Alan Ohnsman

you said it, sister! we need way more high-profile figures joining her in calling out the trans hate that's been mainstreamed by too many elected officials and religious charlatans

The way that my Republican colleagues speak about trans people is absolutely despicable.

Their rhetoric is dangerous and puts the lives of trans people in jeopardy.

Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband Charged With Murder In Delaware William Stevenson, the first lady’s ex-husband, was taken into custody Monday following an “extensive weekslong investigation,” according to local police.

Well that's headline you don't see everyday:
"Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband Charged With Murder Of Wife In Delaware"
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Waymo Raises $16 Billion To Speed Up Its Global Robotaxi Push The new round, the biggest in the Alphabet unit’s history, values the company at $126 billion — with much of it coming from its parent.

NEW: Waymo raises $16 billion to accelerate its global robotaxi push. The round values it at $126 billion #Waymo #robotaxi www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

The administration is 0-5 in its efforts to stop wind farms under construction along the East Coast www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c...

Why The UAE’s Investment In World Liberty Financial Was A Sweetheart Deal For Trump What did the UAE get out of it?

NEW from me and @zacheverson.com for @forbes.com: The Trump crypto deal revealed over the weekend was an amazing deal for the president. It looks to have been a bad one for the Emiratis. So why'd they make it?

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Tesla Suddenly Likes Solar Again This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Indiana’s plan to get rare earths from coal waste and how batteries keep power flowing in Texas

In this week’s Current Climate newsletter:
☀️ Surprise: Tesla suddenly likes solar again
🪨 Indiana’s plan to get rare earth metals from coal waste
🔋 How batteries are keeping the power flowing in Texas during severe weather #solar #batteries www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE

Good: Canadian company cancels sale of warehouse to ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”

This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

what an absolute bummer www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

FBI Uses Facial Recognition To Identify ICE Protestors In Social Media Videos The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records.

🚨NEW🚨 The FBI used facial recognition to identify then charge ICE protestors causing damage to gov property in Minneapolis.

Agents have been looking through YouTube footage, as well as video sent in by tipsters at the protests, before deploying the surveillance tech.

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Reed Jobs Lost His Father Steve To Cancer. Now His Cancer-Focused VC Firm Has Raised Another $200 Million. Yosemite, which funds startups and researchers focused on the disease, is targeting a total of $350 million for its second fund from high-powered investors like pharma giant Amgen and hospital Memoria...

Reed Jobs lost his father Steve to cancer. Now his cancer-focused VC Yosemite has raised another $200M.

“We think it’s going to go from a death sentence to just a chronic lifelong disease,” he said.

NEW for @forbes.com

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Attorney General Pamela... * @AGPamBondi X.com At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. More details soon. 8:09 AM • 1/30/26 • 35K Views 384 0 565 2K 49

interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”

A commitment to transparency and road safety: event overview At Waymo, we are committed to improving road safety, both for our riders and all those with whom we share the road.

A Waymo robotaxi hit a child in Santa Monica on Jan. 23. Company said it "made contact" with the kid, who suddenly entered the roadway from behind a tall SUV."

Doesn't seem to have been seriously injured, fortunately, but not great waymo.com/blog/2026/01...

Musk says Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot will move U.S. GDP significantly 🤷‍♂️

Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Dream Could Be A Liability Nightmare The company has avoided major legal problems for fatal accidents involving its partially automated Autopilot and FSD features. An autonomous ride service changes that.

Musk revives his plan to let Tesla customers put their cars into a company-run robotaxi fleet.

Somehow, the liability headaches of doing this never come up ...
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Musk says Tesla is giving Model S and X an "honorable discharge" and killing them off after Q1 2026

Tesla reports a 61% plunge in quarterly net income, led by a 10% drop in auto revenue and ekes out a tiny revenue "beat" relative to analysts' expectations by booking bigger-than-expected credit sales. So of course the stock rises 🤷‍♂️

looks like Tesla goosed revenue "beat" by booking $542 million of regulatory credit sales, a source that may not exist this year and which analysts have no way of estimating...

"2025 marked a critical year for Tesla as we further expanded our mission and continued our transition from a hardware-centric business to a physical AI company"

That's one way to describe a 61% quarterly profit plunge due to its falling EV sales! assets-ir.tesla.com/tesla-conten...

‘Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads The autonomous tech startup says it has $600 million of contracts running over the next five years to haul goods from warehouses to stores.

NEW: Gatik says it will have ‘hundreds’ of robot delivery trucks on U.S. Roads this year #selfdrivingvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Robot Trucker Waabi Wades Into Robotaxi Battle With Billion Dollar Raise CEO Raquel Urtasan says the funds, including $250 million from Uber, will help get 25,000 robotaxis on Uber’s platform and launch trucking operations with Volvo.

NEW: Robot trucker Waabi is wading into the robotaxi race with a billion dollar raise and Uber partnership #selfdrivingvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha’s Vineyard

Judge revives wind farm that Trump halted off Martha’s Vineyard 🐳https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/climate/judge-offshore-wind-vineyard-massachusetts.html

The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.

🚨 NEW 🚨 The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE

Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.

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Trump Claims Ilhan Omar Is Worth $44M. Here’s Why That’s Highly Unlikely. Her 2024 disclosure reported total business values rather than individual stakes, creating wide net-worth ranges that opponents have taken as literal estimates of her personal wealth.

Surely he wouldn't say something that isn't true? 🤔

Trump claims Ilhan Omar is worth $44 million. Here’s why that’s highly unlikely, by @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Weak

These Republicans Are Breaking With Trump Over Pretti Shooting Pence called for a “full and transparent investigation of this officer involved shooting.”

"Pence And Other Republicans Break With Trump Over Pretti Death: ‘Deeply Troubling’"

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That Green ‘Scam’ Is The Top Source Of New U.S. Electricity This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at aiding the power crunch with more efficient buildings and using fuel cells to help curb data center pollution

In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
☀️ Trump’s green ‘scam’ is the top source of new U.S. electricity
🏢 Aiding the power crunch with more efficient buildings
⚡️Jason Few on using fuel cells to help curb data center pollution #renewableenergy #energyefficiency www.forbes.com/sites/curren...