Arlene Martínez

You paid more for a water at the airport than Southwest Airlines paid in federal income taxes last year.

Because they paid $0.

What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died."

But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.

Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.

ICYMI yesterday, the author of Searchlight's "Don't say abolish ICE" memo is a senior advisor to Tony Blinken's WestExec, a corporate shadow lobbyist. He works for companies that are immigration contractors.
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JB: I don't care if it's 20 below. I don't care. We'll dress for it. We'll be here. This is way more important than a little chill air.

This NPR story also contains the most Minnesota lady shit I've ever seen in my life. The feels like tomorrow is -30F (not a typo) and JB does. not. care. about that "little chill air."
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, Big Tech is lobbying to roll back digital regulations across the globe. 🌍

Our new map tracks 200+ policies in 60+ jurisdictions that Big Tech lobbyists have asked Trump to attack. See it for yourself ⬇️

People get surprised when they hear Amazon, Meta, Google, Tesla, and other global giants get huge discounts on energy AND also pass off their infrastructure costs to the rest of us AND pay no taxes.

Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.

Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
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Opinion | Everyone is talking about affordability – and making the same mistake "As lawmakers grapple with the cost of living, they need to remind Americans – again and again – that pay is a policy choice," Heidi Shierholz writes.

@hshierholz.bsky.social nails it: "Today’s affordability debate, however, focuses almost entirely on prices...(but) The roots of today’s affordability crisis actually lie not in recent price spikes, but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay."
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Graphic for "The Southwest Resists Data Centers." A light blue sky with clouds hangs behind a massive SW mountain and multiple cacti in front. The date is in the middle, "Dec 10, 3PM PT | 6PM ET."The bitly link is shown to the right of the time: "bit.ly/TheSWResists"

Data centers like Project Blue and the #StargateProject are some of the most dangerous #AI projects to date — and it’s coming to the SW.

Join us on 12/10 as we expose the projects' harms and outline how you can join the fight against #tech corporate greed & their #DataCenters.
bit.ly/TheSWResists

‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills

Our work on data centers in the @nytimes.com. The facilities are heavy water/energy users, and often the big companies behind them get huge taxpayer subsidies. In many states, transparency is so bad the public can't see just how much $ they're giving companies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Executive Director - Job Good Jobs First is now hiring for the position of Executive Director in Concord. Apply today.

Good Jobs First Founder Greg LeRoy is stepping down as executive director. Help us find a great candidate to lead this incredible organization!
Details on the job and how to apply:
www.idealist.org/en/job/ad148...

At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet? “The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...

"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social

Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.

Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.

Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.

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Opinion | What Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Doing to People Here Legally Something new is happening in the breadth and ferocity of efforts to change the makeup of this country.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The videos of often-violent ICE arrests circulating on social media are “brutal and terrifying,” Sarah Wildman writes. “What should give Americans equal pause is the inhumanity happening beyond the cameras, away from the view of judges and lawyers and the media.”

5/ As lead author @balancecraft.bsky.social says, “You can think of Wall Street as the ultimate NIMBY.”

“It’s impossible to solve America’s housing crisis without understanding the deep structural perversions in how homebuilding is financed.”

And we give Amazon billions of dollars that would otherwise go to after-school programs, expanding universal pre-K, roads, parks, child care and all the things that our lives security and joy.

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

How the New York Times uses weasel words to normalize authoritarianism | Press Watch It’s an abandonment of the Times’s obligation to responsibly use its bully pulpit in a time of crisis.

'Trump’s actions are not dangerously illegal, per Times journalists. Rather they “raise questions” and “stretch bounds”. Trump is not an authoritarian, he is a “maximalist.” Blisteringly obvious conclusions about his seizure of dictatorial powers are kept....'
presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...

Open Markets Institute and Revolving Door Project Debunk the “Abundance” Agenda & Propose Alternative, Shared-Power & Prosperity Approach — Open Markets Institute The Open Markets Institute and the Revolving Door Project released a comprehensive joint report on the policy underpinnings of the so-called “abundance agenda,” an economic agenda popularized by Ezra ...

"At a time when wealth disparities in the United States have reached historic levels, the report exposes how the Abundance platform sidesteps the root causes of inequality and enables the further consolidation of corporate power..."
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

First Look: Bengals to redesign club spaces, suites The club and suite upgrades are part of the overall Paycor Stadium renovations that have already been announced.

Seems like a pure public good, well worth the $350 million provided by taxpayers.

It would be cool if the journalists doing these kinds of stories would take 5 minutes and look up one of the many studies on the benefits of bike infrastructure and then include that in the story. But no, we get vibes and a one-sided story.

Strengthening State Antimonopoly Laws - Institute for Local Self-Reliance States have a history as frontline defenders against the threat of powerful corporations. Learn how states can use their power to promote vibrant economies.

2. Today, ILSR is publishing a package of products that show how state enforcers and lawmakers can turn back the tide of outsized corporate power and support strong, equitable economies within their borders. ilsr.org/independent-...

Top Bankers May Have Saved $53 Million From Trump Tax Law Dozen Bank CEOs Would Have Benefitted from Lower Tax Rate on $2 Billion Pay Will Save Millions More Now That Rate Has Been Extended

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The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There

I can't get over how poorly this is written, and how reasonable the writer makes it sound to have whites-only developments and why yes, maybe the great replacement theory has merits. NYT sucks so bad so often.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html

Long Beach will open up its e-book library so teens from other states can read banned books It's part of a nationwide push to let young people access reading material that may have been thrown out of their local libraries and schools.

We love to see this: The Long Beach Public Library is offering digital library cards so readers can access banned books to help offset censorship!

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how many journalists were pulled off of more important work to chase down musk's latest bullshit vaporware for some soulless SEO chasing brunchlord editor

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

6. Americans warped perceptions of crime “warp public opinion in ways that set back policy changes shown to improve public safety.”

We are spending billions of dollars constructing detention centers to house immigrants to combat a non-existent crime wave.

can attest

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.