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hale83.bsky.social
Liberal pastor in Indiana. Dog mom to Gizmo & Pearl. Widowed in my 30s—now trying to figure out my 40s.
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#Dogs #DogsofBluesky #Indiana

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Can we get rid of the dictator and just vote in the Governor of Illinois? He seems to be one of the few who gives a damn about the people right now. #GovernorOfIllinois

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Republicans just voted it down.

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

The season finale of the #UnitedStates is exhausting. I still have to pay my over inflated bills, pay my over inflated taxes for lower class people, and work. I was trying to figure out dating after being a widow for 5 years but maybe I’ll just hope for an asteroid to hit us. #Indiana

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

It’s very cold in #Indiana #DogsofBluesky #Dogs

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

GOP proposing to raise interest rates on student loans to help the budget. If they do this, my dogs and I will be living in my car (I already work full time.) Courts are already doing away with lower payments that help working people. TAX BILLIONAIRES! #DeptartmentofEducation #StudentLoans #Indiana

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

submitted 3 days ago • 802 comments

The new Macklemore video everyone’s talking about. You might think it’s about Palestine, but it’s bigger than that. It’s about social media controlling what we see, hear, and think. It’s a call to action. Whew… “fucked up.” youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...

submitted 7 days ago • 217 comments

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: "The question is can you work with Republicans in the middle of a constitutional crisis when democracy is on the line? And right now, I think that this crisis is serious and deepening in its seriousness, that our job #1, #2, and #3 is to save our democracy."

submitted 5 days ago • 310 comments

Sen. Brian Schatz: "I do think we are there's a real chance that in 6 months that Trump consolidates power in a way that is more similar to autocrats in Belarus or Turkey or elsewhere, but it is not a foregone conclusion."

submitted 5 days ago • 246 comments

The world is chaotic and the US continues to plummet into a dictatorship…however, my dogs are adorable and I give thanks for them daily… #dogs #dogsofbluesky #Indiana

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Valentine’s Day from Pearl & Gizmo #Dogs #DogsofBluesky #Indiana

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

It was another ruff day at the office for Pearl & Gizmo. #Dogs #DogsOfBluesky #Indiana

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Was offered a job today from a legit remote company. Had to turn it down because they wanted me to email them my direct deposit info…would only take it through email addresses that are not secure and can be hacked. No way to encrypt or upload to a server for company. Read the nation! Protect info!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Just filed a complaint about DOGE illegally getting into Dept. of Ed. data of student loan borrowers with Student Aid. Next up: Filling a PERPA complaint with the Dept. of Ed. #StudentAid #DepartmentofEducation

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, Pearl! 👋🏻 #Dogs #DogsofBluesky #Indiana

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Called #StudentAid to see why my loans are not showing(but did 3 weeks ago). THEM: “Must be a glitch. Look in another browser. If servicer shows, you’re fine.” Did not show in another browser. It’s not fine. #StudentAid should be showing me my federal loan info on their site. #DepartmentofEducation

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Gizmo is definitely a Velcro #dog #DogsofBluesky #Indiana

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Studentaid.gov #DepartmentofEducation is showing my dashboard is blank of my loans & some MPNs are missing. That was all there a few weeks ago. But my loans haven’t been deleted because Nelnet (the one who the government gave the job of taking payment) still shows them on its site. #StudentLoans 🤦🏻‍♀️

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Gizmo & Pearl a couple of days ago while working at the office. #Hardworking #DogsofBluesky #Dogs

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

So, is our government also going to go to extremes to protect other religions? It should because they are actually discriminated against—not Christianity. I’m a Christian pastor and I see zero evidence of discrimination against Christians. #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans have been ordered by their billionaire Puppet Master to end Medicare as we know it. Democrats have 215 members in the House who can stop this extreme effort. All we need is three House Republicans to join us.

submitted 16 days ago • 1089 comments

My late husband was Nigerian. He had so much anxiety during Trump’s 1st presidency that we’d be moving to Nigeria right now and I’d be willing to go. If you don’t know anything about Nigeria, there aren’t many jobs and safety is a concern. But I’d be safe with my in-laws who aren’t safe here.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments