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Itsmevicki @itsmevicki.bsky.social · 13h

I've been reporting videos of fake clips that aren't even Portland or aren't current. Maybe we can get some of that taken down if we report them when we see them.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 12h

The journalist feds grabbed this morning is reportedly Debbie Brockman, per her LinkedIn info a producer for @wgntv.com.

WGN gave a statement for this Trib story, but WGN's website has yet to mention one of its producers being seized by masked federal agents.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

I didn’t expect her to be an Ocasio-Cortez; I did expect her to be distinguishable from MAGA.

I will never vote for Marie again

Capitalist Oppressor @capopp.bsky.social · 1d

Trump +3 district. People need to adjust their expectations.

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I live in Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s district, and she makes me want to pull my hair out.

She’s possibly the biggest “Aw shucks, I’m just a fascist like you” phony Dem of them all. An absolute living caricature of the worst kind of Democrat imaginable

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bet...

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 15h

power mongers always get fucked up by sacred clowns

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

This is the most Portland thing ever, and I love that it’s going to change the national image of PDX that right-wingers have worked so hard to trash

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 16h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 14h

My hope is that hundred if not thousands show up for the No Kings marches.

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

This is the most Portland thing ever, and I love that it’s going to change the national image of PDX that right-wingers have worked so hard to trash

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 16h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 17h

Do you like found objects, epistolary fiction, or workplace humor? I have a little treat for you today in @theflytrapmedia.com!

Hell in a Handbook

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 17h

😘indeed, it is my bday!!!!!!!!

mojizele solarte (she/ her) @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 17h

Ahem! It’s a real one’s birthday today. Let’s celebrate @nicolefroio.bsky.social in all her wonder!

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

Wuuut, happy birthday! 🎂🥰

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 16h

If you want it on a t-shirt, we got that option too:

Saoirse don Phalaistín Shirt

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 17h

The illustration for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's piece on Kneecap goes so hard! Want it on your wall? 50% of all profits from our Free Palestine collection will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund!

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Saoirse Don Phalaistín 12x16 Poster

The official shop of The Flytrap Media. Buy merch, and support your favorite feminist media collection!

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

I didn’t expect her to be an Ocasio-Cortez; I did expect her to be distinguishable from MAGA.

I will never vote for Marie again

Capitalist Oppressor @capopp.bsky.social · 1d

Trump +3 district. People need to adjust their expectations.

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I live in Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s district, and she makes me want to pull my hair out.

She’s possibly the biggest “Aw shucks, I’m just a fascist like you” phony Dem of them all. An absolute living caricature of the worst kind of Democrat imaginable

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bet...

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 15h

This is the most Portland thing ever, and I love that it’s going to change the national image of PDX that right-wingers have worked so hard to trash

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 16h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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GIGAHERTZ THE SPACE ROBOT $0/30 @jhohos.bsky.social · 1d

Look at my Dem rep, dog, she's a Republican in Dem clothing 😭😭😭

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I live in Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s district, and she makes me want to pull my hair out.

She’s possibly the biggest “Aw shucks, I’m just a fascist like you” phony Dem of them all. An absolute living caricature of the worst kind of Democrat imaginable

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bet...

The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

The representative from Washington has been hailed as the future of Democratic politics. But for those of us who actually live in her district, she’s just more of the same.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

Wut. Nope, didn’t know that

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Inoza @inoza.bsky.social · 1d

Biggest red flag ever, leaders, establishment and donors say ‘this is the future of the party’

So far:
Fetterman
Slotkin
Josh Shapiro
Eric Adams

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1d

in case you haven't seen our latest:

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

NEW! from @nicolefroio.bsky.social: The reason governments, universities, and other public institutions across the world want to quash pro-Palestine speech—including art and music—is because they understand the danger it poses to life as we know it. Which is all the more reason to say it louder.

Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

Naturally, the national legacy media adore her, the local liberal establishment protects her, and she haughtily ignores her constituents no matter how many times we call or protest because no one holds her accountable.

She MUST GO next time around

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I live in Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s district, and she makes me want to pull my hair out.

She’s possibly the biggest “Aw shucks, I’m just a fascist like you” phony Dem of them all. An absolute living caricature of the worst kind of Democrat imaginable

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bet...

The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

The representative from Washington has been hailed as the future of Democratic politics. But for those of us who actually live in her district, she’s just more of the same.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Onno @tinkerspider.bsky.social · 1d

Disclaimer that i do not live in the US
Apart from that the whole organisation as an infrastructure looks like it is collapsing

I wonder how the power players are going to keep in power when the foundation falls away from under them

Aggriculture is already collapsing

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I know this is not an answer people like, but I think it’s impossible to predict exactly when or how this fundamental break will play out. It might involve some states seceding; it might not. Ideally we end up with a better constitution. But events could break out next week or in ten years

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

My only thoughts are that I am unsurprised and fully expect things to continue getting worse until there is some fundamental break--the Trump regime isn't popular. GOP politics and beliefs aren't popular, but the U.S. system gives them a baked-in advantage. Something has to give eventually

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

My only thoughts are that I am unsurprised and fully expect things to continue getting worse until there is some fundamental break--the Trump regime isn't popular. GOP politics and beliefs aren't popular, but the U.S. system gives them a baked-in advantage. Something has to give eventually

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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re looking for a resource on the topic, SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS' STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY would be a great place to start. The anthology brings together 17 stories about conversion therapy as told by survivors themselves, along w/ a foreword by NYT-bestseller Garrard Conley. 4/5

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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 1d

We need to continue listening to researchers about how ineffective and dangerous these practices are.

And we need to continue listening to survivors about the damage caused by conversion therapy. 3/5

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