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Mike Minogue heads to Mass GOP convention ready to take on Maura Healey: ‘She’s bankrupting our state’

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As the Massachusetts GOP gathers for its convention in Worcester this weekend, Airborne Ranger and former Abiomed CEO Mike Minogue appears to have the wind in his sails.
With a solid business background, he is positioning himself as the practical problem-solver and outsider, running in the primary against two veterans of the Charlie Baker administration.
Minogue, who ran a leading medical devices company for two decades, also benefits from a massive financial advantage over his two GOP rivals, Brian Shortsleeve, former chief administrator of the MBTA, and Mike Kennealy, secretary of Housing and Economic Development under Baker.
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Combat veteran-turned-CEO Mike Minogue on Wednesday launched a Republican campaign for governor in Massachusetts (Mike Minogue campaign)
«I am running as the political outsider, and because of that, I have the freedom and the ability to solve problems for our citizens,» Minogue said. «And I think that’s why I’m gonna win, and that’s why we’ve got the most momentum.»
Delegates will vote for the party nomination for governor and other statewide offices. According to party rules, candidates need 15% of the vote to qualify for the September primary ballot and 50% of the vote to receive an official endorsement from the party.
The convention will be a test of Minogue’s ability to capitalize on a robust infrastructure and fundraising effort against two establishment candidates.
Minogue brings a compelling narrative to a campaign in which the GOP will face an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Gov. Maura Healey.
He was awarded the Bronze Star for service during Operation Desert Storm and went on to a highly successful career in the medical device industry, ultimately guiding a deal that sold Abiomed to Johnson & Johnson for $16.6B.
«Well, I think that the campaign has had a message that it’s time for a new kind of governor. And so since I’m not part of the establishment, I’m coming in with a blueprint as a leader,» Minogue said. «So, first of all, people want a leader that has integrity, common sense and compassion. And they want to elect somebody that has a blueprint to bring accountability, affordability, opportunity and will keep our community safe. And so that’s really my platform.
«And on the accountability, the audit that 72% of the voters acted for is something I was able to get involved in as a concerned citizen, and that needs to be done. And, so, that’s something around transparency and holding the one-party system accountable. And as a business person, as the only person who’s run and built the company, as a public company CEO for 19 years, I got audited every three months by an outside agency. That’s the accountability we need.»
Minogue brings a unique set of qualifications to the table, which are essential to his campaign message and its resonance with Bay State voters.
«I’m not a political establishment person. The other two are. I also have the most experience from West Point to being a combat veteran, to running a business for 19 years, to also having several entrepreneurial private businesses and also being a leader in the nonprofit world around education, helping veterans, helping healthcare,» Minogue said.
«So, I bring a skill set. … It’s more about my qualifications, less about policy.

Massachusetts’ Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is running for re-election in 2026. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«But, again, people want someone to come in who will solve problems, doesn’t worry about the next election. And, so, I’ve got the most energy. I have more cash on hand, in fact, two times the cash on hand than the incumbent Governor Healey. And I am going to stop the overspending, the overtaxing and the overregulating because, as a business person, I know how to do that.»
Massachusetts has long been dominated by the Democratic Party, except when it comes to the governor’s office. In fact, five of the last six governors prior to Maura Healey were Republicans.
Nonetheless, the GOP nominee will face a challenge in a state in which only 8% of registered voters are Republicans.
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«So, I think what people don’t understand and why I’m gonna be the next governor is Massachusetts is not a blue state or a red state,» Minogue said. «In fact, we have low percentages for both parties, but people here have principles.»
«More people say they’re conservative as well than the numbers of the Republican Party, but people also want common sense. We’re a gritty group of people. We started the revolution. We endured in order to drive the British out of Boston in 1776. And that culture is still here. And I love that about it.»

Mike Minogue faces two veterans of the Charlie Baker administration in the 2026 primary. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Minogue argues that Healey’s energy and fiscal policies have left the state and its business community in a precarious position.
«I think the biggest issue with Governor Healey is two things. One is a failure to be a leader. She hasn’t stepped forward and driven the audit of the legislature that we voted for. In fact, she’s avoiding it,» Minogue said.
«The second thing is she hasn’t solved the energy problem. She doesn’t invest in innovation. She keeps investing more and more tax dollars in green energy — wind and solar. And after two decades and over a billion dollars in tax money, we get less than 6% of our energy in Massachusetts from wind and solar.
«Meanwhile, we get 20% of our energy from the nuclear energy facility in Seabrook, New Hampshire, that we don’t subsidize. And we have natural gas in America. We’re blessed with it. The pipelines need to come from Pennsylvania or New York. That will lower our energy. That’s safe, reliable, cheaper.»
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Minogue argues that Healey does not have a plan to address the exploding state budget, which is particularly feeling the pinch from skyrocketing health care costs.
«So, first thing is the overall budget, $63 [billion]. Then I would drill in to the healthcare budget, which is 54% of our budget. It’s around $34 billion,» Minogue said. «I’ve been in all the hospitals, I’m an expert in healthcare. It’s what I’ve done for 30 years…It’s known that we are one of the top places for Medicaid, Medicare fraud.
We know our SNAP benefits and food stamps have massive fraud. Every time our U.S. attorney or state auditor looks at it, they find millions to tens of millions of savings. And we have to understand how this is impacting all the other businesses. Because if you drive health care costs up, and you have waste and fraud and the healthcare for entrepreneurs and for individuals is one of the most expensive in the nation and energy is one the most expensive in the nation, people leave. That’s why we got to do math.»

The Massachusetts State House in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. (Thomas Kurmeier via Getty Images)
In a state in which 65% of the electorate is registered as «unenrolled,» Minogue is cognizant of the need to appeal to independents and Democrats.
«I will work with anyone to solve problems. I don’t care if it’s blue, red or independent. It doesn’t matter to me. But as the governor, there’s some things you can do,» he said.
«So, on day one, you can declare that one third of the energy bills, the climate utility tax, is gone. So, that’s gonna help quality of life immediately. No. 2 is, I can bring in gas pipelines, and I can bring in nuclear energy by talking to companies. And I will do that.
«The third is, I can opt into the federal scholarship tax credit, which immediately will be providing educational grants to about 80% of the parents that have kids. It gives them a choice on how they educate their kids.
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«We need a leader who loves the people more than they hate the other party. And that’s what I will do. I will solve problems. We are not political enemies. We are neighbors, and we just need to help people and understand that the goal is to make Massachusetts the best place to live, work, and raise a family, like I’ve had the blessing to do.»
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Tras las multas a Google y AliEpress, ahora la Unión Europea apunta contra TikTok por no proteger a los chicos

La semana europea acaba con otro aviso a una de las grandes plataformas digitales del planeta. Después de multar el lunes a AliExpress y el jueves a Google, la Comisión Europea anunció este viernes que prepara sanciones contra TikTok por incumplir el Acta de Servicios Digitales al no garantizar cuentas seguras para los menores. Esa norma, en vigor desde 2024, es la que está permitiendo al brazo ejecutivo de la UE meter en vereda a las grandes plataformas pese a las protestas de Washington o Beijing.
La empresa china recibió este viernes el documento con las conclusiones preliminares (que no suele variar prácticamente del definitivo) de la investigación lanzada por la Comisión Europea el 19 de febrero de 2024. Bruselas asegura que las cuentas de los menores de edad en esa red social “no cumplen los estándares de seguridad exigidos por el Acta de Servicios Digitales”.
Henna Virkkunen, comisaria europea de Soberanía Tecnológica, Seguridad y Democracia, dijo este viernes que “los menores merecen disfrutar de una experiencia segura desde el momento en que se conectan a internet. El Acta de Servicios Digitales exige a las plataformas incorporar protecciones para los menores en el diseño de sus servicios y las hace responsables cuando no lo hacen. Un alto nivel de protección no debería depender de que el usuario lo active; debe ser la configuración por defecto. Esa es nuestra responsabilidad con las generaciones presentes y futuras”.
Los servicios del brazo ejecutivo de la Unión Europea explican que en esa red social los menores “pueden elegir configurar su cuenta como pública”. Eso significa que cualquier usuario, incluso quienes no tienen cuenta en TikTok, puede acceder al contenido que publican esos menores. Además, la plataforma permite que en su apartado “Para ti” (For your feed, en inglés) se recomiendo a adultos el contenido de menores de edad de 16 y 17 años.
Para la Comisión Europea eso es un peligro para los menores porque “puede dar lugar a contactos no deseados por parte de posibles depredadores, así como aumentar el riesgo de que el contenido sea utilizado para ciberacoso”.
La Comisión Europa asegura que “esta funcionalidad ofrece a desconocidos una ventana a la vida privada de un menor” y que “dado que lo que los menores publican puede permanecer en internet de forma permanente y acompañarlos durante la vida adulta, existe el riesgo de que esas publicaciones tengan consecuencias a largo plazo”.
Bruselas va más allá. Explica que incluso cuando los menores de edad configuran sus cuentas como privadas sus perfiles siguen siendo localizables a través de listas de seguidores y seguidos para otros usuarios, sus fotografías de perfil permanecen visibles para cualquier persona. Eso, cree la Comisión Europea, expone “a los menores a riesgos como el contacto no deseado, el ciberacoso o comportamientos depredadores”.
El Acta de Servicios Digitales obliga a que las plataformas tengan en marcha sistemas que garanticen “un alto nivel de privacidad, seguridad y protección”. Y la Comisión Europea considera que TikTok deja mucho que desear “al permitir una exposición excesiva de las cuentas y contenidos de los menores”.
Bruselas recuerda que el momento de crear una cuenta es uno de los primeros contactos de cualquier usuario con una plataforma digital, y que las forma en la que la cree “puede condicionar de forma duradera su experiencia en línea”.
Las directrices europeas sobre protección de menores, que las plataformas deben cumplir, recomiendan configuraciones que tengan el máximo nivel posible de privacidad, seguridad y protección.
La Comisión le señala a TikTok que debe cambiar la forma en que se configuran por defecto las cuentas públicas de los menores para que su contenido sólo sea visible para los usuarios de TikTok que el menor haya aceptado previamente. Además, Bruselas exige a la compañía que deje de recomendar el contenido de las cuentas de los menores a otros usuarios.
El proceso sigue con un período de alegaciones para TikTok, pero generalmente los resultados preliminares de la investigación suelen repetirse cuando esta es definitiva. Si cuando llegue esa resolución la plataforma no ha tomado las medidas necesarias para cumplir con las exigencias de la Comisión Europea, esta ya avisa que le impondrá una multa que dependerá “de la naturaleza, gravedad, reiteración y duración de la infracción”. En este caso, podría llegar hasta el 6% de la facturación mundial de la empresa.
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Bombshell memo shows Biden planned to leave Trump with even more massive immigration crisis

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A newly-uncovered Biden White House memo from the administration’s final days revealed plans that could have expanded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to more than 3 million noncitizens while acknowledging that previous court challenges had blocked many of President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the protections.
TPS is meant for foreign populations experiencing crises like political unrest or natural disasters, and while Trump has tried to end the «temporary» provisions for Haitians, Nepalese, Salvadorans and Sudanese people, lawsuits from pro-migrant advocates have halted most attempts.
«Stakeholders argue that granting TPS will potentially protect many vulnerable people from President-elect Trump’s planned mass deportations… They argue that these protections are likely to hold in court, and they are prepared to litigate efforts to terminate or slow down the implementation of TPS for specified nations by the Trump Administration,» read a section of the memo — acquired by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.
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US President Joe Biden (L) and President-elect Donald Trump arrive for the inauguration ceremony where Donald Trump will sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Melina MARA / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
«[P]rior federal litigation brought by advocates during the first Trump administration was successful in halting [its] efforts to terminate TPS, though that was due in large part to [its] failure to produce a factual record in support of termination, which is something that could be rectified,» the memo went on.
Schmitt said he obtained the memo from Archivist of the United States Edward Forst through his authority as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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President Joe Biden carries a milkshake while visiting Nantucket for the Thanksgiving holiday in 2023. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
«Biden tried to turn TPS into a 3.1-million-person deportation shield, protect Tren de Aragua members, and trap President Trump in years of litigation,» he said, adding the move directly betrayed the «will of the people» who ousted liberal Democrats from power the prior election.
«The most disturbing part, Biden’s ‘Senior Advisors’ recommended he create 2.1 million NEW TPS designees in the last few weeks of his presidency, despite admitting TPS applications take 6 months,» Schmitt added.
«Luckily, that never happened and we have been deporting Ecuadorians and Guatemalans.»
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO – APRIL 25: Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants try to cross the border by foot from Mexico to United States on April 25, 2023 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. About 4,000 people left Chiapas city on Apr. 23 to reach United States. (David Peinado/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden, a former Biden official and Schmitt for additional comment.
Schmitt noted that one week after the January 2025 memo — which he said was erroneously dated «2024» — Biden extended TPS protections for nearly 1 million noncitizens, meaning its transmission still led to «a concrete, mass-migration action.»
Schmitt shared a clip of his recent floor remarks on a related topic, where he said the U.S. should not be a «get-rich-quick scheme for the third world» and that Americans don’t try to delay enforcement of squatters on their property in real-life.
The memo reminded Biden he gave TPS protections to Afghans, Cameroonians, Ethiopians, people from Burma, Lebanese, Ukrainians and Venezuelan nationals and repeatedly extended protections for Haitians.

Former President Joe Biden addresses from a podium. (AP Photo/Manuel Ceneta)
«The previous Administration unsuccessfully attempted to terminate TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, and Honduras. Courts issued preliminary injunctions blocking the Trump Administration’s actions,» it read. «Your administration took actions to resolve this litigation by either redesignating Haiti or rescinding the terminations.»
The memo noted that Trump had said during the 2024 campaign he intended to revoke TPS protections for Haitians and predicted his incoming administration would likely seek to rescind additional TPS designations.
A chart in the memo estimated potential new TPS eligibility for roughly 1.5 million Guatemalans, 600,000 Ecuadorians, 464,000 Nicaraguans, 455,000 Venezuelans, and smaller populations from Ukraine, Sudan, and Afghanistan — figures Schmitt said totaled more than 3.1 million people.
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Joe Biden speaks during the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images))
The memo said Biden’s «senior team» had also received requests for varying types of new TPS-related actions before Trump would take office from Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif.
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«In addition, some stakeholders are requesting that your Administration designate nationals from new countries, most notably Ecuador and Guatemala, for TPS,» it stated.
While the proposals outlined in the memo were never fully implemented, the document offers a rare glimpse into the immigration options Biden advisers presented as Trump prepared to return to the White House promising mass deportations.
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Guerra comercial: qué cambia con los nuevos aranceles de Trump y por qué decenas de países reaccionaron contra la medida

La decisión de Estados Unidos de aplicar nuevos aranceles de entre el 10% y el 12,5% a importaciones provenientes de más de 80 países generó un fuerte rechazo global. La administración de Donald Trump justificó la medida por la supuesta falta de controles contra el trabajo forzoso en esos países, pero los gobiernos afectados salieron al cruce y anticiparon negociaciones o acciones diplomáticas.
Los gravámenes, que reemplazaron al arancel global temporal del 10% vencido el jueves, entraron en vigor a las 00:01 de este viernes 24.
La agenda comercial de Trump sufrió un amplio revés en febrero, cuando la Corte Suprema dictaminó que sus aranceles indiscriminados eran inconstitucionales, ya que solo el Congreso puede aprobar medidas de este tipo.
Por eso, para la nueva ronda de aranceles, el gobierno estadounidense se amparó en la Sección 301 de la Ley de Comercio de 1974, que habilita represalias ante prácticas comerciales consideradas injustas o discriminatorias. Según el representante comercial Jamieson Greer, la medida busca forzar la eliminación de prácticas sancionadas por la investigación sobre trabajo forzoso.
Según el anuncio de este jueves, las economías que han implementado una prohibición a la importación basada en trabajo forzoso o comprometidos a hacerlo tendrán el arancel del 10%. Entre ellos están Canadá, la Unión Europea, la India, el Reino Unido y la Argentina.
China, Japón, Corea del Sur y decenas de otros países recibirán el arancel del 12,5%. Sin embargo, algunos bienes que ya enfrentaban aranceles específicos -como el acero y el aluminio- que seguirán como estaban.
Brasil y Chile cuestionaron el argumento del trabajo forzoso
Brasil fue uno de los primeros en responder. El gobierno de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva acusó a Estados Unidos de usar el trabajo forzoso como excusa para reforzar el proteccionismo. En un comunicado, Brasil sostuvo que Washington “optó por manipular un tema tan importante” ante la falta de fundamentos legales internos para justificar la suba de aranceles. Brasil criticó las nuevas tarifas impuestas por Estados Unidos. (Foto: REUTERS/Adriano Machado).
La medida representa el segundo aumento arancelario contra Brasil en menos de una semana, tras el gravamen del 25% aplicado el miércoles por supuestas prácticas desleales. Según la Cámara Americana de Comercio para Brasil, la carga total sobre las exportaciones brasileñas llegará al 37,5%.
En la misma línea, Chile anunció que buscará quedar excluido de la lista de países afectados. La Cancillería chilena defendió la “sólida institucionalidad laboral” del país y consideró que la sanción no se condice con los antecedentes técnicos ni jurídicos presentados. El presidente de la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura, Antonio Walker, advirtió que la medida afecta la competitividad y genera incertidumbre para productores y trabajadores.
Japón, Corea del Sur y Australia reclamaron respeto a los acuerdos vigentes
En Japón, el portavoz gubernamental Minoru Kihara calificó la decisión de “lamentable” y recordó que la industria nipona cumple con las normas internacionales. Kihara subrayó que el acuerdo bilateral firmado en 2025 fijó un arancel del 15% para la mayoría de las importaciones japonesas a cambio de inversiones por 550.000 millones de dólares en Estados Unidos.

El vocero japonés Minoru Kihara calificó como «lamentable» la decisión de Estados Unidos. (Foto: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon).
Corea del Sur también pidió mantener el entendimiento comercial alcanzado con Washington. La oficina presidencial informó que el gobierno “planea mantener estrechas consultas” para garantizar el arancel del 15% pactado. El Ministerio de Comercio surcoreano aseguró que las autoridades estadounidenses reafirmaron su compromiso con el acuerdo vigente.
Desde Australia, el ministro de Comercio Don Farrell reclamó la eliminación de los nuevos gravámenes y sostuvo que son “injustificados” y “incompatibles” con el acuerdo de libre comercio. Farrell destacó que Australia cuenta con “algunas de las medidas más sólidas del mundo” para combatir el trabajo forzoso y la esclavitud moderna.
México, Nueva Zelanda, Filipinas, Canadá y Panamá: distintas respuestas ante la decisión de Trump
México informó que el Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC) permitió evitar el impacto de las nuevas tarifas: el 85% de las exportaciones mexicanas seguirá ingresando con arancel cero, mientras el resto mantendrá el 10% previo.
En Nueva Zelanda, el primer ministro Christopher Luxon rechazó la medida y cuestionó la falta de pruebas sobre trabajo forzoso. “Los aranceles no son el camino; aumentan los costos y la incertidumbre para las empresas”, afirmó en la red social X.
La Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Filipinas expresó preocupación por la nueva tarifa del 12,5%. Su presidente, George Barcelon, consideró que la medida hará menos competitivas a las industrias y calificó de “muy poco claros” los argumentos sobre trabajo infantil. La secretaria de Comercio, Christina Roque, defendió la política nacional contra el trabajo forzoso.
En Canadá, el primer ministro Mark Carney confirmó que su gobierno intensificó las negociaciones con Washington para evitar la entrada en vigor, el 19 de agosto, de un arancel del 50% sobre productos canadienses. Carney advirtió que “todo está sobre la mesa” y que Ottawa comparte el objetivo de impedir el ingreso de bienes producidos con trabajo forzoso.
Por su parte, Panamá celebró haber quedado excluida de la nueva lista. El ministro de Comercio e Industrias, Julio Moltó, destacó que la exclusión reafirma la relación de confianza y cooperación con Estados Unidos.
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