Paquito Dela Cruz 🇵🇭🇩🇪🇦🇹🇳🇱🇬🇧🇪🇸🇨🇳🇮🇳(🇺🇸)
@quitodelacruz.bsky.social
Ent. Netw. Data Mgmt. Softw. Dev. — EMC
Tier 1 ICT Ent. Biz Dev. & Tech. Prod. Dev. — First Pacific
Dartmouth Coll. Majors: Econ. (Corp. Finance, Intl. Trade & Finance), CS (Software Engineering, OSes & Networking); Minor: History
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Tier 1 ICT Ent. Biz Dev. & Tech. Prod. Dev. — First Pacific
Dartmouth Coll. Majors: Econ. (Corp. Finance, Intl. Trade & Finance), CS (Software Engineering, OSes & Networking); Minor: History
Phillips Exeter Academy
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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
I will keep on saying it: This is the Silicon Valley billionaires' cleansing project to get the United States to Year 0. It goes well beyond just stripping the nation of its wealth/assets and eventually privatizing everything in sight by handing themselves contracts...
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It’s really kind of weird to have a putative constitutional democracy that specifically bans the exact thing the President is doing right now—the facts are not in dispute—and just be like, “whelp, guess it can’t be enforced!”
The Emoluments Clauses, Explained
The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ensure effective enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It’s really kind of weird to have a putative constitutional democracy that specifically bans the exact thing the President is doing right now—the facts are not in dispute—and just be like, “whelp, guess it can’t be enforced!”
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A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
Tech Billionaire Mocks Pope Leo’s AI Warning — and Reveals Silicon Valley’s Original Sin
A billionaire tech guru openly mocked Leo's call for moral AI — and quickly backtracked after backlash. It’s a telling collision of Silicon Valley hubris with a pope they cannot buy, bully, or ignore.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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And he's totally setting the stage to disregard a Supreme Court loss claiming doing so would present a "national security" threat.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And he's totally setting the stage to disregard a Supreme Court loss claiming doing so would present a "national security" threat.
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I should really have fit into this post that this county voted for Trump.
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I should really have fit into this post that this county voted for Trump.
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
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Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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This is what I want to start emphazising more to our "leaders" in the United States Congress.
These people think they have a hard time now? Wait till people start putting basic facts together and realize what an obscenely gigantic role they are playing in protecting insurrectionists.
These people think they have a hard time now? Wait till people start putting basic facts together and realize what an obscenely gigantic role they are playing in protecting insurrectionists.
And I will add, the longer they continue this stupid game, the more and more criminal exposure they have to providing aid/comfort to insurrectionists, an extremely serious charge.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is what I want to start emphazising more to our "leaders" in the United States Congress.
These people think they have a hard time now? Wait till people start putting basic facts together and realize what an obscenely gigantic role they are playing in protecting insurrectionists.
These people think they have a hard time now? Wait till people start putting basic facts together and realize what an obscenely gigantic role they are playing in protecting insurrectionists.
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If I were an American I would save money by simply buying lottery tickets with winning numbers and not those with losing numbers.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If I were an American I would save money by simply buying lottery tickets with winning numbers and not those with losing numbers.
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when you're on LSD trying to act normal in line for the bathroom but you remember that infused preroll in your pocket
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
when you're on LSD trying to act normal in line for the bathroom but you remember that infused preroll in your pocket
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If at any point you are tempted to feel sorry for that miserable waste of skin please remind yourself that he has murdered a quarter of a million children and counting
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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We showed up. We voted. We marched. No one is fighting for us. I feel like we are on our own. Our Dem leadership must change and represent what the majority of their party wants. Schumer and Durbin must go.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We showed up. We voted. We marched. No one is fighting for us. I feel like we are on our own. Our Dem leadership must change and represent what the majority of their party wants. Schumer and Durbin must go.
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Why did you give unanimous consent for the bill to move forward? Your constituents deserve to know, since you’re claiming to oppose this bill, why you didn’t actually oppose it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Why did you give unanimous consent for the bill to move forward? Your constituents deserve to know, since you’re claiming to oppose this bill, why you didn’t actually oppose it.
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Senate Dems are out here posting noise like "omg the Senate GOP just voted against healthcare subsidies and are trying to sneak a bunch of terrible shit into the funding bill" — and people are flooding their mentions with "bitch, please, GTFOH"
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Senate Dems are out here posting noise like "omg the Senate GOP just voted against healthcare subsidies and are trying to sneak a bunch of terrible shit into the funding bill" — and people are flooding their mentions with "bitch, please, GTFOH"
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
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this certainly won't help the situation
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
this certainly won't help the situation
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getting roasted for accepting magic beans in exchange for political leverage
POTUS, Speaker Johnson and Congressional Republicans remain the barrier to addressing health care costs.
For the first time, we've secured a guaranteed vote on this crisis and if they continue to ignore the needs of the American people, they'll be held accountable next November.
For the first time, we've secured a guaranteed vote on this crisis and if they continue to ignore the needs of the American people, they'll be held accountable next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
getting roasted for accepting magic beans in exchange for political leverage
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Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
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Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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wish I had something clever here but this is too personal. this fucking brutally ignorant asshole can't fuck off into the sun quickly enough.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
wish I had something clever here but this is too personal. this fucking brutally ignorant asshole can't fuck off into the sun quickly enough.
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Trump claims the East Wing was "de-spanded" before he demolished it
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Trump claims the East Wing was "de-spanded" before he demolished it
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Man responsible for uninsuring 15 million Americans lays out a plan to uninsure up to 24.3 million more.
I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Man responsible for uninsuring 15 million Americans lays out a plan to uninsure up to 24.3 million more.
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No, that's a false rumor many irresponsible people have spread. No federal judge may administer the oath, and none ever has without the House voting to approve it.
Without such a vote, it may only be the Speaker, and only in the House while it's in session. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/who-may-sw...
Without such a vote, it may only be the Speaker, and only in the House while it's in session. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/who-may-sw...
Who may swear in Representatives-elect?
It's not who some so-called legal experts claim
lastcampaign.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
No, that's a false rumor many irresponsible people have spread. No federal judge may administer the oath, and none ever has without the House voting to approve it.
Without such a vote, it may only be the Speaker, and only in the House while it's in session. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/who-may-sw...
Without such a vote, it may only be the Speaker, and only in the House while it's in session. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/who-may-sw...