SOffner
@steveoatl.bsky.social
Enjoy Every Sandwich | Ban Assault Weapons
Rugby, Music, Film, Travel & Miami Hurricanes Fan. Dad of daughters, husband to my wife. Geologist & Environmental Professional for 35+ Years. And of course 🧢
Rugby, Music, Film, Travel & Miami Hurricanes Fan. Dad of daughters, husband to my wife. Geologist & Environmental Professional for 35+ Years. And of course 🧢
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS [ATLATA] • NO ICE/GSP” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS [ATLATA] • NO ICE/GSP · No Kings
This protest is a protest for immigrant and refugee rights, but will also include no kings chants. **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mo...
www.mobilize.us
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS [ATLATA] • NO ICE/GSP” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Billionaire investor and major Trump supporter Bill Ackman:
“We are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital…”
“We are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter..”
Much more in screenshots.
“We are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital…”
“We are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter..”
Much more in screenshots.
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Billionaire investor and major Trump supporter Bill Ackman:
“We are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital…”
“We are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter..”
Much more in screenshots.
“We are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital…”
“We are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter..”
Much more in screenshots.
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Folks, please understand: if there was a single forecast that showed higher gdp because of the tariffs, I’d put it out. But there isn’t one. Not even from the White House.
April 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Folks, please understand: if there was a single forecast that showed higher gdp because of the tariffs, I’d put it out. But there isn’t one. Not even from the White House.
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NEW: Susan Crawford, a Democratically backed judge, beat back a well-funded GOP candidate to secure a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, according to AP.
Dem-backed candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in rebuke to Trump, Musk
A record of at least $67 million was spent on the race.
www.axios.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Honestly, WTF? Where's the collective outrage? Our next opportunity to march: April 5th. In D.C. and Philadelphia, everywhere!!
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March 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Honestly, WTF? Where's the collective outrage? Our next opportunity to march: April 5th. In D.C. and Philadelphia, everywhere!!
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That left exposed enormous pits of soil contaminated with deadly chemicals.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...
propub.li
March 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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That left exposed enormous pits of soil contaminated with deadly chemicals.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...
propub.li
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
That left exposed enormous pits of soil contaminated with deadly chemicals.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
Now, after losing several weeks of work, the contractors are scrambling — at their own expense — to secure the Bien Hoa air base before the rainy season starts.
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This is going well
March 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is going well
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1/ Telsa stock has slid 13% (so far) today alone. All the post gains are gone. Still wildly overpriced though! www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
Tesla Stock’s Election Rally Is All Gone—Erasing 91% Gain
The latest Tesla stock dive came as tech stocks broadly sold off and UBS analysts called for another year of declining deliveries of Tesla’s electric vehicles.
www.forbes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
1/ Telsa stock has slid 13% (so far) today alone. All the post gains are gone. Still wildly overpriced though! www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
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"A little disturbance but we're okay with that."
March 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"A little disturbance but we're okay with that."
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
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Trump says he wants opioid deaths to be falling before he'll pull tariffs against Mexico and Canada. But they have already been falling. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trump says he wants opioid deaths to be falling before he'll pull tariffs against Mexico and Canada. But they have already been falling. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
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MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY
Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance.
AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.
Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance.
AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.
February 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY
Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance.
AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.
Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance.
AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.
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"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
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Where is AARP is a good question and a subset of a larger question, which is where are most of the fearsome American interest groups? A few went shares in Trump/Musk, but what are most of them doing?
Where is AARP?????? Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Where is AARP is a good question and a subset of a larger question, which is where are most of the fearsome American interest groups? A few went shares in Trump/Musk, but what are most of them doing?
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New: Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon Musk advocated for a border crackdown
The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on their labor while Musk advocated for a border crackdown.
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New: Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon Musk advocated for a border crackdown
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Trump Signed a USAID Bill One Week Before Leaving Office
A whopping 186 Republicans also voted for a USAID branding bill under Trump
A whopping 186 Republicans also voted for a USAID branding bill under Trump
Trump Signed a USAID Bill One Week Before Leaving Office
A whopping 186 Republicans also voted for a USAID branding bill under Trump
meidasnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Trump Signed a USAID Bill One Week Before Leaving Office
A whopping 186 Republicans also voted for a USAID branding bill under Trump
A whopping 186 Republicans also voted for a USAID branding bill under Trump
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THE EAGLES SOAR TO A SUPER BOWL 🦅
Philadelphia ends the Chiefs' three-peat hopes and captures its second Super Bowl in franchise history.
Philadelphia ends the Chiefs' three-peat hopes and captures its second Super Bowl in franchise history.
February 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Liz Chaney calling Vance out for making shit up. 😂
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Liz Chaney calling Vance out for making shit up. 😂
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This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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