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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 9h

A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will
plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on
your people and on all your officials."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 10h

TRT and HGH.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 17h

The corruption of this administration has been so blatant and pervasive that its easy to lose track of things.

I really hope congressional Dems have a list (and its gonna be a REALLY long one) of things to investigate as part of actual, functioning oversight if they take back the house in '26.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 20h

Like every other person in the trump's orbit, he lies every time he opens his mouth. He knows damn well what they're doing, and he's happy to help facilitate it b/c he knows w/o trumps backing, he wouldn't be in a position of power.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 20h

LOL WUT? We can even pass a government funding bill. GTFO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 21h

It’s Florida, what could go wrong?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21h

Supermarket chain Publix announced it will now allow customers to openly carry firearms inside its Florida stores. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/p...

Publix to allow open carry in Florida stores, prompting mixed reactions from shoppers

Under Florida law, businesses and private property owners can choose whether to allow or ban open carry on their premises.

www.cbsnews.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

I wish we as a society had our priorities straight.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I hear his name, this is all I can think of

a man in a suit and red shirt is standing in front of a window and saying `` ok , turd furguson '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and red shirt is standing in front of a window and saying `` ok , turd furguson '' .

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Totally normal president here. I’m sure it’s fine.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

“Some men, you just can’t reach”

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely insane that a college football coach can get paid $50 million to just…go away.

Universities and their athletic boosters have lost their minds.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Not just a terrible leader. Turns out the President Deals is really bad at making deals.

Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 2d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Typical abuser language. “You made me do this”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Portland 🔥

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly at this point, could anyone tell the difference? Republicans in Congress have completely abdicated every one of their constitutional duties, and the executive branch is operating as a quasi-dictatorship with the blessing of SCOTUS

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah. A 65 year old that has coronary artery disease. And deep vein thrombosis. And dementia.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Irony is dead

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Currently at an XC meet in the middle of Portland. Not a fire in sight. No riots anywhere. No buildings made of plywood.

Maybe he’s talking about a different Portland?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Probably not a great thing that a billionaire that essentially bought the VP is calling critics of AI "legionaries of the antichrist" and ranting about apocalyptic views that are pretty extreme even by typical "christian nationalist" standards 😬

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Someone needs to do cover of RATM called “Frogs on parade”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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