Maximillian Alvarez
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
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America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today
Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.
therealnews.com
Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
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Appealing to imagined reforms, center-left media tastemakers assure their audiences DHS violence exists outside the otherwise progressive status quo: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social
US media rushes to defend police departments from liberal backlash against ICE
Appealing to imagined reforms, center-left media tastemakers assure their audiences DHS violence exists outside the otherwise progressive status quo.
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Appealing to imagined reforms, center-left media tastemakers assure their audiences DHS violence exists outside the otherwise progressive status quo: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social
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I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
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A few days before Inauguration Day last year, I remember watching Ben Bergquam (xenophobic propagandist) report live from East Palestine on Steve Bannon’s Show, and everyone promising that help was on the way
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A few days before Inauguration Day last year, I remember watching Ben Bergquam (xenophobic propagandist) report live from East Palestine on Steve Bannon’s Show, and everyone promising that help was on the way
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“I’m pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I’m pissed that everybody thinks we’re doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It’s not.”
Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“I’m pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I’m pissed that everybody thinks we’re doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It’s not.”
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Feels like this was all memory holed.
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Feels like this was all memory holed.
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can
therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
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Another nice reminder that fossil fuel company CEOs are not rational actors trying to run a good business. Their ideology is violent and vicious and short-termist
Renowned economist @profwolff.bsky.social examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
Dr. Wolff explains the secret ingredient to economic fascism
Renowned economist Dr. Richard Wolff examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Another nice reminder that fossil fuel company CEOs are not rational actors trying to run a good business. Their ideology is violent and vicious and short-termist
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The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
US military helping Trump to build massive network of ‘concentration camps,’ Navy contract reveals
The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
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I have nothing but solidarity for people who are going through the same thing now and being told by more elite shitheads that this is supposedly the greatest economy ever while only the billionaires & oligarchs are the ones benefiting from it.
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I have nothing but solidarity for people who are going through the same thing now and being told by more elite shitheads that this is supposedly the greatest economy ever while only the billionaires & oligarchs are the ones benefiting from it.
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I remember what it was like during the Recession to be working 12-hr days as a warehouse temp as our family was losing everything (including, eventually, the house I grew up in) while the TV & politicians told us that the economy was "great" & "bouncing back" because Wall St was doing great...
There were 108,000 job cuts in January in the U.S., the most to begin a year since the Great Recession in 2009, according to a new report.
U.S. Jobs Disappear At Fastest January Pace Since Great Recession
There were 108,000 job cuts in January in the U.S., the most to begin a year since the Great Recession in 2009, according to a new report.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I remember what it was like during the Recession to be working 12-hr days as a warehouse temp as our family was losing everything (including, eventually, the house I grew up in) while the TV & politicians told us that the economy was "great" & "bouncing back" because Wall St was doing great...
I remember what it was like during the Recession to be working 12-hr days as a warehouse temp as our family was losing everything (including, eventually, the house I grew up in) while the TV & politicians told us that the economy was "great" & "bouncing back" because Wall St was doing great...
There were 108,000 job cuts in January in the U.S., the most to begin a year since the Great Recession in 2009, according to a new report.
U.S. Jobs Disappear At Fastest January Pace Since Great Recession
There were 108,000 job cuts in January in the U.S., the most to begin a year since the Great Recession in 2009, according to a new report.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I remember what it was like during the Recession to be working 12-hr days as a warehouse temp as our family was losing everything (including, eventually, the house I grew up in) while the TV & politicians told us that the economy was "great" & "bouncing back" because Wall St was doing great...
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“Trump, Putin, and Xi can and must put the world on a safer path by taking commonsense actions to build down the nuclear danger,” said one campaigner.
Rubio confirms end of New START, sparking calls for nuclear talks with Russia, China
“Trump, Putin, and Xi can and must put the world on a safer path by taking commonsense actions to build down the nuclear danger,” said one campaigner.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“Trump, Putin, and Xi can and must put the world on a safer path by taking commonsense actions to build down the nuclear danger,” said one campaigner.
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TRNN was granted rare access to a YPJ commander at a hidden base in northeast Syria, offering a ground-level view of a women’s revolution as Rojava was preparing for war.
Inside Syria’s women-led revolution
TRNN was granted rare access to a YPJ commander at a hidden base in northeast Syria, offering a ground-level view of a women’s revolution as Rojava was preparing for war.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
TRNN was granted rare access to a YPJ commander at a hidden base in northeast Syria, offering a ground-level view of a women’s revolution as Rojava was preparing for war.
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Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today
Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today
Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
Reposted by Maximillian Alvarez
Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone.
Poisoned, exploited, abandoned: East Palestine, OH, three years later
Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone a...
therealnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone.
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Gaza’s healthcare collapse is killing children right now, doctors warn.
How the destruction of Gaza’s medical system became a weapon of war
Gaza’s healthcare collapse is killing children right now, doctors warn.
therealnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Gaza’s healthcare collapse is killing children right now, doctors warn.
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“MAGA’s claim that immigrants are a drain on government budgets? It’s a lie.”
Immigrants delivered $14.5 trillion surplus to US economy over last 30 years: report
“MAGA’s claim that immigrants are a drain on government budgets? It’s a lie.”
therealnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“MAGA’s claim that immigrants are a drain on government budgets? It’s a lie.”
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PJI Sr. Staff Attorney, Samantha Pourciau, returned to @rattlingthebars.bsky.social ahead of this week's federal court trial to end the "Farm Line" at Angola Prison.
WATCH the interview here: therealnews.com/class-action...
WATCH the interview here: therealnews.com/class-action...
A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
Class action granted: Angola prisoners head to trial over slave labor
A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.
therealnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
PJI Sr. Staff Attorney, Samantha Pourciau, returned to @rattlingthebars.bsky.social ahead of this week's federal court trial to end the "Farm Line" at Angola Prison.
WATCH the interview here: therealnews.com/class-action...
WATCH the interview here: therealnews.com/class-action...
Reposted by Maximillian Alvarez
Renowned economist @profwolff.bsky.social examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
Dr. Wolff explains the secret ingredient to economic fascism
Renowned economist Dr. Richard Wolff examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
therealnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Renowned economist @profwolff.bsky.social examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
Reposted by Maximillian Alvarez
Ksenia Kagarlitskaya and Ilya Budraitskis explain the nature and evolution of Putin’s regime, the plight of its political prisoners, and the prospects for antiwar resistance and class struggle.
Under Putin’s Thumb: War, Repression, and Resistance
Ksenia Kagarlitskaya and Ilya Budraitskis explain the nature and evolution of Putin’s regime, the plight of its political prisoners, and the prospects for antiwar resistance and class struggle.
therealnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Ksenia Kagarlitskaya and Ilya Budraitskis explain the nature and evolution of Putin’s regime, the plight of its political prisoners, and the prospects for antiwar resistance and class struggle.
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"Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone." via @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
Poisoned, exploited, abandoned: East Palestine, OH, three years later
Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone a...
therealnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone." via @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
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🚨 "MY HOME IS MAKING ME SICK": Residents abandoned after toxic disaster that happened 3 years ago today.
New from me @therealnews.com
Watch here:
youtu.be/XuehY0Dzxjk?...
New from me @therealnews.com
Watch here:
youtu.be/XuehY0Dzxjk?...
'My home is making me sick': East Palestine residents abandoned after train derailment
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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February 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🚨 "MY HOME IS MAKING ME SICK": Residents abandoned after toxic disaster that happened 3 years ago today.
New from me @therealnews.com
Watch here:
youtu.be/XuehY0Dzxjk?...
New from me @therealnews.com
Watch here:
youtu.be/XuehY0Dzxjk?...
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Exactly 1 month ago, the US invaded #Venezuela & kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro & his wife. The US called it a surgical operation. But for those on the ground, it was a nightmare. The US hit civilian targets, leaving terror & destruction. #thread 👇
@therealnews.com @nacla-report.bsky.social
@therealnews.com @nacla-report.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Exactly 1 month ago, the US invaded #Venezuela & kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro & his wife. The US called it a surgical operation. But for those on the ground, it was a nightmare. The US hit civilian targets, leaving terror & destruction. #thread 👇
@therealnews.com @nacla-report.bsky.social
@therealnews.com @nacla-report.bsky.social
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“You can never describe in words the feeling of what Norfolk Southern has taken away from not only me, but the residents and the community members that have been affected by this train derailment.”
'My home is making me sick': East Palestine residents abandoned after train derailment
“You can never describe in words the feeling of what Norfolk Southern has taken away from not only me, but the residents and the community members that have been affected by this train derailment.”
therealnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“You can never describe in words the feeling of what Norfolk Southern has taken away from not only me, but the residents and the community members that have been affected by this train derailment.”