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Ruth Adar 🎗️

@rruth.bsky.social

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Rabbi, Granny, Teacher. Proud Californian still rocking my Tennessee accent in English and עברית. 🖖🏻 LLAP. I focus on sharing articles that suggest effective action for regular people, or that inspire. Also poodle and sunset photos. Do not forget to laugh!

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 1m

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Leandro” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

NO KINGS San Leandro · May Day Strong

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 4m

Do not even say such a thing.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3h

"MAGA aren't worried about what the old rules of politics say. They have heard the footsteps of the Lord of Hosts marching through history, and they understand that rules can be changed. They are exercising every lever of power available to them to do so: legal, institutional, cultural, financial."

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 3h

This article lifted my spirits today:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Lincoln Way

How he used America’s past to rescue its future

www.theatlantic.com

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 6h

In other words, if you knew Stephen Miller the way Trump knows Stephen Miller, ordinary people's hair would stand on end and they'd demand that he be kicked out of our government.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 12h

TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT:

PLEASE HELP:

1) CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN STILL EXISTS.

2) CHECK YOUR PART D RX PLAN AND COMPARE OTHER PLANS (TRUMP ADMIN. TOOK AWAY BIDEN SUBSIDIES FOR 2026)

3) REPOST THIS SO OTHERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
medicare.gov

Welcome to Medicare

The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.

medicare.gov

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 6h

This makes me so angry that I want to scream. It's so much worse than the headline indicates (and the headline is bad enough.) Read the article.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13h

FLAMES OUT OF THE SIDE OF MY FACE

there is no forgiveness for these horrors, ever

Teen with autism who was missing for days found in federal custody

A teenager with autism who was missing for days is in federal custody.

www.kswo.com

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Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · 16h

We are living in a time when the powerful seek to control truth, when cruelty is dressed up as policy, and when compassion is dismissed as weakness. But neither Judaism nor the Black experience has ever depended on comfort for survival.

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

Poodles have resilient spirits. I hope he feels a lot better soon.

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

It's National Fossil Day. Make of that what you will.

Four candy-striped smokestacks belch fumes into the cloudy sky, with high tension wires and an electrical tower in the background.

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

Park? Shoodle?
Dundundundun...

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

Oh no! Sending sympathy and strength to you and the poor poodle!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The fall of Roe has made pregnancy unsafe in America…
Even if you live in a blue state.

They want to control our bodies, and if we die because of it? That’s considered an acceptable loss.

Avoid period tracker apps. Don’t discuss your cycle or pregnancy online. Discretion could save you.

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

I agree with this message 100%.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

Good for LA County. Shame on the Trump Administration.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 9h

I found an old image of my sweet Gabi. #rainbowbridge #poodlesofbluesky #animalloveofmylife

Silver toy poodle nesting in a white plushy dog bed. Her name was Gabi.

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 14h

It will be very difficult to address any of this with Netanyahu still in office.

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 15h

Swear! Her! In!

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 15h

So proud
The Democratic Women's Caucus marching to Speaker Johnson's office demanding Adelita Grijalva gets sworn in

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 15h

Her eyes!

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 22h

Jack showing off his scary looking teefies. Grrrrrr!

Apricot toy poodle with his front feet on the arm of a brown couch. His head is back and his crooked teeth are on display as if he is laughing.

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 23h

The revolutionary #BlackPantherParty was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland, California on the 15 October 1966. Originally founded to fight police racism, it also organised against poverty, hunger & capitalism.
#BlackHistoryMonth

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Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, that anniversary is approaching, isn't it? Glad you survived to tell the tale.

Ruth Adar 🎗️ @rruth.bsky.social · 22h

After the storm. Sunset over San Francisco Bay.

Panoramic view of a sunset over the Bay. Dark clouds hover over the horizon but above them the clear sky is visible.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 1d

The Republican bill is incredibly unpopular. It would hurt millions & give tax cuts to billionaires.
Make the politics SO toxic that Republicans have to rework the budget framework completely. Protest! Resist! Join together to fight back!

Let's show up. Let's organize. Let's win.

dlvr.it

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