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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 31m

GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion

Almost every Senate Republican on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “reevaluate” whether a newly approved generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone should stay on the…

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 31m

But they questioned why the agencies would approve another generic version of the drug if the review was already underway.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 31m

Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) were the only two Republicans who did not sign the letter.

The senators commended the agency’s recent commitment to conduct a safety review of mifepristone, one of two drugs taken for a medication abortion.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 31m

The letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary from 51 of 53 Republican senators adds to the pressure the Trump administration is facing from conservatives to restrict access to medication abortion.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 31m

Almost every Senate Republican on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “reevaluate” whether a newly approved generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone should stay on the market.

GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 40m

Story: www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-...

83,000 License Plate Cameras Later, North Texas Cops Exposed for Abortion Hunt

Law enforcement officials and the surveillance company previously told reporters the camera queries were to aid a missing persons investigation.

www.dallasobserver.com

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 40m

Officers were then shown evidence of what the man thought was a fetus.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 40m

According to records obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, authorities in Johnson County initiated the “death investigation” of a “non-viable fetus” after being called to a Burleson home where a man told officers that he believed a local woman had taken oral abortion medications.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 40m

North Texas law enforcement officials utilized thousands of license plate surveillance cameras in an attempt to find and prosecute a woman who had recently had an abortion, despite repeated claims that the query had merely been a welfare check, new information shows.

83,000 License Plate Cameras Later, North Texas Cops Exposed for Abortion Hunt
Law enforcement officials and the surveillance company previously told reporters the camera queries were to aid a missing persons investigation.
By Emma Ruby
October 10, 2025

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 50m

Story: apnews.com/article/mit-...

MIT president says she 'cannot support' proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to feder...

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 50m

The higher education compact circulated last week requires universities to make a wide range of commitments in line with Trump’s political agenda on topics from admissions and women’s sports to free speech and student discipline.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 50m

“Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” Kornbluth said in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House officials.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 50m

She said it’s inconsistent with MIT’s belief that scientific funding should be based on merit alone.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 50m

In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees with provisions of the proposal, including some that would limit free speech and the university’s independence.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 51m

MIT is among the first to express forceful views either in favor of or against an agreement the White House billed as providing “multiple positive benefits,” including “substantial and meaningful federal grants.”

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 51m

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.

MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 6h

Look… even Loomer thinks this is a bad idea.

Never thought I’d see Republicans give terror financing Muslims from Qatar a MILITARY BASE on US soil so they can murder Americans.

I don’t think I’ll be voting in 2026.

I cannot in good conscience make any excuses for the harboring of jihadis.

This is where I draw the line.

There isn't a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a military base on US soil.
I don't know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote.
This is the type of thing I would expect from a
President Ilhan Omar.
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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 7h

Not even a year in and Project 2025 is nearly halfway completed.

Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 4d

If we don’t care for these special places, and they are ruined, we risk losing access to them forever.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 7h

Story: apnews.com/article/gove...

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 7h

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 7h

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 8h

Story: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

www.theguardian.com

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 8h

Plenary authority, or plenary power, means absolute, unlimited, and unchecked power. The power of a king. The power of Caesar, of Hitler, of Stalin.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 8h

When the interview came back on the air, the words plenary authority were not uttered. The clip CNN posted to the internet deleted that bit of the conversation, but it was widely posted and viewed anyway.

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