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Richard Donelan

@rdone.bsky.social
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14 years on The Platform That Dare Not Spell Its Name; recovering lawyer; historian manqué; acoustic musician (gtr, bjo); blues, jazz, world

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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a New Injustice. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...
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Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a New Injustice.
Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ALERT: Per sources: Top Justice Dept officials will brief bipartisan group in Congress about Epstein documents tomorrow evening. At Capitol
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 23/02/2026
I wrote about the arrestee formerly known as Prince Andrew. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/a-guy-bein...
I was especially sold on learning about the Andrew angle of the Epstein saga after brilliant Reuters photographer Phil Noble captured the King's brother slumping in the back seat of a car speeding out of a Norfolk police station, the old chap's expression frozen in classic tabloid rictus, caught like a raccoon on a trail cam halfway through pawing open the trash bin. "It was a proper old school news day, a guy being arrested," said Noble, displaying the exemplary English talent for understatement. Who could resist? Here was two of Britain's most successful cultural exports - the royal family and whodunit detective shows - packaged into a single product.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch
An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brilliant. A euphonious appellation.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Keeping holy the Lord’s Day, I see.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Trump is barking mad.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Admirably clear @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Quantum entanglement, of course.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This man is a danger to us all.
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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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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/07/2025
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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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The fascist voice of Stephen Miller is heard again.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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...
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30-year Anniversary of Florida Panther Genetic Restoration #floridapanthers #endangeredspecies
YouTube video by FWC Research
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Brilliant.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Russell Vought is the evil vizier you’re looking for. Vought and Miller are the Himmler and Goering of the Trump Administration.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This is an essential point most frequently ignored by the fortunate who placidly dwell in a tech-fired cocoon.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 30/03/2025
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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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.
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The F-47 Bonespur
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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.
screenshot: “The entire idea of Christian civilisation that led to the founding of the United States of America was formed in Europe. The cultural bonds, the religious bonds – these things are going to last beyond political disagreements,” Vance said.

“But I think that Europe, and frankly, I would have said this about America a year ago, is at risk, I think, of engaging in civilizational suicide.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2025
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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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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...
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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...
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Paige ExGOP 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @itwasacoup.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"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...
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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.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
True. And disastrously.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The most blatant Presidential corruption I have ever seen—and I was born when Truman was President.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The good Judge Alsup was not bamboozled by makeweight arguments from OPM. A correct result.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Stand with your backs turned when he speaks. An eloquent and dignified silent protest.
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Law Dork @lawdorknews.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This afternoon, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social got to do a little history report, and that always makes him happy.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see that these cast aside federal workers with a wealth of institutional knowledge represent staggeringly attractive targets to the intelligence services of our competitors and adversaries,” a third source told CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
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US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Oliver Theunissen @revulo.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The name was chosen with care. Pyotr Krasnov was a Nazi Collaborator en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_K...
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Pyotr Krasnov - Wikipedia
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Can confirm.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
He also has other, less attractive qualities.
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Chris Edwards "SINGING TRAIN CONDUCTOR" @singingconductor.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
BOB DYLAN + DYLAN IN 🇬🇧 RECORD MIRROR MAY 1978 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5_...
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The day Trump was inaugurated, I told my wife: “There’ll be plenty of work for lawyers.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If you’re ever in public while high on ketamine, this DEA pamphlet suggests you might want want to wear sunglasses, even indoors. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I have solved Bird Flu. Give the chickens ivermectin. Have the chickens practice Earthing. The problem with their immune systems is they are not touching the soil enough. Coffee enemas for all chickens. Also we must stop reading them Ibram X. Kendi. Eggs will be back and most importantly not gay.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I wondered why he was encouraging would-be assassins.
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Richard Donelan @rdone.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This sounds like something taken out of a Carl Hiassen novel about very stupid politicians. Mr Bailey deserves sanctions for such a frivolous pleading.
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