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Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025. The oldest person detained was 71. The youngest was 4 years old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/29/o...
Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025 • Oregon Capital Chronicle
ICE agents arrested 660 people in Oregon in the first ten months of 2025, according to the Deportation Data Project.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025. The oldest person detained was 71. The youngest was 4 years old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Cutting school funding sources for all Oregonians. Ensuring that traffic congestion gets worse forever. Tying the hands of local governments to raise critical revenues. We have no plans or vision - THE DEMOCRATS!
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cutting school funding sources for all Oregonians. Ensuring that traffic congestion gets worse forever. Tying the hands of local governments to raise critical revenues. We have no plans or vision - THE DEMOCRATS!
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Longish thread but worth the time.
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Longish thread but worth the time.
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I think a case can be made that 9/11 gut-shot the long 20th century, and it took 15 years or so for the effects of that to fully make themselves known
My beloved AP European History teacher always said that modern centuries only truly "begin" 14 to 18 years after the technical turn of the calendar:
1517 (Luther's Theses)
1618 (Defenestration of Prague)
1714 (Peace of Utrecht)
1815 (Napoleon defeated)
1914 (WWI begins)
and
2016 (Trump wins)
1517 (Luther's Theses)
1618 (Defenestration of Prague)
1714 (Peace of Utrecht)
1815 (Napoleon defeated)
1914 (WWI begins)
and
2016 (Trump wins)
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I think a case can be made that 9/11 gut-shot the long 20th century, and it took 15 years or so for the effects of that to fully make themselves known
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Wow! The end state is that these corporations don't want you to actually go the grocery store. They want you to shop for groceries online - because in the actual store it is harder to change the price for individuals. You see this in reduction of check out lanes, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wow! The end state is that these corporations don't want you to actually go the grocery store. They want you to shop for groceries online - because in the actual store it is harder to change the price for individuals. You see this in reduction of check out lanes, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
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Cornell Watson for Bloomberg in Rocky Mount last night.
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Cornell Watson for Bloomberg in Rocky Mount last night.
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Living in Portland is a never ending cycle of all your favorite places closing because the rent is too high and then seeing local media blame homeless people
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Living in Portland is a never ending cycle of all your favorite places closing because the rent is too high and then seeing local media blame homeless people
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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Ok this influencer who usually does reactions to people making food did a video about taking his 91 year old grandma to Disney bc she wanted to go and it made me cry
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DScx9hG...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DScx9hG...
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ok this influencer who usually does reactions to people making food did a video about taking his 91 year old grandma to Disney bc she wanted to go and it made me cry
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DScx9hG...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DScx9hG...
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MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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"Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.” It ordered a live fish. It offered to buy stun guns, pepper spray, cigarettes and underwear.
Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.” It ordered a live fish. It offered to buy stun guns, pepper spray, cigarettes and underwear.
Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
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“It will be even more special and full circle going back to Portland with my daughter.”
Sophia Wilson is officially back with the Thorns for 2026. I spoke with her in an exclusive for @theathletic.com on her decision to stay in Portland, a place she calls home.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Sophia Wilson is officially back with the Thorns for 2026. I spoke with her in an exclusive for @theathletic.com on her decision to stay in Portland, a place she calls home.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
USWNT’s Sophia Wilson returns home to Portland for 2026 season: ‘I miss playing in Providence Park’
The U.S. forward said the comfort of returning to Portland is what she needed following the birth of her daughter.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“It will be even more special and full circle going back to Portland with my daughter.”
Sophia Wilson is officially back with the Thorns for 2026. I spoke with her in an exclusive for @theathletic.com on her decision to stay in Portland, a place she calls home.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Sophia Wilson is officially back with the Thorns for 2026. I spoke with her in an exclusive for @theathletic.com on her decision to stay in Portland, a place she calls home.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
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I have met Susie. She could not have been more pleasant to me in person. It was also *palpably* obvious that she is Evil. I don’t mean that in a small way of she’s mean or devious, but a big one: she’d wear your skin as a suit in a nanosecond if it was chilly outside and never think of it again.
I don’t even know what to make of this level self-delusion, cognitive dissonance and moral cowardice
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I have met Susie. She could not have been more pleasant to me in person. It was also *palpably* obvious that she is Evil. I don’t mean that in a small way of she’s mean or devious, but a big one: she’d wear your skin as a suit in a nanosecond if it was chilly outside and never think of it again.
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i envision a utopian future for technology, where when you launch your computer there are no more programs, no more browsers, but just 4 buttons that say "Gamble", "Goon", "AI", and "Borrow Money At An Exorbitant Interest Rate"
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
i envision a utopian future for technology, where when you launch your computer there are no more programs, no more browsers, but just 4 buttons that say "Gamble", "Goon", "AI", and "Borrow Money At An Exorbitant Interest Rate"
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One lesson from a kidnapping this morning in N Portland: how smug these fuckers were, even the aspirational serial killer, in his way.
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One lesson from a kidnapping this morning in N Portland: how smug these fuckers were, even the aspirational serial killer, in his way.
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.