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The Grim Spectre of Christian Lipski @christianlipski.bsky.social · 5d

What is *your* local college summer wood-bat league mascot up to?

Hell yeah @picklesbaseball.bsky.social get 'em!

Post on the Portland subreddit from user dominic60 titled "We have a good mascot". It shows the Portland Pickles mascot Dillon T. Pickle in front of the Portland ICE building, holding a sign that says ICE SUX

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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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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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

Portland 🖤

Sign at a bar says “we love dogs. Noem go home”

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Suparna Chaudhry @sch-ir.bsky.social · 1d

Risking her life to confront frogs, ducks, and an emergency naked bike ride

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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demi lawrence @deminlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

and don't forget, a J6 insurrectionist! www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/o...

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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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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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Good Senior Data Science job (remote) at MoveOn:

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Senior Data Scientist

Anywhere in the continental U.S.

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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫

job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

Higher Education Reporter, National

New York City, United States

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 2d

OR GOP posts low-effort fake photo, badly merging old scenes from S America (!) claiming it's current Portland protests, and when called on it says "we're not reporters" and leaves the fake up

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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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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Suparna Chaudhry @sch-ir.bsky.social · 2d

The only thing that ICE has to deal with every night in Portland is a witchy frog that'll place curses on them

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

TLDR: Judge Immergut GRANTS a 2nd TRO blocking the Trump admin from sending ANY federalized troops from ANY state into Oregon/Portland. (Full hearing thread below)

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Consolidated Oregon INDIVISIBLE Network @coin-indivisible.bsky.social · 3d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 3d

Apparently inspired by yesterday's embarrassing loss in court, Trump has ordered California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send 300 of that state's National Guard members to Portland. Oregon Gov. Kotek says 100 have already arrived, while at the ICE facility, federal agents are growing more violent.

Frustrated by Court Loss, Trump Sends 300 California National Guard Troops to Portland

After a federal judge on Saturday batted down the Trump administration's attempt to deploy 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland, this morning (Sunday, October 5) California Governor Gavin New...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Suparna Chaudhry @sch-ir.bsky.social · 3d

Portland City Councilor & former army veteran @councilorgreen.bsky.social

Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 3d

Councilor Green speaks to media and the crowd on why vets are here. Cheers to the term “lunatic degenerate,” referring to the president, who deployed 300 California National Guard members to Oregon today to get around Trump-appointed U.S. judge’s temporary restraining order issued Saturday.

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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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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

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.

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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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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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...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

About 400 people of all ages and races turned out to protest in Portland, including families with children and retirees with walkers. As people chanted in front of the ICE building, a large group of federal officers moved into the crowd and pushed some protesters.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

Judge IMMERGUT, a Trump appointee to the bench, ruled that Trump's call-up was based on false claims about unrest in Portland and that Trump's own statements were "simply untethered to the facts." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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