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Jairaj Singh @jairajsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever created this website in this moment is smart: isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Jairaj Singh @jairajsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent write up by Donavan Scribes about the moment we are in. I can totally relate with his sentiment as a person of color in this region. www.portlandmercury.com/the-black-by...

THE BLACK BYLINE: I’ve Never Joined the Naked Bike Ride—But I Won’t Hate on It

[What follows is a new column from Donovan Scribes, a writer, producer, former VP of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and the editor of the Mercury's print issue BlackOut: a 5 Year Retrospective of ...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 1d

Cant make it down there but a banner reading “GO HOEM” would do numbers

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Jairaj Singh @jairajsingh.bsky.social · 1d

I'm co-facilitating a Belonging Circle on Thurs evening: holding space not only to share emotions on climate chaos and grief, but for the many overlapping challenges we face. Join us online for emotional truth-telling, reflection, and nurturing personal and collective resilience. luma.com/o5lbaad1

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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Jairaj Singh @jairajsingh.bsky.social · 3d

If the big one happens now…Cascadia bioregion. 🌲

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and the GOP are gearing up for Martial Law.

Suspending our rights, punting the elections, crushing critics, and elevating Trump into Supreme Leader.

Every week, they're searching for their Reichstag Fire or trying to create one.

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 4d

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller says the White House won’t accept the ruling of a Trump appointed judge & that bringing troops to Portland defend an ICE building against an unarmed gaggle if street theater loving protestors is a threat to the Republic.

We need to bring this fucking loser back down to Earth.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 4d

Last week, Trump:

- suggested he’d withhold federal funds from NYC if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.
- repeated that he won the 2020 presidential election.
- blamed Democrats for the government shutdown.

Read the full list of harmful actions Trump has taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5d

We keep warning about martial law.

Just trust the evidence of your eyes and ears.

This is what the Trump Administration will do to stay in power. They're creating their own Reichstag fires on a weekly basis.

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 5d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Jairaj Singh @jairajsingh.bsky.social · 5d

Did you rename Sherlock to Shorty! I love the name Chotu for a cat.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Grist @grist.org · 6d

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

grist.org/health/valle...

#Climate #Health #AZ #Arizona #Fungus #Disease

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 6d

There's no path to meaningful climate action that doesn't run through confronting authoritarianism.

The coming months will be history-altering. We must act like it. Here’s what that looks like 🧵

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OPB @opb.org · 6d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

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Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · 7d

"Humans are not exempt from extinction."

Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message

Her final interviews are essential listening for everyone.

www.vox.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7d

Well, we went from 0 cats...to 3 cats.

Introducing "Sherlock" who I brought home from the shelter.

3.5 month old Tabby - super extroverted and playful.

It's a surprise for my kids who are going to come back later tonight & a bday present for my youngest.

Lets hope the other 2 cats dig him.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 7d

let the gourd times roll

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Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social · 13d

Why are we calling for a #BoycottTMobile?
They’ve lobbied to pass Trump’s Big Bill, launched Trump Mobile on their network, partnered with far-right fascist Elon Musk’s Starlink, and their union busting is disgusting.

Sign the pledge + make the switch:
tmobileboycott.org

@teslatakedown.com

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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 13d

Boycotts work. They hit corporations where it hurts: their bottom line.

T-Mobile is funneling money to Elon Musk’s empire while backing Trump.

Sign the pledge to #BoycottTMobile today.
vist.ly/484wu

Boycotts work. They hit corporations where it hurts: their bottom line. T-Mobile is funneling money to Elon Musk’s empire while backing Trump. Sign the pledge to #BoycottTMobile today. vist.ly/484wu

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 8d

Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News

Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an ...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8d

Two sad news about EVs today:

1. The federal tax credit for EVs expires.

2. The federal code that allows states to exempt EVs from HOV lane occupancy requirements also expires.

From September 30 electric vehicles must have required riders to use HOV lane

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Electric Vehicle (EV) drivers that single-occupancy vehicles with EV plates will no longer be allowed to use the high-occupancy vehi...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 9d

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list - Politico politi.co/4mIbi9F

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 11d

A note to Portland leaders who sweep the homeless while pushing back on Trump's exclusionary policies: don't be hypocritical.

Human rights are inalienable in an inclusive, pluralist society. Impoverished, unhoused, immigrant, refugee, trans, queer, BIPOC... all deserve to live w/ dignity here.

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