Scott McDonald
@913scott.bsky.social
They trusted me to carry Smoky Bear's matches, 1977-2013.
I suppose this is stage 1 to eventually transfer these lands out of the public domain.
All 83,000 acres of an Alabama National Forest.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I suppose this is stage 1 to eventually transfer these lands out of the public domain.
Here's the truth.
Hillary wasn't wrong.
Hillary wasn't wrong.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
-Trump may as well say, "I could rape your child on 5th Avenue and still wouldn't lose any voters."-
-Trump may as well say, "I could rape your child on 5th Avenue and still wouldn't lose any voters."-
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's the truth.
Hillary wasn't wrong.
Hillary wasn't wrong.
I wonder. Why does he lie about this?
It's obvious the crayfish in LA are smarter than the average voter.
It's obvious the crayfish in LA are smarter than the average voter.
WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I wonder. Why does he lie about this?
It's obvious the crayfish in LA are smarter than the average voter.
It's obvious the crayfish in LA are smarter than the average voter.
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Part of my morning routine. She's still hitting nails on the head.
He can’t run #Congress. He can’t control his party. So naturally, #Trump wants to nationalize elections. Today’s roundup is about power losing traction, and why the system is finally pushing back. #uspolitics #elonmusk #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Authoritarian Cosplay, Meet Gravity
Trump talks about nationalizing elections while losing control of Congress, DOJ, and the narrative
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February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Part of my morning routine. She's still hitting nails on the head.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
No doubt that vote stealing is their goal.
This, along with the seizure of ballots and voting data, is another massive red flag for Americans: This is the kind of thing authoritarians say and do when they are preparing to rig the vote.
They are preparing to steal your vote, and you have to take action now to stop them.
They are preparing to steal your vote, and you have to take action now to stop them.
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
No doubt that vote stealing is their goal.
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Part of the reason I loved working on this great article 👇 by @markhertling.bsky.social is that I don't recall ever before reading what a general officer, active-duty or retired, thinks about protest songs and anti-war music. So that was fascinating.
Also: It's thoughtful and very well written!
Also: It's thoughtful and very well written!
"Nations endure only if they retain a shared moral center. Music gives expression—and attention and contention—to that moral center. Protest songs don’t offer easy answers. They create space—to pause, to listen, and to ask hard questions we might prefer to avoid."
www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
What the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us.
www.thebulwark.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Part of the reason I loved working on this great article 👇 by @markhertling.bsky.social is that I don't recall ever before reading what a general officer, active-duty or retired, thinks about protest songs and anti-war music. So that was fascinating.
Also: It's thoughtful and very well written!
Also: It's thoughtful and very well written!
Wow. I think she's right.
I really appreciate people so much smarter than me, who race to the conclusion while I plod along.
I really appreciate people so much smarter than me, who race to the conclusion while I plod along.
Yep. Mentioned this last night on @allinwithchris.bsky.social and he was 🤯
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Wow. I think she's right.
I really appreciate people so much smarter than me, who race to the conclusion while I plod along.
I really appreciate people so much smarter than me, who race to the conclusion while I plod along.
Pathetic.
They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Pathetic.
Because everyone knows this is way worse.
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Because everyone knows this is way worse.
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It's been well over three weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
It's been well over three weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
Doomed to repeat history, aren't we?
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Doomed to repeat history, aren't we?
I can't believe he has to post this either.
But, have you heard from a MAGAT recently?
But, have you heard from a MAGAT recently?
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I can't believe he has to post this either.
But, have you heard from a MAGAT recently?
But, have you heard from a MAGAT recently?
"I solemnly swear to defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC!
This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"I solemnly swear to defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC!
No kidding.
The media (and everyone else) need to stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement".
They are out to perform "ethnic cleansing" and to terrorize the population.
There is nothing "lawful" about it.
They are out to perform "ethnic cleansing" and to terrorize the population.
There is nothing "lawful" about it.
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
No kidding.
Oh, Andy...you've done it again!
Bombing of Venezuela Earns Trump World Wrestling Entertainment Peace Prize
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Oh, Andy...you've done it again!
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The world feels like it’s heating up all at once, Ukraine, Gaza, #Iran, #Venezuela, #Taiwan, while leaders confuse theater for strategy and threats for strength. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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The Prelude, Not the Peace
Trump’s deals, global brinkmanship, and a world confusing spectacle for strategy.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The world feels like it’s heating up all at once, Ukraine, Gaza, #Iran, #Venezuela, #Taiwan, while leaders confuse theater for strategy and threats for strength. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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#GDP gaslighting, rising bankruptcies, #ICE quotas, Ukraine bending while Russia doesn’t, and a #Trump family allergic to discovery. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Numbers Are Up. The Country Isn’t.
Congress panics, bankruptcies rise, Ukraine offers democracy, and Trumpworld runs from process servers
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December 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#GDP gaslighting, rising bankruptcies, #ICE quotas, Ukraine bending while Russia doesn’t, and a #Trump family allergic to discovery. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
"And someday, this presidency will end"...I think that's the next line.
I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"And someday, this presidency will end"...I think that's the next line.
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I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
And pretty soon, he probably won't remember his own name.
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And pretty soon, he probably won't remember his own name.
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Every navy in the world abandoned battleships decades ago.
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
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Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
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Incantation at Mar-a-Lago
Trump, the “Golden Fleet,” and the Performance of Power
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December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every navy in the world abandoned battleships decades ago.
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Former President Bill Clinton calling for transparency.
December 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Former President Bill Clinton calling for transparency.