Aaron Stark
@6tark.bsky.social
Special education teacher and dad. Appreciate what I’ve been given by family, friendships, frisbee, and futbol. Live in the Elm City but truly miss Oaktown. Real Oviedo overseas family. Crohn’s and Ostomy families.
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“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.
“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.
How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal
To hold 5,000 human beings.
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“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.
“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.
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The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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The 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.
Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire
A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
www.motherjones.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The 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.
Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.
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Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including violent American criminals
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “there are obviously legalities involved” in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals.
www.pbs.org
March 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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We are governed by a petty, thin-skinned, grievance-filled, insecure man-child.
Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.
March 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We are governed by a petty, thin-skinned, grievance-filled, insecure man-child.
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I think we’re getting the answer to “How could someone have bankrupted a casino?”
March 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I think we’re getting the answer to “How could someone have bankrupted a casino?”
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US appears set on crushing Ukraine capacity to force Zelensky to submit. Never mind that this is a bonfire of leverage versus Russia, which has every reason to believe it can dictate terms or reject a ceasefire in the knowledge that Trump is likely to blame Ukraine. Criminally bad negotiating.
Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive. "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/c58f...
US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Fresh blow to embattled government in Kyiv as Trump administration shifts on conflict
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
US appears set on crushing Ukraine capacity to force Zelensky to submit. Never mind that this is a bonfire of leverage versus Russia, which has every reason to believe it can dictate terms or reject a ceasefire in the knowledge that Trump is likely to blame Ukraine. Criminally bad negotiating.
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NYT has a scan of the original Enrich memo www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Memo
Nicholas 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...
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NYT has a scan of the original Enrich memo www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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12.5–17.9 million cases of malaria with an additional 71,000–166,000 deaths annually
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
12.5–17.9 million cases of malaria with an additional 71,000–166,000 deaths annually
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An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases a year
March 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases a year
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"The memo projected that nearly 17 million pregnant women would not be able to reach life-saving services if USAID programs were permanently halted"
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The memo projected that nearly 17 million pregnant women would not be able to reach life-saving services if USAID programs were permanently halted"
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"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"
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"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"
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NEW: 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...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: 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...
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The national Archivist has important roles in other areas besides presidential documents… and we should be alarmed. action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...?
We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives
Guest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech.
action.everylibrary.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The national Archivist has important roles in other areas besides presidential documents… and we should be alarmed. action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...?
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To 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.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
To 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.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
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New: 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...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New: 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...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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The 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]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The 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]
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Mike 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.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike 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.
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LOUISIANA: “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...
Same story everywhere. But @GovBillLee does not care. #LeesVoucherScam
www.nola.com/news/educati...
February 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
LOUISIANA: “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...
Same story everywhere. But @GovBillLee does not care. #LeesVoucherScam
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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Last 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. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last 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. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
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The @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...
civic-texts.ghost.io/the-truman-c...
February 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The @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...
civic-texts.ghost.io/the-truman-c...
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Awful: 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...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can 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?
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Awful: 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...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...