Mike McDonald
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The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, "directly" implicates President Donald Trump.
'Directly implicates Trump': DOJ releases — then pulls — 'bombshell' Epstein letter online
The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, “directly” implicates President Donald Trump.The letter was postmarked “just days after Epstein died” in 2019, according to the pro...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, "directly" implicates President Donald Trump.
I suggest this will have little to do with the essential gosple of Jesus.
We are reading and discussing the book “How to End Christian Nationalism” by Amanda Tyler in our church’s adult forum after services each Sunday. I recommend this book. 2/2
We are reading and discussing the book “How to End Christian Nationalism” by Amanda Tyler in our church’s adult forum after services each Sunday. I recommend this book. 2/2
September 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I suggest this will have little to do with the essential gosple of Jesus.
We are reading and discussing the book “How to End Christian Nationalism” by Amanda Tyler in our church’s adult forum after services each Sunday. I recommend this book. 2/2
We are reading and discussing the book “How to End Christian Nationalism” by Amanda Tyler in our church’s adult forum after services each Sunday. I recommend this book. 2/2
A Christian Nationalist service is going to be performed in Phoenix today. They have their martyr. Charlie Kirk. He will be “sainted” at that service. Christianity will be co-opted to serve political purposes at that service. Marching orders will be suggested at that service. 1/2
September 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A Christian Nationalist service is going to be performed in Phoenix today. They have their martyr. Charlie Kirk. He will be “sainted” at that service. Christianity will be co-opted to serve political purposes at that service. Marching orders will be suggested at that service. 1/2
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“Kiss of Life” —Sade
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
August 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Kiss of Life” —Sade
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
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The latest thing Trump has done to DC: Scare the visitors away. Damaging all the businesses, large and small, that depend on them.
Along the National Mall today, 1pm, on a stunningly beautiful Saturday afternoon in late August.
(Article and more photos to come later today.)
Along the National Mall today, 1pm, on a stunningly beautiful Saturday afternoon in late August.
(Article and more photos to come later today.)
August 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The latest thing Trump has done to DC: Scare the visitors away. Damaging all the businesses, large and small, that depend on them.
Along the National Mall today, 1pm, on a stunningly beautiful Saturday afternoon in late August.
(Article and more photos to come later today.)
Along the National Mall today, 1pm, on a stunningly beautiful Saturday afternoon in late August.
(Article and more photos to come later today.)
Trump and Elon just cut off all Federal Funding for Lutheran Social Services, Lutheran Family Services, Lutheran Immigration Services, Pacific Lutheran University and Washington State University. Bit by Bit they are deconstructing our country and what we say we stand for.
February 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Trump and Elon just cut off all Federal Funding for Lutheran Social Services, Lutheran Family Services, Lutheran Immigration Services, Pacific Lutheran University and Washington State University. Bit by Bit they are deconstructing our country and what we say we stand for.
People want to blame someone. Obama, Biden DEI.
None of them are to blame. It was a tragedy. What Trump is to be blamed for is not showing the families who have received the most horrible news in their lives that he understands a great loss has come to them. That he is so sorry this has happened.
None of them are to blame. It was a tragedy. What Trump is to be blamed for is not showing the families who have received the most horrible news in their lives that he understands a great loss has come to them. That he is so sorry this has happened.
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
People want to blame someone. Obama, Biden DEI.
None of them are to blame. It was a tragedy. What Trump is to be blamed for is not showing the families who have received the most horrible news in their lives that he understands a great loss has come to them. That he is so sorry this has happened.
None of them are to blame. It was a tragedy. What Trump is to be blamed for is not showing the families who have received the most horrible news in their lives that he understands a great loss has come to them. That he is so sorry this has happened.
No Inaugural crowd size debates this year. Just announced, the Inaugural is going to be moved indoors. Sorry for all you folks who got tickets or paid for tickets to the Mall to watch your leader take the "Oath".
January 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
No Inaugural crowd size debates this year. Just announced, the Inaugural is going to be moved indoors. Sorry for all you folks who got tickets or paid for tickets to the Mall to watch your leader take the "Oath".
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Trump speaking at Turning Point USA conference: “He's [Elon Musk] not going to be president, that I can tell you. And I’m safe. You know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” [nervous laughter]
Someone’s getting HUGELY scared.
Someone’s getting HUGELY scared.
December 22, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Trump speaking at Turning Point USA conference: “He's [Elon Musk] not going to be president, that I can tell you. And I’m safe. You know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” [nervous laughter]
Someone’s getting HUGELY scared.
Someone’s getting HUGELY scared.
I am a fan!
A couple people have asked me whether I really think of The Bulwark as a magazine. I do! And not in some quaint, retro sense.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
Tired of media outlets that leave you angry at their groveling owners? Or cringing with embarrassment at dumb editorials?
Want to hang out with writers and thinkers who will annoy you 60% less? Maybe 65% less on a good day. Who will help you see around corners?
Well have I got a magazine for you:
Want to hang out with writers and thinkers who will annoy you 60% less? Maybe 65% less on a good day. Who will help you see around corners?
Well have I got a magazine for you:
December 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I am a fan!
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A couple people have asked me whether I really think of The Bulwark as a magazine. I do! And not in some quaint, retro sense.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
Tired of media outlets that leave you angry at their groveling owners? Or cringing with embarrassment at dumb editorials?
Want to hang out with writers and thinkers who will annoy you 60% less? Maybe 65% less on a good day. Who will help you see around corners?
Well have I got a magazine for you:
Want to hang out with writers and thinkers who will annoy you 60% less? Maybe 65% less on a good day. Who will help you see around corners?
Well have I got a magazine for you:
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December 18, 2024 at 6:53 PM
A couple people have asked me whether I really think of The Bulwark as a magazine. I do! And not in some quaint, retro sense.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who wishes the media would grow a spine and learn to interview the lying piece of shit properly the way Barbara Walters did fearlessly back in the day.
She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him.
Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.
She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him.
Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who wishes the media would grow a spine and learn to interview the lying piece of shit properly the way Barbara Walters did fearlessly back in the day.
She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him.
Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.
She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him.
Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.
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The message to other journalists is clear: Challenge Trump at your own risk. Your corporate owners might not have your back. https://newrepublic.com/article/189444/abc-news-trump-silence-journalists
ABC News Just Showed Trump Exactly How to Silence Journalists
A multimillion-dollar settlement proves corporate media will choose profits over press freedom every time.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The message to other journalists is clear: Challenge Trump at your own risk. Your corporate owners might not have your back. https://newrepublic.com/article/189444/abc-news-trump-silence-journalists
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I would add some fear-mongering in for good measure.
December 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I would add some fear-mongering in for good measure.
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“The more worrisome costs of media-mogul acquiescence to Trump are the quiet decisions of owners who think: Is it really in my interest to beef up my news teams right now? Why chase scoops about the new administration when they might put a target on my back?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
The Real Scandal of Our Media Tycoons
They’re rich, powerful, and increasingly antagonistic to the journalism they fund.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:19 PM
“The more worrisome costs of media-mogul acquiescence to Trump are the quiet decisions of owners who think: Is it really in my interest to beef up my news teams right now? Why chase scoops about the new administration when they might put a target on my back?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
I have my dad’s war diaries. He was in the National Guard on December 7th and stationed in Louisiana. I have his entry into the first one where he expressed his feelings about the attack. The next day entry on what may be coming for him next. Guadalcanal was his first combat stop.
December 8, 2024 at 3:25 AM
I have my dad’s war diaries. He was in the National Guard on December 7th and stationed in Louisiana. I have his entry into the first one where he expressed his feelings about the attack. The next day entry on what may be coming for him next. Guadalcanal was his first combat stop.
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"For the Bannonites, any Trump nominee rejected, even on the grounds of obvious, grave scandal, is an intolerable reminder that the establishment still gets a say."
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/does-trump...
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/does-trump...
Does Trump Even Care About Pete?
Plus: The subtle art of telling the president-elect ‘no.’
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
"For the Bannonites, any Trump nominee rejected, even on the grounds of obvious, grave scandal, is an intolerable reminder that the establishment still gets a say."
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/does-trump...
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/does-trump...
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Politicians may claim there is an “immigrant crime wave,” but the data proves that is a myth.
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Politicians may claim there is an “immigrant crime wave,” but the data proves that is a myth.
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F*ck. When you see it like this...it sinks in on an even deeper level.
November 30, 2024 at 5:02 AM
F*ck. When you see it like this...it sinks in on an even deeper level.
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From the sellside to the buyside, the verdict is that American capital markets are set to continue their global domination in 2025
Wall Street Wins Once Again as US Assets Outpace Rest of World
In a week in which US inflation data accelerated, Donald Trump threatened some of America’s closest neighbors with aggressive tariffs, and half of Wall Street was on vacation, the S&P 500 still co...
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
From the sellside to the buyside, the verdict is that American capital markets are set to continue their global domination in 2025
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Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”
Ukrainian officials revealed systematic attempts to erase Ukraine's national identity by Russian invaders in occupied territories
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
Ukrainian official says Russia seeks to erase Ukrainian identity in cccupied territories - Euromaidan Press
Ukrainian officials report systematic destruction of cultural symbols and appropriation of heritage as Russia targets libraries and museums.
euromaidanpress.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”
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Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!
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If this war is about security (NATO etc) and not identity, why these systematic efforts at the erasure of Ukrainian culture?
Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”
Ukrainian officials revealed systematic attempts to erase Ukraine's national identity by Russian invaders in occupied territories
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
November 29, 2024 at 7:41 PM
If this war is about security (NATO etc) and not identity, why these systematic efforts at the erasure of Ukrainian culture?
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Let’s hope it sets the stage for the Democrats to take back the House by a decent margin in two years.
November 29, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Let’s hope it sets the stage for the Democrats to take back the House by a decent margin in two years.