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Jen

@jennerzi.bsky.social

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Fond of clean air and water, free speech, due process, civil rights, bodily autonomy, Voting Rights Act, science practiced by real scientists, healthcare for all, & unmilitarized cities. -Portland 🌹

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Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Is Stephen Miller arrested yet?

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 4h

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Wake Up | Rage Against the Machine cover | ft. Sophia Urista

YouTube video by Brass Against

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 4h

"I could knock down the White House and not lose a single voter"

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“I’ve been here almost 24 years, so I have dark days and the animals pull me right out of that because no matter how bad I’m feeling, I gotta come in here,” said Mel, an incarcerated man who helps rehab opossums as part of a one-of-a-kind program in Ohio. “I have to be on the schedule.”

Prison Opossums: How Richland Correctional Institution is rehabilitating animals and incarcerated persons

How three incarcerated men at Richland Correctional Institution are rehabilitating orphaned wild animals and their mental health.

www.richlandsource.com

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 8h

I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.

“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 5h

Canada viewing America.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

Did a plane fly into it?

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

The Donald Trump Death Toll Tracker needs to expand to include the offseas murdered fishermen, all measles deaths, USAID deaths, deaths from no access to healthcare or housing. I bet he beats the million+ deaths during his first term before this one is over.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

I'm rooting for the team that won't be visiting the WH.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

She doesn't call people names and self identify as a Nazi. She's a moderate.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

Will Cinderella be returned to a parking garage attorney?

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 6h

You should pin this. This is so outrageous. Imagine any other country meddling in our politics. So gross.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 7h

Ooh, they are sending in junior varsity Trump. This should end in a face plant.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 7h

Once GOP Congressman reclaim their balls, the room should be spacious.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 2d

Joined the frog brigade at #nokings Seattle to spread the word that it's time to show T-Mobile that working with Trump and enriching Musk has consequences. #teslatakedown #BoycottTmobile

Me in an inflatable frog costume with a giant sign that says "the t in T-Mobile stands for Trump Tmobileboycott.org

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 10h

No one obeys orders from the Department of Revenge. Bring back Justice!

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ACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 15h

Update on what happened in Wilder yesterday. We will continue sharing updates as we verify new information.

If you wish to support, you can donate to our Idaho Familias Assistance Fund to support impacted families: givebutter.com/ifaf

Graphic detailing excessive force and detainments at a Wilder, Idaho event.

Transcribed Text:

Here’s what we know about yesterday’s events that took place at a family-friendly horse racing event in Wilder, Idaho:

• Excessive uses of force were documented, including the detainment of women and children and the use of rubber bullets against unarmed protesters.

• Several U.S. citizens were detained by ICE for immigration questions.

• Multiple state and federal agencies were involved.

ACLU Idaho

Text on a black background expressing concerns over law enforcement actions, ending with a demand for better accountability.

Transcribed Text:

No matter what nonviolent illegal activity the agencies suspected was occurring at this event, sending large numbers of heavily armed enforcement agents to terrorize a family-friendly event is unwarranted and several steps too far.

We demand better from our elected officials and law enforcement agencies.

ACLU Idaho

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 11h

Wonderful piece. Would love to hear more of these stories from small town protests.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Around the country, we’re seeing a parallel evolution: whimsy as the logical response to MAGA’s nonsense.

For many, the cleanest response to violence isn’t a manifesto—it’s a snort-laugh and a unicorn horn. It’s “I don’t know what that means, but I do know you’re full of shit.” trib.al/ZFhlDdR

How No Kings Embraced the Good Kind of Weird—and Won the Normies

In New Braunfels, Texas, a red county turned out against Trump, and made a joyous noise that was as American as apple pie ... or a fighting unicorn.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 12h

Neither show enough fight for this moment.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 12h

There is always a group to be mocked by Fox. Unless we have roided white men with guns screaming profanities, we don't have the *real America.*

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13h

The dissent does an excellent job making the majority look like fools. cst.brightspotcdn.com/d9/44/ff61b3...

The district court’s factual findings, which the government does not
challenge on appeal, and which are not clearly erroneous in any event, fully resolve
this issue. In the two weeks leading up to the President’s September 27 social
media post, there had not been a single incident of protesters’ disrupting the
execution of the laws. Oregon, 2025 WL 2817646, at *10. I repeat: not a single
incident for two weeks. Here are summaries from police reports for the five days
preceding the President’s social media post.
September 22: Approx. 7-10 people. No calls.
September 23: Few people. No activity.
September 24: Approx. 10 people. No calls.
September 25: Approx. 20 people. No calls.
September 26: Approx. 15 people. Energy low, minimal activity.
No incidents.
A police officer’s report from September 26 stated: “Throughout the day we
observed approximately 8-15 people at any given time out front of ICE. Mostly
sitting in lawn chairs and walking around.”
It is hard to understand how a tiny protest causing no disruptions could
possibly satisfy the standard that the President is unable to execute the laws.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

Rep Robert Garcia just dropped a bombshell 🔥

The House Oversight Committee is forming a joint investigative unit with the Senate to track and expose every single act of ICE misconduct.
Accountability is coming.
No more hiding behind badges. No more abuse without consequence.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14h

Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:

We have come to expect a dose of political theater in the political branches, drama designed to rally the base or to rile or intimidate political opponents. We also may expect there a measure of bending sometimes breaking the truth. By design of the Founders, the judicial branch stands apart. We rule on facts, not on supposition or conjecture, and certainly not on fabrication or propaganda. I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority's order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur. Above all, I ask
those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.

Jen @jennerzi.bsky.social · 1d

He's too lazy.

"I agree, if I'd handle it, I'd win. I always win. And the courts love me. But you take care of it...I've got too much to do... I got a ballroom...Did you see my ballroom?..."