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Adlai Amor

@bisdak.bsky.social
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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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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am so happy to subscribe to the #WashingtonSun. Now here is a fine alternative to @washingtonpost.com, which is sadly no longer what it was. www.washingtonsun.com
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The Washington Sun • WashingtonSun.com
The Washington Sun covers politics and policy and the people who shape life in Washington — not just at the White House and in Congress, but at the Wilson Building, at Northwest Stadium and in the nei...
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These are not public service ads. If these are, the government should run ones calling for DJT to Resign. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as “public service” announcements.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope the International Criminal Court wins the Nobel Peace Prize www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget the famous names. Here is who actually deserves this year’s Nobel peace prize | Haakon Gjerløw
The betting markets favour the US president and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the most vital work to secure peace is being done by those far from the spotlight, says Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the ...
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am glad I am retired.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The problem will only get worse as hunger increases in the USA.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can’t imagine talking for 7 hours straight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Most Americans don’t know Hasan Piker. The rest say he is changing this year’s elections
The popular Twitch streamer has been vilified by Republicans, but the socialist commentator has a large audience that some Democrats have courted
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s worth repeating: Republicans are hypocrites, hypocrites, hypocrites! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Hypocritical’: RNC pushes mail voting for its supporters while attacking it in court
The RNC has sued across the country to restrict mail voting. But it also paid for emails and a website telling voters to “request your mail-in ballot now,” a Democracy Docket analysis found.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A media ban, no matter how the White House calls it, is still a violation of our First Amendment rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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JD Vance humiliated himself in defending Trump’s media ban — and revealed too much
What we now know about the chaos and sycophancy inside the Trump administration should worry us all, writes Holly Baxter
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It is officially the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, but it is really the Star Wars Museum. youtu.be/9C7-H0uql1M?...
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Illustrating myths: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow. It’s impressive that Donnie can fit a military complex in a traffic circle. Perhaps the drones will be nested on the Arch de Trump! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers
The president’s post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey Katie, ask Donnie to foot your bills. Katie Miller fears legal bills from potential Democratic investigations of Trump www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Katie Miller fears legal bills from potential Democratic investigations of Trump
‘After the first Trump administration, my family spent money we did not have on lawyers,’ the wife of Trump aide Stephen Miller says
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have better chances of increasing the number of SC justices.
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SandyLee🍁 @leeram.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congrats to Stephen Cobert on his Emmy. #fuckyoutrump
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Despite the recent Supreme Court decisions, this is good news indeed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Welcome #WashingtonSun! Shine your sun on the darkness that covers our democracy
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#Canadian Bald Eagles to the rescue! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Canada helped save the bald eagle from near extinction in the US – does the White House know?
The White House posted a photo of bald eagle attacking a Canada goose – but it was Canada that played a critical role in the recovery of the raptor in the US
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My vote is priceless! Say NO to vote buying, especially from a corrupt politician! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump promise of $5,000 for US citizens after midterms decried as ‘bribery’
Critics react to bid for Republican votes with incredulity and point to potential $1.2tn cost atop existing national debt
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy 60th, Star Trek. Under Philippine law, you are now a senior citizen entitled to 20% discount for meals and hotels, free movies, and preferred service.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is another endless war started by Trump that he will never win. Meanwhile, we suffer as taxpayers www.newsweek.com/canada-bigge...
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Canada’s biggest newspaper targets U.S. states over Trump’s tariff "tantrums"
Canada's top paper backed Doug Ford's plan to target midterm voters with tariffs to pressure Republicans over Trump's trade war.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For once the Supreme Court made the right decision.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
May this be his major misstep. The mood of the country is Out with Republicans! Republicans blast out ‘free tickets’ offer to save Trump from Dallas embarrassment www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Republicans blast out ‘free tickets’ offer to save Trump from Dallas embarrassment
The Texas spectacle later this week could prove to be a misstep for the president if he doesn’t get the crowds he wants
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A feel-good musical about hospitality amid uncertainty. Thanks again, #Canadians. ‘Come From Away’ Comes Home www.nytimes.com/video/theate...
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Video: ‘Come From Away’ Comes Home
“Come From Away,” a musical about ​a small Newfoundland town that embraced nearly 7,000 travelers ​when their planes were grounded after the Sept. 11 attacks, is playing all over the world​, including...
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Pentagon will do anything to root out the truth tellers.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Slush Fund Saga continues. Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy 50th (UK) birthday, Miss Piggy and the Muppet Show. You now qualify to be on the front cover of the AARP Magazine. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy
Half a century on, Jim Henson’s fuzzy felt friends are as influential as Monty Python and the Beatles. It’s been a wild journey of nightclubbing, light operas, duetting with Debbie Harry and tying Joh...
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Shame on the Supreme Court! Overhaul the #SupremeCourt! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue
The decision hands President Donald Trump a major political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lake Ontario, now And always! Gulf of Mexico, now and Always! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Google unveils ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users
People in Canada will continue to see Lake Ontario on the company's maps, Google said, while those outside of the two countries will see both names.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Are conservative social media influencers being used to prepare the ground for Pete Hegseth’s presidential run? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thank you for your vision Yayoi Kusama! www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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The Limits of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity
The visionary artist once challenged ways of seeing—until she was seen by everyone.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The billionaire’s ballroom is being built on lies. Restore the Old East Wing! www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The White House says its ballroom is 65% complete. Its documents suggest otherwise.
The claim, made in government filings to the Supreme Court, is contradicted by budget and other records.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
He’s an ex-journalist now working for the #WhiteHouse pursuing Conspiracy theories. In short, he drank the Cool Aid. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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How a dogged D.C. journalist became Trump’s investigative reporter in the White House
Once a reporter for the Associated Press and The Washington Post, Solomon veered rightward in his coverage. His prize: a job in Donald Trump’s White House.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The ultimate goal was not to fix the government’s finances but to cement the Republicans’ hold on power. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending
The enormous US debt under Trump will hobble the next Democratic administration – just as the GOP planned
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s an insane world. Recognizing it as such is the first step to sanity.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Too late for voter’s remorse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety
Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy as health secretary before speaking out
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Overhaul the #SupremeCourt and restore balance. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Democracy cannot thrive if the mass media is owned by one person or one conglomerate.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This made my day. Thanks to the creator (AI or not) of this image.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
May climate change deniers have no air conditioning during the hottest months. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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Record El Niño to give Earth a preview of its warmer future
It will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing temperatures to levels that otherwise might not be felt for a decade or so.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump has no role in the conduct of federal elections -- other than to lie, confuse, and sow discord. He knows he's losing that is why we need to stand up and fight to save our democracy.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The truck transported TACO. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump reportedly hid in catering container to board secret flight in Turkey amid Iran threat
Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One in July
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Civil society organizations in the #Philippines have launched a Truth Commission to give voice to the #Filipino families and victims of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's War on Drugs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-4v...
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Bakit Mahalaga ang Truth Commission?
YouTube video by Truth Commission (Philippines)
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
As #Indonesia rushes to build a new capital, Indigenous people and scientists document the sounds of a disappearing #rainforest. A fascinating read. pulitzercenter.org/stories/can-...
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Can You Hear a Forest Disappearing? Scientists Are Trying To Find Out
Indonesia is building a new capital city in the heart of Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. As construction transforms one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests, scientists and their Indigenous.....
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Release all the #Epstein files! Justice for the victims.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If the secessionists win - which I hope they will not - I wonder who will be the overlord of Alberta? Rubio already has Venezuela. Perhaps one of the Trump kids? Keep Canada one! www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The Canadian Secessionists Who Love Trump
The Alberta separatist movement is intensifying as a critical vote nears.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Release all Epstein files. Justice for the victims!
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It’s also called cutting your nose to spite your face. Soon we will be nose-less faces.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trump is the best in everything - including corruption!
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
His tenancy ends in 2028!
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Of I were Trump, I would fire the lawyer handling this case but I am not so let the discovery and depositions of his family begin. www.newsweek.com/trump-family...
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Trump family members 'fair game', could face depositions in BBC lawsuit
Trump family members could face depositions in his BBC lawsuit even if he succeeds in shielding business records, legal experts tell Newsweek.
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Adlai Amor @bisdak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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