Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 254149443442
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A GOP-controlled state appeals court ruled last week that over 65,000 lawful votes cast in North Carolina's Supreme Court race can be thrown out — potentially handing the race to the Republican candidate. This is what stealing an election actually looks like. 16052171821
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/04/2025SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Hello? 34696753811
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit. 23807979912462
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialPulin @pulin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025"Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity ... while we are still capable of looking, we have to say what we see: The United States has become a secret-police state." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity. 14488139
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025From a source at NIH: “Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed. The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad. Everything is stopped” 421835714
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 03/04/2025At one of his frequent press conferences (because he loves being on TV), I'd love it if some reporter piped up with, "What do you say to people who call you a know-nothing narcissistic asshole, Mr. President?" 2463639238107
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/04/2025(WaPo) - Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including .. Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews w/ three U.S. officials. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 841192425
greenaero.bsky.social @greenaero.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I’m still not entirely sure how to use either BlueSky or Substack. They seem to share an abstruse and impenetrable interface. 010
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order? 24047275210908
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Solyndra is often cited as a cautionary tale against industrial policy. In hindsight, though, the worst mistake the Obama administration made was the $465m loan to Tesla that allowed Musk to avoid bankruptcy. 334687
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025As a key Trump adviser, Musk gains influence over broadband policy, giving Starlink a major competitive edge. Elon will get a funding boost, reversing past denials, including a rejected $900M FCC bid. 221621204
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink. 20399362249
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The largest grocery store company in Denmark has started labeling goods so that shoppers can avoid American productsdw.comDanish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods – DW – 02/27/2025Saying it is promoting European products rather than boycotting US ones, a Danish supermarket chain has a special label for goods from Europe. The move comes as many seek to protest Trump's aim to con... 261056245
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialFWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 06/03/2025dlvr.itTrump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA WorkersThe fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the federal work force in part by targeting those types of workers. 16121
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 06/03/2025i bet 98% of the country is unaware this was even said, i feel like im losing my mind bsky.app/profile/atru... 731661460
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Please share this with people in your life who care about social security! 12824621128
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/03/2025"They have borrowed directly from Nazi sources to make the very same points that the Nazis were making. They understand very well that the way to establish a form of government that is not bound by law or reason is to declare a state of emergency."newrepublic.comBeware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies”Far-right rhetoric is suffused with dark talk of impending calamities. It’s a favorite trope of autocrats who are, themselves, the calamity. 661381531
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.social𝖢𝖠𝖳 𝖡𝖴𝖳𝖫𝖤𝖱 𝖲𝗋. @catbutlersr.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The week in review: 628198373972
Reposted by @greenaero.bsky.socialGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 26/02/2025I'm old enough to remember when people were saying this about gay rights. It didn't matter then, and it doesn't matter now. Human rights are human rights and you cannot compromise on them for everyone because once you make one compromise, you can more. Leaders need to lead morally. 47022
