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Ruth Adar 🖖🏻
@rruth.bsky.social
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Rabbi, Granny, Teacher, Queer. Proud Californian still rocking my TN accent in English and Hebrew. Trek aficionada.

Lots of poodle and sunset photos. Make room for laughter and wonder, if we are to survive!
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rruth.bsky.social
I am so ashamed that President Trump said that. I am so sorry . I am angry with every person in Congress that he is still flying around on Air Force One talking like that.
stevefarr.bsky.social ∞ Uncle Steve @stevefarr.bsky.social · 3h
Totally fair play by Thornberry. Angry. We need angry.

It's our sons and daughters being talked about. They're not just cannon fodder to be be ignored by some draft dodger poodle daddy commander in chief of the so called free world.
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM
rruth.bsky.social
Music by immigrants
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Colin Hay ‘strenuously disapproves’ use of Down Under at March for Australia rallies
Former Men at Work frontman, who was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia, tells anti-immigration protestors, ‘Go write your own song, leave mine alone’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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margaret.bsky.social
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
rruth.bsky.social
“Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 AM
rruth.bsky.social
Emanuel is right: we need an age limit for public office.
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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josiegz.bsky.social
"For others, myself included, 'Marty Supreme' is one of the great Jewish movies, an unapologetic depiction of the Jewish American experience in all of its complications," writes Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
‘Marty Supreme’ Has a Lot to Say About Being Jewish in America
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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holymysteriousdog.bsky.social
Dear #Minnesota #Philadelphia #Maine we are ALL here, besos 😘 from #Oakland and #SanJose
Photos: Hundreds attend ‘ICE out’ protests at Oakland’s Lake Merritt and in San Jose
Protesters gathered in Oakland and San Jose to protest the Trump administration on the heels of the nationwide “Free America Walkout.”
www.eastbaytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 AM
rruth.bsky.social
History worth learning. Those of us who enjoy citizenship now should appreciate our ancestors and others who faced discrimination upon arrival.
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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sfchronicle.com
Oakland will revive the police department’s Cadet Program in an effort to boost staffing and address public safety concerns. This reinstatement is being funded by Kaiser Permanente and PG&E.
Kaiser, PG&E put up $900,000 to help Oakland grow police ranks
Oakland will revive the police department’s Cadet Program in an effort to boost staffing and address public safety concerns. This reinstatement is being funded by Kaiser Permanente and PG&E.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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marykaykeller.bsky.social
Check out @5calls.org It's easy to talk to your representatives. Tell them you will not vote for them again unless they #Invoke Article 2 Section 4 #Impeach DJT for #Treason attacking #American #Citizens on US soil & selling #Saudis #military #weapons & depositing the money in his personal account.
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
rruth.bsky.social
Lest We Forget...
politicalnotes.bsky.social Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes.bsky.social · 1d
A preservation panel in San Francisco is supportive of seeing a number of properties important to LGBTQ history become city landmarks. The sites are among more than a dozen it recommended be given such a designation by the Board of Supervisors....
www.ebar.com/story/162407...
Historic panel backs landmarking SF LGBTQ sites
A preservation panel in San Francisco is supportive of seeing a number of properties important to LGBTQ history become city landmarks.
www.ebar.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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dexanderson.com
Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
Protester sprayed with chemical irritant while agents pinned him to the ground Protesters gathered on Blaisdell Avenue in south Minneapolis between 28th and 29th streets after federal agents detained two teenagers, according to witnesses. Protesters were shouting and tensions escalated before agents began detaining observers like the man seen below, who was pinned to the ground when a federal agent sprayed a chemical irritant directly into his face.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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caffeine.fellas.army
Whoever is inside ICE leaking all the information they’re sending out is a national hero.
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
rruth.bsky.social
I do not recognize my country any more.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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bestonetx.bsky.social
Republicans used to say this is why we have a Second Amendment.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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sonnyboy-spoo.bsky.social
This #protestingpoodle has heard that this is a confirmed abduction. The Trump regime Minnesota's worst of the worst. 😡 Someone better ask Vance about this tomorrow when he is in town. #abolishice #thecrueltyisthepoint
January 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM
rruth.bsky.social
Anything to meet the quota.
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Gift link, no paywall.
ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say
The police chief of one Minneapolis suburb said all of the officers who had been stopped there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were people of color.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
rruth.bsky.social
Unify the caucus, you fools! While we still have a democracy to defend! (((Wail)))
ddayen.bsky.social David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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lioracle.bsky.social
This guy was a full on criminal of the most comicbook sort, and yet, look, maybe deporting him wasn’t such a great idea, because now he has escaped his criminal trial, leaving his victims without justice.
LOS ANGELES — A man facing federal charges in what authorities have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history was deported to Ecuador late last month, bringing the case against him to a crashing halt, according to recent court filings. Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was one of seven men charged last year with breaking into a Brinks big rig and stealing around $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and luxury watches in 2022. The inquiry into the heist has seen investigators chase leads across the globe, apprehend one suspect in Panama and explore the alleged thieves' ties to Ecuador. Much of the loot has not been recovered. Flores faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and theft from interstate and foreign shipment. He has pleaded not guilty. But, in a complicated sequence of events, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Flores on or about Dec. 29, according to his attorney, John D. Robertson. In a Jan. 9 motion to dismiss the case against Flores, Robertson said he had "just learned" his client had been deported. The jewelers victimized by the crime are indignant. "When a defendant in a major federal theft case leaves the country before trial, victims are left without answers, without a verdict, and without closure," said Jerry Kroll, an attorney for some of the jewelry companies.
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 PM
rruth.bsky.social
This is an interesting approach
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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windowseat.bsky.social
Given the shit going down today I really hope people outside of Minnesota are talking a lot about how the federal government has openly declared war on Minnesota.

Maybe members of congress are doing something about it? If not, those of you not here please light up their phones. Fuck.
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 PM
rruth.bsky.social
When you are angry at Trump about the destruction of science & prigrams, don't forget the "conservatives" who've been yammering about deconstructing the federal government ever since FDR died. And that stupid Reagan quote about government being the problem.
dunnersmads.bsky.social dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 2d
Trump boasts about annihilation of the govt workforce. He is a vacuum of understanding about how things work and shares it with the whole world.
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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faithonview.com
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has publicly honored Renee Good, a Minnesota woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, as a martyr of faith and justice.... #faith https://loom.ly/lNlCJnE
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
rruth.bsky.social
A long-time reporter in Sacramento talks about the change he's seen in California government during the decades he has covered it. Diversity does make a difference, a good difference.
www.latimes.com/california/n...
Column: New California Senate leader Monique Limón, 'kind, generous' and a 'badass'
New California Senate leader Monique Limón, 'kind, generous' and a 'badass'
www.latimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM