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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Corporate profits are at near-record highs. Workers’ share of the pie is at near-record lows. And the average first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old. Forty. But sure, let’s slap another tariff on everything they buy. That’ll fix it.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. 5 weeks later, Trump signed 2 new executive orders trying to chip away at it anyway. There's never been a president so hellbent on eroding our system of checks and balances.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Trump extended the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. through 2029... And it's costing taxpayers $1.4 BILLION. It's a waste of the National Guard's time and a waste of taxpayer money.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A man died at Delaney Hall in Newark on Saturday. He is the 2nd death connected to that building in 12 months. And there's talk of a 3rd death that's gone unreported. Here's what happened at Delaney Hall this weekend:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Electricity is too damn expensive in New Jersey. And at the core of the problem is an organization you probably never heard of.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Chevron just disclosed $12 billion in earnings for the 2nd quarter. That's $9.6 billion more than this quarter last year. ExxonMobil's earnings were more than double this quarter last year at $14.5 billion. No wonder Trump is in no rush to end the war in Iran.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Trump administration just admitted in court that it killed $7.6 billion in clean energy grants based on which states voted for Harris. New Jersey lost $156 million that would have put solar on thousands of low-income homes. Compare that to Biden's Inflation Reduction Act investments...

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The NRC just proposed eliminating the standard that's kept radiation exposure as low as possible for 50 years. Right now there are two rules:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

3 companies now control 70-80% of the firetrucks sold in America. But it didn't happen overnight.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Trump's lack of tact in dealing with Iran continues to result in a gas tax on the American people. It feels like we could be heading back toward that $4.56 high.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Truth Social is selling faster access to Trump's posts so investors can time the market better. I really wish I was making that up. Here are the details:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Congress didn't approve the war in Iran... Yet they passed a reconciliation bill in the House (216-214) that throws another $60 billion at it. Where is this money coming from, and why isn't it being used to help taxpayers instead?

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

~4.5 million children currently have no health insurance. But there's a new plan being proposed to get that number to zero:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Trump just hit Canada with a 50% tariff. Key exports like energy were spared... But it hit a wide range of consumer items. And we know that companies will pass on this cost to consumers. It's just another tax levied by Trump against the American people.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The FDA now says the positive Cyclospora result for Taylor Farms was a false positive. It could be true. But more concerning is how rational it is to be skeptical of such a reversal in Trump’s administration.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

DHS was trying to avoid releasing the name of the officer who killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine last week. But then his ex-wife recognized him from the footage. And the insight she gave is incredibly damning.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The threshold to qualify for federal disaster aid in New Jersey is ~$18.5M. The snowstorm in February caused $84.4M in damage eligible for federal reimbursement. Guess how much Trump has released?

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It speaks volumes about the state of our Democracy when NBC, ABC, and CNN all refuse to interrupt programming for a presidential address.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Joan Sebastián Guerrero was leaving for his delivery route in Biddeford, Maine on Monday morning when ICE stopped his car and shot him through the windshield... And he wasn't even the person they were after.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Trump is addressing the nation tonight… And it might end up being his worst speech yet.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On Tuesday, administration officials ordered ICE to stop most traffic stops. Today, Trump said that won't be happening. Even though it led to 2 murders in the span of a week. He can't help but shoot his own administration in the foot.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Trump ordering an investigation into Taco Bell as a cause for the cyclosporiasis outbreak seems like incompetence… But it’s actually malice. He knows people are angry that the cuts his administration made put us in this situation. And he’s fueling the fire.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The ICE warehouse in Roxbury, NJ is back on. 9 days after DHS told a federal court it was abandoning the project. Here's where things stand now:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

In Albania, they want to develop protected wetlands for a Kushner resort. In the New Jersey Highlands, they want to develop farmland into a warehouse, which can affect drinking water for 5 million people. The powerful continue to be able to move mountains for land at the expense of everyone else.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It's been over 200 days since the Epstein file disclosure deadline. That hasn't happened. What -has- happened in that time is a war at home with ICE and a war abroad with Iran. We need to see through the distractions and refocus on the fact that a sitting president's name is in those files.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A man in Rochester wrote an angry email to the head of ICE. Five months later, federal agents showed up at his door... Then tracked him to a hotel two states away. Let me tell you why every American should be alarmed by this.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Trump's administration just released a report that branded the leaders of the Smithsonian Institution as radical activists who cannot be trusted. That's rich coming from the administration that turned America's 250th celebration into a J6 reunion.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So Trump overhyped his Freedom 250 celebration, under-delivered, and made his buddies rich in the process? I guess he's keeping the promise of running the country like his businesses.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Immigrants read the Declaration of Independence the way it was meant to be read: As a promise. My parents crossed a hemisphere because they believed it. They bet their whole lives on it. Happy 250th birthday to the country that gave my family an opportunity to build a better future.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Supreme Court literally rewrote campaign finance law on Tuesday. And this decision could be worse than Citizens United.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

ICE arrested 10,000 people in 5 days. DHS claims nearly 70% of them have pending criminal charges and previous convictions. Even if we assumed that's true... What about the ~3,000 who didn't? How is it justified to arrest thousands of people who have committed no crime?

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thousands of people on Threads have reported student loan payments that doubled (or even tripled) over the last 24 hours. The SAVE plan that kept payments affordable for millions ended on July 1st. Where the hell are people supposed to get the extra money when every dollar goes toward existing?

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Supreme Court just upheld birthright citizenship, 6 to 3. The 14th Amendment was written after the Civil War to guarantee that everyone born on American soil belongs here, equally. For over 150 years that promise has held. It held again today. Born here, belong here. Nothing is more American.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Trump’s Great American State Fair was a flop. He should’ve never taken the 250th anniversary planning over from the nonpartisan America250 project. This is what happens to everything Trump touches.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

On June 18, the NJ Highlands Council reclassified ~40 acres of working farmland in Lopatcong as a "redevelopment area." But there's nothing to redevelop. It's a farm. It grows food. Here's why Gov. Sherrill needs to veto this before it is too late.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Nothing exposes political hypocrisy faster than real-world consequences. When vaccines become necessary for military readiness, suddenly the conversation changes. It’s easy to ignore the facts—until reality makes that impossible.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The official government climate website used to be a vital resource. Then the Trump administration defunded it. But the scientists they fired are fighting back in a major way:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We can build warehouses anywhere. We can't build another Highlands. Call the Governor’s office at 609-292-6000. It takes two minutes. Tell them you want Governor Sherrill to veto the Lopatcong warehouse and protect the Highlands. We can build warehouses anywhere. We cannot build another Highlands.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trump just canceled the signing of the bipartisan housing bill and issued a demand to Congress: No housing bill until Congress passes the SAVE Act. This is political extortion and proof Trump doesn't give a damn about legislation that actually helps solve problems.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

They spent 14 million dollars to paint a reflecting pool "American flag blue." It turned green in a week. Now the President says vandals cut a 250-foot gash in it with a knife and poured in chemicals... Because it's easier for him to invent a vandal than actually own a mistake.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

DHS thought the town of Roxbury, NJ wouldn't resist an ICE detention center in their backyards. But the people of Roxbury put up a hell of a fight. And now DHS is looking to offload the warehouse they bought. This is what happens when people stay loud enough for long enough.

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Moody's Analytics estimates the war with Iran has cost U.S. taxpayers $132 billion so far. And it has affected our society much deeper than just at the pumps:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Elon Musk is now a trillionaire. He could keep $500 billion of that and still solve these problems with the other half:

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Brian Varela @varela4nj.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Maybe an economy that can mint a trillionaire while millions struggle to afford gas and groceries needs a little reform.

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