El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The most counterproductive thing a climate advocate can do right now is demand we shut down data centers. Blocking the build isn't a win for the climate. It's a gift to the fossil fuel industry. Here's why. 🧵 110
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026If you organize to shut down a data center project in your community, only for that data center to be built in another less organized community, then you’re not actually fighting for the people, you’re just a NIMBY. 110
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026When a community in Texas organizes to exercise their power and shuts down a data center project, do the developers then pack it up and build something else? 011
Reposted by El MartilloRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026NEW:🧵🧵 Texas fracking tycoon Farris Wilks has for years been one of the GOP's most prolific donors. He's spent more than $100M, funded The Daily Wire and, with billionaire Tim Dunn, helped pull the party to the far right. But something happened recently: Wilks quietly disappeared...texasmonthly.comHe Was One of the Texas GOP's Biggest Donors. Where Did He Go?Farris Wilks once flooded the Texas GOP primaries with cash, contributing to the state's rightward shift. This year, he was largely absent. 12516210
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Silly me for packing away my cold weather clothes by May in Texas. 020
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026If you’re mad about AI taking job/lowering wages and concentrating wealth and power, you’re mad at a symptom, not a cause. The problem is the already existing systems and policies, just as it always has been. 110
Reposted by El MartilloCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Elissa Slotkin dresses like a Star Wars diplomat who publicly votes against the Empire but secretly ratted out Lando and takes bribes to keep the shipping channels open 2678795
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Another hotel room and another scourge of 5,000K color temperature light bulbs. WTF is wrong with hotels these days? Do most people just live like this and not even notice? No wonder everyone is so wacky lately. 000
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I am begging hotels to learn that lighting with a color temp above 4,000K should have absolutely no business being used in a nightstand light or anywhere else outside of a bathroom or kitchen area. 240
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I know that it’s a comparatively first world problem relative to all of the government workers not getting paid, but I have my Global Entry interview scheduled for the 28th. I’ve been waiting for months for this interview. Thanks, Trump! Eat a dick. 000
Reposted by El MartilloJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u... 7553861987
Reposted by El MartilloTexas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 24/11/2025No worker should have to risk their life in the Texas heat so a billionaire can make a few extra pennies! “People are shocked that we would have to make sure that cool water be provided on these worksites,” said @theemrhammer.bsky.social, of the Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council.insideclimatenews.orgTexas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate NewsDespite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job. 0102
Reposted by El MartilloSan Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 12/11/2025President Trump has floated the idea of mortgages that take half a century to pay off. Here’s how that could affect Bay Area home prices — and why financial experts don’t like the idea.bit.lyTrump floats 50-year mortgages — experts call it ‘a horrible idea.’ Here’s whyPresident Trump has floated the idea of mortgages that take half a century to pay off. Here’s how that could affect Bay Area home prices — and why financial experts don’t like the idea. 073
Reposted by El Martilloceej @ceej.online · 12/11/2025I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands 445011833
Reposted by El Martillo404 Media @404media.co · 12/11/2025SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.404media.coICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk ImmigrantsNewly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants. 52707495
Reposted by El MartilloJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 12/11/2025"Wind projects lead to better local schools and lift neighbouring property values by about 3 per cent, according to a surprising new piece of research out of the US this week." reneweconomy.com.au/wind-farms-l... via @racheljourno.bsky.social 🔌💡reneweconomy.com.au 074
Reposted by El Martillodan sinker @dansinker.com · 12/11/2025Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess. 1076162910
Reposted by El Martillounraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/11/2025Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities 182129450
Reposted by El MartilloEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Anyone who goes to conservative conferences knows how many groypers and or Nick Fuentes disciples staff Capitol Hill offices, think tanks or lobbying firms. 19932
Reposted by El MartilloBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comShutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith SearchesSenators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government... 1481375821
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025The WPA kept two of my great-grandfathers working. 060
Reposted by El MartilloJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."worldofreel.comParamount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of ReelIt sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future. 2623601185
Reposted by El MartilloAlex Lawson @alaw202.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents. I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video. 1113180335956
Reposted by El MartilloTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Another thing to keep in mind: www.dmagazine.com/micropost/wi...dmagazine.comWired: ICE planning a shadow deportation network in TexasAs we’ve mentioned, Dallas will soon discuss whether the Dallas Police Department should participate in the federal 287(g) program, specifically, a part 1116
Reposted by El MartilloTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 06/11/2025And this is a Marshall Project story about how it could have a negative impact on police retention. www.dmagazine.com/micropost/th...dmagazine.comThe Marshall Project says ICE partnerships also hurt local police retentionThe City Council isn’t meeting or holding briefings this week, which means the question of whether Dallas should consider participating in the federal 1112
Reposted by El MartilloTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Several people have signed up to speak. What's interesting is it's not just a single demographic--they're all being represented so far, and they're all adamantly against the city partnering with ICE. 1315
Reposted by El Martillokate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 06/11/2025wrote about ai real estate listings for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...thenation.comYour Dream House Might Be a FantasyAI has has invaded the real estate industry, dissolving the boundaries between image enhancement and false advertising. 1226953
Reposted by El MartilloAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 06/11/2025RFK Jr. peeling out of the meeting like he can't remember whether he's the one who sold that guy the heroin. 613120
Reposted by El MartilloCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/11/2025All I'm saying is the reason I don't buy that POLITICO article about Rs moving away from Trump is that they could easily just agree to release the Epstein Files and then they wouldn't even have to worry about the political fallout. Media would do the work for them. They want and like him in charge. 917718
Reposted by El MartilloInternational Brotherhood of Boilermakers @boilermakers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025If you are a federal worker or know someone who has been impacted by the shutdown, these resources can help: aflcio.org/about-us/pro... 011
Reposted by El MartilloRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/11/2025TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 7529181003
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025If NYC is more than happy to vote for a young Muslim man, then I think that's a pretty strong indicator that 2024 was not about Americans rejecting a woman of color. 020
Reposted by El MartilloChristopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Today, Idaho is the reddest state in the union. The current GOP governor, Brad Little, is considered way too liberal for the right wing of the party despite being pro-life, pro-business, pro-Trump. The Dems haven't won a statewide office in years. You cannot appease your way to victory. 1155
Reposted by El Martillokate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 05/11/2025dawg not the steakhouse wedding font 818157662482
Reposted by El MartilloRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting. 261554410
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Oooooh! The knives are going to be coming out in the GOP. 010
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Oh! Virginia is a blue state now? That's news. 7629
Reposted by El MartilloBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"??? 101184933379
El Martillo @theemrhammer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Stop telling people that we can win by voting with our wallets. We’re not going to consume our way out from under the thumbs of the oligarchs. Especially in 2025 where every possible product and supply chain is incredibly more consolidated than at any other point in history. 130
Reposted by El Martilloderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/10/2025JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵 33882852691
Reposted by El MartilloHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Trump is quite literally the biggest union buster in American history. Every single Republican who supports Trump is anti-union, including Vance and Hawley and the other mythological “we love workers” ones. You are all lying rat cowards. 8428101
Reposted by El MartilloBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 29/10/2025Defend and protect the motherfucking AFSCME video. Save it to a USB drive. Write it to a tape backup. Print out every frame on glass and record the audio to vinyl. 6360127
Reposted by El MartilloTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 29/10/2025I would like to welcome Kat to the club of people who committed no crime but were indicted for political reasons. The club's membership is growing at breakneck speed! 432528