Richard Donelan
@rdone.bsky.social
14 years on The Platform That Dare Not Spell Its Name; recovering lawyer; historian manqué; acoustic musician (gtr, bjo); blues, jazz, world
Trump is barking mad.
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Trump is barking mad.
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Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
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Admirably clear @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Admirably clear @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Quantum entanglement, of course.
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Quantum entanglement, of course.
And it deserves every bit of it. The document is a disgrace, the most shameful ever issued by a U.S. President. Trump must go.
December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And it deserves every bit of it. The document is a disgrace, the most shameful ever issued by a U.S. President. Trump must go.
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This man is a danger to us all.
Health Experts Speak Out After RFK Jr. Eliminates $500 Million In mRNA Vaccine Contracts
He is a danger to us all.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This man is a danger to us all.
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Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
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Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited IMMUNITY to speak to Trump's private attorney and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The cover-up here is astounding.
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited IMMUNITY to speak to Trump's private attorney and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The cover-up here is astounding.
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The fascist voice of Stephen Miller is heard again.
June 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The fascist voice of Stephen Miller is heard again.
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This marks the 30th anniversary of the unprecedented genetic experiment that saved the #Florida panther from extinction and boosted the population from 20 in 1995 to about 200 today. youtube.com/shorts/XbQX3...
30-year Anniversary of Florida Panther Genetic Restoration #floridapanthers #endangeredspecies
YouTube video by FWC Research
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May 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This marks the 30th anniversary of the unprecedented genetic experiment that saved the #Florida panther from extinction and boosted the population from 20 in 1995 to about 200 today. youtube.com/shorts/XbQX3...
Russell Vought is the evil vizier you’re looking for. Vought and Miller are the Himmler and Goering of the Trump Administration.
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Russell Vought is the evil vizier you’re looking for. Vought and Miller are the Himmler and Goering of the Trump Administration.
This is an essential point most frequently ignored by the fortunate who placidly dwell in a tech-fired cocoon.
May 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is an essential point most frequently ignored by the fortunate who placidly dwell in a tech-fired cocoon.
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“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
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Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science
Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.
go.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪
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We lost an American original today. RIP Jesse Colin Young, 83.
Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.
Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.
March 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We lost an American original today. RIP Jesse Colin Young, 83.
Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.
Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.
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Oh, nothing big, just J.D. Vance on Friday, spewing common explicitly Christian nationalist, white supremacist talking points to Laura Ingraham. I don't think people appreciate how much to the right even of Trump Vance is. Trump breezily embraces this garbage; Vance meditates on it.
March 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Oh, nothing big, just J.D. Vance on Friday, spewing common explicitly Christian nationalist, white supremacist talking points to Laura Ingraham. I don't think people appreciate how much to the right even of Trump Vance is. Trump breezily embraces this garbage; Vance meditates on it.
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Murphy: "The president is continuing to act unconstitutionally. He shut down some of our most important programs that protect us abroad, like Radio Free Europe, that were funded & authorized in that spending bill. So it doesn't seem like we have restrained any of the president's lawlessness."
March 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Murphy: "The president is continuing to act unconstitutionally. He shut down some of our most important programs that protect us abroad, like Radio Free Europe, that were funded & authorized in that spending bill. So it doesn't seem like we have restrained any of the president's lawlessness."
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Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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"FAA officials told me that many jobs with critical safety functions are indeed being sacrificed, with any possible replacements uncertain because of the government-wide hiring freeze" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"FAA officials told me that many jobs with critical safety functions are indeed being sacrificed, with any possible replacements uncertain because of the government-wide hiring freeze" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
True. And disastrously.
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
True. And disastrously.
