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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 20h

thank goodness they are keeping Portland weird!

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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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Antonio Bonasera @antoniobnsr.bsky.social · 3d

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

Steven Miller admits on national television that the goal of the administration is dictatorship.

“Plenary authority” was used by Carl Schmitt, a Nazi political scientist, to justify Hitler’s assumption of complete authority.

www.reddit.com/r/law/s/yyEA...

From the law community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the law community

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

I would say that fat-shaming is appropriate in this instance.

Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

Today's pithy comic from Austria

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retnap @retnap.bsky.social · 3d

who is this fuckup with the ate up unbloused fatigues and unregged facial hair? these tin pot wanna be military asshats can’t even cosplay right
fuck this px warrior bullshit

signed:
an actual fucking army veteran

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

This gave me PTSD.

WHAT IN G_D’S NAME IS GOING ON IN PORTLAND???

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

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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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

Before, thinking that the shooter was “a Democrat“ and after learning the shooter was closer to MAGA and a gun lover.

This is a very disturbed individual.

Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 3d

It’s almost as though Chicagoans don’t want the Gestapo on their streets!

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 4d

LMAO way to go Chicago restaurants….they got ICE Barbie out there on FOX “News" crying that her gestapo agents can’t find places to have lunch or use the bathroom 👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 4d

🧵 Lots of folks in the south know what 🍊💩 and his minions are up to. Over 2300 No Kings events on Oct 18 and here are a few from the south. None of these towns are known as Democratic bastions. Hazard Ky, Burnsville NC, Tellico Plains, Griffin GA has courageous people inspiring others to stand up!

No Thrones No Crowns No Kings Protest Hazard KY 10-18 4:00-7:00pm

No Kings Burnsville NC 10-18 12:00-3:00pm

No Kings Tellico Plains TN 10-18 10:00am-12 noon

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 4d

Irony just took its shoes off and slowly started walking into the ocean until it was never seen or heard from again…

Stephen Miller asks when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 4d

“Falls”. Right.

Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 5d

The people, united, will never be defeated.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 5d

Why TF don’t the protestors in various cities show up with buckets or traffic cones at every rally?

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Fascinating way Hong Kong protestors neutralise tear gas canisters

YouTube video by Daily Mail World

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d

Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.

They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 7d

I just cancelled my @nytimes.com subscription after 15 years because I'm tired of timid journalism in these perilous times.

I'm putting my journalism dollars toward the @theguardian.com and some of the independent journalists who are stepping up to the moment.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 8d

He saw it.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.

But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.

But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 9d

Seems like we need a state law to eliminate masks on law enforcement.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

www.amny.com

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Rob Watson @kilrwat.bsky.social · 9d