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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 1d

"The overarching narrative here is one that has become increasingly exhausting for a young progressive audience: Feel free to protest, but if anyone in your cohort approaches the unpresentable, your whole movement is lost."

@jacksonglidden.bsky.social with a brilliant essay about Portland.

Brooke Jackson-Glidden @jacksonglidden.bsky.social · 1d

In the words of Detox, I’ve had it, officially.

If Portland Is a ‘War Zone,’ It’s Not Because of Portlanders

No, Portlanders aren’t “living in hell.” But even if we were, it wouldn’t justify a military takeover.

www.pdxmonthly.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's team "are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns.... [creating] the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely." -- Barbara Walter ("How Civil Wars Start") via @tombedsall.bsky.social

Carl Hoffman @carlhoffman.bsky.social · 2d

“...you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law, to take away your freedom.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 2d

I can't stop REACH from decimating the local affordable housing stock in this way, but I can spread the word about the fundraising efforts to help one family buy their home. gofund.me/618f6e7d7

Donate to Support a Family's Fight to Stay in Their Home, organized by Christina W

Hi all, After over a decade in the same rental home, good friends and n… Christina W needs your support for Support a Family's Fight to Stay in Their Home

gofund.me

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 2d

A wonderful family in our neighborhood will soon lose the home they've been renting for over a decade from REACH, a local housing non-profit that is selling all of their houses to a for-profit business. One home in the neighborhood has already been sold and flipped at market rate. More will follow.

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Piper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 3d

I do feel scared when people are making new protest celebrities out of teenagers. You’re making targets

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the
National Guard in Oregon.

2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen
days on October 19, 2025.
3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The
bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary
Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order, is DENIED.
The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025.
A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 5th day of October.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

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.

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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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 3d

Honey, look, it's a gorgeous final copy of TERRY DACTYL, out on November 11 from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social🎉🎉🎉 Book launch on Saturday, October 25, 3 pm at the Seattle Art Museum, and you can preorder signed copies from Elliott Bay Book Company, or preorder from your favorite indie, get ready 💎⚡✨

Bright magenta cover with black border. Floating open mouths in magenta, with tongues out and teeth visible, TERRY DACTYL TERRY DACTYL TERRY DACTYL in one of the mouths. Floating iridescent sparkling glitter pills in spot gloss like jewels. Title at top of black border, author name at bottom, on the side a blurb from Sarah Schulman, "The historical novel on acid"

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 4d

Hi, Button ❤️

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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that about says it all.

Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 30 of 31
Furthermore, this country has a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to
government overreach, especially in the form of military intrusion into civil affairs. "That
tradition has deep roots in our history and found early expression, for example, in... the
constitutional provisions for civilian control of the military." Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1, 15
(1972); see also James Madison, Address to the Constitutional Convention (1787), reprinted in 1
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, at 465 (Max Farrand ed., 1911) ("A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home."). This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: this is a nation of
Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that, if
accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power to the detriment of this
nation.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 4d

lot of problems with that piece but here's one: if anyone tries to blame "empty downtown" on anything other than

1) the pandemic
2) ted wheeler destroying the big food cart pod so his developer friends could build a hotel no one uses

they're either a moron or a developer

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 4d

Update as of 4:30pm

Temporary Restraining Order against the feds has been granted. The judge did not find evidence that the military or the guard need to be brought in because the protests in Portland have been relatively calm.

Aggression is coming from federal agents and right wing provocateurs

Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 4d

Still no decision from a federal judge on deploying troops to Portland. Meanwhile, protesters at the ICE facility are getting tear gassed by federal agents in broad daylight.

Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 5d

Court is adjourned but no decision was immediately made. Judge says she hopes to issue a decision later today or tomorrow. More soon.

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emily-vwg.bsky.social @emily-vwg.bsky.social · 4d

interesting how the much-hyped "tax flight" phenomena is always reported as two sides having a subjective debate, and not as something that either actually exists in observable reality or not. even in the fancy paper! (maybe especially there?)

Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 4d

This article has a lot more important problems so I feel stupid saying this…but umm…the Mercury wrote and published the first major article about the DSA councilors back in June. Of course it isn’t the local reporting linked or mentioned here.

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 4d

National Media Hire Portland-Based Journalists to Write About Portland Challenge (for fuck’s sake)

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 4d

Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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Julián Hernández @juliansiniestro.bsky.social · 6d

Mañana, si las cosas se ponen así que tal y os queda a mano, tenéis esto en Bertamiráns. Recordad que la compra del libro no obliga a su lectura.

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 8d

Portland will not bend to Trumpism. We will not be shocked into compliance with his overtly racist, and violent attacks on our most vulnerable neighbors. We must get organized and refuse to allow his authoritarianism to be normalized in our city. Use your voice, be smart and safe, and stand strong.

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 8d

in which my homie and colleague @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social gives a masterclass in how to do national press without losing a scintilla of her principles

www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Oregon sues Trump over plan to deploy National Guard

Oregon is suing President Trump after he ordered federal troops to the city of Portland. City Councilor Angelita Morillo joins Katy Tur to respond saying, “We need to be a united nation, and this is a...

www.msnbc.com

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 9d

Portland City Councilor/Army vet urges military members to refuse to comply with deployment orders to Portland.

"You have not only the right, but the duty to disobey an unlawful order."

Portland councilor, Army veteran, calls on service members to reject Portland military deployment

An Army veteran on Portland City Council is calling on current and former members of the U.S. military to speak out against President Donald Trump’s planned deployment of the National Guard in Portlan...

www.opb.org

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