Aaron Stark @6tark.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Can we tear them and exchange them at the banks for destruction? Asking for a friend. 030
Reposted by Aaron StarkMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2025“It’s weird.” “It seems messy.” That’s what experts had to say about the $1.3 billion contract handed to a tiny firm called Acquisition Logisitics to run a detention facility at Texas’ Fort Bliss Army base.bit.lyHow a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention dealTo hold 5,000 human beings. 1415566
Reposted by Aaron StarkUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 11/10/2025The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.bit.lyEducation Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union saysThe Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. 34204182
Reposted by Aaron StarkMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2025The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina. Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.motherjones.comTrump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaireA $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. 40537348
Reposted by Aaron StarkSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 22/03/2025Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgRubio says El Salvador offers to accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including violent American criminalsSecretary of State Marco Rubio says “there are obviously legalities involved” in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals. 1991129629
Reposted by Aaron StarkMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025We are governed by a petty, thin-skinned, grievance-filled, insecure man-child. 2263780541
Reposted by Aaron StarkKevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I think we’re getting the answer to “How could someone have bankrupted a casino?” 123468
Reposted by Aaron StarkHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/03/2025NYT has a scan of the original Enrich memo www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the MemoNicholas Enrich, acting assistant administrator for global health at U.S.A.I.D., spelled out projections for human health following cuts to foreign aid. Mr. Enrich was placed on administrative leave o... 27110
Reposted by Aaron StarkHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/03/202512.5–17.9 million cases of malaria with an additional 71,000–166,000 deaths annually 217021
Reposted by Aaron StarkHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/03/2025An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases a year 114717
Reposted by Aaron StarkHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/03/2025"The memo projected that nearly 17 million pregnant women would not be able to reach life-saving services if USAID programs were permanently halted" 114722
Reposted by Aaron StarkHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/03/2025"more than 11 million newborns would not get critical postnatal care. An estimated 1 million children would not be treated annually for severe acute malnutrition" 213718
Reposted by Aaron StarkAndrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 03/03/2025NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...axios.comDOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centersNOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list. 621115734
Reposted by Aaron StarkSandra Parks @sleeparks.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The national Archivist has important roles in other areas besides presidential documents… and we should be alarmed. action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...?action.everylibrary.orgWe Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National ArchivesGuest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech. 07047
Reposted by Aaron StarkJoe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 19/11/2024To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations. Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.docs.google.comLocal Public-Facing Immigrant Support/Advocacy Groups 35045723476
Reposted by Aaron StarkBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/02/2025New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...nbcnews.comCDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cutsAdministration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees. 7430021486
Reposted by Aaron StarkRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich] 8953323910803
Reposted by Aaron StarkRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it. 19414677313784
Reposted by Aaron StarkThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025LOUISIANA: “Half a billion dollars to send thousands of kids to private schools… voucher students fare worse on state tests than public school peers…” Same story everywhere. But @GovBillLee does not care. #LeesVoucherScam www.nola.com/news/educati... 381130341
Reposted by Aaron StarkWIRED @wired.com · 15/02/2025Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. wrd.cm/3QkfGh3wrd.cmTop US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security WorkThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED. 21538052081
Reposted by Aaron StarkAlexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The @wired.com of DOGE.gov is superb, but misses a trend: we are no longer just seeing state power on social media, but the emergence of state social media on X that will superchange propaganda campaigns, crowd out journalism, & drown democracies in mistruths. civic-texts.ghost.io/the-truman-c... 36767260
Reposted by Aaron StarkGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports. Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1915...newrepublic.comTrump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked MemoCan Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor? 282105054268
Aaron Stark @6tark.bsky.social · 20/10/2024Hey. I haven’t found anyone else. Mainly I get lots of slightly off images of anime characters and pixel pictures. I haven’t liked any posts yet so the algorithm must be a bit confused. Reading on threads these days but it’s mostly doomscrolling. Not helping my election stress. 150