Darlene McDonald
@darlenemcdonald.com
Novelist. Essayist. Writer of Political and Civil Rights History
https://darlenemcdonald.substack.com
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Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S. last year.
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S. last year.
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
This should not even be a discussion. Like DOGE, the so-called $350 million WH ‘ballroom’ is illegal. If we had a functioning government, Trump would have been impeached over the demolition of the East Wing. If we had a functioning government, Trump would be impeached for soliciting bribes.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This should not even be a discussion. Like DOGE, the so-called $350 million WH ‘ballroom’ is illegal. If we had a functioning government, Trump would have been impeached over the demolition of the East Wing. If we had a functioning government, Trump would be impeached for soliciting bribes.
I do not go to a .gov site for reliable information.
The White House website just keeps going downhill. It’s an embarrassment.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I do not go to a .gov site for reliable information.
Aided and abetted by the complicity and silence of legacy media. This would include ‘so-called’ journalists and investigative reporters who withhold information of national importance just to provide sensationalism to sell books.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Aided and abetted by the complicity and silence of legacy media. This would include ‘so-called’ journalists and investigative reporters who withhold information of national importance just to provide sensationalism to sell books.
Reposted by Darlene McDonald
Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist before he did children’s books
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist before he did children’s books
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
An Epstein survivor admitting to voting for Trump who is known to have had a long and open relationship to Jeffrey Epstein is some ish.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
An Epstein survivor admitting to voting for Trump who is known to have had a long and open relationship to Jeffrey Epstein is some ish.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
The Russia connection likely has more to do with Trump's financial crimes than it does his sexual crimes. There are a lot of damning emails in the released files, but this one should be at the top of everyone's list.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Russia connection likely has more to do with Trump's financial crimes than it does his sexual crimes. There are a lot of damning emails in the released files, but this one should be at the top of everyone's list.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
The Epstein Files are about more than sexual abuse of children. They’re primarily about financial crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Epstein Files are about more than sexual abuse of children. They’re primarily about financial crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
Reposted by Darlene McDonald
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
Trump leads MAGA to believe the mainstream legacy media is liberal and is out to get him.
A New York Times’ reporter had this kind of information on candidate Donald Trump and the paper sat on it.
That should be a story in and of itself.
A New York Times’ reporter had this kind of information on candidate Donald Trump and the paper sat on it.
That should be a story in and of itself.
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump leads MAGA to believe the mainstream legacy media is liberal and is out to get him.
A New York Times’ reporter had this kind of information on candidate Donald Trump and the paper sat on it.
That should be a story in and of itself.
A New York Times’ reporter had this kind of information on candidate Donald Trump and the paper sat on it.
That should be a story in and of itself.
It seems FHFA Director Bill Pulte and Donald Trump go way back, possibly way back to the Mueller investigation.
To get caught up, Director Pulte has accused Trump political rivals of mortgage fraud. Those accused includes Letitia James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Fed BOG member Lisa Cook.
To get caught up, Director Pulte has accused Trump political rivals of mortgage fraud. Those accused includes Letitia James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Fed BOG member Lisa Cook.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It seems FHFA Director Bill Pulte and Donald Trump go way back, possibly way back to the Mueller investigation.
To get caught up, Director Pulte has accused Trump political rivals of mortgage fraud. Those accused includes Letitia James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Fed BOG member Lisa Cook.
To get caught up, Director Pulte has accused Trump political rivals of mortgage fraud. Those accused includes Letitia James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Fed BOG member Lisa Cook.
A pedophile is a person who is sexually attracted to children.
Legally, the term "child" often applies to anyone under the age of 18.
Are we now redefining ‘child’ and ‘pedophile’?
Next we will be arguing the definition of ‘was’ and ‘is’.
If this is not your bottomline, you have none.
Legally, the term "child" often applies to anyone under the age of 18.
Are we now redefining ‘child’ and ‘pedophile’?
Next we will be arguing the definition of ‘was’ and ‘is’.
If this is not your bottomline, you have none.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A pedophile is a person who is sexually attracted to children.
Legally, the term "child" often applies to anyone under the age of 18.
Are we now redefining ‘child’ and ‘pedophile’?
Next we will be arguing the definition of ‘was’ and ‘is’.
If this is not your bottomline, you have none.
Legally, the term "child" often applies to anyone under the age of 18.
Are we now redefining ‘child’ and ‘pedophile’?
Next we will be arguing the definition of ‘was’ and ‘is’.
If this is not your bottomline, you have none.
JD Vance ==> Mike Johnson
Is the current line of succession.
Yeah, kinda screwed either way. All the more reasons 2026 matters.
Is the current line of succession.
Yeah, kinda screwed either way. All the more reasons 2026 matters.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
JD Vance ==> Mike Johnson
Is the current line of succession.
Yeah, kinda screwed either way. All the more reasons 2026 matters.
Is the current line of succession.
Yeah, kinda screwed either way. All the more reasons 2026 matters.
Jeffrey Epstein was found hanging in his cell on August 10, 2019, as there were no windows he could fall out of.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Jeffrey Epstein was found hanging in his cell on August 10, 2019, as there were no windows he could fall out of.
I’m not even going to ask you to make it make sense. They literally moved the one person that could spill the beans on him to a prison country club and gave her a puppy.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’m not even going to ask you to make it make sense. They literally moved the one person that could spill the beans on him to a prison country club and gave her a puppy.
That’s what the Trumpians did.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That’s what the Trumpians did.
Reposted by Darlene McDonald
For those wondering why I posted a thread about this last night, this is why.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
Do all ACA subsidies expire or only the enhanced subsidies passed post-COVID expire on 12/31/25? Asking for my adult kids, who both get insurance from ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For those wondering why I posted a thread about this last night, this is why.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
INFURIATING
Jeanne Shaheen was in the senate during negotiations for the ACA. She saw how Republicans cut the meat out of the ACA only to still not vote for it. Did the Republican Party suddenly change to start giving a damn about the health and wellbeing of their constituents?!
Hell No!
Jeanne Shaheen was in the senate during negotiations for the ACA. She saw how Republicans cut the meat out of the ACA only to still not vote for it. Did the Republican Party suddenly change to start giving a damn about the health and wellbeing of their constituents?!
Hell No!
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
INFURIATING
Jeanne Shaheen was in the senate during negotiations for the ACA. She saw how Republicans cut the meat out of the ACA only to still not vote for it. Did the Republican Party suddenly change to start giving a damn about the health and wellbeing of their constituents?!
Hell No!
Jeanne Shaheen was in the senate during negotiations for the ACA. She saw how Republicans cut the meat out of the ACA only to still not vote for it. Did the Republican Party suddenly change to start giving a damn about the health and wellbeing of their constituents?!
Hell No!
Here’s the problem.
Republican’s goal is to kill the ACA.
Donald Trump will tell them not to make a deal and they won’t.
MAGA does not care about the ACA if it means getting rid of Obamacare.
To not understand this is to not understand today’s Republican Party.
They got played.
Republican’s goal is to kill the ACA.
Donald Trump will tell them not to make a deal and they won’t.
MAGA does not care about the ACA if it means getting rid of Obamacare.
To not understand this is to not understand today’s Republican Party.
They got played.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here’s the problem.
Republican’s goal is to kill the ACA.
Donald Trump will tell them not to make a deal and they won’t.
MAGA does not care about the ACA if it means getting rid of Obamacare.
To not understand this is to not understand today’s Republican Party.
They got played.
Republican’s goal is to kill the ACA.
Donald Trump will tell them not to make a deal and they won’t.
MAGA does not care about the ACA if it means getting rid of Obamacare.
To not understand this is to not understand today’s Republican Party.
They got played.
Does anyone believes for a second that MAGA will admit to something they see with their lying eyes?
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Does anyone believes for a second that MAGA will admit to something they see with their lying eyes?