Robin Marty

The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

Ban billionaires
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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Can we fix some of this with midterms? Sure, maybe. But will we make it that far?

It was only a year ago that Elon Musk and DOGE were dominating the daily narrative. Now we're at war with Iran. In between we've had masked secret police in the streets killing people and well ... everything else.

One year.

We are street explorers so we live just walking around looking at things. Art, shops, books etc

I did get to walk around garden district when I was there for most of a week with Tulane doing a guest lecture series.

I figured but also the hotel has a jazz club in the basement and the idea of being able to literally listen to music til I can’t then just go straight up to bed was too appealing to resist :)

I’m also excited about my furnished balcony where I will be drinking coffee and listening to street noise :)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (feat. Norah Jones & Lee Ann Womack) by Dolly Parton on Apple Music Song · 2005 · Duration 4:05

music.apple.com/us/album/whe... I was today years old when I learned this existed

Taking the husband to New Orleans for his 50th in a couple of weeks. He’s never been, and I’ve only been for a conference. Hit me with must do’s and must eats? We have a hotel right on Bourbon Street.

My daughter says his face is uncanny valley.

We are currently looking at some medspa expansions to help us with revenue. And as a bonus, that would allow us to make it an inclusive place for trans patients to go so they can get fillers and laser hair removal without dealing with BamaRush-style folks.

Totally a parasite. But nursing is huge in Alabama - but only training. Then people move out of state because the pay is so low. Alabama’s answer? Expanding the nursing program to train more students to fill jobs. I guess if they get enough they think people will finally accept depressed pay.

I have been but I find that their searches seem to really be difficult and I don't feel like I'm getting all info :/

yuuupppp. too many folks are employed via insurance and pharmacy avenues and are needed because they essentially collaborate to create high profit for investors. Meanwhile the vast majority of healthcare jobs are at the bare minimum of pay but openings increase because we killed preventative med

The latest firefox update just gave me a switch to turn off all current and future AI and now I will use it forever.

Also

I miss your face so much - I’ve been talking about you all the time the last couple of days.

I want to say around 45th and central

I don’t know if it’s still there but there used to be to be a rug store in Columbia Heights that sold traditional rugs. They weren’t too ridiculously spendy considering the quality. This one has been w us for about 15 years (pardon the need for a vacuum - we have 4 cats)

Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market

I have so much to say about this article that I actually finally miss having a news outlet to publish at. Imma try to pull all my thoughts together later so for now this is a placeholder (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/b...

He’s totally going to install Rubio as the next leader, too.

🚨🚨 Operation Metro Surge is NOT over. ICE has received 4 large shipments of brand new vehicles in the past 24 hours. We urge everyone to continue to look out for their neighbors and supporting mutual aid efforts. We will not stop until ICE is OUT.

Young Boozer, III, Explains Why He Denied A $30 Million Loan to Birmingham Southern College By: Donald V. WatkinsCopyrighted and Published on February 9, 2024I am republishing an Op-Ed article that Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer, III, wrote on February 7, 2024, regarding his decision t...

universitybusiness.com/this-alabama... background. And then the treasurers response - www.donaldwatkins.com/post/young-b...

Birmingham-Southern College to close at end of May Birmingham-Southern College announced Tuesday they will be closing on May 31.

For background www.waaytv.com/news/birming...

Coast Guard announces selection of former Birmingham-Southern College campus for training center The U.S. Coast Guard has selected the former Birmingham-Southern College campus in Birmingham as the site of a new national training center, Sen. Katie Britt's office announced Wednesday.

Never forget that the state treasurer specifically and willfully forced a nearly 170 year old liberal arts college to close by repeatedly refusing to provide the funding approved to keep this school open. And now this… www.wvtm13.com/article/coas...

Republicans set to march across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge |… Over six decades after Bloody Sunday, the Alabama Minority GOP chairman said it’s time for Republicans to start a march across the bridge. | Alabama News

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Meanwhile not only do we get no state or federal money - we can’t even get state Medicaid to give us our prenatal care reimbursements because every OBGyn at the hospital has refused to agree on paper to deliver our patients (they still deliver, they just won’t sign the contract so we can get paid).

I'm looking to hear some specific examples of how disabled Minnesotans have been harmed by federal Medicaid pause for reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com . Please reach out to jmetraux@motherjones.com with any leads.

Thank goodness someone finally found a way to open the crypto markets to tweens