RitaLopes
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Portuguese American we are all entitled to equal rights💙🇺🇸🇵🇹
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“'From my perspective as a scientist and someone who has done this her entire career, he has a lot of blood on his hands,' Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a top adviser on COVID vaccines for the CDC, who resigned in response to Kennedy’s new policy, told me."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“'From my perspective as a scientist and someone who has done this her entire career, he has a lot of blood on his hands,' Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a top adviser on COVID vaccines for the CDC, who resigned in response to Kennedy’s new policy, told me."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Mitch McConnell had Trump acquitted twice. Now he pretends to care about the country. Another hypocrite.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mitch McConnell had Trump acquitted twice. Now he pretends to care about the country. Another hypocrite.
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The Trump administration does not have immigration policies - it has disappearance policies.
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A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration does not have immigration policies - it has disappearance policies.
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"Kennedy is a 'liar' and a 'terrible human being,' Paul Offit told me. 'If he has data showing he’s right, then fucking publish it. He can’t, because he doesn’t have those data.'"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"Kennedy is a 'liar' and a 'terrible human being,' Paul Offit told me. 'If he has data showing he’s right, then fucking publish it. He can’t, because he doesn’t have those data.'"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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THE RESISTANCE - Trump threatens members of congress w/ death who exhort service men and women to disobey unlawful orders - that Trump has already issued. For this and other reasons join the movement to IMPEACH CONVICT & REMOVE TRUMP. By the way, where was the media?
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
THE RESISTANCE - Trump threatens members of congress w/ death who exhort service men and women to disobey unlawful orders - that Trump has already issued. For this and other reasons join the movement to IMPEACH CONVICT & REMOVE TRUMP. By the way, where was the media?
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
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Veterans marched to the Capitol this weekend to remind Congress, service members, and veterans of their oath to the Constitution, which they swore to protect against both foreign and domestic enemies. Let’s stand firm and uphold our values!
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Veterans marched to the Capitol this weekend to remind Congress, service members, and veterans of their oath to the Constitution, which they swore to protect against both foreign and domestic enemies. Let’s stand firm and uphold our values!
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Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News
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The US government under Trump is an epic money laundering scheme. They’re robbing the taxpayers blind for crap nobody asked for!
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The US government under Trump is an epic money laundering scheme. They’re robbing the taxpayers blind for crap nobody asked for!
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If only there was a way you could’ve known that in advance. I mean, nobody could’ve predicted that tariffs could cause inflation.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If only there was a way you could’ve known that in advance. I mean, nobody could’ve predicted that tariffs could cause inflation.
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While he stopped the regulation for airlines to compensate passengers for delayed/ cancelled flights.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
While he stopped the regulation for airlines to compensate passengers for delayed/ cancelled flights.
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Highlighting Trump's long and growing list of failures. And the chef's kiss - although it was once the kiss of death to stand up to him, it now has become the exact opposite! Enjoy!
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Another Trump Failure: R.I.P. DOGE
Musk and Trump caused so much pain and suffering for federal workers, then left the American taxpayer holding the bill!
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Highlighting Trump's long and growing list of failures. And the chef's kiss - although it was once the kiss of death to stand up to him, it now has become the exact opposite! Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
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REUTERS: “The situation has sparked worries inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Witkoff & Kushner skirted the interagency process and the discussions with Dmitriev resulted in a plan that favors Russian interests.” www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
REUTERS: “The situation has sparked worries inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Witkoff & Kushner skirted the interagency process and the discussions with Dmitriev resulted in a plan that favors Russian interests.” www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
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It was a Saturday night, so it was pretty likely Hegseth was in no condition to participate.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It was a Saturday night, so it was pretty likely Hegseth was in no condition to participate.
Beautiful chilly sunset.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Beautiful chilly sunset.
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Since Marjorie Taylor Greene was elected to Congress, her net worth went from an estimated $700,000 to about $25 million.
But her kids can’t afford insurance…
But her kids can’t afford insurance…
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Since Marjorie Taylor Greene was elected to Congress, her net worth went from an estimated $700,000 to about $25 million.
But her kids can’t afford insurance…
But her kids can’t afford insurance…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE has effectively ceased to exist, despite having eight months left in its mandate, Reuters reported Sunday.
What did DOGE accomplish besides creating chaos and confusion?
What did DOGE accomplish besides creating chaos and confusion?
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Elon Musk’s DOGE has effectively ceased to exist, despite having eight months left in its mandate, Reuters reported Sunday.
What did DOGE accomplish besides creating chaos and confusion?
What did DOGE accomplish besides creating chaos and confusion?
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You are a immigrant, so is your buddy Peter Thiel, so is Melania, so is Rupert Murdoch.
You are all worthless, treasonous dirtbags who should be stripped of your citizenship and deported.
You are all worthless, treasonous dirtbags who should be stripped of your citizenship and deported.
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You are a immigrant, so is your buddy Peter Thiel, so is Melania, so is Rupert Murdoch.
You are all worthless, treasonous dirtbags who should be stripped of your citizenship and deported.
You are all worthless, treasonous dirtbags who should be stripped of your citizenship and deported.
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Elon Musk is not only an immigrant, his brother spilled the tea that Elon was in the US illegally.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Elon Musk is not only an immigrant, his brother spilled the tea that Elon was in the US illegally.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
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A real Congress would impeach.
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A real Congress would impeach.
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(1) Elon Musk is an illegal immigrant, according to the evidence furnished by his own brother. (2) As applied to Musk, his statement is true.
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
(1) Elon Musk is an illegal immigrant, according to the evidence furnished by his own brother. (2) As applied to Musk, his statement is true.
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Vance asks for a "little bit of patience." Sound familiar? Hoover plunged the nation into Depression asking Americans "if you will have patience".
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Vance asks for a "little bit of patience." Sound familiar? Hoover plunged the nation into Depression asking Americans "if you will have patience".
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.