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Andrew Donaldson

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Made by West Virginia. Writer, sometimes a talking head, frequent VA patient Writer/M.E. https://ordinary-times.com/ Commentary for WV Watch https://westvirginiawatch.com/ Subscribe to heardtell.substack.com

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · Feb 19

About me:

Editor/Writer @ordinarytimes.bsky.social

Commentary @westvirginiawatch.com, the outstanding @statesnewsroom.com outlet for the great State of West Virginia

Food fun #blueskysupperclub

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 7h

College aged kid reports she hand churned some butter and made buttermilk too #blueskysupperclub

Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 7h

She should be run out of office and investigated. A sitting member of congress being a conduit of information for a hostile foreign government ought to have people in the streets demanding her removal, but we are a deeply unserious people

kmphfox26.bsky.social @kmphfox26.bsky.social · 9h

Florida GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna announced Tuesday that the ambassador from Russia to the U.S. will be giving documents to her office about the Russian government’s findings on who killed former President John F. Kennedy.

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Rep. Luna says ambassador from Russia will give docs to her office on JFK assassination

Florida GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna announced Tuesday that the ambassador from Russia to the U.S. will be giving documents to her office.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you sir

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David Staley @davidstaley8.bsky.social · 8h

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 8h

My thoughts on the Gaza "peace deal" now that the pomp and circumstances portion is out of the way and the uncertain reality of what is to come sets in @ordinarytimes.bsky.social
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Gaza Peace, If You Can Keep It - Ordinary Times

Credit for the good parts does not alleviate honest questions of if this deal is, in fact "a Holy Land that is finally at peace" going forward.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 8h

Gaza Peace, If You Can Keep It - Ordinary Times

Credit for the good parts does not alleviate honest questions of if this deal is, in fact "a Holy Land that is finally at peace" going forward.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile in Egypt "The forensic findings of the mass–grave site include at least 36 visible skulls & 300 bodies buried in 2 connected pits. These bodies appeared to be buried without any regard for local customs, & there were notably no military clothes or equipment found"

Mass–grave site seemingly tied to Egyptian military

Oct 03, 2025 // Diplomatic Courier’s Stephanie Gull brings you weekly under–the–radar stories from around the world. This week in MENA: newly uncovered evidence of mass, extra–judicial killings by Egy...

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 11h

The terminology for what is "R&B" really took a beating during my adult lifetime for commercial purposed, but D'angelo was immensly talented and carried that legacy forward in innovative way. Very sad cancer robbed us of more of his music. Rest in peace
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D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 11h

We are blowing up boats just for the video of blowing up boats so we can brag about blowing up boats

You can put a bunch of terminology around it but that's what we are doing here www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new strike off Venezuela, Trump says

The operation follows Senate Republicans’ narrow defeat of a measure that aimed to prevent the administration’s actions on legal grounds.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 11h

Some thoughts on the Gaza peace plan now that the PR campaign starts to die down and reality sets in, up @ordinarytimes.bsky.social

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Gaza Peace, If You Can Keep It - Ordinary Times

Credit for the good parts does not alleviate honest questions of if this deal is, in fact "a Holy Land that is finally at peace" going forward.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 14h

We are in the the "rinse" portion of the lather, rinse, repeat cycle of violence in the Middle East. The West will now convince themselves all is well and go do something different, until the repeat stage begins again.

Understand now, so you aren't shocked & shaken later...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 14h

So after three days of midterm practical for community college culinary school Im pretty happy. Got dinged on my bias cut carrots in knife skills for being too fat and my sauce broke and I over reduced it trying to fix it but they like the flavor on my chicken dish. Call it a win

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 17h

From @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social "We’ve officially entered the post major fall film festival period, as awards season’s draft phase comes to a close and we inch toward the pre-season, when critics’ groups and regional guilds begin unveiling their picks for the year’s best in film"

98th Oscars Projection: Post Fall Festivals Update - Ordinary Times

It’s time to update my Oscar projections across Best Picture, Director, Casting, the four acting categories, and both screenplay races.

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 17h

The latest from Clare Briggs ordinary-times.com/2025/10/13/d...

Danny Dreamer Senior - Ordinary Times

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 17h

From @captainkudzu.bsky.social "Trump and MAGA are so securely protected by their bubbles of confirmation bias that they don’t see the growing tide of discontent and domestic problems. Maybe they actually think that they are doing a good job and that voters are pleased despite the polls"

What Is Trump’s Endgame? - Ordinary Times

We are not quite a quarter into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, and the pace of Trump’s overreach

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 17h

From @conservacatgal.bsky.social "What was actually in these magic pills? No idea. Did they contain a dangerous ingredient? Was there a lawsuit? Or did they just not sell well? Who knows? All I know is one day they were gone, and without them I gained weight again" ordinary-times.com/2025/10/13/f...

Fat Girl Diaries: My Favorite Diet of All Time - Ordinary Times

What was actually in these magic pills? No idea. Did they contain a dangerous ingredient? Was there a lawsuit? Or did they just not sell well?

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 18h

There is no phase two

How many times we gonna watch this movie before we stop being surprised by what comes next
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Now Comes the Hard Part for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19h

One person died and two are missing in western Alaska after remnants of Typhoon Halong flooded remote communities, Alaska State Troopers said on Monday, confirming the first death in the state from the powerful storm.

Alaska Flooding Leaves 1 Dead and 2 Missing

The three people had been reported missing from Kwigillingok, a low-lying village along the Bering Sea that was hit by remnants of Typhoon Halong.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19h

Most predictable thing ever, and WV voters knew it & didn't care

Hell, he didn't want to be in Charleston when he was governor, let alone go to DC. He wants to live in Lewisburg and do the things he always does, and that's how it was always going to be.

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Jim Justice is still commuting almost daily to D.C. from W.Va.

In January, we reported that Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) had the best commute in Washington. Apparently he still does.

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19h

Mornin' you stark raving heathens

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 1d

Evenin'

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 1d

From @captainkudzu.bsky.social "Trump & MAGA are so securely protected by their bubbles of confirmation bias they don’t see the growing tide of discontent & domestic problems. Maybe they actually think they're doing a good job & voters are pleased despite the polls"

What Is Trump’s Endgame? - Ordinary Times

We are not quite a quarter into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, and the pace of Trump’s overreach

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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 1d

From @conservacatgal.bsky.social "What was actually in these magic pills? No idea. Did they contain a dangerous ingredient? Was there a lawsuit? Or did they just not sell well? Who knows? All I know is that one day they were gone, and without them I gained weight again."

Fat Girl Diaries: My Favorite Diet of All Time - Ordinary Times

What was actually in these magic pills? No idea. Did they contain a dangerous ingredient? Was there a lawsuit? Or did they just not sell well?

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 1d

Breakfast from earlier: made herb and cheese eggs, red roasted taters, scratched up a garlic paprika aoili for #blueskysupperclub

Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta teach to the lowest level

Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 1d

Lifted from my friend & colleague @ogjaybird.bsky.social from his musings @ordinarytimes.bsky.social, but some of you need to tap this to the top of your screen before going off half-cocked

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