Challiss McDonough
@challiss-m.bsky.social
Advocate. Recovering humanitarian. Ex-journalist. Runner. Hiker.
He’s still going, ringing the alarm bells for 20 hours now. This man is 68 years old.
Midnight in Oregon, and Sen. Merkley is reading the poem again, sounding the alarm bells. He’s outlasted the livestream, so they started a new livestream. www.youtube.com/live/ymDt1Xe...
Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
He’s still going, ringing the alarm bells for 20 hours now. This man is 68 years old.
I just tuned into this livestream. He’s been going for 7 hours and is talking about the importance of having independent journalists covering the war in Afghanistan. I appreciate this. Thank you, Senator.
I’m holding the floor to say HELL NO to Trump’s attacks on our Constitution and our communities.
www.youtube.com/live/H1VL5Po...
www.youtube.com/live/H1VL5Po...
LIVE: Senator Merkley holds floor to 'protest Trump’s threats to Democracy'
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I just tuned into this livestream. He’s been going for 7 hours and is talking about the importance of having independent journalists covering the war in Afghanistan. I appreciate this. Thank you, Senator.
Spent some time this morning conducting a comprehensive damage assessment in the smoldering, uninhabitable hellscape of war-ravaged Portland. This traffic cone is just another innocent victim of the chaos.
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Spent some time this morning conducting a comprehensive damage assessment in the smoldering, uninhabitable hellscape of war-ravaged Portland. This traffic cone is just another innocent victim of the chaos.
Getting all the jabs while the jabs are still gettable.
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Getting all the jabs while the jabs are still gettable.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
My husband is an agent of chaos.
June 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My husband is an agent of chaos.
Absolutely irate at NYT story that includes this quote, does NOT explain what a Gleason score or grade group means, but DOES include 3 grafs of irrelevant BS about the Democratic Party. I get that breaking news is hard but this is basic journalism, and the AP story includes that info. Inexcusable.
May 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Absolutely irate at NYT story that includes this quote, does NOT explain what a Gleason score or grade group means, but DOES include 3 grafs of irrelevant BS about the Democratic Party. I get that breaking news is hard but this is basic journalism, and the AP story includes that info. Inexcusable.
Fiona believes in staying hydrated while hiking.
May 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Fiona believes in staying hydrated while hiking.
Spotted in the grocery store parking lot.
May 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Spotted in the grocery store parking lot.
Decided to do myself a favor and and spend the afternoon in the forest taking this goofball on her first hike.
April 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Decided to do myself a favor and and spend the afternoon in the forest taking this goofball on her first hike.
If you asked me to name the one album LEAST likely be on the inflight entertainment system for a transoceanic flight, it would probably be this one. And yet there it was.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If you asked me to name the one album LEAST likely be on the inflight entertainment system for a transoceanic flight, it would probably be this one. And yet there it was.
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Coups are unstable initially, till they consolidate their institutions. There's an opportunity here - public opinion and judicial pushback can still make a difference. Stand behind federal employees, protest, ensure Congress uses every bit of their remaining power to check the executive. /4
February 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Coups are unstable initially, till they consolidate their institutions. There's an opportunity here - public opinion and judicial pushback can still make a difference. Stand behind federal employees, protest, ensure Congress uses every bit of their remaining power to check the executive. /4
I have spent a lot of time in authoritarian states and dictatorships. They all had elections. They all had legislatures. It isn’t institutions or elections they make a democracy, it’s accountability.
Chaps. You don't have to nitpick about the coup/not-a-coup definition. In competitive authoritarian systems, you have elections that don't produce a change of government, legislatures that make marginal, busywork laws to uphold a predetermined policy agenda, a judiciary that punishes any dissent../1
February 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I have spent a lot of time in authoritarian states and dictatorships. They all had elections. They all had legislatures. It isn’t institutions or elections they make a democracy, it’s accountability.
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Maybe Dems can use their email/text annoyance structure to blast put a message that really matters rather than just to fundraise
Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Maybe Dems can use their email/text annoyance structure to blast put a message that really matters rather than just to fundraise
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reasonable people can quibble about how USAID does some of this, but that’s not what’s on the table—the question on the table is stark: do we want the might of the US state to provide people w/aid & assistance, or do we just want it to crush people? Do we want to protect the people who provide aid?
USAID is, frankly, one of the few arms of the government that does actually, unadulteratedly good things for the world (and with decent efficiency, given that that’s the notional concern). Not a coincidence that they’re the primary target here.
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) — USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to prevent Musk's DOGE from accessing classified material, officials say.
WASHINGTON (AP) — USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to prevent Musk's DOGE from accessing classified material, officials say.
February 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
reasonable people can quibble about how USAID does some of this, but that’s not what’s on the table—the question on the table is stark: do we want the might of the US state to provide people w/aid & assistance, or do we just want it to crush people? Do we want to protect the people who provide aid?
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I have lived through a military coup: watched tanks roll down the street, distracted my toddler from them, dealt with curfew, had to make urgent calls while hearing gunshots in the distance.
Immediate threats of violence matter, but don't define coups. The illegal takeover of executive power does.
Immediate threats of violence matter, but don't define coups. The illegal takeover of executive power does.
February 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I have lived through a military coup: watched tanks roll down the street, distracted my toddler from them, dealt with curfew, had to make urgent calls while hearing gunshots in the distance.
Immediate threats of violence matter, but don't define coups. The illegal takeover of executive power does.
Immediate threats of violence matter, but don't define coups. The illegal takeover of executive power does.
This is really, really, really bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is really, really, really bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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Gofundme should not be our national safety net
January 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gofundme should not be our national safety net
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Seeing folks talking about mailing used clothing to Los Angeles. Please do not do this unless you are responding to a specific request from a reputable relief organization.* Otherwise, you contribute to a second disaster. You'll do more good by donating the money you would have spent on shipping.
Want to help after a disaster? Give cash, not clothing | Julia Brooks
Most of the stuff sent to disaster areas is inappropriate or useless. Get your wallet out instead so the professionals can buy what they need
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Seeing folks talking about mailing used clothing to Los Angeles. Please do not do this unless you are responding to a specific request from a reputable relief organization.* Otherwise, you contribute to a second disaster. You'll do more good by donating the money you would have spent on shipping.
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere…
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere…
November 15, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere…
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere…