Fernando Barrera
@edwardbarrera.bsky.social
Former former journalist, now media strategist and comms guy. Son of 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 immigrants.
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My horror short story, featured in Reactor Mag, is eligible for awards this season! Read it for free via The Dark Magazine's website
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
My horror short story, featured in Reactor Mag, is eligible for awards this season! Read it for free via The Dark Magazine's website
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
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Never forget.
Lest we forget: Here Are All Of Marjorie Taylor Greene's January 6 Text Messages With Mark Meadows
hunterwalker.substack.com/p/here-are-a...
hunterwalker.substack.com/p/here-are-a...
Here Are All Of Marjorie Taylor Greene's January 6 Text Messages With Mark Meadows
"They just want to welcome Biden in peacefully. ... I will not be quiet. I will not go along to get along. And I’m coming out swinging against these evil Democrats!"
hunterwalker.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Never forget.
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Photograph of Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, who will assume office on January 1, 2026. The painting in the background is a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Via Samuel Long
Via Samuel Long
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Photograph of Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, who will assume office on January 1, 2026. The painting in the background is a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Via Samuel Long
Via Samuel Long
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This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.
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When news media share Homeland Security's version of incidents during immigration enforcement, they need to remind the public that the feds have been caught lying repeatedly about what happened.
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When news media share Homeland Security's version of incidents during immigration enforcement, they need to remind the public that the feds have been caught lying repeatedly about what happened.
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
"Homeland Security, whose accounts of past incidents have often been proven untrue, said today ..."
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
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Our campaign was anchored in the voices of struggling New Yorkers. Yesterday, we brought those voices straight to the Oval Office. We made clear that housing, safety, and lower costs are what New Yorkers need and what our administration will deliver.
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Our campaign was anchored in the voices of struggling New Yorkers. Yesterday, we brought those voices straight to the Oval Office. We made clear that housing, safety, and lower costs are what New Yorkers need and what our administration will deliver.
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well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
An important reminder that great journalism is still being done, by @marisakabas.bsky.social and thousands of others.
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An important reminder that great journalism is still being done, by @marisakabas.bsky.social and thousands of others.
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They lie about everything all the time. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
They lie about everything all the time. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Feckless Ds and a minority leadership fail.
Is not playing these stupid games and taking a walk ever considered?
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/YmIjeGU
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Feckless Ds and a minority leadership fail.
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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As one would.
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005 - The Boston Globe
“Larry Summers and Lisa New have repeatedly expressed their regret for having any association with Jeffrey Epstein," a spokesperson for Summers said.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As one would.
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
I blame you.
Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I blame you.
Not Jan.6? PR fail.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Not Jan.6? PR fail.
Tell me you don’t have a plan without telling me you don’t have a plan: blow it up!
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News in her first weeks on the job is "I wanna blow this up."
🔗: on.wsj.com/43IJwmE
🔗: on.wsj.com/43IJwmE
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tell me you don’t have a plan without telling me you don’t have a plan: blow it up!
Expected the MAGA House goons, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the feckless Ds who voted yes. (Minority leadership monumental fail). Mods again are falling for a manufactured outrage.
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
The incoming New York mayor will meet with the president at the White House this afternoon.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Expected the MAGA House goons, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the feckless Ds who voted yes. (Minority leadership monumental fail). Mods again are falling for a manufactured outrage.
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NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
If I may suggest, just don't blow it up www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL.... h/t Oregon.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If I may suggest, just don't blow it up www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL.... h/t Oregon.
It's all a grift.
Nikki Haley’s son says naturalized citizens should not be able to hold public office and thinks dual citizenship should be outlawed. His grandparents are from India and his mother dropped her first name Nimarda.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's all a grift.
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Nikki Haley’s son says naturalized citizens should not be able to hold public office and thinks dual citizenship should be outlawed. His grandparents are from India and his mother dropped her first name Nimarda.
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Nikki Haley’s son says naturalized citizens should not be able to hold public office and thinks dual citizenship should be outlawed. His grandparents are from India and his mother dropped her first name Nimarda.
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Tell me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson without telling me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tell me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson without telling me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson.
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...