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
Made me snort laugh with that one! But having been owned by many cats over my life, I kinda know what you mean!
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Made me snort laugh with that one! But having been owned by many cats over my life, I kinda know what you mean!
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
It’s as though they get up in the morning and try their best to be fascists but at the end of the day they kill, lie, and plot for personal power like the late-Brezhnev politburo. 10/
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
It’s as though they get up in the morning and try their best to be fascists but at the end of the day they kill, lie, and plot for personal power like the late-Brezhnev politburo. 10/
The executive branch is fascist, the legislative branch is flaccid, the judicial branch has yet to be defined.
January 26, 2026 at 5:25 AM
The executive branch is fascist, the legislative branch is flaccid, the judicial branch has yet to be defined.
Reposted by Diane Aurelia Burton
Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.
In my youth I considered George Romney, Henry Cabot Lodge, Margaret Chase Smith, et al, as progressive… fiscal conservatives/social liberals
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
In my youth I considered George Romney, Henry Cabot Lodge, Margaret Chase Smith, et al, as progressive… fiscal conservatives/social liberals
Sadly, you’re not wrong… but add sane Independents & Republicans. Local and State elections have always been important, yet sadly ignored!
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Sadly, you’re not wrong… but add sane Independents & Republicans. Local and State elections have always been important, yet sadly ignored!
And you were correct!
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
And you were correct!
And Pete Buttigieg who is articulate and brilliant would lose. What does that say about our electorate…
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 AM
And Pete Buttigieg who is articulate and brilliant would lose. What does that say about our electorate…