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Alternative View, Pacific Northwest @alt-pnw.bsky.social · 4h

“A Portland Costume Shop Is Seeing a Boost in Business From ICE Protesters Dressing as Inflatable Animals”
from @wweek.com

Please buy local.
Don’t give Bezos any more of your money than you have to.
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

A Portland Costume Shop Is Seeing a Boost in Business From ICE Protesters Dressing as Inflatable Animals

“A couple bought Garfield and a banana the other day, and I saw them on the news.”

www.wweek.com

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Dave Sills 🌪️🎶⚓ @davesills.ca · 12d

I've created a Bluesky Starter Pack called 'Canadian Severe Storms Community'. Makes it easy to find and follow severe storm forecasters, researchers, chasers and enthusiasts in Canada!

go.bsky.app/9eQf9Zd

Please let me know if you'd like to be added or if you think someone else needs to be added.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11h

I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway. https://theatln.tc/hBoHf5y5

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

✋✋
#NoKings

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things"
- Peter Drucker

You’re Fired. Just Kidding!

How much more whiplash can the CDC withstand?

www.theatlantic.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 4d

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Cartoon by David Horsey.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Trump fires Sergio Gor, as the revolving door of incompetent appointments continues AGAIN after the revolving door of term one.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“And there’s just a real, existential question of how do you write down a law that binds an actor who’s already demonstrated willingness to disregard the law?”

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

www.thebulwark.com

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Heather Tierney 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽📎 @htierney.bsky.social · 4d

Kind of pretty at my house this afternoon…chilly, but pretty. 😁

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Heather Tierney 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽📎 @htierney.bsky.social · 5d

A truly great actress and a classy lady. I loved many of the movies she was in, always felt like she wasn’t acting she was so believable. Be at peace Diane Keaton.

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Diane Keaton, 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather' Actress, Dead at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79.

www.rollingstone.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5d

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Heather Tierney 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽📎 @htierney.bsky.social · 5d

😂🤣

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Heather Tierney 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽📎 @htierney.bsky.social · 5d

I guess the ballroom and this arch are what trump considers infrastructure for the U.S. I thought it meant roads, bridges, wireless network for everyone..that kind of thing. Silly me. 🙄

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 6d

We protect Taxpayers and Taxpayer money.

#FedStrong

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 6d

The raids falsely mythologize that some "desirable" will do the work that was done by our immigrants that are being disappeared.

They will not. The economy will collapse, and oligarchs will buy up the remains of the dead body like a black market organ sale.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6d

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 6d

Today at @atrupar.com’s PN: Trump’s rationale for invading Portland is even dumber than you think.

www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-port...

At Doom, the government argues in court for no limits to Trump’s power.

www.american-doom.com/p/the-coming...

The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

www.publicnotice.co

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 6d

My mom lived for nearly three decades just blocks from this facility.

My parents lived from 1965 to the end of their lives in Portland, so sixty years each.

From a gritty backwater to a thriving and desirable place on global lists.

I've lived and travelled the world. Portland is the best.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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