Scott McDonald
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They trusted me to carry Smoky Bear's matches, 1977-2013.
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#NYC blocks #ICE vans, #Trump melts down in a cowboy hat, threatens to defund Indiana (yes, that’s a crime), #Epstein photos drop, #Zelensky films a battlefield victory update from #Kupiansk #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritariansim
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The Miracle on Ice… Melts Down
Trump hijacks a hockey ceremony, denies Epstein, blackmails Indiana, and rage-posts through the night while America braces for real crises.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#NYC blocks #ICE vans, #Trump melts down in a cowboy hat, threatens to defund Indiana (yes, that’s a crime), #Epstein photos drop, #Zelensky films a battlefield victory update from #Kupiansk #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritariansim
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
Seems like plain language to me.
There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Seems like plain language to me.
"Put together, today’s stories are facets of the same project: weakening the institutions that protect the vulnerable, elevating the actors who wield cruelty as political currency, and flooding the information space with enough chaos to make accountability feel quaint."
“Secretary of War Crimes” era just hit a new level: confirmed kill-everyone orders, GOP oversight mutiny, and the Pentagon refusing to send lawyers to briefings.
Plus: Trump nukes fuel-efficiency rules, billionaires bankroll a privatization Trojan horse #uspolitics
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Plus: Trump nukes fuel-efficiency rules, billionaires bankroll a privatization Trojan horse #uspolitics
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Secretary of War Crimes and the Ministry of Poisoned Air
Hegseth’s kill orders, Trump’s anti-climate crusade, billionaire baby bonds, and the CDC’s anti-vax makeover, your daily tour through America’s authoritarian renovation project.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Put together, today’s stories are facets of the same project: weakening the institutions that protect the vulnerable, elevating the actors who wield cruelty as political currency, and flooding the information space with enough chaos to make accountability feel quaint."
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
That's what I'm saying.
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That's what I'm saying.
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.
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I think this is going to be worse than the depression. Instead of having a president trying to get us out of it we’ll have someone actively trying to make it worse all while lying and calling it a golden age
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I think this is going to be worse than the depression. Instead of having a president trying to get us out of it we’ll have someone actively trying to make it worse all while lying and calling it a golden age
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Trump administration HATES Veterans.
The suicide rate has skyrocketed but they won’t report it.
VA Crisis line was down this week due to the shutdown and phones out.
They want Veterans to die.
Republicans are all on board.
The suicide rate has skyrocketed but they won’t report it.
VA Crisis line was down this week due to the shutdown and phones out.
They want Veterans to die.
Republicans are all on board.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump administration HATES Veterans.
The suicide rate has skyrocketed but they won’t report it.
VA Crisis line was down this week due to the shutdown and phones out.
They want Veterans to die.
Republicans are all on board.
The suicide rate has skyrocketed but they won’t report it.
VA Crisis line was down this week due to the shutdown and phones out.
They want Veterans to die.
Republicans are all on board.
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America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
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Seven million marched. Treasury called taxes “surcharges.” DHS deepfaked Black teens into “cartel hitmen.” And the Marines fired live rounds over Interstate 5 to celebrate democracy’s slow collapse. #uspolitics #immigration #tariffs #authoritarianism
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The Surcharge Empire Strikes Back
Treasury spin, DHS deepfakes, and the monarchy of make-believe, funded, of course, by your “patriotic investments.”
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October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Seven million marched. Treasury called taxes “surcharges.” DHS deepfaked Black teens into “cartel hitmen.” And the Marines fired live rounds over Interstate 5 to celebrate democracy’s slow collapse. #uspolitics #immigration #tariffs #authoritarianism
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Trump shrugs “Who cares?” as millions prepare to march. The Pentagon’s in chaos, dissent is being labeled terrorism, and civil society’s under siege. #uspolitics #nokings #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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No Kings, No Limits
As millions prepare to march, Trump shrugs, the media dozes, and democracy wonders if polite protest is still enough. The next phase may have to make ignoring us impossible.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump shrugs “Who cares?” as millions prepare to march. The Pentagon’s in chaos, dissent is being labeled terrorism, and civil society’s under siege. #uspolitics #nokings #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.
You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
October 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.
You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
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Anyone else just refreshing Truth Social, waiting for the all caps post where he orders Lindsey Halligan to arrest the Nobel Committee?
October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Anyone else just refreshing Truth Social, waiting for the all caps post where he orders Lindsey Halligan to arrest the Nobel Committee?
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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PSA: Please reschedule any fishing charters and remain inland for the next 24-48 hours.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
PSA: Please reschedule any fishing charters and remain inland for the next 24-48 hours.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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#Xi and #Putin roll out red carpets, #Trump rolls out a $442 visa toll booth. Ukraine still under fire, #ICE agents unmasked by AI, and a sickly GI Joe in chief posting #QAnon memes while sending warships to #Venezuela. #uspolitics
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Red Carpets, Red Flags
Xi hosts autocrats in Tianjin while Trump slaps toll booths on Lady Liberty, plays GI Joe in Venezuela, and hides behind QAnon memes as Ukraine burns.
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August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#Xi and #Putin roll out red carpets, #Trump rolls out a $442 visa toll booth. Ukraine still under fire, #ICE agents unmasked by AI, and a sickly GI Joe in chief posting #QAnon memes while sending warships to #Venezuela. #uspolitics
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