Channing Grate
channsley.bsky.social
Channing Grate
@channsley.bsky.social
Communicator, Biden-Harris Administration alum, toddler mom
Department of Government Giveaways to Elon
SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit.

While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.

Hello?
April 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Out here to defend Medicaid, civil rights, the Constitution - and NAPS.
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ah yes, the inevitable “if-only-we could-get-our-message-out-there” stage of every institutional cluster#%!$
March 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
As the mom of a toddler I can’t stop thinking about how this all could have been avoided if some little boys got more love. 😔
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh ok *now* businesses are to blame for price hikes 😡
March 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Looking forward to Bezos squaring this with WaPo’s “personal liberties” pillar.
March 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
More proof, as if you needed it, that Trump and Musk are more interested in chaos and destruction than taxpayer savings.
Trump’s reversal of EV program could carry a hefty price tag
The General Services Administration is disconnecting charging stations and may try to offload the government’s new fleet of electric vehicles.
www.eenews.net
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Channing Grate
For the first time since the pandemic, markets are expecting inflation to rise — their projected inflation rate over the next 2 years just surpassed the current inflation rate.
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Wow, finally happened: The average wholesale price for a dozen large white eggs has now broken $8, per USDA.
February 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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American inflation looks increasingly worrying

Trump’s tariffs are fuelling consumer concerns, which may prove self-fulfilling
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
American inflation looks increasingly worrying
Trump’s tariffs are fuelling consumer concerns, which may prove self-fulfilling
www.economist.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Their malevolence is matched only by their incompetence.
NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.

The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reposted by Channing Grate
Democrats must make clear that, of course, we believe in changing government for the better - and show how different that is from Trump's destruction of government's capacity to protect workers, consumers, and families.
February 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM