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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23h

Perhaps deciding that it’s best to fight fire with fire, Portlanders have deployed a more joyful form of protest. wearing animal costumes while dancing in the streets in front of Trump’s heavily armed ICE troops.

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

www.thenation.com

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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 1d

LEAKED AUDIO has surfaced from Thiel's lecture series, where he railed against AI and financial regulations and called Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.

From the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

-$33 BILLION in military aid over 2 years
-$45 MILLION every day
-$144/month per every 🇮🇱 citizen from 🇺🇸

As 🇮🇱 has free health care, free college, subsidized child care… and we do not.

Study: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/AidToI...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

propublica.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Jul 21

JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America.

“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”

JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the antidemocracy movement in America | Robert Reich

Rightwing tech lords are betting that Vance will be the Republican presidential pick in 2028. They’re probably right

www.theguardian.com

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 20h

Our very own Portland Frog!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 21h

Stephen Miller is attempting to take away millions of voters’ right to cast a ballot. All because they don't have a passport. You could be next.

Join us in fighting back against schemes to deny eligible voters access to the ballot box. www.commoncause.org/articles/mil...

Miller and His Allies Want to Silence Millions of Americans

Stephen Miller’s group is pushing a “show your papers” voter rule. Submit your comment to the EAC by Oct. 20 to stop this voter suppression plan.

www.commoncause.org

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 20h

And here’s a good commentary about how giving out fossil fuel permits keeps going even as inspecting and enforcing violations of the use permits has been halted:

fossilfreememo.substack.com/p/the-govern...

The government is shut down but the permits keep flowing

As of October 9th, millions of federal workers are still sitting at home, furloughed.

fossilfreememo.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 20h

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

www.commondreams.org

Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 23h

The Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing

In Illinois, California, and Oregon, residents and attorneys general are pushing back against the deployment of federal troops in their cities. So far, it’s working.

www.thenation.com

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 1d

What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power

The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

www.newyorker.com

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Sydney 🐝 @sydkneeb.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller and co. want you to think otherwise but there *are* limits on presidential power re: domestic deployment of the military. But those powers are vast. More on those complexities, from me, @thedailyhayley.bsky.social and @doo-dc.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/dome...

Domestic Deployment of the Military: The Past, Present, and Potential Future

Since the founding of the United States, domestic deployment of the military has been a move of last resort; that may be about to change.

www.americanprogress.org

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d

Also not Nobel.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d

Not at all Nobel.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Indivisible Oregon @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social · 2d

Timely view:
Successful action requires clear planning, training, and preparation.
We cannot go in with rose colored glasses.
We have to assess the risks and plan to mitigate them.
Who keeps us safe?
We keep us safe.
How?
Non-violent discipline.
Always based on community.
youtu.be/eIJ2x1zk_o0

Want to topple an authoritarian? You need skills.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

When Richard Nixon opined on the guilt of a criminal defendant, it ignited a media frenzy and opened the door for a mistrial. But such incendiary commentary is standard fare for Donald Trump, Ruth Marcus writes.

Nixon Now Looks Restrained

The former President once made an offhand remark about Charles Manson’s guilt. The reaction shows how aberrant Donald Trump’s rhetoric is.

www.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Recently, the idea of a “permanent underclass” has been embraced online, in part as a joke—and in part out of a sincere fear about how A.I. automation will upend the labor market and create a new norm of inequality.

Will A.I. Trap You in the “Permanent Underclass”?

An online joke reflects a sincere fear about how A.I. automation will upend the labor market and create a new norm of inequality.

www.newyorker.com

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Next up: mandatory conversion therapy? In the cards. We need to stop them.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to strike down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy by licensed therapists practiced on minors — a ruling that could affect similar laws in nearly half the country and make life more difficult for LGBTQ children at an already perilous time.”

Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

www.lawdork.com

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3d

Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

www.thenation.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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