Mary Ellen Klas
@MaryEllenKlas
Politics and Policy Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Formerly: Miami Herald, Nieman fellow. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/AWmDah46OJk/mary-ellen-klas
Marc Andreessen identified a real problem when he said White working-class communities have less opportunity today, writes @RonBrownstein. But that's not because of Black or Hispanic kids and the DEI policies that elevate them, it's something else.🎁 link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Democrats don't have a good track record of making voters care about democracy. But they need to make what's happening in Texas matter. Trump is an attempting to manipulate the results of the 2026 midterm elections with a redistricting power grab.🎁link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
The Trump administration’s decision to stop sharing military satellite data with weather forecasters will ripple into the home insurance market, @markgongloff says. 🎁 link bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
The Georgia GOP is locked in a Byzantine power struggle between its MAGA base and a group of ultraconservative Republicans that rose to power with the backing of a now-disgraced financier. Conspiracy theories abound. Sound familiar? 🎁 link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Republicans have given safe harbor to conspiracies for so long, people have stopped doubting them. Now they're spawning intra-party clashes ahead of the midterms. It's more than Epstein. Georgia's GOP is splintering. @Opinion Gift link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Texas' redistricting gambit is a calculated risk. Here's what you need to know. 🎁 link, via @opinion bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“The basic tenets of the Enlightenment are being reversed.” - Adrian Wooldridge, @opinion bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
Trump's tax law gives billionaires a break right away — but buries brutal Medicaid and SNAP cuts until after the 2026 midterms. What will it mean in swing states? Gift link: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Never before in the Nation’s almost 250 year history has America’s present and future depended more on the free press than it does today.
Catholic Archbishop of Miami highlights activism of the Knights of Columbus at Alligator Alcatraz.
Sunday PM about 25 Knights on Bikes stopped at entrance of Alligator Alcatraz and prayed a rosary for the detainees. Archdiocese is still waiting for approval to access to provide Mass for detainees
As the assault on journalism continues, here's more proof it matters. After reporting revealed the risks of a politically-driven decision to end a database chronicling how a warming world is amplifying flood risks, the Trump admin reversed course: cnn.com/2025/07/18/wea…
Some of the contractors profiting off Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" have removed bios and pictures of company executives from their websites:
Had to run down to Miami tonight—scored a $117 rate at the Marriott. Driving Alligator Alley, I couldn’t help but think about Alligator Alcatraz and its nightly cost per detainee: 🧾 At 5,000 detainees: $246.58 👥 At 3,000: $410.96 🐊 At current 750: $1,643.84 That’s based on…
Breaking (Exclusive) @MiamiHerald : hundreds of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges or convictions miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Investigative reporter on Epstein files: "Things in there they don't want you to see" Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/4vj2npym
NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
One thing is quickly becoming clear about “Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention camp that the state of Florida just opened in the middle of the Everglades: The politicians running the place are bigger lawbreakers than many of the immigrants they’re locking up. 🧵...
In 2016, Florida’s Big Cypress became the nation’s first “dark sky” preserve, a key designation to help endangered nocturnal species But the leading group that classified the park now says artificial light from Alligator Alcatraz “directly threatens” that tampabay.com/news/environme…
News: In an extraordinary move, the Bishop of San Bernardino "dispenses" (frees the person) from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass if the person fears ICE. Bishop Rojas (wisely) says he is guided by a desire to extend his pastoral care to those who "face fear and hardship"....