#AmazonHQ2
#ArlingtonVA passed Missing Middle housing reform, a huge urban plan for Langston Blvd, really nice protected bike lanes & park at the new #AmazonHQ2, re-elected a pro-CJR top prosecutor, and locked in #RankedChoiceVoting for all future primary elections.
How did your city get better in 2023?
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the shooting deaths of DC Israeli embassy staff, is a Chicago man who was active in the BLM movement and a member of the Marxist-Leninist “Party for Socialism and Liberation.”

He can be seen in the checkered shirt in the photo below and is quoted within the article.
Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon
We will fight for a Chicago where racist police are held accountable for killing Black people, for a Chicago that welcomes and accommodates all peoples not just the rich and white #AmazonHQ2 #antiraci...
liberationnews.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Thinking of this news, I just added mentions of "Amazon HQ2" to the "Arlington VA" feed keywords. This will also work for the hashtag #AmazonHQ2.
June 6, 2024 at 2:40 PM
We knew #AmazonHQ2 was coming back in 2018. We should have been upzoning and building housing like crazy ever since then. 😩
July 24, 2024 at 2:25 AM
They're playing it way down. He was in good enough standing with them in 2017 that their paper referred to him as "Elias Rodriguez from the Party for Socialism and Liberation": web.archive.org/web/20171026...
Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon -...
We will fight for a Chicago where racist police are held accountable for killing Black people, for a Chicago that welcomes and accommodates all peoples not just the rich and white #amazonhq2 #antiraci...
web.archive.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Someone on r/TrueAnon noticed the suspect has been a member of PSL since at least 2017. They are quoted in this article. The years of lead are absolutely here.
Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon
We will fight for a Chicago where racist police are held accountable for killing Black people, for a Chicago that welcomes and accommodates all peoples not just the rich and white #AmazonHQ2 #antiraci...
liberationnews.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The PSL has disavowed him and scrubbed this article from their website, but since the "any bad optics from people who agree with me MUST be a false flag perpetuated by the enemy" crowd is already sounding off, here's an archive link:

web.archive.org/web/20190710...
May 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
May 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am reading submissions from my students on their Megaprojects assignment. Sounds like AmazonHQ2 was kind of just a huge scam, but I guess this shouldn't be surprising.
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
To (for meg i alle fall) uavklarte forhold: Var målet det jødiske arrangementet generelt, eller de to israelerne som ble skutt utenfor? Terroristen var i 2017 tilknyttet Party for Socialism and Liberation. Er han fremdeles det? liberationnews.org/chicago-dema...
May 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Elias Rodriguez, the man who murdered two Israeli Embassy Staff in D.C. tonight is featured here in this @pslweb.bsky.social article.

Witnesses say he was pacing in front of the museum, chanting “Free, free Palestine”

liberationnews.org/chicago-dema...
Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon
We will fight for a Chicago where racist police are held accountable for killing Black people, for a Chicago that welcomes and accommodates all peoples not just the rich and white #AmazonHQ2 #antiraci...
liberationnews.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Very strange. He appears to have been active in the BLM movement in 2017.

He’s pictured and quoted in this (now scrubbed) piece:
web.archive.org/web/20190710...
Chicago Demands Justice for Laquan, Not Money for Amazon |...
We will fight for a Chicago where racist police are held accountable for killing Black people, for a Chicago that welcomes and accommodates all peoples not just the rich and white #amazonhq2 #antiraci...
web.archive.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#LowCarbonConcrete can deliver at scale—today—demonstrated by Amazon HQ2 making a 20% reduction in its carbon footprint without compromising performance.

gb&d Magazine highlights #AmazonHQ2's green concrete mix design and the use of #CarbonCure to build it: gbdmagazine.com/amazon-hq2-d...
Amazon's HQ2 is a Blueprint for Sustainable Building
Amazon's HQ2, designed by ZGF Architects, offers a blueprint for sustainable building with climate-friendly solutions used at scale.
gbdmagazine.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
C'mon poop emoji building! I for one look forward to our future with distinctive architecture. I just wish the #AmazonHQ2 "Helix" were facing the rest of the neighborhood, not designed to merely be seen by the Pentagon and DC.
Planned HQ2 expansion gets more utility work, but no updates on construction timeline | ARLnow.com
Utility work for HQ2's stalled second phase is continuing this month, but Amazon is still keeping mum about a construction timeline. Several sidewalk and crosswalk closures are scheduled for the next ...
www.arlnow.com
June 5, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Breaking News: Georgia Enters Bid for @Amazon's Second Headquarters. #AmazonHQ2 http://bit.ly/2xaIePW
November 25, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Read more about Prince George's bid for Amazon from @Bruce_DePuyt#MDpolitics #AmazonHQ2

x.com/marylandmatter… marylandmatters.org/2017/09/20/int…
Wow! Check out @baltimoresun editorial excoriating @CountyExecBaker for proposing sites for Amazon HQ.#MDpolitics

baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/e…
December 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
7.8m sf in @DowntownRaleigh. Thus, #AmazonHQ2 request is the equivalent of adding another downtown #Raleigh. @RalPublicRecord @newsobserver
November 18, 2024 at 4:30 AM
#AmazonHQ2 bid criteria asks for "diversity of housing options" a data point that should be obtainable across metros but is not.
November 18, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Raleigh-Durham Internatonal Airport is the nicest airport in the country. That is all. @RDUtraveler @RDUAirport @AIANational @AmazonHQ2 #TriangleDelivers #raleigh #durham
November 18, 2024 at 3:04 AM
After #amazon cancels #AmazonHQ2 in #NYC, other cities are calling Shotgun! like @CaseyAffleck1 at the end of Good Will Hunting.
November 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Now I am curious as to how this average will be made up, will it be a few with high salaries and many with little or low salary, or will it be most with a decent amount of salary with the boss not getting much more. I'm guessing the first option. #Capitalism #AmazonHQ2
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 AM