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The Trace @thetrace.org · 10h

The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.

Here Are the Facts About Gun Violence in Portland

The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.

www.thetrace.org

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OneTinSoldier @abluedotinaredsea.bsky.social · 16h

OMG!!! ABSUTELY ADORABLE

RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1d

Easily Amused 🥰😂
💙❤️🐱🐾

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 15h

Priceless

Black. Bitch. Purple. Kunt. (aka David) @ncred.bsky.social · 2d

"How does it feel to be locked up unlawfully" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My kinda carrying on! Keep it up.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Portland.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @Chris_Meloni
asking, "Are the Epstein files in Chicago?" followed by a reply from @Sec_Noem
, Secretary Kristi Noem, stating, "Chicago, we're here for you," accompanied by a nighttime aerial video of a cityscape labeled "BODY CAM 2" with a timestamp of "2025-09-30" and a duration of 1:07.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 1d

Eat Detroit style pizza in Chicago. Win-win.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 1d

Detroit style pizza is the best, and it's available in Chicago.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know, but I should have specified retail tenants. There are hotel guests and condo owners.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 2d

❤️ my mayor these days.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 2d

The building has no tenants. A blight on Chicago's otherwise magnificent skyline.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"Unlike Trump and Hegseth, fascist leaders are fanatically militaristic. And there is nothing fanatical about throwing a military parade, renaming the Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' or purging non-MAGA generals."

We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You

President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and yet, the woke leftist mob continues to deli...

buff.ly

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall final message
The pernicious idea that economic development should come before the environment. In reality, we’re on a planet with finite resources, and if we exhaust them, it could spell our own end
“Humans are not exempt from extinction,”

www.vox.com/climate/4634...

Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message

Her last interviews are essential listening for everyone.

www.vox.com

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 3d

A toddler is told not to play with a hot stove, so tries sticking a knife in the electric socket instead.

Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 3d

This morning, hours after a federal judge ruled that it would be illegal to federalize and deploy Oregon National Guard troops in Portland, Trump deployed federalized California National Guard troops in Portland. 1/16

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 4d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 5d

So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 5d

How does one go undercover within an organization when the organization doesn't exist?

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Voices of Freedom @voicesoffreedom.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, I do. And it's all come true.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 5d

A small ray of light

Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 6d

Now THIS is a stamp!

USPS: President Jimmy Carter was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a champion of National Parks, and a strong advocate for human rights. Today, we’re proud to honor his legacy with our newest Forever® stamp. Order yours and other stamp-inspired products here:
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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 5d

More of this!

Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 5d

Secretary Noem – now that you are in Illinois, if you can take time away from your occupation of Chicago, your cosplay, and photo ops, let's meet.

We need to talk about ICE's unlawful actions in my state.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is tear gassing people indiscriminately, and without any visible threat, in Chicago and Portland.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.

Michael Roche @michaelroche.bsky.social · 5d

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

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Michael Roche @michaelroche.bsky.social · 5d

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

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Dr Hugo Z Hackenbush @hugozhackenbush.bsky.social · 8d

Calling yourself a warrior is like calling yourself a genius. If you have to say it, you're not.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 8d

America should not have to pay the price for Pete Hegseth falling short in every single human endeavor.

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Jeff RP @senorjh.bsky.social · 8d

Why can't Johnson find his Bible?

Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 8d

Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva hasn't been sworn in, so she has to roam Congress with an escort

I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol

More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...

Voters Elected Her to Congress. Mike Johnson Is Making Her Wait.

“At this point, I can’t hire staff. We don’t have an office. I can’t get around without being escorted,” Arizona’s incoming House Democrat, Adelita Grijalva, said Tuesday.

www.notus.org

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 8d

They found 38 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at Immaculate Conception Mission in South Dakota and it didn't make the news outside of Indian Country.

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