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...
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.
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.
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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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.
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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?
"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/...
The Supreme Court is doing everything within its power to help Republicans steal the 2026 mid-term. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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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...
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.
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.
A quick reminder that the current president received FIVE medical deferments during the Vietnam War era and called military casualties suckers and losers. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...