Robert Delfs
@robertdelfs.bsky.social
Fmr Far Eastern Economic Review China Economy correspondent (1981-86), Beijing bureau chief (1986-92), Tokyo bureau chief (1992-94). China/Japan consultant (1995-2002); (Indonesia-based conservation and sustainability consultant (2004-23).
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
Tell Trump and the GOP: Do NOT Defund our Libraries and Museums
An executive order issued by the Trump administration on Friday night, March 14, calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for America...
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April 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
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I'll be blunt: the Nazis knew better than to burn the Louvre. They knew destroying prized property would get more people into the streets of Paris than kidnapping entire neighborhoods of Jewish people. And they were right. White folk fetishize property & not vulnerable people. Stop doing that!
February 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'll be blunt: the Nazis knew better than to burn the Louvre. They knew destroying prized property would get more people into the streets of Paris than kidnapping entire neighborhoods of Jewish people. And they were right. White folk fetishize property & not vulnerable people. Stop doing that!
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This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund
While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation.
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February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
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Not being sarcastic or glib, but what is the point of destruction like this? What does Musk gain from doing this?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Not being sarcastic or glib, but what is the point of destruction like this? What does Musk gain from doing this?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
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In a scathing letter, they also accused Trump of seeking to make the apolitical U.S. military an instrument of partisan politics and using firings, which extend to the top army, navy and air force lawyers, to "remove legal constraints on the president's power." - www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
Five former US defense secretaries assail Trump's military firings as reckless
Five former U.S. defense secretaries on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump's "reckless" firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers and called on Congress to halt any confirmation of their successors.
www.reuters.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
In a scathing letter, they also accused Trump of seeking to make the apolitical U.S. military an instrument of partisan politics and using firings, which extend to the top army, navy and air force lawyers, to "remove legal constraints on the president's power." - www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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This is an important and worthy cause. I was happy to sign.
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Defend the science and scientists that keep the public safe!
Please join science supporters, scientists, and experts in signing an open letter asking Congress to stand up against attempts to politicize or eliminate scientific roles, agencies, and federal resear...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is an important and worthy cause. I was happy to sign.
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sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Elon Musk has made himself King of America and it’s our job to make everyone around us enraged about it.
"Do I need to call Elon?” one DOGE member barked at a federal security official while demanding access to sensitive information at one agency this month, a source familiar with the exchange tells Rolling Stone."
Come on, man, you’re being bullied by twerps.
Come on, man, you’re being bullied by twerps.
With this piece, @andrewperez.bsky.social / i wanted to get across just how stupid the Elon/Trump constitutional crisis is
The power grab is enforced by a “little nerd army” that uses as their main weapon a threat to call Musk—not Trump;not anyone elected. Elon: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The power grab is enforced by a “little nerd army” that uses as their main weapon a threat to call Musk—not Trump;not anyone elected. Elon: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Elon Musk has made himself King of America and it’s our job to make everyone around us enraged about it.
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Be careful of the quaint, complacent view that civil conflict arising from constitutional crises is something only for the history books.
February 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Be careful of the quaint, complacent view that civil conflict arising from constitutional crises is something only for the history books.
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‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its comeback
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
Return of the California Condor
North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s.
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February 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its comeback
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
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We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth. www.levernews.com/health-insur...
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth.
www.levernews.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:16 AM
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth. www.levernews.com/health-insur...