Marcony Almeida-Barros

Deputy Chief of Staff, Access & Opportunity @MassGovernor | @EverettMASchool Committee Member | Passionate advocate. Views expressed are my own.

[Drew Crawford @drewcrawford_]

Brazil just signed 15 deals with Spain in a single afternoon.

The agreements cover critical minerals, satellites, and AI infrastructure built to last decades.

Spain is one of the top three foreign investors in Brazil and still needed this more than Lula did.

Brazil holds the world's second largest rare earth reserves on the planet.

Every electric vehicle, missile, and smartphone runs on materials Brazil sits on top of.

The U.S., EU, India, and China are all circling the same country right now.

Brazil's new rule: you can access our minerals, but you process them inside Brazil or the deal dies.

That one condition is how a raw materials exporter becomes an industrial power.

Brazil has not signed with Washington yet and is using every other deal as leverage before that moment comes.

The country the world called "the country of the future" for 85 years just started collecting on that debt.

[TIME @TIME]

“I never was afraid to say what I believe.” Brazilian movie star Wagner Moura is on the 2026 TIME100 https://t.co/DxWA6kWI5l

[Captain Obvious™️ @TheFungi669]

Marco Rubio: “Just because you’re born on U.S. soil doesn’t make you a citizen. Your parents must be U.S. citizens.”

Grok: “Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971. His parents became citizens in 1975. Rubio is a beneficiary of birthright citizenship.”

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Nancy Pelosi: “I think Hillary Clinton was the most qualified person of that generation. More qualified than her husband, more qualified than George W. Bush, more qualified than Barack Obama. Certainly more qualified than the creature that is there now”

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

Republicans control all 3 branches of government.

Democrats introduced 7 bills to fund TSA.

Each one was blocked by Republicans.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Bob Mueller was one of the finest directors in the history of the FBI, transforming the bureau after 9/11 and saving countless lives. But it was his relentless commitment to the rule of law and his unwavering belief in our bedrock values that made him one of the most respected public servants of our time. Michelle and I send our condolences to Bob’s family, and everyone who knew and admired him.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

JUST IN: A dismal February jobs report. The U.S. economy LOST 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked back up to 4.4%. Even healthcare shed 28,000 jobs in February. December was also revised down to -17,000. January was revised to 126k.

Unemployment rate: 4.4% —> highest since December (and one of the higher rates in past few years)

Wage growth: 3.8% (well above 2.4% inflation)

[NFL @NFL]

Lo único más poderoso que el odio, es el amor.

The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love. @sanbenito #AppleMusicHalftime

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

This should be the end of a presidency, but in an upside down country where immorality and immaturity is considered strength and character, so-called “leaders” will look away and see, hear, and say nothing.

[Marcony Almeida-Barros @marconya]

This is beyond repugnant and disgraceful.

[Kaveh Shahrooz کاوه شهروز @kshahrooz]

There's no CEO or university president in America who would keep their job if they posted something like this.

America will one day need to have a reckoning over this era.

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

The @WashPost has now laid off its Asia editor, its New Delhi bureau chief, its Sydney bureau chief, its Cairo bureau chief, the entire Middle East reporting team, China correspondents, Iran correspondents, Turkey correspondents, and many more. The world is becoming less America-centric by the minute while the United States is becoming more America-centric than ever. It is just a depressing yet somehow perfect summation of our current moment that one of the most important newspapers in the history of the country - one that has actually shaped the history of the United States - doesn't think reporting on the world is of any use anymore. What an utterly perfect encapsulation of where we have arrived.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

“…two ICE agents went to the store to hand-deliver an audit notice asking for federal employment forms, payroll records, and the names of past and present employees” just hours after the store owner’s daughter spoke with ABC News and criticized DHS. https://t.co/dCpv6Em2lq

[John Mitnick @JohnMitnick]

I helped to establish DHS in 2002 and 2003 and later had the homeland security portfolio as a White House Counsel and served as General Counsel of the Department.

I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty.

Impeach and remove Trump—now.

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

[Marcony Almeida-Barros @marconya]

This is beyond comprehension. God, when will this stop?!

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

BREAKING: ICE just shot and killed another unarmed person in Minneapolis. “It was an execution,” witness says.

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Statement from the Nobel Foundation

One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed.

For additional information, please refer to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: https://t.co/HqL1ZR8Bos

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

We are really in a dark place when DOJ whitewashes the lethal force of ICE in MN but opens a probe of state and municipal leaders for speaking out against it. https://t.co/3f9DUvSDQJ

[Congressman Shri Thanedar @RepShriThanedar]

A baby was hospitalized after being tear gassed by ICE.

The family was not illegal, and not even protesting—just driving home from their son's basketball game.

This can't be reformed. Time to abolish ICE.