John Autry
@johnautry.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.
"Crisis? What Crisis?" by Supertramp released in the UK in November 1975. #Supertramp #CrisisWhatCrisis #VintageVinyl
11/7/1837-Abolitionist, clergyman and editor Elijah P. Lovejoy, 34, was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, as he defended his newly delivered printing press. #ElijahLovejoy 1/3
"There will be a temptation for Republicans to propose doing Trumpism the right way, to achieve their goals without the errors that beset Trump’s second term. This is a fool’s errand."
Trumpism Is Failing Because It Is Very, Very Stupid
The MAGA movement is fully rooted in the promotion of ignorance and demonization of knowledge. That’s why it’s failing now. That’s why it will fail in the future.
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Twang! It's Friday! "Unchained" (American II: Unchained) released 11/5/1996. #JohnnyCash #UnchainedAmericanII #TwangItsFriday
we can never forget that they shot a mom and a nurse in the middle of the street and told us they deserved it
I knew there was something special about Texas. What are the chances that lightning would strike twice on the same day in Texas? Guy Clark and Doug Sahm both born on this day in 1941. #GuyClark #DougSahm #HappyBirthday
November 5, 1872 - Susan B. Anthony and a few other women in Rochester, New York, voted in the presidential election, all of them for the first time. #SusanBAnthony #WomensSuffrage 1/3
11/5/1969-Bobby Seale, a founder of the Black Panther Party, was sentenced to 4 years in prison on 16 counts of contempt of court during the federal Chicago Eight trial in Chicago; he was charged for his insistent claims to the right to choose his own lawyer, or to represent himself. #BobbySeale 1/2
November 4, 1811 - A group of men in Bulwell, near Nottingham, England, armed with hammers, axes and pistols in the dark of night, broke into the workshop of a master weaver named Hollingsworth and smashed six weaving machines the men thought threatened their jobs. #Luddites 1/4
The Rolling Stones' "Big Hits [high tide and green grass]" released in the UK this day in 1966. #TheRollingStones #BigHitsHighTideAndGreenGrass
![The Rolling Stones' "Big Hits [high tide and green grass]" released in the UK this day in 1966.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vmqhjrfbpbpidaoqbu4mrijf/bafkreihecknulw547poud5ajuqvjojnxj4gba7r525lihp5vi6caz5vwq4)
November 4, 2008 - The first African American ever nominated by a major political party as candidate for president went before the electorate. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and his Democratic vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, #BarackObama #44th 1/2
"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell released this day in 1968. #GlenCampbell #WichitaLineman #VintageVinyl
How long before the SOCIALISM kicks in? Asking for a friend.
"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane was released in November 1969. #JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
"The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes - RAW" by Bob Dylan and The Band released this day in 2014. #BobDylan #TheBootlegSeriesVol11TheBasementTapesRAW #TheBand
