RhondaG

RhondaG

@rhondalg.bsky.social

American with Canadian roots. PNW. Friend to all cats. NBA fan. Volunteer. Maker of Good Trouble. Living in the American horribilis annos. We the People have had enough. Pas de Rois.

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RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Excellent read. "No one elected Elon Musk. A majority of the governed did not grant him authority over them. He has no constituency beyond Twitter followers. He has demonstrated unconscionable disloyalty. If he can pull the plug on Ukraine’s defense, he can pull the plug on America’s."

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Elon Musk is too big to trust www.editorialboard.com/elon-musk-is...

editorialboard.comElon Musk is too big to trustHe's going all-out to stay out of jail.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Excellent read. The demented, spiraling President. ..."Donald Trump is behaving like time is running out. In the last week, he has lifted sanctions on Russian oil, sabotaged Ukraine, and "waived" new laws designed to punish Vladimir Putin." The devil gets his due. And the due date has come.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Trump might be too demented to remember there is a future, but enablers shouldn't forget www.editorialboard.com/trump-might-...

editorialboard.comTrump might be too demented to remember there is a future, but enablers shouldn't forgetAccountability is waiting.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. Bloomberg. Musk's empty suit promise for children. "His detail-free promise of one share per child followed hours later. How will children receive these shares? Nobody knows, and the odds are very good that nobody will ever have to find out." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.comMusk’s Promise to Give SpaceX Stock to Kids Is No GiftOne of the great joys, but also miseries, of following business news over the past decade or so has been riding the dodgy roller coaster of the Elon Musk experience. He has gone from a guy people cons...
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. Bloomberg. Great read. Investagations. Accountability. It's coming. ..."Potential targets for investigation. It includes Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, the behemoths run by Trump ally Elon Musk, as well as Palantir, OpenAI, Amazon.com Inc. and Apple." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comPalantir, Apple and Microsoft Brace for Democrats to Go on OffensiveFor two years, congressional Democrats furious over corporate America’s cooperation with the Trump administration have been limited to the sternly worded letter.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. Bloomberg. Musk is a global menace. “Are you playing politics with your products again?” Radoslaw Sikorski asked Musk in a post on X on Wednesday. “As your European customers, we are watching you.” Poland's Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comPoland Grills Musk About New Starlink Restrictions in UkrainePoland’s foreign minister hit back at Elon Musk after Ukrainian units reported new restrictions to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-internet system overnight.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Zelensky's October Surprise. Much appreciated. Thank you, President Zelensky.

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Excellent thread. 🧵 Trump's mental decline. ...."He makes false claim after false claim with absolute confidence. I can't tell if he just doesn't care that he's lying or actually believes the lies himself. Reading the transcript — not watching him, not hearing the delivery" Amy McGrath.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

1. I think the president of the United States really believes "there's never been anybody" who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than he does. He really believes he "settled eight wars." He really believes he stopped "the total obliteration of the world" by going to war with Iran.

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. "As part of his work with DOGE, Musk dispatched gatekeepers and regulations designed to check the A.I. industry. With those barriers removed, Gibney speculates that Musk could use A.I. to amass even more power." That is our AI problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/m...

nytimes.comWhat to Know About the New Elon Musk Documentary (Gift Article)A supersized portrait of the world’s richest man reveals new details and resurfaces troubling incidents from a headline-making life.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Designed to minimize body odor. 😏

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. Bloomberg. Musk. 🤨 Pete Hegseth announcing new military commands and projects, including one to be led by Elon Musk, Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich to research the future of warfare. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comHegseth Picks Musk, Luckey, Gingrich for Warfare Research UnitDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a sweeping speech to junior officers and enlisted troops, announcing new military commands and projects, including one to be led by Elon Musk, Anduril Industri...
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. Infuriating article. Replacing artwork with pictures of Trump, Musk & RFK jr. "The images depicted include Mr. Trump raising his fist after he survived a 2024 assassination attempt, the billionaire Elon Musk and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Musk.

Motorhead@bradmunchen.bsky.social

The Pentagon uses SpaceX's Grok for supply chain management, as SecDef Pete Hegseth did Musk a solid last year by giving Grok a $200 million contract. Anyone who still thinks Elon Musk is a "genius" needs to seek mental help. $SPCX $TSLA

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Useful information. Musk 🤡

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Excellent Substack. D.E. Rising. Elon Musk's 🤡 Cybercab Launch.

D.E. Rising@theonetruedoktor.bsky.social

thestandarddispatchandmail.substack.com/p/the-cyberc... Did Elon skip out last night because he was recovering from a bender, or was there nothing new to BS about? One day we’ll find out. Check out my post for everything you need to know about Cybercab, but were afraid you’d heard it all before

thestandarddispatchandmail.substack.comThe Cybercab LaunchWe’ve seen this one before. Words on tonight’s event, with a look back at the “We, Robot” party two years ago
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Musk 🤡 Stole billions in taxpayer dollars.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com

there's growing bipartisan annoyance in Texas, as politicians realize Elon Musk stole billions in taxpayer dollars (originally supposed to go to fiber optics) for expensive satellite broadband service he already planned to deploy

techdirt.comTexas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband GrantsBack in June I wrote a feature for The Verge about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber optic upgrades, and toward their low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband networks they'd already planned to deploy. Curious behavior for two extremely-rich gentlemen who both repeatedly...
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. New York Times. Reposting this article from April 27, 2026. 😉 "Canada has opened a route to citizenship for people who can prove they have a Canada-born ancestor. Millions could qualify, and Americans are already lining up to apply." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...

nytimes.comHave a Canadian Great-Great Grandparent? It Could Make You Canadian. (Gift Article)Canada has opened a route to citizenship for people who can prove they have a Canada-born ancestor. Millions could qualify, and Americans are already lining up to apply.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Great thread. 🧵 Musk is long on promises, longer on failure.

Montana Skeptic@montanaskeptic.bsky.social

1/ In my time at Seeking Alpha, I wrote extensively about how the investment and jobs that Musk promised at both Nevada and upstate New York had failed to materialize, and how the politicians responsible for the terrible deals were making excuse after excuse.

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RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Great read. The Atlantic. Shane Harris. Qatar gave Trump an airplane. He crippled their country in return.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Shane Harris: Qatar gave Trump an airplane. He crippled their country in return. This is the story of how Qatar learned that Donald Trump cannot be bought. Only paid. "A man who doesn’t remember yesterday never asks 'Are we friends?' He only wants to know, 'What have you done for me lately?'"

theatlantic.comThe Qataris Gave Trump an Airplane. He Crippled Their Country in Return.The tiny Gulf state is learning that the U.S. president doesn’t always keep his end of the deal.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Musk 🤡 Trump 🤡 "SpaceX shares were trading in the mid-$150 range on June 23. At the end of trading on Monday, shares closed at the IPO price of $135, possibly putting the president’s stake underwater."

Sean O’Kane@okane.fyi

Trump didn't quite buy the top, but he was close and roughly $20 higher than the stock sits today techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/t...

techcrunch.comTrump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO | TechCrunchThe president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price of $135.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. New York Times. “We’ve not ruled anything in and not ruled anything out in terms of accountability,” he told The New York Times in an interview last month, noting that his focus would be on forcing out major Trump officials" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...

nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. New York Times. "Trump is described as explaining to people that Ms. Harp is the only one who loves him as much as his wife and children. All his other staff will go off and make money, Mr. Trump would say, but Ms. Harp will never leave him." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...

nytimes.comNatalie Harp, Trump’s Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side. What Exactly Does She Do? (Gift Article)President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

This is fun to listen to. Musk is such a clown.

Motorhead@bradmunchen.bsky.social

Many think Elon Musk is a "genius" or the "Edison of our time" (as HF manager Dan Loeb referred to him 😂). This is due to Musk's skill of sounding like an expert on things he knows little about (it's why he's a great liar). Listen to Musk get destroyed when an expert smells his bullshit. $TSLA

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article: New York Times. Who knew, and who didn't know, Trump left the plane? "We got some answers to No. 1 (Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Steven Cheung, Stephen Miller) and No. 2 (Rubio was said to know), but not to No. 3 or 4." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/i...

nytimes.comHow The New York Times Reported on Trump’s Air Force One Ruse in Turkey (Gift Article)President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge duped potential adversaries — and the press. Here’s what happened.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

🎁 Article. New York Times. "Other senior officials who traveled on the plane without the president included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Steven Cheung, the White House communications director; and Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s deputy chief of staff" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...

nytimes.comSee How Trump’s Secret Air Force One Swap Unfolded (Gift Article)The extraordinary subterfuge was aimed at protecting an American president who has been in Iran’s cross hairs for years.
RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Musk's numbers game. 😏

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online

fun detail from quarterly filings: SpaceX bought $295 million worth of Megapack stationary storage batteries from Tesla... without that purchase, Tesla's energy generation/storage revenue would have been flat for the quarter (energy segment revenue was just over $3b, up 13%, so just about $300m)

RhondaG
@rhondalg.bsky.social

Great thread. 🧵 An amended complaint was filed addressing Trump's IRS shenanigans.

Zoe Tillman@zoetillman.bsky.social

NEW: DOJ is facing a legal challenge to the move to immunize President Trump, several Trump family members and the Trump Organization from investigations into past tax filings. Amended complaint filed today in a case originally focused on the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund: buff.ly/yH6jLJI