Luis Orlando Leal
@qbano.bsky.social
married to my best friend, father, dog dad, lover of the arts, literature, global traveler,mediocre cook and gardener
Physician/scientist
Medical affairs leader in biotech
“La verdad adelgaza y no quiebra, y siempre anda sobre la mentira…”Cervantes
Physician/scientist
Medical affairs leader in biotech
“La verdad adelgaza y no quiebra, y siempre anda sobre la mentira…”Cervantes
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
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World Health Organization reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism -- contrary to theories being propagated in the United States
u.afp.com/S78r
u.afp.com/S78r
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
World Health Organization reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism -- contrary to theories being propagated in the United States
u.afp.com/S78r
u.afp.com/S78r
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Reposted by Luis Orlando Leal
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
So true, sycophancy and incompetence
Republicans can't pretend this administration is defendable forever. Their party is nearing a breaking point. Listen to Stuart Stevens on MSNOW
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So true, sycophancy and incompetence
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Hegseth warned Trump could issue illegal commands and might not have the military's back when he does so.
“What happens when people follow those orders, or don’t follow them? It’s not clear that Donald Trump will have their back."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
“What happens when people follow those orders, or don’t follow them? It’s not clear that Donald Trump will have their back."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Hegseth in 2016 repeatedly warned of Trump issuing unlawful military orders | CNN Politics
In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said wo...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hegseth warned Trump could issue illegal commands and might not have the military's back when he does so.
“What happens when people follow those orders, or don’t follow them? It’s not clear that Donald Trump will have their back."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
“What happens when people follow those orders, or don’t follow them? It’s not clear that Donald Trump will have their back."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
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Millions risk losing lifesaving care as rural hospitals collapse under Medicaid cuts, turning vast Republican heartland counties into health deserts where every minute now decides who lives and who dies.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/rural-hosp...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/rural-hosp...
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Millions risk losing lifesaving care as rural hospitals collapse under Medicaid cuts, turning vast Republican heartland counties into health deserts where every minute now decides who lives and who dies.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/rural-hosp...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/rural-hosp...
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The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship with an executive order is constitutional, offering the justices an opportunity to revisit w...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding drug trafficking. Trump also stood by recent strikes the US carried out on alleged drug traffickers.
Read more at @atrupar’s Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-boat...
Read more at @atrupar’s Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-boat...
Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise
He's talked about executing drug dealers for a decade.
www.publicnotice.co
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years for aiding drug trafficking. Trump also stood by recent strikes the US carried out on alleged drug traffickers.
Read more at @atrupar’s Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-boat...
Read more at @atrupar’s Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-boat...
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“You mentioned ‘the President’s agenda’. Who could know what that is? The agenda seems to be: line your pockets, please Donald Trump, don’t get fired, and take the government jet to go see your girlfriend.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@velshi.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“You mentioned ‘the President’s agenda’. Who could know what that is? The agenda seems to be: line your pockets, please Donald Trump, don’t get fired, and take the government jet to go see your girlfriend.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@velshi.com
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This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
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New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Cuba says 33 have died of mosquito-borne illnesses as epidemic rages reut.rs/48ryMKT
Cuba says 33 have died of mosquito-borne illnesses as epidemic rages
Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to official reports.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Cuba says 33 have died of mosquito-borne illnesses as epidemic rages reut.rs/48ryMKT
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“It’s the Christmas season and the Secretary of Defense took a beloved children’s character and depicted him blowing up drug smugglers. You have to look at that and wonder: What the hell is wrong with these people?” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“It’s the Christmas season and the Secretary of Defense took a beloved children’s character and depicted him blowing up drug smugglers. You have to look at that and wonder: What the hell is wrong with these people?” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Incompetent politicians high on xenophobia
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Incompetent politicians high on xenophobia
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Joining @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at the top of the 6ET to discuss this article I wrote last night. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Joining @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at the top of the 6ET to discuss this article I wrote last night. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
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“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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ROGAN: “Trump is saying they stole the f*ckin’ election. And I feel like if you say that, you've got to have some really good evidence — 4 years later, no one has an answer... and now a Republican bought the Dominion voting machine company.”
Joe is finally starting to get it.
Joe is finally starting to get it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
ROGAN: “Trump is saying they stole the f*ckin’ election. And I feel like if you say that, you've got to have some really good evidence — 4 years later, no one has an answer... and now a Republican bought the Dominion voting machine company.”
Joe is finally starting to get it.
Joe is finally starting to get it.
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
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Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
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So many potential captions
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So many potential captions