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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry, but he’s using those issues as fake pretext to do what he actually cares about: cracking down on his political opponents

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly can’t believe he’s still doing this. But he’s a senile imbecile.

Real question is, Why has nobody called him on it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1d

Has one single reporter yet posed the question to him?

“Sir… Portland is not burning down, and they do in fact still have stores. Why are you misleading the American people? Or are you yourself being misled? What’s going on here?”

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1d

@bynum.house.gov has been doing work these past few weeks. Proud of her.

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way 👏🏻

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 1d

They’re “Stick to sports” -ing the Pope.

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 2d

Portland should stage a farmer’s market or a craft pottery fair outside of the ICE facility

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, how about the Trump children?!

We say it all the time, but this isn’t the behavior of a regime that expects the shoe will *ever* be on the other foot…

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 2d

Stealing classified documents and storing them in an unsecured private bathroom isn’t an “official act” under any circumstances. But it is illegal.

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know what else to say. This dude is dumber than an empty sock drawer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 4d

The Governor should call them up right now to do this.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 4d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 4d

There is no violent protest in Portland.

This is an obvious, knowable fact. Every journalist, including those at Fox News knows this.

The real story is, Why is the White House lying about this?

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not hard to describe. We’re just afraid to do it.

The phrase is “civil war”.

Military units from a state whose leaders are personally loyal to the president are invading another state, against the will of its duly elected leaders. It’s textbook.

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 6d

“Portland is burning to the ground” is an obviously disprovable claim.

Reporters need to start loudly asking this guy whether he is a) Lying, b) being lied to, or c) senile.

There is no d) …

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 8d

Has anybody asked her what the war was that ravaged Portland?

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 8d

On the other hand, Portlanders are about two weeks from enjoying some peak fall weather and Reign of Terror IPA at every single brewery.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 8d

Fuck ALL the way off

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 9d

What the fuck does any of this mean?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9d

ICE will attend the 2026 Super Bowl, where Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is set to headline the halftime show, according to Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security.

“We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you,” he said. https://wapo.st/4o3BsEV

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 9d

Why are they wearing cammo?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10d

ICE GOONS in military gear are now jumping out of unmarked vans to disappear protesters in Portland, OR

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 9d

Trump fully and gleefully owning the consequences of the shutdown

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 9d

President Trump says he is meeting today with Russ Vought, OMB director and "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss cuts to "Democrat Agencies."

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 10d

Oh, so Republicans like the shutdown, and are glad for the opportunity to use it to achieve unpopular policy goals… Thanks for clarifying, GOP Speaker, Mike Johnson!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Mike Johnson on the shutdown: "It can provide an opportunity to downside the scope and scale of government, which is something that we've always wanted to do. So in a way Chuck Schumer has now handed the keys to the kingdom the executive branch under President Trump."

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 11d

Tiresome babies who whine about everything

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 11d

Like literally! No hyperbole! That’s the word Trump used!

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Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 11d

The president declared his unambiguous intent to launch a civil war in this country, and use the U.S. military to target and kill Americans.

That that news isn’t a thunderclap that shakes the American media corps from its stupor is a dangerous and telling sign.

There can be no other story.

Mike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 11d

I dunno, this seems worse than the “Deplorables” thing…

NPR @npr.org · 11d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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