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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 5h

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 1h

This is a great book and if you should read it.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 2h

Never stop Portlanding, Portland!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 2h

Home, sweet, hellscape.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 2h

Love how this latest bit of hogwash also feeds into the continued under-diagnosis of autism in females. Just dandy.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 2h

Uhhhhhhhhh.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2h

VA Gov debate:

Spanberger: my opponent has previously said that she does not think that gay couples should be allowed to marry

Earle-Sears: That's not discrimination

Spanberger: she thinks it's okay for someone to be fired from their job for being gay

Earle-Sears: that's not discrimination

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 8h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 8h

Say it louder Nashville

An 8x12 sign on a telephone pole reading: “Whatever you allow your government to do to others they will eventually do to you.”

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 6h

I can only assume that the Phillies have a grooming rule that is the inverse of the Yankees, requiring players to grow as much hair on their face and head as they possibly can.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 6h

We're so popular now.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 8h

Back at Broadview where there are at least a dozen broadcast cameras and an enormous amount of crews.

Easily as many members of the media as protesters, if not more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 9h

This seems bad.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Disabled people are not the enemy

Immigrants are not the enemy

LGBTQ+ people are not the enemy

Minorities & people of colour are not the enemy

These division tactics only work because there’s one group who needs to feel superior to the rest of us

They will “other” anyone to advance their agenda

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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Indivisible Chicago-South Side @indivchisouth.bsky.social · 13h

“It’s not only just a brown struggle, it’s a Black struggle. And if we think that it’s not going to impact us, where do you think they’re going to send the National Guard? They’re going to send it to the African American community” ~Pastor Phelps, Concord MB Church, Woodlawn

Read @thetriibe.com:

South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE

Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

thetriibe.com

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 11h

NO IT'S NOT!!!!!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

Hamilton: "The president's judgment is unreviewable."

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 13h

Big emphasis on the word “claim” there.

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 13h

Nice to see that the judge is on the “keep it ridiculous” train.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry cites the claims of "slashed tires" and "keyed cars."

"Some of this frankly sounds like a Carrie Underwood song."

Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 13h

The government’s stated position in court is that if the Feds start a fight with citizens, they can use that to justify sending in troops.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry asks again whether, if the inability to execute the law is b/c of the feds' "own provocation, does that matter under the law?"

Hamilton: "No, if that were true, the fact still remains that we are seeing sustained violence against federal personnel and property in Illinois."

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 13h

Love that the judge asked this.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.

She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."

Hamilton: "No, your honor."

Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 14h

A rebellion against what? A rebellion against WHAT?!?

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 14h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding