Lois Melina
@lmelina.bsky.social
Writer of literary fiction & nonfiction, rower, fan of women's sports, democracy defender, living the river life in a houseboat on the Multnomah Channel
https://www.loisruskaimelina.com/
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President Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect the ICE office there, a federal judge ruled, issuing a permanent block on troop deployments to the city.
Judge Blocks National Guard From Portland, Ore., Permanently
With her temporary block expiring, Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration had failed to prove that protesters against the federal immigration crackdown were hampering President Trump’s policies.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
President Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect the ICE office there, a federal judge ruled, issuing a permanent block on troop deployments to the city.
Reposted by Lois Melina
BREAKING: Federal Judge Immergut in Portland rules Trump admin CANNOT deploy National Guard to Oregon. Grants state & city a PERMANENT injunction, barring troops indefinitely.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BREAKING: Federal Judge Immergut in Portland rules Trump admin CANNOT deploy National Guard to Oregon. Grants state & city a PERMANENT injunction, barring troops indefinitely.
Reposted by Lois Melina
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
This deserves a fully developed Sunday NYTimes news feature, with a daily front-page follow up including updates on the status of the 12 criteria, consistent with coverage of major world crises.
#nokings #nytimes #democracy
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#nokings #nytimes #democracy
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This deserves a fully developed Sunday NYTimes news feature, with a daily front-page follow up including updates on the status of the 12 criteria, consistent with coverage of major world crises.
#nokings #nytimes #democracy
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#nokings #nytimes #democracy
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Federal officers “gassed” Portland police officers and fired pepper balls at one local officer outside the U.S. Immigration and Enforcement building in the city in the past month.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Federal agents told Portland police to 'help or get out of the way' after firing pepper balls at local officer
The confrontation between local law enforcement and federal agents will be detailed in court as Oregon fights Trump's attempt to deploy National Guard troops.
www.oregonlive.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Federal officers “gassed” Portland police officers and fired pepper balls at one local officer outside the U.S. Immigration and Enforcement building in the city in the past month.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
LEGO: "Retired Product"
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
LEGO: "Retired Product"
So much truth requires a lot of words over a lot of hours. 👏👏👏
I’m still going!! Tune in as I hold the Senate floor to expose how Trump is pushing us into authoritarianism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So much truth requires a lot of words over a lot of hours. 👏👏👏
“If you refuse to let my people go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. . . They will come up out of the river. . . .They will enter the houses of your officials. . . Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.” Exodus 8:2-4
#nokingspdx #nokings #portland
#nokingspdx #nokings #portland
I have a million photos & videos from today’s amazing #NoKings in #Portland, but I’m pretty sure nothing will top the frogs dancing to “Peace Train” on the packed Portland waterfront #NoKingsPDX
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“If you refuse to let my people go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. . . They will come up out of the river. . . .They will enter the houses of your officials. . . Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.” Exodus 8:2-4
#nokingspdx #nokings #portland
#nokingspdx #nokings #portland
Where there's no smoke, there's no fire. No #Portland burning. The beauty of peaceful protest is that performing a counter-narrative is much more effective than arguing against one. #nokingspdx @wyden.senate.gov
October 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Where there's no smoke, there's no fire. No #Portland burning. The beauty of peaceful protest is that performing a counter-narrative is much more effective than arguing against one. #nokingspdx @wyden.senate.gov
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I had made myself a note (so many notes!) to circle back around to the wonderful @bethcastrodale.bsky.social in November to see if she'd had time to read my debut novel Sunshine Girl. She beat me to the punch with this amazing review! Thank you, thank you, Beth.
smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/
smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I had made myself a note (so many notes!) to circle back around to the wonderful @bethcastrodale.bsky.social in November to see if she'd had time to read my debut novel Sunshine Girl. She beat me to the punch with this amazing review! Thank you, thank you, Beth.
smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/
smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/
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‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky
‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky
From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky
In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
After identifying the Portland city councilors as Democratic socialists at the start of this article, @kellen.bsky.social (or the @nytimes.com editor) refers to them consistently as simply "socialists". There is a difference. The terms are not interchangeable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
After identifying the Portland city councilors as Democratic socialists at the start of this article, @kellen.bsky.social (or the @nytimes.com editor) refers to them consistently as simply "socialists". There is a difference. The terms are not interchangeable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
@lidiamiles.bsky.social You made The Guardian (see photo of Powell's)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders push back on Trump claims that city is ‘like living in hell’
On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump’s TV
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@lidiamiles.bsky.social You made The Guardian (see photo of Powell's)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In 1993 Sharon Kaplan Roszia & I published "The Open Adoption Experience" (HarperCollins) to help families and professionals know what to expect and how to work through difficulties. We said, "Open adoption is more of a relationship than an institution or process."
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In 1993 Sharon Kaplan Roszia & I published "The Open Adoption Experience" (HarperCollins) to help families and professionals know what to expect and how to work through difficulties. We said, "Open adoption is more of a relationship than an institution or process."
'Kavanaugh claims that it is just “common sense” to stop Latinos who look like they might be engaged in low-wage jobs and question their immigration status.'
What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?
What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?
Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.”
My latest in @thenation
My latest in @thenation
The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling
The court’s ruling allowing ICE to resume its indiscriminate round-ups of LA’s Latino residents can only be described as one thing.
www.thenation.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Kavanaugh claims that it is just “common sense” to stop Latinos who look like they might be engaged in low-wage jobs and question their immigration status.'
What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?
What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?
"Lifts restrictions" doesn't quite say "okayed racial profiling"
Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.
nyti.ms
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Lifts restrictions" doesn't quite say "okayed racial profiling"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5j...
Texas legislators explaining that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is specifically about helping those who aren't like you.
Texas legislators explaining that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is specifically about helping those who aren't like you.
August 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5j...
Texas legislators explaining that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is specifically about helping those who aren't like you.
Texas legislators explaining that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is specifically about helping those who aren't like you.
For the second time in a row, both teams in the women's Euros final will coached by women #Euros2025
July 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For the second time in a row, both teams in the women's Euros final will coached by women #Euros2025
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I’m adopted.
So I wrote about how an attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship could affect adoptees. It’s also about family, community, and what it means to belong.
Read it at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/adoption-bel...
So I wrote about how an attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship could affect adoptees. It’s also about family, community, and what it means to belong.
Read it at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/adoption-bel...
Adoption, Belonging, and the Question of Citizenship
Adoptees are proof of the cruelty and carelessness at the heart of Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’m adopted.
So I wrote about how an attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship could affect adoptees. It’s also about family, community, and what it means to belong.
Read it at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/adoption-bel...
So I wrote about how an attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship could affect adoptees. It’s also about family, community, and what it means to belong.
Read it at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/adoption-bel...