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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon GOP posted about federal troops coming to Portland using stock images from South America

The GOP has since removed the social media posts.

www.oregonlive.com/trending/202...

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 1d

Singer Benson Boone joins Portland Bike Bus during world tour

A brief social media campaign encouraged the mustachioed pop star to join the Bike Bus when his tour came to Portland.

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 1d

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Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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‘Do not fail Portland’ city urges Trump DOJ in response to police probe

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Julia Silverman @jrlsilverman.bsky.social · 2d

🔎The state does not track how long it takes to resolve the cases in its system, though it has the right to grant itself multiple extensions. @hborrud.bsky.social had to build a database of all outstanding cases and how long they have been awaiting resolution.

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Maxine Bernstein @maxbernstein.bsky.social · 2d

'Does the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice care about the Constitution anymore?' Portland's city attorney asked in a letter to the US DOJ on Mon.

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The city of Portland claims federal agents allow conservative journalists special access while cracking down on anti-ICE protesters and deploying unnecessary use of force.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Defiant Bondi Testifies in Combative Senate Hearing

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 1d

"Attorney General Pam Bondi flatly refused to answer questions from Democrats about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."

Trump Administration Live Updates: Defiant Bondi Testifies in Combative Senate Hearing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Portlanders take the podium at the 2025 Portland Marathon

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Nearly 12,000 runners participated in races of varying lengths at the 53rd annual Portland Marathon.

Nearly 12,000 runners participated in races of varying lengths at the 53rd annual Portland Marathon.

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 2d

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 2d

An upcoming Jewish bakery is bringing the ‘babka renaissance’ to Portland

Zicra Lukin plans a November opening on SE Hawthorne, featuring chocolate babka, rugelach and amaretti cookies

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 2d

She alleged discrimination. 5 years later, why isn’t Oregon done with its investigation?

One family's wait exposes systemic problems in state's response to school discrimination allegations.

Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 3d

A beautiful moonrise in my beautiful city. #pdx

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 3d

Newsom: California National Guard ‘on their way’ to Oregon, on Trump’s orders

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday said President Trump deployed California National Guard troops to Oregon, after a federal judge on Saturday blocked Trump's attempt to deploy Oregon's citizen soldiers.

Portland police chief says ‘no political bias’ factored into arrest of conservative journalist

Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Portland police chief: cops are seeing an increase in people coming to ICE facility w/ an intent to agitate the crowd + the environment.

“We are not going to be accepting of violence in the city of Portland.”

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Chief Bob Day refuted assertions made by the U.S. Justice Department that the city engaged in “viewpoint discrimination.”

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Man accused of pointing laser from his Portland porch at helicopter, planes circling ICE office

When the FBI raided the man's home Monday, they had no idea Port of Portland police had already seized the laser pointer days earlier, the FBI said.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Live Updates: Hamas Agrees to Release All Hostages but Pushes for Talks on Other Issues

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Oregon has begun kicking some people off food stamps, cutting others’ monthly benefit

Republicans' "big beautiful bill" significantly narrows who qualifies for nutrition assistance.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Portland police arrest 3, including conservative influencer, after fights at ICE protest

Nicholas Sortor of Washington, D.C., describes himself on X as a journalist who covers on-scene stories the mainstream media won’t.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/slate-x-th...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 5d

Among President Trump's canceled food aid:
* 2,300 gallons of 2% milk to the Heart Of Alabama Food Bank
* 19,000 pounds of pork chops to the Palm Beach County Food Bank in Florida
And so much more.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 5d

Portland’s ICE office has become a character in real-life drama

The ICE office in South Portland handles the cases of immigrants from a handful of counties in Oregon and four in Washington.

www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... via @rogoway.bsky.social

Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 6d

Oregon data center defendants admit they didn’t tell state Amazon was a customer

The insiders who bought a fiber-optic provider in Morrow County now say they withheld information about their dealings with Amazon from state authorities.

What this government shutdown could cost

Hillary Borrud @hborrud.bsky.social · 6d

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The longest shutdown in history, which lasted 34 days during President Donald Trump’s first term, cost the government about $11 billion.

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