Matt Martin

Humanist & listener. Producer for @slavegone with @jerichobrown and @breezyjanae. Present at the creation of 99% Invisible & Radio Ambulante. he/him

[Shane Bauer @shane_bauer]

It’s not just fringe extremists glorifying the nakba. Bezalel Smotrich, who oversees the West Bank, wrote, “Zionism was built based on population exchange” including “the exit of masses of Arabs” from Israel. “This historic pattern seems to require culmination.” This is his goal.

[Shane Bauer @shane_bauer]

When I was in the West Bank settlers attacked olive pickers, saying they were Hamas agents. IDF soldiers used the same pretext to stop the harvest. One soldier told me picking olives was a “political act.” A thread on things I saw while reporting for The New Yorker:

[Mika’il @mikailmetz]

That’s my incredible mother, that’s my hero ❤️

[Matt Martin @MTyrusM]

.@BrianLehrer Can you ask why the climate solutions/green tech stories so rarely talk about energy efficiency?

[Bookforum Magazine @bookforum]

We're so happy to share the Summer 2023 issue of Bookforum, the first to be published with the support of our new partner @thenation.

Please subscribe, spread the word, give a gift subscription, and enjoy the issue! https://t.co/EsIuvtMbSz

[Rep. Justin Jones @brotherjones_]

Just left the House Chamber after Speaker Sexton forced a vote to silence me for the remainder of the legislative day (for speaking “off topic”) and ordered the public cleared out of the gallery.

This is the authoritarianism we are fighting against.

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

BREAKING: Apple has formally endorsed a strong right to repair bill in California after spending years spending millions of dollars opposing it. It's difficult to express how important this is. It means right to repair—consumers—have won

https://t.co/pOVUhYqgne

[Inequality Media @InequalityMedia]

NEW: Starbucks corporate has engaged in a ruthless campaign to crack down on unionization, firing scores of pro-union workers and closing stores that have unionized.

Here's why @RBReich is boycotting Starbucks until they stop union-busting.

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

I co-sponsored the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act because it’s just plain wrong that Supreme Court justices serve lifetime terms with no ethics restrictions or restrictions on gifts they receive. We need to put guardrails in place.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood. https://t.co/pdXGMyGm4D

[RiotWomenn @riotwomennn]

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million & conceded the next day

Stacey Abrams ended her bid to become governor of Georgia in 10 days after acknowledging that she did not have the votes.

No crimes, begging, threats, conspiracy, fraud, extortion, bribery or incitement

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

@alloutnow I disagree. Everyone on this spaceship we call Earth depends on it for life. Everyone should feel gratitude to it. Everyone should fight for its continued habitability.

[piper perabo @PiperPerabo]

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[The New York Times @nytimes]

A day after a seismic ideological shift on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a coalition of voting rights groups and left-leaning law firms filed a legal challenge to the state’s legislative districts, arguing that they were unconstitutional gerrymanders. https://t.co/I0T6ii9dPO

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Last week, 28 Democratic senators wrote GM, Stellantis (Chrysler) and Ford urging them to recognize battery workers under the UAW's national labor contracts.

GM's Ultium just responded, claiming that wouldn't be "legal" or "practical."
https://t.co/IJTqeRZN6O

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: GM's electric vehicle arm Ultium says it won't recognize its workers under the same union contract as ordinary GM employees.

Workers at Ultium make GM's electric batteries in dangerous conditions on half the pay other autoworkers get.

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

California’s 40,000 child care providers are another big step closer to a historic pay raise. Child Care Providers United's tentative contract includes $80 million/year for a first-in-the-nation retirement fund for providers. https://t.co/cjeCH32ZCg

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