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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 9h

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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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 8h

Portland small business boosters, it’s time to embrace the inflatable animal costume economy. The people are willing to shell out cash for these and we need as much variety as we can get!!!

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 9h

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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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 17h

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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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 18h

Residents of apartments surrounding the ICE facility say they can't get vehicles in or out and got no warning that the streets would be closed off.

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

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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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 1d

I posted a very similar version of this on Twitter like five years ago but the sentiment resonates more and more as the years go by. Where would I be without Taylor Swift’s help??? I may have adopted my middle name by now, with all the bureaucratic complications that entails.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 1d

Say what you will about Taylor Swift, but I am personally quite grateful to her for making it ok to be an adult woman named Taylor. In my mind, that’s the name of a young child covered in dirt. So thank you, Taylor, for your much-needed (and highly outsized) contribution to this important field.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 1d

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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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 1d

What?

Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 1d

I was posting something the police said without any commentary on what I want people to listen to. Please stop reading into things and ascribing an intent that isn’t there.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 1d

Quite essential info, and keep in mind the apparatus of far-right influencers/podcasters working to support Oregon’s radical GOP. Some of these media personalities see themselves as “centrists” and bemoan the crazy leftism that’s allegedly taken over PDX and OR. They don’t criticize the GOP, tho.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

A major reason why Republicans in Portland are "an endangered species" is that the OR GOP as an institution has become one of the more radically far right, state-level parties in the country. And in a state party gone off the deep end, the Multnomah county GOP stands out for its extremism.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

As per usual with much mainstream coverage of US politics, it appears that Republicans never have agency. It's not that the OR GOP has rendered itself electorally unviable by nominating Qanon loving Christian Nationalist 9/11 truthers for Senate, it's that Portlanders are irrational GOP haters.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

A major reason why Republicans in Portland are "an endangered species" is that the OR GOP as an institution has become one of the more radically far right, state-level parties in the country. And in a state party gone off the deep end, the Multnomah county GOP stands out for its extremism.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

The order applies to National Guard troops from any state.

Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 2d

On Sunday evening, US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a second restraining order after Trump sent California National Guard troops to Oregon, in an attempt to circumvent the courts. The day prior, Immergut ruled that deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon was unconstitutional.

Judge Once Again Denies Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard in Oregon

Less than 24 hours after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the deployment of Oregon’s National Guard to Portland, the same judge issued an additional restraining order t...

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

Things escalated quickly! And deescalated fast too—the agents are back inside the gate

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

Feds just deployed a bunch of pink gas at protesters in Portland. They also arrested a protester and carried them into the building.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Immergut in Oregon v Trump now:

"I grant plaintiffs second motion for a TRO."

Federalized Texas and California Guard to Portland is a "DIRECT CONTRAVENTION" of court's TRO from Saturday.

Both on 12406 statute and Tenth Amendment grounds.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2d

Immergut asks Hamilton if he believes that sending the California National Guard to Oregon is an appropriate way to respond to her order.

Hamilton: "I'm not a policy-maker."

Immergut: "You're a lawyer."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Judge: How could bringing in NG from CA not be in direct contravention of TRO I issued yesterday?

DOJ: TRO related only to Oregon NG

Judge: You are an officer of the court. Aren't defendants clearly circumventing my order?

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a (growing?) group of ICE supporters holding signs saying “thank you for your dedication and hard work” and “we support you ICE!” There are also some people wearing press vests on the roof of the ICE building, as has been the case on other evenings recently.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

Protesters have remained behind the blue line on the ICE facility’s driveway, but the DHS has made announcements four times in a row now telling people that if they step onto the driveway they’ll be subject to arrest. It’s not really clear if anything is prompting these repeated announcements.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

This could definitely just be the current group of people, and I don’t think there’s been some amazing bond formed between PPB and the protesters or anything. But it’s an interesting turn.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

One thing that’s different about the current scene compared to protests I attended in June—the interactions between protesters and Portland cops are much tamer. There are three “liaison officers” on the scene who haven’t had much effect on the group. A few bike cops rode by largely unnoticed.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve talked to several people, mostly older liberal types, who have come down to the site to check out the scene. One Hillsboro resident told me he’s been getting in fights on Facebook with his friend who says Portland is a war zone. He’s determined to prove him wrong but admits it might not work.

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