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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 52m

Fun fact: Maria Colina Machado SUPPORTS Donald Trump sinking fishing boats off their coast.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

for real, though, i think the ridiculous inflatable costumes are a major flaw in the armor that can be heavily exploited, portland protestors are leaning all the way into our reputation and making heroes out of inflatable frogs and villains out of the security forces

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

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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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 9h

Hell yeah

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 9h

"the frog has become a symbol of what's going on down here." "We're here to support a frog from another pond". ✊

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

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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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 13h

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 10h

I once got cheap seats at Gesa, thought to myself 'how bad could they be?'. It was a one woman show about Marilyn Monroe - and the seats were terrible. The show was amazing regardless. This sounds so cool.

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 10h

" MacLachlan and his team were developing the newest wine, director, frequent collaborator and fellow red wine enthusiast David Lynch passed away on Jan. 15. The recipe was tweaked with Cabernet Franc and the “story of the wine,” as MacLachlan put it, developed as a tribute to his friend."

Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 10h

"For the "Twin Peaks" star, fun is foundational to his creative outlets, from acting to winemaking to creating content for social media," Elise Sanders writes for the Yakima Herald-Republic.

From screen to cellar: Kyle MacLachlan’s playful pursuits

Actor and vintner Kyle MacLachlan blends his passions for creativity and fun through both his Pursued by Bear winery and his latest acting role in "The Lowdown." At his Walla

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

Why didn’t he just let the air out of her tires?

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 10h

The ideological nemesis of infowars made a movie. Autocorrect tried to capitalize infowars. Take from that what you will*.

*In the spirit of this film.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10h

America First, baby.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 16h

So you can imagine my excitement to hear that he and Rev. Susan Hayward are launching American Unexceptionalism, a new series exploring how people of faith around the world resist religious nationalism and authoritarianism. It premieres October 23 and will be must listen as well!

American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism

Listen to American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism on RedCircle

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 11h

fleabag from the show fleabag looking horrified and offended (because she shags a hot priest)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11h

this is a special episode for those of you who want to hear me critique Ben Shapiro's knowledge of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Rudyard Kipling

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 18h

New Behind the Bastards 📖

Robert and Cody Johnston sit down to read Ben Shapiro's latest non-fiction book, which seems to be based entirely on him not understanding how lions work.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @codyjohnston.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 11h

Regarding the Memphis deployment
"Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said she hoped the Guard would direct traffic and have a presence in retail corridors, but not set up checkpoints or make the city “feel like there is this over-militarization in our communities.”

Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 11h

It’s a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state and city and have traded insults with President Donald Trump about his drive to put troops on the ground in major urban areas. (Sudhin Thanawala & Christian Fernando / AP)

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

www.yakimaherald.com

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11h

Paul Ingrassia is also the WH aide who Brian "The Drizz" Driscoll has alleged questioned him about political loyalty to Trump

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 12h

They just like the trappings of historical legitimacy - not the actual doctrine and stuff.

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 12h

"In their little room with their teeny little microphones, a bunch of very important people in heavy makeup entered into a collective delusion today. They’re desperate for everybody else to join them. But there are some facts that just won’t un-fact"

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 1d

Once again if you want mainstream media coverage of what's happening in America and how bad it is, you have to leave the country:

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

For Judge April Perry, it came down to credibility.

The Trump administration's "perception of events" in Chicago "are simply unreliable," she said. So she blocked Nat Guard deployment in IL, for now.

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Federal judge hits Trump administration credibility in siding with city and state against National Guard deployment

Judge's order bars 'federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois' for at least 14 days.

chicago.suntimes.com

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 12h

"The place this is going to go is such a departure from the world I thought I would have as a kid and I would much rather do anything that I can to prevent that world from happening rather than just sit around selfishly and do nothing."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 12h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 13h

This is one of the best things I've ever listened to. A meditation on resistance, community, policing and so much more.

Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13h

Guess this story is getting some eyeballs, so two things:

Did you know I worked on a whole podcast about the 2020 Portland protests (some of the worst of which involved federal officers) and the political divisions that make all of our worlds objectively worse?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

Documentary Podcast · Series · Portland-based anti-fascist Sean Kealiher was killed in 2019, months before the uprising that would bring Portland international attention. Nearly two years later, his h...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Christopher Wells from Illinois tells Perry "we would request the addition of language intended to cover National Guard from other states, or the National Guard of the United States.

"We don't want to get into an Oregon situation."

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