James Widmer
@jamesclah.bsky.social
Oregonian, Veteran, Love our mountains in the Republic of Cascadia 🌋🌻🇺🇦🌻
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STOP TRUMP’S GESTAPO
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
STOP TRUMP’S GESTAPO
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SENATOR @rubengallego.bsky.social : “These guys know Trump and Vance will make excuses for them. Even when they literally murdered an American. What happened that day was unjustified. That ICE officer should be in jail… I didn’t wear a mask in Iraq.”
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 AM
SENATOR @rubengallego.bsky.social : “These guys know Trump and Vance will make excuses for them. Even when they literally murdered an American. What happened that day was unjustified. That ICE officer should be in jail… I didn’t wear a mask in Iraq.”
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A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan.
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork filed on Monday, Kyle Langford indicated that he would be vying for Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley's ...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan.
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The former deputy and Russian billionaire was detained in the UAE.
Sergey Shishkarev was implicated in an investigation, currently in Dubai under a travel ban. According to RBC, the founder of the logistics holding company "Delo" is suspected of threatening a company affiliated with him.
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Sergey Shishkarev was implicated in an investigation, currently in Dubai under a travel ban. According to RBC, the founder of the logistics holding company "Delo" is suspected of threatening a company affiliated with him.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The former deputy and Russian billionaire was detained in the UAE.
Sergey Shishkarev was implicated in an investigation, currently in Dubai under a travel ban. According to RBC, the founder of the logistics holding company "Delo" is suspected of threatening a company affiliated with him.
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Sergey Shishkarev was implicated in an investigation, currently in Dubai under a travel ban. According to RBC, the founder of the logistics holding company "Delo" is suspected of threatening a company affiliated with him.
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🚨FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR POWELL: “Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the federal reserve setting interest rates based on our assessment of what will best serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the president.”
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
🚨FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR POWELL: “Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the federal reserve setting interest rates based on our assessment of what will best serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the president.”
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So let me get this straight. Trump couldn’t run a casino, a charity, or a pandemic without crimes piling up, but now his administration is threatening the Federal Reserve because it won’t bend the knee? This isn’t “law and order.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
So let me get this straight. Trump couldn’t run a casino, a charity, or a pandemic without crimes piling up, but now his administration is threatening the Federal Reserve because it won’t bend the knee? This isn’t “law and order.”
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‼️ Russia: “A short circuit occurred in the Hermitage building's server room in St. Petersburg on Monday morning”
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067114
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067114
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 AM
‼️ Russia: “A short circuit occurred in the Hermitage building's server room in St. Petersburg on Monday morning”
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067114
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067114
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‼️ Russia: “More than 60% of prepared foods inspected by Rospotrebnadzor do not meet sanitary and epidemiological requirements.”
YIKES! 🤢
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067089
YIKES! 🤢
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067089
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 AM
‼️ Russia: “More than 60% of prepared foods inspected by Rospotrebnadzor do not meet sanitary and epidemiological requirements.”
YIKES! 🤢
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067089
YIKES! 🤢
www.interfax.ru/russia/1067089
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Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders
khpg.org/en/1608815429
khpg.org/en/1608815429
Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders
Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yulia Stanika are among an ever-increasing number of Ukrainians sentenced to terms of imprisonment longer than those that murderers or violent criminals get for their…
khpg.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders
khpg.org/en/1608815429
khpg.org/en/1608815429
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Ukraine strikes back at Russian energy infrastructure.
The night sky over Rostov glows red.
Ukraine reportedly hit the Novocherkassk power plant again. One of the south’s largest stations caught fire — a visible response to Russia’s ongoing strikes on Ukraine’s grid.
📹 Supernova+
The night sky over Rostov glows red.
Ukraine reportedly hit the Novocherkassk power plant again. One of the south’s largest stations caught fire — a visible response to Russia’s ongoing strikes on Ukraine’s grid.
📹 Supernova+
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Ukraine strikes back at Russian energy infrastructure.
The night sky over Rostov glows red.
Ukraine reportedly hit the Novocherkassk power plant again. One of the south’s largest stations caught fire — a visible response to Russia’s ongoing strikes on Ukraine’s grid.
📹 Supernova+
The night sky over Rostov glows red.
Ukraine reportedly hit the Novocherkassk power plant again. One of the south’s largest stations caught fire — a visible response to Russia’s ongoing strikes on Ukraine’s grid.
📹 Supernova+
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors tell federal judge they need an additional MONTH to review Ghislaine Maxwell's routine motion to throw out her conviction because she attached 148 documents that need to be reviewed.
Trump's DOJ has released .6% of the records required by law to be public by Dec. 19.
Trump's DOJ has released .6% of the records required by law to be public by Dec. 19.
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors tell federal judge they need an additional MONTH to review Ghislaine Maxwell's routine motion to throw out her conviction because she attached 148 documents that need to be reviewed.
Trump's DOJ has released .6% of the records required by law to be public by Dec. 19.
Trump's DOJ has released .6% of the records required by law to be public by Dec. 19.
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❗️Slovakia is halting military aid to Ukraine and is refusing to provide the EU's €90 billion guarantees for Kyiv, according to Aktuality.
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
❗️Slovakia is halting military aid to Ukraine and is refusing to provide the EU's €90 billion guarantees for Kyiv, according to Aktuality.
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❗️Units of 🇺🇦Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck three 🇷🇺Lukoil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea.
At the Filanovsky and Korchagin fields, the ventilation systems of the turbines were disabled, which led to the complete halt of production.
At the Filanovsky and Korchagin fields, the ventilation systems of the turbines were disabled, which led to the complete halt of production.
January 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
❗️Units of 🇺🇦Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck three 🇷🇺Lukoil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea.
At the Filanovsky and Korchagin fields, the ventilation systems of the turbines were disabled, which led to the complete halt of production.
At the Filanovsky and Korchagin fields, the ventilation systems of the turbines were disabled, which led to the complete halt of production.
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People can debate who is “winning” in media landscape all day, but none of that fixes a leaky pipe
Meanwhile in Russia…
“In Ufa, an apartment in a multi-story building partially sank underground.”
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www.mk.ru/incident/202...
“In Ufa, an apartment in a multi-story building partially sank underground.”
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www.mk.ru/incident/202...
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
People can debate who is “winning” in media landscape all day, but none of that fixes a leaky pipe
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The White House is targeting me for calling them out on their BS. They added me to a list of “Democrats Declaring War on Law Enforcement” and lied about what I said.
I will not be intimidated and I will never stop demanding the truth.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
I will not be intimidated and I will never stop demanding the truth.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The White House is targeting me for calling them out on their BS. They added me to a list of “Democrats Declaring War on Law Enforcement” and lied about what I said.
I will not be intimidated and I will never stop demanding the truth.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
I will not be intimidated and I will never stop demanding the truth.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Keep this circulating
The world needs to know what murderers they truly are!
The world needs to know what murderers they truly are!
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Keep this circulating
The world needs to know what murderers they truly are!
The world needs to know what murderers they truly are!
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UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.”
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.”
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
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Hayes: The president was asked should they be sharing evidence—his response was no, because Minnesota's corrupt.
Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.
Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.
January 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Hayes: The president was asked should they be sharing evidence—his response was no, because Minnesota's corrupt.
Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.
Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.
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Ronald Lauder, a close associate of Trump, now holds rights to the Dobra lithium deposit in central Ukraine, NYT says citing sources.
Lauder is Trump's longtime ally who initially floated him the idea of buying Greenland.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/10/f...
Lauder is Trump's longtime ally who initially floated him the idea of buying Greenland.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/10/f...
January 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Ronald Lauder, a close associate of Trump, now holds rights to the Dobra lithium deposit in central Ukraine, NYT says citing sources.
Lauder is Trump's longtime ally who initially floated him the idea of buying Greenland.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/10/f...
Lauder is Trump's longtime ally who initially floated him the idea of buying Greenland.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/10/f...
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Native Americans are getting caught up in Trump’s racist goon squad invasion…
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Native Americans are getting caught up in Trump’s racist goon squad invasion…
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If you voted for Donald Trump, this is on you.
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
If you voted for Donald Trump, this is on you.
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OPINION: On Tuesday, after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot in Minneapolis at close range by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee's 5th District didn't wait too long to weigh in with his opinions.
Red-state Republicans just proved they're as callous as Trump
On Tuesday, after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot in Minneapolis at close range by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee’s 5th District didn’t wait too long to weigh in with his opinions. If you’ve been following Ogles, who was first elected to ...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
OPINION: On Tuesday, after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot in Minneapolis at close range by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee's 5th District didn't wait too long to weigh in with his opinions.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened to disenfranchise voters and override state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal court blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order, restores states’ control over elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened to disenfranchise voters and override state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Washington National Opera is pulling the plug on its 55-year relationship with the Kennedy Center, marking another shocking rejection of President Donald Trump's makeover of the iconic venue.
Opera dumps MAGA-fied Kennedy Center after 55 years amid Trump's takeover disaster
The Washington National Opera is pulling the plug on its 55-year relationship with the Kennedy Center, marking another shocking rejection of President Donald Trump's makeover of the iconic venue.The opera company's board voted Friday to terminate its affiliation and relocate performances from the Ke...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The Washington National Opera is pulling the plug on its 55-year relationship with the Kennedy Center, marking another shocking rejection of President Donald Trump's makeover of the iconic venue.