Rishi Sunak, soaking wet, trying to announce the general election over the most famous Labour campaign song in history really does encapsulate his premiership in a way that renders sketch writers redundant

The Pentagon has never successfully passed an audit and cannot account for over half of its assets. Why are taxpayers spending nearly $1 trillion a year to enrich a few arms manufacturers?

My latest for The New Republic:
newrepublic.com/article/181289…

About to be on Actualidad Radio 1040am with Roberto R. Tejera to talk about how the FL Legislature just passed a law — influenced by the FL Chamber of Commerce — to block municipalities from enacting heat stress protections for outdoor workers along with living wage standards.

7 months in and counting

Putting a quota or a cap on asylum, as the current Senate bill does, is unprecedented in Western Democracies that abide by the Refugee Convention. The new pact in Europe DOES NOT do this--even though it includes provisions related to 'mass influx'

If Haiti’s main international airport was closed for three months because of high levels of violence, that’s a sign that the United States should not have resumed deportation flights to Haiti (there have been two since April 18) and should stop deporting more Haitians.

Turns out the uproar about the Cuban delegation at Miami International Airport is just the same cynical outrage politics of always, courtesy of opportunists who looked the other way when it was convenient for them.

CAIRO (AP) — United Nations halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city.

It would be one thing if there were union members legitimately interested in reforming their union due to troubles with leadership, how they union is/is not serving its members—but the involvement of the Freedom Foundation, a billionaire-funded, out-of-state think tank, is a🚩

Immigration ‘will boost US economy by $7 trillion’ over the next decade according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It also helped curb inflation by easing worker shortages. None of the anti-immigrant rhetoric is rooted in reality. It’s dumb reactionary politics.

An The Associated Press statement on #Israel ’s shutdown of live shot: 'The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli government to shut down our longstanding live feed showing a view into Gaza and seize AP equipment.'

What you do when you need to hide war crimes.

Great oped by my friend Zohra
amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Water temperatures this past weekend in Southern Florida. Two recording sites in shallow, stagnant water in the Keys reached 94°. Upper 80s on Sanibel and 100 miles offshore buoys are in the mid 80s. All of these are warmer than average for May. @WINKNews

An Associated Builders and Contractors lobbyist texted the chief of staff of Florida House Speaker Paul Renner “HEAT cannot die”, in reference to this bill banning municipalities from enacting heat stress protections for outdoor workers and local living wage standards.