Sean M McCord
@milliondollarduck.bsky.social
Playwright, Professor, not actually a duck
https://linktr.ee/SocialMcCord
https://linktr.ee/SocialMcCord
Five years ago this week … just in case you need reminding that Trump Confederates are not evil geniuses:
youtube.com/watch?v=VAyh2xPrFvo
youtube.com/watch?v=VAyh2xPrFvo
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November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Five years ago this week … just in case you need reminding that Trump Confederates are not evil geniuses:
youtube.com/watch?v=VAyh2xPrFvo
youtube.com/watch?v=VAyh2xPrFvo
If I were in Congress, I'd be publicly railing against my fellow Democrats for caving and voting with the Republicans while secretly relieved that they're taking the heat.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If I were in Congress, I'd be publicly railing against my fellow Democrats for caving and voting with the Republicans while secretly relieved that they're taking the heat.
The Cavalier Daily, UVA’s student newspaper, gives the most thorough (and non-paywalled) report I’ve yet seen on yesterday’s campus lockdown
cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/11/false-report-of-active-shooter-placed-uva-on-lockdown-monday
cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/11/false-report-of-active-shooter-placed-uva-on-lockdown-monday
False report of active shooter placed U.Va. on lockdown Monday
The University shared a “run, hide, fight” alert with community members at 3:05 p.m. today, saying that there was an active attacker with a gun in the area of Shannon Library.
cavalierdaily.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Cavalier Daily, UVA’s student newspaper, gives the most thorough (and non-paywalled) report I’ve yet seen on yesterday’s campus lockdown
cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/11/false-report-of-active-shooter-placed-uva-on-lockdown-monday
cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/11/false-report-of-active-shooter-placed-uva-on-lockdown-monday
The most popular candy nationwide this Halloween of 2025 may be Reese's Pieces; except Mississippi, where it's Rhesus Monkeys.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The most popular candy nationwide this Halloween of 2025 may be Reese's Pieces; except Mississippi, where it's Rhesus Monkeys.
The pedophile-formerly-known-as-prince is now out of job and with no real marketable skills.
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The pedophile-formerly-known-as-prince is now out of job and with no real marketable skills.
Just in case Trump demolishing the White House wasn't quite enough metaphor, today Winsome Sears' campaign bus erupted in flames...
wtkr.com/news/politics/earle-sears-campaign-bus-reportedly-catches-fire-spanberger-relieved-opponents-team-is-safe
wtkr.com/news/politics/earle-sears-campaign-bus-reportedly-catches-fire-spanberger-relieved-opponents-team-is-safe
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just in case Trump demolishing the White House wasn't quite enough metaphor, today Winsome Sears' campaign bus erupted in flames...
wtkr.com/news/politics/earle-sears-campaign-bus-reportedly-catches-fire-spanberger-relieved-opponents-team-is-safe
wtkr.com/news/politics/earle-sears-campaign-bus-reportedly-catches-fire-spanberger-relieved-opponents-team-is-safe
Donald Trump finally accomplished what the 9/11 hijackers could only dream of.
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Donald Trump finally accomplished what the 9/11 hijackers could only dream of.
Here, in September of 2025, I am going to go out on a limb and declare that the next Democratic Party nominee for President — and, with any luck, the next actual President of the United States — will be…
…someone most of us have not heard of in September of 2025.
…someone most of us have not heard of in September of 2025.
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here, in September of 2025, I am going to go out on a limb and declare that the next Democratic Party nominee for President — and, with any luck, the next actual President of the United States — will be…
…someone most of us have not heard of in September of 2025.
…someone most of us have not heard of in September of 2025.
Good gawd, he is dumb!
Also, you know exactly to whom I am referring.
Also, you know exactly to whom I am referring.
September 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Good gawd, he is dumb!
Also, you know exactly to whom I am referring.
Also, you know exactly to whom I am referring.
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐽𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛
𝐴 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜
(with apologies to Paul Simon and everyone else)
𝐴 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜
(with apologies to Paul Simon and everyone else)
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐽𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛
𝐴 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜
(with apologies to Paul Simon and everyone else)
𝐴 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑜
(with apologies to Paul Simon and everyone else)
Kirk Konfederates: “Charlie Kirk died for exercising his Freedom of Speech!” hashtag FreeSpeech
Also: “Anyone who didn’t respond exactly as we say should be punished!” hashtag CheapSpeech
www.29news.com/2025/09/12/u...
Also: “Anyone who didn’t respond exactly as we say should be punished!” hashtag CheapSpeech
www.29news.com/2025/09/12/u...
UVA Republicans urge university to punish people they say celebrated Kirk slaying
These claims were made in a letter addressed to UVA Interim President Paul Mahoney and the Board of Visitors, and was published online.
www.29news.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Kirk Konfederates: “Charlie Kirk died for exercising his Freedom of Speech!” hashtag FreeSpeech
Also: “Anyone who didn’t respond exactly as we say should be punished!” hashtag CheapSpeech
www.29news.com/2025/09/12/u...
Also: “Anyone who didn’t respond exactly as we say should be punished!” hashtag CheapSpeech
www.29news.com/2025/09/12/u...
Let us now talk about the guns. We have debated whether Charlie Kirk was a martyr to Free Speech even as his followers want to silence any criticism. We have debated whether Kirk’s brand of hostile xenophobia and white christian nationalism attracted the very violence that led to his murder.
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Let us now talk about the guns. We have debated whether Charlie Kirk was a martyr to Free Speech even as his followers want to silence any criticism. We have debated whether Kirk’s brand of hostile xenophobia and white christian nationalism attracted the very violence that led to his murder.
Should we assume that Trump will now deploy his shock troops to Orem UT in order to deal with the crime problem?
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should we assume that Trump will now deploy his shock troops to Orem UT in order to deal with the crime problem?
Looking forward to the podcast explaining how the two Trump-appointed podcasters failed to find the podcaster killer.
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Looking forward to the podcast explaining how the two Trump-appointed podcasters failed to find the podcaster killer.
Trump is sending troops to American cities for the same reason that Nazis invaded Charlottesville in 2017: to beat up Democrats and Black and Brown people.
September 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Trump is sending troops to American cities for the same reason that Nazis invaded Charlottesville in 2017: to beat up Democrats and Black and Brown people.
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." — Charlie Kirk
mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-its-worth-have-cost-unfortunately-some-gun-deaths-every-single-year-so-we
mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-its-worth-have-cost-unfortunately-some-gun-deaths-every-single-year-so-we
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”
mediamatters.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." — Charlie Kirk
mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-its-worth-have-cost-unfortunately-some-gun-deaths-every-single-year-so-we
mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-its-worth-have-cost-unfortunately-some-gun-deaths-every-single-year-so-we
After the parade of horrors that has been the past eight months (!!!) of Trump 2.0, am I wrong to feel a bit smug at the sight of undocumented workers being rounded up at a South Korean-owned Hyundai plant in Georgia?
September 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
After the parade of horrors that has been the past eight months (!!!) of Trump 2.0, am I wrong to feel a bit smug at the sight of undocumented workers being rounded up at a South Korean-owned Hyundai plant in Georgia?
Many years ago, I worked for a medical lab in the old industrial wing of a hospital that felt a bit like a naval vessel, with narrow hallways and swinging door with port holes in them. One afternoon, as I approached one of those doors, I saw my co-worker Carol doing the same on the other side...
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Many years ago, I worked for a medical lab in the old industrial wing of a hospital that felt a bit like a naval vessel, with narrow hallways and swinging door with port holes in them. One afternoon, as I approached one of those doors, I saw my co-worker Carol doing the same on the other side...
What does 'anxiety' mean to you? In my day, I might have acknowledged being a bit anxious in a Charlie Brown way when faced with, say, a pending test or a job interview, but I sense that the word if not the understanding is different for a Late Boomer like me than it is for Millennials or GenZ.
September 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What does 'anxiety' mean to you? In my day, I might have acknowledged being a bit anxious in a Charlie Brown way when faced with, say, a pending test or a job interview, but I sense that the word if not the understanding is different for a Late Boomer like me than it is for Millennials or GenZ.
"Fire RFK Jr. now." posts Senator "Up" Chuck Schumer. Well, yeah, if only there were some impeachable process to make that happen. #UpChuck
threads.com/@senschumer/post/DN8meeajb-q
threads.com/@senschumer/post/DN8meeajb-q
Chuck Schumer (@senschumer) on Threads
Fire RFK Jr. now.
threads.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Fire RFK Jr. now." posts Senator "Up" Chuck Schumer. Well, yeah, if only there were some impeachable process to make that happen. #UpChuck
threads.com/@senschumer/post/DN8meeajb-q
threads.com/@senschumer/post/DN8meeajb-q
Pay attention to Texas state Rep. James Talarico, former grade-school teacher turned preacher turned politician. It's a good bet you'll see his name in the national discussion before too long.
politico.com/news/2025/08/29/obama-democrats-trump-talarico-00535507
politico.com/news/2025/08/29/obama-democrats-trump-talarico-00535507
Obama calls Texas Dem as he continues rallying the party against Trump
In public, he’s mobilizing Democrats to fight Republicans' mid-cycle gerrymandering efforts. In private, he’s holding calls with the party’s rising stars.
politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Pay attention to Texas state Rep. James Talarico, former grade-school teacher turned preacher turned politician. It's a good bet you'll see his name in the national discussion before too long.
politico.com/news/2025/08/29/obama-democrats-trump-talarico-00535507
politico.com/news/2025/08/29/obama-democrats-trump-talarico-00535507
In Washington state today, federal border patrol agents arrested two firefighters at an active fire.
firerescue1.com/police/federal-agents-detain-crews-arrest-firefighters-battling-wash-wildfire
firerescue1.com/police/federal-agents-detain-crews-arrest-firefighters-battling-wash-wildfire
Federal agents detain crews, arrest firefighters battling Wash. wildfire
Reasons for the arrests remain unclear after federal agents detained members of a private contractor crew during an ID check during the Bear Gulch Fire
firerescue1.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In Washington state today, federal border patrol agents arrested two firefighters at an active fire.
firerescue1.com/police/federal-agents-detain-crews-arrest-firefighters-battling-wash-wildfire
firerescue1.com/police/federal-agents-detain-crews-arrest-firefighters-battling-wash-wildfire
Instead of their gender identity, can we talk instead about how the Minnesota shooter obtained their deadly arsenal legally?
(cartoon ©Clay Jones @ claytoonz.com/2014/04/29/more-guns/)
(cartoon ©Clay Jones @ claytoonz.com/2014/04/29/more-guns/)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Instead of their gender identity, can we talk instead about how the Minnesota shooter obtained their deadly arsenal legally?
(cartoon ©Clay Jones @ claytoonz.com/2014/04/29/more-guns/)
(cartoon ©Clay Jones @ claytoonz.com/2014/04/29/more-guns/)
Here’s a suggestion: don’t commit fraud. I mean, definitely don’t commit fraud if you have aspirations to hold or serve in a public office someday; but also, don’t commit fraud. Be better.
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Here’s a suggestion: don’t commit fraud. I mean, definitely don’t commit fraud if you have aspirations to hold or serve in a public office someday; but also, don’t commit fraud. Be better.