Fidel Martinez

Nathan should’ve stayed in his lane

On paternity leave as of tomorrow and my last work event was co-presenting a free concert with the genius Adrian Quesada. Not a bad gig imho

Hey baby, que paso?

This is Troy Aikman erasure

I mean 50 or so words is fine. But 400?!!

A bit of unsolicited advice for freelance writers: if I assign a story and give you a specific word count and you blow past it by several hundred words, I’m making a mental note that you can’t follow directions.

RIP to a true legend. Inarguably in the mount Rushmore of accordionists, along with Ramon Ayala and Esteban Jordan.

James? He’s out, man.

I hope it isn’t fractured. Y’all’s relationship, I mean

Ira Nomas.

Without know what it’s about I can guarantee you it’s going to be a banger

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.

Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.

All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.

Could Latinos Upset the Partisan Redistricting Strategy for California and Texas? The nation's fastest growing voter group split 50-50 between the parties and that’s raising a whole lot of new questions.

Texas new maps put today show just how bad the assumptions Republicans are making about Latinos.

In 2018 Beto O’Rourke beat Ted Cruz in 3 of the 5 new districts. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...

Immigration court hearings inexplicably canceled for ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees Aside from access to detainees, an immigration attorney believes clients’ court hearings are being canceled because they’re detained at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Immigration court hearings inexplicably canceled for ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees

Cases contradict the governor’s assertion that everyone at the facility has “final removal orders.”

From @hatzelvela.bsky.social

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Banger of an opening scene, not a musical but has fun musical interludes, top tier Shakespearean plot AND just over 90 minutes long

If you want to know more about the growing concerns facing LA's pending megaevents (and not just the Olympics!), subscribe to Torched where I write about these issues every single week — including my latest story on the cognitive dissonance of our leadership

Watched this yesterday and it’s flawless

ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?

“I’m still furious about what happened to our people, but we have to keep the machines running,” Rohwer said. “We need more people trained and ready to go.”

Talking about immigrants for their econ contributions isn’t as compassionate as many of you believe it to be

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Police are looking for a man they say vandalized 4 Little Village buildings with swastikas, pro-ICE message.
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Everyone but us applauded when dr doom showed up in the credits scene and I’ve never felt more second hand embarrassment

More like fantastic bore amirite

For this week’s newsletter I wrote about the story in the quote skeet below and how it is a sobering reminder that for many, Latinos will never be truly American www.latimes.com/delos/newsle...

The elephant in the room Our elected officials keep trying to pretend this presidential administration isn't going to blow up our best-laid megaevent plans

How can LA's state representatives simultaneously paint themselves as the nationwide face of the resistance for the next three years *and* be unable to have a frank discussion with LA28 about how they plan to deliver these megaevents when many Angelenos are too terrified to leave their own homes?

hell? yea, brother

Hulk Hogan was a big part of my 80s childhood. But I’m an adult now.

He was a scab and a racist.

Hulk Hogan’s final appearance on WWE programming saw him get booed out of an L.A. arena peddling shitty jingoistic beer, meaning he appropriately died a heel with go away heat.

That works for me, brother.

Periodic reminder that in the U.S., only a living person can initiate a defamation claim for damages to their reputation. You can't defame the dead

Nope

shout out to The Iron Sheik

Thinking of the Iron Sheik today

Bluesky never beating the Ted lasso allegations