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Zeb @zebathome.bsky.social · 1h

Cornell bent the knee.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

I'm hearing these SNAP benefit updates:
-100% Washington state
-100% Michigan
-100% California
-Partial Illinois
-Partial North Carolina
-1/2 Vermont

(Note that not everyone in these states received money today because their typical day of the month for benefits may not have passed yet)

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OPB @opb.org · 2h

The Oregon Department of Human Services announced this morning that people who receive SNAP food assistance would receive 100% of their November benefits today.

Oregon SNAP recipients will receive November benefits today, DHS says

Oregon's Department of Human Services urges SNAP recipients to check their EBT card balances before making a trip to the grocery store.

www.opb.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.

www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.

www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...

A women's soccer star is the target of an anti-trans activist - Outsports

Barbra Banda's peers in the NWSL stood up for her when the head of an anti-trans fashion brand tried to demean her.

www.outsports.com

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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 3h

The Andrew formerly known as Prince.

Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜 @stephmu00mls.bsky.social · 14h

#ReleaseTrumpEpsteinFiles (unredacted) *NOW*!

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House Committee Seeks Testimony from Ex-Prince Andrew on Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have sent a letter formally requesting that Andrew answer its questions

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 13h

A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.

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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 4h

Schools should be safe havens, not training grounds for surviving government violence. Thank you PPS for putting our students & their safety first.

If you see ICE in your neighborhood call PIRC (1-888-622-1510). Call my office (503-231-2300) if your friend or family member has been detained.

Portland schools heighten security due to immigration enforcement activity

The district wrote to parents and staff that school leaders are developing dismissal plans to ensure students can return home safely this afternoon.

www.oregonlive.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

To wit: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 5h

A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.

My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.

A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.

A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.

dandiamond.substack.com

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 5h

"Look, maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else find it a little sad to see the glamor of the night before contorted into commerce and alienation by these mimetic simulacra? After all, a beret on one’s head does not require an additional beret, does it?"

I’m the Owner of This All Day Café in Nineteenth-Century Paris: Can We Stop It with the Fucking Easels?

I opened this café with the best of intentions: to provide a salon par excellence with a focus on good food and live entertainment, a third place t...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16h

When you push people into hardship, you push them into activism. Keep it up, GOP…between SNAP and driving up the cost of everything, you’re radicalizing a voting bloc you’ll never control.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

Federal money used to help heat homes is tied up in the government shutdown, which could leave thousands of Oregonians cold.

Thousands of Oregonians may be without heat as government shutdown continues

Federal money used to help heat homes is tied up in the government shutdown, which could leave thousands of Oregonians cold.

www.oregonlive.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just gave $40 billion in taxpayer dollars to Argentina to bail out its libertarian president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 16h

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

CNN @cnn.com · 20h

Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

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Oregon for All @oregonforall.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 ICE is active across Oregon. Families were torn apart in Eugene, Springfield & Cottage Grove. Three Portland schools went into lockdown as ICE circled campuses.

Protect your family:
📘 Toolkits → oregonforall.us/resources
⚖️ Free legal help → 1-888-274-7292
📢 Report ICE → 1-888-622-1510

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

RISING (2007)
Acrylic on Watercolor board - 36” X 24”

This image came to me while I was working on THE RIVER in 1996. 1/3

Rough stone steps wind around the side of a hill defining the cliff's edge in their slow ascent. As the path turns sharply, the eroded ground beneath forms an overhang. The sky beyond is suffused with golden radiance layered with grey-blue clouds. The trees at the edge of the cliff, already in the transition to autumn, are lit by the warm glow of sunset creating a contrast of light and shadow up thick textured trunks. Out over the edge, hovering in the open air, a woman in a long dress holds her hands out as if presenting a clear spherical vessel containing a solitary flame. Bathed in the light of sunset, she stares off panel into the far distance while a pair of doves flies low, sweeping over the curving steps.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 16h

“But the Trump administration is seeking a separate legal opinion from the Justice Department that would provide a justification for launching strikes against land targets without needing to ask Congress to authorize military force, though no decisions have been made yet…”

Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 17h

I'd missed this. Evidently Rubio, Hegseth & someone from OLC told Congress in classified session that the administration doesn't currently have a legal justification for attacking Venezuela.

Trump admin tells Congress it currently lacks legal justification to strike Venezuela | CNN Politics

The “execute order” that launched the US military campaign against suspected drug boats in September also does not extend to land targets, the briefers said, according to the sources.

www.cnn.com

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 17h

Portland taqueria feeding folks during the shutdown/immigration threats. Sounds like they could use support to keep going as well, if any Portland folks are looking for ways to help rn.

sunflowerwall.bsky.social @sunflowerwall.bsky.social · 6d

Please share this for anyone that needs

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CNN @cnn.com · 17h

Astronomers have spotted the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole.

Nicknamed “Superman,” the flare originated 10 billion light-years from Earth, and at its peak, the light emitted shone with the brightness of 10 trillion suns. https://cnn.it/3WFwNNN

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 19h

Trump DOJ files a lightning fast appeal to keep people hungry

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 21h

We’re seeing increased and aggressive ICE activity across the Portland metro region — including around sensitive locations like schools.

Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23h

Cesar Chavez School and George Middle School have implemented the PPS's “secure the perimeter” protocol amid reports of ICE activity in the neighborhood.

PPS Secures North Portland Schools Amid Reports of ICE Activity

Joanna Hou

www.wweek.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Here is the written preliminary injunction order in the Chicago protesters/press case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

preliminary injunction – #250 in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cv-12173) – CourtListener.com

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 11/6/2025:Emailed notice(rj, ) (Entered: 11/06/2025)

storage.courtlistener.com

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