Donnell Alexander
@donnellone.bsky.social
Yes, that one. 👇🏿 is West Coast Sojourn.
https://open.substack.com/pub/donnellalexander?r=42tx&utm_medium=ios
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An actual hoax.
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
An actual hoax.
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How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
Do you read me?
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Donnell Alexander (@donnyshell)
On Saturday afternoon High Times debuted some recollections from my underage stoner youth. It’s my take on the era of Just Say No.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Do you read me?
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The Times, dancing as though no one’s watching.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Times, dancing as though no one’s watching.
Here is my High Times debut
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A 12-year-old stoner in ‘Just Say No’ America
High Times just put out my Reagan-era reminiscences. A bit from Carter’s time got in there, too
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November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here is my High Times debut
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
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Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
We all know why they admire plucky lil Hungary!
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We all know why they admire plucky lil Hungary!
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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Wally Shawn, too, is jn the house.
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My Dinner with Andre (Ethier)
Not specifically dinner, but definitely a foodie deal
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November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wally Shawn, too, is jn the house.
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For reasons I don’t recall, this piece took a year to come out. By then I wasn’t crazy poor, just regular indie journo broke www.buymeacoffee.com/DonnyShell/p...
Prepared for what’s ahead! — DonnyShell
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November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For reasons I don’t recall, this piece took a year to come out. By then I wasn’t crazy poor, just regular indie journo broke www.buymeacoffee.com/DonnyShell/p...
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Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.
That wypipo need to be told these facts at this late date is THE single largest factor in the nightmare now enveloping us. You might not think you need it, but basic math says ya prolly do.
No shade!
No shade!
My new essay in the WSJ about the essential role that enslaved labor played in America's capitalist takeoff. Born in Blackness. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
The Complex Role of Slavery in Building America’s Wealth
It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That wypipo need to be told these facts at this late date is THE single largest factor in the nightmare now enveloping us. You might not think you need it, but basic math says ya prolly do.
No shade!
No shade!
My very first thought upon seeing the initial WH gash.
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My very first thought upon seeing the initial WH gash.
Nice to see that some of y’all are with me!
Goals of disappearing ICE agents and general strike plans are grand and aspirational, but making life pure hell for a handful of GOP legislators could do the job without counting on a big swath of the nation to discover financial discipline or anyone risking jail time
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nice to see that some of y’all are with me!
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Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
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Like, actively rooting for the downfall of every Ellison-owned venture
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Like, actively rooting for the downfall of every Ellison-owned venture
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Someone is going to make a lot of money someday taking all these down
You might’ve heard the news: SpaceX just passed 10,000 Starlink satellites launched. And that number is already old news, as there’s now a new Starlink batch launched every other day. Here’s what that looks like in a short animation of Comet A6 Lemmon courtesy of Michael Jaeger:
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Someone is going to make a lot of money someday taking all these down
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For @forward.com, I wrote about something that has been bothering me: Why does all the talk about Jewish safety in the New York mayoral election not count sexual harassment as a threat to Jewish safety and dignity?
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In the Mamdani-Cuomo race, why should I choose safety as a Jew over safety as a woman?
Rabbis are denouncing Zohran Mamdani in the race for New York City mayor — without acknowledging the threat to women posed by Andrew Cuomo.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For @forward.com, I wrote about something that has been bothering me: Why does all the talk about Jewish safety in the New York mayoral election not count sexual harassment as a threat to Jewish safety and dignity?
forward.com/opinion/7791...
forward.com/opinion/7791...
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I disagree silicon valley has 'gone insane' because it's been this way for decades, what's changed is the amoral creeps capitalism elevates to the pinnacle of society feel comfortable expressing their deranged, nauseating beliefs in public
October 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I disagree silicon valley has 'gone insane' because it's been this way for decades, what's changed is the amoral creeps capitalism elevates to the pinnacle of society feel comfortable expressing their deranged, nauseating beliefs in public