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Laure

@laureanne.bsky.social

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Hiker, digital expert. Support artists, research & journalism providing insights. Id as Lesbiana; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma. - Dislike prolific meme posters.

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 11d

a short 🧵

Leaders across #Portland & #Oregon have taken cool-headed approaches to this crisis, mfr by Trump. They've had multiple pressers with the messages: we don’t need federal troops, and, don’t take the bait. Portland police have reiterated that they do not need federal assistance. #orpol

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 4h

since the 2022 overturn

#women #healthcare #mothers

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 5h

did I read what I posted?!? ok bro, mansplainer. 😆

My point is, it was a lack of coordinated opposition even temporarily that caused what was an extremist minority to take over.

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 5h

bs on wheels. what an asinine analysis of history.

The truth is: the unorganized broad opposition was too self-centered to stop the rise of fascism.

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 18h

"federal agents barreled into the band while pursuing another suspect

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.

So much for America First.

I have a bill to stop this bailout.

FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business

The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.

www.cnn.com

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 1d

no but kval.com/news/local/p...

Photos: Donald Trump visits Eugene, Oregon

Trump fans wait outside the Lane Events Center in Eugene for the Donald Trump Rally. The rally begins at 7 p.m. (SBG photo)

kval.com

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 1d

in other news, Dems etc need their own platforms. it's like so duh.

#democrats

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 1d

in other news, Dems etc need their own platforms. it's like so duh.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

baby 🌪️

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

tell independents & the maga base. if the Dems can ever increase their reach beyond the base and engaged they will shave off independents and even a fraction of maga-ts. any plans for that? and going on some manosphere podcasts does not count. cc @kenmartin.bsky.social

hint: networks + coalitions

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

that and scams, conspiracy and corruption

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

progressive here: I agree that adopting the term is a bad idea. And meaningless to for most Americans... pure laziness.

but I don't think the center-left adoption of the term is much of an actual phenomenon...

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

tell independents and the maga base. if the Dems can ever increase their reach beyond the base and engaged they will shave off independents and even a fraction of maga-ts. any plans yet for that?

and no, just going on some manosphere podcasts does not count cc @kenmartin.bsky.social

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

Great

smart:
undermining Trump's lies about Portland and who ICE Is targeting. having more people see them as lies = winning

smart protest:
bike rides, dog walks, embroidery in trees, photos of beautiful Portland...

dumb:
some councilors pumping fists and screaming at the admin

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

smart:
undermining Trump's lies about Portland and who ICE Is targeting. having more people see them as lies = winning

smart protest:
bike rides, dog walks, embroidery in trees, photos of beautiful Portland...

dumb:
pumping your fist and screaming incoherently at the admin

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 2d

no
and the truth is besides the point

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 3d

"Nathan Gill, an ex-MEP and former leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform party in Wales, pleaded guilty...

Gill has admitted to taking financial inducements to make speeches and statements that advanced Putin’s interests in Ukraine from Oleh Voloshyn, a man the US government describes as an “FSB pawn”.

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 3d

Vought and RFK's idiocracy

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 3d

if I were to insist that democracy needs 6-7 basic tenets to call itself democracy that would be my opinion. we all are free to have those btw icymi da.

Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 3d

I first saw the unipiper in 2007 at the Farmer's Market, and it also warms my heart.

#portland

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...