Barbara Andes
@barbaraandes.bsky.social
Roanoke, VA
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Carlos Trujillo “failed to mention…that his lobbying firm, Continental Strategy LLC, worked for at least four clients tied to Honduras this year, including…Honduras Próspera, a controversial private charter city in Honduras backed by Silicon Valley billionaires.” 11/21/25 … 1/
House Dem busts lobbyist on undeclared foreign contracts
During a hearing on Honduras' upcoming election, Rep. Joaquin Castro exposed a witness's lucrative deals with local business elites
responsiblestatecraft.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Carlos Trujillo “failed to mention…that his lobbying firm, Continental Strategy LLC, worked for at least four clients tied to Honduras this year, including…Honduras Próspera, a controversial private charter city in Honduras backed by Silicon Valley billionaires.” 11/21/25 … 1/
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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@kwhite-networknova.bsky.social @bethmacy.bsky.social @rachnash.bsky.social - VA Congressional Primary Races
🧜🏼♀️ Elaine Luria
📕 Beth Macy
🐂 Joy Powers
Rachna Sizemore Heizer for Board of Supervisors, Braddock District to highlight on Dec. 9 in Fairfax County.
DIRECT: tinyurl.com/fpl2025c
🧜🏼♀️ Elaine Luria
📕 Beth Macy
🐂 Joy Powers
Rachna Sizemore Heizer for Board of Supervisors, Braddock District to highlight on Dec. 9 in Fairfax County.
DIRECT: tinyurl.com/fpl2025c
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
@kwhite-networknova.bsky.social @bethmacy.bsky.social @rachnash.bsky.social - VA Congressional Primary Races
🧜🏼♀️ Elaine Luria
📕 Beth Macy
🐂 Joy Powers
Rachna Sizemore Heizer for Board of Supervisors, Braddock District to highlight on Dec. 9 in Fairfax County.
DIRECT: tinyurl.com/fpl2025c
🧜🏼♀️ Elaine Luria
📕 Beth Macy
🐂 Joy Powers
Rachna Sizemore Heizer for Board of Supervisors, Braddock District to highlight on Dec. 9 in Fairfax County.
DIRECT: tinyurl.com/fpl2025c
See you in Friday! (For those who can’t watch live, catch the recording when it’s posted!)
Pls join if you can!
Great lineup, definitely a show to check out! bluevirginia.us/2025/12/wedn...
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
See you in Friday! (For those who can’t watch live, catch the recording when it’s posted!)
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Repeating intentionally that in an R+22 district, for Behn to have a single-digit loss means that ANY district that previously had a R+15-19 point win for R’s is definitely up for grabs in 2026!
Republicans will feign happy and say they’re ’not worried’ - but are scared sh1tless!
Republicans will feign happy and say they’re ’not worried’ - but are scared sh1tless!
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Repeating intentionally that in an R+22 district, for Behn to have a single-digit loss means that ANY district that previously had a R+15-19 point win for R’s is definitely up for grabs in 2026!
Republicans will feign happy and say they’re ’not worried’ - but are scared sh1tless!
Republicans will feign happy and say they’re ’not worried’ - but are scared sh1tless!
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Matt Van Epps won, but this is a political quake. Aftyn Behn hitting 46.8% in a Trump+22 district is a massive Democratic overperformance and a warning for Republicans. This should’ve been a blowout, yet it ended within 5.4 points. If the GOP is fading in deep-red territory, 2026 looks rough.
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Matt Van Epps won, but this is a political quake. Aftyn Behn hitting 46.8% in a Trump+22 district is a massive Democratic overperformance and a warning for Republicans. This should’ve been a blowout, yet it ended within 5.4 points. If the GOP is fading in deep-red territory, 2026 looks rough.
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Former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted in a U.S. court of running a “narco-state” that helped send South American cocaine to the United States.
He is now free thanks to a pardon. Cocaine deaths have risen significantly.
He is now free thanks to a pardon. Cocaine deaths have risen significantly.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted in a U.S. court of running a “narco-state” that helped send South American cocaine to the United States.
He is now free thanks to a pardon. Cocaine deaths have risen significantly.
He is now free thanks to a pardon. Cocaine deaths have risen significantly.
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#USDemocracy #MomSky
Elections happening in these states on Dec 2, 2025:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Maine
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
For details,
Elections happening in these states on Dec 2, 2025:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Maine
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
For details,
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Ballotpedia continues to list lesser-known US elections happening in 2025. For more detail about upcoming elections in a given state, click the blue name of the state in the table's leftmost column:
Ballotpedia continues to list lesser-known US elections happening in 2025. For more detail about upcoming elections in a given state, click the blue name of the state in the table's leftmost column:
Elections calendar
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Elections happening in these states on Dec 2, 2025:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Maine
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
For details,
Elections happening in these states on Dec 2, 2025:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Maine
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
For details,
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Maybe I missed it, but has even one Republican in Congress spoken out against Trump’s corrupt pardon of a guy convicted of helping funnel more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.?
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Maybe I missed it, but has even one Republican in Congress spoken out against Trump’s corrupt pardon of a guy convicted of helping funnel more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.?
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
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“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Murder, war crimes, or both.”
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
A working group of former JAG attorneys says the Hegseth/Trump Caribbean boat bombings are precisely the kind of illegal orders the military has a duty to disobey and can be prosecuted for following. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.
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Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
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THIS
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY
OUR TEACHERS
Understand the importance
of our VOTE
This noble profession
Get everyone you know to vote
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY
OUR TEACHERS
Understand the importance
of our VOTE
This noble profession
Get everyone you know to vote
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THIS
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY
OUR TEACHERS
Understand the importance
of our VOTE
This noble profession
Get everyone you know to vote
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN
OUR COUNTRY
OUR TEACHERS
Understand the importance
of our VOTE
This noble profession
Get everyone you know to vote
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
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Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s statement regarding the arrest and charging of Mark Baumgartner following an act of gun violence near our Columbia health center.
Read the release: bit.ly/481jT31
Read the release: bit.ly/481jT31
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s statement regarding the arrest and charging of Mark Baumgartner following an act of gun violence near our Columbia health center.
Read the release: bit.ly/481jT31
Read the release: bit.ly/481jT31
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The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
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Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
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