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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 3h

"Nearly 1,000 arrests were made during the summer of 2020.

Over 90 percent of those cases were dismissed or not pursued by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, led by rogue progressive prosecutor Mike Schmidt"

I miss our rogue DA Mike Schmidt.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

What could 10,000 ICE jackboots each cost to recruit, Michael? $3,000,000? Wait, that cannot possibly be right *checks math*

"The [ad] campaign... is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year."

Oh wow oh fuck jesus christ what the shit

ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforc...

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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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Feed The Streets PDX @feedthestreets.bsky.social · 1d

Going out tonight to be shared w/our unhoused neighbors: 50 servings of October 7th Surprise stir fried chicken & rice, water, blankets, & harm reduction supplies!

We rely on donations to feed people

Venmo- pdxfeedthestreets
Cashapp- FTSPortland

#MutualAid #PDX #MutualAidPortland

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is stupid and dangerous right now, *but* we have an opportunity to make a least one thing less stupid and dangerous.

Please submit a comment to the PDX city planners asking them to prevent any further expansion of liquid fuel storage at the CEI Hub and mandate a fuel drawdown.

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Demand a Safer Portland! Stop the CEI Hub Time Bomb!

Tell City Hall to Choose Public Health and Safety Over Corporate Profits at the CEI Hub Portland faces a historic choice—one that will determine our city’s safety and environmental legacy for generat...

actionnetwork.org

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile Noem allowed local social media streamer David Medina to ride in with her.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhQIJ2...

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

DHS police taking down protest signs in preparation for Noem’s arrival. Apparently streamer Benny Johnson will be with her to video but actual press are being kept a block away….

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Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 1d

Ahead of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem’s expected visit to the Portland ICE facility, a small protest crowd and a catchy song with the lyrics “Trump is in the Epstein files (yes he is).”

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful for David Kroman's reporting on this.

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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 5d

The chief of Seattle’s new police alternative “CARE” says police officers are systemically waving off crisis responders in what staff call a “pattern of subversion”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 5d

The chief of Seattle’s new police alternative “CARE” says police officers are systemically waving off crisis responders in what staff call a “pattern of subversion”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

I learned about Seattle's CARE team in the Alternative Mobile Services Association Newsletter (AMSA) Newsletter.

www.us-amsa.org

Alternative Mobile Services Association – Supporting Street-Level Alternatives to Police and Hospitalization

www.us-amsa.org

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping an eye on this in Seattle. We may see similar as Portland Street Response continues to expand towards 24/7/365 and the Portland Police Association contract is up for bargaining soon.

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 2d

Content warning (from the PIO's narration):

"Officers Smith and Foster deployed a combined 13 rounds from their bureau issued firearms."

Portland Police Bureau released body worn camera video today of the officer involved shooting on September 20, 2025.

www.portland.gov/police/news/...

UPDATE: Suspect in Police Shooting Identified, Video Released

The Portland Police Bureau is identifying the suspect who fired at officers on the morning of September 20, 2025. The officers involved are also identified and PPB is releasing the bodyworn camera vid...

www.portland.gov

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

In case you’re wondering how grassroots Republican activists in Oregon are metabolizing what’s happening in the state. This person is a coordinator for two long running conservative organizations in the state: The Gathering of the Eagles and the Abigail Adams project.

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Trump is preparing to go after Antifa, waiting for them to make a move. Antifa is preparing for riots in major cities. Since Portland is their headquarters, it seems essential that the National Guard would be in Oregon.
Governor Kotek is in panic mode releasing news every day on her opposition. Portland Police are working with Antifa to criminalize federal agents. "Out in Oregon, the Governor, the mayor and police are all part of Antifa." Shan Davis explains, "Once you understand that Portland police is Antifa, everything else it does and refuses to do suddenly makes sense." If they are part of Antifa, they are part of the insurrection.
Antifa has been hired to create a civil war. Kotek has been telling people to stay calm, all the while she is still promoting Antifa to start a civil war.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Regarding the hilarious “Portland police are Antifa” talking point we will likely soon be hearing from the Trump admin, I’ll just point out that back in the day, the PPD had a very tight relationship with the Klan. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Feb 24

In the 1920s Portland's mayor formed a 100-man vigilante force with guns, badges, and power of arrest. The names of the force were secret, but the Klan "advised him" on who he should deputize for these roles. The Portland Klan claimed that 150 members of the city police department were in the KKK.

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Hugh Wouldathunkit @y-o-y.bsky.social · 3d

An 84-year-old couple who lives in the neighborhood surrounding the ICE building in Portland joined the protest because it was so obviously peaceful and proper they didn't expect any violence from the feds. Then they were hit in the head with a projectile fired at them, gassed, and knocked down...

Reesky Beesky @oraclepersephone.bsky.social · 3d

This is what the protest yesterday was like. It was insane watching ICE charge at elderly, children, and everybody else when all we were doing was saying chants, most of us on the other side of the street from the facility.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Cozca @cozca.bsky.social · 3d

That's what we have been saying since January but no one could hear us.

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Immergut has now granted a second Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), against the deployment of ANY National Guard (50 states + DC) to Oregon.

This will also be appealed, like yesterday's. The facts on the ground continue to matter to these ongoing legal proceedings.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: "For all of the reasons" given in Saturday's TRO, Immergut grants plaintiffs' second motion for a TRO.

"Based on the conduct of the defendants, ... in direct contravention" of Saturday's TRO, the second TRO bars relocation or federalization of National Guard from "any state or D.C."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Oregon and Portland filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit against Trump tonight, with a new plaintiff added who is joining them: California. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
PORTLAND DIVISION
STATE OF OREGON, the CITY OF PORTLAND, and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as
Case No.
AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE
RELIEF
OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her official apacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; nd U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
Defendants.

N. Cross-State Deployment of California National Guard to Oregon
110. On the evening of Saturday, October 4, 2025, after this Court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the attempted federalization of Oregon National Guard personnel to deploy to Portland, Oregon, the U.S. Army Northern Command communicated to the California Military Department Executive Leadership that they intended to send 200 of the federalized California National Guard personnel in Los Angeles to Portland.
111. As of 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 5 one transport carrying approximately 100
federalized California National Guard personnel had already departed from Los Angeles to Portland, with additional transport scheduled for later in the day. Additionally, California
Military Department Executive Leadership learned that all 300 federalized California National
Guard personnel will be imminently deployed to Portland.
112. Also on Sunday, October 5, 2025, the California Military Department received an order extending the federalization of the 300 federalized California National Guard personnel
through January 31, 2026.

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Two things felt different to the ppl I spoke with who’d been protesting at the ICE building for months.

1st was the sheer volume of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs used, seemingly unprovoked.

2nd was seeing so many videographers/live-streamers embedded with the feds as they marched out.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

www.opb.org

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3d

This is an extremely powerful rally

emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 3d

Councilor Green and fellow Portland veterans leading a protest against the unlawful deployment of the national guard, the attack on our immigrant neighbors, and the rise of fascism.

To those in the armed forces, it’s not simply that you have a right to disobey an unlawful order. You have a duty.

Portland veterans speak out against fascism and assault on immigrants in protest at portland city hall

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 3d

A hundred plus people, and growing, are gathered at Portland City Hall for the “Duty to Disobey” demonstration. The call is for US military veterans to honor their oath and stand against Trump’s deployment of the military on U.S. soil (and against foreign wars).

Veterans gather outside Portland city hall

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