Rwall
@rwalla.bsky.social
Cantor, former social worker, Tikkun Olam, Yiddishkeit
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The World’s Largest Afro Took Three People to Measure It www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
The World’s Largest Afro Took Three People to Measure It
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The World’s Largest Afro Took Three People to Measure It www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
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Twenty-two Veterans succumb to their struggles daily. May I request that two friends or family members copy and re-post this message? Someone's life may depend on it. ❤️🩹 Call the Veteran's Hotline at 988 #1 or 844-647-1354. I am asking for just two individuals to respond with 'done'.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Twenty-two Veterans succumb to their struggles daily. May I request that two friends or family members copy and re-post this message? Someone's life may depend on it. ❤️🩹 Call the Veteran's Hotline at 988 #1 or 844-647-1354. I am asking for just two individuals to respond with 'done'.
Weekend of Action: Thanksgiving November 27th- December 1st (This includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday)
Day to Day Specific Actions:
Thursday - Don’t Spend a Dime, Spend Family Time
Friday - Blackout Friday: Blackout Black Friday
Day to Day Specific Actions:
Thursday - Don’t Spend a Dime, Spend Family Time
Friday - Blackout Friday: Blackout Black Friday
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Weekend of Action: Thanksgiving November 27th- December 1st (This includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday)
Day to Day Specific Actions:
Thursday - Don’t Spend a Dime, Spend Family Time
Friday - Blackout Friday: Blackout Black Friday
Day to Day Specific Actions:
Thursday - Don’t Spend a Dime, Spend Family Time
Friday - Blackout Friday: Blackout Black Friday
Just found this awesome bit of Talmud:
Sanhedrin 91a:14
The Gemara relates: And on another occasion, the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Keturah came to judgment with the Jewish people before Alexander of Macedon. They said to the Jewish people before Alexander:
Sanhedrin 91a:14
The Gemara relates: And on another occasion, the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Keturah came to judgment with the Jewish people before Alexander of Macedon. They said to the Jewish people before Alexander:
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just found this awesome bit of Talmud:
Sanhedrin 91a:14
The Gemara relates: And on another occasion, the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Keturah came to judgment with the Jewish people before Alexander of Macedon. They said to the Jewish people before Alexander:
Sanhedrin 91a:14
The Gemara relates: And on another occasion, the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Keturah came to judgment with the Jewish people before Alexander of Macedon. They said to the Jewish people before Alexander:
If only she had gotten that kind of money. www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
A Frida Kahlo painting broke records at auction on Thursday
The artist's 1940 painting, El sueño (La cama), was expected to sell for $40 to $60 million on Thursday night. It sold for $54.7 million.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If only she had gotten that kind of money. www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
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We are disappointed that a bill infringing on our First Amendment rights passed the Ohio Senate this week, but we will always fight to keep religion out of our public classrooms.
Read more from NCJW Rabbi for Repro Megan Doherty: highlandcountypress.com/index.php/oh...
Read more from NCJW Rabbi for Repro Megan Doherty: highlandcountypress.com/index.php/oh...
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We are disappointed that a bill infringing on our First Amendment rights passed the Ohio Senate this week, but we will always fight to keep religion out of our public classrooms.
Read more from NCJW Rabbi for Repro Megan Doherty: highlandcountypress.com/index.php/oh...
Read more from NCJW Rabbi for Repro Megan Doherty: highlandcountypress.com/index.php/oh...
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n... "The whole idea of anonymity in public, it's really gone when the administration or the government can immediately identify who you are," Bier said, adding that this technology could have a chilling effect on people's willingness to attend public protests.'
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n... "The whole idea of anonymity in public, it's really gone when the administration or the government can immediately identify who you are," Bier said, adding that this technology could have a chilling effect on people's willingness to attend public protests.'
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @natlash.bsky.social did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @natlash.bsky.social did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
On November 9, Chuck Schumer surrendered in the fight for affordable healthcare, supplying Republicans the votes necessary to advance a budget that will cause premiums to double and triple for million...
act.indivisible.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...
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Hundreds of federalized National Guard members sent to Illinois and Oregon will return to their home states as early as this week, a defense official tells NBC News.
Hundreds of federalized National Guard members are set to leave Illinois and Oregon
The Democratic-led states have been engaged in monthslong legal fights with the Trump administration over the use of guard forces from California and Texas.
nbcnews.to
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hundreds of federalized National Guard members sent to Illinois and Oregon will return to their home states as early as this week, a defense official tells NBC News.
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files
After months of delay and amid a desperate cover-up attempt, House Democrats managed to force a vote for the FULL release of the Epstein Files! Now, we finally have a chance to learn the truth and mak...
act.indivisible.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs. n.pr/4rgzh3h
Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?
A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs. n.pr/4rgzh3h
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Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.
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Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
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Are they going to argue that Republicans are a protected class?
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block California’s new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Are they going to argue that Republicans are a protected class?
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This is no cause for celebration. Let us never lose sight of the fact that the Trump admin weaponized SNAP and played games with the lives of 42 million Americans without a moment’s hesitation.
America’s hunger crisis didn’t begin with this shutdown, and it won’t end with the passage of this bill.
America’s hunger crisis didn’t begin with this shutdown, and it won’t end with the passage of this bill.
Ending the Shutdown Doesn’t Mean Ending Threats to SNAP, Americans in Hunger
After Congress voted to end the longest federal government shutdown in American history tonight, anti-hunger advocates warned that a deeply dangerous precedent has been set that will have long-lasting...
mazon.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is no cause for celebration. Let us never lose sight of the fact that the Trump admin weaponized SNAP and played games with the lives of 42 million Americans without a moment’s hesitation.
America’s hunger crisis didn’t begin with this shutdown, and it won’t end with the passage of this bill.
America’s hunger crisis didn’t begin with this shutdown, and it won’t end with the passage of this bill.
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Jeffrey Epstein said Trump "spent hours at my house" with a sexual abuse victim and "Of course he knew about the girls" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Jeffrey Epstein said Trump "spent hours at my house" with a sexual abuse victim and "Of course he knew about the girls" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The fight over the Epstein files is heading to the House floor.
A fresh email released Wednesday — in which Epstein told a journalist that Trump “knew about the girls” — is jump-starting the push for a December vote Trump has tried to avoid.
A fresh email released Wednesday — in which Epstein told a journalist that Trump “knew about the girls” — is jump-starting the push for a December vote Trump has tried to avoid.
Here’s how the House battle over the Epstein files will play out
Long-delayed swearing-in of Arizona Democrat will set the stage for a vote President Trump has sought to avoid.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The fight over the Epstein files is heading to the House floor.
A fresh email released Wednesday — in which Epstein told a journalist that Trump “knew about the girls” — is jump-starting the push for a December vote Trump has tried to avoid.
A fresh email released Wednesday — in which Epstein told a journalist that Trump “knew about the girls” — is jump-starting the push for a December vote Trump has tried to avoid.
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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.