Giselle Donnelly
@giselledonnelly.bsky.social
I’m an author, musician, gardener, blissfully married trans woman. Emerita fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Trump needs one of these:
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump needs one of these:
Today’s moment of Dartmoor zen….
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today’s moment of Dartmoor zen….
Not so. 1930s.
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Not so. 1930s.
Not everything sucks.
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not everything sucks.
I am pleased to report that the second volume in my series on the colonial roots of American strategic culture, "The Fourth Kingdom: The Personality of American Power, Volume II," has been accepted for publication by the State University of New York Press. Cover may look like this:
July 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I am pleased to report that the second volume in my series on the colonial roots of American strategic culture, "The Fourth Kingdom: The Personality of American Power, Volume II," has been accepted for publication by the State University of New York Press. Cover may look like this:
Me ‘n’ the Missus at the Takoma Park “No Kings.” Maybe 1,000 folks, very positive vibe.
June 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Me ‘n’ the Missus at the Takoma Park “No Kings.” Maybe 1,000 folks, very positive vibe.
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade….The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
June 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade….The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
Hold your head up.
June 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hold your head up.
Now we’re getting somewhere.
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Now we’re getting somewhere.
Out and about with the Mrs. I am a lucky girl….
March 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Out and about with the Mrs. I am a lucky girl….
Proud to be an American. With some exceptions.
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Proud to be an American. With some exceptions.
Is it just me, or does Zuck look like Caligula now?
January 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is it just me, or does Zuck look like Caligula now?
Sisters, nieces, uncles and cousins, oh my!
December 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Sisters, nieces, uncles and cousins, oh my!
I’ll be riding up the Trump years in my back garden.
November 25, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I’ll be riding up the Trump years in my back garden.