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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15m

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bonus:

— He thinks Republicans should welcome Nick Fuentes
— He thinks the descendants of slaves owe reparations to the descendants of slave owners

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 3h

Second, if you like podcasts about justice, the new season of @leahsottile.bsky.social's and my show Hush just started this week!

Consider it a distraction from the federal situation if you need one.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Hush

True Crime Podcast · Weekly Series · Hush is an investigative podcast from OPB, uncovering the buried truth about critical stories in the Pacific Northwest. In the first season, we look at the case of...

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 3h

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?

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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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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 1d

Among the endless fire hose of news, there was an interesting nugget buried in Mayor Keith Wilson's statement today.

The city of Portland is considering taking over the lease of the ICE facility and the city said it has no intention of being ICE's landlord.

Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility

The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10h

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 6h

Benny and Sam are getting dangerously close to snuggling.

Two cats sleeping next to each other. A small orange cat curled in a ball on a beige/gold fleece blanket on the left and about 6 inches to the right, a large orange cat laying on a pink chenille bed.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

"A government doesn't announce they have become fascist; they announce anti-fascists are enemies of the state."

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

BTW if you read these emails you may get the sense that they're recent but they're actually from 2014. Frum has been on the same job for an additional 11 years without this being public knowledge.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 2d

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/n...

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

Physically gagged at this headline 🤮

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 2d

Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’

The Five co-host Jesse Watters reacted to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) comments about Stephen Miller by praising the White House Deputy Chief of Staff as a "high value man" with a "younger" wife and claiming Ocasio-Cortez "wants to sleep with" Miller. The post Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 4d

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach.

This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 5d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 2d

On Friday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio announced on his podcast that because "it seems like [the] Portland Police Bureau is not doing their job," "the Proud Boys will be coming back to Portland" in "one capacity or another."

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Of course, it's an even bigger deal that the President is in fact authorizing these murders.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 3d

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · May 2

Ever since his 2017 exclusive with Fake Boston Antifa, it’s impossible for me to see Jesse Watters and not think BG Kumbi. The association is permanently burned in my brain.

A screw cap from Watters World in 2017 on Fox News. Jesse Watters is in the left screen with his index finger pointed up to his chin as if he’s thinking deeply (he is not). YouTuber & professional troll BG Kumbi is on the right, dressed in black with a red bandana around his neck. The chyron says “ANTIFA HAVE EMBRACED VIOLENT ACTS LIKE RIOTING”

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 3d

Was BG Kumbi not available?

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 3d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 6d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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