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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

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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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 14h

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Quinn Ellis @outside2344.bsky.social · 14h

Mocking the fascists is an extremely effective strategy:
1. It wrecks their propaganda of the protesters being violent.
2. It subtly undermines their perception of power (who can be that powerful if a frog is mocking them).

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

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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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 11h

Never shoot a non-lethal round at a hot priest

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 13h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 12h

I had a call today with someone in OR who was talking about the need for more “agitation theater” in street protests to humiliate ICE and make people laugh.

Well done Portland chicken and Portland frog.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 13h

This is climate-based resilience targeting.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

“We’re physically seeing the impacts of a changing climate on these communities. … And the fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem.”

(Published May with KYUK)

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

www.propublica.org

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Lisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.social · 14h

I kinda think it's why we haven't actually seen shit in NO yet. We'd just turn it into a party. End up getting shot for throwing beads at the national guard.

"well I flashed my tits at him and he pepper balled me," someone on CNN from a live spot in NO in a few weeks.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

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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Lisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.social · 12h

It's so good and important and I fucking hate that it exists.

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 13h

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

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

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Republicans won’t show up to vote on paying our troops during the shutdown because avoiding a vote on the Epstein files to protect Trump and his friends is more important.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 13h

“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Mike Johnson has had the House adjourned for weeks to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.

Is it really too much to ask to simply have House Republicans show up to work once in a while?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Infrogmation @infrogmation.bsky.social · 13h

"I can tell a picture of a dog from a picture of an elephant 2 times out of 3! Very hard! No one is smartier than me!""

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 19h

Google Mickey Windecker.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 2d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 17h

No incarnation of any political party at any time in any country on earth has ever spent so much time thinking about children’s genitals.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 17h

When asked by a reporter whether he plans to increase pressure to achieve a peace deal for Ukraine, Trump replied that he is already doing so together with NATO.

Is that "pressure" in the room with us right now?

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 19h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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David Bowles @davidbowles.us · 17h

BTW, I wrote a piece about the origin of the word "muxe" (touching on the nature of muxe identity) six years ago:

Mexican X Part XIII: The Muxe’ and the Spanish Sibilant Shift

“Hey, David, what about the ‘x’ in muxe’? Where did that come from? And what IS a muxe’, anyway?”

davidbowles.medium.com

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Infrogmation @infrogmation.bsky.social · 17h

(sends question back in time to little me in 1969)

"Video... Game??"

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 23h

7. What video game defined your childhood?

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 19h

When I was reporting in Sudan several years ago, a driver warned me not to tell government officials when I was leaving because the airport is where they stop and detain writers.

So, yeah, this is a very bad sign. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

"It's very funny when the government gets to decide who is a Real Jew and who is not! We are all laughing. It is funny, yes."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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