Andrew Donaldson
@four4thefire
Made in West Virginia | Occasional talking head | Frequent VA patient | Editor @ordinarytimemag | Commentary @wv_watch/@statesnewsroom | @heardtellshow Substack
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Oh good living hell...
Hunter Biden’s recent interview unveiled a “straightforward, pummeling aggression” that the Democratic Party has been missing, @helenlewis argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
New career goal just landed
Strangest thing you've seen at a gas station before? I'll go first...
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NEW: Paul Ingrassia is no longer listed for the HSGAC nominations meeting this morning 👀 Screenshots from today --> yday (via wayback machine) We reported on some warning signs for him last night: axios.com/2025/07/23/joh…
What we need now are casseroles and care packages.
Imagine being an American citizen right now? I mean wowsers.
High quality meme.
in case you are wondering this is academia now
Most communities have just two settings. 1) "Our economy is struggling, why can't we attract any tourists who will visit and spend money and create jobs?" 2) "These damn tourists are ruining our community, traffic and parking are so bad, too many rental units and AirB&Bs,…
This is one of those things that is sort of annoying if it’s happening around you — all these out of owners buying property and driving up our costs! — but it’s actually a way worse sign if none of this is happening in your area
Since I got 8266383663 comments about this, let’s dig in! What defines the Lowcountry? 🤔 👉🏼salt marshes 👉🏼rice cultivation 👉🏼Gullah Geechee culture Why did I say the Lowcountry begins in SENC? 👀 Contrary to public perception, the Gullah Geechee Corridor does not begin in…
I liked it until the Low Country non-sense! The Low Country starts well south of Horry (O-ree) County, SC. No debate!
A special Stars & Stripes flew over the nearly 9,400 graves at Normandy American Cemetery. This American Flag will fly at each ABMC overseas cemetery and in each of the 50 United States in the lead up to our nation’s 250th anniversary next year, in partnership with @America250,…
I spare myself of anything James Cameron has done since his Space Smurfs era started
James Cameron says his film ‘GHOSTS OF HIROSHIMA’ will be “unsparing” in depicting the atrocities of what happened during the atomic blasts. He compares it to doing what Steven Spielberg did with ‘SAVING PRIVATE RYAN’ & ‘SCHINDLER’S LIST’ Find out more: bit.ly/GhostsDF
Happy One Year Anniversary for this exchange with Jan Rubin. Missing you, my friend
What...you folks thought John Cornyn was just going to quietly go away? Oh you sweet, sweet summer childs...
9 bangers and the Greatest Song That Is, or Was, or Ever Will Be
Reminder that Snoop narrating Planet Earth is still the most quality content
Hey @WVUBaseball fans, um 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
JJ Wetherholt is mashing Triple-A pitching 🔥 MLB's No. 17 prospect (@Cardinals) drills two long balls in three innings, raising his @MemphisRedbirds OPS to 1.521:
SPLASHDOWN!! On July 24th, 1969, we landed softly in the vast Pacific Ocean – and after eight humanity-changing days, our mission was complete. The great crew from the legendary @USNavy USS Hornet (CV-12) was there to see our prompt extraction from the deep! 56 years hence,…
Goes to an argument I've made before that the "the schools are ruining our boys" argument seems to imply that schools in the 1950s weren't places where you had to sit still and pay attention nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…
You’ve seen it from the outside in Boeing Plaza but now it’s time to check out the brand new interior of Lewis Air Legend’s Lockheed VC-121A. This Constellation was the personal aircraft of the Supreme Commander of the United Nations, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, during the Korean…