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William-Jose Velez Gonzalez
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🇵🇷 he/him, BME Grad; Founder and editor in chief of @pasquines.us where we cover the US territories, comms lead at research.childrensnational.org where we make breakthrough discoveries for kids, 🏳️‍🌈 Lydia's brother on Love is Blind S5
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The EPA is revising regulations on PFAS reporting, impacting public health and environmental safety. Stay informed about these changes.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The increasing complexity of healthcare policy may have significant implications for access and equity in the system, warranting close attention and action.
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Obamacare could collapse under Trump’s new plan, policy experts say
Republicans say giving health care subsidies as cash to consumers would give Americans more control over their coverage. Critics say it could severely undermine the ACA marketplaces.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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The use of marketing automation presents both opportunities and challenges for businesses, emphasizing the need for thoughtful design and human oversight.
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7 common marketing automation mistakes | Zapier
Here are seven marketing automation strategies that failed, why they didn't work, and what you can do instead to avoid the same pitfalls.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
As a Black Hawk helicopter roared overhead, the slender, 28-year-old immigrant from Venezuela answered softly, his eyes darting to a television crew invited to film the raid. Next to Caicedo, masked Border Patrol agents inspected another man’s tattoos and asked him if he belonged to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group. Until that moment, Caicedo’s only interaction with law enforcement in his two-and-a-half years in the United States had been a traffic stop two weeks earlier for driving without a license or insurance, according to the records we reviewed. Chicago police had run a background check on him and found no prior arrests, no warrants and no evidence that he was in a gang. Caicedo said he had a pending asylum application, a steady job at a taco joint and a girlfriend whose daughter attended elementary school across the street. None of that mattered. The U.S. government paraded him and his neighbors in front of the cameras and called their arrests a spectacular victory against terrorism. But later, after the cameras had gone, prosecutors didn’t charge Caicedo with a crime. They didn’t accuse him of being a terrorist. And after a brief hearing in immigration court, the government sent him back to the country he had fled nine years earlier. “I lost everything,” he said in a phone interview from his mother’s home in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. “For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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volts.wtf
Trump's EPA set up a system whereby corporate polluters could be relieved of the burden of meeting air-quality regulations. How? By, uh, asking.

Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
envirodatagov.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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pasquines.us
In Puerto Rico, lethal and severe incidents against women persist at alarming levels.
Puerto Rico’s gender violence crisis has taken a turn for the worse - Pasquines
In Puerto Rico, lethal and severe incidents against women persist at alarming levels. Official and civil monitors document high numbers of femicides (including intimate-partner cases),…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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El Proyecto del Senado 63 podría limitar el acceso a la información pública, advirtiendo sobre su impacto en los derechos ciudadanos en territorio puertorriqueño.
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Proyecto del Senado 63 limita el derecho constitucional de acceso a la información pública - Sin Comillas
Proyecto del Senado 63 limita el derecho constitucional de acceso a la información pública Por Redacción de Sin Comillas La Unión Americana de Derechos Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) de...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.

The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.

Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.

One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.

I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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pasquines.us
#Opinion: The Americans of Conscience Checklist wants to make democracy human and hopeful.
Weekly Action Checklist: November 7, 2025 - Pasquines
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November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The Supreme Court's recent ruling impacts transgender and nonbinary individuals in the Northern Mariana Islands regarding passport identity.
www.nminewsservice.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court opinion restricts gender markers on U.S. passports
The Supreme Court let the Trump administration enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers as a suit proceeds.
www.nminewsservice.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries.

via @fischler.bsky.social
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Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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newschambers.bsky.social
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The USPTO is extending the comment period for proposed patent rules, allowing citizens to voice their opinions until December 2, 2025.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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pasquines.us
#TBT: A plebiscite on the political status of Puerto Rico was held in on November 6, 2012. Voters were asked two questions: Whether they agreed to continue with the territorial status and which status they preferred: statehood, independence, or a sovereign nation in free association with the US.
2012 Puerto Rico Plebiscite results showing for the 'Do you agree that Puerto Rico should continue to have its present form of territorial status?' question, 46.03% voted for yes, 53.97% voted for no, and for the 'Regardless of your selection in the first question, please mark which of the following non-territorial options you would prefer,' 61.16% voted for statehood, 33.34% voted for free association, and 5.49% voted for independence.
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The loss of at least 15 Republican incumbents in New Jersey and Virginia could reshape political dynamics in the US, impacting future policies. Stay engaged in local elections.
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At least 15 Republican incumbents lost re-election in New Jersey and Virginia - Ballotpedia News
At least 15 Republican incumbents lost re-election in New Jersey and Virginia
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November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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opsin.design
The PLOS Computational Biology article outlines critical guidelines for ensuring access to biomedical data resources, which could enhance research collaboration and innovation.
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Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible
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November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A horrific massacre in Sudan on.ft.com/47IKjFs | opinion
A horrific massacre in Sudan
The US and UK should put pressure on the UAE over its alleged role in enabling the conflict
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November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Trees
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Fall trees in Maryland.
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The midterm elections held significant importance for US citizens, influencing local and national policies. Stay informed and participate in future elections.
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A look at yesterday’s election results - Ballotpedia News
A look at yesterday’s election results
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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These people are horrifically evil.
USDA Threatens Stores Giving Discounts to People on Food Stamps
The Trump administration is warning grocery stores and local businesses trying to help people this shutdown.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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pasquines.us
Governor Alberty Bryan (D) emphasized that the change brings the US Virgin Islands in line with at least 25 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, which already have similar administrative procedures for birth certificates and driver’s licenses.
New process allows US Virgin Islanders to amend gender designation on official documents - Pasquines
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) of the United States Virgin Islands has signed Executive Order No. 543-2025, creating a formal process for US Virgin Islands residents to request changes to the gender…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM