Don MacLeod

Don MacLeod

@diamacleod.bsky.social

Immigrant from one formerly great country to another now facing difficulties. Can we learn to support effective government in the public interest?

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

NEW: In a powerful op-ed, Lana Pelletier, the longtime partner of Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson, breaks her silence after months of attacks on her family by Susan Collins and her allies. “If Susan Collins truly cared about my voice, she could have listened to it.”

meidasplus.comMy family has been dragged into this campaign. After months of attacks, I want to speak for myself.My family has been dragged into this campaign. After months of attacks, I want to speak for myself.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

It's like every day there is a headline "Techbro Creates Terrifying New Product that No-One Asked For, Valued at $1.2B"

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comBillionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military DogsBen Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.
Don MacLeod
@diamacleod.bsky.social

"White evangelical Protestants" doubt that allegiance to the severe Old Testament God can be combined with concern for humanity, yet Jews don't see that as a problem.

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Don MacLeod
@diamacleod.bsky.social

“Imagine how it feels to have your life’s work incorrectly dismissed in an official government report—a report issued by the same agency you spent 30 years working for” thebulletin.org/2026/10/scie...

thebulletin.orgScientists say authors of a controversial government climate report made basic errorClimate contrarians questioned evidence of a human fingerprint on climate change in a report commissioned by the Energy Department. Critics say it was based on flawed analysis.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

theguardian.comMichigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-SayedTimmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed

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Phillips OBrien
@phillipspobrien.bsky.social

Do you get it now, finally. Trump doesnt give a damn about human life, be it American or Ukrainian. He is fine with Russia slaughtering defenseless civilians. This is your America, MAGA.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
@jayapal.house.gov

Another U.S. citizen was assaulted and injured by ICE. This time in Long Beach, California. Congress must refuse to fund this lawlessness and hold Trump’s rogue militia accountable.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

Screaming

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use CISA for its own ends.

propublica.orgThis Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump.DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration ...

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

Treason Summit 2.0. Trump is floating a summit between himself, Putin, and Xi to decide how to settle the Ukraine problem. You'll notice who isn't invited. www.rawstory.com/trump-ukrain...

rawstory.com'A new Axis of Evil?' Fury after Trump invitation to 'treason summit' floated by adversaryPresident Donald Trump's name was floated as a potential attendee to what some political analysts have described as a "treason summit."The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Trump may be invited...

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Negin Owliaei
@neginowl.bsky.social

Pretty much everyone figured this was the case, but now we have the receipts: Democrats for Mike Rogers is funded by Republicans.

Truthout@truthout.org

Democrats for Mike Rogers, a group that has spent millions of dollars to defeat Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, is funded by Republican-aligned organizations, campaign finance records show.

buff.ly“Democrats for Mike Rogers” PAC Is Funded by Republicans, Records ShowThe group has spent more than $4 million in an attempt to defeat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

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Molly McKew
@mollymckew.bsky.social

This only makes sense if you prioritize the interests of Putin and his survival over the interests of the United States, Europe, Ukraine, and our traditional allies. But by now it is obvious what Trump owes, a decade later www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/u...

nytimes.comU.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe (Gift Article)The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.

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Count Melancholia
@lillyh.bsky.social

It's not worth it! Taxpayers can even get stuck paying for *other countries'* nuclear fiascos - because radiation anywhere ➡️ affects the whole world "Britain Announces £17 Million In Funding For Chernobyl NSC Repairs" www.nucnet.org/news/britain...

nucnet.orgBritain Announces £17 Million In Funding For Chornobyl NSC RepairsBritain is funding £17m (€20m, $22m) in new support for repairs to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, the government announced. The UK will contribute the f...

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Joe Walsh
@walshfreedom.bsky.social

It’s been really amazing this past week to watch so many people FINALLY waking up to the fact that Trump is on Putin’s side, that Trump is actively trying to help Putin win the war, that Trump is a Russian asset. It’s ALWAYS been the case, but I’m glad people finally get it.

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David Rothkopf
@djrothkopf.bsky.social

Friday night. The time to sneak through the things you know the public will hate. Also the ones that are probably illegal and traitorous. Trump is opening the floodgates of support for the Kremlin, Putin, their illegal aggression against Ukraine...and their aid to Iran in their war against us.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

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David Rothkopf
@djrothkopf.bsky.social

Every day in every way he is helping the Kremlin gets stronger and stronger...and selling out his country more and more.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: President Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the U.S. national interest.

bit.lyTrump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interestPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.

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The Kyiv Independent
@kyivindependent.com

⚡️️️️️️️Musk suggested Trump restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports. Four sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

kyivindependent.comMusk asked Trump to restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reportsFour sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social

Replying to @chadbourn.bsky.social

Four sources familiar with the discussion said that Musk actually approached Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

kyivindependent.comMusk suggested Trump restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reportsFour sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦
@maks23.bsky.social

🇩🇰Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: Russia unfortunately does not want peace with us. Therefore, we have to continue rearming ourselves. Russia wants to take over parts of Europe. They are willing to go very far to achieve that. When you buy from the Russians, you finance the Russian war machine.

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Ron Filipkowski
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump wants to make sure it’s as easy as possible for his friend Putin to bomb apartment buildings and kill children. He’s not just the worst president in history, he’s the most evil person to ever serve at the highest level of government. Vote out his weak Republican enablers.

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Norm Eisen
@normeisen.bsky.social

BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN

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Andrew Lawrence
@ndrew.bsky.social

some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."

Don MacLeod
@diamacleod.bsky.social

The NYT bravely invites a critical review, and gets it

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.

nytimes.comVideo: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About TrumpIn this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.

Don MacLeod
@diamacleod.bsky.social

Our president works for Putin...and his helpers in the Republican leadership are happy to support that.

Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social

To be an American right now is to feel an intense sense of shame, for abandoning our allies and sucking up to dictators. Trump and Musk are not just betraying Ukraine, they're betraying the very idea of freedom. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...

nytimes.comUkraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia EscalatesA huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Joe Walsh
@walshfreedom.bsky.social

As long as Donald Trump is in the White House, America is on Putin’s side. Because Trump works for Putin. As long as Trump is in the White House, America is Ukraine’s enemy. Which is an absolute shame because most Americans stand with Ukraine.

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Rep. Mike Levin
@levin.house.gov

This is a war on free and fair elections. The fact that a single person can have this much influence and say in our elections is unthinkable. It is fundamentally at odds with what democracy is supposed to be.

nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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davidrlurie
@davidrlurie.com

The tragedy of Biden's presidency is not its lack of success, but how little its success was recognized. The claim Democrats don't have a policy program is false. Finishing the projects Biden began, working with Bernie Sanders and others, should be central to the project of the next president.

publicnotice.coJoe Biden's underrated presidencyHe's achieved a lot — with the notable exception of popularity.
The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Hear me out. Bidenomics was working and we should go back to that.

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ITEP
@itep.org

Ohio and North Carolina have recently suspended their gas taxes, while Indiana extended its ongoing gas tax suspension. State gas tax holidays will help corporations and visitors far more than those having a hard time paying for gas, at the expense of public infrastructure.

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Ian Dunt
@iandunt.bsky.social

Feel a lot of pride about the way Britain has responded to Trump's attacks on Ukraine, repeatedly launching big symbolic demonstrations of solidarity when things are at their most tenuous.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Zelenskyy: “I thank His Majesty King Charles III for the audience. It is important for me to have the opportunity to personally thank him for his unwavering support for Ukraine. We appreciate all the assistance provided by the United Kingdom.”

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Catherine Rampell
@crampell.bsky.social

Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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Dave Troy
@davetroy.com

I don't know a single domain expert that thinks there is some effect from the Yandex strikes on social media troll activity. Another very qualified voice weighs in here.

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social

Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Trump earlier this year: Kimberly Guilfoyle has been my friend for a long time. I love calling her Kimberlay. That’s my little pet name, right? I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends. Trump today: She was not a member of my family. I guess she dated my son a long time ago.

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Shola Hoon
@sholahoon.bsky.social

the racism, fascism and violence at this rally should make those who have a conscience sick to their core

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Springfield: "All of the sudden they dropped 35,000 people in from Haiti. It didn't work out too well. Remember during the debate, I said something of the things they were doing. I was right. It turned out I was right. I won't get into the exact -- I was right."