Rusmeysa Ozturk's name was put on a blacklist by a group that is reveling in its power to destroy anyone, for any reason.
Mark Sumner
The thing that makes the design-by-failure approach possible for SpaceX and no one else is the same thing that made stainless steel the only choice for Starship: Money.
The iconic shape, which was supposedly required because the vehicle was being built using that folded steel exoskeleton, isn't necessary.There is no exoskeleton. It's a suit. It's a costume. This is a Model Y doing cosplay.
They see everything you “like” or forward. They’re aware of who you follow. They know you are reading this article. And they can, and will, use all of this against you.
What Trump is doing is simple: By cutting the number of federal workers and selling off hundreds of federal buildings, he's creating a glut of office space that ensures he, his friends, and his family can pick up these buildings for pennies on the dollar.
The millions of acres under the control of the federal government are one of the greatest resources that Americans hold. Trump wants to destroy it.
DOGE is going to pretend to save money, Republicans are going to help turn billionaires into trillionaires, and everything you now expect from the government is going to turn into a service that costs you more and gives you less.
If you're looking for real government efficiency, look no further than the 10-person team at the IRS that discovered $5 billion owed to the nation by wealthy tax cheats. That team is gone.
While most Americans have been watching their retirement savings shrink, wealthy players have been profiting from the disastrous market under Trump.
Musk has Bezos' companies—both of them—in a vise. And he has an excellent opportunity to squeeze.
The biggest target for Musk's cuts can be summed up in a single word: Research.
Trump has no interest in peace and even less in a fair solution that recognizes Russia as an illegal aggressor. Not only does Trump view Putin as his greatest ally, he sees the invasion of Ukraine as a gift.
Destroying USAID and firing the agency's inspector general appears to be a pure cover-up of Musk's illegal actions in conducting a foreign policy that included negotiating with an authoritarian dictator and betraying a U.S. ally in time of war.
Naturally, Republicans hate this amendment. Because the whole point of an authoritarian oligarchy is interfering in everything the First Amendment protects.
In just three weeks, we've had: Nazi salutes, overt racism made into a requirement of government hiring and contracting, a concentration camp under construction, and now a proud embrace of ethnic cleansing on a huge scale.
Standing up to Trump requires bravery from politicians and others who understand that doing so may mean more than merely losing positions of power or sacrificing wealth. It may mean losing their freedom. It may mean losing their life.
Billionaires need you. You don't need billionaires. And they can't afford for you to realize just how much that's true.
Looking at Donald Trump's first three days back behind the Resolute Desk, the easiest summary of what he's been up to is simply this: Nazi shit.