Anne Martens
@glossolaliac.bsky.social
A likely story. Social justice, nonprofit & government communications. Mom. Mixed race. Cat person. Reads for fun. Loves live music.
I’ll play. What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Btw 1991 was iconic and yes I know Nirvana Nevermind was that year too, but also:
Btw 1991 was iconic and yes I know Nirvana Nevermind was that year too, but also:
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’ll play. What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Btw 1991 was iconic and yes I know Nirvana Nevermind was that year too, but also:
Btw 1991 was iconic and yes I know Nirvana Nevermind was that year too, but also:
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Too few people are talking about the fact that for eight years (2011-2019), while Jeffrey Epstein was raping young girls and trafficking them to hundreds of other rapists from his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida district attorney was Pam Bondi. Connect the dots.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Too few people are talking about the fact that for eight years (2011-2019), while Jeffrey Epstein was raping young girls and trafficking them to hundreds of other rapists from his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida district attorney was Pam Bondi. Connect the dots.
PNW lore
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PNW lore
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Democrats may have just committed judicial jujitsu, knowingly or not. It's up to us to capitalize on it.
shastaw.substack.com/p/into-the-g...
shastaw.substack.com/p/into-the-g...
Into the Great Wide Open
Do Democrats know what they just did?
shastaw.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Democrats may have just committed judicial jujitsu, knowingly or not. It's up to us to capitalize on it.
shastaw.substack.com/p/into-the-g...
shastaw.substack.com/p/into-the-g...
Fair points
I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things:
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Fair points
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Deal to reopen government starts to come together in Senate
Deal to reopen government starts to come together in Senate
It’s still unclear what promises Republicans will make Democrats on health care or how fast Congress can pass the agreement.
www.semafor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Deal to reopen government starts to come together in Senate
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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"The Mafia Presidency: Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"The Mafia Presidency: Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Larry Ellison. Jeff Bezos. Rupert Murdoch. One by one, billionaires tied to Trump are snapping up media outlets and pushing them rightward. The goal isn’t truth—it’s control.
Mainstream media is now mainly leaning right
Most traditional media have long held a more left-leaning tone, but that’s changing.�
From on the ground reporting to the ...
www.dailykos.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Larry Ellison. Jeff Bezos. Rupert Murdoch. One by one, billionaires tied to Trump are snapping up media outlets and pushing them rightward. The goal isn’t truth—it’s control.
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Glad this appeared in @chicagotribune.com today. Includes signatures of CEOs of Chicago & Illinois Chambers of Commerce & other business folks, & from faith & philanthropic sectors. But worth noting how few business types actually signed, & that some of these business orgs helped get us here.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Glad this appeared in @chicagotribune.com today. Includes signatures of CEOs of Chicago & Illinois Chambers of Commerce & other business folks, & from faith & philanthropic sectors. But worth noting how few business types actually signed, & that some of these business orgs helped get us here.
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
Congress should have work requirements.
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congress should have work requirements.
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Why not ? Hit ‘em where it hurts with big boxes, Amazon, etc.
Buy local and support small businesses.
Buy local and support small businesses.
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Why not ? Hit ‘em where it hurts with big boxes, Amazon, etc.
Buy local and support small businesses.
Buy local and support small businesses.
The thing I hate about all these short videos is that they take so long to watch. I can read faster than you can talk.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The thing I hate about all these short videos is that they take so long to watch. I can read faster than you can talk.
Give light & people will find a way
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Give light & people will find a way
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You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.
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CBS News has once again caved to President Trump—this time by offering up the journalistic integrity of Face the Nation.
Last month, it cancelled the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, whose host called out CBS for paying a “big fat bribe” of $16M to the administration. trib.al/2bUC6mt
Last month, it cancelled the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, whose host called out CBS for paying a “big fat bribe” of $16M to the administration. trib.al/2bUC6mt
September 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
CBS News has once again caved to President Trump—this time by offering up the journalistic integrity of Face the Nation.
Last month, it cancelled the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, whose host called out CBS for paying a “big fat bribe” of $16M to the administration. trib.al/2bUC6mt
Last month, it cancelled the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, whose host called out CBS for paying a “big fat bribe” of $16M to the administration. trib.al/2bUC6mt
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Wild how normalized the words "safe parking lot for unhoused schoolchildren" have become in this country.
Safe parking lot for unhoused schoolchildren appears to have new lease on life
San Diego leaders move forward with a plan to help homeless students and their families with secure overnight parking at a former school in City Heights.
www.cbs8.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Can an underdog win? Only if we’re willing to do the work
September 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Can an underdog win? Only if we’re willing to do the work
Figure it out.
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Figure it out.
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a study in 2020 (www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/...) found huge companies like Walmart and McDonald’s paid such low wages that their employees were among the top enrollees of medicaid and food stamps.
tell companies to stop freeloading off the system and take care of their employees. problem solved!
tell companies to stop freeloading off the system and take care of their employees. problem solved!
Oz: "When the program was created 60 years ago, it never dawned on anyone that you would take able-bodied individuals who could work & put them on Medicaid. Today the average able-bodied person on Medicaid who doesn't work, they watch 6.1 hours of TV or just hang out. Go out & try to get a job."
July 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
a study in 2020 (www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/...) found huge companies like Walmart and McDonald’s paid such low wages that their employees were among the top enrollees of medicaid and food stamps.
tell companies to stop freeloading off the system and take care of their employees. problem solved!
tell companies to stop freeloading off the system and take care of their employees. problem solved!
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"Antitrust policy+housing abundance are natural allies. Although the pro-housing movement does want to remove a specific set of regulations, this ambition is best understood in the populist, trust-busting mold: as an attack aimed @ breaking up a powerful group’s capture of the regulatory regime" ⬇️‼️🔥
YIMBY is progressive, populist and antitrust. Not centrist. Not Reaganite.
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement
There’s nothing centrist or conservative about the push to lower housing costs.
www.theatlantic.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Antitrust policy+housing abundance are natural allies. Although the pro-housing movement does want to remove a specific set of regulations, this ambition is best understood in the populist, trust-busting mold: as an attack aimed @ breaking up a powerful group’s capture of the regulatory regime" ⬇️‼️🔥