Deb Riopta

Work in IT in the medical field. Follow news, politics, docs, scientists, epidemiologists, attorneys, and a few celebrities. Likes/RT ≠ endorsement.

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

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[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Wow this is embarrassing!

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction at a Pentagon speech and prayer session yesterday.

The prayer was an adaptation of the monologue delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character. In the movie, the character falsely attributes it to Ezekiel 25:17 before a killing, saying:

“The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

Seriously!

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

In the past week, Donald Trump has threatened nuclear war against Iran, called for the genocide of 93 million Iranians, publicly attacked the Pope, and compared himself to Jesus Christ.

Recall July of 2024 when every pundit and reporter in American media were urging President Biden to step down due to concerns over his cognitive health.

Where are those voices now? Where are the demands for Trump to be removed? Where is the flood of op-eds and cable news panels and social media posts calling for the 25th Amendment to be triggered?

Why are you all so silent on this?

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

WE.

REACHED.

A.

FUCKING.

AGREEMENT.

WITH.

THEM.

IN.

2015.

THAT.

IMPOSED.

STRICT.

LIMITS.

ON.

URANIUM.

ENRICHMENT.

UNTIL.

2040.

It was called the JCPOA.

And Trump TORE IT UP IN 2018 out of spite for @BarackObama

8 years later, here we are.

Total. Disaster.

[💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫 @herotimeszero]

Things that do not help Americans:

-New ballroom.
-New arch.
-War in Iran.
-Campaigning for Viktor Orban.
-Renaming the Kennedy Center.
-Renaming the Dept of Defense.
-UFC fight on the white house lawn.
-Pardoning every MAGA criminal.
-Deluge of gold in the oval office.
-"Winning" the FIFA peace prize.
-Useless cabinet meetings of slaves.
-Rage posting every minute.
-Fighting Bruce Springsteen.
-Melania Movie.

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

Every single day we are reminded that the wrong people are in charge.

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Children in Lubbock, Texas were admitted to the hospital with liver damage. Not from measles. From vitamin A toxicity — because their parents followed RFK Jr.’s advice and gave them cod liver oil to treat measles. He is the sitting U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

This is not the first time this has happened. In 2019, RFK Jr. traveled to Samoa and ran the same anti-vaccine campaign.

Vaccination rates dropped to 31%. Five months later: 5,700 cases. 83 dead. Most of them children under 4. He called it a “natural experiment.” The Senate confirmed him as HHS Secretary anyway. https://t.co/IIFqMOobvW

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[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

TWO STATEMENTS BY TRUMP 7 MINUTES APART:

Trump at 9:00: "Regime change was not our goal. We don't want that"

Trump at 9:07: "Regime change is what we want. It is needed"

These statements were made 7 minutes apart in the same speech

[Kerry Holmes @KerryHolmekb]

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has officially ruled against absolute immunity for Donald Trump in the Epstein case. This historic 2026 decision means the President can now be legally subpoenaed.
Raise your hand if you stand with the Supreme Court!

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

Marco Rubio 2 days ago: “Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military”

Trump today: “We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military”

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

https://t.co/t0vVdXG6pD

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

This is straight from the budget listed on the https://t.co/2cbhJkoJb5 website, too. But, yeah, America First, right?🤦🏻‍♀️

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Can we get this video of the #NoKings marches tweeted 1000 times??

Let’s show the world that America says NO to Trump!

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

I’m just going to say it plain:

Donald Trump ruined lives, and MILLIONS of people in all 50 states hate what he’s doing to this country.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

😂😂😂 Absolute humiliation for Trump. A national security expert points out Trump is desperately trying to negotiate the exact same Iran nuclear deal he ripped up in 2018.

The US literally went to war just to get back to the agreement they already had. Total incompetence.

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

The criminals just keep criming.

[Natural Resources Democrats @NRDems]

Donald Trump Jr. bought into a company. 3 months later, his dad's Pentagon handed them $620 million in taxpayer dollars. Democrats forced a vote to subpoena Don Jr. today to come clean about this shady deal.

But Republicans blocked it and even shut down the hearing to protect him.

[Deb Riopta @debriopta]

@brontyman @JohnCleese I see no lies being told here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me get this straight.

The leading Senate Republican walked into the White House Sunday with a bipartisan deal to end the TSA nightmare. Fund everything except ICE now, get TSA agents paid today, handle ICE separately.

Senate Republicans and Democrats said yes.

Trump said no.

Why? Because Trump is holding TSA workers’ paychecks hostage to try and force Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a voter suppression bill that would knock millions of eligible Americans off the voter rolls. He wants to make it harder for Americans to vote.

Like a petulant child flipping the board when he’s losing, Trump torched a bipartisan deal his own Senate leader handed him on a silver platter. His tantrum continues as he unleashes ICE agents into airports. Agents with zero screening training, zero TSA authority, and a good chance of making everything worse.

Democrats have been ready to fund TSA from day one. What we refuse to do is write a blank check for an ICE agency that gunned down two American citizens in Minneapolis and still demands the ability to kick down doors without a judge’s approval while hiding behind masks.

We will not pass the SAVE Act either. Call it what it is: the SAVE REPUBLICANS Act. Non-citizen voting is already illegal. It was illegal yesterday. It will be illegal tomorrow. This bill solves nothing except the Republican party’s losing electoral math.

Fund TSA. Reform ICE. End this today.

Trump is the one standing in the way.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Now president Trump is saying he won’t fund TSA until the SAVE Act is passed. Say what?! Why is he so hellbent on this one thing? Ohhhhh, that’s why…

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

Democrats introduced bills to end the TSA shutdown on:

March 5
March 11
March 12
March 18
March 19 (x2)
March 21
March 23

Republicans blocked TSA funding every single time.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

It's a full-fledged cover-up.
Elon's app will bury these tweets.

Don't let it.

Keep exposing them.
Keep the pressure on.

[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

Yes.