Darlene McDonald

Darlene McDonald

@darlenemcdonald.com

Novelist. Essayist. Writer of Political and Civil Rights History https://darlenemcdonald.substack.com

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You’ve continued to show up. ❤️ You’ve stayed engaged. 💯 Now, it’s time to vote. 🗳️ The midterms are here. Don’t sit this one out. Believing that it doesn’t matter is literally the reason we have this current administration. Too many of you, sat it out. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...

sltrib.com‘No Kings’ rallies were held across Utah. This time, protesters brought their ballots.Cheers rippled through the marching crowd all the way to a downtown Salt Lake City ballot box, where voters proudly held up their yellow ballots before dropping them in.

Is now a good time to remind people that lynchings were also public executions? White families—including women and children—routinely attended these lynchings in large numbers. For those who say, “This is not who we are. We’re better than this,” our own documented history proves otherwise.

If none of the 57 men on a group chat that were invited to participate in a gang rape took any action to stop it, should any of us be surprised that Jeffrey Epstein’s best bud is the President of the United States and people STILL full-throated support him?

White presenting Hispanics are still Hispanic. We tried to tell you. Ya’ll wouldn’t listen. Thought it only applied to folks from that ‘other’ Latino country. In a country run by white nationalists trying to ‘take their country back’ all brown people are Black and all Hispanics are from Mexico.

Who was that Sarah person on Money Power Politics with @stephruhle.bsky.social ? I didn’t agree with her AT ALL. Dems DO talk ‘kitchen table’ issues. Republicans start culture wars and are better at convincing people to care more about fake issues while doing better financially under Democrats.

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without parental consent, nor are they having gender reassignment surgery—a major surgery, in a back room at a public school. Donald Trump had a ‘concept of a plan’ while Kamala Harris had the plan in hand, and what did people vote for? The concept of a plan over the solid plan.

I’ve NEVER bought the line that people vote their pocketbook. If people voted their pocketbook, NO SOUTHERN STATE WOULD STILL BE VOTING REPUBLICAN. They have all been in the bottom quadrant for healthcare, education, wages, and standard of living, FOR DECADES. So no. NOT BUYING ANY OF IT.

Who was that Sarah person on Money Power Politics with @stephruhle.bsky.social ? I didn’t agree with her AT ALL. Dems DO talk ‘kitchen table’ issues. Republicans start culture wars and are better at convincing people to care more about fake issues while doing better financially under Democrats.

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people ask questions about transgender youths. Yes, that did happen to me when I was running for Congress. Republicans control the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the Supreme Court. That translates to higher gas prices, people paying more for groceries, millions have lost jobs and

healthcare, war in the Middle East, AGAIN, farmers abandoning farms due to war, tariffs, droughts (climate change ) and lack of labor, inflation is up, the debt and deficit are up and mass deportation hasn’t made anyone’s life better or cheaper. No child can get an aspirin or ibuprofen

Who was that Sarah person on Money Power Politics with @stephruhle.bsky.social ? I didn’t agree with her AT ALL. Dems DO talk ‘kitchen table’ issues. Republicans start culture wars and are better at convincing people to care more about fake issues while doing better financially under Democrats.

It’s the economy, stupid really only apply when Democrats are in power. People forget they are actually better off when Democrats are in power. They have healthcare, secure safety nets, decreasing deficits, student loans getting disappeared, and stable growth. Then Republicans convince them kids

are getting gender reassignment surgery in the nurse’s office even though teachers don’t get enough funding for supplies, and that immigrants and diversity programs were keeping them from jobs they were never qualified to have. When Democrats campaign, they talk about these issues only to have

Thursday, August 13 | 5:30–8:30 p.m. |Viridian Event Center – West Jordan MC: Susie Estrada, President LWV of Salt Lake Speaker: Darlene McDonald, Founder, Selma Institute Documentary: Standing on My Sister’s Shoulders, an award-winning 2002 documentary.

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Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, yet 33% of Americans still think he inherited a disaster. The power of right wing propaganda. #BlueWaveIn90Days

“A journalist asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be, 'He did very little harm'. And that's not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me.” Actor Paul Eddington #sage

Barack Obama is unbothered and unfazed by Donald Trump, but let’s be clear. Trump’s cyberbully of Barack and Michelle Obama is intentional. Trump’s supporters understand his ‘coded’ language. Trump’s target becomes their target. (The comment at the WH UFC) What is Secret Service waiting for?

Companies pay tens of millions of dollars for this type product placement in a movie! Altoids got a forever product placement at the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening for FREE!

Michelle Obama does not have to prove her womanhood. Barack Obama did not have to prove his citizenship. The fact that these things are part of the conversation is the very reason why America 250 is feeling exactly like America, 250 years ago.

Many people compare the UFC matches at the White House to Roman Gladiator matches. In light of the comment by UFC Fighter Josh Hokit about forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama, a more appropriate comparison is President Woodrow Wilson’s screening of Ku Klux Klan movie, The Birth of A Nation.

Donald Trump’s Battery Park, moment. Upset that his plan to build a massive bridge connecting Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan was blocked, NYC’s infamous Park Commissioner Robert Moses closed the park—for 12 YEARS! These two men share many similarities other than the City of New York. None are good.

yahoo.comA tarp now covers where Trump's name used to hang at the Kennedy CenterThe Kennedy Center confirmed in a court filing Saturday that it has removed President Trump's name from the building, the website, staff email signatures and letterhead, complying with a federal judge...

Donald Trump put his name on a dead man’s living memorial believing he could redirect the glory bestowed to John F Kennedy on to himself. It didn’t work. JFK is revered DJT is despised To compensate, he builds large structures, slaps his name on them and demand worship. A sad pathetic man

CNN left out a key detail in this headline. Trump’s name was removed in the wee hours of the morning after workers installed scaffolding, stood around for hours, and then lowered a tarp to block visibility. Just like the Epstein files. All done to protect the Predator-in- Chief

The man that’s worth 1 Trillion dollars is also directly responsible for hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of deaths globally due to the sudden cuts in USAID because of his racism and a grudge. Let that sink in.

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 There is well-documented historical proof that some police officers have framed Black and brown people by planting weapons or drugs. Today, we will go over some high profile cases. Pull up a 🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

The NAACP is asking Black collegiate players to not sign with schools in states that pass redistricting maps that diminish the Black vote. The same should be asked for teams traveling to the U.S for the World Cup. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Who makes the first stand?

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"I promise you that I will go to the next [World Cup] and I will leave a positive mark." Omar Artan, a Somali football referee, was barred from entering the U.S. for the World Cup and has returned to his home country. via BBC Sport : www.instagram.com/p/DZZv6XOMhqJ/

Remember that West Palm Beach estate Trump wrestled from Jeffrey Epstein at auction? Bidding: Trump, Epstein, and Mark Pulte, Bill’s father. Trump won with bid of $41.35 million and later sold it to Russian Oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev for $95 million. There are ?? www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/...

cnbc.comTrump names housing chief Bill Pulte acting intelligence director, replacing Tulsi GabbardPulte has alleged wrongdoing related to mortgages against Trump's foes, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

$10 billion for Board of Peace $2 billion for insurrection goons $1 billion for a ballroom $100-$250 million for Arch $13 million to paint the Reflecting Pool $1 million to replace the grass on the South lawn Using the U.S. Treasury like a personal bank account. #NotABusinessMan

MAGA-aligned people will claim categorically that one man named Barack Obama is responsible for the racial division in the country. Obama is guilty of having the audacity to exist as the exact opposite of what they believe a Black man and the Black family in America is. And they can’t stand it.

In a representative democracy, citizens elect officials to make laws and govern on their behalf. Members of Congress are elected to represent citizens’ interests at the federal level. Electing representatives that are loyal to a person rather than the people, is not a representative democracy.

The initial price tag for the proposed White House ‘ballroom’ was $200 million. The price has ballooned by a whopping $200 million and guess who’s now paying for it. What happened to the billions he’s already collected for his pay-to-play scheme? Why hasn’t anyone in Congress asked about this?

When people say… “I voted 3 times for Trump. I didn’t, however, vote for THIS.” Call bullshit. 2016 Hillary Clinton 2020 Joe Biden 2024 Kamala Harris All warned Donald Trump didn’t have the temperament to be trusted with the nuclear codes. Warnings were ignored. Now we’re facing nuclear war.

Trump 1.0, the Administration had General Mattis to keep Trump from acting on his worst impulses. Trump 2.0, Pete Hegseth fired the Generals that would oppose Trump’s illegal and immoral orders. The rest resigned. The scars of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain. This cannot happen in our name.

This is real. Members of Congress should prompt an immediate return to Washington to begin the process of removing Donald Trump from power. Any military service member that executes this order will be complicit in committing ANOTHER war crime. Trump needs to be removed, ASAP.

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If Trump made $264 billion in tariff revenue. why is he asking $200 billion for his illegal war on Iran? 🤔 #TrumpsTariffsCostUS

I really want to know why no one has pressed #BlackMAGA on this. “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military,...” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

nbcnews.comHegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officersThe defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...

The sad part is there’s no way for our current President of the United States to ever write anything remotely this coherent. He cannot.

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BREAKING: Iran President Pezeshkian releases a lengthy public letter addressed to the American people ahead of Trump's address, defending its actions, denying it poses a threat, and blaming the U.S. for escalating conflict—while warning that continued attacks will deepen instability and resentment.

Donald Trump was never a businessman that was going to make the economy better for everyday Americans. Never. He was failed businessman who survived multiple bankruptcies because of a rich father whose money and later trust fund kept him out of the welfare lines and prison.

There’s no way to not know that the take down of Kristi Noem is an inside job. The same way the take down of Matt Gaetz was an inside job. Pissed someone off, said the wrong thing, or made the wrong threat and they dropped da 💣 . Of course they knew. The Party of Lincoln is the Party of Trump.

They lied to people about what they were signing. When that failed, they fraudulently added names. In the end, Republicans in Utah failed to meet the threshold they established to make it harder to get initiatives on the ballot. Great job, Utah! This is what democracy looks like. #utpol #utleg