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Lucia Orth

@luciaorth.bsky.social

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Looking for all my Xwitter friends. Writer, attorney, prof of Amer Indian Studies treaty law & religious freedom. Based primarily in WA along beautiful Columbia River Gorge.

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Lucia Orth @luciaorth.bsky.social · Jan 21

Sapho. Istanbul Archeological Museum. 2013. This is as tall as I am and my FB profile photo since then. Moving here.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 6h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6h

October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19h

Listen to my full conversation with David Leonhardt here:

America’s Next Story: Pete Buttigieg

YouTube video by The Opinions Podcast

www.youtube.com

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 16h

NBC News has laid off 150 employees, eliminating teams dedicated to Black, Asian American, Latino and LGBTQ+ issues - The Wrap

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

😡😡😡😡

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.

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Lucia Orth @luciaorth.bsky.social · 2h

www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr... Bulwark

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social · 3h

"The U.S. military failed to master IW above the tactical level.... We have failed because we have focused on technology at the expense of expertise and creativity...."
www.thecipherbrief.com/cognitive-wa...

Why the U.S. Is Losing the Cognitive Competition

EXPERT OPINION — In order for the U.S. to successfully compete for global influence against its adversaries and to avoid a kinetic fight, we must excel at cognitive warfare; that is military activitie...

www.thecipherbrief.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.

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Lucia Orth @luciaorth.bsky.social · 2h

Trump Hosts Dinner for Wealthy Donors to White House Ballroom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u.... Gift. List of companies “giving”

Trump Hosts Dinner for Wealthy Donors to White House Ballroom

www.nytimes.com

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 14h

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 9h

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 11h

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

open.substack.com

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Lucia Orth @luciaorth.bsky.social · 6h

www.instagram.com/reel/DOXCEZN...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Lucia Orth @luciaorth.bsky.social · 12h

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 18h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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