Shantell Lopez
@shantell-lopez.bsky.social
Wife. Mom. Nurse. Grad student. Unapologetically liberal. Ally. Advocate. 💙
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THIS is how you do it Dems. 🙏
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
THIS is how you do it Dems. 🙏
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Reminder to Elon:
- SGEs are subject to the same ethics standards as other federal employees.
- SGEs must comply with conflict of interest laws.
- SGEs must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
- SGEs are subject to the same ethics standards as other federal employees.
- SGEs must comply with conflict of interest laws.
- SGEs must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reminder to Elon:
- SGEs are subject to the same ethics standards as other federal employees.
- SGEs must comply with conflict of interest laws.
- SGEs must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
- SGEs are subject to the same ethics standards as other federal employees.
- SGEs must comply with conflict of interest laws.
- SGEs must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
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Elon Musk's wrecking ball now swings at USAID, vaporizing humanitarian assistance, putting countless lives at risk, threatening to topple America's economic and moral standing and emboldening autocrats around the world.
Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.
Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.
USAID headquarters in Washington are blocked after Musk says Trump agrees to close the aid agency
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Elon Musk's wrecking ball now swings at USAID, vaporizing humanitarian assistance, putting countless lives at risk, threatening to topple America's economic and moral standing and emboldening autocrats around the world.
Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.
Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.
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By cutting off USAID, Elon and Trump will kill many. Potentially millions.
If you won't stand for yourself, stand up for others!
If you won't stand for yourself, stand up for others!
February 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
By cutting off USAID, Elon and Trump will kill many. Potentially millions.
If you won't stand for yourself, stand up for others!
If you won't stand for yourself, stand up for others!
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David A. Lebryk, viewed internally as consummate nonpolitical civil servant, expected to exit as acting treasury secretary. He allegedly clashed with Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system.
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
David A. Lebryk, viewed internally as consummate nonpolitical civil servant, expected to exit as acting treasury secretary. He allegedly clashed with Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system.
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Pete nails it, with one exception. Trump has never shown real leadership and there's no reason to expect him to do so now.
"The buck stops here" is not in his vocabulary.
"The buck stops here" is not in his vocabulary.
January 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Pete nails it, with one exception. Trump has never shown real leadership and there's no reason to expect him to do so now.
"The buck stops here" is not in his vocabulary.
"The buck stops here" is not in his vocabulary.
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The FAA is a ship without a captain. Actually, the Bridge is vacant.
January 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The FAA is a ship without a captain. Actually, the Bridge is vacant.
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What the White House wants us to believe the is the President’s reaction:
VS
The President’s actual reaction:
VS
The President’s actual reaction:
January 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What the White House wants us to believe the is the President’s reaction:
VS
The President’s actual reaction:
VS
The President’s actual reaction:
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FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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He really should shut up.
But my guess is ATC was short staffed, perhaps over tired. I've heard the recordings. Where does the buck stop?
But my guess is ATC was short staffed, perhaps over tired. I've heard the recordings. Where does the buck stop?
January 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
He really should shut up.
But my guess is ATC was short staffed, perhaps over tired. I've heard the recordings. Where does the buck stop?
But my guess is ATC was short staffed, perhaps over tired. I've heard the recordings. Where does the buck stop?
It’s not been a good last 10 days to be a liberal Hispanic family, a critical care nurse in grad school in a public health field, whose husband is a former federal employee, now contractor working in the federal HR space, and living a few miles south of DCA. I’m exhausted, but will never be quiet.
January 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s not been a good last 10 days to be a liberal Hispanic family, a critical care nurse in grad school in a public health field, whose husband is a former federal employee, now contractor working in the federal HR space, and living a few miles south of DCA. I’m exhausted, but will never be quiet.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mrs. Elizabeth Warren. Senator and Slayer of Assholes.
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mrs. Elizabeth Warren. Senator and Slayer of Assholes.
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Wyden: "Measles are in fact deadly and highly contagious, something that you should've learned after you lies contributed to the deaths of 83 people, mostly of them children, in a measles outbreak in Samoa."
January 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wyden: "Measles are in fact deadly and highly contagious, something that you should've learned after you lies contributed to the deaths of 83 people, mostly of them children, in a measles outbreak in Samoa."
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I'm not breathing a sigh of relief. This chaos and confusion is standard operating procedure under a Trump presidency. Until we learn more, it certainly reads like Trump is plowing ahead with his plans that will crash the economy and make communities suffer.
January 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm not breathing a sigh of relief. This chaos and confusion is standard operating procedure under a Trump presidency. Until we learn more, it certainly reads like Trump is plowing ahead with his plans that will crash the economy and make communities suffer.
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I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
January 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
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Every Democrat in Congress should be on BlueSky.
January 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should be on BlueSky.
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Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
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Does the new deal w Colombia address this at all ?
Yes, the deportees were in shackles. The crime they committed was having no documentation. That is not violent criminals.
January 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Does the new deal w Colombia address this at all ?
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Trump said he wants to “clean out” Gaza and push the millions of Palestinians living there into neighboring countries.
There is a name for this — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
This outrageous idea should be condemned by every American.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
There is a name for this — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
This outrageous idea should be condemned by every American.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says to ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Arab countries to take more refugees
President Donald Trump said he wanted Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza so they could "maybe live in peace" there.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump said he wants to “clean out” Gaza and push the millions of Palestinians living there into neighboring countries.
There is a name for this — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
This outrageous idea should be condemned by every American.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
There is a name for this — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.
This outrageous idea should be condemned by every American.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This is unacceptable! Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, reporting that Navajo citizens in Arizona and New Mexico have faced “negative, sometimes traumatizing experiences” with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants after Trump’s recent immigration orders.
January 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is unacceptable! Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, reporting that Navajo citizens in Arizona and New Mexico have faced “negative, sometimes traumatizing experiences” with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants after Trump’s recent immigration orders.
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Blocking health research and communication is utterly sociopathic and one more reason every senator should refuse to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications
The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Blocking health research and communication is utterly sociopathic and one more reason every senator should refuse to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Read the sermon that enraged Republicans.
‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde
This week, the Bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce ...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Read the sermon that enraged Republicans.