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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. A 65 year old that has coronary artery disease. And deep vein thrombosis. And dementia.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1h

Irony is dead

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1h

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3h

Currently at an XC meet in the middle of Portland. Not a fire in sight. No riots anywhere. No buildings made of plywood.

Maybe he’s talking about a different Portland?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 10h

Probably not a great thing that a billionaire that essentially bought the VP is calling critics of AI "legionaries of the antichrist" and ranting about apocalyptic views that are pretty extreme even by typical "christian nationalist" standards 😬

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 11h

Someone needs to do cover of RATM called “Frogs on parade”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12h

Spotted on Capitol Hill this morning

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

I stressed to the grad students that they have to take ownership of their research. I’ll advise but they have to be willing to try, fail, take critique, and try again. That’s the game students.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

🙋‍♂️

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Show of hands if you’re a Portlander dog-tired from dealing with the fables spun by this Trump disciple

Kristi Noem calls Oregon leaders liars, says feds will ‘double down’ in Portland

The remarks came two days after Noem made an appearance Tuesday at South Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, the site of protests since June.

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Are we sure we aren’t just being trolled at this point? Like, maybe this is some Andy Kauffman-esqe performance art that is seeing how far it can go?

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. This is definitely how you do science properly. You “make the proof” to support your pre-conclusions

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

I give up.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!!!!

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Couch. People from PDX will understand.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

"Sir, I'm being told that Portland Antifa now has a raccoon AND a unicorn."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. He’s right. No stores in Portland anymore. I can only eat the food that grows in my garden. And I sew all my own clothing. It’s rough here.

Or….maybe grandpa’s dementia is getting the best of him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Always amazed at how this man, who is 3rd in line for the presidency and is the leader of the house of representatives, seems to be completely unaware of anything going on in US politics.

It’s almost like he’s lying 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

The logic behind this plan is insane. “We’ve kicked out most of our workers and made the entire country a hostile environment for any foreigners, but now we want to bring more workers in and pay them even less”

Really!?!? That’s the plan?

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

"Either Trump’s Labor Department actually believes that Trump’s immigration enforcement is destroying the agricultural sector and threatening food security, or they are pretending this threat is real in order to crush wages for both foreign and domestic agricultural workers."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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