Ada Root
@adaroot.bsky.social
Just trying to keep up with the real news of the world while balancing it with cute and funny animal stuff.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
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Surprised. Not surprised.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Surprised. Not surprised.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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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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The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
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“These rich, powerful old men are like 11-year-old boys talking about the crush that they have, and they're asking Jeffrey Epstein for advice about this.”
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“These rich, powerful old men are like 11-year-old boys talking about the crush that they have, and they're asking Jeffrey Epstein for advice about this.”
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
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Eight Senators snuck in a MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT for themselves for being investigated for their possible involvement in the January 6th insurrection.
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Eight Senators snuck in a MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT for themselves for being investigated for their possible involvement in the January 6th insurrection.
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
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Republicans have no health care plan and they aren’t even trying to come up with one. They simply don’t care..
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Republicans have no health care plan and they aren’t even trying to come up with one. They simply don’t care..
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They vote for John Thune because he is tall and white, not because he is smart. Someone is going to have to sit him down and explain that it falls to him to go to the White House and explain to Trump it is time to play the old sick card and resign. Trump is done.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
They vote for John Thune because he is tall and white, not because he is smart. Someone is going to have to sit him down and explain that it falls to him to go to the White House and explain to Trump it is time to play the old sick card and resign. Trump is done.
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Finally someone said it….
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Finally someone said it….
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I’m at a loss here.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chuck-schume...
uk.news.yahoo.com/chuck-schume...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I’m at a loss here.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chuck-schume...
uk.news.yahoo.com/chuck-schume...
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And yet they still don’t get it. And let’s be real “Christians” actually ignore most of their book too. Because there is no hypocrisy quite like Christian hypocrisy.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
And yet they still don’t get it. And let’s be real “Christians” actually ignore most of their book too. Because there is no hypocrisy quite like Christian hypocrisy.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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The author(s) of this memo will come out and they should be shunned the rest of their careers in the law. (Seeing as how John Yoo is a law professor, I’m not getting my hopes up)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The author(s) of this memo will come out and they should be shunned the rest of their careers in the law. (Seeing as how John Yoo is a law professor, I’m not getting my hopes up)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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This is why government officials shouldn’t tweet
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is why government officials shouldn’t tweet
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?
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Great to have Rep. Grijalva as the newest member of the Democratic Caucus! The people of AZ-07 have a voice again in the House.
It shouldn’t have taken Speaker Johnson seven shameful weeks to swear her in so he could stall a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
It shouldn’t have taken Speaker Johnson seven shameful weeks to swear her in so he could stall a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great to have Rep. Grijalva as the newest member of the Democratic Caucus! The people of AZ-07 have a voice again in the House.
It shouldn’t have taken Speaker Johnson seven shameful weeks to swear her in so he could stall a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
It shouldn’t have taken Speaker Johnson seven shameful weeks to swear her in so he could stall a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
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We're going to "15 year olds are fair game if you're a fifty year old man," are we?
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We're going to "15 year olds are fair game if you're a fifty year old man," are we?
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
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By we you mean only Megyn Kelly and Republicans I hope
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
By we you mean only Megyn Kelly and Republicans I hope