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Progressive Cuban-American, husband & father of four woman. Former NJ Transit CFO and M&A advisor. Interested in business, politics, Cuba, Mets, Fins, Man City, Barca. #EndTheEmbargo
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Rubio was confirmed to the senate by a 99-0 vote with not a single senator voting in opposition. www.currentaffairs.org/news/marco-r...

Thread on landscape on this issue: Fact #1 - @MikieSherrill has based her campaign on political bosses + I’ve called It out. She is the only candidate that sent statements on her support for block ballots only after statements that mimic the Essex County Boss newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/...

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"The American foreign policy elite, and many mainstream Democrats, immediately lined up to hail Trump’s selection of Rubio, who holds hard-line views on Iran, China, Venezuela, and, in particular, Cuba." Notably, Fetterman and Booker www.thenation.com/article/poli... #endtheembargo

Democrats should use this inflection point to shift ground – from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, “never-Tumpers” like Dick Cheney and vacuous “centrism” – to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.

"...despite anti-immigrant and isolationist rhetoric, would likely accelerate a maximum pressure policy that would continue to ravage Cuba’s economy while fueling migration to the United States." www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/marco-rubio-...

Legislators in the United States House of Representatives have voted down a bill that would have granted the Department of the Treasury broad authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed to be supporting “terrorism”. How NJ reps voted below: www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...

www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cut... Shocking...not