Lionel Dripps
@lioneldripps.bsky.social
Posting Through It. Views my own.
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"As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines" www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines" www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
American soldiers shouldn’t be sent to die in either Nigeria or Venezuela.
The U.S. is drafting a proposal that includes weighing possible military engagement in Nigeria, a senior State Department official said this week.
US advances discussions on troops, sanctions in Nigeria
The U.S. is drafting a proposal that includes weighing possible military engagement in Nigeria, a senior State Department official said this week.
www.defensenews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
American soldiers shouldn’t be sent to die in either Nigeria or Venezuela.
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Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
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The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Thanksgiving this year is costing families 10% more than last year. That's more than 3x the rate of inflation.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanksgiving this year is costing families 10% more than last year. That's more than 3x the rate of inflation.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
You can feel it, right? Trump’s coalition is falling apart. One of Trump’s superpowers has been being a winner, an alpha, someone untouched by normal events.
He doesn’t feel like an alpha this week.
He doesn’t feel like an alpha this week.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
You can feel it, right? Trump’s coalition is falling apart. One of Trump’s superpowers has been being a winner, an alpha, someone untouched by normal events.
He doesn’t feel like an alpha this week.
He doesn’t feel like an alpha this week.
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well, id like to see ol Zohlo Mamdani charm his way out of THIS trap!
*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*
ah. well. nevertheless,
*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*
ah. well. nevertheless,
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
well, id like to see ol Zohlo Mamdani charm his way out of THIS trap!
*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*
ah. well. nevertheless,
*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*
ah. well. nevertheless,
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Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
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This is Zelensky putting pressure on Trump. He knows Ukrainians don't want to surrender. He's talking to all Americans across the political spectrum who support Ukraine, love freedom, and hate surrender. He's telling them: "you can't allow Trump to align the US with Ru against Europe". Let's see.
NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US.
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is Zelensky putting pressure on Trump. He knows Ukrainians don't want to surrender. He's talking to all Americans across the political spectrum who support Ukraine, love freedom, and hate surrender. He's telling them: "you can't allow Trump to align the US with Ru against Europe". Let's see.
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maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump admin backs off idea to force SNAP users to reapply
Officials will rely on state standards that are already in place to ensure eligibility, despite USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ comments last week.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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MAGA guys like Peter Navarro are so out of touch, they have no idea egg prices are still DOUBLE what they were this time last year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MAGA guys like Peter Navarro are so out of touch, they have no idea egg prices are still DOUBLE what they were this time last year.
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“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“The worst ten day period *so far*!”
Imagine how cheap and plentiful energy could be in the US if we seriously invested in solar—or stopped cancelling projects already being worked on.
The CEO of Australia's main grid says nearly 100% renewables possible by 2035-2040.
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
“Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. “They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky
www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Imagine how cheap and plentiful energy could be in the US if we seriously invested in solar—or stopped cancelling projects already being worked on.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![On October 1, 2025, after successfully completing 16 weeks of the FBI Academy's
19-week training program, Maltinsky was handed a letter terminating his employment with the
FBI. The letter was signed by Defendant Patel ("Patel"). In the letter, Patel wrote that he had
"determined that [Maltinsky] exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in [his] work area during [his] previous assignment at the Los Angeles Field Office." In short, Patel fired Maltinsky for displaying a pride flag at his workstation that had been flown by the FBI at the LAFO and then given by the FBI to Maltinsky.
The Defendants' discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech
was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5rog4gjpv3qeneunmoyqxoesnuxac2srp3u6ppnjdxphfv7jcoe@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
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I still can't wrap my head around Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick seeing that the state of Florida had sent her tiny little company a check for $5 million instead of $50,000 *and* deciding to keep it *and* deciding to use it to wage a third bid for Congress after getting blown out twice before. Just wow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I still can't wrap my head around Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick seeing that the state of Florida had sent her tiny little company a check for $5 million instead of $50,000 *and* deciding to keep it *and* deciding to use it to wage a third bid for Congress after getting blown out twice before. Just wow.
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When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Top military lawyer concerned about Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes was ignored: report
The senior judge advocate general reportedly raised concerns that the airstrikes against the alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ could amount to extrajudicial killings
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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/10 One could argue that this is not a serious discussion, because there is no serious argument that it’s sedition or treason to tell the truth about the Constitution. But this is an unserious time marked by unserious and frankly evil people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
/10 One could argue that this is not a serious discussion, because there is no serious argument that it’s sedition or treason to tell the truth about the Constitution. But this is an unserious time marked by unserious and frankly evil people.
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How can he be credible as an instructor when his emails to Epstein make clear that he withdrew his professional support for a former mentee because she was not sexually available to him?
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How can he be credible as an instructor when his emails to Epstein make clear that he withdrew his professional support for a former mentee because she was not sexually available to him?
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This is so so good from @gelliottmorris.com. Politicians will win tough elections when they LISTEN TO VOTERS and improve people's lives.
If you're charged with winning elections, this is mandatory reading (just Part 1 if you're pressed for time):
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
If you're charged with winning elections, this is mandatory reading (just Part 1 if you're pressed for time):
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is so so good from @gelliottmorris.com. Politicians will win tough elections when they LISTEN TO VOTERS and improve people's lives.
If you're charged with winning elections, this is mandatory reading (just Part 1 if you're pressed for time):
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
If you're charged with winning elections, this is mandatory reading (just Part 1 if you're pressed for time):
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
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Fox News (Beacon/Shaw) poll | 11/14-11/17 RV
President Trump approval
Disapprove 58% (+4)
Approve 41% (-5)
(change since last poll)
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 58% (+4)
Approve 41% (-5)
(change since last poll)
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy
Trump's approval hits new lows as 76% view economy negatively in latest Fox News poll. Rising costs for groceries, utilities spark voter dissatisfaction nationwide.
www.foxnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Fox News (Beacon/Shaw) poll | 11/14-11/17 RV
President Trump approval
Disapprove 58% (+4)
Approve 41% (-5)
(change since last poll)
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 58% (+4)
Approve 41% (-5)
(change since last poll)
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
At a time when home prices are spiraling out of control for DC families this is an unacceptable oversight.
DHCD failed to spend about $1M allocated for its first-time homebuyer assistance program. The agency told applicants earlier this year that the program ran out of money. Fully story:
The Department of Housing and Community Development Failed to Spend $1 Million in First-Time Homebuyer Funds
The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development failed to spend about $1 million allocated for its popular first-time homebuyer assistance program, despite what the agency told applicants…
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
At a time when home prices are spiraling out of control for DC families this is an unacceptable oversight.