Reposted by Don MacLeodRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17hbsky.app/profile/ronf... 861543552
Reposted by Don MacLeodAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18hOpposing Trump's tariffs alone makes almost all Dems more market-friendly than his GOP. But there's also housing, regulatory reform, deficits, various market interventions, etc. If you really care about free market economics by conventional libertarian standards, Dems win and it's not even close. 919323
Reposted by Don MacLeodMicah @rincewind.run · 16hthe supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time" 282910655
Reposted by Don MacLeodDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026Makes it real clear what they mean by "liberty."abcnews.comAlito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new bookA new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom. 52843165
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For those sufficiently curious, the slides are well worth the detour 040
Reposted by Don MacLeodErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9489306
Reposted by Don MacLeodRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all. 49868392528
Reposted by Don MacLeodAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is now almost certain that the 28-year old Russian bio-weapons lab researcher who suddenly died succumbed to pneumonic plague, the most dangerous and easily transmittable of all plague variants. This means that Russia continues to produce, and likely enhance, weaponized pneumonic plague. 1/3 916256
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kipling for today: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46786/...poetryfoundation.orgThe Secret of the MachinesSome water, coal, and oil is all we ask, And a thousandth of an inch to give us play: And now, if you will set us to our task, We will serve you four and… 010
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Anriesz said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more 000
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’ 010
Reposted by Don MacLeodMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20462952895
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Reveals a disconcerting lack of clarity about how voter eligibility is determined...will surely be appealed 010
Reposted by Don MacLeodPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/09/2026Oh my. The aurora borealis, seen in ultraviolet light from space. Our planet, putting on a show ✨ 20683169
Reposted by Don MacLeodJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853422187
Reposted by Don MacLeodAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.apnews.comDC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting PoolA judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 337108082198
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's even worse when they hear and believe him, as in "Canada is our enemy" yougov.com/en-us/articl...yougov.comA record 38% of Republicans say Canada is unfriendly or an enemy of the U.S.In recent years, a growing minority of Americans have come to view Canada as unfriendly to the U.S. and growing negativity towards Canada has largely been driven by Republicans 020
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"He is acting with a degree of courage I never dared hope a prime minister would demonstrate" (Reorient to EU; Fund National Care Service) iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 010
Reposted by Don MacLeodDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the same speech he announced that these three guys would set strategic direction for future warfare capabilities 2924457
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Troubling that govt intel knew nothing about this...and we know better than to believe Trump's claim to have had the suspects under view "for a long time" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFive arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by USCounter-terrorism police investigate whether Iran is behind suspected bomb plot after member of public calls 999 over suspicious vehicles 022
Reposted by Don MacLeodJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The United States government killed another innocent person.👇 591435675
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How Trump is canceling Congressional appropriations: 010
Reposted by Don MacLeodMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 27/09/2026I'll keep fighting to restore these funds and close this loophole for good. Congress writes the budget, and it's time more of my Republican colleagues stood up and said so. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comTrump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to CongressMany lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal. 411629
Reposted by Don MacLeodGod @thegodshow.com · 26/09/2026If any of you ever want to have an actual life? You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires. 1143230729
Reposted by Don MacLeodMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensNevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens. 695155526368
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“The government and the F.A.A. have failed us.” NYT gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comIt’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’ 031
Reposted by Don MacLeodCenter for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Iranian leadership signaled this week that it's willing to end the war, if Trump is willing to demonstrate reciprocal action and return towards the diplomacy of the MoU. There's a 7-day proposal on the table. CIP's own @negarmortazavi.bsky.social reports internationalpolicy.org/publications...internationalpolicy.orgIran Sends Trump Seven Day Proposal To End War - CIPA clear timeline and reciprocal steps could let Washington and Tehran return to the negotiating table, just in time for mid-terms. 042
Reposted by Don MacLeodNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NEW: Trump is stuck with a war he can’t win. His talk at the U.N. General Assembly about annihilating Iran reveals a president desperate to salvage his sinking political fortunes, argues @joecirin.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . But what if his threats aren’t empty?newlinesmag.comAn Increasingly Desperate Trump Threatens Iran’s AnnihilationThe rhetoric comes as the president is stuck with a war he can’t win and declining domestic popularity — but what if he means what he says? 045
Reposted by Don MacLeod🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 25/09/2026I know Trump is going to blame Ukraine for high diesel prices but he is the person most responsible for moving the GOP against helping Ukraine. If he had helped them win their war, they wouldn't be using this strategy. 310716
Reposted by Don MacLeodRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 441762683
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The dramatic US decline in higher ed since Trump's second coming is not just reputational: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...donmoynihan.substack.comChina: “Thank Trump”The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival 000
Reposted by Don MacLeodRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities. 7732361073
Reposted by Don MacLeodAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026Elizabeth Warren on Republicans opposing Trump: "I just don't think anybody is fooled at this point. They have bowed down to Donald Trump over this war over and over and over and over. They own it." 482471515
Reposted by Don MacLeodThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“The hypocrisy kills me… this is why Americans associate the word ‘corrupt’ with the Republican Party now.” @jessicatarlov.bsky.social rattles off some of the Trump regime’s endless, brazen corruption to christopher rufo, as he pretends to be unaware. (From @bluegeorgia.bsky.social ) 46818241
Reposted by Don MacLeodSave Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks to Senator Tom Cotton for working to stop another permanent Daylight Saving Time disaster! 👏 Now let’s meet the demand to ditch the switch by restoring permanent Standard Time! 3216
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026and now in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 010
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When Trump's DOJ and FBI attack democracy, reports like this can help expose the corruption. Great work. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 110
Reposted by Don MacLeodAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Because Trump is mad at our closest ally, Canada, he decided to buy potash (a key fertilizer ingredient) from one of the world's most notorious cruel dictators, Belarus' Lukashenko. Typical for Trump, he didn't bother to check before announcing his big deal. Belarus doesn't have any potash to sell. 23268109
Reposted by Don MacLeodMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s essentially a high tech version of what they arrested Rodrigo Duterte for 828953
Reposted by Don MacLeodAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18845982953
Reposted by Don MacLeodJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I know almost everything is terrible, but this year really could be world-historic in a good way. It’ll be several more years before it can be definitively called, but there are encouraging signs emissions really are peaking. www.businessgreen.com/news/4535893...businessgreen.comStudy: Global fossil-fuel emissions to fall 0.5 per cent this yearStrait of Hormuz crisis has led to lower oil and gas demand that should more than offset any increased emissions from higher coal power generation, Carbon Brief calculates 723265
Reposted by Don MacLeodTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The word “Cambridge" appears 45 times in the $17 billion Meta child-harms settlement, notes Jason Kint. Buried inside: a $459,293,017.80 payment resolving Cambridge Analytica claims across at least 46 states and two territories.buff.lyThe $459 Million Cambridge Analytica Reckoning Buried in Meta's Teen Safety SettlementTucked inside the landmark settlement is another settlement, writes Jason Kint. 13724
Reposted by Don MacLeodKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This pretty much says it all: “Andrew Wakefield, a former gastroenterologist whose medical license was revoked after he was found to have fabricated research indicating a link between vaccines and autism, spoke before and immediately after Kennedy.”theguardian.comRFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreakThe US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law 18547
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Our new enemy: Effective Altruism thezvi.substack.com/p/trump-goes... 010
Don MacLeod @diamacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Among the world's preeminent grifters, Trump and his family are second to none substack.com/@theleahfile...substack.comTHE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A CORRUPTION MODELI put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale as the men who looted their countries. 000
Reposted by Don MacLeodSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's not a real political party, folks It just isn't 25450091888
Reposted by Don MacLeodCouncil for a Livable World @livableworld.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🚨NEW 2026 ENDORSEE🚨 We're endorsing @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social's comeback in the Senate. During his previous tenure he: ✅ supported diplomacy over militarism ✅ voted for ratifying the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ✅ called for increased diplomacy to prevent nuclear arms racing 144
Reposted by Don MacLeodAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/09/2026tfw you're so unpopular that people are disgusted by your attempt to bribe them 343012520