Dante Roma
@elitescum.bsky.social
Average Appalachian urbanite with technical skills but lacking a deep vocabulary. Typically found going down Wikipedia rabbit holes.
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CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library.
Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
February 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library.
Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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No Magic solutions/magic politicians... Blaming the DNC is wasted time: Bernie Just EXPOSED cover-up is for " Incoming Reconciliation Bill" that would give tax breaks to the rich and cut food and medical care from the poor and disabled and elderly. focus on THAT ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/20/h...
House Budget Committee Circulates New Detailed List of Budget Reconciliation Options Including Draconian Medicaid Cuts Within House Republican Caucus
On Friday, January 17, Politico and other news outlets reported that the House Budget Committee distributed to the House Republican Caucus a new 50-page list of mandatory spending and tax proposals…
ccf.georgetown.edu
February 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
No Magic solutions/magic politicians... Blaming the DNC is wasted time: Bernie Just EXPOSED cover-up is for " Incoming Reconciliation Bill" that would give tax breaks to the rich and cut food and medical care from the poor and disabled and elderly. focus on THAT ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/20/h...
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One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own. bsky.app/profile/prop...
bsky.app
February 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own. bsky.app/profile/prop...
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A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers.
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
The new levies on America’s top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
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So, what's the budget of DOGE? Is it part of the government? Is it independent? What are the guidelines, if any, that govern its reach and authority? Did people vote for Musk or Trump? Also, how does a private citizen have access to our Treasury's federal payment system?
Billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
Billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So, what's the budget of DOGE? Is it part of the government? Is it independent? What are the guidelines, if any, that govern its reach and authority? Did people vote for Musk or Trump? Also, how does a private citizen have access to our Treasury's federal payment system?
Basic economics, price goes up on imports, affordable supply limited to domestics, demand outpaces affordable domestic supply, and domestics prices goes up to match imports.
Trump says "all forms of medicine and pharmaceuticals" are going to be tariffed
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Basic economics, price goes up on imports, affordable supply limited to domestics, demand outpaces affordable domestic supply, and domestics prices goes up to match imports.
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"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."
DCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full display
When crisis hits, he makes it worse.
www.publicnotice.co
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."
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RFK Jr straight-up promoted racist Nazi science and it's not even headline news.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Senator calls RFK Jr.'s position on race and vaccines dangerous
In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
RFK Jr straight-up promoted racist Nazi science and it's not even headline news.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Privatize everything so they can make money off everything and gouge the people for everything. The dismantling of our government and society and leaving behind the most vulnerable.
January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Privatize everything so they can make money off everything and gouge the people for everything. The dismantling of our government and society and leaving behind the most vulnerable.
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Again: Trump just ordered 2 dams open to levels that would’ve flooded areas and farms, without warning, all to back up the lies he told about the fires — and the rivers don’t even flow to LA.
Locals panicked and they backed off.
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
Locals panicked and they backed off.
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
February 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Again: Trump just ordered 2 dams open to levels that would’ve flooded areas and farms, without warning, all to back up the lies he told about the fires — and the rivers don’t even flow to LA.
Locals panicked and they backed off.
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
Locals panicked and they backed off.
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
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Really interesting paper 🧪 🤩
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Cancer cells ‘poison’ the immune system with tainted mitochondria
Immune cells lose their cancer-fighting prowess after taking tumours’ organelles on board.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really interesting paper 🧪 🤩
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
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“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it”
— Karl Popper.
— Karl Popper.
January 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it”
— Karl Popper.
— Karl Popper.
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WATCH: “It’s SO CRAZY — People think everyday people are stupid.”
@aoc.bsky.social & jon stewart nearly high-five through their computer screens over the need to stop congress from using inside info to get rich off trading stocks.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFL36vF...
@aoc.bsky.social & jon stewart nearly high-five through their computer screens over the need to stop congress from using inside info to get rich off trading stocks.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFL36vF...
January 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
WATCH: “It’s SO CRAZY — People think everyday people are stupid.”
@aoc.bsky.social & jon stewart nearly high-five through their computer screens over the need to stop congress from using inside info to get rich off trading stocks.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFL36vF...
@aoc.bsky.social & jon stewart nearly high-five through their computer screens over the need to stop congress from using inside info to get rich off trading stocks.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFL36vF...
Hmmm, so why did her position change?….
January 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hmmm, so why did her position change?….