Bill Chapman

One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands. The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...

Another SpaceX oopsy seems like a good occasion to share this @propublica.org piece from a few weeks back

Trump administration ordered to reinstate thousands of fired USDA workers The decision is a blow to the Trump administration’s effort to drastically and quickly shrink the federal bureaucracy.

Dear Democrats in Congress, Trump and Musk are breaking laws everyday. They are criminals. We should say so, loudly, 24/7/365. They are criminals and are betraying our country and our Constitution everyday.

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Dropping tomorrow. Also, the name "Phoebe Abdee" was likely constructed in the 1960s. I reveal two surnames *Phebe went by, and I can name her parents and original enslaver. Hint: a local municipality is named after her original enslaver.

The 14th Amendment, a Reconstruction amdt that Black Americans died for, established #BirthrightCitizenship. A 1898 SCOTUS case brought by #WongKimArk, a Chinese American from SF, affirmed birthright citizenship. Trump's EO is unconstitutional and rooted in his desire to make America white.

BREAKING - Trump just asked Congress for a death penalty for anyone who murders a police officer

Says the man who PARDONED over 400 violent insurrectionists who assaulted the Capitol Police on his behalf on January 6 -- with 4 officers ultimately dying

This is very bad.

Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.

Trump admin moves to drop fight over emergency abortions, reversing Biden admin stance An Idaho hospital is stepping in to argue that the state’s near-total abortion ban violates patients’ rights.

Hours before Trump addresses the country, his administration tells a federal court states should be allowed to threaten doctors with prison if they provide an abortion to a dying patient www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

A court order doesn't mean just change documents and lie.
No to these idiots.
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#hatm

Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean Amy Coney Barrett was not having it.

Sam Alito gave cities more leeway to dump raw sewage into our water supply by deploying a sleight of hand so clumsy that it would fail to impress a kindergarten class.

This isn't statutory interpretation. It's a gut renovation of the Clean Water Act on behalf of polluters. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Experts sound alarm over 'ticking time bomb' that could rip through Texas: 'We're sitting here waiting for [it] to explode' The only state subject to more wildfires than Texas is California.

Which US state has the most billion dollar weather and climate disasters?

It’s not California and it’s not Florida - it’s Texas.

As this article explains, the only state subject to more wildfires than Texas is California. Texas even leads California in acreage burned.

Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.

⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M's is smuggled from war-torn Sudan Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, complicating Western companies' efforts to insulate their supply chains from the conflict.

Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, complicating Western companies' efforts to insulate their supply chains from the conflict reut.rs/41ncOoL

Well y’all - It looks like hell has frozen over. 😂 I’ve never seen Hoosiers but I’m excited to see what all the talk has been about. Join in Sunday with #HATM. I am certain it will be an entertaining night! Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there!

Warren Buffett Rebukes Trump’s Tariffs Plan in CBS Interview: ‘Act of War’ The rebuke of President Trump’s tariff plans came just days before sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico were expected to go into effect.

Warren Buffett, the famed investor who runs the sprawling conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, described tariffs as “an act of war” in an interview with CBS.

Social Security Checks Could Stop Going Out by April, Ex-Head Warns The former Social Security commissioner said the system could “collapse,” causing disruptions in payments within “30 to 90 days.”

This may be the most alarming thing I have read in months. www.thedailybeast.com/former-socia...

I just attended a sold out screening of NO OTHER LAND and something I’ve never experienced happened. After the film, no one spoke. Every single person remained silent. All the way to the exit. If that interests you, see this film. It is truly a miracle that it exists. @belcourttheatre.bsky.social

Wowwwwww

Just wow.

Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...

Opinion | Can Elon Musk find any fraud before Trump’s base notices the con? The truth is that “fraud” has never been the target.

Elon Musk is hustling the MAGA base as surely as Bondi did with the “Epstein files.” But he has advantages she doesn’t. Gift link: wapo.st/4i0MV5r

Trump Says Tariffs on Agricultural Imports to Start April 2 (2) President Donald Trump said the US would impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products starting on April 2, his latest threat to impose trade barriers on imported goods.

Once again, if you voted for Trump because you thought he'd lower your grocery bills, I have some very bad news for you.
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This bathroom issue was the big talking point used to defeat...the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982.
This idea that to protect (white) womanhood we have to sacrifice minority rights is a very old one in US history. It's always a lie, an excuse. It's not about keeping women or children safe. 🗃️

They don’t care who they destroy.

America’s designs on annexing Canada have a long history − and record of political failures Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering divisions inside the United States.

A historian of early U.S.-#Canada relations notes that Trump isn’t the first leader to eye annexation—America’s ambitions date back before independence and often signal weakness, not strength. buff.ly/0vT4NgB

By G. Patrick O'Brien, University of Tampa #polisky

Unconstitutional. Appropriations bills are laws. If the president is not bound by them, he can make laws by fiat and is acting like a dictator. No Democrat can vote for any appropriations or debt ceiling bill while this is happening.

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

Trump sells out our National Forests to logging oligarchs: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...