Edward Barrera

@edwardbarrera.bsky.social

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California comms. Former journalist; Capitol/District staffer; now public affairs. Son of 🇵🇷 and 🇨🇴. Comments my own. Woodlander.

Screenshot of a headline that reads: Ecuadorean candidate to head UN calls for body to be shrunk responsibly reut.rs/4ecV9rL

The state-ordered abductions were a matter of both secrecy and spectacle: masked men jumping out from cars without license plates, grabbing people from city streets in the middle of the day. Panicked families tried to petition the courts to find out where the men had taken their loved ones, and why. Even the terrible finality of a death record would have provided a measure of relief.

“If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family.” – Eric Trump, one of President Trump’s sons, to The Financial Times. Critics have accused the family of minting money via crypto — including a memecoin linked to the president — and other ventures that have benefited from his father’s political standing.

There used to be an easier way for people with the largest tax bills to deduct these losses from their income, using a tax deduction for victims of personal casualties, disasters and theft. But that and many other individual breaks were eliminated or narrowed as part of the Republican-led tax overhaul known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which helped to pay for broader tax cuts, including a reduced corporate tax rate.

A fake user, @governornewsum [using a u instead of o] pretending to be Governor Gavin Newsom.

Met's pitcher Jesse Orosco falling down on his knees and raising his hands in celebration of team winning the 1986 World Series.

Excerpt from LA Times: After struggling for years without insurance, the 55-year-old former small-business owner — who has battled diabetes, high blood pressure and two cancers — credits Obamacare with saving her life.

Watson also voted for Donald Trump, believing the businessman would bring change. She dismissed his campaign pledges to scrap the Affordable Care Act as bluster.

Now, as she watches the new president push to kill the law that provided her with a critical lifeline, Watson finds herself among many Trump supporters who must reconcile their votes with worries about the future of their healthcare.

Drudge Report posts a photo of Trump in the Ronald McDonald clown costume, with a title "One Fry Short of a Happy Meal! Felon Finds Work"