Armando Martinez
@armtz.bsky.social
Politics at a glance. I like tattoos and baseball.
Our masterclass with Melissa Isaacson was interesting. She talked about covering Chicago sports, especially the Bulls and Bears, and how she was able to develop relationships with athletes in her time as a beat reporter. #jmc602
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Our masterclass with Melissa Isaacson was interesting. She talked about covering Chicago sports, especially the Bulls and Bears, and how she was able to develop relationships with athletes in her time as a beat reporter. #jmc602
ICE has destabilized agriculture in California, a state that grows one third of the nation’s vegetables and three-quarters of the nuts and fruit we consume, by effectively scaring migrants from working. Less supply but equal demand means the cost of groceries will increase. #jmc602
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
www.reuters.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ICE has destabilized agriculture in California, a state that grows one third of the nation’s vegetables and three-quarters of the nuts and fruit we consume, by effectively scaring migrants from working. Less supply but equal demand means the cost of groceries will increase. #jmc602
Republicans may face voter backlash in the coming midterms if they cut funds to Medicaid. Sen. Tom Thillis (R-N.C.) says that his state alone will lose $4billion and others worry the policy is deeply unpopular with the public. #jmc602
Key GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could spell political disaster for Republicans — The Hill
Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), one of the most vulnerable Senate Republican incumbents facing re-election in 2026, warned Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.
apple.news
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Republicans may face voter backlash in the coming midterms if they cut funds to Medicaid. Sen. Tom Thillis (R-N.C.) says that his state alone will lose $4billion and others worry the policy is deeply unpopular with the public. #jmc602
After using the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as a way to cast blame on Joe Biden and Democrats, Trump inches closer to entering a conflict in the Middle East. #jmc602
Conflict in Mideast causes battle within MAGA ranks — stay out or fight?
Anti-Iran hawks push Trump to join Israel’s attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities. Anti-intervention figures warn that military action would split Trump’s base.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After using the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as a way to cast blame on Joe Biden and Democrats, Trump inches closer to entering a conflict in the Middle East. #jmc602
Californians blame Trump for inciting chaos and Governor Newsom says he has violated state sovereignty. Trump calls protestors “professional agitators,” and “insurrectionists,” distracting from his stance on states rights and the pardoning of real insurrectionists.
California Officials Blame Trump for Stoking L.A. Unrest as Organizers Plan More Protests
Trump said the state’s Democratic leaders should be grateful for his help, while Gavin Newsom said the president’s actions have ‘destabilized’ the situation.
www.wsj.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Californians blame Trump for inciting chaos and Governor Newsom says he has violated state sovereignty. Trump calls protestors “professional agitators,” and “insurrectionists,” distracting from his stance on states rights and the pardoning of real insurrectionists.
The White House now considers the Congressional Budget Office a political enemy because it has concluded the One Big Beautiful Bill will add trillions to the national debt and contradicts the claim that Trump would eliminate waste and save the country money. #JMC602
Analysis | The White House’s disingenuous claim about CBO’s political leanings
What the White House calls a ‘verifiable fact’ is a nonsense fact.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The White House now considers the Congressional Budget Office a political enemy because it has concluded the One Big Beautiful Bill will add trillions to the national debt and contradicts the claim that Trump would eliminate waste and save the country money. #JMC602
Trump consistently claimed that President Joe Biden was not mentally fit to be president, but when it comes to his administration, Trump consistently doesn’t know who is running things. Does he have to uphold the Constitution? “I don’t know.” Healthcare for 9/11 first responders? “I’m not aware…”
Analysis | The many big things Trump ‘didn’t know’ about
Repeatedly in his second term, Trump has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he’s not involved in major decisions.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump consistently claimed that President Joe Biden was not mentally fit to be president, but when it comes to his administration, Trump consistently doesn’t know who is running things. Does he have to uphold the Constitution? “I don’t know.” Healthcare for 9/11 first responders? “I’m not aware…”
Donald Trump campaigned against immigration and portrayed immigrants as criminals, violent and illegal. Providing asylum for Afrikaners under false claims that they are experiencing a genocide in South Africa gives us a look into Trump’s thinking: that white immigrants are good, brown are bad.
White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order
The arrival of about 50 Afrikaners under an executive order that alleges they’ve faced racial discrimination restarts refugee admissions that were suspended for all other groups by the Trump administr...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Donald Trump campaigned against immigration and portrayed immigrants as criminals, violent and illegal. Providing asylum for Afrikaners under false claims that they are experiencing a genocide in South Africa gives us a look into Trump’s thinking: that white immigrants are good, brown are bad.