
Andres Esteller
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Andres Esteller
@CriticalReader7
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. Engineer-to-be, Factual Progressive, Student, Humanist, Skeptic, Feminist, Venezuelan-American.🇺🇸🇻🇪 (He/They)



Breaking news: The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, rolling back what he described as “overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities.” wapo.st/4dZY8UL



New: Some Trump officials privately acknowledge that the president’s public commentary has been detrimental to talks, noting the sensitivity of the negotiations and the Iranians’ deep mistrust of the US. That was especially true on Friday, when the Pakistanis were in Tehran for talks with the Iranians. As the meeting played out, Trump took to Truth Social and spoke with several reporters, claiming Iran had agreed to a host of provisions that sources familiar with the talks said had not yet been finalized. He also asserted that Tehran had agreed to many of the most contentious US demands and declared an imminent end to the war. Behind the scenes w/ @Kevinliptakcnn cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they describe as erratic behavior and excessive drinking—conduct that could cost him his job, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. She spoke with more than two dozen people with knowledge of his conduct, some of whom described it as a national-security vulnerability. theatln.tc/2T74xHfh

Breaking Points to AOC on Saikat Chakrabarti and her media strategy: you need to train for hostile interviews. “You’re not putting in reps if you aren’t facing hostile questioning… if you haven’t had to deal with the questions people have, you’re not going to be good at it… It requires practice.” @krystalball | @emilyjashinsky | @griffinpdavis

Rumors are swirling that Erika Kirk could be positioning herself for a 2028 presidential run.


.@CoryBooker: “You may disagree with her [Kamala Harris] on 10% of her views, but you let someone get in office who you disagree with on everything. You let somebody get in office who is locking up our children. You let somebody in office who is taking away our healthcare.”

ATENTOS | Desde Madrid se escucha fuerte y claro lo que queremos todos los venezolanos: “Fuera la mona, fuera la mona” Que buen sábado.

Good morning…

This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway. See you in court.

ZOHRAN: “TBH, I don’t think too much about how Republicans portray me. The power of an ideology is judged in the worth of its delivery— to be told a city-run grocery store is implausible but $500 MILLION/day to kill ppl in Iran & Lebanon is necessary speaks to a broken politics.”

EXCLUSIVE @TheAtlantic On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Erika Kirk gets a WWE-style entrance before Trump's speech -- but no pyro





