Sheila Donovan
@sheilad1965.bsky.social
Native Plymouthean, would always rather be reading, watching movies and traveling
donovanparentingcoordination.com
donovanparentingcoordination.com
This 👇🏻
“We just like that he makes the right people mad. He hates the people we hate.” — Tom Nichols describes a significant portion of Trump voters who like Trump for his vengefulness, who see in Trump’s anger a reflection of their own anger.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This 👇🏻
I’d been trying to think of why the design seemed so similar to a place I had been …
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’d been trying to think of why the design seemed so similar to a place I had been …
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‘Secretary Dry Drunk’ is giving the generals the ‘coffee is for closers’ speech, ‘second prize is a set of steak knives’ third prize….resign. F*ck him.
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
‘Secretary Dry Drunk’ is giving the generals the ‘coffee is for closers’ speech, ‘second prize is a set of steak knives’ third prize….resign. F*ck him.
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Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
You can’t know in advance, but attending Smith College turned out to be a smart decision. Northrop was my house all four years.
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
You can’t know in advance, but attending Smith College turned out to be a smart decision. Northrop was my house all four years.
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Personal gain and petty retribution are Donald Trump's ... only goals in life
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Presidential Pettiness
Donald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution.
www.theatlantic.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Personal gain and petty retribution are Donald Trump's ... only goals in life
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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“It's often opined that Trump would be more effective if he were capable of restraint. That misses one of the central aims of this movement. Many Americans love Trump because he humiliates people. It validates their own actions. They live vicariously though him.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
The Politics of Humiliation
The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“It's often opined that Trump would be more effective if he were capable of restraint. That misses one of the central aims of this movement. Many Americans love Trump because he humiliates people. It validates their own actions. They live vicariously though him.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
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There are 50,000 undocumented Irish in the USA.
There are no plans to move any of them into FLA concentration camps or El Salvador torture gulags.
And everyone knows why.
There are no plans to move any of them into FLA concentration camps or El Salvador torture gulags.
And everyone knows why.
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
July 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There are 50,000 undocumented Irish in the USA.
There are no plans to move any of them into FLA concentration camps or El Salvador torture gulags.
And everyone knows why.
There are no plans to move any of them into FLA concentration camps or El Salvador torture gulags.
And everyone knows why.
Pretty much sums it up
In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
July 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pretty much sums it up
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Trump is on his way to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ because he was jealous of all the press it was getting so he’s inserting himself into DeSantisland. He knows the brutality plays well with the base and he wants to distract from how bad his BBB is gonna screw over MAGA as well.
July 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump is on his way to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ because he was jealous of all the press it was getting so he’s inserting himself into DeSantisland. He knows the brutality plays well with the base and he wants to distract from how bad his BBB is gonna screw over MAGA as well.
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
A bit less time but … same.
I’ve had a license to practice law for 36 years and I am morally certain that I’ve never met a lawyer who couldn’t truthfully, emphatically, and categorically deny ever having counseled anyone to say “fuck you” to a court.
SCHIFF: Did you suggest telling the courts 'fuck you' in any manner?
BOVE: I don't recall
SCHIFF: You just don't remember that
BOVE: I don't recall
SCHIFF: You just don't remember that
June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A bit less time but … same.
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Trump Mobile ad leaked...
June 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Trump Mobile ad leaked...
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When you spent $25 million on your birthday party but the tanks were old and the clown wasn’t funny and the taco bowls didn’t have enough cheese and all the cool kids went to a different party.
June 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
When you spent $25 million on your birthday party but the tanks were old and the clown wasn’t funny and the taco bowls didn’t have enough cheese and all the cool kids went to a different party.
Great 🧵
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Great 🧵
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We're no longer the leader of the free world. We're no longer a beacon of democracy and justice. We're no longer the land of opportunity. We're no longer a nation in which no one is above the law. Our myths about ourselves are killing us. What to do?
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We Are Not the Nation We Thought We Were
We must see through our myths about ourselves if we are ever to aspire again to greatness
davidrothkopf.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
We're no longer the leader of the free world. We're no longer a beacon of democracy and justice. We're no longer the land of opportunity. We're no longer a nation in which no one is above the law. Our myths about ourselves are killing us. What to do?
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
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While Trump fundraises on Les Misérables for $2M a ticket at the Kennedy Center, arts grants are being canceled across America. This isn’t just defunding culture, it’s cutting off the lifelines of community, creativity & belonging. Support your local arts. They need us now more than ever.
Art for the People, Grift for the Powerful
While Trump fundraises on Les Misérables, he’s dismantling the NEA.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
While Trump fundraises on Les Misérables for $2M a ticket at the Kennedy Center, arts grants are being canceled across America. This isn’t just defunding culture, it’s cutting off the lifelines of community, creativity & belonging. Support your local arts. They need us now more than ever.
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“He sells bite-sized portions of stupidity that fill the bellies of the bellicose with empty calories and bile. But just enough succor to turn their bewildering rage at the circumstances they find themselves into the servicing of HIS needs.”
Brilliant from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
Brilliant from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
'Tell It Like It Is'
One hundred days ago we hadn’t yet betrayed our allies and thrown a hand grenade into the global economy to make a dumbass feel powerful.
open.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“He sells bite-sized portions of stupidity that fill the bellies of the bellicose with empty calories and bile. But just enough succor to turn their bewildering rage at the circumstances they find themselves into the servicing of HIS needs.”
Brilliant from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
Brilliant from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
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May Day Reminder:
The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr.
UNACCEPTABLE.
The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr.
UNACCEPTABLE.
May 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
May Day Reminder:
The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr.
UNACCEPTABLE.
The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr.
UNACCEPTABLE.
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April 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Making me proud of my hometown
April 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Making me proud of my hometown
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A friend of mine has coined the term “Pinocheting” to describe what the government is doing to these prisoners.
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A friend of mine has coined the term “Pinocheting” to describe what the government is doing to these prisoners.
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I wrote about why Republicans - and Trump specifically - often beat Democrats on messaging because they understand the politics of schemas and how to use them more effectively, while Democrats search for the best facts, but often lose the battle of perception: www.forkingpaths.co/p/schemas-an...
Schemas and the Political Brain
The neuroscience and psychology of why better facts don't make winning arguments in politics.
www.forkingpaths.co
April 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I wrote about why Republicans - and Trump specifically - often beat Democrats on messaging because they understand the politics of schemas and how to use them more effectively, while Democrats search for the best facts, but often lose the battle of perception: www.forkingpaths.co/p/schemas-an...
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Hey guys trust me on something. The people that are in the Trump admin, honest to god they are weak children still mentally stuffed in a locker in high school. Leave them there, don’t be afraid of these kids
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey guys trust me on something. The people that are in the Trump admin, honest to god they are weak children still mentally stuffed in a locker in high school. Leave them there, don’t be afraid of these kids