Zach Rosenberg

Shooting the messenger is one of Trump's favorite tactics. He'll try to replace her with someone who will tell him what he wants to hear. Bad news if official US economic/jobs statistics can no longer be trusted.

At least three high-profile four-star Air Force commands—U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Air Mobility Command, and Air Force Materiel Command—could be downgraded to three-star roles, as the Pentagon presses to shrink the number of generals, people familiar with the matter told me.

Antisemitism exists, but UCLA and other universities are not responsible for it. The supposed antisemitism at UCLA is just a cudgel the Trump administration is using to coerce academia into toeing the 'conservative' line.

ProPublica has broken enough stories about immigration abuses that the DHS spokesperson has a stock quote describing it as a “left wing rag”, which ProPublica dutifully reprints each time because it isn’t a left wing rag and it follows journalistic standards bsky.app/profile/prop...

Compromising the Fed's independence is effectively begging to create serious, very-difficult-to-solve problems the US has largely managed to avoid.

Meanwhile, USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Allvin will tell anyone who will listen that the service has too much real estate to manage. (Also C-130s, but that's another issue.)

Army Puts Political Operative in Charge of Public Affairs, Stoking Concerns of Creeping Partisanship While it's not unusual for political hands to manage messaging at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the ongoing change to military public affairs marks a broader institutional pivot.

Political operatives are likely set to take over much of the Pentagon's communications, even on the service level, as its public messaging has become overtly partisan during the Trump administration.

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Pathetic response to clear authoritarianism from large sections of the legal profession. Where are you, American lawyers?

Americans who are smirking at European humiliation in accepting US tariffs don’t get it. This was an alliance that strengthened both sides, and it’s being turned into a zero-sum game by Trump that will weaken both. Trump is burning down the house and these morons are cheering.

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

The Trump DOJ is now filing utterly frivolous misconduct complaints against judges who rule against them as an intimidation tactic. www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...

Should the Wolf Amendment Be Repealed? | Aerospace Center for Space Policy and Strategy After 15 years, the efficacy and relevance of the Wolf Amendment continue to be hotly debated. Does closer examination offer insight into whether the amendment should be repealed or retained?

NEW paper today in our @AeroPolicy debate series, this time on the topic of whether the Wolf Amendment should be repealed! We have compelling arguments from Dan Hart and Dean Cheng for/against and why this issue may shape the future of space activities: csps.aerospace.org/papers/shoul...

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Jack Ruina was my grandfather. For what it's worth, he maintained that the Vela detection could have been caused by micrometeorites until the end of his life.

‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Pentagon officials outraged by DOD think tank ban The department’s decision not to allow employees to participate in certain events carries bigger repercussions than missed attendance.

‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Pentagon officials outraged by DOD think tank ban

Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. Here’s how it works. The Trump administration has introduced a new $250 visa integrity fee for certain foreign travelers, which could affect tourism and travel to the U.S.

This feels punitive for the overwhelming majority of travelers who visit to the US legally and legitimately. They are a massive economic boon to this country.

And even being refundable, who remembers to get a refund a decade on? I don’t. #travel

ICRC Statement on Gaza

"This tragedy must end now – immediately and decisively. Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war."

Rare to see an @icrc.org statement like this.

Pentagon suspends participation in think tank events The move comes a week after the Defense Department pulled out of the Aspen Security Forum due to “the evil of globalism.”

The Pentagon is underestimating how much it actually needs public engagement.

Anti-’woke’ former officer confirmed as Air Force undersecretary Matthew Lohmeier was fired from command after appearing on a podcast where he alleged Marxist ideology is spreading through and undermining the military.

Matthew Lohmeier was fired from command after appearing on a podcast where he alleged Marxist ideology is spreading through and undermining the military.

By cutting science, the Defense Department is eating its seed corn Opinion: Unless Congress intervenes and adequately funds science and technology, we are risking strategic failure, argues former Air Force secretary Frank Kendall.

Opinion: Unless Congress intervenes and adequately funds science and technology, we are risking strategic failure, argues former Air Force secretary Frank Kendall.

Columbia Sells Out Its Students, Still Has to Cough Up $200 Million A day after suspending nearly 80 pro-palestinian student protestors, Columbia finds another way to betray its students.

A day after suspending nearly 80 pro-Palestine student protestors, Columbia University announced it would pay the federal government a $200 million settlement in exchange for the return of more than $400 million in research funding.

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I can't say this enough: this is extremely dangerous and the point from which the US may not return to full democracy. It is happening now.

Masked ICE agents detain former Afghan interpreter who helped US military An Afghan who moved to the United States after working for the U.S. military was seized by armed, masked immigration agents, put in a van and taken out of state, attorneys and members of Congress said.

2025// Masked ICE agents detain former Afghan interpreter who helped US military - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Winooski Superintendent Detained, Questioned by Border Officials Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was questioned for hours at a Houston airport as he returned from a visit to Nicaragua with his husband.

"They falsely stated that I, a U.S. citizen, have no Constitutional rights at a point of entry, and officers became increasingly agitated as I continued to assert my rights regardless."

Trump, backed by his intelligence chiefs John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard, wants to levy a charge of treason against his political enemies. A charge punishable by death. This is tinpot dictator stuff. Truly dangerous.

Oh, and remind me -- who was president in 2020?

Yet another blatant 1st Amendment violation.

This feels like an inflection point for US democracy. Not that other actions have not been nakedly authoritarian, but once Trump really starts legally persecuting prominent Democratic politicians, that might be the line we cross and never come back from.

Arrivals have started pouring in to Oshkosh, WI for the world's biggest air show. I have Oshkosh ATC on in the background and it's always an interesting listen.

Messerschmitts, flights of 10+, airplanes I've never heard of streaming in en masse, directed by the best controllers FAA can find.

A New Transatlantic Partnership for European CCA General Atomics is taking a bold step toward rapidly delivering a European Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) — based on a mature U.S. platform, assembled in Europe, with European mission systems — b...

GA-ASI responds after Anduril partners with Rheinmetall to bring its CCA to Europe