Irene Adler
@ireneadlercal.bsky.social
Dog and cat loving tree hugging liberal feminist. Go Kings Go. Bolt Up. Long suffering Angels fan.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Whether it’s Pete Buttigieg learning to speak eight languages or Donald Trump successfully identifying a giraffe, there’s plenty of intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
December 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Whether it’s Pete Buttigieg learning to speak eight languages or Donald Trump successfully identifying a giraffe, there’s plenty of intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
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December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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I think Jake Paul should try returning serves from Venus Williams next
December 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I think Jake Paul should try returning serves from Venus Williams next
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Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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“The inflation data is missing numbers on the key areas that are costing you more — no data from October & November on food, shelter, and health care.”
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social making the point that the Trump numbers should be “taken with a grain of salt”
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social making the point that the Trump numbers should be “taken with a grain of salt”
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
“The inflation data is missing numbers on the key areas that are costing you more — no data from October & November on food, shelter, and health care.”
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social making the point that the Trump numbers should be “taken with a grain of salt”
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social making the point that the Trump numbers should be “taken with a grain of salt”
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Trump hypes his new healthcare plan of asking healthcare companies to lower prices
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Trump hypes his new healthcare plan of asking healthcare companies to lower prices
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surprise, surprise. DOJ will release docs over a rolling production over a few weeks -- violation of terms of Epstein law but who's to stop them. Big point is timing -- remember first spin of Mueller Report by Bill Barr? What comes out first will be big influence on public perception.
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
surprise, surprise. DOJ will release docs over a rolling production over a few weeks -- violation of terms of Epstein law but who's to stop them. Big point is timing -- remember first spin of Mueller Report by Bill Barr? What comes out first will be big influence on public perception.
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apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
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In her honour? Or is it that he's finally allowed to play with them after being told for 50 years: "those aren't toys"
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In her honour? Or is it that he's finally allowed to play with them after being told for 50 years: "those aren't toys"
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The Kennedy Center is named by statute. Neither Trump nor his appointed Board can change the name. Such awful journalism, just accepting/assuming that Trump and his minions actually have the power to do everything they claim to do. Go back to school and retake Journalism 101.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Kennedy Center is named by statute. Neither Trump nor his appointed Board can change the name. Such awful journalism, just accepting/assuming that Trump and his minions actually have the power to do everything they claim to do. Go back to school and retake Journalism 101.
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The Imperial Valley grows your winter vegetables, drains the Colorado River and generates tons of solar. Also public corruption runs rampant and a farm baron's wife just got killed under mysterious circumstances.
Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
Death in the Desert, Part 1: Who Killed Kerri Abatti?
An Imperial Valley murder mystery, with a helping of climate change.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Imperial Valley grows your winter vegetables, drains the Colorado River and generates tons of solar. Also public corruption runs rampant and a farm baron's wife just got killed under mysterious circumstances.
Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...
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Republicans fought release of Epstein materials every step of the way, are now refusing to release the second strike boat video, and won’t let Jack Smith testify in public. They constantly hide everything they are doing from the American people.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Republicans fought release of Epstein materials every step of the way, are now refusing to release the second strike boat video, and won’t let Jack Smith testify in public. They constantly hide everything they are doing from the American people.
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Notice that the parts of Trump's economic program that help working and middle class Americans — DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and warrior dividends — are popular, progressive, and non-existent. Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, regressive and very very real.
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Notice that the parts of Trump's economic program that help working and middle class Americans — DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and warrior dividends — are popular, progressive, and non-existent. Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, regressive and very very real.
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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Enten highlights that Trump is underwater on every key issue: "The report card is negative. Every single day since March 12 Trump has been in the red. 281 days in a row. The bottom line is Americans don't like what Trump is doing and they haven't liked what Trump's doing for a long period of time."
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Enten highlights that Trump is underwater on every key issue: "The report card is negative. Every single day since March 12 Trump has been in the red. 281 days in a row. The bottom line is Americans don't like what Trump is doing and they haven't liked what Trump's doing for a long period of time."
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Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …
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J.D. Vance was meant to be a guy you see for 3 seconds on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives as he goes "oh yeah, so good" with his dumb BBQ sauce-covered face. But instead he's the Vice President, explaining how you can be for a pure nation while having an Indian wife, because "one less wife for them"
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
J.D. Vance was meant to be a guy you see for 3 seconds on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives as he goes "oh yeah, so good" with his dumb BBQ sauce-covered face. But instead he's the Vice President, explaining how you can be for a pure nation while having an Indian wife, because "one less wife for them"
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Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
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One reason Rob Reiner’s death was so shocking is that he was a living embodiment of a gentle, righteous, kind humanity. Trump’s reaction, meanwhile, was an embodiment of his inhumanity, vile as it is. We all get to choose which one we would want to be. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Bruce Arthur: Donald Trump’s reaction to Rob Reiner’s death is vile, even for him
The U.S. president's social media post hits a celestial level of narcissism, and is another implicit call to political violence.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One reason Rob Reiner’s death was so shocking is that he was a living embodiment of a gentle, righteous, kind humanity. Trump’s reaction, meanwhile, was an embodiment of his inhumanity, vile as it is. We all get to choose which one we would want to be. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
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Philip Rivers can hold his head high — a lot of 30yo quarterbacks can't play that well against a 10-3 team
December 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Philip Rivers can hold his head high — a lot of 30yo quarterbacks can't play that well against a 10-3 team