Nicolás Varela
@nicolasvarela.bsky.social
Reading between the headlines. Born in the city, shaped by its noise.
Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented
A Honduran teenager and his family live in America’s new immigration landscape.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“Bold move taking back a city you already run. Next up: reclaiming the White House from the cleaning staff.” #WashingtonDC #Trump #HomeRule
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Bold move taking back a city you already run. Next up: reclaiming the White House from the cleaning staff.” #WashingtonDC #Trump #HomeRule
Looks like Trump’s redecorating the Oval Office in L’état, c’est me chic—nothing says ‘America First’ like gilded tchotchkes made anywhere but the U.S. The only thing domestic in that room is the scandal.
May 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Looks like Trump’s redecorating the Oval Office in L’état, c’est me chic—nothing says ‘America First’ like gilded tchotchkes made anywhere but the U.S. The only thing domestic in that room is the scandal.
It’d be entertaining to see these two go at it over tariffs.
“Musk vocally defended the H-1B visa program against the more anti-immigrant, MAGA wing of the Republican Party, saying he would go to “war” to defend the program, which is beloved by the tech industry.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
“Musk vocally defended the H-1B visa program against the more anti-immigrant, MAGA wing of the Republican Party, saying he would go to “war” to defend the program, which is beloved by the tech industry.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Can Musk Pull Trump Back From theTariff Ledge?
Elon Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy?
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April 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It’d be entertaining to see these two go at it over tariffs.
“Musk vocally defended the H-1B visa program against the more anti-immigrant, MAGA wing of the Republican Party, saying he would go to “war” to defend the program, which is beloved by the tech industry.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
“Musk vocally defended the H-1B visa program against the more anti-immigrant, MAGA wing of the Republican Party, saying he would go to “war” to defend the program, which is beloved by the tech industry.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Keep your eye on this: Musk’s DOGE accounts on X now carry gray gov’t badges, pushing official-sounding propaganda and crowd-sourcing reports on “waste.” This isn’t transparency—it’s the architecture of authoritarian state media, repackaged for tech bros. NYTimes: is.gd/RJIDf4
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Keep your eye on this: Musk’s DOGE accounts on X now carry gray gov’t badges, pushing official-sounding propaganda and crowd-sourcing reports on “waste.” This isn’t transparency—it’s the architecture of authoritarian state media, repackaged for tech bros. NYTimes: is.gd/RJIDf4