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Adlai Amor

@bisdak.bsky.social

Recovering journalist, faith leader, joined eXodus, and nonprofit executive now on my encore career. Happily married (not looking for love) and I have a financial adviser (not into crypto). Blue.

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Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules The efforts to detain and deport noncitizen activists earlier this year represented an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment, the ruling says.

A victory for free speech!

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

30.09.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here we go again....

30.09.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller managing Venezuela airstrikes in new drug war - Salon.com Miller is helping direct "lawless" airstrikes on boats from Venezuela, The Guardian reports

SS shows some steel after all -- by usurping powers!

www.salon.com/2025/09/29/s...

30.09.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Second Amendment Was Created to Put Down Slave Revolts

The Second Amendment was never meant to sanctify weapons of war in the hands of mass killers. It was crafted to protect the institution of slavery and the men who profited from it. We should get rid of it.

observatory.wiki/The_Second_A...

26.09.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was a massacre, not a battle.

26.09.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's called weaponizing the DOJ for POTUS47's benefit.

26.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I donโ€™t want to hear about whoโ€™s to blame.
Republicans cannot govern. This is common knowledge at this point.๐Ÿ˜’

26.09.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 231    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The scam called tariffs.

26.09.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gavin Newsom Just Unleashed His Savagely Fitting New Nickname For Stephen Miller ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

SS or Submissive Stephen Miller! What about for Russel Vought? Holy Vought?

www.comicsands.com/newsom-mille...?

26.09.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Picture with the words: Never place a period where God has placed a comma.

Picture with the words: Never place a period where God has placed a comma.

This is why I am for Oxford commas.

25.09.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Presbyterians gather online to celebrate Native American Day LOUISVILLEย โ€” During Wednesdayโ€™s Chapel Service, Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Irv Porter joined to help Presbyterians honor Native American Day, which is traditionally celebrated duri...

In the first week of the fall equinox, #Presbyterians celebrate Native American Day. The first Bible in North America, the Eliot Indian Bible published in 1663, was in Natick, also known as Wampanoag, the language of Algonquian people of today's Massachusetts.

pcusa.org/news-storyte...?

24.09.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Column | Want to be a 401(k) millionaire? Find out which type of saver you are. A surge in the stock market has created a record number of retirement millionaires. The best tip for growing your 401(k)? Stay the course.

@michellesingletary.bsky.social always delivers sane, practical advice. This is why she is my favorite personal finance columnist.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

17.09.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Americansโ€™ Most Valuable Asset Isnโ€™t Stocks or a Home. Itโ€™s Social Security.

For nine out of 10 households, Social Security is our most valuable financial asset. It serves as a counterbalance to the widening wealth inequality in the United States..

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/b...

15.09.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inflation quashed household income gains in 2024, census finds The U.S. Census Bureau found that the richest Americansโ€™ income rose last year, and women and Black people lost ground.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It is not an issue of Left vs. Right, but Rich vs. Poor.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...?

15.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mary Trump: "Definitely" president's signature on alleged Epstein letter - Salon.com Mary Trump said the signature "definitely" belonged to the president.

It's her uncle's signature, says Mary Trump.

www.salon.com/2025/09/09/m...?

11.09.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any sane person should get flu and CovId-19 shots. I am scheduled for Friday.

09.09.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year.

Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

08.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14593    ๐Ÿ” 5407    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 479    ๐Ÿ“Œ 215
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We should have more health alliances like this to counter the anti-science stand of RFK, Jr.

09.09.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

If you are his friend, you can violate the law and suffer no consequences. But if you are his enemyโ€ฆ.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

09.09.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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House Panel Releases Drawing for Epstein Apparently Signed by Trump

A man with such an โ€œartisticโ€ talent should not be chair of the Kennedy Center.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

09.09.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Racist as hellโ€™: Trumpโ€™s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials Presidentโ€™s targeting of Fed governor Lisa Cook highlights his efforts to remove diverse voices from government

Itโ€™s called a Lily White Administration.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30.08.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donald Trumpโ€™s Big Gay Government

โ€œYou can either party with the gays on Fire Island, or you can cut funding for AIDS programs, but you canโ€™t do both.โ€

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...

26.08.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Many dictators have said this before.

26.08.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible ways

โ€œTrees have profound agency over earth, wind, fire and water in ways we can only partly elucidate.โ€

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

26.08.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No troops on our streets! Do not turn our military machine against civilians in
Our own country.

14.08.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Together, Russia and the U.S. possess majority of the worldโ€™s nuclear bombs. Either country could blow up the world into smithereens.

14.08.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s answer to numbers he doesnโ€™t like: Change them or throw them away From D.C. crime rates to census collection to labor statistics, the administration has suppressed inconvenient data and conjured inaccurate statistics to bolster policy objectives.

Itโ€™s a numbers game โ€” a cooked up numbers game.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

14.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | RFK Jr.โ€™s slander of mRNA technology will harm Americans Canceling research will slow lifesaving innovation and increase U.S. vulnerability to pandemics.

RFK Jr. should be sacked. Heโ€™s destroying our public health system.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

07.08.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Raceย Before It Stops Us There is a risk that the war of words between Moscow and DC could escalate.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, let us remember that we are only 89 second before a nuclear midnight. Let us pray for cooler heads before the war of words between the USA and Russia escalates into nuclear war.

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

06.08.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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