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Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025. The oldest person detained was 71. The youngest was 4 years old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/29/o...
Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025 • Oregon Capital Chronicle
ICE agents arrested 660 people in Oregon in the first ten months of 2025, according to the Deportation Data Project.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025. The oldest person detained was 71. The youngest was 4 years old @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/29/o...
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I'm so obsessed with Heated Rivalry I'm making Shorts and TikToks about it for the podcast channel just for fun.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this one part about that one kiss scene that I haven't seen anyone else talking about... (spoilers) youtube.com/shorts/-CpSQ...
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this one part about that one kiss scene that I haven't seen anyone else talking about... (spoilers) youtube.com/shorts/-CpSQ...
The Hidden “Sunshine” Message in Heated Rivalry’s Best Scene
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm so obsessed with Heated Rivalry I'm making Shorts and TikToks about it for the podcast channel just for fun.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this one part about that one kiss scene that I haven't seen anyone else talking about... (spoilers) youtube.com/shorts/-CpSQ...
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this one part about that one kiss scene that I haven't seen anyone else talking about... (spoilers) youtube.com/shorts/-CpSQ...
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Immigrants not legally authorized to work in the U.S. represent an estimated 40% of the people who help to produce many fruits, vegetables and other labor-intensive crops.
via @washingtonstatestandard.com
via @washingtonstatestandard.com
In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty
UNION GAP, Wash. — On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this central Washington valley’s irrigated…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Immigrants not legally authorized to work in the U.S. represent an estimated 40% of the people who help to produce many fruits, vegetables and other labor-intensive crops.
via @washingtonstatestandard.com
via @washingtonstatestandard.com
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Melanie Watson Bernhardt, the trailblazing actress, died on Friday at 57. Bernhardt played Kathy Gordon for four episodes on the 1980s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” and became one of the first disabled performers onscreen.
Melanie Watson Bernhardt, ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ Actress, Dies at 57
Her four episodes on the sitcom marked a rarity: a disabled actress onscreen.
nyti.ms
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon in commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning Oregon Fish & Wildlife to adopt new gear rules during whale feeding and migration seasons:
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/25/c...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/25/c...
Conservation groups urge Oregon to reduce whale deaths from crab fishing gear • Oregon Capital Chronicle
At least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, according to ODFW.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon in commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning Oregon Fish & Wildlife to adopt new gear rules during whale feeding and migration seasons:
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/25/c...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/25/c...
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Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.
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No punishment is too great for a man who would drug and drive his own 6–8-year-old daughter to “pedophile ring parties.”
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
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Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
No punishment is too great for a man who would drug and drive his own 6–8-year-old daughter to “pedophile ring parties.”
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
🧵
Sit with this: if this report is accurate, this child was horrifically abused. I wonder whether she’s been able to build any kind of life for herself.
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I made this surprise Christmas gift for my mom this year. A woodburning project more difficult and requiring more precision than I have ever done.
It's my late grandma, and I think it turned out really well! 😄 🥲
#art #crafts #woodburning #pyrography
It's my late grandma, and I think it turned out really well! 😄 🥲
#art #crafts #woodburning #pyrography
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I made this surprise Christmas gift for my mom this year. A woodburning project more difficult and requiring more precision than I have ever done.
It's my late grandma, and I think it turned out really well! 😄 🥲
#art #crafts #woodburning #pyrography
It's my late grandma, and I think it turned out really well! 😄 🥲
#art #crafts #woodburning #pyrography
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I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
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And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
How a bigger-looking butt could be a sneaky sign of autism and ADHD
Your backside might reveal a thing or two about your brain.
nypost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
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I've quietly watched Brynn go through this for the past year. It's absolutely heartbreaking. I'm glad she can share her story now but it's rough. She gave her life to helping people and doing medivac rescues with the California national guard and she's being tossed out line trash because she's trans
I told my story. It's behind a paywall, but here it is. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
A California National Guard pilot warned about Trump for years. Now she’s being forced out
Brynn Tannehill is a Navy-trained helicopter pilot who joined the California Air National Guard in 2023. She says she’s being kicked out for being transgender.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've quietly watched Brynn go through this for the past year. It's absolutely heartbreaking. I'm glad she can share her story now but it's rough. She gave her life to helping people and doing medivac rescues with the California national guard and she's being tossed out line trash because she's trans
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Feel like we can’t keep playing the “we all know…” game while racists are running rampant.
December 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Feel like we can’t keep playing the “we all know…” game while racists are running rampant.
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Listen: when I was a young actress in NYC EVERYONE knew to stay away from Trump’s modeling agencies.
Again:
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Listen: when I was a young actress in NYC EVERYONE knew to stay away from Trump’s modeling agencies.
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That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.
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Again:
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Again:
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Epstein WAS NOT Trump’s 1st buddy trafficking in girls. In fact, Trump’s “Look of The Year Contest” and his relationship with Casablancas weren’t a secret at all. These pigs flaunted teens on their arm and pressured them to go on “dates” with older men.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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After the Democrats take back the House in November, the Government Reform Committee needs to hold a hearing on the president’s sanity and this should be exhibit A.
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
After the Democrats take back the House in November, the Government Reform Committee needs to hold a hearing on the president’s sanity and this should be exhibit A.
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I wonder! But the sad thing is that some Nigerian Christians actually asked the US to intervene, and some are now jubilant that this bombing happened. The Nigerian govt even said it's collaborative. Never mind that it's on Xmas Day & that there might be innocent people caught up in the maelstrom.
Where is MAGA outrage over this latest violence instigated by the Regime? Where are all those voices clamouring "I voted for this"?
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
U.S. launches 'powerful and deadly' airstrikes in northwest Nigeria | CBC News
The United States carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday...
www.cbc.ca
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I wonder! But the sad thing is that some Nigerian Christians actually asked the US to intervene, and some are now jubilant that this bombing happened. The Nigerian govt even said it's collaborative. Never mind that it's on Xmas Day & that there might be innocent people caught up in the maelstrom.
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game recognizes game
Gift link
“China is requiring AI chatbots to be trained on politically filtered data and pass an ideological test .
AI companies cannot use a data source if less than 96% of its material is deemed safe, w/ 31 specified risks including subverting state power.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
“China is requiring AI chatbots to be trained on politically filtered data and pass an ideological test .
AI companies cannot use a data source if less than 96% of its material is deemed safe, w/ 31 specified risks including subverting state power.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule—and Is Trying to Tame It
Beijing is enforcing tough rules to ensure chatbots don’t misbehave, while hoping to stay competitive with the U.S.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
game recognizes game
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Continuing my annual tradition of sharing this insane story about how the US and Soviet Union nearly went to war during Christmas 1947 over a fight about penises.
1/5 Here’s a crazy story of how a Russian Christmas controversy almost triggered World War III in 1947. I was a historian in the 1990s & my memory may be a little off, but not by much. It revolves around codebreaking. US intelligence intercepted Soviet messages indicating some sort rebellion.
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Continuing my annual tradition of sharing this insane story about how the US and Soviet Union nearly went to war during Christmas 1947 over a fight about penises.
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Reposted by wrenchwench
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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New Mexico’s Second Chance Act was supposed to give people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles a pathway to freedom. But an opinion by the state attorney general is now blocking releases.
New Mexico Officials Block a Pathway to Freedom for Juvenile Lifers Despite Reforms
State lawmakers banned life without parole for juveniles. But an opinion by the attorney general and parole board decisions could keep some from getting a second chance.
boltsmag.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Mexico’s Second Chance Act was supposed to give people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles a pathway to freedom. But an opinion by the state attorney general is now blocking releases.
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Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!