Heather Grob
@grobski.bsky.social
PhD, Economist, former full Professor, member National Academy of Social Insurance.
Mom, Partner, Cellist, Artist, Mentor, Board member, Skier, Fly-fisher, Cat-servant & other duties as assigned. 😄
Mom, Partner, Cellist, Artist, Mentor, Board member, Skier, Fly-fisher, Cat-servant & other duties as assigned. 😄
On paying himself $230m “it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself. In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where you have to decide how much you’re paying yourself in damages?” No sir, it is clear: poor children having food or health care matters nothing to you.
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On paying himself $230m “it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself. In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where you have to decide how much you’re paying yourself in damages?” No sir, it is clear: poor children having food or health care matters nothing to you.
The scarier part of all of this.
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The scarier part of all of this.
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
What passes for inspiring words for college graduates these days: “They all hated me in my first term,” he said, “and now they’re kissing my ass.”
May 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
What passes for inspiring words for college graduates these days: “They all hated me in my first term,” he said, “and now they’re kissing my ass.”
Reposted by Heather Grob
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
kfor.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Quite something.
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Reposted by Heather Grob
Chris Hayes on what the Trump administration is banking on when it comes to the public reaction to the detainment of Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
‘Chilling’: Hayes on why the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia matters to us all
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Chris Hayes on what the Trump administration is banking on when it comes to the public reaction to the detainment of Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u... “Despite the name of the group Mr. Musk leads, the Department of Government Efficiency, federal employees say there is hardly anything efficient about how the Trump administration is going about the cuts.”
Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office
President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u... “Despite the name of the group Mr. Musk leads, the Department of Government Efficiency, federal employees say there is hardly anything efficient about how the Trump administration is going about the cuts.”
USPS is a good deal. What problem does privatization solve?
March 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
USPS is a good deal. What problem does privatization solve?
Reposted by Heather Grob
Incredible history that has been part of MMT scholarship from the very beginning (esp with Randy Wray). Also present in the MMT documentary Finding the Money. MMT scholars learned a lot from Michael Hudson in the early years. The rich history of debt also showcased in David Graeber's master work.
‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisations
The red tape of government bureaucracy spans more than 4,000 years, according to new finds from the cradle of the world’s civilisations,…
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Incredible history that has been part of MMT scholarship from the very beginning (esp with Randy Wray). Also present in the MMT documentary Finding the Money. MMT scholars learned a lot from Michael Hudson in the early years. The rich history of debt also showcased in David Graeber's master work.
Reposted by Heather Grob
im sorry this is funny this is tv
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
im sorry this is funny this is tv
Reposted by Heather Grob
Ask people in the UK how privatizing mail and rail is going.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on plans to radically shrink the US government, said that the US Postal Service and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized reut.rs/4iruAxY
Elon Musk says Post Office, Amtrak should be privatized
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on plans to radically shrink the U.S. government, said on Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized.
reut.rs
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ask people in the UK how privatizing mail and rail is going.
Full transcript. apnews.com/article/trum...
What they said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance's heated argument in the Oval Office
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance had a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office over the war in Ukraine, accusing him of not showing gratitude ...
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Full transcript. apnews.com/article/trum...
Remember when musicians across the free world played Ukrainian national anthem in sympathy and solidarity against Russia’s invasion. The Olympia Symphony Orchestra did, to standing applause. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-N...
Olympia Symphony performs Ukrainian National Anthem | March 20, 2022
YouTube video by Olympia Symphony Orchestra
m.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Remember when musicians across the free world played Ukrainian national anthem in sympathy and solidarity against Russia’s invasion. The Olympia Symphony Orchestra did, to standing applause. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-N...
And now Zelensky, previously applauded and assisted by all members of Congress when Russians invaded Ukraine is being treated like a cockroach. Very sad for the people of Ukraine and for Ukrainian Americans. This is not normal.
February 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And now Zelensky, previously applauded and assisted by all members of Congress when Russians invaded Ukraine is being treated like a cockroach. Very sad for the people of Ukraine and for Ukrainian Americans. This is not normal.
It’s a frightening day when dedicated federal workers and people needing federal program assistance are labeled members of a “parasite class”. What’s next?
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s a frightening day when dedicated federal workers and people needing federal program assistance are labeled members of a “parasite class”. What’s next?
The USPS is a pretty good deal.
February 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The USPS is a pretty good deal.
“Mr. Trump has now fired four four-star officers in the past month. Within 24 hours of his second inauguration, the president fired Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the first female officer to serve as the commandant of the Coast Guard.” NYTimes
February 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Mr. Trump has now fired four four-star officers in the past month. Within 24 hours of his second inauguration, the president fired Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the first female officer to serve as the commandant of the Coast Guard.” NYTimes
Reposted by Heather Grob
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...