Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization
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Adoptee civil rights. We leave no one behind and we are fun. www.bastards.org
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...halfway through NAM/NAMM and have yet to see the annual NAM/NAM Presidential Proclamation. Weāve gotten one every year for years even during Trump 1. Whatās going on?ā¦Iām glad heās ignoring us. I donāt want the good name of Bastard sullied by his pathetic orange self.
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NAM/NAAM Day 15. Hey Donald! Where's the Annual NAM/NAAM Presidential Proclamation? | The Daily Bastardette
We are halfway through NAM/NAMM and have yet to see the annual NAM/NAM Presidential Proclamation. We've gotten one every year for years even during Trump 1. What's going on?...I'm glad he's ignoring u...
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But none of the anti-adoption groupsĀ are as purposefully virulent and proudly radical as the tiny, aggressive, and unfortunately named, "Bastard Nation," spawned by angry adult adopted adults who found each other on the internet on alt.adoption
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NAM/NAAM Day 14. NCFA Mythbook Arrives. Bastard Nation is "Crude," "Offensive" and "Embarrassing" c 1999 | The Daily Bastardette
But none of the anti-adoption groupsĀ are as purposefully virulent and proudly radical as the tiny, aggressive , and unfortunately named, "Bastard Nation," spawned by angry adult adopted adults who fo...
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The EO promises to increase much-needed foster care improvements through taxpayer-funded tax-exempt so-called āfaith-basedā partnerships with private religious child welfare organizations, churches, and ministries, and to ātake actionsā of some type (financial?) against ā¦.
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NAM/NAAM Day 13. Trump Signs Executive Order: Fostering the Future for American Children and Families. The Evangelical Inclusion | The Daily Bastardette
The EO promises to increase much-needed foster care improvements through taxpayer-funded tax-exempt so-called āfaith-basedā partnerships with private religious child welfare organizations, churches, a...
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Melissa Nadia Viviana šø
3 days ago
A fly who feeds on shit can thrive, but never return to polite society where the bees & butterflies roam. A fly will forever be a shit eater. Every person in Trump's circle thrives on shit. But that's who they are now: shit eaters. They can never be brought back to polite society. -MNV Proverb
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Ohio baby abandonment box opponent Chris Hicks did a spectacular job of running SHBB Inc into the ground at the opening of the Hamilton, Ohio, box on Tuesday (November 11). Monica Kelsey, SHBB Inc CEO/founder, went bonkers...
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NANM/NAAM Day 12: Monica Kelsey and SHBB Inc Gets Drop-Kicked at Hamilton, Ohio Baby Box Opening | The Daily Bastardette
Ohio baby abandonment box opponent Chris Hicks did a spectacular job of running SHBB Inc into the ground at the opening of the Hamilton, Ohio, box on Tuesday (November 11). Monica Kelsey, SHBB Inc CEO...
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...got me digging a little about something Iād not calculated before, and should have: the number of states since Dobbs that passed baby abandonment box legislation and the number of boxes installed.This is what I found.The aggregate is worse than I thoughtIhttps://bit.ly/49JSjZi
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Martha Crawford
5 days ago
I am profoundly math disabled. I never moved past 2nd grade math. I have no idea how I was passed through high school without it. I passed in classes I barley attended. And I frankly believe I was being made to take far more math than I should have had to. (Some) teachers saw it too
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My premium is going from $50 to $1,228 per month. No dental or vision. š³
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Factbook 3 is a historical document that Iām betting the current NCFA would like to bury. It is a stunning record of crackpottery married to adopteephobia and adoption secrets and lies (though it does have a handful of good essays.).
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NAM/NAAM Day 10: WooWoo! NCFA Factbook 3 on the Way | The Daily Bastardette
Factbook 3 is a historical document that I'm betting the current NCFA would like to bury. It is a stunning record of crackpottery married to adopteephobia and adoption secrets and lies (though it does...
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Back in that day NCFA founding president Bill Pierce called BN and our allies socialists, anarchists, and hippies in Birkenstocks ... NCFA has nowt aken the most unPiercian strategy of remaining silent while the Proles throw cowpies in its face
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NAM/NAAM Day 9: National Council for Adoption Gets Hammered | Bastard Nation
The National Council for Adoption is getting a hammer taken to it on Facebook. The organization posted a bunch of soft posts for NAM/NAAM and the response has not been pretty. I wrote a short ...
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sThis is such authoritarian and money-grubbing bullshit.
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expat catdad
7 days ago
Their lives are literally like a White Lotus episode...
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She stands in a field framed in soft focus Hallmark placidity. Gauzed, Shadowed. An ideal that everyone knows does not exist except in art or advertisement.
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NAM/NAAM Day 8 Safe Haven Baby Boxes Incās Weird Meme: My Poem | The Daily Bastardette
She stands in a field framed in soft focus Hallmark placidity. Gauzed, Shadowed. An ideal that everyone knows does not exist except in art or advertisement. Continue Reading ā
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Melissa Hortman was also a staunch supporter of adoptee rights and was very active i ngetting OBCs opened in Minnesota.
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Dan McClellan and Hawk, 2 f my favorites.
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7 days ago
ALERT, Detroit (and surrounding) friends!! Alt-text: a screenshot of a Discord message reading: "Please be careful if you're out today, people. ICE is out and about in Detroit. Just got into it on the 94/French Eastbound exit ramp."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
7 days ago
This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.
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šøšŗCindy Alexander Capaldošŗ
9 days ago
Disgusting
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In this era of toxic American nationalism, the meme message fits right in: Safe Haven Baby Boxes Incāand Mrs Kelseyāare patriotic. Sticking your baby in a box-in-a-wall is patriotic.
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NAM/NAAM Day 6: Are Safe Haven Baby Boxes Patriotic? Another Meme | The Daily Bastardette
Mrs Kelsey says that one of her team came up with meme, not her. Fair enough! But I am sure that it warmed the cockles of her Benedict Bastard heart. In this era of toxic American nationalism, the mem...
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I want to give a shout-out to the Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition. ..The organization is out there making itself be seen, working on legislation (getting closer to victory), tabling at community events, and overall giving Michigan adoptees a public
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NAM/NAAM Day 6: Michigan Adoptee Rights Coaition Shout-out | The Daily Bastardette
I want to give a shout-out to the Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition. Valarie Lemieux and her crew are doing great work up there (sorry, I don't know any other names) The organization is out there maki...
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Newborn discard is rooted in economic disparity, race, class, misogyny, social dysfunction, and shame. Modern decent societies attempt to address these problems. The US sweeps them into the dustbin of liberal" wokeness" and irrelevance and blames the victim. "Not our problem."
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NAM/NAAM Day 4: Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc Admits It Doesnāt Know Why Their Boxes Are Usedāand Donāt Care | The Daily Bastardette
Heās seen firsthand how overwhelming it can be for some parents ā especially those facing poverty, substance use disorder or disabilities ā to care for a newborn, let alone a medically fragile one. So...
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AskAubry š¦ š
10 days ago
Ahh yes their made-up fantasies where they force their their views on others.
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Adoptee Advocates of Michigan
10 days ago
Like a cult, adoption relies on unquestioned belief, emotional control, and the erasure of identity. It demands silence around grief and loss. But once the truth is revealed, the structure can be dismantled. š„
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A Little Bit Culty: adoption and the architecture of a cult
Are YOU in the cult?
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The Bulwark
11 days ago
Trump: "I want my cabinet to behave like [Xi Jinping's staff]. I'm demanding that....I've never seen men so scared in their lives...JD doesn't behave like that. JD butts into conversations."
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The Trumpyesque meme below was posted on SHBB social media sometime back, and illustrates perfectly bell hooksā astute observation about the person becoming the product. That is, Mrs Kelsey makes her ābaby savingā movement about herself. Look at me!
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NAM/NAAM Day 3 SHBB Inc Founder/CEO Takes a Trumpy Narcissistic Turn South | Stop Baby Boxes Now!
The Trumpyesque meme below was posted on SHBB social media sometime back, and illustrates perfectly bell hooks' astute observation about the person becoming the product. That is, Mrs Kelsey makes her ...
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50501: The Peopleās Movement āš
13 days ago
Itās clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
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Litahart72šš³ļøāššøāļøš«¶š¼š
13 days ago
What the fuck is wrong with these people, leave us alone, leave the citizens of America alone, you fucking thugs!
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NCFA president Ryan Hanlon (heās adopted,) ran this soft hit-up for $$$... H Seven out of 16 responses are vociferously negative
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#NAM/NAAM
#nanopoblano2025
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NAM/NAAM Day 2: National Council for Adoption Shills for Money on Facebook; Gets Trounced | The Daily Bastardette
Here's the answer: asking for money on Facebook, and perhaps other social media platforms. NCFA president Ryan Hanlon (he's adopted,) ran this soft hit-up for $$$. He looks like he'd rather be writing...
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David Ho
13 days ago
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
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He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/climate/national-parks-orphan-wells.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.LY3D.6CeA_4VDQ27t
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Good Lord!
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Well, itās that time again! National Adoption Month (NAM/NAAM) when adoptees stock up on barf bags and bunker in while the multi-billion-dollar Adoption Industry and its incurious media toadies commodify us like weāre a can of tuna.
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#NAM/NAAM
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Day 1: Welcome to National Adoption/National Adoption Awareness Month 2025. Where the Midol? | The Daily Bastardette
Well, itās that time again! National Adoption orāif you please āNational Adoption Awareness Month (NAM/NAAM) when adoptees stock up on barf bags and bunker in while the multi-billion-dollar Adoption I...
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I'm beginning to think that Charie Kirk is glad he was taken out.
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My theatre peeps and lover never let me down. The Kennedy Center is nearly dark and this nitwit.. .https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kennedy-center-ticket-sales-have-plummeted-since-trump-takeover/ar-AA1PyzfG?uxmode=ruby
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My theatre peeps and lover never let me down. The Kennedy Center is nearly dark and this nitwit...https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kennedy-center-ticket-sales-have-plummeted-since-trump-takeover/ar-AA1PyzfG?uxmode=ruby
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Tony Corsentino
15 days ago
National Adoption Awareness Month, which is about promoting
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, begins today. none of the promotional material contains an answer to the following naĆÆve question: why does āgive this child a loving and safe homeā require āerase and rewrite this childās entire identityā?
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I'm sue Smedley Butler would have something to say about this. This is nuts.
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Yesterday, the Iowa Adoptee & Family Coalition, in response to a Safe Haven Baby Box installation scheduled for next week in Norwalk, Iowa, issued a press release /policy statement condemning boxes. You can read the entire statement on the organizationās Facebook page,
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Iowa Adoptee & Family Coalition Issues Strong Statement Against Safe Haven Baby Boxes | Stop Baby Boxes Now!
Yesterday, the Iowa Adoptee & Family Coalition, in response to a Safe Haven Baby Box installation scheduled fnext week in Norwalk, Iowa, issued a press release /policy statement condemning boxes. You ...
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Shannon Hale
18 days ago
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
18 days ago
Trump's approval ratings are already tanking, and the American people haven't even gotten to the part where they pay enormous costs for his stupidity.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
18 days ago
I found it easier to understand Speake Mike Johnson once I realized he's not just a "flawed Christian." He is the new Roy Cohn, another duplicitous closet case always eager to advance the agendas of genuinely awful people.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
18 days ago
"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."
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By publicizing the Fort Wayne walk-in, SHBB Inc seems to be on the one hand a lame attempt to deflect from what the corporation and/or its public perceives as its own failures, while on the other hand, advertising its āservicesā and the necessity for more
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Stop Baby Boxes Now!
Adoptee-centered non-partisan activism to de-propagandize and deconstruct the Safe Haven Baby Box myth and movement
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Forbes
21 days ago
The Paris prosecutorās office did not confirm exactly how many people were arrested.
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Suspects Arrested For Louvre Jewel Heist, Including One Trying To Flee Country
The Paris prosecutorās office did not confirm exactly how many people were arrested.
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23 days ago
Hereās the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reaganās words here āFAKEā and āfraudulent.ā Theyāre 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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