Janet Harris
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Janet Harris
@thinkupstream.bsky.social
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News analyst and political tea leaf reader. I have strong opinions loosely held.
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Putin picked Budapest. In my experience, the boss decides where performance reviews take place.
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Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District is the state’s only Republican seat. It represents 16.55% of the Oregon population, but 22% of the state’s #SNAP participants. In 10 days, all SNAP benefits will stop. You okay with that, Rep. Cliff Bentz? www.kgw.com/article/life...
Government shutdown to halt SNAP benefits for 757,000 Oregonians
The Oregon Department of Human Services is notifying residents they may not receive new SNAP benefits after Oct. 31 because of the federal shutdown.
www.kgw.com
Great job, Halligan. I wasn't following Anna Bower before, but I sure am now!
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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22 arrests.
All Maga.
Including this armed terrorist with a gun who assaulted a woman.
I think we know who the violent ones are.
#NoKings
Mark Levy performs “Keep the Faith” at the #NoKings rally in Florence, Oregon. He wrote it years ago in the great American protest song tradition.
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Seen at the #NoKings protest in Eugene, Oregon. ❤️
Sounds to me like we have the answer. What SC deserves is consequences.
@maddow.msnbc.com Best sign of the day here in Eugene, Oregon!
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ProPublica reports that ICE fascists have detained at least 170 US CITIZENS. ICE fascists "dragged, tackled, beat, tased, and shot them." At least 3 women were pregnant, one had her door blown off while Noem watched.

All have one thing in common—they're brown Latino Americans.

This Is Fascism.
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OPB @opb.org · 3d
On Thursday night, the Woodburn Education Association, which represents more than 300 licensed educators in the mid-Willamette Valley school district, proposed a new article to the contract currently being negotiated — protecting staff from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Woodburn educators propose protections from ICE as part of their employee contract
The teachers union is looking for ways to bolster protection for staff and students amid influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in communities across the state.
www.opb.org
That $40 billion bailout for Argentina ain’t gonna pay for itself.
Good news! In the past 24 hrs, a judge extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking National Guard deployment to Portland for another 14 days; a federal appeals court upheld a similar TRO in Chicago; and a judge ordered ICE officers to wear body cameras in Chicago. #BabyAnimalsHaveGoodNews
The award for “Most appropriate sign/event combo” at the Emergency World Naked Bike Ride goes to this person.
Photo credit: @chrispietsch.bsky.social
Do I know anyone here who is a member of the Recording Academy and can vote for #Grammy nominations? I have a few "For your considerations." #sammyrae #teenytinystevies
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“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings
The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.
time.com
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Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?
Here’s video of the incident
I think that Netanyahu is committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza, and yet… <clicks unfollow>
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SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
We’re not just on the brink of martial law; we’re on the brink of civil war. I don’t see how we get out of this nonviolently, unless state Adjutant Generals and National Guard rank-and-file start refusing Trump’s orders.