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Louisiana/California Retired Hospice Clinical Director, Retired Red Cross Disaster Response. Heart of Blue💙Newly diagnosed Myasthenia Gravis. Lots of fight left in me. Resist! #Powertothepeople

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Edd Russel @mseddrussel.bsky.social · 22h
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump's 'nuclear options' www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclea...
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Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump's 'nuclear options'
Elbridge Colby, the under secretary of defense for policy, openly admitted recently that the Defense Department was actively working to increase the “[nuclear] options available” to President Donald T...
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As SFO submits to Trump, SF activists demand city leaders fight back www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
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As SFO submits to Trump, SF activists demand city leaders fight back
Public outcry over the "ICE jail at SFO" has reached a boiling point.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump Has Now Spent $1 Million In Taxpayer Money On Illegal Campaign Ads For Himself open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump Has Now Spent $1 Million In Taxpayer Money On Illegal Campaign Ads For Himself
Donald Trump has now reportedly spent $1 million in taxpayer money on ads promoting himself during the midterm election. The ads appear to be criminal theft of taxpayer funds.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump’s China Summit Is Blacked Out By The White House TV Pool open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Trump’s China Summit Is Blacked Out By The White House TV Pool
The news networks that make up the White House TV pool have not received assurances that journalists will not be banned in the future, so the blackout of Trump continues.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President www.propublica.org/article/abou...
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What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A free press, yes. Sane-washing, no. gtconway.substack.com/p/a-free-pre...
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A free press, yes. Sane-washing, no.
It’s time for the press to be tougher on the president than he is on them.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jeffries Abruptly Cancels Fundraiser With Fox News’s Favorite Dem www.thebulwark.com/p/jeffries-t...
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Jeffries Abruptly Cancels Fundraiser With Fox News’s Favorite Dem
“The event is not on his calendar and it is not taking place.”
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French www.texastribune.org/2026/09/14/b...
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Karl Rove will vote for Democrat over Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Is Making the 250th Small
The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...
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Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Why Did Donald Trump Get So Suddenly Shy?
As his signature efforts falter, the president is pleading with his critics to pipe down and pay less attention.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.propublica.org/article/save...
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“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
What the Court Did in Callais—And Why It Matters open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What the Court Did in Callais—And Why It Matters
Absentee-by-mail voting was already underway in Louisiana’s primary elections when the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Callais case on Wednesday.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now
Just say it’s because they’re Democrats.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/04/2026
lol
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center
I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
😂 Melania Trump misstep has plunged her into 'nightmare of her own making’: columnist www.rawstory.com/melania-trum...
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Melania Trump misstep has plunged her into 'nightmare of her own making’: columnist
First lady Melania Trump made a serious miscalculation when she denied a relationship with late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, which h...
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Is the Don’s con gone? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Is the Don’s con gone?
The Iran war is the latest in a series of moves that have undermined his scams.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Thank god. Christ. But seriously folks. We cannot continue to live like this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026
He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.propublica.org/article/we-d...
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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The man who watches Trump all day, every day
Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If the 25th Amendment is not applied to Trump due to Republicans blocking it they should also be held criminally responsible when the 'Nuremberg" trials are held.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Trump order could kickstart drilling for oil in popular Bay Area parks www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Trump order could kickstart drilling for oil in popular Bay Area parks
Experts say the plans highlight the Trump administration's "disdain for California."
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
'Get out of the country!': Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of being here 'illegally' www.rawstory.com/2018/01/get-...
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'Get out of the country!': Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of being here 'illegally'
Supporters of President Donald Trump used racist language against dark-skinned public servants while rallying against immigration, the Arizona Capitol Times reported Saturday."Supporters of President ...
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service open.substack.com/pub/morethan...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | America Is Abandoning Morality
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers
The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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American Aviation Is Near Collapse
Fatal crashes, overstressed controllers, and endless security lines reveal a system teetering on the brink of failure.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Lecture I Couldn’t Give
Now more than ever, our armed forces need to understand the history of civil-military relations.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Trump Can’t Decide Whether the Iran War Is Still Going On
The president seems to be at odds with both himself and his secretary of defense about the status of the conflict.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Pentagon Cut Its Civilian Safeguards Before the Iran War
As the civilian toll in Iran mounts, some officials point to the impact of Pete Hegseth’s hostility to battlefield restraint.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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The Iran War Is God’s Plan, Say U.S. Military Leaders (Who Believe Trump Was Anointed by Jesus)
Didn’t the Bible tell us to beware false prophets?
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Desire for Terror open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Desire for Terror
And the defense of democracy
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Evangelicals love Donald Trump for many reasons, but one of them is especially terrifying www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Evangelicals love Donald Trump for many reasons, but one of them is especially terrifying
End Times.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot
When a military force begins to decline, the first symptoms may be subtle.
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
They've been doing nothing & it's lead to this. Putin's been attacking Ukraine they were reluctant & slow to do anything. Netanyahu's been attacking Gaza & the world watched. This is what happens. Now Trump is emboldened to attack the world. Didn't the world learn from Hitler?
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
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U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
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Trump Administration, in Apparent Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms
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Romie @rdelriodaher.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Hubris Without Idealism
Donald Trump has embraced a warped version of the neoconservatism he once derided.
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