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Tom Cooney MD
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Internal Medicine physician and educator | #IMProud | @acpinternist | Health Policy | environmental and climate health.| built infrastructure and micro mobility
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The week in review from #WarRavagedPortland protests at #ICE facility

ICE PROTESTS
Horses, choirs and frogs

"On Tuesday night, dozens of protesters danced salsa and a person dressed as Moses walked around with a sign promising a plague of frogs."

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Horses, choirs and frogs: The scene in South Portland
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BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit administratively stays the panel’s 2-1 order staying the initial TRO in Oregon v. Trump through 5p PT Tuesday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The initial Oregon TRO is not stayed.

A resolution on en banc consideration is expected(?) to happen by 5p Tuesday.
"..government “admitted that 115 FPS officers have never been redeployed to Portland,” Only a fraction of that number “was ever” in Portland ..urged the panel to throw out their ruling [due to] the government’s “material mistake.” @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

#PDX #ICE #DOJ

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Lawyers clash over potential 9th Circuit review
At issue is whether full panel will reconsider Monday’s National Guard ruling.
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Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
Not news to anyone with kids or those who work with kids 😂

"Adjusted virus detection rates were highest in pre-K (1.46) and elementary (1.51)"

Consistent "with older research that found that young kids play a key role in spreading respiratory viruses at home.”

publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Respiratory Virus Detection and Acute Respiratory Illness Rates in Students and Staff in Schools
10.1542/6375931865112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2025-0708866375931865112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Schools are an important setting for infectious disease transmission. Baseline rates of respiratory virus ...
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Ongoing mainstream media coverage further demonstrates that #Trump #ICE characterization of #WarRavagedPortland protests at facility are "untethered from the facts". The 2 Ninth Circuit #MAGA judges should read this rather than rely on #TruthSocial.

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The scene in South Portland
What reporters saw last week outside the ICE facility.
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A whole of Portland response to Trump's lies about this peaceful city. #NoKinga
#WarRavagedPortland #NoKingsDay

Massive turnout. The group starting from Convention Center is still crossing Steel Bridge after 45 minutes
#NoKingsDay

Keeping #PDX Portland weird

We the People.
#NoKingsDay getting started at #PDX Convention Center before marching on to join up the main march in downtown
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“An immigrant who fell in love with his family’s adopted city and country, he is a politician who actually wants to do the job he is running for. That is a truly radical idea.”
I love Frank Rich.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Zohran Mamdani, the Power Breaker
Why the Democratic Party, the New York Times, and the donor class got Zohran Mamdani so wrong.
nymag.com
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Important: Sen Chris Murphy just sent pointed questions to Kristi Noem about DHS's account of shooting of US citizen by Trump's paramilitary forces in Chicago. The official line is imploding. Murphy wants Noem to explain why DHS misled. More like this, Ds.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.
As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?
newrepublic.com
If the squeaky wheel gets the grease, what does the squeaky sneaker get?

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Pretty clear the public wants #GOP to extend the credits and end the shutdown...

"Despite Budget Concerns, 78% of Public Say #Congress Should Extend the Enhanced #ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most #Republicans and #MAGA Supporters"