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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 5d

Good point!

I save on salt by just crying my liberal tears on my expensive eggs.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 5d

“Scott Leiendecker — a former GOP elections director…will helm the company.”

What a surprise.

Between this and the normalizing of military in our cities, free and fair elections are bound to be a thing of the past.

Hope the “Liberal tears” and cheaper eggs were worth Democracy and freedom.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll lobby for it if Trump resigns.

Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 8d

What’s the straightest food, I wonder?

Dinty Moore Beef Stew?

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 8d

There have been even fewer than that. The 58 number is from 2024. This year there have been 34 as of October 1.

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Portland records 9 homicides in September, highest monthly toll this year

The latest fatal shooting took place early Tuesday morning in the St. Johns neighborhood.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 8d

He’s in fact off by about a factor of 200. @atrupar.com has 2024 numbers. There have in fact been 34 murders in Portland this year as of October 1.

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Portland records 9 homicides in September, highest monthly toll this year

The latest fatal shooting took place early Tuesday morning in the St. Johns neighborhood.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 8d

@atrupar.com it’s fewer even that 58 murders (that’s 2024).

“To be sure, the number of homicides in Portland continues to trend downward, dropping from 58 homicides at this point last year to 34 so far in 2025, a 41% decline. And September’s total included a double murder.”

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Portland records 9 homicides in September, highest monthly toll this year

The latest fatal shooting took place early Tuesday morning in the St. Johns neighborhood.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 8d

I have a lot of respect for @audiecornish.bsky.social as a professional journalist.

How in the hell did you not push back on this “50 murders a weekend” claim?? There have been 34 ALL YEAR in Portland.

The media needs to focus on truth in the face of these lies. Democracy is under threat.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 12d

What the fuck is happening to our country

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 12d

Cool, so I can stop paying federal taxes now, right?

Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 18d

Nice to see the school district standing up against the unnecessary cruelty and bullying this administration is trying to inflict on a vulnerable proportion of our population.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · 25d

Homan is clearly an orc in a thinly-veiled human costume.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Sep 12

I thought this was a poorly cooked burger at first

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 28

The files were “run” by people? The files were “run by the Autopen?” The fuck is he even talking about?

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 25

a close up of a man in a superman costume looking down

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Jul 21

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s AKIN to a bribe!

(Great job on Doughboys btw :) )

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 9

The stuff is delicious tho

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 3

All this talk about “the loser in mom’s basement,” or the “lazy, able-bodied 35-year old,” as if even these aren’t people deserving adequate access to healthcare.

Healthcare should be a right. We’re a fucking sick society to deny it to anyone in need.

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Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jul 3

Had to read that first sentence a couple times

Striking Machinist @strikingmachinist.bsky.social · Jun 29

Love this guy. “A whaaaat?” Always gets stuck in my head.

a group of men are standing around a large shark .

ALT: a group of men are standing around a large shark .

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