Darlene McDonald
@darlenemcdonald.com
Novelist. Essayist. Writer of Political and Civil Rights History
https://darlenemcdonald.substack.com
https://darlenemcdonald.substack.com
Current edition of The New Yorker.
While many Americans experience an affordability crisis from groceries to healthcare, Trump proceeds with his golden ballroom, unfazed.
While many Americans experience an affordability crisis from groceries to healthcare, Trump proceeds with his golden ballroom, unfazed.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Current edition of The New Yorker.
While many Americans experience an affordability crisis from groceries to healthcare, Trump proceeds with his golden ballroom, unfazed.
While many Americans experience an affordability crisis from groceries to healthcare, Trump proceeds with his golden ballroom, unfazed.
I’m sure #BlackMAGA sees nothing wrong.
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m sure #BlackMAGA sees nothing wrong.
The photographer that snapped this gem deserves whatever is the highest award given for photography.
There is no other image that captures this true essence of this ‘award’ exactly as it should be captured.
There is no other image that captures this true essence of this ‘award’ exactly as it should be captured.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The photographer that snapped this gem deserves whatever is the highest award given for photography.
There is no other image that captures this true essence of this ‘award’ exactly as it should be captured.
There is no other image that captures this true essence of this ‘award’ exactly as it should be captured.
Jesus took the wheel and drove the car over the cliff.
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What we know about suspected DC pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr
He is a "quiet guy" and told investigators he thought the 2020 election was "rigged", US media reports say.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Jesus took the wheel and drove the car over the cliff.
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High-performance Speedboats (2nd image) might get 43-87 nautical miles before needing to refuel.
The sea distance from Venezuela (Puerto Cabello) to Florida (eMiami) is about 1,500-2,000 nautical miles.
There isn't a Chevron in the South Caribbean or East Pacific Ocean.
The math isn't mathing.
The sea distance from Venezuela (Puerto Cabello) to Florida (eMiami) is about 1,500-2,000 nautical miles.
There isn't a Chevron in the South Caribbean or East Pacific Ocean.
The math isn't mathing.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
High-performance Speedboats (2nd image) might get 43-87 nautical miles before needing to refuel.
The sea distance from Venezuela (Puerto Cabello) to Florida (eMiami) is about 1,500-2,000 nautical miles.
There isn't a Chevron in the South Caribbean or East Pacific Ocean.
The math isn't mathing.
The sea distance from Venezuela (Puerto Cabello) to Florida (eMiami) is about 1,500-2,000 nautical miles.
There isn't a Chevron in the South Caribbean or East Pacific Ocean.
The math isn't mathing.
'They're not like us' Right-wing-style.
Hispanic immigrants are MS-13
Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats
Somalian immigrants steal PPP Funds
White South Africans are victims and given refugee status by the U.S. government, which makes them eligible for government benefits and assistance.
Hispanic immigrants are MS-13
Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats
Somalian immigrants steal PPP Funds
White South Africans are victims and given refugee status by the U.S. government, which makes them eligible for government benefits and assistance.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
'They're not like us' Right-wing-style.
Hispanic immigrants are MS-13
Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats
Somalian immigrants steal PPP Funds
White South Africans are victims and given refugee status by the U.S. government, which makes them eligible for government benefits and assistance.
Hispanic immigrants are MS-13
Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats
Somalian immigrants steal PPP Funds
White South Africans are victims and given refugee status by the U.S. government, which makes them eligible for government benefits and assistance.
See the pattern? It’s not like Trump hid how he felt about ‘the Blacks’ or African and Hispanic immigrants. They were so desperate for white approval they pretended to not see or hear.
The Democratic Party didn’t leave them, it included those that look like them, and that was their problem.
The Democratic Party didn’t leave them, it included those that look like them, and that was their problem.
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
See the pattern? It’s not like Trump hid how he felt about ‘the Blacks’ or African and Hispanic immigrants. They were so desperate for white approval they pretended to not see or hear.
The Democratic Party didn’t leave them, it included those that look like them, and that was their problem.
The Democratic Party didn’t leave them, it included those that look like them, and that was their problem.
This is called kidnapping. There have been other times in history--both in the U.S and around the world, when this type of abduction by the government were allowed to happen. All of them were on the wrong side of good and evil.
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is called kidnapping. There have been other times in history--both in the U.S and around the world, when this type of abduction by the government were allowed to happen. All of them were on the wrong side of good and evil.
SCOTUS is prepping to end the Voting Rights Act with the help of Clarence Thomas
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
SCOTUS is prepping to end the Voting Rights Act with the help of Clarence Thomas
A Supreme Court with a Justice that flies the flag upside down when his political party isn’t in power is the same Supreme Court with a Justice that allows illegally drawn maps to be used to help rig an election.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A Supreme Court with a Justice that flies the flag upside down when his political party isn’t in power is the same Supreme Court with a Justice that allows illegally drawn maps to be used to help rig an election.
Is calling the new “Trump Accounts” the same as calling the Affordable Care Act (ACA), “Obamacare”?
Absolutely not.
Obamacare was always meant to be derogatory, a slur. That's not the case for the new so-called, "Trump Accounts."
Why is that? 🤔
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Absolutely not.
Obamacare was always meant to be derogatory, a slur. That's not the case for the new so-called, "Trump Accounts."
Why is that? 🤔
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Trump Account vs Obamacare
What's in a name?
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December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Is calling the new “Trump Accounts” the same as calling the Affordable Care Act (ACA), “Obamacare”?
Absolutely not.
Obamacare was always meant to be derogatory, a slur. That's not the case for the new so-called, "Trump Accounts."
Why is that? 🤔
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Absolutely not.
Obamacare was always meant to be derogatory, a slur. That's not the case for the new so-called, "Trump Accounts."
Why is that? 🤔
open.substack.com/pub/darlenem...
Your daily reminder that the Epstein Files Transparency Act was never needed for the DOJ to release the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
All that's needed is for Pam Bondi to issue directives to the department to release the files. Who/what's stopping her?
All that's needed is for Pam Bondi to issue directives to the department to release the files. Who/what's stopping her?
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Your daily reminder that the Epstein Files Transparency Act was never needed for the DOJ to release the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
All that's needed is for Pam Bondi to issue directives to the department to release the files. Who/what's stopping her?
All that's needed is for Pam Bondi to issue directives to the department to release the files. Who/what's stopping her?
Reposted by Darlene McDonald
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
Can someone explain to me how some of the country's poorest states with some of the lowest ranking public schools can afford to pay their collegiate head football coaches tens of millions of dollars a year in salaries plus bonuses?
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Can someone explain to me how some of the country's poorest states with some of the lowest ranking public schools can afford to pay their collegiate head football coaches tens of millions of dollars a year in salaries plus bonuses?
"Among the publicly disclosed donors, companies such as Apple, Google, Palantir and Lockheed Martin have all donated multi-million dollar sums to the project."
Whose account is this money sitting? Who's earning interest? If Trump, it's a direct payment and is illegal.
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Whose account is this money sitting? Who's earning interest? If Trump, it's a direct payment and is illegal.
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Democratic proposed bill would put new restrictions on donations to Trump's ballroom
In response to ongoing concerns about funding for Trump's White House ballroom, some Democratic lawmakers to introduce legislation aimed at regulating the project.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Among the publicly disclosed donors, companies such as Apple, Google, Palantir and Lockheed Martin have all donated multi-million dollar sums to the project."
Whose account is this money sitting? Who's earning interest? If Trump, it's a direct payment and is illegal.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...
Whose account is this money sitting? Who's earning interest? If Trump, it's a direct payment and is illegal.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S. last year.
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
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Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S. last year.
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Would now be a good time to remind folks about Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, the Nicaraguan Contras and the introduction and spread of crack cocaine in the USA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
This should not even be a discussion. Like DOGE, the so-called $350 million WH ‘ballroom’ is illegal. If we had a functioning government, Trump would have been impeached over the demolition of the East Wing. If we had a functioning government, Trump would be impeached for soliciting bribes.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This should not even be a discussion. Like DOGE, the so-called $350 million WH ‘ballroom’ is illegal. If we had a functioning government, Trump would have been impeached over the demolition of the East Wing. If we had a functioning government, Trump would be impeached for soliciting bribes.
I do not go to a .gov site for reliable information.
The White House website just keeps going downhill. It’s an embarrassment.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I do not go to a .gov site for reliable information.
Aided and abetted by the complicity and silence of legacy media. This would include ‘so-called’ journalists and investigative reporters who withhold information of national importance just to provide sensationalism to sell books.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Aided and abetted by the complicity and silence of legacy media. This would include ‘so-called’ journalists and investigative reporters who withhold information of national importance just to provide sensationalism to sell books.
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Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist before he did children’s books
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist before he did children’s books
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
I think RWers never got the message hiding in plain sight in his books like The Sneetches, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax…
Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
An Epstein survivor admitting to voting for Trump who is known to have had a long and open relationship to Jeffrey Epstein is some ish.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
An Epstein survivor admitting to voting for Trump who is known to have had a long and open relationship to Jeffrey Epstein is some ish.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
I voted for the tiger to eat my face and I’m SHOCKED that the tiger proceeded to eat my face.
Not going to ask you to make sense of that. I have my suspicions.
Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
The Russia connection likely has more to do with Trump's financial crimes than it does his sexual crimes. There are a lot of damning emails in the released files, but this one should be at the top of everyone's list.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Russia connection likely has more to do with Trump's financial crimes than it does his sexual crimes. There are a lot of damning emails in the released files, but this one should be at the top of everyone's list.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
This is damning. This shows a tremendously compromised man in the White House.
The Epstein Files are about more than sexual abuse of children. They’re primarily about financial crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Epstein Files are about more than sexual abuse of children. They’re primarily about financial crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.
If you focus on the sex trafficking of minors, you miss the forest for the trees.
Epstein was fingering Donald Trump for financial crimes, not so much sex crimes.