Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

@tcinla.bsky.social

Military aviation history author (search my name at Amazon in books). Screenwriter of the cult classic "The Terror Within." Writes "That's Another Fine Mess" on Substack. Politically left since forever. Cat lover. Well-known plastic airplane model-maker

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Seems fairly obvious this is a must do when you read the sentence aloud, “Lawmakers in the U.S. from both parties have called for a formal probe into Musk and SpaceX over alleged unilateral changes the company made to its services in Ukraine.”

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

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Trump doesn't care he's gonna say, "We're making a frigging foftune!" Yup, that our president

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some MAGA moron almost shoots his dick off, the Space Nazi calls Hitler a commie, and Donny is incoherent as fuck. All that and more in "This Week In Stupid," my every-Saturday roundup of the dumbest fucking shit that happened. Thank you for your attention to it. Link is here: bit.ly/4z25Q8k

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Trump continues to show beyond doubt why Canada needs new reliable trading partners. Trump calls Canada’s developing association with the EU a “hostile act.” This from the guy who instigated the trade war and continues to threaten Canada with annexation.

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A lot of dictatorships try to make these kind of arrangements when things go south. Important to remember there are other kinds of criminal, civil and reputational accountability pardons can’t touch. And if you’re pardoned you have no 5th amendment rights.

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social

“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”

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SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

thequeenzone.comSCOOP: Top Senate Dem Investigating Companies Running New ICE Facility for KidsU.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating two for-profit companies contracted to run a new ICE facility for unaccompanied children about to open ...

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Eighty-year-old Rick Russman of New Hampshire spent five decades as a Republican. This year, as his state braces for a winter ​of soaring heating oil costs, he will vote for Democrat Chris Pappas in one of the country's most closely watched Senate races. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

reuters.comAs winter nears, heating oil emerges as hurdle for Republicans in US Senate racesIt's a top issue in northern states with competitive Senate races as winter approaches.

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Another “self-made” billionaire story: Vivek Ramaswamy, his mom, and the failed Alzheimer’s drug that made him rich. Yet he’s still neck and neck in the Ohio governor race. These midterms really are a choice between oligarchy and democracy in America. oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/how-vivek-...

oligarchwatch.substack.comHow Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son richVivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and then cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.