Amie Wexler (she/her)
@amwex.bsky.social
Mom + wife + lawyer + criminal justice reform + gun violence prevention + BLM
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Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Trump is backpedaling on his support for the release of the Sept. 2 boat strike video.
On December 3, he said he would have "no problem" releasing the video.
Today, he said he "didn't say that" (he did) and now says, "whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me."
On December 3, he said he would have "no problem" releasing the video.
Today, he said he "didn't say that" (he did) and now says, "whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me."
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Trump is backpedaling on his support for the release of the Sept. 2 boat strike video.
On December 3, he said he would have "no problem" releasing the video.
Today, he said he "didn't say that" (he did) and now says, "whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me."
On December 3, he said he would have "no problem" releasing the video.
Today, he said he "didn't say that" (he did) and now says, "whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me."
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He’s redistributing money from the urban cores that they’re terrorizing with ethnic pogroms to pay off his base for their loyalty
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
He’s redistributing money from the urban cores that they’re terrorizing with ethnic pogroms to pay off his base for their loyalty
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Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says only Attorney General Dan Rayfield has the resources to investigate excessive force concerns, but the attorney general will seek District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s stamp of approval.
Portland’s DA balked at charging federal agents under Oregon law. Then AG Rayfield stepped in
The top local prosecutor in the Portland area is cautioning against “unreasonable expectations” for his ability to charge federal agents using state law, after signing onto a statement last week warning the Trump administration that its officers could be held accountable for excessive force.
www.opb.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says only Attorney General Dan Rayfield has the resources to investigate excessive force concerns, but the attorney general will seek District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s stamp of approval.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
Opinion | A Right-Wing Playbook to Weaken Colleges from Within
When students are treated like customers, they can demand educators grade accordingly.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
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Despicable
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Despicable
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The boat strikes are also considered extrajudicial killings under international human rights law. h/t to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for directing me to this very helpful and decisive article that answers all these questions. END/ www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes
An expert Q & A on the Trump administration's lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas.
www.justsecurity.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The boat strikes are also considered extrajudicial killings under international human rights law. h/t to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for directing me to this very helpful and decisive article that answers all these questions. END/ www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
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Hiring listings for ICE positions could indicate the federal government plans to launch a detention center in Portland.
Job postings suggest ICE may be eyeing Portland for detention facility
Hiring listings for ICE positions could indicate the federal government plans to launch a detention center in Portland.
www.oregonlive.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hiring listings for ICE positions could indicate the federal government plans to launch a detention center in Portland.
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing. n.pr/3Y7cjxW
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing. n.pr/3Y7cjxW
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Racking up wins for Portlanders before the year ends with my trusty comrade/co-sponsor @councilorgreen.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Racking up wins for Portlanders before the year ends with my trusty comrade/co-sponsor @councilorgreen.bsky.social
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Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
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Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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I never thought the leopards would eat *my* face, sobs admiral who committed war crimes for leopards.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I never thought the leopards would eat *my* face, sobs admiral who committed war crimes for leopards.
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Mass killing:
At least 4 dead and 11 wounded after mass shooting at California child's birthday party, officials say. Victims were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Gunman still at large.
At least 4 dead and 11 wounded after mass shooting at California child's birthday party, officials say. Victims were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Gunman still at large.
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Mass killing:
At least 4 dead and 11 wounded after mass shooting at California child's birthday party, officials say. Victims were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Gunman still at large.
At least 4 dead and 11 wounded after mass shooting at California child's birthday party, officials say. Victims were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21.
Gunman still at large.
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Last month, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek sent $5 million to food banks during the shutdown, plus $1 million to the state’s tribes. The governor recently announced that philanthropic donors have matched that $6 million.
Private Oregon donors pitch in after SNAP crisis highlighted food insecurity
SNAP crisis highlighted food insecurity in Oregon; private donors pitch in
www.opb.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Last month, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek sent $5 million to food banks during the shutdown, plus $1 million to the state’s tribes. The governor recently announced that philanthropic donors have matched that $6 million.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
Oversight Immigration Enforcement Dashboard
To fulfill our oversight and legislative responsibilities to protect and defend the Constitution, Oversight Committee Democrats are compiling a verified public record of possible misconduct incidents ...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died when their boat capsized roughly 20 miles off the central coast.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.