Burt Hays
@bluesman66.bsky.social
I write songs, fiction, and tales that are mostly true. I was once a soldier. XXI Won't let this darkness take me down. He/Him. Burt Hays is a pen name. 🚫MAGAts 🚫Porn 🚫Crypto 🚫DMs unless you know me. #Disrupt&Disobey #BlueStrong #WokeAsFuck!
Some days I can't help myself. Here's a new song.
youtu.be/lk0hXDsbuX0
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Pay the Man Behind the Curtain No Mind
YouTube video by Burt Hays and Friends
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August 27, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Some days I can't help myself. Here's a new song.
youtu.be/lk0hXDsbuX0
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When Trump took office in 2025, the exchange rate was over 20 Mexican pesos to the US dollar. Today it slipped below 17 pesos to the dollar. Heck of a job, Donny. Is America Great Again, yet?
August 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When Trump took office in 2025, the exchange rate was over 20 Mexican pesos to the US dollar. Today it slipped below 17 pesos to the dollar. Heck of a job, Donny. Is America Great Again, yet?
This isn't rocket science. Yet there are those who find this way too difficult to comprehend.
August 14, 2026 at 5:25 AM
This isn't rocket science. Yet there are those who find this way too difficult to comprehend.
Scum, Vandals, and the Department of Justice
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack [U…
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August 1, 2026
In a classic Friday night news dump, the Department of Justice last night moved to dismiss the criminal charges against David Hearn, the U.S.
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August 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Scum, Vandals, and the Department of Justice
Trump couldn't have written this. Too many big words spelled correctly.
Translation
"I am about to get popped by the law, if you don't cheat for me, they will get me"
"I am about to get popped by the law, if you don't cheat for me, they will get me"
June 20, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Trump couldn't have written this. Too many big words spelled correctly.
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June 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org Best of all, it's not an effing corporation.
I'm so old, I can remember when the family in the White House inspired us to be better, instead of embarrassing us all around the world.
June 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I'm so old, I can remember when the family in the White House inspired us to be better, instead of embarrassing us all around the world.
Billionaire babies never die for their country
Far away on foreign soil
Billionaire babies are never caught in the crossfire
Between daddy’s ego and oil
Far away on foreign soil
Billionaire babies are never caught in the crossfire
Between daddy’s ego and oil
June 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Billionaire babies never die for their country
Far away on foreign soil
Billionaire babies are never caught in the crossfire
Between daddy’s ego and oil
Far away on foreign soil
Billionaire babies are never caught in the crossfire
Between daddy’s ego and oil
No threat intended -- but a dude can dream.
June 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
No threat intended -- but a dude can dream.
Next time somebody says the election was rigged...
June 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Next time somebody says the election was rigged...
Social Security will continue to provide a safety net if we just raise the payroll tax cap. Instead, the billionaires take the money they're not paying into SS, and use it to buy more politicians. Arithmetic isn't hard.
They’re choosing to let Social Security weaken rather than lift the payroll tax cap and require the wealthiest Americans to contribute at the same rate as everyone else.
Social Security becoming insolvent isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.
Time to wake up America. Many will die without this.
Social Security becoming insolvent isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.
Time to wake up America. Many will die without this.
June 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Social Security will continue to provide a safety net if we just raise the payroll tax cap. Instead, the billionaires take the money they're not paying into SS, and use it to buy more politicians. Arithmetic isn't hard.
Cross-posted to my substack.
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Avtar Khalsa (@bluesman66)
Brian nails it. “Harm Reduction” is a great way to think about it when casting your ballot. I’ve been voting for over 50 years, and I have never seen a perfect candidate, but some are so much worse ...
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June 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Cross-posted to my substack.
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Don't Call It Project 2029 If It's Not A Fighting Document
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu... Should be mandatory reading for anyone who really wants to save the United States of America.
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu... Should be mandatory reading for anyone who really wants to save the United States of America.
Don't Call It Project 2029 If It's Not A Fighting Document
Policy remedies to kitchen-table issues won't end the fascist threat. I thought we learned this?
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May 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Don't Call It Project 2029 If It's Not A Fighting Document
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu... Should be mandatory reading for anyone who really wants to save the United States of America.
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu... Should be mandatory reading for anyone who really wants to save the United States of America.
The cage fight arena has inspired my new favorite acronym: WWSS (White House Shit Show). Photo from aljazeera.com.
May 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The cage fight arena has inspired my new favorite acronym: WWSS (White House Shit Show). Photo from aljazeera.com.
No threat implied. Feel free to share.
May 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
No threat implied. Feel free to share.
Traveling soon? Lines at airports could move slower than usual. DHS is using all that Big Butt Ugly Bill money to continue to fund roving gangs of ICE thugs, rather than pay its TSA workers. GOP won't agree to split out new TSA funding from ICE million$. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
One month later, White House and Democrats no closer to ending the DHS shutdown
Republicans hope longer wait times at airports will be the pressure point Democrats need to drop their immigration enforcement demands. Democrats aren’t giving up their fight.
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March 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Traveling soon? Lines at airports could move slower than usual. DHS is using all that Big Butt Ugly Bill money to continue to fund roving gangs of ICE thugs, rather than pay its TSA workers. GOP won't agree to split out new TSA funding from ICE million$. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Need a diversion from the constant insanity? (Damn! I sure do.) My alter-ego has a new EP on Bandcamp. Check it out. avtarkhalsa.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
The Santa Cruz Trilogy, by Avtar Khalsa
3 track album
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February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Need a diversion from the constant insanity? (Damn! I sure do.) My alter-ego has a new EP on Bandcamp. Check it out. avtarkhalsa.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
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If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
This morning, I stumbled across an amazing poem by a wonderful man named Michael F.
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February 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
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Josh Marshall uses the term "free states." It's an accurate description of where we're at, and I think we're going to hear it a lot more.
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court
With a hearing on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship now on the...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Josh Marshall uses the term "free states." It's an accurate description of where we're at, and I think we're going to hear it a lot more.
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
I stand with Minnesota. Defund ICE!
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I stand with Minnesota. Defund ICE!
From your friends in 🇨🇦 . You wanted Greenland? Here's a little taste.
January 23, 2026 at 6:10 PM
From your friends in 🇨🇦 . You wanted Greenland? Here's a little taste.
From Ron Filipkowski.
… Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) responded: “Stop pretending Trump is playing some genius long game. He’s not. He’s a deeply insecure idiot and he’ll gladly blow up the world order and screw over the entire country if it makes him feel big for 5 minutes.”
Truth from a Marine.
… Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) responded: “Stop pretending Trump is playing some genius long game. He’s not. He’s a deeply insecure idiot and he’ll gladly blow up the world order and screw over the entire country if it makes him feel big for 5 minutes.”
Truth from a Marine.
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
From Ron Filipkowski.
… Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) responded: “Stop pretending Trump is playing some genius long game. He’s not. He’s a deeply insecure idiot and he’ll gladly blow up the world order and screw over the entire country if it makes him feel big for 5 minutes.”
Truth from a Marine.
… Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) responded: “Stop pretending Trump is playing some genius long game. He’s not. He’s a deeply insecure idiot and he’ll gladly blow up the world order and screw over the entire country if it makes him feel big for 5 minutes.”
Truth from a Marine.
Reposting. Music, humor, and truth are tools for defeating fascism. I love it! #EpsteinFiles
It aint gonna go away. 🐸🎶
Release the Epstein files.😝
Reposting this video.
🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
Trump is a horrible man.💩😝
Those Epstein files going bite your butt.
🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
Repost.🇺🇸
Release the Epstein files.😝
Reposting this video.
🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
Trump is a horrible man.💩😝
Those Epstein files going bite your butt.
🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸
Repost.🇺🇸
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposting. Music, humor, and truth are tools for defeating fascism. I love it! #EpsteinFiles
The horrors of Antifa!
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The horrors of Antifa!