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Darlene McDonald
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Novelist. Essayist. Writer of Political and Civil Rights History

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If the majority of these schools were not in lower quadrant of states ranked by poverty and education, I wouldn't say a word. It would be nice if some of that money actually went towards better education to pull people out of poverty so that they kids wouldn't have to hope for an athletic payday.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
100 million dollar messy
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That too
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🤬
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
True that
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Believing anything Donald Trump says must be considered a form of mental illness.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
That doesn’t make any sense. The only possible defense is Sexual Abuse in children does impact neurodevelopment. Everyone paying attention to every election on Donald Trump knows he had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton was not running in 2024. So that doesn’t make sense.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So, she voted for him believing he would protect them?? From whom?
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And I’m sure NO ONE will ask her about that, but everyone will be thinking it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
He has also kicked Marjorie Taylor Greene out of MAGA over it.

So, Speaker Mike Johnson, lied.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Speaker Johnson kept Congress out of session for more than a month to avoid swearing in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who represented the 218th vote on the discharged petition. Trump promptly called Rep Lauren Boebart into the SITUATION ROOM to get her to change her vote.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Speaker Johnson is listing off a litany of reasons why they won’t release the files. They are apparently concerned about creating new victims and protects FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
No discharged petition is needed. No vote is needed. The Trump DOJ can release ALL the files NOW. No vote and no discharge petition are needed.

Will the media call him out on it.

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The files released because Rep Ro Khanna subpoenaed the Epstein estate. Mike Johnson gave Rep Comer the created.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Pulte named as the third bidder on the Palm Beach property was Mark Pulte, Bill Pulte’s father.
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM