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Puerto Rican. Grew up in The Bronx. Computer Scientist.
Retired. I block easily. Believe in the positive power of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Passionate about fairness: empathy, equity and empowerment.
Guango was my grandmother's twin brother.
Retired. I block easily. Believe in the positive power of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Passionate about fairness: empathy, equity and empowerment.
Guango was my grandmother's twin brother.
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@eguango.bsky.social
· Apr 3
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
the stakes are high.
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Let’s keep turning up the heat on corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=ind_wabi
Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow
The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Let’s keep turning up the heat on corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=ind_wabi
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
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Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
the circumstances and opacity surrounding Sarah Kendzior's suspension challenges the theses that media diversity matters.
who wants political magic that makes people disappear @bsky.app ?
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who wants political magic that makes people disappear @bsky.app ?
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Our policy has been not to comment on individual accounts. You end up having to litigate every case in public, and we don’t have the capacity for infinite debates in public.
Then there’s also the consequences such as the increased litigation and bad actors gaming your systems.
Then there’s also the consequences such as the increased litigation and bad actors gaming your systems.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
the circumstances and opacity surrounding Sarah Kendzior's suspension challenges the theses that media diversity matters.
who wants political magic that makes people disappear @bsky.app ?
bsky.app/profile/aaro...
who wants political magic that makes people disappear @bsky.app ?
bsky.app/profile/aaro...
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“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
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I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
Senator Murray Statement on Government Funding Vote: “The Fight for Health Care Does Not End Tonight—This is the MAGA Health Care Hike” | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.
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I have friends who couldn’t pay their mortgage. FUCK EVERYONE who did this to them FOR NOTHING
They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I have friends who couldn’t pay their mortgage. FUCK EVERYONE who did this to them FOR NOTHING
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
if Dem's abandon the shutdown like this, yet more proof that @schumer.senate.gov has to step down.
what a run! @schumer.senate.gov, thanks for your 26 years of service since being elected to the Senate on Nov 3, 1998. with the nation facing existential challenges, new methods of constituent development/engagement & a populace hungry for better, this is the time for you to usher in new leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if Dem's abandon the shutdown like this, yet more proof that @schumer.senate.gov has to step down.
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what a run! @schumer.senate.gov, thanks for your 26 years of service since being elected to the Senate on Nov 3, 1998. with the nation facing existential challenges, new methods of constituent development/engagement & a populace hungry for better, this is the time for you to usher in new leadership.
March 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
what a run! @schumer.senate.gov, thanks for your 26 years of service since being elected to the Senate on Nov 3, 1998. with the nation facing existential challenges, new methods of constituent development/engagement & a populace hungry for better, this is the time for you to usher in new leadership.
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Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jon Stewart are set to appear on tonight’s episode of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ to show solidarity, LateNighter reports.
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jon Stewart are set to appear on tonight’s episode of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ to show solidarity, LateNighter reports.
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Killings come as UN warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza has reached ‘a new level of desperation’.
Israel pounds Gaza as Palestinians mourn 92 people killed at aid sites
Killings come as UN warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza has reached ‘a new level of desperation’.
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Killings come as UN warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza has reached ‘a new level of desperation’.
this insightful analysis by @whitehouse.senate.gov reeks of truth and should concern all of us. grateful that Justice Jackson is there.
What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
this insightful analysis by @whitehouse.senate.gov reeks of truth and should concern all of us. grateful that Justice Jackson is there.
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What's wrong with 'Murica!!
July 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
What's wrong with 'Murica!!