Kaia Sand
@mkaiasand.bsky.social
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Writing about first responder across the U.S. that are alternatives to police: dispatches at unwantedpersons.com, @thenation, @orionmagazine, @ttbook.bsky.com, elsewhere; former executive director @StreetRoots; poet, kaiasand.net
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mkaiasand.bsky.social
My deep-dive on alternatives to police — and what we need to fight for — in the @thenation.com
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julesboykoff.bsky.social
Here in Portland outside the ICE facility amid an impromptu dance party with dinosaurs & cute pink beasts. Festive resistance in abundance. #PDX [📸 posted with permission]
Three dinosaurs in Portland all donning white placards with slogans related to ICE A photo of two pink beasts at the ICE facility in Portland. One, a shark, has a sign that reads “due process” made of cardboard on a wooden stick
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anniebellet.bsky.social
Yes! They brought the good donuts!
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Another reason for hate turned at light hearted protest: they want you on your couch, having your brain being turned into soup while you are comatose watching THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BUMBLEFUCK or HARRY POTTER XXV. They resent a rabbit or a frog going “we make our own entertainment here!”
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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stephlamy.bsky.social
Pyjamas and pastries.
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mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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popmobpdx.bsky.social
Oregon knows how to show up rain or shine! With treats!
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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bwellsmc.bsky.social
Sesame Donuts is better than Voodoo or Blue Star. Fight me if you want. Been a local here for 45 years & IYKYK

The violence of the feds will never stop our sweetness here

Portland will prevail. We always do

#PDX
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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whking.bsky.social
Peaceful Portland Resistance. This city rocks.
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Some of the hate directed at light hearted protest is confusion. The US mind doesn’t know what to do w activity which isn’t for profit-commerce. Can’t compute how someone’s radical act of care in the face evil may be sharing coffee w others fighting the good fight (like church or AA coffee hr)
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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breedanielswins.bsky.social
What else is there to do, but welcome the morning as if it is the most beautiful ever? Elegant bunnies, handing out donuts, and all I can say is, do you live in Portland? You should. No war zone here. Just resisting the negativity the best we can.
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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danteatkins.bsky.social
I absolutely love this kind of thing because the regime's case is that Portland is a burnt out war torn hellhole and instead right now it looks like a weird Japanese theme park. And that's good! It's so weird that it gets spread around everywhere and directly contradicts regime propaganda.
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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wigpowder.bsky.social
The rampant war zone of Portland
mkaiasand.bsky.social
Really sweet resistance scene outside ICE in Portland of coffee, donuts and morning.
Person in bunny costume carries donuts outside ICE in Portland
mkaiasand.bsky.social
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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kevinhfoster.bsky.social
The frog brigade is officially on scene at the Portland ICE facility. Despite the wet weather, spirits are very high.
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prisonculture.bsky.social
You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
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jamellebouie.net
genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
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alexzee.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.
A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.
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agdanrayfield.bsky.social
LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just granted an administrative stay preserving the status quo: the Oregon National Guard remains federalized but the president cannot deploy them.

We'll share more updates as we have them.
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annabower.bsky.social
U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.
U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:
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cwebbonline.com
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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mkaiasand.bsky.social
Authoritarianism through the ever-expanding executive police force that is ICE, and then, another layer of policing to suppress free speech and assembly to protest that authoritarianism.
motherjones.com
Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.
ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions
Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.
www.motherjones.com