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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW from DSM: A video published on YouTube showed a documentary filmmaker ordered to back away while filming the Eugene Police and subsequently learned that the department has its own "press."

We've spoken to experts who agree this is very bad.

Read about it ⤵️

Eugene Police Debuts Own Press

DSM, concerned by the EPD’s cosplay as members of the press, spoke to journalism experts who all agreed that this is bad.

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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 14h

Facts! 💯

In one case, back in 2020, he stole my work behind a block, used them for his Post Millennial article, and then my student newspaper's legal department refused to do a damn thing about it 😃

Before ditching Twitter, I probably had a few dozen successful DMCA takedowns on him.

Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 14h

After he called me a violent extremist journalist, Andy Ngo blocked me on Twitter and then stole one of my videos from behind the block. His entire career is built around stealing other people’s videos and making up shit about antifa.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h

Fail

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 18h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 19h

One of these things is not like the others

Photo of John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon together

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

I need people not from Portland to understand that a majority of the escalations happening here are the direct result of the far right grifting machine. They are another arm of the fascist regime and have been manufacturing content and spreading lies to manufacture consent. It's as simple as that.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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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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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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

Which Democrats are flying planes into the Capitol?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What's your message to Democrats ahead of the next vote to open up the government?

TRUMP: They're the ones that started it. It's almost like a kamikaze attack by them. You want to know the truth? This is like a kamikaze attack

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 1d

My entire body is cringing

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely fucked, man, what the hell

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

I imagine it must feel infuriating to have an opinion writer who has never done any substantive reporting, never been in the field, never anchored a news program or live coverage, come in and call herself a fellow "reporter" and begin telling people about "truth" and how to do their jobs better.

Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 2d

This list could easily be condensed to five items

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

i love the domino effect of trans people asking the moderation team to take harassment of trans people seriously and instead decided to perma ban a black guy who was one of the earliest users here

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 2d

So… Łink’s account is permabanned from Bluesky’s appview, but also gets banned from:

WhiteWind
Skylight
Bluescreen
Flashes

Basically all ATproto apps/projects?

WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THIS PROJECT THEN?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

I get tired of reading "Do not obey in advance" here over and over--endlessly repeating something like that can turn it into a form of self-soothing rather than a galvanizing call to action. But I hope every single CBS News employee is hearing it from someone important to them today.

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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 2d

If you’ve ever felt imposter syndrome just remember that Bari Weiss is now heading up CBS News

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

Immergut: What I'll do is not modify my original TRO but issue a new TRO that prohibits the relocation or deployment of any federalized national guard to the state of Oregon....

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.

I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Three hundred California National Guard members are on their way to Oregon on President Trump’s orders after a judge blocked his deployment of federal troops to Portland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced. https://cnn.it/4h0sLJ4

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.

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Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests.
They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.

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