Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 21h

Latest report and photos from MDRS Crew 319, from Canada.

m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

2

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 2d

25,000 to 50,000 people.

3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 2d

I marched in the No Kings rally against Trump in Denver today. It was huge, at least 5, maybe ten times the crowd of 5,000 that matched during the summer. So maybe 25,000 to 5,000 people. Similar marches are taking place in over 200 other cities.

1 1 11

Reposted by Robert Zubrin

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3d

"The Republican view is that businesses should negotiate directly with the president....There is no reasonable way to interpret these actions except as a wholesale rejection of capitalism and the free market by the Republican party.

www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-fut...

Screenshot of an excerpt from a Bulwark article by Jonathan V. Last published on 16 October 2025.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-future-socialist-graham-platner-trump-capitalism

The text reads:
*****
The Republican view is that businesses should negotiate directly with the president to carve out economic zones of operation for themselves.

I realize that this is an expansive claim so I want to show my work:

The government intervened in Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel and Trump personally negotiated the terms, abrogating to the government a “Golden Share” in the company that gives the government express rights to veto factory closures, salary negotiations—even the naming of the conglomerate.

The government negotiated the sale of TikTok to a consortium of hand-picked Trump allies at far below market price.

The government “purchased” a 10 percent stake in Intel, at below market price.

Republicans plan to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund through which the government can literally choose businesses and markets to invest in.

The administration has manipulated the prices of certain crypto assets in order to exert market influence.

Trump’s tariffs have individually negotiated carveouts for certain businesses and even whole industries.

CEOs are so cognizant of the fact that their businesses operate at the sole discretion of the Trump administration that they seek his favor by presenting tributes of gold to the president in ritualized ceremonies.

As I said: There is no reasonable way to interpret these actions except as a wholesale rejection of capitalism and the free market by the Republican party.

5 62 120

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 2d

Latest report from MDRS Crew 329, from Canada.
www.facebook.com/robert.zubri...

1 1

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell to be Trump’s running mate in 2028.

2

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 3d

Latest report from MDRS Crew 319, a female led team from Canada.

m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

2

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 4d

Latest report from MDRS Crew 319, a women led crew from Canada.

m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

1 3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 5d

An article about the Mars Society conference was just published by The NY Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

They’re Ready to Go to Mars

www.nytimes.com

3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 6d

This is how the Democrats elected Trump.

1 2

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Trump, Netanyahu, and Hamas to share Nobel Peace Prize.
@therickwilson.bsky.social

1 5

Reposted by Robert Zubrin

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

69 960 2.9K

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 10d

My article “The Shutdown We Need” was just published by The Cosmopolitan Globalist. The Dems have chosen the wrong issue. This fight should be for the Constitution.
@adamkeiper.com @clairelehmann.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.substack.com
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...

The Shutdown We Need

The fight should be for the Constitution

open.substack.com

5

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 14d

Trump is destroying NASA
bigthink.com/starts-with-...

Thousands of NASA employees to bid farewell to the NASA they knew

As October begins, thousands of longtime NASA employees are leaving the agency. 4000+ will exit by January 9, 2026, changing NASA forever.

bigthink.com

2 8 27

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 14d

Fukuyama: Social media is the driving force undermining Democracy.

This should be obvious. It multiples the power of demagogues.

Alciabides destroyed Athens. Now his emulators have Twitter.
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

open.substack.com

4

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 20d

www.forbes.com/sites/kevinh...

SpaceX Mars Mission Comes Under Fire From The World’s Top Mars Scholar

As a backlash builds in Congress to SpaceX delays with its Starship lunar lander, a top Mars scholar is calling for Elon Musk to radically revise his Mars mission plans.

www.forbes.com

3 3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, no more fat generals like Henry Knox!
So what if he played a major role in making America free!
That is exactly the problem that Trump is trying to solve!

1 3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, well at least we will have no more fat generals like Henry Knox!
So what if he played a major role in making America free!
That is exactly the problem that Trump is trying to solve!

3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 23d

Very insightful piece on how our transformation into a post literate society is turning us into sitting ducks for enslavement by a tyrant.
open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

open.substack.com

2 4 6

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 26d

quillette.com/2023/08/01/h...

How Accurate is Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’?

A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.

quillette.com

1 3

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · 27d

Mars Society and Protoplanet launch Mars station in India.

mailchi.mp/marssociety/...

India’s First Crewed Mars Analog Launches with Protoplanet, ISRO, & The Mars Society

mailchi.mp

2

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · Sep 19

Robert Zubrin: From Earth to Mars — The Next Evolutionary Step - YouTube
Here is a podcast interview I just gave with a Ukrainian podcaster on the subject of settling Mars.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEs...

Robert Zubrin: From Earth to Mars — The Next Evolutionary Step

YouTube video by МЄД (клуб медоїдів) / МСМ (клуб медоедов)

www.youtube.com

3 6

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · Sep 16

mailchi.mp/marssociety/...

Urgent Call to Action - Save NASA Science!

mailchi.mp

1 4

Reposted by Robert Zubrin

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Sep 13

We don't do propaganda to make you believe something. It's to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.

25 440 1.7K

Robert Zubrin @zubrin.bsky.social · Sep 13

Is this photo of Tyler Robinson genuine?

4 4