Scott Phillips
@rsphillips.bsky.social
Recovering attorney and homeless services advocate. Progressive political junky and certified curmudgeon. Stay Froggy!
There she is
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There she is
Someone at the Coast Guard is trying to show up Pete Hegseth
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Someone at the Coast Guard is trying to show up Pete Hegseth
Tom Cotton removes whatever shreds of respectability he might have had left
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tom Cotton removes whatever shreds of respectability he might have had left
Malignant narcissist did WHAT?!?!
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Malignant narcissist did WHAT?!?!
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Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says only Attorney General Dan Rayfield has the resources to investigate excessive force concerns, but the attorney general will seek District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s stamp of approval.
Portland’s DA balked at charging federal agents under Oregon law. Then AG Rayfield stepped in
The top local prosecutor in the Portland area is cautioning against “unreasonable expectations” for his ability to charge federal agents using state law, after signing onto a statement last week warning the Trump administration that its officers could be held accountable for excessive force.
www.opb.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says only Attorney General Dan Rayfield has the resources to investigate excessive force concerns, but the attorney general will seek District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s stamp of approval.
There’s always the 3-man league
Deni Avdjia had 35 points for Portland. Jeremi Grant had 29, and Shaedon Sharpe 28 — and the rest of the team had 24.
Cade Cunningham has 29 points and 9 assists in Pistons’ 122-116 win over Trail Blazers
Avdija had 29 points in the first three quarters, helping Portland to an 85-84 lead.
www.opb.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There’s always the 3-man league
This administration is the intersection of bigotry, corruption, and incompetence. The results speak for themselves.
These petty fucking bigots man. These fucking scumbags. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This administration is the intersection of bigotry, corruption, and incompetence. The results speak for themselves.
It’s breathtaking
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s breathtaking
Sleep deprivation could partially explain his poor decision making
VARNEY: Do you work 18 hours a day?
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sleep deprivation could partially explain his poor decision making
No wonder Wilson canceled today’s City Council Meeting
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No wonder Wilson canceled today’s City Council Meeting
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My weekly email to my congressman.
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My weekly email to my congressman.
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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The $24 billion hemp industry faces a provision to ban THC- and CBD-infused drinks, along with other impairing beverages and snacks, in November 2026.
Oregon among states scrambling to save hemp industry — and THC, CBD products — as ban looms
The $24 billion hemp industry faces a provision to ban THC- and CBD-infused drinks, along with other impairing beverages and snacks, in November 2026.
www.oregonlive.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The $24 billion hemp industry faces a provision to ban THC- and CBD-infused drinks, along with other impairing beverages and snacks, in November 2026.
Actually the odds of AI thinking it’s Jesus is much higher than zero
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Actually the odds of AI thinking it’s Jesus is much higher than zero
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Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?
Hahahahahahaha
Mike Johnson says the GOP healthcare plan will be announced in about two weeks.
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hahahahahahaha
On brand
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On brand
The party of pro life and protecting children
A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The party of pro life and protecting children
WTF Portland
Welp, this work session has been postponed.
Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
WTF Portland
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An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
And yet…it sounds like they won’t be in attendance
Homelessness and Housing are top issues in Portland. It would be unacceptable for the Mayor and staff to not show up to address the missing $21 MILLION dollars that Council was not informed about.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And yet…it sounds like they won’t be in attendance
But will they deployed for good or evil?
New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it.
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
But will they deployed for good or evil?
They’re not hiring the best people? Sad.
must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They’re not hiring the best people? Sad.
What are the odds this guy gets a pardon, too?
Suspect arrested in January 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case
The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What are the odds this guy gets a pardon, too?