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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14d

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 26d

In her ruling, US District Court Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration violated the 10th Amendment, and failed to provide evidence that activation of Oregon's National Guard was necessary. The temporary restraining order will be in effect until October 18.

Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order Blocking Trump From Deploying Troops to Portland

A federal judge has granted the state of Oregon a temporary restraining order, legally prohibiting the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland through at least October 18...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · 29d

Events for Portland folks wanting to oppose military takeover of the city: www.protect-oregon.com/events
#portland

Protect Oregon

Every week, we deliver key updates from the organizations coming together to protect our communities and build a better future here in Oregon.

www.protect-oregon.com

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · Sep 28

Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson both present at a protest against Trump’s plans to deploy National Guard troops to Portland. “Oregonians know this is bullshit,” Kotek says.

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Sep 27

Zero.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

‘The number of necessary troops is zero’: Portland mayor responds to Trump announcement

Oregon and Portland officials, including Gov. Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson, spoke against Trump’s plan for sending troops to “protect war-ravaged Portland.”

www.opb.org

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Sep 27

Know what I did on my last trip to Portland? Talked about writing, ate delicious pizza at a sidewalk cafe with friends, took a lovely walk. It’s a place people live, not a battlefield. Oregon doesn’t need Trump’s violent interference in our daily lives.

www.protect-oregon.com/no-military-...

Protect Oregon

Every week, we deliver key updates from the organizations coming together to protect our communities and build a better future here in Oregon.

www.protect-oregon.com

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Sep 24

"What if part of rewilding is remembering how to migrate from village to mountaintop, not in isolation, but in community? What if the most wild way to show up in the woods is not in a 4x4 truck, but on a bus?"

Buses in the backcountry: a solution to many problems. Transit's not just a city thing.

Wild Transit

Meg Wade writes about how transit makes outdoor adventures possible.

www.oregonhumanities.org

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 31

As we gear up for more nationwide protests tomorrow, we need to be asking what the standard march and rally tactics really get us. How might they be more useful? Here's a glimpse of how adopting occupation-style spectacle into marches can give them an upgrade. #MayDayStrong #WorkersOverBillionaires

From the Archive: To the Plaza! To the Park!

How spectacular forms of taking up space can spark social movement growth

unsettling.substack.com

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 29

'Just in Time': Federal Judge Orders Closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' | Common Dreams

Federal judge orders shutdown of "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility in Florida Everglades due to environmental damage.

www.commondreams.org

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 29

People die when we don't fix roads, or when we cut #transit. Writing about my own family's loss in my newest essay, I learned that folks in rural areas die on the road at higher rates than everyone else. #Oregon, let's get the funds to keep more folks alive this year at today's #specialsession.

Uncanny Cars

Meg Wade on seeing beyond the windshield in rural Oregon

www.oregonhumanities.org

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 25

Will Oregon get its act together this week and make sure to fund transit? I wrote "Uncanny Cars" in part to show just how steep the cost can be when cars are the only option we have to get around, in small towns as much as in cities. www.oregonhumanities.org/.../real/unc...
#OR #transit

www.oregonhumanities.org

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 23

And once you’ve read that, go here and let the legislature know you support funding transit at the special session! Comments for this public hearing link need to be filed by Wednesday: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025I1/T...

Oregon Legislative Information System

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Aug 23

New essay about what it means when rural communities have transit: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

Uncanny Cars

Meg Wade on seeing beyond the windshield in rural Oregon

oregonhumanities.org

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Stories inspire, help us make sense of strange times or sometimes just the stranger down the street, and build in us the power to imagine futures more varied than we might have otherwise dreamed.”

Published an op-ed last week about the impact of federal budget decisions on my fellowship program:

Opinion: Why storytelling and the National Endowment for the Humanities matter, in Oregon and across the nation • Oregon ArtsWatch

Stories shape us, and the endowment – facing elimination by the Trump administration – helps us tell our culturally important tales. You can help keep the federal and Oregon endowments and other cruci...

www.orartswatch.org

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · May 13

The "nonprofit killer bill" has been added into the budget reconciliation package and is being considered in committee this morning. If you want organizations where you live to continue providing critical services, now's a good time to make a call:

URGENT: Tell your reps to block nonprofit killer bill!

www.fightforthefuture.org

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Apr 29

A lot of school board seats up for grabs around the state. Don’t let yours get filled by a transphobic book burner

OPB @opb.org · Apr 29

Tuesday (4/29) is the last day to register to vote in next month’s Oregon special elections.

Tuesday is the final day to register for next month’s special elections in Oregon

All 36 Oregon counties have an election with ballots due May 20th. Local races, such as school board or community college seats, are up for grabs.

www.opb.org

Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Apr 9

Breaking:

U.S. judges in Texas, New York block DOJ from removing plaintiffs in Alien Enemies Act deportation case

Federal judges in New York and Texas temporarily blocked the deportations of certain Venezuelan migrants facing removal under Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.

www.cbsnews.com

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Apr 7

Funding cuts hitting home: NEH is revoking previously awarded funding to @oregonhumanities.org—the organization supporting my fellowship focused on writing about rural transit users. See their list here of ways that you can help support them in this moment.
oregonhumanities.org/who/advocacy/

Voice Your Support for the Humanities — Oregon Humanities

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Apr 2

Resist early and often. And remember. That's the takeaway from the new short piece on the work of culture creation and memory over at Unsettling:

#losangeles #dei #AWP2025 #writing #culture #resist

On Remembering and Cultural Struggle

A dispatch from L.A., with thoughts on the importance of personal risk

unsettling.substack.com

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Mar 31

Join @dreanyc123.bsky.social , Rachel Herzing, Scot Nakagawa, @ejeris.bsky.social , and Woods Ervin as they explore the role of challenging criminalization at the core of authoritarianism. W/ @interruptcrim.bsky.social

Wednesday, April 9th at 6:30PM ET

RSVP
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Criminalization at the Core of Authoritarianism, Fascism, and Resistance
April 9th at 6:30 PM ET

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Mar 29

"222 miles separate Ashland and Corvallis, and it takes under four hours to drive the most direct route. Yet by public transit, the trip will take me about twenty-four hours each way."

In 2024 Greyhound cut its stops in Southern OR. What options remain for those who can't drive?
#oregon #transit

Vanishing Lifelines

Meg Wade writes about how Oregonians rely on transit to stay connected to community.

www.oregonhumanities.org

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Mar 29

Happy to see Critical Mass alive and well in LA. Not happy to see this driver push into an already paused intersection. A desire to get somewhere faster doesn’t equal a right to endanger lives; just 60 seconds more and the way was clear. #lacriticalmass #sharethestreets #criticalmass #losangeles

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Meg Wade @megwade.bsky.social · Mar 21

Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Mar 19

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey and adjudicate his arrest and attempted deportation in the jurisdiction where he resides.

Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil's Case be Returned to New Jersey

A judge has ruled that pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's case should be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey.

www.rollingstone.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Mar 19

"At the Sheriff’s Department, heads must roll,” an @aclusocal.bsky.social attorney tells @lapublicpress.bsky.social in response to EFF's bombshell report that Los Angeles deputies misused state databases thousands of times in 2023.

Report shows LA Deputies illegally accessing confidential databases thousands of times

Records submitted to the California Department of Justice show deputies accessed the information while performing background checks.

lapublicpress.org

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