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Arlene Martínez
@arlenemartinez.bsky.social
Comms+ at @goodjobsfirst, the nation's corporate welfare/corporate behavior watchdog. Past: @usatoday @mcall @vcstar @latimes. Bilingüe. Views my own.

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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.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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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-...
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.
ilsr.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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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
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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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.
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.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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The analysis was enabled by our new database, Violation Tracker Global, the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct around the world.
🌍 violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org
Violation Tracker Global
Violation Tracker Global, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large corporations throughout the world.
violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM