MJ McDonough
@mickmcdonough.bsky.social
Writer / Artist / Dog Lover
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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Being an asshole has consequences.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Being an asshole has consequences.
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Thanks to everyone who shared!!
March 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Thanks to everyone who shared!!
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Re-upping my piece from the other day, on the perils the U.S. is running by overlooking, underestimating, and sidelining the Ukrainians—hardly the first time the U.S. has done this, and hardly the first time it's ended in failure.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Peril of Ignoring Ukrainians
Kyiv has proved several times that it will veto any agreement to put them under Russian control.
www.wsj.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Re-upping my piece from the other day, on the perils the U.S. is running by overlooking, underestimating, and sidelining the Ukrainians—hardly the first time the U.S. has done this, and hardly the first time it's ended in failure.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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MUST READ: "Griffin isn’t alleging that a single fraudulent vote was cast, and he’s not claiming any irregularities with the final vote count. He’s simply trying to change the rules after an election, so that he gets more votes." - Billy Corriher www.democracydocket.com/opinion/like...
Like Trump, Jefferson Griffin May Be One Vote Away From Overturning a State’s Election Result
Opinion | North Carolina voters won’t forget how the judges charged with protecting their democracy handled this attempted election theft.
www.democracydocket.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
MUST READ: "Griffin isn’t alleging that a single fraudulent vote was cast, and he’s not claiming any irregularities with the final vote count. He’s simply trying to change the rules after an election, so that he gets more votes." - Billy Corriher www.democracydocket.com/opinion/like...
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Claim 2: False, because “malicious prosecution” is a thing courts remedy.
Claim 3: Yes, but judges decide what’s “legitimate” and limit executive action all the time.
Watch this space carefully.
Claim 3: Yes, but judges decide what’s “legitimate” and limit executive action all the time.
Watch this space carefully.
February 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Claim 2: False, because “malicious prosecution” is a thing courts remedy.
Claim 3: Yes, but judges decide what’s “legitimate” and limit executive action all the time.
Watch this space carefully.
Claim 3: Yes, but judges decide what’s “legitimate” and limit executive action all the time.
Watch this space carefully.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.
February 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.
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This will not end well.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This will not end well.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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First came the collapse of Karabakh, and the end of Russia's military presence in the region. Then came the fall of Assad, and the scuttling of Russian interests in Syria.
With Putin manically obsessed with Ukraine, the only question is: which domino will fall next? Georgia? Transnistria? Belarus?
With Putin manically obsessed with Ukraine, the only question is: which domino will fall next? Georgia? Transnistria? Belarus?
January 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
First came the collapse of Karabakh, and the end of Russia's military presence in the region. Then came the fall of Assad, and the scuttling of Russian interests in Syria.
With Putin manically obsessed with Ukraine, the only question is: which domino will fall next? Georgia? Transnistria? Belarus?
With Putin manically obsessed with Ukraine, the only question is: which domino will fall next? Georgia? Transnistria? Belarus?
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It's early days yet, but one by one, Russia's foreign policy priorities outside of Ukraine are beginning to degrade, and even collapse. The dominoes are beginning to fall—and they won't stop tumbling anytime soon.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/d...
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/d...
The Domino Theory Is Coming for Putin
A series of setbacks for Russia is only gaining momentum.
foreignpolicy.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's early days yet, but one by one, Russia's foreign policy priorities outside of Ukraine are beginning to degrade, and even collapse. The dominoes are beginning to fall—and they won't stop tumbling anytime soon.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/d...
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/d...
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The SCOTUS immunity ruling protects presidents from ever being prosecuted criminally for certain kinds of official acts, but it doesn’t transmute any category of unconstitutional executive orders into constitutional ones. So the birthright citizenship EO isn’t shielded from judicial invalidation.
For constitutional experts like @tribelaw.bsky.social @weissmann11.bsky.social and @nealkatyal.bsky.social :
Are Executive Orders, especially canceling birthright citizenship, protected by the SCOTUS immunity ruling?
Are Executive Orders, especially canceling birthright citizenship, protected by the SCOTUS immunity ruling?
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The SCOTUS immunity ruling protects presidents from ever being prosecuted criminally for certain kinds of official acts, but it doesn’t transmute any category of unconstitutional executive orders into constitutional ones. So the birthright citizenship EO isn’t shielded from judicial invalidation.
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Every Democratic Representative should be rushing to support Representative Salazar, a Fla Republican
It's the right thing to do and it Floods The Zone with confusion. And shows Dems doing the right thing in a red district. @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
It's the right thing to do and it Floods The Zone with confusion. And shows Dems doing the right thing in a red district. @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Every Democratic Representative should be rushing to support Representative Salazar, a Fla Republican
It's the right thing to do and it Floods The Zone with confusion. And shows Dems doing the right thing in a red district. @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
It's the right thing to do and it Floods The Zone with confusion. And shows Dems doing the right thing in a red district. @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Notice how it’s always women who stand up to DJT! What’s wrong with the men? Not a single Republican Senator is speaking out….? And the 3 Broligarchs all in on Masculine Energy in the workplace?
This is so inspirational. Saying the words to his actual face
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Notice how it’s always women who stand up to DJT! What’s wrong with the men? Not a single Republican Senator is speaking out….? And the 3 Broligarchs all in on Masculine Energy in the workplace?
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"A democracy cannot function properly under threats of violence, where any dissent comes with the risk of physical retaliation. That describes Russia, and not America as we have known it." But with another Trump presidency looming, it seems as though we are slipping closer to authoritarianism.
Lessons in Fascism
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has been laying out brutal truths on why Trump is a fascist
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 8:00 PM
"A democracy cannot function properly under threats of violence, where any dissent comes with the risk of physical retaliation. That describes Russia, and not America as we have known it." But with another Trump presidency looming, it seems as though we are slipping closer to authoritarianism.
Sunset this afternoon over the Salish Sea Washington State Olympic Range in the background
January 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sunset this afternoon over the Salish Sea Washington State Olympic Range in the background
This is what real leadership looks like!
President Zelensky: 150 Ukrainian firefighters are ready to travel to California to help combat the wildfires.🇺🇸🇺🇦
January 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what real leadership looks like!