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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1h

“Imagine feeling threatened by human rights dressed up as a frog”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2h

I’m so proud of my fellow leftists for pushing back against hatred and violence with disruptive protesting like this. This is how we do it.

It makes the news and people say

The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.

A TikTok video of the onslaught by a federal agent is now up to at least 1.4 million likes.

It happened last week – at 10:57 p.m. on Oct. 2 – as people were peacefully protesting on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, said the man in the frog suit, Seth Todd, 24, of Portland.

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ive-definitely-had-spicier-tamales-says-portland-ice-protest-frog-that-got-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Ftheoregonian%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F592948439

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

When the output of the highest court in the land wouldn't pass muster coming from first-year law students, it discredits the institutional legitimacy of the entire legal system. Nobody can pretend they are at the apex of the profession, intellectually credible even when you disagree with them.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

The Court not that long ago, even in the earlier years of the Roberts era, produced opinions that made for compelling reading even when they got the result wrong. The oral arguments could make for interesting listening on the substance of ideas. That's not the case anymore. It's amateurish slop.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

They're delegitimizing themselves in substance by subverting the Constitution and aiding the establishment of a lawless autocracy. But they're further delegitimizing themselves because they really don't understand, and can't even halfway convincingly mimic, how the Court is supposed to function.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

The credibility of the Court, of any court, lies in how they're supposed to explain their reasoning, how they act as the outcome of an adversarial process. When they stop doing that, their standing with the general public collapses, sure. But as we see, their authority over lower courts also erodes.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

In ways above and beyond simply having a conservative GOP majority (which after all had already been the case for decades), they're just outright bad at the job. They're thoroughly unimpressive, even incompetent, as jurists, in ways that are not historically normal for the Supreme Court.

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boo!! ha ha scared ya ^_^ @dedolence.bsky.social · 15h

this set had so many amazing tracks for a collection that was ostensibly cast-offs. my favorite from this set and one of my favorites from Waits in general came from the bawlers album youtu.be/Uts5l0TNVm0?...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History"

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15h

doing great, country

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 17h

Last week, Trump:

- authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago.
- said he’d consider invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to US cities.
- called for the jailing of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Read: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 20h

“The disparity between the luxurious aircraft and its shackled, vilified passengers must have been quite a sight…”

@gbrockell.bsky.social reports how an Israeli-American billionaire family flew 10 migrants out of the US, as part of ICE deportations.

Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15h

Song of the day. youtu.be/d9Sx9gu66hU?...

Tom Waits - "The Return Of Jackie And Judy"

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

I did not know until now that in Memento when it flashes back to the guy being the facility where he “doesn’t even know his wife is dead” for a split second when the nurse passes, the actor is replace by Guy Pearce

🤯

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 16h

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton has died at age 79. No cause of death has yet been made available.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 16h

Basic support for special ed was a key part of the bipartisan consensus around disability rights dating back decades. Current gop lawmakers and scotus judges have played key roles recently in supporting those rights. But what use are rights without enforcement?

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 16h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

And yet

Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 18h

I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

Only Nixon can go to China and only Marjorie Taylor Greene, for some reason, can say from the right that your access to your medicine shouldn’t only be possible if you encounter the genie from Aladdin

JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 2d

How fucked is it in the year 2025, Marjorie Batshit Greene is the lone voice of reason in the Dipshit party?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Once a loyal foot soldier for Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasingly bucking her party

From the Gaza war to the Epstein files to the government shutdown, the MAGA-aligned congresswoman has grown critical of her fellow Republicans.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 17h

god. I love Portland. Such an awesome American city. Iused to visit regularly but now I miss it, that amazing vibe.

we love dogs - noem go home. on a sign above a woman walking her dog at night.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 18h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

I like to think the Muppets would be 100% behind the Portland protests

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 23h

Taking the boys to The Wilds

😎 🦓 🦒 🐘

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 1d

Kid’s already got a better message on urbanism than half of elected democrats

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t care if it’s actually my birthday today or not; I’m just having such a Great time my in FAVORITE city in the world!!”

our toddler son

in Columbus Ohio

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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