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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW from DSM: A video published on YouTube showed a documentary filmmaker ordered to back away while filming the Eugene Police and subsequently learned that the department has its own "press."

We've spoken to experts who agree this is very bad.

Read about it ⤵️

Eugene Police Debuts Own Press

DSM, concerned by the EPD’s cosplay as members of the press, spoke to journalism experts who all agreed that this is bad.

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Cozca @cozca.bsky.social · 6h

Being shy
David Willis too, who has shot protesters with paintball guns numbers times. Almost every male in this group isca convicted felon.

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 7h

ERO/ICE agents crossed the street into the crowd to grab this protester. Agents on the roof shot pepper balls at the crowd.

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 7h

ICE agents in South Portland cleared the facility driveway for no discernible reason. Agents on the roof shot pepper balls at protesters.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

I hope reporters will ask all the Republicans in Congress for comment here.

Be sure to have them take the ball gags out of their mouths first.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.

Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

Sounds like his second annual physical went well.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 13h

I have some bad news for JD Vance if he thinks violating the oath of office is "pretty criminal."

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Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 13h

Really sweet resistance scene outside ICE in Portland of coffee, donuts and morning.

Person in bunny costume carries donuts outside ICE in Portland

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 14h

Case in point

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Portland police arrested a right-wing agitator at the ICE facility. Protesters say this man punched a woman in the face on video. I’ll update if I see the video, but it seems very likely given how fast PPB responded and what everyone is saying.

James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 14h

Spending this lovely Sunday morning updating my slides for this term's guest lecture(s) 😀

James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 14h

‼️ Read @kevinhfoster.bsky.social's posts from last night and note how the protest in front of ICE had been peaceful, with little to no interaction with feds, until the right-wing propagandists and influencers showed up.

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 1d

A crowd of right-wing agitators just stormed through chanting “Whose streets? Our streets.” A woman appears to have been shoved to the ground (hear clothes were dirty and hand had a small cut). A right-wing man may have been punched.

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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 14h

John is hardcore. I'll forever remember riding in another journo's car from one protest to another with him and a few others, sometime in 2021, I think it was. (It's all a fucking blur)

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Feds shot a member of the press, John Rudoff, in the arm with a pepper ball. My ears are still ringing.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible things happening on Bluesky! 🤯😅

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16h

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16h

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild the agents who have videographers following them never seem to have footage of what they claim those they are arresting did

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 1d

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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june 🧛‍♀️ @juneever.green · 1d

jared leto had been trying to get tron: ares greenlit since 2014. for more info google “jared leto 14”

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

There are a number of accounts on Tiktok and IG that do extremely important work walking viewers through AI-generated slop videos like this and help them think critically about what they are seeing, how to spot it, etc. It’s a new era of critical media literacy instruction and I am happy to see it

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 1d

"Is Portland on fire? Depends on if the person you ask is lying" is a hell of a journalistic low, even for the Times.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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