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Jim MacDonald

@sportingjim.bsky.social
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Husband, father, son. Physician, scientist. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” — Voltaire 💙 once on Twitter. “They’re called ‘Denali’ and the 'Gulf of Mexico'” 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇱🇩🇰

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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 15h
Three weeks until a #BlueWave wipes MAGA away - in Franklin County OH here are the times and place to #voteearly for @amyactonoh.bsky.social and @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Diana Quick’s story - searching her family history to find Anglo- Indian roots - would fascinate I think @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social & @empirepoduk.bsky.social
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@empirepoduk.bsky.social can't wait for show tomorrow and if you haven't seen exhibit at National War Museum please do!!
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Biggest loser
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Seen on X 👇🏼🤦🏼‍♂️ ‘The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.’
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u...
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Drive through rural OH and MI and diesel prices as high as $6.35 - hey bootlilker @jd-vance-1.bsky.social thank your felonious boss for that! Is this the ‘great’ in MAGA?
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thoughts for the day
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
So much winning- 🙏 felonious rapist IMPOTUS2
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The most important thing a country can do to improve the welfare of all residents is empower women - ensure equivalent agency that men enjoy. #IWD2026
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I’ll be dedicating this to help in any way I can the immigrant families I serve in Central OH as a physician. The Beatitudes will be my guide. “Blessed are you who are poor for the Kingdom of God is yours”
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Beautiful sky tonight
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Hegseth is a tool - #semperveritas @harvard.edu
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hell no to this as Americas future “‘If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.’― George Orwell, 1984”
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
In memory of one of the greatest leaders of my lifetime and a TRUE Nobel Peace Prize winner #MLKDay
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It IS happening here
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Trump wants to rewrite history - never forget Jan 6 never forget he is a twice impeached felon and rapist
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A bloody airbag seen where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) - Noems own words damn her. Just because the truth doesn’t fit your narrative….
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Best picture of 2026. Oppose autocracy everywhere/ Iran Russia USA
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This is what being a Christian looks like for individuals and for a nation which nominally identifies as such
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
As seen on that other platform
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The true challenge of leading a Christian life is NOT what you are hearing from MAGA
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Did not know you could donate directly to help the cause @u24.gov.ua 🇺🇦
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I love this description of Rory McElroy - and my own thoughts about teaching leadership open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Flag I'll fly on his birthday
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Been wanting to read for a while
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Pathetic. Ineffectual on all levels. #biggestloser #yourefired
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I love sports but this is not a serious country
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Great energy in little Bexley #NoKings
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
As I get ready for #NoKings
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
With colleagues in Monterrey 🇲🇽
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
always a good reminder -- the litany of crazy and more that trails in the wake of this guy -- felon, sexual predator, bankrupt businessman, conman, bully, low IQ, and demented. Partial list of course -- #NoKingsDay
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Amén - looking forward to #NoKingsDay
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
💯
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
#ElPresidummy
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
And….
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
To this point - great book
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Was speaking with economist friend yesterday about Trump's 'immigration policy' -- reminds me of what I think when I am asked to discuss, seriously, whatever 'policy' Trump is offering
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
“Let’s go Don Don”
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
On this night after Trump has made yet another authoritarian power grab - sending in federal troops to DC without any emergency extant- I appreciate @harvard.edu more than ever
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Go Crimson! @harvard.edu is the fight for all higher education against fascist Trump
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Just returned from the #TrueNorth where this AI image is still valid 🇨🇦🫡
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Marched five years ago and it’s more true than ever #BlackLivesMatter and we can NOT be silent
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
54 years ago today the Thai journalist Suthichai Yoon founded The Nation. You may know him better as the monk in White Lotus open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Trump is a fascist #NoKings
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Seen on social media - so very well put
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Springsteen and Harvard are in the avant garde in the #resistance but I have linked in my mind long before this moment in time- I explain why in my most recent blog post open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
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Jim MacDonald @sportingjim.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
50 years ago
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