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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1h

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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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1h

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 5h

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 4h

I stressed to the grad students that they have to take ownership of their research. I’ll advise but they have to be willing to try, fail, take critique, and try again. That’s the game students.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 6h

🙋‍♂️

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6h

Show of hands if you’re a Portlander dog-tired from dealing with the fables spun by this Trump disciple

Kristi Noem calls Oregon leaders liars, says feds will ‘double down’ in Portland

The remarks came two days after Noem made an appearance Tuesday at South Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, the site of protests since June.

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 6h

Are we sure we aren’t just being trolled at this point? Like, maybe this is some Andy Kauffman-esqe performance art that is seeing how far it can go?

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. This is definitely how you do science properly. You “make the proof” to support your pre-conclusions

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 9h

I give up.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11h

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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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!!!!

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Couch. People from PDX will understand.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

"Sir, I'm being told that Portland Antifa now has a raccoon AND a unicorn."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. He’s right. No stores in Portland anymore. I can only eat the food that grows in my garden. And I sew all my own clothing. It’s rough here.

Or….maybe grandpa’s dementia is getting the best of him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Always amazed at how this man, who is 3rd in line for the presidency and is the leader of the house of representatives, seems to be completely unaware of anything going on in US politics.

It’s almost like he’s lying 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

The logic behind this plan is insane. “We’ve kicked out most of our workers and made the entire country a hostile environment for any foreigners, but now we want to bring more workers in and pay them even less”

Really!?!? That’s the plan?

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

"Either Trump’s Labor Department actually believes that Trump’s immigration enforcement is destroying the agricultural sector and threatening food security, or they are pretending this threat is real in order to crush wages for both foreign and domestic agricultural workers."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, this is the dream right here.

Mike Fainzilber @mfainzilber.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

www.theguardian.com

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

We need to end qualified immunity for these sociopaths and start charging them with state level crimes that trump can't pardon.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

TIL that the guy that plays Adrian/Vigilante on Peacemaker has a BSc in neuroscience. LOL.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

This video is such as self own. It shows that the protests are small and peaceful….not exactly something that needs National Guard troops deployed against. Oregon should use this video when the ninth circuit hears Trump‘s appeal on the restraining order.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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