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Michael P. Breen
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Historian of early modern French law & society at Reed College. Prattles on about history, dogs, politics, soccer, & hoops. H-France Editor-in-Chief (www.h-france.net)
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Let’s keep the magic going for one more game @thornsfc.com #BAONPDX
Providence Park before a Thorns game Riveters tifo
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Onion piece on NRA forgetting to rise up against tyrannical government
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The most epic of epic fails ever from Maureen Dowd & the NYT
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Barely more than one year ago…
Comically wrong piece in The Hill by a conservative white man who couldn’t handle the truth a Black woman was speaking about Donald Trump’s plans to use the military against Americans
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Two things can be true at once:

1. Chuck Schumer needs to go as Senate Democratic Leader

2. There is no world in which the guy who elevated Tulsi Gabbard & John Fetterman should be lecturing Democrats on who they should run
Bernie attacks Democrats for Mills’s candidacy in Maine SpongeBob “two weeks later…” Story that Graham Platner knowingly had a Nazi tattoo
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Dril “I’m not mad” tweet
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Mais oui…
Inflatable unicorn at Paris No Kings protest Inflatable frog at Paris No Kings protest Person holding a sign that says « qu’ils mangent des tacos #pasderois » w/picture of Trump as a king wearing tacos at Paris No Kings protest
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Watching an antifascist Gen-Z rave party at the Place de La Bastille & then seeing some familiar figures at the No Kings protest at Châtelet-Les Halles
Rave party truck carrying an Antifa flag Protest unicorn Protest frog
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The frog & the unicorn have gone global #NoKings #Paris

cc: @50501movement.bsky.social
Frog protester in Paris Unicorn protester in Paris No Kings Protest in Paris No Kings protest in Paris
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Every Conservative Accusation is a confession meme
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Matt Bohrs skinhead cartoon
October 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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The Onion NRA Accidentally Forgets To Rise Up Against Tyrannical Government An embarrassed National Rifle Association says it totally forgot to do the one thing it has been saying for years it is solely there to do.
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Cardinal Jules Mazarin
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I wonder if Trump & Miller realize yet what they’ve gotten themselves into?
‹ Back "We're cold, but not as cold as ICE," said a sign on one rider's back. Cyclists followed a route south to the Burnside Bridge where they staged a "die-in," lying down next to their bikes before continuing along their route. Onlookers at the ICE facility cheered the cyclists as they reached the building around 4:15 p.m. Sunday. The riders paraded in front of federal officers on the roof in a fashion show of rain jackets, Halloween costumes and nothing at all. This is a developing story and will be updated.
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The “Keep Portland Weird” sign
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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*whispers: “they have resolved the issue”
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: “In a broader sense, however, today's ruling is of a piece with this Court's recent tendencies.... This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist. Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.”
October 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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And this will become its national monument
The “Keep Portland Weird” sign
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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In a broader sense, however, today's ruling is of a piece with this Court's recent tendencies.... This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist. Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Irony just took its shoes off and slowly started walking into the ocean until it was never seen or heard from again…
Stephen Miller asks when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Please be advised that this is now an Olivia Moultrie stan account #BAONPDX #NWSL
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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One of one 🐐 #BAONPDX
Christine Sinclair hall of fame induction ceremony Christine Sinclair the first & only name in the Thorns ring of honor
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This must be the #Portland war zone I keep hearing about? #BAONPDX
18th & Morrison entrance to Providence Park for Sinc’s Thorns Hall of Fame induction game
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Even Trump appointees cannot tolerate th extreme quantity of 🐂💩 emanating from the administration
“While the U.S. president is entitled to a great level of deference, Immergut wrote, ''a great level of deference' is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground."
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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“I hate Illinois Nazis” from THE BLUES BROTHERS
October 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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YOU KNOW THE CALVINBALL RULES. YEAH, YEAH. ANYTHING WE MAKE UP. WELL, YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS. THIS GAME LENDS ITSELF TO CERTAIN ABUSES.
October 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM