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"Todo a su tiempo” D.C. born, cubarican, international news editor/broadcast media producer @GeorgeMasonU alum @wetatvfm alum @CNN alum

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump ignores a question about "what did mean when you said 'let them take out Los Angeles and San Diego?'"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
RUHLE: Why do you think the president is taking this position? TILLIS: Uhhh. I think he got bad advice RUHLE: Why do you talk about advice? He's the president! You said he's got great political instincts, and millions of Americans are suffering
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The MAGA outrage machine is having another meltdown. This time, it’s over Jack Smith’s shirt. Nowhere on the shirt is Trump’s name, unless they’ve decided he’s a king.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald, if you're reading this.... Come to Michigan.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
EL-SAYED: Now you've got a situation with the Strait of Hormuz where we can't move oil and gas-- FOX: That's not true. The WSJ put out a piece the other day that said we're almost a level of getting oil out of the Strait that we were at before the war started AES: So why are gas prices so high?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Q: Your approval rating with Latino voters has dropped down to 27% TRUMP: You're fake news. You're CNN. My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Q: What is the US going to do about the risk of bubonic plague coming from Russia? TRUMP: Well we're looking at it very strongly
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Q: Do you support Corina Machado going back to Venezuela? TRUMP: She's a very fine woman. She gave me her Nobel Prize because she knew I earned it. It's all gonna work out
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
JD Vance defends Trump's taxpayer-funded propaganda videos: "If you look at the message of those advertisements, they are not partisan, it's not like we're advocating for a particular candidate"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. seven strikes on vessels around the waterway since Sept. 28.” @wsj.com ⛽️ www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026
I really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% ahead of the November midterms.
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US adds disappointing 29,000 jobs and unemployment ticks up to 4.2% in September
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lowest since Sept 18, on the weaker than expected jobs data. @cnbc.com
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El-Sayed responds to JD Vance clip: Low T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Melber: You’re saying the VP has low T. You’ve called Mike Rogers a beta. El-Sayed: I'm just saying that they like to lead on strength. Strength is about being able to stand up to the problem. The problem is Donald Trump, and you don't see much standing up to Donald Trump
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
* PUTIN: WORLD IS AT A TURNING POINT OF DEVELOPMENT * PUTIN: TECHNOLOGIES CAN LEAD TO GLOBAL DESTRUCTION @reuters.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
* GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ: WE ARE PREPARING FOR MAJOR HYBRID ATTACKS BY RUSSIA, WE WOULD RESPOND QUICKLY AND VERY CLEARLY @reuters.com
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, .. according to a Time Magazine interview. ".. What can I do? .. I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - US unemployment claims dipped to 197,000 last week with layoffs remaining at historically low levels. @apnews.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Ossoff: "You played earlier the tape of Mike Collins, a sitting member of Congress and the Republican candidate for senate in Georgia, supporting the deployment of federal troops to polling places in Georgia this fall. Folks, this is a 5 alarm fire."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
AI agents tried to hack Canadian government website, research firm says reut.rs/3VozHJh
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AI agents tried to hack Canadian government website, research firm says
AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian ​government website, an AI ​research firm said on Wednesday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas reut.rs/4hF3BR2
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Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas
A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee ​that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1. The texts came from the DOJ. 2. Grassley knew about them. 3. Grassley did not include the texts in the memo to the committee. 4. Grassley did not share the texts with the Dems on the panel.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Trump aides privately acknowledge that national polling is remarkably bad, and have started to contemplate possibly losing both chambers, per people familiar — even as they argue individual House races are not as negative www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "Diesel is really hurt much more, not by the Middle East, but by what's going on in Russia"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump on giant AI companies: "They're gonna police. They're gonna police each other. They're gonna self-police. They're gonna police themselves. It's gonna work out very well."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Q: You won Alaska but substantial margins all 3 times you ran. Why do you suppose the Senate race involving Sen. Sullivan is so close? TRUMP: Because the people of Alaska don't know how good he is
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "The Democrats are a hoax"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Q: DHS is spending millions on new ads about you. Your critics say they might violate federal propaganda laws. Why should taxpayers pay for that? TRUMP: I'm not running for office. So when I'm taking about making America great, that's an ad for the spirit of our country. I'm promoting the country.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump lies that Spencer Pratt was winning the LA mayor race until "the fake votes kicked in"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Q: You described the Iranians you're dealing with as 'crazy.' How do you get a deal done with the counterparts are crazy and irrational? TRUMP: Maybe you blow them up. Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up. The time is coming.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Q: There's a report that Ken Paxton was complaining about your midterm convention. He felt like it hurt him. What's your reaction? TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but I can tell you that the convention was amazing. We had 107 million views. The NFL had 25m. We had four times what the NFL did
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "Our gasoline prices are lower than Biden"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The department is now 0-26 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth announces "Fortress America," which will study "survivability"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, we are announcing the creation of Autonomous Warfare Command, or Autowarcom."
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth criticizes generals who "clung to the woke department" and says "they no longer work here"
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