Ann
@annsteve.bsky.social
Teacher, science geek, artist, gardener, & dog mom in beautiful Oregon. 💚💙
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I recently started seeing Dubai chocolate at Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores. It seemed like it was a political move given the current climate in the US, but I decided to read up on it. I found this article helpful.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dubai-c...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dubai-c...
“Dubai Chocolate” is Regime Propaganda
The viral pistachio-filled candy bar is everywhere—but there’s nothing sweet about the United Arab Emirates and its human rights record.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I recently started seeing Dubai chocolate at Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores. It seemed like it was a political move given the current climate in the US, but I decided to read up on it. I found this article helpful.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dubai-c...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dubai-c...
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🚨 US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE FACES BEING TRAFFICKED OUT OF COUNTRY 🚨
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🚨 US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE FACES BEING TRAFFICKED OUT OF COUNTRY 🚨
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
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You know you're living in a Fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head, the reasons why
*you're* safe. What we want is a country where none of us have to feel that way. - Prof. Jason Stanley
*you're* safe. What we want is a country where none of us have to feel that way. - Prof. Jason Stanley
December 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You know you're living in a Fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head, the reasons why
*you're* safe. What we want is a country where none of us have to feel that way. - Prof. Jason Stanley
*you're* safe. What we want is a country where none of us have to feel that way. - Prof. Jason Stanley
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Portland woman testifies that police lied about ICE activity in Oregon when 12 to 15 agents surrounded her vehicle, and she called 911 for help on December 10th. "I have a question for the police. If you refuse to do your job, are you prepared for us to do it for you?"
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Portland woman testifies that police lied about ICE activity in Oregon when 12 to 15 agents surrounded her vehicle, and she called 911 for help on December 10th. "I have a question for the police. If you refuse to do your job, are you prepared for us to do it for you?"
So apparently this is happening in Hawaii, and it is just another example on why we need to support public radio.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
ICE has been sending immigrants from the continental U.S. to Hawaiʻi, and no one knows why
ICE has been transferring detained immigrants from the continental U.S. to the Honolulu Federal Detention Center since this summer. Local immigration attorneys are facing unprecedented case loads.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So apparently this is happening in Hawaii, and it is just another example on why we need to support public radio.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
When any politician uses the word hoax to debunk something, what we need to hear that no actually it is the HONEST TRUTH. Because the politician doesn’t know how else to counter the truth, so they to use an antonym. It’s Opposite Day like when we were kids.
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When any politician uses the word hoax to debunk something, what we need to hear that no actually it is the HONEST TRUTH. Because the politician doesn’t know how else to counter the truth, so they to use an antonym. It’s Opposite Day like when we were kids.
Here are some more inhumane conditions at the state run detention in Florida. Of course the gov’t denies it without evidence.
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some more inhumane conditions at the state run detention in Florida. Of course the gov’t denies it without evidence.
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Representative Jim Himes the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and someone who has overseen sensitive counterterrorism and covert operations for years, told reporters that the video was “one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Representative Jim Himes the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and someone who has overseen sensitive counterterrorism and covert operations for years, told reporters that the video was “one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
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Indivisible will be supporting candidates for the 2026 primaries. Follow indivisible2026.org for information.
Join the December 4th launch call at: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/871398
Join the December 4th launch call at: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/871398
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Indivisible will be supporting candidates for the 2026 primaries. Follow indivisible2026.org for information.
Join the December 4th launch call at: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/871398
Join the December 4th launch call at: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/871398
On his high school lunch break, a US citizen was arrested by ICE yesterday. He is only 17.
#McMinnville #Oregon #USCitizenDetained
newsregister.com/article?arti...
#McMinnville #Oregon #USCitizenDetained
newsregister.com/article?arti...
Reports of ICE detainment activity Friday include arrest of 17-year-old Mac High student
Reports of local detainments by Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers in Yamhill County over the last couple days include a McMinnville High School senior ...
newsregister.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
On his high school lunch break, a US citizen was arrested by ICE yesterday. He is only 17.
#McMinnville #Oregon #USCitizenDetained
newsregister.com/article?arti...
#McMinnville #Oregon #USCitizenDetained
newsregister.com/article?arti...
A whistle is quickly becoming an important accessory in 2025.
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A whistle is quickly becoming an important accessory in 2025.
Although this doesn’t align with our beliefs, the US decided that using our tax dollars for surveillance is better spent than spending the money for healthcare for citizens.
www.cbsnews.com/news/border-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/border-...
Border Patrol quietly monitoring U.S. drivers for ones it thinks have suspicious travel patterns, AP says
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has fo...
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Although this doesn’t align with our beliefs, the US decided that using our tax dollars for surveillance is better spent than spending the money for healthcare for citizens.
www.cbsnews.com/news/border-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/border-...
Powerful
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Powerful
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Watching ICE turn their violence and terror on Charlotte: to the folks there, please reach out to us in Portland and our friends in Chicago for help and strategy and support. We stand in solidarity with you. We are in this together.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Watching ICE turn their violence and terror on Charlotte: to the folks there, please reach out to us in Portland and our friends in Chicago for help and strategy and support. We stand in solidarity with you. We are in this together.
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🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
H5N5 Avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident
For immediate release: November 14, 2025 (25-138) First detection of this strain in a human, risk to the public remains low Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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If you want to submit written comments do so here: newportoregon.gov/common/conta.... We’ll be also be having public testimony, comments of up to two minutes per person.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you want to submit written comments do so here: newportoregon.gov/common/conta.... We’ll be also be having public testimony, comments of up to two minutes per person.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Public Meeting Wed 11/12/25 @ 6pm to discuss with community on potential ICE detention center at the coast. Newport (OR) City Hall
#Oregon #NewportOR #PublicMeeting #ice
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
#Oregon #NewportOR #PublicMeeting #ice
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
City of Newport says Homeland Security inquiring about leasing airport property for ICE operations or detention center
If it is a detention center, it would be the first of its kind in Oregon.
www.klcc.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Public Meeting Wed 11/12/25 @ 6pm to discuss with community on potential ICE detention center at the coast. Newport (OR) City Hall
#Oregon #NewportOR #PublicMeeting #ice
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
#Oregon #NewportOR #PublicMeeting #ice
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
❤️ Portland
Anti-ICE protesters held an 80’s-themed yoga class outside the Portland ICE facility.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
❤️ Portland
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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Dear YouTube,
If videos documenting what ice is doing to Americans are "too violent" to be monetizable, what does that say about what ICE is doing to Americans?
If videos documenting what ice is doing to Americans are "too violent" to be monetizable, what does that say about what ICE is doing to Americans?
ICE and CBP in Evanston, Illinois. This cannot be normalized.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dear YouTube,
If videos documenting what ice is doing to Americans are "too violent" to be monetizable, what does that say about what ICE is doing to Americans?
If videos documenting what ice is doing to Americans are "too violent" to be monetizable, what does that say about what ICE is doing to Americans?