Taylor Barnes
@tkbarnes.bsky.social
Field Reporter, @inkstickmedia.bsky.social. Equity Rises grantee, Ploughshares Fund. Atlanta.
Military-Industrial America newsletter: inkstick.substack.com/s/taylors-tips
Signal: tkbarnes.10
Military-Industrial America newsletter: inkstick.substack.com/s/taylors-tips
Signal: tkbarnes.10
Terrific reporting @mjgault.bsky.social!
This town has officially decided to fight against the construction of an AI data center that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Terrific reporting @mjgault.bsky.social!
Very remarkable news from the town of Lockheed Martin's second-largest aircraft plant: a progressive challenger, Sam Foster, to a four-term Republican mayor in Marietta, Ga came within just 87 votes of ousting him in last week's election:
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/11/05/a...
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/11/05/a...
Atlanta establishment prevails in city races, despite strong progressive challenges
DSA's Kelsea Bond wins big in D2. Five council and school board races head to runoffs
atlantaciviccircle.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Very remarkable news from the town of Lockheed Martin's second-largest aircraft plant: a progressive challenger, Sam Foster, to a four-term Republican mayor in Marietta, Ga came within just 87 votes of ousting him in last week's election:
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/11/05/a...
atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/11/05/a...
Terrific Salt Lake Tribune article about Utahns calling on the Mormon church to re-affirm its Cold War-era nuclear weapons opposition and to divest from Northrop Grumman.
Noteworthy that the Tribune asked church leadership to comment on its holding stock in NG:
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Noteworthy that the Tribune asked church leadership to comment on its holding stock in NG:
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Harking to the MX, Utahns call on LDS Church President Oaks to speak out against nuclear missile being developed in Utah
Could the LDS Church end an ongoing nuclear weapons project? These veteran activists think so.
www.sltrib.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Terrific Salt Lake Tribune article about Utahns calling on the Mormon church to re-affirm its Cold War-era nuclear weapons opposition and to divest from Northrop Grumman.
Noteworthy that the Tribune asked church leadership to comment on its holding stock in NG:
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Noteworthy that the Tribune asked church leadership to comment on its holding stock in NG:
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
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Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Update: the Atlanta city council president promoted in these attack ad mailers apparently funded by pro-Israel donors won her election last night, but somewhat narrowly
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Update: the Atlanta city council president promoted in these attack ad mailers apparently funded by pro-Israel donors won her election last night, but somewhat narrowly
@stephensemler.bsky.social on what those billions of stock buybacks add up to -- US taxpayer money to Lockheed and RTX and Northrop Grumman shareholders:
bsky.app/profile/step...
bsky.app/profile/step...
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@stephensemler.bsky.social on what those billions of stock buybacks add up to -- US taxpayer money to Lockheed and RTX and Northrop Grumman shareholders:
bsky.app/profile/step...
bsky.app/profile/step...
“The billions of dollars they send back shareholders each year means that there is less money to go toward paying, hiring or retaining their employees… annual turnover in the defense and aerospace industry hit 13% in 2023, compared to an average U.S. rate of 3.8%.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
America Doesn’t Have Enough Weapons for a Major Conflict. These Workers Know Why.
This summer, employees at several big defense companies went on strike. Their grievances highlight a much larger problem brewing beneath the surface.
www.politico.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“The billions of dollars they send back shareholders each year means that there is less money to go toward paying, hiring or retaining their employees… annual turnover in the defense and aerospace industry hit 13% in 2023, compared to an average U.S. rate of 3.8%.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
My polling place was packed, 25+ ppl in line for these local elections at 945am. I was ballot 487 cast at that site at 10am. The poll worker told me, “this district votes!” But said this was still really busy.
Y'all, it's a gorgeous sunny day for voting! ☀️ It's also your LAST CHANCE to vote in the Public Service Commission race.
Polls are open until 7 PM so make your plan, take your friends & everyone else you know, and go vote for Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson!
Polls are open until 7 PM so make your plan, take your friends & everyone else you know, and go vote for Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson!
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My polling place was packed, 25+ ppl in line for these local elections at 945am. I was ballot 487 cast at that site at 10am. The poll worker told me, “this district votes!” But said this was still really busy.
Anduril's executive for its new mega-factory in Ohio is once again calling for children to get ready for careers in weapons manufacturing.
www.10tv.com/article/news...
www.10tv.com/article/news...
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anduril's executive for its new mega-factory in Ohio is once again calling for children to get ready for careers in weapons manufacturing.
www.10tv.com/article/news...
www.10tv.com/article/news...
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Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
He could be talking about anything from test firing non-nuclear equipped ICBMs to underground testing to detonating nukes in the desert. “We’ll have to wait and see until either this Truth Social post dissipates and becomes a bunch of nothing or it actually gets turned into policy.“
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
He could be talking about anything from test firing non-nuclear equipped ICBMs to underground testing to detonating nukes in the desert. “We’ll have to wait and see until either this Truth Social post dissipates and becomes a bunch of nothing or it actually gets turned into policy.“
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
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I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
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"It's basically Groundhog Day," Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada says of Israel's latest attacks across Gaza that killed over 100 people. He says Israel has a long history of signing ceasefire agreements only to immediately and repeatedly violate them.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"It's basically Groundhog Day," Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada says of Israel's latest attacks across Gaza that killed over 100 people. He says Israel has a long history of signing ceasefire agreements only to immediately and repeatedly violate them.
Devastating mass murder in Rio. Particularly horrifying if the local govt did this to “clean up” before hosting a global environment conference.
As a gringa who’s been to Complexo do Alemão a gazillion times, I can confirm a gazillion gringos have safety visited it
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
As a gringa who’s been to Complexo do Alemão a gazillion times, I can confirm a gazillion gringos have safety visited it
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Rio police raids kill 64 ahead of climate conferences
At least 64 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro's most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.
www.reuters.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Devastating mass murder in Rio. Particularly horrifying if the local govt did this to “clean up” before hosting a global environment conference.
As a gringa who’s been to Complexo do Alemão a gazillion times, I can confirm a gazillion gringos have safety visited it
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
As a gringa who’s been to Complexo do Alemão a gazillion times, I can confirm a gazillion gringos have safety visited it
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
#nukesky I’ll be reporting for @inkstickmedia.com what we heard from the plutonium pit contractor SRNS at this public info session in South Carolina last night.
But first sharing this tidbit from a nuclear weapons company town - that contractor has a wing of the local public library named after it!
But first sharing this tidbit from a nuclear weapons company town - that contractor has a wing of the local public library named after it!
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#nukesky I’ll be reporting for @inkstickmedia.com what we heard from the plutonium pit contractor SRNS at this public info session in South Carolina last night.
But first sharing this tidbit from a nuclear weapons company town - that contractor has a wing of the local public library named after it!
But first sharing this tidbit from a nuclear weapons company town - that contractor has a wing of the local public library named after it!
Terrific video explainer, A+ public service journalism! And I’m one of those 2-point-whatever percent of voters who voted in the primary and runoff for PSC, but I also live in a politically active neighborhood full of signs about these races :)
Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Terrific video explainer, A+ public service journalism! And I’m one of those 2-point-whatever percent of voters who voted in the primary and runoff for PSC, but I also live in a politically active neighborhood full of signs about these races :)
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Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!
Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.
www.volts.wtf
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!
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SecDef announcing another (9th) lethal strike, again in the Pacific against an unspecified "designated terrorist organization."
Claims these "DTOs are the 'Al Qaeda' of our hemisphere.
Nope.
No armed attack on US like 9/11.
No AUMF.
No armed conflict.
Just more lawless premeditated killing.
Claims these "DTOs are the 'Al Qaeda' of our hemisphere.
Nope.
No armed attack on US like 9/11.
No AUMF.
No armed conflict.
Just more lawless premeditated killing.
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
SecDef announcing another (9th) lethal strike, again in the Pacific against an unspecified "designated terrorist organization."
Claims these "DTOs are the 'Al Qaeda' of our hemisphere.
Nope.
No armed attack on US like 9/11.
No AUMF.
No armed conflict.
Just more lawless premeditated killing.
Claims these "DTOs are the 'Al Qaeda' of our hemisphere.
Nope.
No armed attack on US like 9/11.
No AUMF.
No armed conflict.
Just more lawless premeditated killing.
Beyond the replenishment of weapons that have been expended in global conflicts, the Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defence system has bolstered the growth outlook for defence prime contractors.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Beyond the replenishment of weapons that have been expended in global conflicts, the Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defence system has bolstered the growth outlook for defence prime contractors.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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#nukesky I'll be in South Carolina Thursday for this meeting in which reps for the Savannah River Site will consult the public about its request for new hazardous waste storage permits for plutonium pit production:
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#nukesky I'll be in South Carolina Thursday for this meeting in which reps for the Savannah River Site will consult the public about its request for new hazardous waste storage permits for plutonium pit production:
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
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1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
#nukesky I'll be in South Carolina Thursday for this meeting in which reps for the Savannah River Site will consult the public about its request for new hazardous waste storage permits for plutonium pit production:
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#nukesky I'll be in South Carolina Thursday for this meeting in which reps for the Savannah River Site will consult the public about its request for new hazardous waste storage permits for plutonium pit production:
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
www.srs.gov/general/pubs...
Send any questions you'd like asked!
Upstart weapons manufacturer told Ohio authorities that if they did not let it choose the most environmentally destructive building plan of three options, they would "likely" move the under-construction weapons plant out of state:
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
Records show Anduril chose one of three site plans in Pickaway County
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — State records show Anduril considered three site plans for its Pickaway County weapons manufacturing facility before selecting its five-warehouse plan. According to st…
www.nbc4i.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Upstart weapons manufacturer told Ohio authorities that if they did not let it choose the most environmentally destructive building plan of three options, they would "likely" move the under-construction weapons plant out of state:
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
A pretty stark example of how Department of War contractors exercise soft power in key districts across the US - a “career fair” highlighting a warplane made my Lockheed Martin jn South Carolina - for elementary school children!
www.wistv.com/2025/10/20/l...
www.wistv.com/2025/10/20/l...
Lockheed Martin, SC Manufacturers Alliance to highlight careers in STEM
An event on Monday aims to highlight education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
www.wistv.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A pretty stark example of how Department of War contractors exercise soft power in key districts across the US - a “career fair” highlighting a warplane made my Lockheed Martin jn South Carolina - for elementary school children!
www.wistv.com/2025/10/20/l...
www.wistv.com/2025/10/20/l...