.
Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote yes? Hill people, consultants and spineless Senate Dems who've never spent a day working in the executive branch.
March 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote no, risking a government shutdown? All the current and former government employees in my message groups.
Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote yes? Hill people, consultants and spineless Senate Dems who've never spent a day working in the executive branch.
Know who wants Senate Democrats to vote yes? Hill people, consultants and spineless Senate Dems who've never spent a day working in the executive branch.
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Here is JD Vance in Vanity Fair three years ago predicting not only that Trump would run again in 2024, but that he would explicitly advise him to fire "every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people," and then ignore the courts when such firings are deemed illegal.
March 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here is JD Vance in Vanity Fair three years ago predicting not only that Trump would run again in 2024, but that he would explicitly advise him to fire "every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people," and then ignore the courts when such firings are deemed illegal.
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The question is settled, this is going to funnel money to quacks and grifters to create a CDC-approved fake "study" that supercharges vaccine misinformation.
It's not just a public health failure, it's a terrorist attack on public health.
It's not just a public health failure, it's a terrorist attack on public health.
Man
*CDC PLANS STUDY INTO VACCINES AND AUTISM: REUTERS
*CDC PLANS STUDY ON POTENTIAL AUTISIM-VACCINES CONNECTION: RTRS
*CDC PLANS STUDY INTO VACCINES AND AUTISM: REUTERS
*CDC PLANS STUDY ON POTENTIAL AUTISIM-VACCINES CONNECTION: RTRS
March 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The question is settled, this is going to funnel money to quacks and grifters to create a CDC-approved fake "study" that supercharges vaccine misinformation.
It's not just a public health failure, it's a terrorist attack on public health.
It's not just a public health failure, it's a terrorist attack on public health.
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If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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all hope of wrenching the ship of state into a survivable direction lies in a broad coalition forming against the right with "punish the oligarchs" at the center of its platform
at an OC protest watching resist lib moms get out of their porsche cayennes with “jail them” signs and i gotta say this does not feel like 2017. these people want blood
March 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
all hope of wrenching the ship of state into a survivable direction lies in a broad coalition forming against the right with "punish the oligarchs" at the center of its platform
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JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]
Good Trouble: JD Vance Chastised by Vermont Snow Reporter
JD Vance, fresh off of helping his boss ambush & insult a foreign leader in the White House yesterday afternoon, is on vacation in Vermont with his family this weekend and will be skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, VT
kottke.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]
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Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
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Elect people who are willing to scale fences to stop authoritarians and give up on people who have built their careers on expressing concerns, performing gestures, and then using it all to fundraise.
December 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Elect people who are willing to scale fences to stop authoritarians and give up on people who have built their careers on expressing concerns, performing gestures, and then using it all to fundraise.
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In the wake of historic loss of the Presidency, the House and Senate to a fascist party, congressional Democrats have re-elected their prior leaders. 👍👍
Senate Democrats just unanimously elected Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic Leader for the next Congress, per a Senate Democratic leadership source.
December 3, 2024 at 6:34 PM
In the wake of historic loss of the Presidency, the House and Senate to a fascist party, congressional Democrats have re-elected their prior leaders. 👍👍
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In S. Korea, the president who built his campaign in part on angry young anti-feminist men declares martial law. This isn't a "parallel"; it's part of the same tide of rising gender nationalism that is lifting all fascist boats around the globe.
December 3, 2024 at 3:23 PM
In S. Korea, the president who built his campaign in part on angry young anti-feminist men declares martial law. This isn't a "parallel"; it's part of the same tide of rising gender nationalism that is lifting all fascist boats around the globe.
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I feel like we're yelling "Do not obey" into the clouds because these jackasses are def going to obey.
December 3, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I feel like we're yelling "Do not obey" into the clouds because these jackasses are def going to obey.
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Here I am at BellingFest talking about the main drivers behind the spread of disinformation
youtu.be/UTG14MW6hOY?...
youtu.be/UTG14MW6hOY?...
The Drivers of Disinformation - Eliot Higgins at Bellingfest
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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November 28, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Here I am at BellingFest talking about the main drivers behind the spread of disinformation
youtu.be/UTG14MW6hOY?...
youtu.be/UTG14MW6hOY?...
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November 27, 2024 at 1:48 AM