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Jackie Yerby
@jyypdx.bsky.social
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Seeker of God. Not always nice, but usually kind. Still believes in goodness, community, connection, building power, and mutual aid. Not here for bullshit. Personal account She/her Organize with us at Portland For All. Portlandforall.org No DMs.
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Jackie Yerby @jyypdx.bsky.social · Nov 9
This is the beginning of the work ahead.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 3h
Someone is not going to like the idea that defending democracy and opposing authoritarianism is the way you win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 3h
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan democracy crusader:

The Venezuelan opposition leader has become a symbol of democratic resistance against an increasingly authoritarian regime.

Guess we extra know why Trump didn’t even make the list
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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 3h
Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏
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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 3d
Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
The picture from The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “ Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992. The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h
Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Pablo 🎧 @pabloista.bsky.social · 5h
How many school shootings have happened in the UK since Dunblane?

None. Not one.

We banned handguns. Our police don’t walk around armed. And guess what? Kids don’t get gunned down in classrooms.

It’s not complicated, it’s about choosing life over firepower.
We made that choice in 1996.
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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 8h
Last night it said 100+ bought in the past month. Tonight, 200+. The legion grows.
screenshot of amazon page that says Inflatable Frog Costume for Adults - Blow up Halloween Costume. 200 plus bought in past month
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 8h
bubble dance party
a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d
We will rebuild
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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 2d
Horrible, horrible images from Portland:
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d
It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d
It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d
The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)
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Jackie Yerby @jyypdx.bsky.social · 4h
I’m still really pissed about this. I used to stop by the REI store in the Pearl all the day. Now whenever I go to REI I’m usually feeling pretty spicy about it.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h
When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win
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delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 12h
everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3d
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 2d
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
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Jackie Yerby @jyypdx.bsky.social · 5h
Badass.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 20h
Like I said: Kristi Noem is a liar, has no honor, and we are lucky that we have a proud protest tradition that shows this administration we are not backing down. 🫡🐸🐔
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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 19h
The coming national horror is that if Portland's *truly* minimal level of protest justifies federalizing and deploying troops, they can and will be federalized and deployed anywhere the President wants and whenever he wants.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 19h
My initial read on this argument: Judge Nelson is eager to disagree with his 9th Cir. colleagues that federalizing the NG is reviewable at all.

He's also eager to disagree with Judge Immergut that the Portland protests were small and under control.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 19h
McArthur about the ICE protesters: "these are violent people." Says the president is entitled to say "enough is enough."

Asks for a stay pending appeal. Sits.

Argument is over.
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Jackie Yerby @jyypdx.bsky.social · 5h
This is such sad news. My heart goes out to her family and everyone whose lives she touched.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 18h
Law schools try to dissuade this type of analysis and lawyers are reticent to speak out loud because so much of the power of law is in the shared professional consensus about its validity and getting the public broadly to accept its legitimacy, but ffs we have a bunch of people trying to do fascism.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 12h
The libs love Portland again
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Breach Collective @breachcollectiv.bsky.social · 14h
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has granted an air permit to Zenith Energy. This goes directly against thousands of Portlanders who have organized for years to stop the expansion of the Texas-based fossil fuel company.

Read more about this new development 👇 #StopZenithOil
DEQ Grants Air Permit to Zenith Energy Despite Public Outcry | Breach Collective
Oregon’s DEQ approved an air permit for Zenith Energy, ignoring years of community opposition. The fight for accountability and climate justice isn’t over.
www.breachcollective.org
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