Michael McDonald

Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.

Happy Thanksgiving BlueSky! I am thankful for all of you being here to persevere through this famine of democracy

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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!

Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Do your models adjust for the pro-Republican polling bias revealed in the 2025 general elections?

There are some people I’ve forgotten about who can stay on Xitter

tbf, so did the lame “I’ve seen enough” schtick guy

Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.

Indiana Republicans reversed course and said they would vote on the new congressional map that President Trump has sought.

YouTube video by USGS [V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)

For your evening timeline cleanse, here's a livestream of Pele sending lava fountains into the sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

I’m old enough to remember to remember when Trump said there were no Epstein Files

BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…

Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg

This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.

Just remember every accusation is an admission

Why would anyone date Patel if it weren't for the perk package?

Video of her being dragged by authorities in Ghana:

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.

1. EXCLUSIVE

Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage

The use of Chinese components was previously unreported

Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military

When you only want boy-friendly spaces

They were just tourists

The turkeys committed child sex crimes and then they paid Trump a $1 million bribe?

NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.

MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

Back in 2022, a divided D.C. Circuit panel *upheld* the military's constitutional power to court-martial retired servicemembers even for *post-retirement* offenses:

cases.justia.com/federal/appe...

I'm biased (I represented the appellee), but Judge Tatel's dissent seems clearly right to me.

Alas.

And still am

Now expect Trump to post through it with a bunch of AI slop warrior Trump memes

And James! First post I saw only mentioned him

Trump probably thought that he would look strong and manly by indicting Comey and instead he now looks weak and pathetic

I know Comey had to go through some grief so I hope he can savor the win

1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.