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Mark Madsen @markmadsen.bsky.social · 6h

I’m glad for url to point people to when they ask if #WarRavagedPortland is burning. You can always check this before asking isportlandburning.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h

Opposing a power mad despot is literally the most American thing an American can do. These guys got a lot wrong but they nailed that one. It is fundamental to the core of this country.

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 7h

An emergency naked bike ride is such an intriguingly and outstandingly Portland (OR)-specific activity

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 5h

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 5h

Is this a Slow Horses subplot?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's Lies vs. Portland's Reality

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damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 6h

And which giant costumed character will you be at tonight’s ICE Capades?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 1d

It’s always in the last place you put it.

#WarRavagedPortland

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2d

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 3d

Quit being cowards, Republicans, and reopen the government.

Restore our healthcare and make billionaires pay their fair share.

Swear in Rep. Grijalva.

Release the Epstein files.

#StopTheShitshow #StopTheShutdown

View out the window of an airplane at a series of additional airplanes waiting to take off on the runway.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

open.substack.com

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ethereal spirits @etherealspirits.bsky.social · 4d

What is so unreal to us living in the Portland area is how verifiable it is that Portland has not been burning for the last several years or now.

Some say his aids are feeding him this fake news. But there is something very wrong with him to accept it and continue saying stuff that is so false.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Welker: They say the house is not in session because you don't want to swear in the newly elected democratic congresswoman who would be a critical vote to releasing the Epstein files.

Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5d

If ICE agents are proud of what they're doing, then why do they cover their faces like cowards, refuse to identify themselves, and hide behind anonymity?

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Donald Parker @donaldparker.bsky.social · 5d

Over 21,000 at a Portland Thorns women's soccer match last night in Portland, Oregon.

Nope, not a war zone.

#thisisportland

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, you guys?

Is it a good sign or a bad sign if a federal judge has to remind you (multiple times) that you’re a lawyer and an officer of the court?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d

A frog just defeated ICE. Somewhere Pepe is crying.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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