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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 33m

Moreover, as Jo K explained in another Post, King Charles I was a decent and conscientious fellow with a serious interest in the arts

There you have it

Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 36m

"geek Scot priest" whose other post explained that King Charles I was a decent fellow with a serious interest in the arts

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 43m

Here's a source for that story

speech by Pope Leo to Chicago labor leaders
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Greeting of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Labor Leaders from Chicago (9 October 2025)

GREETING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO LABOR LEADERS FROM CHICAGO Thursday, 9 October 2025 [ Multimedia ] ____________________________________

www.vatican.va

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 11h

"The executive has usurped the power of the purse to pay for a standing army" is something that the Founders very explicitly wanted to prevent from ever happening but, ah, well, nevertheless

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 11h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 8h

The shining brightness we once called glory (h/t Hannah Arendt) is available to you for free in Portland

Pick your favorite

Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 8h

The Human Condition
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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 8h

Doesn't Don Lemon recognize that the "shining brightness we once called glory" (h/t Arendt) is available to him for free in PDX?

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 13h

As a Portlander, it seems pretty clear that the black bloc street fight approach has been an unmitigated failure from the perspective of any political actors beside reactionaries and fascists eager for a fight

The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 13h

“dressing up as animals is insulting, this is war” is kind of a particularly bad complaint for Portland because they’ve been doing black bloc streetfighting shit for like, years at this point and the feds clearly aren’t scared to come back. might as well give “embarrass them” a shot.

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 10h

We have spare costumes all ready in pdx

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks

Liking the “crime” tag along with the picture (of a shark?)

Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

Arguably, Trump 2.0 is all about stochastic authoritarianism.

He lacks the ability to punish multiple cities with an iron fist. He can't even really punish all of ONE with an iron fist. ICE and associated unnamed Fed LEOs roam Chicago, but only strike a limited number of places at a time.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

Which is, of course, why ICE is trying to deputize local police to do their work for them: the notorious 287(g) agreements.

But if you have a good sense of what US pop density looks like, you'll see that outside of FL, LOTS of ppl live in green (terminated) or blank (never had a deal) areas.

Map of 287g agreements. Red and orange are hard to tell apart, and not a fan of circle size to distinguish things here, but it gets the point across. Source: https://www.ilrc.org/practitioners/national-map-287g-agreements

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

There's a reasons all our stories of horrible raids and abductions come mostly from Chicago and, now, Portland.

Bc, due to Federalism, the Feds simply lack man-power to deploy police-state tactics widely.

The article has ~10,000 new Fed LEOs being deployed for "immigration." US has ~650,000 cops.

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KOIN 6 News @koin6.bsky.social · 11h

A clarinet player is apparently being held without bail on no specific charges at the Clark County Jail in Vancouver after her husband said she was arrested Sunday during a protest across the street from the ICE facility in South Portland.

Clarinetist playing ‘Ghostbusters’ arrested at ICE facility

The woman’s husband — who asked KOIN 6 News not to identify either of them for safety reasons — said his wife was tackled by federal agents while she was playing her clarinet arou…

www.koin.com

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 11h

And a few bits of the city of Portland might be in Clackamas County?

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t know
But the border of Portland and Beaverton (or Washington county?) is opaque to me

i would really not like living in Baarle tho
Exclaves within enclaves
Or is it enclaves within exclaves? I think that’s it

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

www.msnbc.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Eric Erins @ericerins.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve been repainting the Edgewater Beach Apartments and they’re looking pinker than ever

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 13h

Muskox Monday mood: activated. Willow and Pretzel are zooming into the week like pros! 💕 #MondayMotivation

📹: Curator Jen

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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