DetroitRudyOwens
@detroitrudyowens.bsky.social
Author of You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are, an adoptee's memoir on US adoption, adoptee rights, & the public health impacts of adoption. Focus: Adoptee rights, adoption reform, all issues re rights to one's identity/bio-kin connections. All views my own.
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Blood is thicker than water: Meeting my kin in Finland - Rudy Owens: Sisu Powered
Rudy Owens' story about meeting his Finnish kin in Finland in September 2023
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"Family is universal. We all have family—biological #family. It’s the common glue that binds us to others." I had a few words to share on this topic, as in more than 9,000 words! And I was just getting started. 😀🇫🇮🇺🇸
#AdopteeRights
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#AdopteeRights
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A day after one of the most stunning collapses in US politics, with Senate Democrats seeing a number of their rank side with the majority party and give up fighting to secure affordable health insurance for 20 million Americans, and my senior senator is still mum. www.facebook.com/senatorronwy...
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
A day after one of the most stunning collapses in US politics, with Senate Democrats seeing a number of their rank side with the majority party and give up fighting to secure affordable health insurance for 20 million Americans, and my senior senator is still mum. www.facebook.com/senatorronwy...
Votes are in as a result of Senate Democrats allowing a Vichy strategy to cave days after a historic national set of victories on all races, in all parts of the country, on every major issue and candidate. Never forget who is Vichy. Demand immediate new D leadership. www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Votes are in as a result of Senate Democrats allowing a Vichy strategy to cave days after a historic national set of victories on all races, in all parts of the country, on every major issue and candidate. Never forget who is Vichy. Demand immediate new D leadership. www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
"Peace in our time."
"If through our close discipline and our public spirit we can conduct the negotiations in progress, France will surmount her defeat and preserve in the world her rank as a European and colonial power."
Fill in the blank for King and Schumer.
"If through our close discipline and our public spirit we can conduct the negotiations in progress, France will surmount her defeat and preserve in the world her rank as a European and colonial power."
Fill in the blank for King and Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Peace in our time."
"If through our close discipline and our public spirit we can conduct the negotiations in progress, France will surmount her defeat and preserve in the world her rank as a European and colonial power."
Fill in the blank for King and Schumer.
"If through our close discipline and our public spirit we can conduct the negotiations in progress, France will surmount her defeat and preserve in the world her rank as a European and colonial power."
Fill in the blank for King and Schumer.
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
CBS News story here. They are so over and beaten, bought, and broken. There's nothing "allegedly" about it. They were convicted of crimes--trying to overturn our election in 2020. Headline: "Trump pardons Giuliani, others who allegedly tried to overturn 2020 election" www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump pardons Giuliani, others who allegedly tried to overturn 2020 election
President Trump has pardoned dozens of people who allegedly took part in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, including "false electors."
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
CBS News story here. They are so over and beaten, bought, and broken. There's nothing "allegedly" about it. They were convicted of crimes--trying to overturn our election in 2020. Headline: "Trump pardons Giuliani, others who allegedly tried to overturn 2020 election" www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Famous Vichy leaders for 500. That's right, Marshal Pétain. I think more are ready to join this hall of shame.
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain review – a fallen hero in the dock
Julian Jackson’s meticulous, engaging history of the collaborator general and his downfall is a gripping study of dishonour and denial
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Famous Vichy leaders for 500. That's right, Marshal Pétain. I think more are ready to join this hall of shame.
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says with a straight face after his betrayal of millions of Americans: "Standing up to Donald Tr*mp didn't work. It actually gave him more power." Wow. So glad he wasn't around giving pep talks to troops landing on Iwo Jima and Normandy in WWII. youtu.be/BmdP4seXFLk?...
Now we have a strategy: Senator defends his vote to end the shutdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
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November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says with a straight face after his betrayal of millions of Americans: "Standing up to Donald Tr*mp didn't work. It actually gave him more power." Wow. So glad he wasn't around giving pep talks to troops landing on Iwo Jima and Normandy in WWII. youtu.be/BmdP4seXFLk?...
The USA had a violent insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, by a violent mob who stormed Congress, and people died. It was encouraged by the then sitting POTUS. Regardless of all of this, those are the facts documented in thousands of media reports. Those facts stand firm.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Trump threatens legal action against BBC as chairman apologises for 'error of judgement' on speech edit
The BBC says it will respond
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The USA had a violent insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, by a violent mob who stormed Congress, and people died. It was encouraged by the then sitting POTUS. Regardless of all of this, those are the facts documented in thousands of media reports. Those facts stand firm.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Saw this being shared. Yup.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Saw this being shared. Yup.
Sen. Sanders is right the root harm is we do not provide a single payer, universal healthcare system like all developed nations. What we created as a bandaid was the ACA, which was marginal insurance at best. And now that's being dismantled too. That's the issue!
www.facebook.com/reel/8313168...
www.facebook.com/reel/8313168...
51K views · 18K reactions | I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allo...
I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sen. Sanders is right the root harm is we do not provide a single payer, universal healthcare system like all developed nations. What we created as a bandaid was the ACA, which was marginal insurance at best. And now that's being dismantled too. That's the issue!
www.facebook.com/reel/8313168...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Politico also names the 7 Democratic and 1 independent Senator who sided with the GOP on legislation that provides no rock solid guarantee that tax subsidies will be secure for many millions of Americans to provide affordable health insurance. We will not forget.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Politico also names the 7 Democratic and 1 independent Senator who sided with the GOP on legislation that provides no rock solid guarantee that tax subsidies will be secure for many millions of Americans to provide affordable health insurance. We will not forget.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Looks like a yet another large sports gathering shared their sentiments about the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This happens at every sporting event without exception.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEn...
MUST-WATCH: NFL stadium BOOS, FLIPS OFF Trump
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Looks like a yet another large sports gathering shared their sentiments about the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This happens at every sporting event without exception.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEn...
To my fellow Americans feeling that they were just served a false promise by a group of Senators (7 Ds and 1 Independent) to side with the GOP majority, your thoughts are fully grounded in everything we have observed the last 9 months. Let's show that famous reel now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGp...
Neville Chamberlain "Peace For Our Time" - Munich Agreement
YouTube video by Humanity's Archives
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
To my fellow Americans feeling that they were just served a false promise by a group of Senators (7 Ds and 1 Independent) to side with the GOP majority, your thoughts are fully grounded in everything we have observed the last 9 months. Let's show that famous reel now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGp...
This is what my other Senator, Wyden, has had his staff post on his FB page tonight about the expected vote with a small group of D senators siding with an administration and GOP senators who voted to destroy Medicaid, defund Medicare, close nursing homes, and harm kids. Name those Senators please.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is what my other Senator, Wyden, has had his staff post on his FB page tonight about the expected vote with a small group of D senators siding with an administration and GOP senators who voted to destroy Medicaid, defund Medicare, close nursing homes, and harm kids. Name those Senators please.
CNN is reporting these senators are supporting a deal with the GOP majority without any ironclad agreement to restore tax subsidies so millions of Americans facing skyrocketing insurance costs can buy affordable health insurance on the ACA exchange. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Who are the Democrats voting for the government shutdown deal? | CNN Politics
A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the c...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
CNN is reporting these senators are supporting a deal with the GOP majority without any ironclad agreement to restore tax subsidies so millions of Americans facing skyrocketing insurance costs can buy affordable health insurance on the ACA exchange. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
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@jeff-merkley.bsky.social and @wyden.senate.gov held strong for us.
Senators, it's beyond time: I am asking you to please call for a vote for new Senate leadership.
Senators, it's beyond time: I am asking you to please call for a vote for new Senate leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social and @wyden.senate.gov held strong for us.
Senators, it's beyond time: I am asking you to please call for a vote for new Senate leadership.
Senators, it's beyond time: I am asking you to please call for a vote for new Senate leadership.
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And yet Dems voted trusting on a handshake with fascists who lie nonstop.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
And yet Dems voted trusting on a handshake with fascists who lie nonstop.
At this point FB posts that "I'll vote against it" are empty. Unless my Senator says what he's done/who is voting to allow for a deal without ANY ironclad deal to extend tax breaks for health insurance for millions on the ACA marketplace (crap insurance at that), it's empty and hallow to us in OR.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
At this point FB posts that "I'll vote against it" are empty. Unless my Senator says what he's done/who is voting to allow for a deal without ANY ironclad deal to extend tax breaks for health insurance for millions on the ACA marketplace (crap insurance at that), it's empty and hallow to us in OR.
And what do the defector Ds hope to gain trusting this administration that would defund food assistance to 42 million people now, and cut nearly $900 billion in Medicaid and $500 billion in Medicare funding in the big bad bill. Do they not get what is happening?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown
Senators plan to vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to 40-day shutdown in reach
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
And what do the defector Ds hope to gain trusting this administration that would defund food assistance to 42 million people now, and cut nearly $900 billion in Medicaid and $500 billion in Medicare funding in the big bad bill. Do they not get what is happening?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Never forget US courts are NOT neutral when it comes to separating families and kids from their moms. They actively support and promote it--they are not just arbiters of laws. They lean in to support this. This is but one example during National Adoption Month.
www.floridabar.org/the-florida-...
www.floridabar.org/the-florida-...
Florida’s Clerks celebrate National Adoption Month
In recognition of National Adoption Month, Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers (FCCC) celebrate the thousands of families who open their hearts and homes through adoption. “Every adoption represents a...
www.floridabar.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Never forget US courts are NOT neutral when it comes to separating families and kids from their moms. They actively support and promote it--they are not just arbiters of laws. They lean in to support this. This is but one example during National Adoption Month.
www.floridabar.org/the-florida-...
www.floridabar.org/the-florida-...
One horrific reason #Adoption continues to exist in the USA separating millions of families already is because we fail to support moms/kids (policy failures by both parties) and we incentivize family separation with tax giveaways like this proposal. It's ghastly. www.pasenategop.com/news/pennycu...
Pennycuick Introduces Measure to Incentivize Child Adoption In Recognition of National Adoption Month - Pennsylvania Senate Republicans
Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) announced that in recognition of National Adoption Month, she introduced Senate Bill 1084 to incentivize child adoption in the Commonwealth through establishment of the Ch...
www.pasenategop.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
One horrific reason #Adoption continues to exist in the USA separating millions of families already is because we fail to support moms/kids (policy failures by both parties) and we incentivize family separation with tax giveaways like this proposal. It's ghastly. www.pasenategop.com/news/pennycu...
The question is (and I don't expect CNN to accurately report this) did a handful of Ds in the Senate cave as was reported they were doing last week before the landslide on Tuesday, Nov. 4, giving them wins everywhere in the USA?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The question is (and I don't expect CNN to accurately report this) did a handful of Ds in the Senate cave as was reported they were doing last week before the landslide on Tuesday, Nov. 4, giving them wins everywhere in the USA?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...