the attitude with arnie arnesen the Wed edition March 25

[Arnie Arnesen]

the attitude with arnie arnesen
opening thoughts: Harold Meyerson on Truckers

producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins

Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)

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opening thoughts:

harold meyerson on trucking 

What the F!!!! nugget: "the Trump administration banned roughly 200,000 truck-driving-certified immigrants from any further truck driving. The new rule from the Department of Transportation forbids refugees, asylum seekers, or recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, and forbids those who currently hold such licenses from renewing them.

it ends this way: You may think that taking certified truck drivers, who’ve all been granted federal work permits, off the roads—in an industry that has 94 percent yearly turnover—may not serve the common good particularly well. You may also think that it is a gratuitous crime to harm the fortunes of those drivers and their families, not to mention an act of malignant folly to jack up the prices of the goods that will come late or go undelivered without immigrant drivers to take them to their destinations. If so, you’d be right."

comments:

Mike Tranchemontagne

Bill Power A lifetime ban, vs training, testing and certification, doesn’t seem to be about safety.

Richard H. Schwartz

I can go to France and drive a vehicle. I can go to Italy and drive a vehicle. I can go to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and even Japan. For some of these countries, I need an International Driving Permit -- which I can get from AAA. Speaking the local language is not a requirement.

PS. Modern trucks are equipped with GPS systems, and if not, drivers can use their phones. These systems speak many languages. There is little need to be able to read English on signs, and until this year the CDL test could be taken in other languages. It was never a problem before, and it shouldn't be one now. It's just another wedge issue -- red meat for those who hate brown people.

part one:

Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst‑case scenario for Gulf states https://theconversation.com/targeting-of-energy-facilities-turned-iran-war-into-worst-case-scenario-for-gulf-states-278730

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Ph.D., is a fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute. His research examines the changing position of Persian Gulf states in the global order, as well as the emergence of longer-term, nonmilitary challenges to regional security. Previously, he worked as senior Gulf analyst at the Gulf Center for Strategic Studies and as co-director of the Kuwait Program on Development, Governance and Globalization in the Gulf States at the London School of Economics.

Coates Ulrichsen has published extensively on the Gulf. His books include “The Gulf States in International Political Economy” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), “The United Arab Emirates: Power, Politics, and Policymaking” (Routledge, 2016), and “Qatar and the Gulf Crisis” (Oxford University Press, 2020). Coates Ulrichsen’s articles have appeared in numerous academic journals, including Global Policy and the Journal of Arabian Studies, and he consults regularly on Gulf issues for government and private sector agencies around the world. Coates Ulrichsen holds a doctorate in history from the University of Cambridge.

part two:   

The Audacity

How dare she

Wear those shoes

And color her hair like that

And take up space

And use her voice

And allow no diminishing

Who does she think she is

You wonder as you bristle and

Make her an alien in your mind

But buried beneath

Is the seed of envy

And it was you

A stranger to yourself and your power

Who had no map to get

From here to there

Until the great fire

Came and burned away

All the thorns and brambles that kept

You from finding the way home

Into your own heart

Where you will now live

Spending your remaining beats

However you damn well please

Because you are just glad to be alive

After the great undoing and rebuilding

And in the ashes from which you arose

You will find that seed of envy

Transformed

And you will understand how all the others

Dared to be how they wished

Because you are now one

Who has gained

Freedom through fire

So you color your hair with a wisp of purple

Or let your silver shine through

And wear flowing skirts and bangles

Or every color of the rainbow at once

And your presence

Even when quiet

Announces I deserve this

As you become a

Gardener without intending

Planting a seed of permission

And one day an observer

Who is staring as you

Knowingly smile back

Will be collecting the remains

And blooms of her own fire

Only to ask her heart

Not

How dare I?

But always

How can I not?

Laurel Trautwein

Cesar Chavez Was a Human Rights Icon. Allegedly, He Was Also Some Women’s Worst Nightmare. Like so many abusers before him, his sterling public image provided the perfect cover https://slate.com/life/2026/03/cesar-chavez-dolores-huerta-sexual-abuse-allegations-2026.html

Christina Cauterucci is a Slate senior writer and a host of Outward, Slate’s podcast on queer life.

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