Terry Machgan

PRRSONAL NOTE TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS

When you checkout my account if you tap the shield next to Account based in United States it says I may be using a VPN.
@RstysGrl asked what the deal is with VPNs and why do you use one.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to create a direct connection to a server encrypting your traffic and blocking hackers and thieves out of your transactions.
I always use NORDVPN when I am making any kind of financial transaction. Sometimes I forget to disable the VPN and it may show a different location than my home. I assure you I live in Texas, near San Antonio.
I am very concerned about X allowing especially liberal non-US accounts to spew their misinformation and propaganda to skew public opinion.
I checked out one Australian account last week and figured out it is repeating propaganda put out by a huge liberal account in the US that in my opinion is using questionable methods to manipulate their posts on X.
I am beginning to think that X is supporting accounts foreign and domestic that exist to skew public opinion to manipulate free and fair elections.
Foreign accounts should be clearly identified so we can separate US opinion from German, or Australian propaganda.
@elonmusk

There is a real, serious banking and political crisis in Paraguay, but the specific claim that Paraguayans are “dragging politicians out of Congress” is misleading and overstated.
What is true
• Ueno Bank (often misspelled “UNEO”) is a major digital bank that grew extremely fast. It had roughly 2.9–3 million customers—about 60% of Paraguay’s adult population—and held hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds (including pension money).
• Paraguay’s Central Bank seized it around November 3, 2026, after its solvency ratio fell below half the legal minimum. This was linked to risky related-party lending (especially to companies tied to its controlling Grupo Vázquez) and inadequate capital.
• Millions of people suddenly lost access to their savings, salaries, and pensions via the app, cards, and branches. This triggered large protests in Asunción (the capital), with depositors, retirees, students, and others demanding their money back and accountability.
• President Santiago Peña had clear ties: he held shares in the bank’s holding company until around March 2025, appointed a former Ueno executive as Central Bank president, and government deposits in the bank rose sharply under him. He offered his resignation amid the crisis, but Congress (lower house unanimously, then Senate) moved forward with impeachment instead of simply accepting the resignation. This was done so he would lose the lifetime Senate seat and immunities that ex-presidents normally receive. He has been removed from office and placed under house arrest; Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as interim president. Prosecutors have opened investigations involving Peña and others. Bank executives have been arrested.
Protests have been angry and sustained outside Congress and bank locations. There have been clashes with police involving tear gas/pepper spray, rubber pellets, water cannons, pushing, and some injuries on both sides. People have burned bank cards and images of the president, and chanted for Peña to go to jail.
What is not accurate
There are no credible reports from major outlets (BBC, Reuters/AFP coverage, Financial Times, etc.) of protesters storming Congress and dragging politicians out of the building in escalating riots. Police have held the perimeter; the main action has been outside.
The viral claim and video circulating with the exact wording appear to stem from (or misrepresent) a different incident: former senator and 2023 presidential candidate Paraguayo “Payo” Cubas (sometimes called the “Paraguayan Milei”) tried to join a protest near Congress/Ueno Bank headquarters. Demonstrators booed him, threw eggs, called him an opportunist, and physically carried/dragged him out of the crowd. This happened on the street during the protest, not as an invasion of Congress itself.
In short: the bank collapse, the freezing of millions of accounts, the protests, the political fallout, and Peña’s removal are real and significant. The dramatic image of citizens hauling politicians out of Congress is not supported by the reporting.

Sad day for America and Texas

Senator Elissa Slotkin discusses her group are going to undermine the Trump administration and attack President Trump and his supporters.

Yes we did.