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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 7h

Nicely played (but a bit puzzled by the "Last Crusade" watermark).

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7h

"The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 12h

The "& deployment" part of your description above is inaccurate.

The second TRO, prohibiting deployment, remains in place, as explained by the Ninth Circuit:

An administrative stay of the October 4 temporary restraining order will maintain the federalization of Oregon National Guard members, because that order prohibits implementation of the Memorandum. Additionally, the second temporary restraining order has not been challenged or appealed, and it prohibits the deployment of National Guard members in Oregon. Thus, the effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 12h

Further explanation of the "remain federalized but can't be deployed" line in Julia's post below:

The Ninth Circuit's order makes clear it is *not* a stay of Judge Immergut's second temporary restraining order, just the first.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 16h

Americans are being far too complacent about masked government agents in unmarked vehicles grabbing people and taking them to unknown destinations.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 14h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social · 17h

…the bigger significance of the Oregon decision, it seems to me, was the (Trump-appointed) judge’s willingness to say that the Administration is saying things that are just flatly untrue, such that it loses the case even on a deferential standard.

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 19h

Related memories:

President Obama: Pork roll or Taylor Ham?

YouTube video by NJ.com

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 19h

Caveat: The Shore is pretty much all pork roll territory

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Lillian Mongeau Hughes @lmonghughes.bsky.social · 1d

The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Feds grant ICE building access to conservative media, influencers, ignore local Portland press

Not all news organizations have been granted the same access to the ICE facility and the people who work there.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 1d

Ninth Circuit schedules oral argument for Thursday at 9:00am on Trump Administration's emergency motion for a stay in Oregon v. Trump (National Guard deployment case).

State of Oregon, et al. v. Trump, et al., 25-6268 - CourtListener.com

Docket for State of Oregon, et al. v. Trump, et al., 25-6268 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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Jim Oleske @jimoleske.bsky.social · 1d

Any thoughts on @dorfonlaw.bsky.social's analysis of how such a holding in this case might impact laws banning gender-affirming talk therapy?

Colorado's Conversion Therapy Ban Comes to SCOTUS Tomorrow: Are There Implications for Gender-Affirming Talk Therapy?

The Supreme Court officially begins its new Term today with two relatively small-ball cases. The real action begins tomorrow, when the Court...

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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 2d

“When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small & tame protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: ‘We’re not reporters, just bad memers.‘”

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 2d

In response to an investigation launched by the federal government into the Portland Police Bureau’s policing practices at the local ICE facility, the city attorney shot back, laying out a pattern of excessive force used on protesters, and favoritism toward conservative streamers by federal police.

Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail America”

Portland’s city attorney says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. In response to an investigation launched...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 2d

Religion IG is savage

The single Catholic men that say they would only marry a woman who submits to them sure seem to have a tough time submitting to the Bishop of Rome

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Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social · 2d

…the thing is, none of that is true. There’s order and normal life in Portland. And the judge was willing to say so. That is, she was willing to say, directly, that the President of the United States is saying things that just aren’t true.

(8/18)

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

You usually don’t ponder whether an insurrection is happening as a Plan B.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd to that ... if courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that."

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

"At the Pentagon, some military lawyers, including international law experts within DoD’s Office of General Counsel, have raised concerns about the legality of the lethal strikes on suspected drug traffickers....

Multiple current and former JAGs ... told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

www.cnn.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

The president does not have this power. He’s acting unconstitutionally to commit crimes against humanity— murder on the high seas.

Lest it be forgotten, the president may be immune re: official acts (assuming these are), but subordinates committing extrajudicial executions are not so entitled.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 2d

Good summary of the state of play on Kavanaugh Stops (aka ice detentions based solely on race)

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“Gregory Bovino, the officer in charge of roving immigration enforcement in American cities, admitted this week that his agents arrest people based on ‘how they look.’” slate.com/news-and-pol...

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