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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 7h

Trump: “Terrorist have taken over the streets of Portland.”

This is literally Portland right now:

#PortlandStrong

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Your creativity is needed for the resistance! #Portland #Resist #Protest #50501movement #50501.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14h

Mike Johnson's latest baffling reason about why he won’t swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva during the government shutdown: her family isn’t in town.

Johnson Squirms in Heated Confrontation With Dem Senators

Mike Johnson gave a baffling new reason for why he won’t swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva during the government shutdown.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 8h

Oregon National Guard general says his troops would be protecting protesters and Oregonians at the ICE facility if they were to be deployed.

#PortlandStrong @ordems.bsky.social @deschutesdemocrats.org @democratrolodex.org @multdems.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @demsabroad.bsky.social

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on X: x.com/RepMTG/statu...

"I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 on X: "I was not in Congress when all this Obamacare, “Affordable Care Act” bullshit started. I got here in 2021. As a matter of fact, the ACA made health insurance UNAFFORDABLE for my family after it was passed, with skyrocketing premiums higher than our house payment. Let’s just say https://t.co/hKH7pPh6CG" / X

I was not in Congress when all this Obamacare, “Affordable Care Act” bullshit started. I got here in 2021. As a matter of fact, the ACA made health insurance UNAFFORDABLE for my family after it was passed, with skyrocketing premiums higher than our house payment. Let’s just say https://t.co/hKH7pPh6CG

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 1d

We knew this was coming, right?

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 1d

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HoneyBadger @lml13.bsky.social · 1d

We’re watching in real time the total meltdown of morality of the Republican Party. Republicans can no longer claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility, the party of morality and the party of pro children. What they can call themselves is the party of corruption and pedophilia.

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dotdottie.bsky.social @dotdottie.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Plots Social Security Overhaul That Could Cut Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands

Plans to remove age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working are backed by Trump’s “Grim Reaper,” Russell Vought.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 3d

In addition to sending National Guard troops from California, Trump is now commandeering troops from Texas. It's State Terrorism when a dictatorship orders all instruments of its state security and intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Since 2015, huge swathes of the media platforms people use as their windows into "reality" have been bought up by MAGA-aligned billionaires. Is it any wonder that the Trump admin has been fairly successful in getting millions of Americans to buy into his framing of "reality" while the Dems struggle?

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 4d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 3d

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 4d

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 3d

Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 4d

“Untethered to facts”

Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks POTUS’ Latest Blue City Takeover

A federal judge temporarily blocked the president’s National Guard deployment to Portland, writing, “this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 4d

This is what fascism looks like.

ICE arrested Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency room — simply for asking them to show a warrant for a man they detained.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 4d

According to the Oregon Journalism Project, Hood River, Deschutes, and Wallowa counties are expected to be hit hardest by the Obamacare cuts at the heart of the government shutdown impasse.

@oregonjournalism.bsky.social @ordems.bsky.social @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social @deschutesdemocrats.org

Obamacare Cuts — Oregon Journalism Project

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 6d

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[insert current alias here] @msarielknox.bsky.social · 5d

You don't say?

"Quite honestly, if I’m a Democrat, & I negotiated something... & I’ve been tracking that program & it gets tanked, I’m not going to have any faith that you can deliver on your promises in this administration. That’s just the reality,” he declared.

www.rawstory.com/thom-tillis-...

'Digs us a deeper hole!' GOP senator warns White House may 'destroy' their credibility

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) ripped President Donald Trump's White House on Friday over his targeting of blue states.Budget chief Russ Vought aggressively targeted blue states last year over Trump. The Tru...

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 5d

#Shameful

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

This was taken two nights ago outside Portland’s ICE facility. According to the Trump administration a guy in a chicken suit counts as a reign of terror.