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Rafael Ramos

@configutron.com

Product Manager at DTCC. Aspiring Activist & Humanitarian. Previously @ ASRC Federal, LT Apparel, TrueAccord, Vitals, MTV. Support @ACLU, @IndivisibleTeam πŸ“NYC | πŸ‡²πŸ‡½

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Truer words have never been written.

03.01.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.

BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.

07.11.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 698 πŸ” 312 πŸ’¬ 160 πŸ“Œ 346
NYC Exit Polls data showing how women voted.

NYC Exit Polls data showing how women voted.

Half of the city’s women voted against Zohran. His first act as mayor-elect? A transition team made up entirely of women.

06.11.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

23.10.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 20694 πŸ” 6289 πŸ’¬ 344 πŸ“Œ 245
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Never, even in my wildest dreams, did I imagine I'd see Jon Hamm playing El Profesor Jirafales deadline.com/gallery/snl-...

05.10.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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It’s incredible how companies are threatening employees to use AI or else but then have no idea how or what employees are supposed to do with it.

05.09.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Suburban man retreats to safe space.

08.08.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 6542 πŸ” 1196 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 41
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One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

29.07.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 15314 πŸ” 4521 πŸ’¬ 474 πŸ“Œ 398
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Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.

Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq

27.07.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 12510 πŸ” 4367 πŸ’¬ 435 πŸ“Œ 156
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New Eric Adams β€˜Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign The campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didn’t donate, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case.

Once again, great reporting from @thecity.nyc

www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/e...

24.07.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 1077 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 21
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

19.07.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 15165 πŸ” 5054 πŸ’¬ 585 πŸ“Œ 230
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

20.07.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 49879 πŸ” 7161 πŸ’¬ 1492 πŸ“Œ 1989
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Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.

Also Cuomo: there is no β€œreal answer” on affordability.

15.07.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 15100 πŸ” 3019 πŸ’¬ 606 πŸ“Œ 228
'Overwhelming enthusiasm': Inside Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory
'Overwhelming enthusiasm': Inside Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory YouTube video by MSNBC

β€œIf there is one thing Mamdani has demonstrated over the course of this campaign so far it’s he’s pretty good at sticking to his principles and message discipline," says Chris Hayes.

05.07.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 318 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

04.07.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 20211 πŸ” 3817 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 165

One thing I’d say about ranked choice voting in NYC is that you don’t have to do complex calculations of viability. You should rank in order of *who you want to be mayor* and if you *don’t* want someone to be mayor, you shouldn’t rank them!

06.06.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 5480 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 71

Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.

This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.

22.05.2025 04:40 πŸ‘ 3543 πŸ” 1443 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 56
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CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks

THIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on β€” all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.

Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.

12.05.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 743 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14

I thought James Carville had all the answers!

12.05.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This isn't hypothetical.

The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

02.05.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 35268 πŸ” 10566 πŸ’¬ 939 πŸ“Œ 484

Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.

30.04.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 47762 πŸ” 8370 πŸ’¬ 1899 πŸ“Œ 453
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β€œNot Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

(Published Oct. 2024)

29.04.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 1132 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 69
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Columbia Lecturer Creates 'Resistance Summer School' After University Eliminates Her Course On Race Karen Attiah once led a popular course at Columbia University. After it was canceled the course, she created "Resistance Summer School."

WE MOVE!!

27.04.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 2428 πŸ” 561 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 29

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

26.04.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 31364 πŸ” 7008 πŸ’¬ 430 πŸ“Œ 161

I believe this is called healthy living.

25.04.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He's now planning to end the free IRS Direct File program.

Apple donated $1M. Trump exempted most of Apple’s imports from tariffs.

Coinbase donated $1M. Trump’s SEC dropped a major lawsuit against them.

See how this works?

21.04.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 5229 πŸ” 1841 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 107

β€œSome books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.”

16.04.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSlow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay” Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

15.04.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 1226 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 68

Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.

14.04.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 4954 πŸ” 884 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 41
Elon Musk is looking toward the camera. He is wearing a black shirt. A headline reads: "DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

Elon Musk is looking toward the camera. He is wearing a black shirt. A headline reads: "DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

Elon Musk now admits his Department of Government Efficiency will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

13.04.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 1633 πŸ” 537 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 125