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Donkey Business is a left wing publication on Substack (with a companion podcast coming soon!). We cut through the noise of politics in the U.S. with sharp analysis, unapologetic left wing commentary, and a healthy dose of wit.
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What is unfolding in #Minneapolis bears little resemblance to careful immigration enforcement and a lot more resemblance to a reckless show of force. Ending Operation Metro Surge is not radical. It is necessary.

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Immigration Enforcement Should Not Kill Our Neighbors
The promise of a calm January 24 disappeared shortly after 9 a.m yesterday.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Calling this protest criminal while ignoring the moral questions that provoked it is not a defense of faith. It is a defense of authority. And history suggests that confusing the two rarely ends well.

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When Federal Power Protects Comfort Instead of Justice
What the federal response to a Minnesota church protest says about religion, power, and protest in America
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January 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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If the Islamic Republic survives, and it very well might, American involvement will make the aftermath far worse for everyone involved, including the United States and its allies.

#IranProtests #Iran #DonaldTrump

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If the Regime Survives
How U.S. interference could sabotage a genuine uprising
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January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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#Minneapolis knows what state violence looks like, knows how quickly it gets sanitized and buried. Tonight was a refusal to let that happen again. Not quietly. Not politely. And not on anyone else’s timeline.

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Minneapolis Wasn’t Quiet Tonight
Minneapolis showed up again tonight, and it wasn’t quiet about it.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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#Minneapolis already lives with enough trauma around policing. That history isn’t theoretical here. It’s recent. It’s raw. And it has taught a lot of residents one hard truth…

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Minneapolis Deserves Better Than This
When Minnapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told ICE today to “get the fuck out” of Minneapolis, it wasn’t a soundbite.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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This is not how responsible power behaves. It’s how power behaves when it’s insulated from consequences.

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Kidnapping Is Not Foreign Policy
What this moment reveals about who we let rule us
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January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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#Greenland is not some unattended outpost drifting toward hostile hands. It is already firmly embedded in the U.S. and #NATO security architecture. Pretending otherwise isn’t strategic realism. It’s political theater, and it shouldn’t be allowed to pass.

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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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A functioning democracy, three decades of indifference, and what Trump accidentally revealed.

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#Somaliland #Democracy #ForeignPolicy #USPolitics #Diplomacy #SelfDetermination
Why the United States Should Finally Acknowledge Somaliland — and Why Liberals and Democrats Should Be Glad Israel Just Did
A functioning democracy, three decades of indifference, and what Trump accidentally revealed
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December 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Policies like this clarify choices. They draw a bright, unmistakable contrast between two governing philosophies: one that believes punishment is policy, and another that understands economic stability starts with household stability. open.substack.com/pub/donkeybu...
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The President calls Somali Minnesotans “garbage.” We call them family, coworkers, business owners, and vital members of our communities. And we’re not having it.

#UnityOverDivision
#StrongerTogether
#HumanRights
#RespectAll
#WeAreNeighbors

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Minnesota to Trump: Our Somali Neighbors Aren’t “Garbage” — Your Racism Is
The President calls Somali Minnesotans “garbage.” We call them family, coworkers, business owners, and vital members of our communities. And we’re not having it.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This is not an ordinary communications strategy. It marks a shift in the relationship between the president and the agencies charged with carrying out the nation’s laws.
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#TrumpAdministration #propaganda
A Department Should Not Sound Like a Devotee
The erosion of neutral government communication is subtle—but its consequences for democracy are anything but.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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When Washington turns into a parade route for a regime that murdered a journalist, something is seriously broken. #SaudiArabia #MBS #Trump

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The Pomp of Hypocrisy: Trump’s Gross Normalization of the Saudi Regime
A Shameful Display of Flags, Flyovers, and Moral Bankruptcy in Washington
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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With the subsidy cliff approaching and Scalise previewing the same empty rhetoric they’ve leaned on since 2010, voters may finally decide they’ve had enough.

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#GOP #ACA #Healthcare #Politics #USPolitics
Republicans Are Still Full of It on Healthcare — and 2026 Might Finally Be Their Accountability Moment
GOP healthcare policy: sabotage first, excuses later.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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There’s something uniquely vile about a non-Jew telling Jewish people what kind of Jews they should be. When Trump says that a Jew voting for Mamdani is “stupid,” what he really means is “disobedient.”

#Mamdani #Trump #NYCmayoralrace

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Trump’s “Stupid Jews” Comment Is the Same Old Antisemitic Garbage—Just Louder This Time
When Donald Trump calls any Jew who votes for Mamdani “stupid,” he’s not being blunt—he’s being bigoted. And it’s long past time everyone stopped pretending otherwise.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Trump claims the U.S. must match other countries’ testing programs. But the facts don’t really align: Neither Russia nor China publicly have conducted full nuclear-explosive tests in this century.

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#NuclearWar #DonaldTrump
The Mushroom Cloud Presidency
Trump’s push to restart nuclear weapons testing is a reckless throwback to a dangerous past — and it puts the world on edge for no good reason.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The deeper story here isn’t about a fake basketball court. It’s about the absolute collapse of basic reasoning among #Trump’s loyalists.

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“$400 Million Basketball Court” — and Other Fairy Tales for the MAGA Faithful
MAGA’s newest myth proves boot-licking beats truth every time.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The Third Term Threat: Steve Bannon Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Trump’s inner circle is openly talking about breaking the Constitution — and America’s media is asleep at the wheel.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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For a military navigating real threats and real budgets, it’s good news—not bad—that America’s generals can still tell a stooge (#PeteHegseth) from a statesman. open.substack.com/pub/donkeybu...
Hegseth’s Quantico Spectacle Backfired With America’s Generals
Hegseth’s bizarre rant last month at Quantico was supposed to project strength — instead it confirmed his weakness.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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From Metallica to coffee to Stone Cold Steve Austin, Gov. DeSantis has thoughts floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/21/f...
From Metallica to coffee to Stone Cold Steve Austin, Gov. DeSantis has thoughts • Florida Phoenix
Heading into his final year as Florida governor with no immediate campaign on the horizon, Ron DeSantis has begun to show a more personal, reflective side to himself on social media.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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In the strange new moral universe of MAGA America, forgiveness is a one-way street.

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When “Cancel Culture” Only Applies to the Left
When Democrats speak, it’s “disrespect.” When young Republicans joke about hate, it’s “immaturity.” The right’s moral compass points wherever hypocrisy feels most convenient.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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It’s astonishing—and horrifying—how easily President Donald Trump can turn atrocity into spin.

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#Gaza #Trump #HamasAtrocities
Trump Shrugs at Hamas Executions: “Targeting of Bad Gangs”
The President’s callous dismissal of public killings in Gaza isn’t just ignorance—it’s a moral failure that cheapens American credibility and endangers global stability.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Trump’s latest incoherent rant with the Canadian prime minister isn’t just cringe — it’s a flashing red light that Republicans have completely surrendered their spines.

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#Trump #WaterDrugs #25thAmendment #Politics #GOP #DemocracyInDanger #RepublicanCowardice
The “Water Drugs” Presidency: Time to Invoke the 25th, Already
Trump’s latest incoherent rant with the Canadian prime minister isn’t just cringe — it’s a flashing red light that Republicans have completely surrendered their spines.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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@brianvoit.bsky.social makes his long-awaited return to Donkey Business today with some @bittersunshine.com about Trump's Founding Fathers Fantasy.

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Trump’s Founding Fathers Fantasy
Trump’s push to deploy troops in America's cities isn’t about safety, it’s about erasing lived reality and rewriting the Constitution in his image.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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To win the narrative battle in this #GovernmentShutdown, Democrats need to do several things simultaneously

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October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM