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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 2d

War torn Portland.
I am

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the link: www.404media.co/data-hoarder...

Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files

The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.

www.404media.co

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Agree.
Also, all you need is basic Ctrl/F or Find in page

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Agree.
I can only take so much bombastic scolding from former Republicans telling me I'm a pathetic wimp for not being a bombastic scolder.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

If we write off all news media, we’re playing into Trump’s hands. Some outlets are doing well while others stink.
In this installment of my free Stop the Presses newsletter, I give letter grades to major media outlets. See if you agree.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. This validates my Guardian subscription & my NY Times cancelation.
Mostly I now subscribe to independent substacks & pods.
Also a plug for www.citizensforethics.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Jewels 🌻 💙 @thinker2thinker.bsky.social · 2d

And, not sure if you’ve read about Curtis Yarvin fleeing US because “he believes the Trump administration is doomed to fail”.

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting this. Saw it buried in a post last night. Was hoping it would be trending by today.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

He has said repeatedly (on record) that they do not need ICE in Portland.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when the rightwing lost their minds over Hunter Biden's seat on the Burisma board? He made $350k over 7 months. Donny Jr got $450 MILLION in 7 months. Crickets...

Donny trump Jr, looking stoned outta his mind, poses in front of a microphone. He is wearing a dark suit & tie and a flag pin.
Text above the image says, "Donny Jr made $450 million this year
He attended only 2 board meetings"
Text below the image is from a citybiz news release saying, "BlinkRx Appoints Donald Trump Jr. to Board of Directors"

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Miller also helped write Project 2025. They're the worst of the worst.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Portland police have been working to de-escalate ICE assholes. I don't have all the facts on this story yet, but I know Chief Bob Day is not an ICE supporter. www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: One block in Portland doesn’t define city’s identity

National portrayals of the one block around the ICE building in Portland distort the reality of what’s taking place there, writes Portland Police Chief Bob Day. Portland Police are facilitating protes...

www.oregonlive.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 3d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: 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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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Traffic has gotten terrible.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’

Universities, law firms and businesses that have changed course should have stood by convictions, says ex-president

www.theguardian.com

Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 2d

Will be interesting to see how the good ppl of Idaho take this news. Here's a quick primer for them

Infographic with text:
“Hey, we're building a Qatari Air base in Idaho!

Qatar? What Qatar? The Mid-east Qatar??

a) Qatar, who funded Hamas?
b) Qatar, who gave Trump a bribe jet?
c) Qatar, who's letting Trump build the $5.5 billion beachfront International Golf Club & Trump Villas?
d) Qatar, for whom Trump issued an executive order "assuring the security of the state of Qatar" (so if they get attacked, we have to defend them)?
e) ALL OF THE ABOVE”

The words “All of the above” are highlighted in bright yellow.

Below text is a photo of former weekend news-reader / drunkard Pete Hegseth sitting next to the Qatari Defense Minister Sheikh Saoud Al Thani at the Pentagon.

At the bottom of the meme it says, “Seriously, you can't make this shit up

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 3d

What a lying weasel! They were given several hrs advance notice. Trump’s security detail facilitated access to the property. And NO, the cameras were not turned off. Donny, Melania & family watched it all from Bedminster. He never shut up abt that. REMEMBER Eric?
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

What We Do and Don’t Know About the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search

The FBI’s surprise search of former President Trump’s residence has raised unanswered questions and engendered wide speculation. Here is a guide for the perplexed.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 3d

A chip off the old blockhead

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Eugene Bluegrass @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social · 3d

When playing dumb didn't work, he reverted to the classic DARVO "Nobody likes you." "It's your fault I beat you"

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