Alan Ohnsman
@aohnsman.bsky.social
Former baby, future ghost. Forbes senior editor writing about transportation & cleantech | ❤️ LA
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New: “Congress’s Million Dollar Stock Trades In 2025: Nvidia, Microsoft And The Bipartisan Push For A Ban”
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December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New: “Congress’s Million Dollar Stock Trades In 2025: Nvidia, Microsoft And The Bipartisan Push For A Ban”
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Yet another Tesla safety investigation, this time for Model 3 door handles www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Yet another Tesla safety investigation, this time for Model 3 door handles www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
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Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects reut.rs/4pcl9FI
Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects
Four Democratic governors wrote to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday to ask the Trump administration to lift its halt on five offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects reut.rs/4pcl9FI
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
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“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
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‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
it's a great day to get off of twitter
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
it's a great day to get off of twitter
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🛻From Ford to Tesla, nobody's had much luck selling big electric pickups
🧑🏼⚖️California threatens Tesla with a sales suspension
⚡A new form of underground hydrogen #electricvehicles #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
🛻From Ford to Tesla, nobody's had much luck selling big electric pickups
🧑🏼⚖️California threatens Tesla with a sales suspension
⚡A new form of underground hydrogen #electricvehicles #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🛻From Ford to Tesla, nobody's had much luck selling big electric pickups
🧑🏼⚖️California threatens Tesla with a sales suspension
⚡A new form of underground hydrogen #electricvehicles #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
🛻From Ford to Tesla, nobody's had much luck selling big electric pickups
🧑🏼⚖️California threatens Tesla with a sales suspension
⚡A new form of underground hydrogen #electricvehicles #hydrogen www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
there’s no bottom to the brutal stupidity of this administration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...
Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It
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December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
there’s no bottom to the brutal stupidity of this administration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...
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Hey losers leave trans folks alone
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hey losers leave trans folks alone
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Balint: "Even for Republican this is extreme. Are we really attempting to lock up parents and doctors? Your kids' medical care is none of their damn business. It's creepy. It's a creepy obsession."
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Balint: "Even for Republican this is extreme. Are we really attempting to lock up parents and doctors? Your kids' medical care is none of their damn business. It's creepy. It's a creepy obsession."
Yikes: Cox Automotive estimates Tesla's U.S. sales plunged 30% in Q4 2025 and will drop 8.9% for the full year www.coxautoinc.com/insights-hub...
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yikes: Cox Automotive estimates Tesla's U.S. sales plunged 30% in Q4 2025 and will drop 8.9% for the full year www.coxautoinc.com/insights-hub...
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It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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NEW: California says Tesla deceived consumers by calling its partially automated driving features Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.
The state DMV gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes the features or face a 30-day sales ban #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
The state DMV gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes the features or face a 30-day sales ban #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
December 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
NEW: California says Tesla deceived consumers by calling its partially automated driving features Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.
The state DMV gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes the features or face a 30-day sales ban #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
The state DMV gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes the features or face a 30-day sales ban #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
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A controversial provision in the defense bill has rekindled debate over protocols when civilian and military aircraft share the airspace over Washington, DC.
Defense Bill Sets Up Repeat Of Fatal Midair Collision In DC, Experts Warn
A controversial provision in the defense bill has rekindled debate over protocols when civilian and military aircraft share the airspace over Washington, DC.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A controversial provision in the defense bill has rekindled debate over protocols when civilian and military aircraft share the airspace over Washington, DC.
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It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's very important we all go back to Twitter, a website as popular with young people as chlamydia.
What could go wrong? great reporting from
@thomasbrewster.bsky.social
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
@thomasbrewster.bsky.social
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What could go wrong? great reporting from
@thomasbrewster.bsky.social
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
@thomasbrewster.bsky.social
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
An empty car that's not hauling paying passengers isn't a robotaxi. It's an autonomous test vehicle techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/t...
Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver | TechCrunch
It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.
techcrunch.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
An empty car that's not hauling paying passengers isn't a robotaxi. It's an autonomous test vehicle techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/t...
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🤖 Calls for a moratorium on new data centers get louder
🚖 Waymo’s lofty aspirations for electric robotaxis
♨️ Fervo Energy’s big funding round and big plans for enhanced geothermal power #datacenters www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
🤖 Calls for a moratorium on new data centers get louder
🚖 Waymo’s lofty aspirations for electric robotaxis
♨️ Fervo Energy’s big funding round and big plans for enhanced geothermal power #datacenters www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
Calls For A Moratorium On New Data Centers Get Louder
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Waymo’s big aspirations for electric robotaxis and Fervo’s big funding round for enhanced geothermal power
www.forbes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🤖 Calls for a moratorium on new data centers get louder
🚖 Waymo’s lofty aspirations for electric robotaxis
♨️ Fervo Energy’s big funding round and big plans for enhanced geothermal power #datacenters www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
🤖 Calls for a moratorium on new data centers get louder
🚖 Waymo’s lofty aspirations for electric robotaxis
♨️ Fervo Energy’s big funding round and big plans for enhanced geothermal power #datacenters www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
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In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
This is how a smart, civilized country responds to a nightmarish mass shooting apnews.com/article/aust...
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is how a smart, civilized country responds to a nightmarish mass shooting apnews.com/article/aust...
For all the setbacks for women in 2025—job losses rivaling those of the pandemic, worsening toxicity of the “manosphere,” presidential insults of female reporters—the leaders on the @forbes.com Power Women list stand as examples of resilience in turbulent times www.forbes.com/lists/power-...
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025
Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
For all the setbacks for women in 2025—job losses rivaling those of the pandemic, worsening toxicity of the “manosphere,” presidential insults of female reporters—the leaders on the @forbes.com Power Women list stand as examples of resilience in turbulent times www.forbes.com/lists/power-...