Madeline Donohue
@madelinedonohue.bsky.social
Boston based - Like to dive into all things human, food, art, tech, travel and music. Proud kitty mom and aunt.
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Vladimir Putin is a sworn enemy of the United States.
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
May 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Vladimir Putin is a sworn enemy of the United States.
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
I wrote this sentence in 2020. Couldn’t be more true today. Is it ok to quote yourself? “People post tweets like they are biblical communications crafted in stone when they are flippant temporary opinions that drive bored indignant people to pile on like the world is ending." - MD
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I wrote this sentence in 2020. Couldn’t be more true today. Is it ok to quote yourself? “People post tweets like they are biblical communications crafted in stone when they are flippant temporary opinions that drive bored indignant people to pile on like the world is ending." - MD
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I truly think a ton of people can't fathom being horrendously abused by the government. I'm glad for them that they were able to live in such a protected bubble. But it just takes knowing a single person who has seen state oppression to know how terrifying, dangerous, and monstrously unfair this is.
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I truly think a ton of people can't fathom being horrendously abused by the government. I'm glad for them that they were able to live in such a protected bubble. But it just takes knowing a single person who has seen state oppression to know how terrifying, dangerous, and monstrously unfair this is.
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A boycott for one day ain’t going to cut it. Not after watching Putin’s stooge on the WH berate Zelensky. We are losing this country to evil by the minute.
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A boycott for one day ain’t going to cut it. Not after watching Putin’s stooge on the WH berate Zelensky. We are losing this country to evil by the minute.
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On her show just now, Rachel Maddow said of Joy Reid's show being cancelled: "I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door." She adds it is "unnerving" to see the network's decision to cancel shows hosted by nonwhite anchors: "That feels indefensible."
February 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
On her show just now, Rachel Maddow said of Joy Reid's show being cancelled: "I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door." She adds it is "unnerving" to see the network's decision to cancel shows hosted by nonwhite anchors: "That feels indefensible."
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Unlike Twitter , @bsky.app has a public firehose that anyone can analyze. The numbers I posted aren’t from bluesky. They are from their party software.
If you look at the post, it shows posts, follows, likes. All are real.
That’s real transparency
If you look at the post, it shows posts, follows, likes. All are real.
That’s real transparency
February 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Unlike Twitter , @bsky.app has a public firehose that anyone can analyze. The numbers I posted aren’t from bluesky. They are from their party software.
If you look at the post, it shows posts, follows, likes. All are real.
That’s real transparency
If you look at the post, it shows posts, follows, likes. All are real.
That’s real transparency
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One thing DOGE has gutted is an effort to REFORM how the US divvies up donated organs.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
One thing DOGE has gutted is an effort to REFORM how the US divvies up donated organs.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Make no mistake, this EO strips away power from you, from your ability to select representatives to advance your views.
President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that seeks greater authority over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent from direct White House control, part of a broader bid to centralize a president’s power over the government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump Order Seeks More Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Make no mistake, this EO strips away power from you, from your ability to select representatives to advance your views.
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Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could:
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years and End Coverage for 20 Million People | KFF
A new KFF analysis finds that a congressional proposal to significantly cut federal spending on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to nearly one-fi...
www.kff.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could:
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
This is government for themselves and no one else. If they don’t like what you’re doing it’s arrest them, charge them, threaten them… these mini dictators/authoritarians are going to damage our country. I pray they all get a big taste of what they’re dishing out after these four years are up.
Tom Homan says he sent an email to the Deputy AG asking if AOC is crossing the line by providing webinars to undocumented immigrants: I’m not an attorney… maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now
February 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is government for themselves and no one else. If they don’t like what you’re doing it’s arrest them, charge them, threaten them… these mini dictators/authoritarians are going to damage our country. I pray they all get a big taste of what they’re dishing out after these four years are up.
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“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”
'Mark my words': George Conway predicts alarming showdown that could 'end' U.S. democracy
George Conway predicted that Donald Trump would engage in a constitutional showdown that could spell the end of U.S. democracy.Vice President J.D. Vance argued Sunday that federal courts “aren’t allow...
www.rawstory.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”
Oops
Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Oops
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Thanks for everyone's supportive comments about my run in with that terrorist
Tomorrow I'm in DC Federal Court supporting my friend and counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social , fighting on behalf of the wrongfully persecuted FBI agents who dedicated their lives to public service. The fight doesn't end.
Tomorrow I'm in DC Federal Court supporting my friend and counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social , fighting on behalf of the wrongfully persecuted FBI agents who dedicated their lives to public service. The fight doesn't end.
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Thanks for everyone's supportive comments about my run in with that terrorist
Tomorrow I'm in DC Federal Court supporting my friend and counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social , fighting on behalf of the wrongfully persecuted FBI agents who dedicated their lives to public service. The fight doesn't end.
Tomorrow I'm in DC Federal Court supporting my friend and counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social , fighting on behalf of the wrongfully persecuted FBI agents who dedicated their lives to public service. The fight doesn't end.
Everyday it gets more frightening. The #GOP is totally supporting this. All your data is in the hands of one billionaire incel and his minions.
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Everyday it gets more frightening. The #GOP is totally supporting this. All your data is in the hands of one billionaire incel and his minions.
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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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The horrors of this past week reminded me how batshit insane some of the anti-Dem rhetoric online during the election was, and upon reflection I think this was really a stand out performance from Bree.
January 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The horrors of this past week reminded me how batshit insane some of the anti-Dem rhetoric online during the election was, and upon reflection I think this was really a stand out performance from Bree.
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The right’s response to Bishop Mariann Budde helpfully illustrates the logic of the Last Man. If the right had the strength of their convictions, they would simply reject Christianity and recognize that their nihilistic, power-worshipping movement is anti-Christian. 1/
January 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The right’s response to Bishop Mariann Budde helpfully illustrates the logic of the Last Man. If the right had the strength of their convictions, they would simply reject Christianity and recognize that their nihilistic, power-worshipping movement is anti-Christian. 1/
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It’s hard to think of a more disgraceful way to end a day of national disgrace.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's pardoned about 1,500 defendants charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol and is issuing six commutations.
January 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s hard to think of a more disgraceful way to end a day of national disgrace.
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Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
It is not free speech when Trump aligned oligarchs have their thumbs on the algorithms of all the social media apps.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
A genuinely kind & honest man. Condolences to his family. What an amazing life. A leader to be admired for his ability to stay true to his values. A man of peace and love. Historically, he will always be significant not just as POTUS but his devotion to making the world better.#RIPJimmyCarter
December 29, 2024 at 9:42 PM
A genuinely kind & honest man. Condolences to his family. What an amazing life. A leader to be admired for his ability to stay true to his values. A man of peace and love. Historically, he will always be significant not just as POTUS but his devotion to making the world better.#RIPJimmyCarter
Dear USPS how can you deliver something & within 10 min of me attempting to retrieve; it’s not there? Cause it wasn’t delivered! I bet you dropped it at the wrong address. Been trying to call/email or deal w the auto phone system. It’s a circular mess of bureaucracy! Glad it’s insured. What a mess!
December 23, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Dear USPS how can you deliver something & within 10 min of me attempting to retrieve; it’s not there? Cause it wasn’t delivered! I bet you dropped it at the wrong address. Been trying to call/email or deal w the auto phone system. It’s a circular mess of bureaucracy! Glad it’s insured. What a mess!
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Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed.
The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.
The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.
December 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed.
The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.
The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.