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Luis Fierro🌎

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Sustainable Development and Climate Finance Expert. Director of Investment Strategies for Latin America, SENG Consultoría. Writer/Escritor. Substack: https://luisfierro.substack.com/ Novel/a: http://bit.ly/4gLDEO1

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 18d

Hermosa casa de venta en Cumbayá #Quito #Ecuador (conjunto cerrado San Mikele, frente al Rancho San Francisco). 3 dormitorios, 1 estudio y 1 jardín. Tel. 0996155277.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

I guess they didn’t like Trump’s new 100% tariffs on China today, added on to the previous tariffs.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1h

There’s just two weeks left to request your mail-in ballot!

There’s no time to waste — request your ballot TODAY. Visit abigailspanberger.com/vote for more information.

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 1h

The worst algorithm in social media is the one that suggest Reels in Facebook. If you happen to open one with content you despise (say, to leave a negative comment), then your entire feed switches to that. And though you click on “Hide” to stop seeing them, they pop back up after a few minutes.

Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 3h

Deaths Are Reported in Explosion at Tennessee Munitions Plant

At least 19 people were missing after a “devastating blast” at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville, officials said.

(Too soon to speculate if this is Russian sabotage?)

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Here’s what to know.

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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 6h

Get ready to see prices rise again. Trump’s latest Truth Social rant claims the administration is calculating “massive” tariff increases on China.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6h

Democrats are winning the big arguments with Trump and need to keep fighting - My latest, video and analysis, 👇

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats Are Winning The Big Arguments With Trump, And Need To Keep Fighting (New Video And Analysis)

Leon Krauze joins us live at noon ET today to discuss what Marina Corina Machado winning the Nobel Peace Prize means for Venezuela and the Americas

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6h

The No Kings rallies have been peaceful. But when was there ever a protest with violence in Washington, DC? I'm racking my brain on that one....Oh yeah, when YOUR people showed up to overturn an election, beat up cops, and threatened Dem. and Repub. legislators. Trump pardoned all those thugs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 6h

HOO BOY. I just acquired the FINAL, approved 2026 #ACA rate filings for #ARIZONA and it's not pretty at all.

Premiums are going up 46.3% on average...and that's for full price enrollees.

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2026 Final Gross Rate Changes - Arizona: +46.3% (updated)

Originally posted 8/7/25 Overall preliminary rate changes via federal Rate Review database. Antidote Health Plan of AZ: (Unfortunately, no rate justification summary is available, and the full actuari...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

Still not going away...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 5h

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

The Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things. M.I.T. was the first to refuse.

Read more:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 6h

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

Read more:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 10h

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 17h

Perú: Congreso aprueba la vacancia de Dina Boluarte

Los parlamentarios, con 124 votos a favor, declararon la incapacidad moral permanente de la mandataria Dina Boluarte para enfrentar el crimen organizado.

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Congreso aprueba la vacancia de Dina Boluarte

Los parlamentarios, con 124 votos a favor, declararon la incapacidad moral permanente de la mandataria Dina Boluarte para enfrentar el crimen organizado.

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 22h

Anyway, despite the awful right-wing moderators, etc., Spanberger clearly won tonight's debate...no mistakes, no gaffes, knew what she was talking about, and a much more even temperament than Earle-Sears, who just shouted the entire hour. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/live...

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 22h

Spanberger campaign statement - "SPANBERGER WINS: At Norfolk State University Debate, Spanberger Focuses on Putting Virginians First While Sears Won’t Listen" bluevirginia.us/2025/10/live...

Statement from Spanberger campaign following tonight's debate

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 19h

Congreso admite mociones de vacancia y cita a Dina Boluarte hoy jueves a las 11:30 p.m.

El Pleno del Congreso aprobó en una misma sesión la admisión de cuatro mociones de vacancia presidencial. Se citó a la mandataria Dina Boluarte para ejercer su derecho de defensa.

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Congreso admite mociones de vacancia y cita a Dina Boluarte hoy jueves a las 11:30 p.m.

El Pleno del Congreso aprobó en una misma sesión la admisión de cuatro mociones de vacancia presidencial. Tras ello, se citó a la mandataria Dina Boluarte para ejercer su derecho de defensa.

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 22h

Who do Americans blame for the government shutdown?

The earliest evidence suggests that the Democrats may even have gained a slight edge in the messaging battle.

Independents said they blamed Republicans more than Democrats by a margin of 41% to 17%

www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Who do Americans blame for the government shutdown?

Our polling of 1,600 people with YouGov suggests which party might blink first

www.economist.com

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean farmer: For the 2025 crop, China has bought 0 US soybeans. We need our government to to do their job, which is not write emergency aid checks to us, but to promote worldwide trade so we can earn our income.

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 23h

Republican Ousted By Democrat in Shock Election Defeat

Alaska's City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs, a Republican, conceded to Mindy O'Neall, a Democrat, in the mayoral election on Tuesday night.

A 20 point flip!

www.newsweek.com/alaska-fairb...

Republican ousted by Democrat in shock election defeat

The mayoralty has been held by a Republican for years.

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Porter threatened to walk out on an interview. Fellow Democrats running for California governor pounced

(If I were in California, I would vote for Xavier Becerra ; pity Kamala Harris declined to run).

www.kcra.com/article/kati...

Katie Porter threatened to walk out on an interview. Fellow Dems running for CA governor pounced

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter has drawn criticism by members of her own party, along with Republicans, after threatening to walk out during an interview and questioning why she would...

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Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 1d

No money for health care subsidies, WIC, food stamps or air traffic controllers, but $50K sign on bonuses for Trump’s stormtroopers!

Luis Fierro🌎 @luisfierro.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”