Diane Aurelia Burton
@daburton.bsky.social
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
Well that was fun… all prepped to cook sautéed Brussels sprouts in sherry cream sauce and the cooktop won’t turn on… see comments
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Well that was fun… all prepped to cook sautéed Brussels sprouts in sherry cream sauce and the cooktop won’t turn on… see comments
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
This amazing video was made by students.
Just think what #ICELawlessness is doing to children.
Any kid ~11 & up have a phone or tablet & access to Instagram or tiktok & can see what's going on.
Imagine their fear, sadness & knowledge that too few are helping.
HELP!
Call Congress
202-224-3121
Just think what #ICELawlessness is doing to children.
Any kid ~11 & up have a phone or tablet & access to Instagram or tiktok & can see what's going on.
Imagine their fear, sadness & knowledge that too few are helping.
HELP!
Call Congress
202-224-3121
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This amazing video was made by students.
Just think what #ICELawlessness is doing to children.
Any kid ~11 & up have a phone or tablet & access to Instagram or tiktok & can see what's going on.
Imagine their fear, sadness & knowledge that too few are helping.
HELP!
Call Congress
202-224-3121
Just think what #ICELawlessness is doing to children.
Any kid ~11 & up have a phone or tablet & access to Instagram or tiktok & can see what's going on.
Imagine their fear, sadness & knowledge that too few are helping.
HELP!
Call Congress
202-224-3121
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
An Idiosyncratic Christmas Playlist
A roundup that evokes a new nostalgia
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
“We do not need leaders who would so divide a people against each other.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Last Christmas'
It would be difficult to overstate just how unhealthy what Trump is doing to the United States, and the world at large, is for the soul.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“We do not need leaders who would so divide a people against each other.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer tells me there were likely other FBI reports from 1996 that the DoJ is withholding because they mention Trump. You can watch our interview here: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
NEW: My In-Depth Interview with Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer
We discuss the government coverup, her sister's 1996 FBI report, egregious institutional failures at the FBI, and what's missing from Friday's release.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer tells me there were likely other FBI reports from 1996 that the DoJ is withholding because they mention Trump. You can watch our interview here: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Gupta: Just the way he presents himself. Whether it’s the hand—is there something happening with that hand? Is there an IV there that they’re trying to cover up? His pressurized, rambling, incoherent speech. When you take it all together, reasonable people are asking reasonable questions
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Gupta: Just the way he presents himself. Whether it’s the hand—is there something happening with that hand? Is there an IV there that they’re trying to cover up? His pressurized, rambling, incoherent speech. When you take it all together, reasonable people are asking reasonable questions
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
participants in Trump's event today are now checking their watches while awkwardly standing around and waiting for Trump
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
participants in Trump's event today are now checking their watches while awkwardly standing around and waiting for Trump
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
So pathetic. Such a lonely, desperate cry for acceptance. A craving not even his family can satisfy—he has to appropriate another family’s legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So pathetic. Such a lonely, desperate cry for acceptance. A craving not even his family can satisfy—he has to appropriate another family’s legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
Waiting for Epstein
Plus: Trump's Hall of Pettiness
charliesykes.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
I have just demanded a full refund for remaining tickets at the Kennedy Center. I did not buy anything at the "Trump Kennedy" Center. I encourage you to do the same #refundKennedy
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I have just demanded a full refund for remaining tickets at the Kennedy Center. I did not buy anything at the "Trump Kennedy" Center. I encourage you to do the same #refundKennedy
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?” newrepublic.com/post/204607/... via @newrepublic.com
Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?”
More evidence reveals how Donald Trump tried to overturn the results in Georgia’s state election.
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?” newrepublic.com/post/204607/... via @newrepublic.com
Kudos to @jonathancapehart.bsky.social on your interview with map Michelle Obama! Excellent!!
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Kudos to @jonathancapehart.bsky.social on your interview with map Michelle Obama! Excellent!!
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
The guy who has spent 70 million of YOUR money playing golf this year believes a one time payment of 2k will take care of ALL your health insurance needs. Also, a bellicose dictator trying to bribe troops already deployed in American cities & coaxed into war crimes is bad f’n news.
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The guy who has spent 70 million of YOUR money playing golf this year believes a one time payment of 2k will take care of ALL your health insurance needs. Also, a bellicose dictator trying to bribe troops already deployed in American cities & coaxed into war crimes is bad f’n news.
